Talk:Re: Chapter 99/@comment-24215250-20161029205900

People say Touka didn't mature. But the old Touka wouldn't have hesitated to do whatever it took to bring back Kaneki after she saw him for the first time in :re. The Touka we see now is still violent, crass, and at the same time also the same, loving person from Kushu that wanted Kaneki to come back. But she knew better than to try to force his memories back into him, because she understood that may not have been what Kaneki wanted. Touka hasn't seen Kaneki for three years, but she kept going in hopes of one day seeing him again. And when she finally saw him, she held back and questioned whether or not he wanted to truly return. Which is why she told Uta in the Christmas chapter that she will "do what she has always done" (wait for him to come back of his own volition).

That's some pretty serious restraint. If she's not level-headed enough for holding herself back like that, I don't know what maturity is. Yeah, she did hit him like a crazed beast in this chapter, but that was more along the lines of "you jerk, I can't believe you, we were so worried, have you put yourself together yet, we missed you, stop doing things like this because we care too much about you." The feelings she put into this punch were similar to the feelings she put into pinching Hinami's cheeks when they reunited in Cochlea (obviously she's not going to punch her adorable, crying little sister lol. Kaneki can take the punch).

I rest my case.