Talk:Kishou Arima/@comment-26232562-20150519123213/@comment-10733658-20150519201835

He's incredibly difficult to read, that's for sure. Personally, I think that his relationship with Haise is genuine.....though likely it didn't start out as such.

My primary reason is the things Ishida has chosen to show/tell us about Arima. He has been isolated and alone pretty much his entire life, either resented or worshiped by others. He could never think of anything to write in his Will. And the whole "Crossbreed" parallel, in which the Owner thinks about how the creature gives him comfort from the stress of his life.

I think he's gotten attached, and grown fond of Haise because this is someone that is a lot like him and doesn't look at him as CCG's Reaper but as Arima ("Dad", lol).

I don't think Ishida would put so much attention on how similar they are, if it wasn't intended to have meaning.