Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-151.37.109.196-20151123213524/@comment-25047329-20151123230759

To be fair, Touka deeply regretted what she did to Kaneki on the bridge and seems to have put her hotheadedness behind her, so I don't think she'll go around clocking him like that again. With that said, it'd be interesting to see the bridge scene brought up in retrospect with Kaneki opening up to his past, Touka being a more understanding person, and with the the audience having the knowledge they do know.

Anyway, I do think it's unfair to call Kaneki weak when he's been the universe's punching bag since he was a toddler. TG has always had a big thing about child abuse/neglect/trauma and how what people experience as children effects them as adults. Kaneki was deprived of love as a child so grew into someone who doesn't understand they're loved because he didn't seem to have much of it in his earlier years. Not until Hide came onto the scene anyway, but I think Kaneki was around ten and the damage had already been done.

Kaneki has old, deep-seated wounds that have been piling up since he was little and bad things have happened throughout most of his 22 years. He very badly needs help, but doesn't know how to get it. I think it's one of those "from the outside looking in" scenarios where the solution seems easier from one perspective, but from Kaneki's he's too mentally damaged to asses things properly. He has loved ones who will listen to and support him and can probably attend therapy and even attain meds if he needs them, but he doesn't have the state of mind to consider these options.

I do wonder how he'll progress from this point on since I don't know what his personal standing is with the people in his life.