Talk:Kishou Arima/@comment-68.224.71.168-20140817010144/@comment-74.89.163.221-20140819014623

True, but assuming the Owl route isn't too far off, lets say that Kaneki has that scent because he was born as a human and is just an artifical ghoul. Lets assume that Owl (son of the manager) is Arima, and that he is a full fledged half ghoul, born straight out of a human womb from a male ghoul. Would that not change things around? You mentioned something about ghouls being able to differ from scents, I remember Owl and Arima having a few interactions at several points in the story, instead of killing the manager (hidden in owl garb) Arima merely injured him and allowed him to escape. Twice! Arima saw Owl two times, and let him slip away. While he was about to kill Yomo and is currently killing Kaneki and a bunch of other ghouls as we speak.

Owl is the enemy, so why, if Arima is so powerful, why did he not just end Owl when he had the chance? Why did Arima not defeat Owl again this time? Is that not why he joined the fight in the first place? What if Arima and the manager were both aware of each others scents from the beginning? The manager knowing his own son so well, almost as if he had recently seen him, what proof would he have his son is even still alive? He seemed confident in donning the Owl garb. Perhaps Arima, being a properly born half ghoul either carries both the scent of a human and ghoul that they nullify each other, or just a strong enough scent of a human that the ghouls see him as being a human. Of course Kaneki's scent is more obvious, not only is he still a relatively new ghoul. but his human and ghoul scents are still mixing, so it turns gourmets like Tsukiyama into madmen, the clashing scents must make ghouls go insane, Touka might not say it, but the scent Kaneki carries might be another reason she likes being around him.