Have Touka Wear a Dress and What Color

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At first I thought she was an innocent girl...

"I think it's because we want to live. Is there something wrong about that? We were all given life and raised. If the only thing we can do is eat people... how can we ever live correctly with a body like this? Even ghouls... even I want to live just like you guys!" - Touka Kirishima

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Basic Info

Gender - Female

Age - 21

Race - Ghoul

Status - Alive

Hair Color - Dark Purple

Affiliation - Anteiku

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Have you ever been told that your not normal? Maybe your different from others or you just do things different then the rest of your friends. It's actually very common that this situation will happen but it's rare that the person actually wants to be normal. They want to live a normal life or try hard to do what normal people do. In my opinion I see this as something that shouldn't be taken into notice because everybody is their own person and will do things that they wanna do in their own way that's what makes us as unique as possible. It's painful to hear from somebody that your weird or your horrible or that you look like a monster, these comments make people want to change but deep down their is no need for that because you are the best you can be when you are yourself. I saw this lesson in one of the most popular anime's, Tokyo Ghoul. My favorite character was a victim of this situation, the female ghoul Touka Kirishima.

Touka lives in a world were Ghouls are hated because of what they are. I had thought this too when I first saw the anime. Ghouls are basically people who survive by eating flesh. Sounds pretty bad when you put it like that but that's how it is. They have been rumored to be very dangerous and will kill instinctively. I believed this until I saw Touka. She was the example that all Ghouls should follow in the world. Touka had been living with her father and her brother during her younger years. I thought it was sad that a little girl has to know such a terrible truth about how the world was. She had to live in hiding because of how humans treated all the Ghouls. Her father didn't want her to be hurt or killed. I notice that back then these people didn't care if you were a little kid, if you had those bloodshot eyes you were going to die and I knew that's how Touka pictured her reality.

It's Tragic when you think about it for too long but that's how it was. I noticed that Touka had found a way to live comfortably in this world when I saw her serving coffee and tea in a local cafe during the first episode. This is when my eyes really got into her because she didn't seem like the kid who had to live such a terrible childhood. Touka found interest in the protagonist everybody knows as Kaneki which led her to take suspicion when she saw him with one of the top Ghouls around. Her name was Rize and Touka didn't trust her because she knew of her encounters with humans and how she tricks them. At this moment I could tell that Touka was going to be a huge part of this story which I was highly glad about . Later on Touka was seen talking to Kaneki and refused to help him with his ghoul problem because of how she saw him with Rize. I thought that was wrong but I knew why she rejected his request.

Appearance

Touka is one beautiful ghoul, at least one of the most beautiful out of all of the female ghouls I've seen. When I was first introduced to this character I was shocked of how cute and shy she was because I was told that ghouls were scary and aggressive and ugly, just horrible things but after seeing that face all that negative talk about them went out of my head. Touka is seen as a young girl with a very slender body with an average height. She has short cut purple hair that covers her ears and goes down to the middle of her neck. I think her hair is what really let Touka stand out to me out of all these characters in the anime. When I saw purple hair I automatically thought of Touka and I got excited. Anyways what I liked about her hair is that it covered one of her eyes which I thought was pretty coolish like. Touka matches her hair with her dark purple eyes but when she unleashed her ghoulish form her eyes turn a dark black and red with red veins splitting from her pupils. During the Anime Touka will always wear her working outfit for Anteiku, I thought it looked nice on her because it suited the way she acted. It consists of the colors light brown and blue. She wears a light brown tight sweater that has a long collar going up her neck. Over that she wears a long sleeved shirt that looks a little thick with pockets and a zipper like a hoodie in my opinion. She wears short but covering black shorts below matching with black boots.

Personality

I really respect Touka one because she is my favorite character and two, she is a strong woman. During my time watching both seasons of Tokyo Ghoul I have seen this girl be kind, cute, strong, and inspiring. This is why I said she sets the right example for how ghouls should be. In the beginning Touka can be seen as being really shy but for some reason I never believed it because she just didn't seem like that type of girl. She was more of a cool and chill type person who really didn't talk much unless it concerned her or somebody she was close too. Sometimes Touka can be described as being very mean and harsh but this comes from her reflecting off of her terrible childhood. I supported her acting like this what because she had a right too, nobody should have went through what she did but this is what made her so strong willed. Touka doesn't want to fight but she will if it's necessary, especially if it has to do with the people of Anteiku. This stood out to me and is what led me up to respecting Touka even though her family was broken up by the people who hunt ghouls, she still believed that their was hope of peace. This takes a lot of work because if I was in her shoes I would want to kill every human investigator in the city. Touka is different, she sees hope and knows the world will get better which is amazing in my eyes.

Abilities

All ghouls have their own unique Kagune but in my opinion Touka's is the most beautiful and amazing. Now her's comes in the form of a wing that looks like it's on fire with purple flames and red veins surging through it. Touka has abilities far more greater than a regular human obviously because she is a ghoul but because of her fast agility and speed she is known as the Rabbit of her area. She can jump building to building in seconds without getting tired which I liked about her. Also her Kagune is like a shield when I see her fight. Their have been multiple times were she has to block or deflect attacks from her enemies with her wing. Now what caught my eyes the most is her ability to create electricity from her wing by charging it up and releasing it quickly. This made her so strong and durable during her fights in my opinion.

Ken Kaneki

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Since the beginning I really saw these two getting together even though Touka was very nasty to him during their first meeting. Touka really saw him as a weakling at first which made me laugh but seeing how she taught him about the basics of being a ghoul made me have hope for these two in the future. She taught him things like how you can't eat regular human food or how to love your daily life as a ghoul in hiding. All those things made Kaneki a better person and a better ghoul which I liked because of Touka. It was shown that during the series Touka starts to feel for Kaneki and worried that he might get hurt since he is not used to the abilities of a ghoul. I loved this because I liked these too together because they both hade the same goals in mind and that was to live in peace.

Ayato Kirishima

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It was told that Touka was the one who took care of Ayato when they were younger which I liked because their father went missing and Touka has to do what was right. She had a lot of responsibility on her hands because she thought that this is what her father would have wanted. You would think that when they got older they would be really close but that wasn't the case sadly. Ayato has hatred in his heart because of what humans did to his family and so he took a different path which was against Touka's side resulting in them slowly moving apart from each other. I liked these two because during the anime I had hope that they would come back together and fight as one. Even though Ayato has hurt Touka, deep down I know she still loves him and looks at him like her brother from long ago.

Final Thoughts

In the end Tokyo Ghoul was one of my favorite anime's because of Touka alone. She did a lot and risked a lot so she could be were she is now. Her taking on her fathers role as a parent really shows me that she was mature and strong because most little kids can't do that. I saw that Touka wasn't the type of person who would let revenge over take her like her brother but instead she wanted to make peace with humans and live a good life. If necessary she will fight to protect the ones she love thats why she is liked so much in the anime. I don't think I could be as calm as her because of what had happened but she was and that really stood out to me. Not only that but Touka is very pretty and is known for attracting a lot of attention because of her looks. If their ever was peace between the humans and the ghouls I would already know who caused it to happen.

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