Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-27376148-20160607083901/@comment-25047329-20160607093605

If he does come back, I think where their friendship will go from here on out might depend on what "state" he's in. Characters who have been gone for a long time some times tend to return...not okay. Hide's one of those characters who's hard to predict, so it's difficult to say what direction he'll go. Kaneki isn't as "dependent" on Hide as he used to be, but I think that's potentially one of the most interesting things about their relationship. In the past Kaneki never made many friends, but that was due to shyness and lack of confidence. Hide is a bit odd though. Despite being much more outgoing, when it comes to making new friends, he seems kind of "unwilling". He makes surface relationships, but from the little we've seen of him, he makes no effort to form deeper connections. He only makes new friends to hang around when Kaneki isn't there, if they're Kaneki's friends, or if they're useful.

If he's alive, I'm leaning on him being on the side of "not so okay". That's because, for starters, it's Ishida and Ishida likes to make us suffer. But also because Hide always came across to me as needing Kaneki just as much as Kaneki needed him. Maybe even more so since in the past, he never had much support. Kaneki had problems, but he at least had a strong support group to help him when Hide wasn't there. Hide on the other hand tried to handle everything by himself (in the sense that he had no personal support). It's been years, so it's anyone's guess if that's changed. If Hide isn't doing so hot right now, maybe it's Kaneki's turn to save him? /shrugs/