[And that...he sort of understands that, in his own way; his life was more or less nothing but shallow pleasure before the alliance back in Tokyo, and while he enjoyed it - he'll never say he didn't - it still feels strange to look back on it. It's cold, and there's a hollowness to it, and the alliance changed that. Kaneki changed that, and while Tsukiyama's made something halfway resembling a life for himself here, back home he has his own One Sole Thing to live for that's giving him some sort of value (as a knight, as a sword).

Maybe Kaneki is Tsukiyama's equivalent of Kevin's Smiling God; who knows.]

There you go, monsieur - as long as you're living for something, there's value in continuing to live. At least, that's how I've always seen it.

Some just don't live for themselves, and that's fine.