Talk:Hideyoshi Nagachika/@comment-142.196.47.107-20150904045649/@comment-24.196.35.5-20150913140827

I tend to think of Hide being dead in the anime for these reasons. Sorry if many others repeated this, but I wanted to put in my two cents as well.

1. Hide was wounded. In fact, he was wounded at the same spot Kaneki was... but OPPOSITE SIDE. Kaneki should've died back then, but they were able to get help immediately and transplated Rize into Kaneki. Because it's the opposite side, it's parallel to Kaneki's story. Hide didn't turn into a ghoul. He stayed human and died.

2. Many people claim that Hide's smile after passing out is a good reason why he's still alive... but I think Hide smiled after passing out from blood loss is because he felt Kaneki's tear. Hide did everything he could to make Kaneki smile/laugh before going down. He knew that Kaneki would be sad after he dies, so he smiles and probably confirms with him that it's okay. Maybe saying I'm okay or maybe it's not your fault. Resulting in the fact that Kaneki does still blame himself for Hide's death since Hide got wounded trying to find Kaneki. That would explain why Kaneki walked in front of all the CCG and to Arima (the Death god to ghouls).

3. Kaneki walked to Arima for a different reason in the anime (while in the manga, Hide led him to Arima and asked him to fight one more time with all he's got). Arima is often referred to as the Final Judgement. Without Hide there, there is no reason for Kaneki to live anymore. His life got turned upside down when he became a ghoul. He worked hard to try to be normal and stay with Hide because Hide is very important to him. In episode 12 of the first season, Rize points out that his biggest fear, aside from the death of all the Aniteku was Hide calling him a monster and dying BECAUSE of him. That Rize that was talking to Kaneki inside of Jason's area was only his imagination... meaning a persona of himself. Rize called Hide his "precious" friend. Kaneki mentioned that even after the death of his mother, he was sad... but his ONLY MORAL SUPPORT was Hide. You can claim that Kaneki had Aniteku, but none really knew him as a human. Others loved Kaneki too, but they were restricted because Kaneki didn't show that side that he normally showed Hide. The anime didn't mention this, but in the manga, Kaneki mentions that Hide became his voice. Voice is often connected to reason like "voice of reason". Voice is gone. There is no reason to live.

I also believe that Kaneki attempted to be killed by Arima, but with the end showing the opening of :re... I got confused (Since we are given :re's purpose in TGRE ch 43). It's almost as if they want us to think there is a 3rd season, but there can't be one without Hide, because Hide is not dead in the manga. I can go on about why Hide is not dead in the manga, but that would be another essay in of itself... but a semi-short reason to why Hide is not dead in the manga is because he has highly tuned skills to run away from ghouls. Anime Hide made a mistake. Manga Hide knows how devastated Kaneki would be if he died (he was awake during the fight with Nishiki, so he knows how much Kaneki cares him) - for Hide to die is the same as Kaneki's mom. Leaving Kaneki alone even though he doesn't want to be alone... (I believe Hide's hands are tied, that's why he vanished after the sewer scene).

Whew, thanks to anyone who read all that.