I've gone up to volume three. After that incident of Hanami's mother(God that chapter was so brutal!!). I like Hide and Tohka. I don't like the MC yet but that's because he's still in the beginning of his development and the author has purposefully written him in a not so cool light. (Right now he reminds me of Ikari Shiniji). I'd probably like him when I actually see him developing though.
And now that I'm enjoying TG, I find myself too uninterested in the NARUTO series. I don't even go to the anti-THE LAST thread in 2ch because I don't care. It's my fault anyway. I knew the quality was dropping so I should have seen it coming really.
Yeah, you're at the part where Kaneki's "struggle" really gets brought to the surface, later on it becomes really fleshed out and he becomes a great MC. From what I know, a lot of people carry the same opinion as you at the start, they're neutral, and then later they became huge fans, which was purposefully done as you mentioned.
I love Touka, she is the queen! Hide is pretty cool as well, and has an impact later on. Hinami is another one that I like, she's pretty cute in terms of her relationship with Kaneki and Touka. My other favs haven't appeared where you're at, so I won't say much.
That's pretty much the effect TG has had on me, it's really made me forget about this trash series. Like I said, OP and TG saved me lol are the japanese fans still pissed, have you heard anything even though you haven't been around as much lately? Oh, and also, do you plan on catching up on TG via the Internet, or just catch up whenever you buy the volumes?