#aroace!kaneki

[kyanitedragon]

Okay so I've shared this page before, saying how Kaneki comes off really Asexual when he says this, since he's prioritizing other features of her besides physical. But I'm realizing now, just how passive he says this too. Like not only is her beauty not the only reason, but its far from the top reason, maybe even irrelevant to his interest in her.

[ID: Manga panels from Chapter 1 that show: Kaneki sits in anteiku and says in his thoughts as he peeks over his book at Rize "Her appearance is beautiful, of course... But there's another reason I'm attracted to her. She's reading the work of one of my most beloved authors, Takatsuki Sen. And by chance, she happens to be reading the same title as I am. The Black Goat's Egg." The other panels show Rize reading this book. End ID]

And then, this read I'm realizing that he also comes off as really Aromantic.

Like, his idea of a date... It sounds more like he just wants a book club buddy to hang out with.

[ID: Sitting with Hide, Kaneki says "Yeah, her name is Kamishiro Rize. This time, we're going to give each other novel recommendations!!" The next panel shows a dream-like scene of Kaneki happily running while dragging Rize along, running across floating books through various bookshelves. Kaneki says "It's my first outing ever with a girl, but its a dream bookstore date!" Kaneki ducks his head and shakes in excitement as he adds "Hide... my heart has been deeply touched!" Hide gives an awkward thumbs-up as he replies "I don't really understand the appeal of a date in a bookstore but... whatever, go and have fun!" End ID]

Like, "give each other novel recommendations"? That's extremely basic. Not even "discuss the deep reasons why we connect to these particular books to learn more about each other"?

Poor guy just wants some book nerd friends.

Even the image in his head looks like he's out book shopping with Rize, no hint of anything specifically romantic in sight.

And yet he's so genuinely emotional over this. Even using phrasing that you would think he's talking about a more stereotypically romantic date.

And this is exactly what they do on the real date, too! Give each other book reccomendations and chat about Takatsuki's various works!

[ID: Sitting at dinner together, Rize asks "So Kaneki-san, what is your number one recommendation?" Kaneki twirls and eats pasta as he says "Hmm.... Takatsuki-san's debut work, maybe?" Rize responds "Oh, Dear Kafka! That trick with the letter really got me." End ID]

[tokyoghoulaspecs]

Make Up Date

Hide takes Kaneki on a date, to make him feel loved after his disastrous first date with Rize.

Word Count: 1500

Featuring: Aroacespec Kaneki

Warnings: A character feeling uncomfortable with romance, written in an amatonormative POV for a time

(AO3 Link)

“Come on, let me take you on a date! Please!”

Hide had been begging this every day since his release from the hospital. Thinking it was a joke he wasn’t getting, Kaneki kept denying. But Hide kept asking, and Kaneki was beginning to think he was completely serious.

“Why does this matter to you?” Kaneki asked.

Hide didn’t like him, right? If he did, this was a real strange way to confess.

Hide’s smile turned gentle. “Because your first date ended up so awful. You don’t deserve that. And I can’t see you wanting to ask anyone else out anytime soon, so let me take you out!”

“You don’t have to do that. I’m fine.”

“Of course I don’t have to, but I want to. It’ll be fun for me too!”

“Okay, fine. But no dinner dates.”

Hide grimaced, likely remembering what happened at Big Girl. “Yeah, sure. No problem. We can do something else. How about a bookstore date, and then we see a movie together? If you’re up for it we could eat a bunch of junk food, but if you’re not, then the movie will be just as good with no snacks.”

“Okay. I’m in.”

Hide already had a plan in mind. In fact, in the week Kaneki kept denying, Hide had just built onto his original plan.

He’d dressed nicely. He brought flowers. He brought a cute little package of chocolates. He met Kaneki after his classes, complimenting his appearance even though Kaneki hadn’t dressed up, and walked him to the bookstore. He held his hand the whole time and stood close, affectionately leaning on him. He kissed his hand a few times, even going for a peck on the cheek once or twice. He planned and did everything romantic he could think of. Even the “stretch and not-so-discreetly put your arm around your partner” move during the movie, as cliché as it probably was.

It was the perfect plan for making Kaneki feel special and loved.

But Kaneki was really awkward the whole time. At first, Hide just thought it was nerves. He gave it some time for Kaneki to adjust to their date. But he never did, and he just seemed to be growing more and more uncomfortable as the night went on. He gradually toned down the romance, trying to hit a sweet spot in Kaneki’s comfort zone, but Kaneki kept giving off vibes of being uncomfortable. Hide knew Kaneki wouldn’t speak up for himself, so Hide stopped the date as soon as he realized it. And he felt terrible for not realizing it and stopping it sooner. His intentions were to cheer Kaneki up, not drag him out on an uncomfortable evening that he might not have even wanted in the first place.

“You don’t like me, do you?” Hide asked gently. It was one of the few things he could never accurately tell about Kaneki. Some days he thought Kaneki was harboring a secret crush on him. Other days he thought Kaneki only thought of him like a friend. He didn’t care either way. But he wanted to know right now, to make things simple and be able to best help Kaneki in whichever way he wanted and needed.

“...” Kaneki didn’t answer him.

“It’s fine. I know I’m not exactly a beautiful girl, like you usually like.” Hide said.

“I don’t know…” Kaneki said.

“You’re not gonna insult me or anything by saying no.”

“No, I… I really don’t know.” Kaneki said. He put his head in his hands, frustrated. “You’re right. You’re not a beautiful girl. I don’t see you the same way as I did with… with Rize-san. I don’t see you as beautiful, but…”

“But?”

“But you’re… handsome. You’re really nice and kind, and you goof around a lot, but you can be really smooth and charming when you want to be. And I do like that.”

Hide started blushing. Was he really like that?

“And… isn’t that romantic?” Kaneki mused. “Isn’t that what girls like in guys?”

“So you do like me.” Hide said, trying to make sense of it.

“I don’t know.” Kaneki repeated. “This date didn’t feel like it should. It didn’t feel good, to be treated as your date.”

“Did you feel like I was treating you too much like a girl?”

“No, no.” Kaneki shook his head. “Maybe it was just too much attention.”

“Too much too soon?”

“Just too much attention in general.”

“Then what kind of attention do you want? What did you and that girl do?”

“I already told you.”

“There’s gotta be more than that! Give me the juicy details! Did she have some real nerdy pickup lines? Did you do that thing where you cuddle and read the same book together? Or lean over her shoulder as she reads as an excuse to get closer to her?”

Kaneki gave him a confused look. Why would he want to get closer to her?

“No, none of that. We talked about our favorite books, ate dinner, and we talked as we walked home.”

“...That’s it?”

“Well, then there was the accident…”

Hide flinched. “Oh, I didn’t mean to—!”

“It’s okay.” Kaneki said. “I’m okay.”

“That’s really all you did on your date?”

“Is there something wrong with that?”

“No. As long as… that’s what you wanted to happen on your date?”

“Yeah. Yeah, it was… really nice… I was… really happy. Before…” Kaneki trailed off again.

“Just talking about books?”

“Yeah. Turns out we had a lot in common. I liked that.”

Hide went silent. He wasn’t sure how to say what he was thinking in a way that wouldn’t come across as offensive. Because he really didn’t mean it that way. But something didn’t seem to be adding up.

“You liked… that you had common taste in books?” Hide repeated.

“Yeah.”

“And… that’s it?” Hide asked again.

“Yes, that’s it.” Kaneki snapped, getting tired of answering the same question. And then he seemed to realize what Hide was getting at. “Oh.

There was a beat of silence. Then Kaneki asked “Well, then what do most people like about their dates?”

“I-I don’t know. I’ve never been on a date either, remember?”

“But if you were to guess?”

“Well, some people like to hookup on a first date. Or makeout. Otherwise, I think they try to learn all they can about each other and see if they might be compatible.”

“Okay? And wasn’t that what I was doing?”

“Was it?” Hide asked. “Did you ask about her family? Her schooling? Her hobbies besides reading?”

“No…” Kaneki said. “She asked about mine a little, but…”

“It’s not bad that you didn’t.” Hide said. “You had fun. That’s all that matters.”

After a moment, Kaneki said. “...I didn’t want to hook up with her.”

“That’s fine, plenty of people don’t want to move that fast, especially on a first date.”

“I didn’t want to kiss her, either.”

“And that’s fine too. First base is overrated. Not like I’ve ever kissed anyone, either.”

“She leaned in to kiss me. At least, I thought she was going to.”

“Oh?” Hide’s eyes lit up, suddenly interested. So they did have more physical stuff going on on that date. He knew they had to!

“But when she did… I felt… afraid.”

“It’s fine to be nervous.”

“Not nervous.” Kaneki said firmly. “Afraid.”

“Afraid of being a bad kisser?”

“Afraid of being kissed.” Kaneki admitted. “She was holding me, and coming in to kiss me, and I just felt afraid. I didn’t want her to kiss me. My heart was pounding in my ears and I couldn’t move and all I could think was, I don’t actually want this.”

“Did she back off?” Hide asked, holding his breath.

“Well… She didn’t kiss me…” Kaneki muttered.

“So you didn’t like her.” Hide said.

“I did like her.” Kaneki said. “She was pretty and I had a fun time with her.”

“So you liked her as a friend.”

“...As a friend?”

“Right? Sounds that way to me.”

Kaneki ducked his head and sighed.

“It’s fine. There’s other fish in the sea.”

“How can you tell?”

“Do you know how many girls there are in Tokyo alone, nevermind the whole wide—?”

“No. How can you tell if you like someone as a friend or as a girlfriend?”

“You, you know, feel different about them.” Hide said. But between Kaneki’s blank stare, and what he had just admitted, he realized that Kaneki did not in fact know.

“Uh, let’s see. You get anxious around them. But a good kind of anxious, not like anxiety but like excitement. You really want to spend more time around them. And they make you really happy. So much that sometimes you can overdo it while not realizing it. You know how in movies someone will laugh way too long at the bad joke their crush said? Like that.”

“But what’s the difference?” Kaneki asked. “You feel that way about friends too. Right?”

“Er, sorta? Sometimes?” Hide grit his teeth, starting to get confused himself. He knew the difference, but it wasn’t something he could put into words.

“But you can tell?” Kaneki asked.

“Yeah. I mean, I think so.”

“Then either… I like everyone… or I like no one...”

Hide laughed, patting him on the back. “Well good news, bud. There’s words for both of those.”

[tg-pilled]

Tokyo Ghoul Headcanons

These are my own opinions drawn from interactions in the show and manga! Please be kind!

Hi hi!! For sillies I wanted to share my TG headcanons! I am a genderfluid aroace lesbian so I'm kind of biased towards the women bc I'm in love w them all tbh but I'll probably make more if I feel like it. For now have some main ones :)

Hide (he/him cis) - Bisexual! He's heavily bi coded in the manga and in the anime too! The way he interacts with Kaneki especially is very...

Saiko (she/they trans) - She's a character I project onto a lot. She doesn't seem to care much for romance or really socializing in general which is so real tbh. Her lack of caring I don't think translates to her platonic relationships later in the series (as we see) but I think her romantic interest is slim to none.

Urie (he/him cis (?) I can see him as trans tbh) - He is a bitter gay man. Prove me wrong. He's the black cat to Ginshi's golden retriever.

Ginshi - Bisexual! To me he seems unconcerned w labeling himself but still views everyone as attractive and isn't sure why.

Tooru (he/him trans) - MY FAVOURITE CANON TRANS MAN ILY 🙏🙏 He's gay imo but I am open to other interpretations as well.

Juuzou (he/they agender) - Demisexual but even then hasn't ever been romantically involved w anyone bc of his trauma.

Rize (she/her demigirl) - I have no clue why but she gives off a lesbian demigirl vibe idk?? I'm in love w her and want her to be a lesbian but besides that. I have nothing.

Ayato (he/him trans) - I think he's a trans man and aroace. I don't imagine him falling in love like. At all.

Touka (they/she nonbinary I just forgot the flag) - LESBIANISM ‼️‼️ Touka belongs on the island w me and the other lesbians. I view her and Kaneki's relationship as more platonic in the first series. In :re it's a Lot harder to ignore but I choose to ignore canon a lot anyways in favour of my happiness so idk. Plus she's in love w her human best friend so idk what to tell y'all besides the Touka is a lesbian truth.

Kaneki / Haise Sasaki (he/they demiboy) - I normally view these two as different people BUT I can honestly see Kaneki impacting Sasaki's identity and vice versa. Kaneki just whispering in his ear "you WILL be gay. You have no choice."

Anyways if you made it this far in my ramble thank you so much!! I hope you enjoyed this as much as I enjoyed making it :)

[hail-ey-m]

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!!TW: these letters talk about topics that could be potentially triggering to some, be sure to read the top of each letter to see the tw!!!

Color codes

Red-confession/love letter

Orange-response letter

Yellow-sfw alphabet/special

Green-check in

Blue-comfort letter

Purple-relationship dynamic playlist

Pink-incorrect quotes

Tamaki Amajiki—Anxiety

Giyuu Tomioka—Depression

Osamu Dazai—Intrusive Thoughts

Levi Ackerman—Loss of loved one

Katsuki Bakugou—Bipolar/Mood Swings

Ray—Guilt

Killua Zoldyck—PTSD

Shoto Todoroki—Family Issues

Saiki Kusuo—Avolition

Ken Kaneki—Estrangement

Mikasa Ackerman—Alexithymia

Denki Kaminari—Learning Problems

Takemichi Hanagaki—Sensitivity

Kyoka Jirou—ED

Zenitsu Agatsuma—Low self image

Sasuke Uchiha—Anger/grudge holding

Naruto Uzumaki—Loneliness

Eijiro Kirishima—Dysphoria

Eijiro Kirishima—Insecurities

Hanta Sero—P@n!c attacks/incorrect quotes

Tanjiro Kamado—Intrusive thoughts

Momo Yaoyorozu—Depression

Tanjiro Kamado—Confession

Katsuki Bakugou—Incorrect quotes

Tomura Shigaraki—Social anxiety/SH

Gaara—Incorrect quotes

Mina Ashido—Low self esteem/insecurities

Oboro Shirakumo—Lack of will to live

Tsuyu Asui—Mute/insecure

Toru Oikawa—Insecurity

Tadashi Yamaguchi—Anxiety

Shoyo Hinata—ADHD problems

Gaara—Isolation/judgement

Katsuki Bakugou—Insomnia

Shinobu Kocho—Depression

Ochaco Uraraka—Mental abus3

Eri—Maturity

Maki Zen’in—Insecurity

Ray—Incorrect quotes

Nejire Hado—Coming out non-binary

Shun Kaido—Incorrect quotes

Shun Kaido—Mental struggles

Muichiro Tokito—Confession

Shota Aizawa—Coming out aroace

Katsuki Bakugou—ADHD problems

Toga Himiko—Paranoia/trust issues

Shota Aizawa—Self conscious

Edward Mason--Left out

Shota Aizawa—Self hatred

Christmas Special! A note from your favorites

Saiki Kusuo—Intrusive thoughts/insomnia

Obanai Iguro—Confession

Mina Ashido—Su!c!dal thoughts

Sanemi Shinazugawa—Anger/self hatred

Nobara Kugisaki—Loneliness

Maki Zen’in—Pan!c attack

Denki Kaminari—Missing someone

Kotaro Satō—Self consciousness

Norman—Checking in

Saiki Kusuo—Incorect quotes

Haruhi Fujioka—Coming out non-binary

Kaoru Hitachiin—Confession

Giyuu Tomioka—Lack of eating

Rengoku Kyojuro—Lack of motivation

Izuku Midoriya—Response letter

L Lawliet—Confession

Yor Forger—Depression

Mina Ashido—PTSD

Relationship Dynamic Playlists (multiple characters)

Denki Kaminari—Incorrect quotes

Katsuki Bakugou—Su!c!dal thoughts

Reiner Braun—Loss of friend

Denki Kaminari Dynamic Playlist

Satoru Gojo—Father issues

Kou Minamoto—Confession

Shota Aizawa—Self hatred/insomnia/self starvation/lack of will to live

Denki Kaminari—SH

Gon Freecss—Perfectionism

Miya Chinen—Anxiety

Fatgum—Not forgiving

Dazai Osamu—Pan!c attacks

Mitsuba Sousuke—Anxiety

Hatake Kakashi—Depression/coming out bisexual

Izuku Midoriya—Emotional sensitivity

Cherry Blossom(Kaoru Sakurayashiki)—Stress

Ryomen Sukuna—Love letter

Tanjiro Kamado—Lost pet

Shota Aizawa—SH/feeling numb

Present Mic—Lack of motivation/Su!c!dal/numbness

Toru Oikawa—Low self esteem/pushing yourself too far

Kei Tsukishima—Body/gender dysphoria

Kei Tsukishima —Night terrors

Chiba Ryunosuke—Moebius syndrome

Luck Voltia—Confession

Kaoru Hitachiin—Separation anxiety

Ray—Confession

Emma—Hoplessness

Oliver—Gaslight/betrayal

Tamaki Amajiki—Abuse/PTSD

Kurapika—SH

Piek Finger—Schizophrenia

Shota Aizawa—Coming out bisexual

Zenitsu Agatsuma—Confession

Kei Tsukishima—Check in

Shinobu Kocho—Confession

Lucy Maud Montgomery—Outcast

Tengen Uzui—Past traum@

Kiyoko Shimizu—Body insecurities

Taurus Audi—Dysphoria

Koshi Sugarwara—Attempted Su!c!d3

Atsumu Miya—ED

Asahi Azumane—Gender dysphoria

Daichi Sawamura—SH

Twice—Social anxiety

Rengoku Kyojuro—Confession

Tsuyu Asui—Dysphoria

Levi Ackerman—Feeling stupid

Yuji Itadori—Anxiety about eating

!Crossover! Mitsuri Kanroji + Katsuki Bakugou—Self conscious

Komi Shouko—Social anxiety/bad communication

Dazai Osamu + Chuuya Nakahara—Incorrect quotes

Yachi Hitoka—Grades falling

Katsuki Bakugou + Eijiro Kirishima—Perfectionism

Shota Aizawa—Ghosted

Kurapika—SH/ED

Toru Oikawa—Incorrect quotes

Katsuki Bakugou—Loss of loved one

Dabi—Confession/Su!c!dal

Rengoku Kyojuro—Confession

Himiko Toga—Wanna be friends?!

Shun Kaido—Breakup comfort

Denki Kaminari—Worried for you

Mitsuri Kanroji—Self hate/selflessness

Keigo Takami—Abuse trauma

Hitoshi Shinso—Insomnia/depression

Shoto Todoroki—Family issues

Hanako-kun—Low self esteem

Izuku Midoriya—Schizophrenia

Naruto Uzumaki—Trauma/lonliness

Edward Mason—Betrayal

[coffee-as-a-love-language]

some silly hcs regarding the roommate situation in the tg human/college au i’m working on, in hopes that someone will find them funny:

uta+nico:

juniors. the duo basically everyone is weirded out by, but ultimately writes off as harmless. people usually go to them for fashion advice. (they’re both gnc/genderfluid, so they’ve got advice for everyone)

renji+koma:

juniors, and the best neighbors ever. koma (my aroace king) is a ride or die for basically everyone, and renji is just along for the ride. he and uta have a silly little “not-quite-dating-but-more-than-friends” thing going that their friend group absolutely EATS UP

itori+kaya:

juniors. actively dating; their neighbors hate them. kaya works w/ renji and koma at the campus café

kaneki+hide:

freshmen, and childhood friends that opted to go to school together. they never actively mean to get in trouble, but it almost always finds them anyway. kaneki is a literature major—same as renji

touka+yoriko:

freshmen, also childhood friends. standard “punk-who-looks-for-fights” and “is-constantly-apologizing-for-her” dynamic

arima+hirako:

sophomores. the school’s top med student and top criminal justice major. constantly having beef w/ uta and renji for seemingly no reason

ui+furuta:

sophomores. ui…you poor, poor man

[pr4yerp0sition]

Also, I need to note a few things that are very important.

Arima Kishou along with Fushiguro Toji are not open to ships, Arima in himself is very difficult but also been wedded to @achroanimus for nearly three years. He falls into homosexual, aroace, when it comes to his sexuality. Although, I am more than happy to write ships that are platonic, familial, or enemies - oh, he has a lot of enemies. Denji and Kaneki are both trans, with Denji please use she/her pronouns along with Kaneki having masc, so, he / him. A full carrd will be a work in process in order to be imply about how each muse is written, it just takes a little time since the roster is pretty large at the moment.

[elmaxlys]

on the topic of them, do you ship either kaneki or touka with other characters?

touka's too aro for me to ship her romantically, but i like queerplatonic touriko and her being nishikimi's +1 or something (early :re touka, and of course still in a qplatonic sense)

as for our dear protag, it depends on the version lmao: kuroneki: shuuneki, qp kanerize (rize's too aro), tsukikanerize (listen.), matsuneki (yeah, shush.) - shironeki: shuuneki (in a huh. very specific way), qp amoneki (amon's too aroace) - haise: qp/soft-romo amonhaise - black reaper: furuneki (r-anarchy), etokane (? is that their name?) (also r-anarchy) and the three of them bc why the hell not (still r-anarchy) - king: please consider fuka

tldr my main kaneki ship is shuuneki (og exclusive - potentially up to haise)

[as21-7]

[le0watch]

i made an aroace kaneki pfp cause i can do whatever i want and fuck you

[probablyaspeccharacters]

Saiko is AroAce

[callmehide]

biace kanakei, aro touka, gay/pan ace hide

[tokyoghoulaspecs]

(Based on my old idea of matching their ace cards to the respective acespec identities)

[jesterjamz]

diji & kaneki shaking hands: aroace solidarity 👍

[straightouttazecloset]

LGBTQ+ Headcanons Pt. 1

Just some LGBTQ+ headcanons I have! Hope you enjoy! And comment below if you have any LGBTQ+ headcanons!

*Disclaimer: Pictures are not mine. If you own the picture and want it taken down, let me know and I will do so.*

Denki Kaminari: Bi

Ken Kaneki: Pansexual (not really a headcanon though)

Kusou Saiki: Gender fluid and AroAce

Tony Stark: Bi

Matoi Ryuku: Lesbian

And thats all for Part 1! Hope you enjoyed!

[kyanitedragon]

Arospec Lesbian Kira Nerys & Aroace Odo (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)

Lithromantic Bisexual Stan & Aroace Ford (Gravity Falls)

Aroace Ruby & Alloaro Yang (RWBY)

Gay Aro Yuu, Gay Ace Mika, and Quoiromantic Alloaro Lesbian Shinoa (Seraph of the End)

Greyromantic Bisexual Deku & Lithromantic Asexual Bakugo (My Hero Academia)

Non-SAM Aro Tsuyu and Non-SAM Ace Shinsou (My Hero Academia)

Bi Alloace Kaneki, Bi Alloaro Touka, and Lithromantic Pansexual Hide (Tokyo Ghoul)

Greyromantic Eto & Greysexual Hinami

Aromantic Greysexual Amon & Demiromantic Asexual Akira (Tokyo Ghoul)

Name your arospec and acespec duo hcs

I'll start: Hawks (aroallo) and Mirko (asexual) [bnha] & Kashima (acespec) and Hori (arospec) [gekkan shojo nozaki kun]

[as21-7]