Why Does Haises Hair Turn Black? I Thought It Was...

Kaneki’s original hair color is black. His change in hair color is probably due to Marie Antoinette Syndrom. It designates the condition in which scalp hair suddenly turns white in response to certain triggers. In Kaneki’s case it was a huge amount of physical and mental stress. It’s a quite rare condition, though. That being said the Anime portrayed Kaneki’s hair color change TOTALLY wrong. The hair hasn’t changed in a moment. Kaneki was being tortured 2 or 3 times everyday for over 10 days. The Manga has shown us his hair gradually turning white while he also loses his mind.

After the timeskip, his white hair is now adorned by black streaks which have grown out from the center of his head. Natural hair growth. However, it has happened over years.

To hype or not to hype, that is the question. However, I don’t want to ruin the ongoing hype, but the hair of Kaneki, Haise (or whatever you want him to be) hasn’t turned full black. “Blood… my skull is split and I taste honey.” (Haise, :re Chapter 53) Kanae repeatedly kicked him in the head, he cracked his skull and that’s why his hair is covered in blood now. Most Mangas have a black-and-white style, so his hair has shown to be black because of the blood. It’s not black. There is no realistic spell to change your hair color in a whimp. Ishida-sensei wouldn’t stretch it so far. It’s unrealistic.

Don’t get confused! We could consider it (dark) red, but it’s only temporary. Akaneki, lulz. Ishida has frequently used different hair colors as a mechanism to differentiate character development and characterization, because it has an associated symbolism.

￭ Kaneki’s/Haise’s(?) hair is covered in blood = (dark) red = Males: Red (temper or an outgoing, aggressive personality) is resilient; you seek to survive at all costs. The color is associated with both life and death in psychology, because it is connected with blood.