Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-89.202.46.34-20150617115408/@comment-222.10.3.173-20150617141106

I think it can be taken as:

"Don't erase me" is Kaneki giving a command/request to Haise. However, with the conversation that just happened about how they can't coexist, what Kaneki's really requesting of Haise is for him to "Disappear." It's not simply a matter of "keep me around," like keeping a file on a computer and not deleting it, or having a tattered book tucked on a shelf and not throwing it away. By requesting to not erase him, he's telling Haise to be the one from that example that dies. To put the two threads together: "Next time, make sure to disappear so that you don't erase me."

Kind of shocking to see that assertive statement given the touching and tearful moment just two chapters prior (one-and-a-special ago), but it's not like he's being ruthless about it. I'm curious to see how Haise will react from now on.

As for the large/small font, think of it like having "disappear" in parenthesis as a definition of "don't erase me" -- like using furigana to give a second definition to a kanji word (i.e.食種 often having グール"ghoul" next to it instead of the kanji reading "kushu").