Talk:Hideyoshi Nagachika/@comment-42.60.72.102-20160313072955

This is just my 2-cents worth after reading chapter 68. Do I think Hide is dead? Maybe yes maybe no, but there is definitely more to this.

1. In the flashback, we see Hide begging Kaneki to eat him. But did kaneki do so? We are talking about kaneki. This is a guy who sees his best friend as bigger than the world. He is the guy who avoided his best friend to ensure his safety. He is the guy who uses his last ounce of strength to fight against Nishiki in order to save his best friend, despite knowing his own combat limitations.

2. Kaneki has always been a very unreliable narrator - that's a fact. He told us he killed Amon. He told us he loves his kind and caring mother (which was eventually proven otherwise). On more than one occasions, Kaneki has proven to hide information or to be confused about things around him. It is very possible that he has only eaten parts of Hide.

3. Dead or alive, I think it's time for us to agree that Hide is not just any character on the streets. Ishida denied us of his personal profile, and kept his whereabouts hidden from us for a good 1 and 1/2 years (:RE serialized in 2014 October). It just doesn't seem purposeful for Ishida to hide (pun unintended) his whereabouts from us for so long only to tell us he's unfortunately dead as a result of circumstances.

4. In the flash back in chapter 68, Hide warned Kaneki of the danger up ahead (arima kishou). He told him to fight with all he has got, because he has to prove that he's worth keeping alive, if not he will be killed. This clearly shows that Hide knows of the plans of CCG's higher ups. If such a piece of information is denied to typical investigators, but yet Hide knows about it. Hide is normal? I think not.

5. After the battle at Anteiku, missing investigators such as Amon and Takizawa are declared to be dead. Why is Hide so unique to have the status 'missing' after all he is merely an investigation assistant?

Thanks for reading!

2-cents