Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-26248049-20151109134237/@comment-10733658-20151109160043

Totally agree, Lialali,

I mean, when you think about it, Akira had every reason in the world to not like Sasaki. He was involved in the death of her father, and suspected of having killed Amon as well. So he was involved in the loss of two people she loved. All that was known about him was that he was this extremely dangerous Ghoul that rampaged across Tokyo eating other Ghouls and nearly killed Shinohara, then showed up at the Anteiku Raid and messed up a lot of their forces including supposedly killing Amon.

Even with knowing he might be Hide's missing friend, there was a lot of reason for Akira to resent him. But she came to care for him in spite of all that, the same way that Touka and Nishiki and Tsukiyama all came to care for him in spite of starting out on hostile terms.

There's zero doubt in my mind that Arima didn't care in the beginning. It was all manipulation, but a lot can change in three years. I think it's very unlikely that Arima hasn't gotten attached to some degree, and Ui's frustration with the situation suggests that he's been merciful when others wanted him to just kill Sasaki.