Thread:Old McDonald/@comment-26249892-20150328082110/@comment-10733658-20150328082538

I'm tossing in my two cents, since people keep freaking out and demanding the change. Hide is dead in the anime's continuity, as evidenced by several things.

The white sheet is a strong indication, as you mentioned that covering a body is a traditional signal of death.

Kaneki sits around in a burning building, and then slowly walks towards his (apparent) death. If Hide were still alive, wouldn't he try to get him medical attention instead of walking past all that emergency triage? We see people performing CPR and first aid all around him, but he makes no effort to get help for Hide.