Talk:Hideyoshi Nagachika/@comment-2601:246:4B00:B370:F027:D352:C343:B8A3-20171106220105/@comment-10733658-20171107224156

^ Well said, Dayne.

I think there is a tendency to ignore or erase Hide's flaws and make him into this perfect angel. He's just as flawed as anyone else in the story, and I would personally point to his greatest flaw being how inactive and permissive he is when it comes to Kaneki. Even he admits this chapter that he messed up, having stayed in the shadows and merely watched for too long.

He's never shown any willingness to disagree with Kaneki, challenge him, or confront him even when it was for his own good. He's basically spent their entire time together treating Kaneki too gently, in terms of letting things be to the point of letting Kaneki to stupid things to himself.

Everyone in the story requires growth, and Hide is no exception. He's the foil to Saiko in the whole "Quinx and Ghouls" art work, and both are guilty of having simply stood by and watched when they needed to act.