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Per TRS. Bishounen is a Definition-Only fan-speak term used only for Japanese/East-Asian media. Examples or audience reactions are not allowed. Moving In Universe acknowledgements/relevance to Pretty Boy. Removing any ZCE or misuse.


* {{Bishounen}}: He's notably very handsome, especially when compared to the likes of Yamori.



* {{Bishounen}}: He's quite good looking, and pretty enough that Banjou initially mistakes Touka for him when they first meet.


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* PrettyBoy: He's quite good looking, and pretty enough that Banjou initially mistakes Touka for him when they first meet.

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* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: Aogiri values strength above all else, with the Executives enforcing their place in the organization through violence -- both towards their own minions ''and'' each other.
* AuthorityGrantsAsskicking: The higher ranked members are all at ''least'' S-Ranked, with the group led by a legendary SSS-class Ghoul.

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* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: Aogiri values strength above all else, with the Executives enforcing their place in the organization through violence -- both towards their own minions ''and'' each other. \n* AuthorityGrantsAsskicking: The higher ranked members are all at ''least'' S-Ranked, with the group led by a legendary SSS-class Ghoul.



* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything?: Ayato's eating of Touka's kagune looks all the more disturbing because the way he presses her against his body makes it look like he's raping her. (This is less true in the anime adaptation, which focuses more on his face and mouth, but compensates by making it look even more savage and vicious.)

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything?: DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Ayato's eating of Touka's kagune looks all the more disturbing because the way he presses her against his body makes it look like he's raping her. (This is less true in the anime adaptation, which focuses more on his face and mouth, but compensates by making it look even more savage and vicious.)
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A middle-aged Ghoul living in the 20th Ward. He was killed by Nishiki over a disputed hunting ground.

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A middle-aged Ghoul living in the 20th Ward.Ward who works as a gym instructor. He was killed by Nishiki over a disputed hunting ground.



* PayEvilOntoEvil: Downplayed, but an omake in volume 1 shows that he deliberately chooses to hunt bad people.

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* PayEvilOntoEvil: PayEvilUntoEvil: Downplayed, but an omake in volume 1 shows that he deliberately chooses to hunt bad people.targets who've demonstrated unpleasant natures -- the man he killed in Anteiku's alleyway was a gym client who wouldn't pay his fees and harassed the female staff.
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* WouldHitAGirl: Would murder and eat, yeah.

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* GasMaskMooks: A heroic example.

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* ScifiBobHaircut: Jiro has one.

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* ADayInTheLimelight: "Side Story: Rize" focuses enterily on her life in the 11th ward a few months before the start of the story.

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* ADayInTheLimelight: "Side Story: Rize" focuses enterily on her life in the 11th ward a few months before the start of the story.
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* OutOfFocus: An [[TropesAreTools intentional example]]. Following the timeskip, Touka shows up far less, not only reflecting how she and Kaneki have grown distant with one another, but also how the worlds both of them live in are increasingly at odds with one another. Whereas Kaneki continues going deeper and deeper into the darkest fringes of ghoul society, Touka becomes more and more immersed in the human world, and as such her decreased screentime reflects Kaneki's mistaken belief that their lives are incompatible with each other's.

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* OutOfFocus: An [[TropesAreTools intentional example]]. Following the timeskip, TimeSkip, Touka shows up far less, not only reflecting how she and Kaneki have grown distant with one another, but also how the worlds both of them live in are increasingly at odds with one another. Whereas Kaneki continues going deeper and deeper into the darkest fringes of ghoul society, Touka becomes more and more immersed in the human world, and as such her decreased screentime reflects Kaneki's mistaken belief that their lives are incompatible with each other's.



* YouKilledMyFather: Subverted. Touka had no idea when she fought and killed Kureo Mado that he was the Investigator that took down her father.

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* YouKilledMyFather: Subverted. Touka had no idea when she fought and killed Kureo Mado that he was the Investigator that who took down her father.



* BacktoBackBadasses: With Irimi.

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* BackToBackBadasses: With Koma.

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* CoolBigSis: To Touka and Hinami.

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* PrettyBoy: He's extremely pretty and well-dressed, playing up his good looks with fashionable clothing and a stylish haircut.



* AscendedExtra: In the anime, she is given a larger role as a figure of Kaneki's imagination.

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* AscendedExtra: In the anime, she is given a larger role and many extra scenes as a figure of Kaneki's imagination. imagination.



* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:The "accident" that "killed" her was no accident but engineered by Souta / Kichimura as part of his plan to eventually turn her into his BabyFactory. The accident left her in a FateWorseThanDeath and she was reduced to a LivingMacGuffin with no agency who was left at the mercy of several people who wanted to use her unique kagune. But considering she was a selfish and deranged SerialKiller who felt no remorse in killing as many people as she could, there's limited sympathy one can have for her.]]



* BigBadEnsemble: Though she dies early on, she remains as Kaneki's EnemyWithin [[spoiler:and isn't even really dead]], attempting to influence him to become as hedonistic and cruel as her [[spoiler:and playing a key role in Souta's plan]].

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* BespectacledCutie: She invokes this. She has perfect eyesight, and the only reason she wears glasses in her human guise is to give her a "cuter" appearance and cause others to think she's harmless when she's actually a LiteralManeater.
* BigBadEnsemble: Though she dies early on, she remains as Kaneki's EnemyWithin [[spoiler:and isn't even really dead]], attempting to influence him to become as hedonistic and cruel as her [[spoiler:and playing a key role in Souta's Souta / Kichimura's plan]].



* BitchInSheepsClothing: She initially seems like a shy and modest girl, but that personality turned out to be a ruse in order to seduce Kaneki. She then proceeds to try and eat him.

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: She initially seems like a shy and modest girl, but that personality turned turns out to be a ruse in order to seduce Kaneki. She then proceeds to try and eat him.him.
* BuxomBeautyStandard: She has a large bust, which is one of the reasons why she's considered so attractive by many. She knows it too and has been shown to seduce men by leaning her torso so to give them a view of her cleavage. Even Kaneki gets [[DistractedByTheSexy distracted]] by her chest during his "date" with her.



* CombatTentacles: She has four that emerge from her back, and she's quite good at using them to play with her food.
* TheCorrupter: In Kaneki's mind, it is a psychological manifestation of Rize that constantly encourages him to embrace his Ghoul instincts. This is especially played up in the anime.

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* CombatTentacles: She has four that Due to her kagune, she could have six, shard red tentacles emerge from her back, and she's quite good at using them to play with her food.
food or fend off enemies.
* CommonalityConnection: Uses her love for books to bond with Kaneki and make him fall for her, so she could lure him into her trap. Ironically she wasn't faking it and she does like to read.
* TheCorrupter: In Kaneki's mind, it is a psychological manifestation of Rize that constantly encourages him to embrace his Ghoul instincts. This is especially played up in the anime.anime, where several extra scenes are added.



* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: When her eyes are normal, at least.

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* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: When her eyes are normal, at least.least, they are the same purple shade as her hair color.



* FemmeFatale: Known for using her beauty to lure in men. Interestingly, she didn't play up her sexuality and instead projected a "shy girl" persona to lure in men. It worked too, since that's what attracted Kaneki to her, and he wasn't the first guy to fall for it.
* FlowerMotifs: The Red Spider Lily, traditionally associated with Death and Abandonment or Loss. Her kagune are represented by these flowers in the opening, while her appearance to Kaneki in a vision prompts the flowers to begin appearing around them.
* HateSink: Overlapping with HatedByAll. She has absolutely no redeeming qualities whatsoever. And outside of maybe two people, no one in-universe liked her either. As even before she met Kaneki, she made a lot of enemies. And it's even why someone in Aogiri Tree [[DeconstructedTrope eventually set up her "accident."]] [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Because her shameless binge eating was attracting too much attention from the CCG.]]
* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: Goes from being TheDreaded Binge Eater [[spoiler: to Dr. Kanou's personal kakuhou farm to an insane shell of her former self who can only cry, drool, and beg for meat.]]
* ItAmusedMe: She lived solely for her own enjoyment, doing things to ease her boredom.
* ItsAllAboutMe: She's incredibly selfish and doesn't care about how her actions affect others. [[spoiler: [[DeconstructedTrope It's what eventually]] [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome gets her killed.]]]]
* LackOfEmpathy: Blows off any and all pain and anguish she causes, caring only for her own personal amusement.

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* ADayInTheLimelight: "Side Story: Rize" focuses enterily on her life in the 11th ward a few months before the start of the story.
* TheDreaded: As the "Binger Eater", she's a feared and infamous nomadic SerialKiller ghoul known to create massacres and kill far more humans than necessary, thus bringing unwanted attention to the wards she resides in. She always manages to escape the CCG while leaving the other ghouls in the ward to deal with the consequences.
* DudeMagnet: She's a great beauty who knows how to act to have guys fall for her. But she has also had guys falling for her even when she ''wasn't'' trying to seduce them, such as Banjou and [[spoiler: Souta / Kichimura]].
* AFateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler: She actually survived the steel beam incident, but Dr. Kanou keeps her barely alive with all her limbs cut off and trapped in his laboratory so he can use her for his experiments. Even after she's rescued, she's kept trapped in Yomo's apartment in a half-starved state that drives her delirious, as she's considered far too dangerous to allow her to regain her former strength.]]
* FemmeFatale: Known for using her beauty to lure in men. Interestingly, she didn't play up her sexuality and instead projected a "shy girl" persona to lure in men. It worked too, since that's what attracted Kaneki to her, and he wasn't the first guy to fall for it. \n In Kaneki's hallucinations of her, she does play the role of seductress as she tempts him to give in to his HorrorHunger.
* FlowerMotifs: The Red Spider Lily, traditionally associated with Death and Abandonment or Loss. Her kagune are represented by these flowers in the opening, while her appearance to Kaneki in a vision prompts the flowers to begin appearing around them.
them.
* HateSink: Overlapping with HatedByAll. She has absolutely no redeeming qualities whatsoever. And outside of maybe two people, no one in-universe InUniverse liked her either. As even before she met Kaneki, she made a lot of enemies. And it's even why someone in Aogiri Tree [[DeconstructedTrope eventually set up her "accident."]] [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Because her shameless binge eating was attracting too much attention from the CCG.]]
* HeadTurningBeauty: Most characters InUniverse find her incredibly attractive. When she walks inside the cafe in the very first chapter, most people literally turn their heads to stare at her. Upon seeing her Hide, even tells Kaneki to give up on his crush, as she's clearly out of his league.
* TheHedonist: Her only goal in life is to indulge in her depraved need to kill to sate her boredom, with no regards on how this affects anyone else around her.
* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: Goes from being TheDreaded Binge Eater [[spoiler: to Dr. Kanou's personal kakuhou farm to an insane shell of her former self who can only cry, drool, and beg for meat. Kaneki is particularly shocked upon meeting her again, since the Rize that appears him his mind is still a confident, remorseless SerialKiller.]]
* ItAmusedMe: She lived solely for her own enjoyment, doing things to ease her boredom.
boredom, which is how she became more and more depraved over time.
* ItsAllAboutMe: She's incredibly selfish and doesn't care about how her actions affect others. [[spoiler: [[DeconstructedTrope It's what eventually]] [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome gets led to her killed.]]]]
downfall, as even, Kichimura, one of the few people who cared for her ends up betraying her due to her complete disregard towards him.]]
* LackOfEmpathy: Blows off any and all pain and anguish she causes, causes to others, caring only for [[ItsAllAboutMe her own personal amusement.amusement]].
* LecherousLicking: She tends to lick her lips in a perverted fashion when she's thinking or talking about eating people.
* LiteralManeater: Her usual modus operandi is to seduce men so she can seclude and devour them. But she doesn't mind eating women if she gets the chance.



* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:She's killed by one of her victims: Kaneki]].

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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:She's killed by one of LustObject:
** For [[spoiler: Souta / Kichimura, who has been extremely attracted to
her victims: Kaneki]].since they were very young. He even helped her escape from his family, but her LiteralManeter actions drove him to become a {{Yandere}} leading to him to wanting to capture her and turn her into his BabyFactory.]]
** Kaneki's hallucinations about her tend to be sexual in nature, especially in the anime, implying he's still attracted to her despite everything she did to him.



* MsFanservice: She's pretty, has big boobs and even had a shower scene.
* MysteriousPast: Her past is shrouded in mystery, partially because of her tendency to move from Ward to Ward once she'd worn out her welcome. Her name is also revealed to be an alias. Since Ghouls almost ''never'' abandon their given names even when changing identities, her choice to create an entirely new identity hints that she was hiding something.
* NakedOnArrival: Her first appearance in the anime had her naked.

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* MsFanservice: She's pretty, a pretty woman with a voluptuous figure, her assets are often emphasized by MaleGaze panels and shots and she tends to play the role of a seductress towards Kaneki. She also has big boobs a fair share of gratuitous fanservice scenes, such as a ShowerScene in her side story, and even had a shower scene.
her very first scene in the manga adaptation introducing her while she's naked (albeit with ToplessnessFromTheBack angles or [[CensorShadow covered in shadows]]).
* MysteriousPast: Her past is shrouded in mystery, partially because of her tendency to move from Ward to Ward once she'd worn out her welcome. Her welcome, with her name is also revealed to be an alias. alias early on. Since Ghouls almost ''never'' abandon their given names even when changing identities, her choice to create an entirely new identity hints that she was hiding something.
something. Her past and the reasons why so many factions are interested in her are slowly revealed as the story progresses
* NakedOnArrival: Her first appearance in the anime had her naked.naked as she devours a bunch of corpses, to further illustrate [[NakedNutter her depravity]] and [[SinisterNudity debauchery]]. Yamori even ambushes her like that, and she [[FullFrontalAssault easily fends him off while still fully nude]].
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: She's known as the "Binger Eater" due to the fact she kills far more often than any ghoul finds prudent. If she's in your district, you can expect the CCG to be breathing down your necks soon due to the sheer damage she can cause.



* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: If she's in your district, you can expect the CCG to be breathing down your necks soon due to the sheer damage she can cause.



* TheOphelia: Played With. [[spoiler:She ''seems'' to be this when Kaneki first sees her at Yomo's place, with messy hair and an unfocused gaze but still very much the beautiful woman he remembered. But then she finally reacts to him... by screaming hysterically for food, while sobbing and drooling everywhere. He's absolutely horrified to see her reduced to such a state]].

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* TheOphelia: Played With.PlayedWith. [[spoiler:She ''seems'' to be this when Kaneki first sees her at Yomo's place, with messy hair and an unfocused gaze but still very much the beautiful woman he remembered. But then she finally reacts to him... by screaming hysterically for food, while sobbing and drooling everywhere. He's absolutely horrified to see her reduced to such a state]].



* PosthumousCharacter: She dies fairly early in the series, but is referenced to by several characters. [[spoiler:It also seems that she was specifically killed so that her body could be used to turn humans into ghouls.]]
* PurpleIsPowerful: Her hair, eyes, and accents in her clothing are purple. She's noted to have been an exceptionally powerful Ghoul, with unique Kagune that made her the target of more than one party.

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* PosthumousCharacter: PlayedWith. She dies fairly early in the series, but she's the reason Kaneki turned into a ghoul and is referenced to by several characters. [[spoiler:It also seems that she was specifically killed so that characters due to her body could actions and MysteriousPast. [[spoiler:She's later revealed to be used NotQuiteDead, but is reduced to turn humans into ghouls.a LivingMacGuffin rather than an actual character with her own agency.]]
* PurpleIsPowerful: Her hair, eyes, and accents in her clothing are purple. She's noted to have been an exceptionally powerful Ghoul, with unique Kagune that made her the target of more than one party.



* SmallRoleBigImpact: She basically kickstarts '''the entire plot'''.

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* {{Sadist}}: She's not the Binge Eater simply because she likes the act of eating, but because she greatly enjoys the thrill of hunting down and cornering her prey. When she ambushes Kaneki, she takes great joy in how terrified he is of her, and wants to take her time in killing him to prolong his suffering.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: She She's only really active in the very first chapters of the story but she basically kickstarts '''the entire plot'''.plot''' by targetting Kaneki and inadvertently turning him into a ghoul.



* PowerTrio: With Yomo and Itori.

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* BuxomBeautyStandard: She's well-endowed, which is considered a great part of her sex appeal and why she wears clothing with lots of cleavage. The first time they meet, she [[MarshmallowHell shoves Kaneki's face against her breasts]], causing him to blush.



* MarshmallowHell: The first time they meet, she shoves Kaneki's face against her breasts.



* PowerTrio: With Yomo and Uta.

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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Many ghouls revere the Owl as a benevolent savior instead of the genocidal maniac they really are.
* VocalDissonance: The Owl's voice in the anime is somewhat jarring, hearing the same voice [[spoiler:used as Eto]] coming out of that ''thing''.



* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Many ghouls revere the Owl as a benevolent savior instead of the genocidal maniac they really are.
* VocalDissonance: The Owl's voice in the anime is somewhat jarring, hearing the same voice [[spoiler:used as Eto]] coming out of that ''thing''.



The One-Eyed King's right hand man, a ruthless and proud Ghoul. He has little tolerance for weakness, and quickly discards Kaneki as useless. He is almost always with Eto.

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The One-Eyed King's right hand right-hand man, a ruthless and proud Ghoul. He has little tolerance for weakness, and quickly discards Kaneki as useless. He is almost always with Eto.



* TheComicallySerious: His role in the omakes.

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* BigBad: As it turns out, she’s the [[spoiler:One-Eyed Owl.]]

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* BarefootLoon: She goes barefoot save for the bandages around her feet, illustrating her deranged and unnerving nature.
* BigBad: As it turns out, she’s she's the [[spoiler:One-Eyed Owl.]]



* [[{{MysteriousWaif}} Mysterious Waif]]/[[{{WaifProphet}} Waif Prophet]]: Evil example. [[spoiler:The lost daughter of Kuzen Yoshimura and his human wife, Ukina]] Her small body is loaded with more secrets, power and insight than almost anyone else in the series and [[spoiler: she's in control of a ''massive'' amount of the plot]]. She also foretells many events and revelations throughout the collection of Tokyo Ghoul works, through [[spoiler: her books written with the pen name Sen Takatsuki]].

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* [[{{MysteriousWaif}} Mysterious Waif]]/[[{{WaifProphet}} Waif Prophet]]: MysteriousWaif:: Evil example. [[spoiler:The lost daughter of Kuzen Yoshimura and his human wife, Ukina]] Her small body is loaded with more secrets, power and insight than almost anyone else in the series and [[spoiler: she's in control of a ''massive'' amount of the plot]]. She also foretells many events and revelations throughout the collection of Tokyo Ghoul works, through [[spoiler: her books written with the pen name Sen Takatsuki]].



* [[spoiler:TheReveal[=/=]TwoAliasesOneCharacter: She is the One-Eyed Owl, as well as author Sen Takatsuki.]]



* TwoAliasesOneCharacter: [[spoiler: She is the One-Eyed Owl, as well as author Sen Takatsuki.]]



* WaifProphet: She foretells many events and revelations throughout the collection of Tokyo Ghoul works, through [[spoiler: her books written with the pen name Sen Takatsuki]].






* TheBerserker: One he activates his Kakuja form, he completely loses what little control he had left, shouting Kaneki's name over and over again while recklessly attacking him.

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* TheBerserker: One Once he activates his Kakuja form, he completely loses what little control he had left, shouting Kaneki's name over and over again while recklessly attacking him.



* EarlyBirdCameo: In the anime, he's shown having a brief confrontation with Rize in the very first episode.



* {{Expy}}: An in-universe example. His name came from Investigators being reminded of a certain Hockey mask-wearing murderer related to the number 13...

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* {{Expy}}: An in-universe InUniverse example. His name came from Investigators being reminded of a certain Hockey mask-wearing murderer related to the number 13...



* {{Sadist}}: As Kaneki soon learns.

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* {{Sadist}}: As Kaneki soon learns.learns, he takes great pleasure in torturing and mutilating others.




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* WorfEffect: The anime adaptation features him attacking Rize in the first episode, with her easily fending him off and even stealing his pliers to show how much of a threat she is.



* HotBlooded: He seems to always be yelled and posing dramatically.

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* HotBlooded: He seems to always be yelled yelling and posing dramatically.


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* LongHairIsFeminine: His hair is fairly long, and this gets parodied when an Omake casts him as the titular long-haired Princess.
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* OutOfFocus: An [[TropesAreTools intentional example]]. Following the timeskip, Touka shows up far less, not only reflecting how she and Kaneki have grown distant with one another, but also how the worlds both of them live in are increasingly at odds with one another. Whereas Kaneki continues going deeper and deeper into the darkest fringes of ghoul society, Touka becomes more and more immersed in the human world, and as such her decreased screentime reflects Kaneki's mistaken belief that their lives are incompatible with each other's.
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* PayEvilOntoEvil: Downplayed, but an omake in volume 1 shows that he deliberately chooses to hunt bad people.
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* PetTheDog: She has several, but the first one is when she stops Kaneki from eating Hide in a fit of blind hunger, showing rather early on that she's a better person than she seems at first glance.
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* PsychologicalProjection: Early on, Touka scathingly criticizes Kaneki for his refusal to eat human flesh, telling him that there's no place for someone who can't decide between being human or ghoul. Given that Touka herself is later shown to be very much immersed in the human world, one could easily interpret her words as a reflection of her own insecurity.

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* PowerTrio: With Uta and Itori.



* ThreeAmigos: With Uta and Itori.



* ThreeAmigos: Though they are apparently siblings.



* PowerTrio: With Yomo and Itori.



* ThreeAmigos: With Yomo and Itori.

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* ThreeAmigos: With Yomo and Itori.



* PowerTrio: With Yomo and Uta.



* ThreeAmigos: With Yomo and Uta.

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* ThreeAmigos: With Yomo and Uta.

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* OlderThanTheyLook: She's 14, but looks much younger and is tiny compared to the other characters.



* TeensAreShort: She's 14, but looks much younger and is tiny compared to the other characters.



* HeightAngst: He's the youngest leader of Aogiri, and shorter than any of his peers by far. An omake reveals he's insecure about this, which probably isn't helped by Naki calling attention to his height.



* TeensAreShort: He's the youngest leader of Aogiri, and shorter than any of his peers by far. An omake reveals he's actually insecure about this, which probably isn't helped by Naki calling attention to his height.
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