Talk:Hideyoshi Nagachika/@comment-27420968-20160210091806/@comment-45.22.8.190-20160211192857

I think Uta sent the mask to trigger Sasaki to possibly recover his memories. In my opinion, Hide sent the book because he probably knew (if he is keeping track of Kaneki) that Kaneki was ready to learn about his past. However, he didn't quite know the spelling of his former name. The book that Hide had specifically signed for Kaneki, had the spelling for both his first and last name. I don't believe Hide would want Kaneki to start wearing masks again thus the "You don't need it anymore" comment. He would try to help Kaneki remember not in a forcible manner like what Eto did and what Tsukiyama wanted to do at first. He always looked for ways of helping Kaneki not hurting him.