Talk:Hideyoshi Nagachika/@comment-28892972-20171110170819/@comment-10733658-20171116211645

To be honest, I'm actually kind of digging some of the discussion in this thread. There's ideas bouncing around, going in various directions and on some occasions not really going anywhere. But there's been some good points raised, and some ideas that have been articulated really well and given me a moment to pause and consider.

Once again, I think you nailed the basic jist of things, Dayne.

I think it isn't so much criticizing or complaining about Hide, as wanting him to be fleshed out as many other characters have. I mean, his entire life outside of "Kaneki's friend" is this enormous blank space with absolutely no information. That feels very odd to me, when even minor characters have gotten to have more of a personal story thus far. It makes me wonder whether Ishida is intentionally holding those things back, because it feels very strange for a major player to just.....not have his own story.

I mean, think about what we know about Hide compared to...say....Kimi or Hanbee. We know their stories, and a little about their lives outside of the one personal that is central to their lives. With Hide, we don't have anything personal about him. Literally the only time his life outside of being Kaneki's friend comes up is when he introduced himself to Kaneki and mentions he just moved there from somewhere else.

It's very strange to me, when even minor characters have gotten more of a personal story. I'm SUPER SUSPICIOUS, Ishida.