I think that Haise will appear in future chapters and play a bigger role. He last appeared in chapter 144 with all of Kaneki’s personas. What I found interesting was that he stated he was not Ken Kaneki.



In chapter 144 I believe it was Haise who said he would move forward like a centipede. I think 7 appeared on his face. Haise was the cover art for volume 7 and the clothes look the same. Also the black and white hair.

The number 7 appeared on Kaneki before in chapter 137 of Tokyo Ghoul and he was the cover art for TG volume 7. In that chapter was where Kaneki fought Arima, which led to Haise’s birth.

Also the appearance looks similar to Eto in chapter 61 where she tells Aogiri she is not the One-Eyed King. I think it was hint that the smiling Kaneki was not Kaneki but Haise.

Number 7 is The Chariot. It’s usually ties with the Yasuhisa twins. Their names mean Black and White, the name of their family company was Sphinx, and they are number 7 in the Tokyo Ghoul playing cards. While they were the Sphinx, Haise is the prince. One interpretation of the card is of the opposite and negative working in tandem. I think Kaneki and Haise will work together instead of the destructive relationship they had before.

Kaneki gained similar black markings under his eyes like Kurona when he healed his hands in chapter 164. Not only that but in chapter 144 the black and white checkerboard pattern appeared again. Kurona believed her sister lives on within her. Hinting that Haise still lives on in Kaneki.

With all the snake imagery/mythology, Kaneki turning into Dragon, and the revelations of what it is. It reminds of this panel in chapter 41 with the snake grabbing the the tail of a lizard. Not only does it allude to TG volume 7, I think it’s symbolizes the Ouroboros, which is symbolic for rebirth. But the big difference instead of eating it’s own tail it eats the tail of another animal, which goes along with big theme of the manga, living by taking from others (it’s essentially how Dragon functions). Meaning Haise will return.

In chapter 32 Shironeki tells Haise they are like a caterpillar infected with caterpillar fungus, which Ishida payed off in a couple of ways. For one, Saiko who’s kagune look like giant caterpillar got infected with ROS. Kaneki’s Dragon form look like a giant caterpillar which was infected with fungus. In that chapter 32 Kaneki said that if Haise survived regaining his memories he would end up where he is now.

Chapter 125 makes a call back to chapter 10 with even the title chapter X. Kaneki is inexplicably crying similar to Haise. But I also think it foreshadows Touka pregnancy with the scene from Saiko video game where she collected enough devotion points to mate with the Ice Prince so Maihime can deliver a healthy baby.

What was most interesting was the mention of devotion points. In the scanlations they translate as offering points. The Oggai were like offerings to Kaneki. The Oggai themselves are dressed like video game characters and chapter 143 used gaming imagery. And the shrine dream world from what I looked up the torii and signs are offerings I think Haise represents the Ice Prince and it relates to the Chariot.

I’m probably wrong about all of this. I’m probably seeing patterns that don’t exist or putting way more meaning into things that are probably not that deep. But I think Haise is a very compelling character. I think he would add to Kaneki due to his leadership skills, investigative skills, intuition and compassion.