Alright, so in regards to my last post [x] I’m getting a lot of questions/comments about the possibility of Hide bugging Kaneki to speak to him during his fight with Arima. After going back to double-check the two sewer scenes–YES!– I think it’s completely possible.
Three major things:
1. ) We know that Hide has a habit of tapping his temple when he’s thinking, but this little side-view looks a lot more like he’s pressing into his ear…
… the same way Haise and Akira are speaking to each other over their transmitters during the auction operation.
It’s possible that he got the idea from Kaneki saying “Hide, I’m hearing voices…”, and is reaching to give Kaneki his earpiece before running back to the control room where he came from (hence the lull of silence while Kaneki was walking alone towards V14).
Here’s the kicker:
2. ) This has been really, really bothering me for some time. Why the f was Kaneki wearing his eye-patch in this scene? And why is it on the wrong side?
Well, we know how smooth Hide is when it comes to bugging people (ie: sticking a tracking device to the bottom of Yamori’s shoe), so how does he sneak a wire into/nearby Kaneki’s ear– the right ear specifically?
Somehow he convinced Kaneki he needed it (probably easy in his loopy state), and slipped the device in while he was distracted. And now that I’m looking a little closer, the straps are frayed just like his suit, so it may have been make-shift (eliminating the “but where did it come from?” question).
3.) Through this scope, the hallucination of Hide’s voice could definitely have been an actual conversation. Note the little “spark” below Kaneki’s right ear, the same place we see an indication that someone on Arima’s wire is speaking.
Plus, Hide really only begins talking after Ken starts screaming in agony after getting shanked through the back of his skull (how he kept a level head after hearing his best friend getting mauled is beyond me…).
Bonus:
The chapter in V14 where Kaneki is “killed” is called “Severed Voice”. Ishida’s titles usually have multiple meanings, so this one could easily be eluding to Kaneki and Hide’s voices being “severed” from one another.
Relatable FE Quote or Something 