Talk:Hideyoshi Nagachika/@comment-27247962-20161117145153

Here's an argument pro Kaneki's importance to Hide, to try and get the respect for their close bond back a bit more. Hide & Kaneki go together, not apart.

Ironically enough if Kaneki & Hide weren't best friends, there wouldn't be a smole drooling all over Hide, neither a fandom praising him for his selflessness, because it wouldn't have gotten any focus in the story.

So the whole spoiled argument about Kaneki not deserving Hide as a friend, instantly erases everything that made Hide so likeable. Hide's liking for Kaneki is all that ever made him into this great man, without that liking there wouldn't be anything to compliment here.

Just imagine if we turn the roles around. Hide the goofball who like every Shounen-type Hero puts friends before things that need to be prioritized. Kaneki was realistic enough to decide he should keep Hide at a distance, so he could live his life as if nothng happened at the cost of him losing his friend, but for Hide's happyness, this was a small sacrifice. Little did he know that Hide seems to be unable to move without Kaneki by his side. Hide doesn't seem to have any interest or ambition besides Kaneki, quite a troublesome trait, wouldn't you say. On top of that Kaneki was in a state of shock and paranoia where he thought he'd endanger everyone by coming close to them, that's why he didn't meet up with Hide. (First his hunger, then Tsukiyama, then Jason & Ayato & then CCG.) Hide's death was caused to Kaneki's decision to keep distance & Hide's urge to close that distance, while roles switched Hide would close that distance with Kaneki, unlike Kaneki causing Kaneki to get caught up in Hide's mess & dying nonetheless. If I had to decide which of both is most wrong, I couldn't say, but I can say that I like Kaneki's decision better, because it speaks off sacrifice & realism. Kaneki didn't forcefully put Hide in a dangerous spot, Hide did that to himself, while roles switched, Hide forcefully put Kaneki in danger because of his urge to close distance & inform his friend.