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23.123.33.190 wrote: If i saw both seasons of the anime and since i've heard that the manga is a bit different should i just read the manga from the very beginning since the both are so different. i've been hearing that hide any or may not be dead and that kaneki ate him in the manga, but in the anime he died from being stabbed and kaneki didn't eat him. Just don't want to waste time on going to the beginning if i already know everything that happened in the anime but i want to know where i should start after season 2 end

It's better to start at the beginning. The first season tries to hit all the major plot beats, but it's more like an "abridged" version with a lot of stuff not explained or fleshed out as well. Stuff like the kagune isn't really explained at all for some reason.

Hide's status is a mystery. Towards the end of the original manga he has a conversation with Kaneki, then kind of just disapeared. He's considered MIA by the CCG and it's still unkonwn what happened to him.