Talk:Re: Chapter 48/@comment-26544002-20151012131432/@comment-26940038-20151014002225

Things like the numbers of the tarrot cards are hints from the mangaka, to make the readers think about it. The "Kaneki died" thing on the other hand isnt symbolic in any way. You just call the development of a character "death", thats nothing Ishida hinted in any way.

You can say things like that about any character. Nishiki "died" when he became friends with Kaneki. Juuzou "died" when his hair became black. Touka "died" when she finished school to go to university.

Sasaki is the continuation of Kaneki´s story. Its a part of his life and after he regained his memories he will realise that thats the case. Its just a time period in which he lives as a different person.

You can call it like you want to, but in my eyes its not right to handle abrupt changes for a character as a "death". Thats over the top.