Talk:Tokyo Ghoul: Pinto (OVA)/@comment-180.190.90.228-20151231102628/@comment-10733658-20151231104839

Yeah, the anime doesn't really explain it. In the novel, she killed the old man and then reported that a Ghoul had attacked. She didn't reveal it was Tsukiyama, and she claimed that she tried to protect the patient but couldn't save him.

So she became the "Heroine of the Tragedy" and everyone loved her based on thinking she selflessly risked her life.