Personally, I believe, Hide's declaration of love was romantically inclined. I agree with AHK above that there were no hints from Hide before, but in this manga I always get surprised about who is in love with someone, regardless of gender. I think it's beautiful that Hide went so far to protect his friend. The lower part of his face must be completely disfigured, knowing Ishida.
But of course, the greatest dedication towards Kaneki comes from Tsukiyama himself. The latter has gone FULL crazy.
The tension as of right now is high. Once Kaneki awakens, who knows what will happen.
EDIT: Just realized, for the next few weeks TouKen and HideKane fans will be at each other's throats
EDIT: The fujoshis can stop sending death threats to Ishida.
I don't think so, given that the raw didn't have romantic implications. People have said that you can't take anything that was said in the Japanese statement romantically.
Also disagree with the bold, obviously lol. Touka set up a shop for him and willed herself not to help him with his memories to keep him safe. Touka wins by default lol
They've already started. People are already saying that Kaneki is going to leave Touka and their child to run away with Hide like lmao they're so desperate for Kaneki to be gay, despite the fact that he isn't and never has been. The story started with him going on a date with a woman. Not only that, but they completely ignore the idea that you can be friends with someone and love them, but not be romantically attracted to them simply so they can force that ship. There wasn't anything romantic about what Hide said that based on the info we have of Hide, but nope, he's automatically gay. I love how weeks ago they were sending Ishida death threats and now they act like that never happened. That fanbase is gross lol