Talk:Hideyoshi Nagachika/@comment-50.135.209.136-20150330230548/@comment-66.8.155.203-20150331161328

Okay, to start, I am going to say that I don't care whether Hide is alive or not, but there are plenty of things that just plain do not add up (seriously, you are kidding yourself if you do not think so).

Nobody ever seems to address Hide's smile and twitch! What was the point of that if he is supposed to have been dead already, after that whole dramatic, heartbreaking scene? Kaneki seems to acknowledge Hide being (barely) alive because he stops being depressed and leaves the COMPLETELY ON FIRE ALL AROUND HIM Anteiku, but then nothing happens after that to let us know he definitely expired after that. If Anteiku wasn't on fire (where did he get the shroud anyway if everything was burning?), I'd say there is no plausible reason to cover him other than Hide being dead. But, if he was alive, do you think Kaneki would leave him unprotected and exposed to the smoke and possible falling debris? Heck, why cover him if he was dead, because it's not like smoke inhalation can hurt a corpse. And, I don't know about any of you, but I can breathe while sleeping with a medium weight cotton blanket on my face.

The slow walking can be indicative; but if Hide was seriously injured with possible damage to his internal organs, I don't think Kaneki could've ran either, but I wouldn't think being carried like that would be comfortable either....He also just let the shroud fall off of him, and makes no effort to recover it. Maybe Pierrot just did this as a sort of dramatic reveal that ties in with the promo art released way back when the series wasa announced.

Kaneki repeatedly glancing and nodding at Hide's face near the end; him reflecting on what their friendship once was before this tragedy maybe?