Talk:Hideyoshi Nagachika/@comment-27704373-20161002105415/@comment-27247962-20161003070118

^That always makes me laugh. "notorious unreliable narrator"...

Is it okay for the wikia to ignore what an "unreliable" character says at that point about the status of another character? A status that can be changed easily once new information or revelation pops up. Isn't it sometimes important to consider what the narrator wants the reader to think and as wikia staff abide by that, even if there are indications that that status might not be the case...

Let's just say Hide is really dead, then the status "unknown" would've been a huge mistake, just because of intuition or a hunch of users that there is more. Shirazu is considered "deceased" and there are also still people believing in his return, but even though that's the case, they accept the status of deceased without any problem.

It's a complex choice, but I personally think following what we obviously 'need' to think, was the better call, looking at how long Hide has been gone compared to other characters that returned. "Unkown" is definitily for a part influenced by the disbelief that he's dead and not being able to accept his death. These feelings stir a person to interpret things much more flexible and different to conform with his thougths that the character isn't dead. Even though you might be hitting the nail on the head, that's obviously still pure assumption, compared to a character in the manga that clearly tells us what it 'should' be for the time being.