Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27621207-20160116152746/@comment-25047329-20160117054431

HaiseSaki wrote: Gonza3 wrote: ^ I don't understrand your logic, Why are you comparing the anime with the manga? , How the hell Hide would know the address of Haise 2 year before? I didn't think this through enough ,

yea Hide probably didn't know Haise's address but Hide might have gave the book to somebody knowing that he will probably die.

the only question here is who gave Haise the book since Hide died not knowing that Kaneki will be Haise and will be joining the CCG.

its impossible that Hide gave it to Akira because she didn't know Kaneki well before and maybe Hide gave it to Touka since Hide kinda know Touka ,also in chapter 31.5 the book was with Kaneki's original mask so who has Kaneki's mask at the end of Tokyo Ghoul? From what I recall, Sasaki received the book and mask together, but I think they were separate packages. Kaneki's original mask was destroyed and Uta sent him a new one.

One of the reasons why the book is so odd is because it was sent 2-3 years after Hide disappeared and right around the time Sasaki was researching himself. This could hint that someone knew that Sasaki was looking into his past and decided to lend a helping hand. The book itself technically isn't important, it was Kaneki's name. The book mostly served as a convenient disguise because no one would suspect anything about a book being sent to a big 'ol bookworm.