Talk:Re: Chapter 71/@comment-10733658-20160402094330/@comment-10733658-20160402103352

Funny, I was just rambling elsewhere about how Arima (like Eto) is really a symbol of why V's world is wrong and needs to be torn down.

From what little we know about him, he is a child soldier literally raised to be a killing machine for his masters. He's been active as an Investigator since 15 (no idea if he did work earlier for V or not), killing ghouls at an age when most people are worried about Entrance Exams, and friends, and their first crush, and other normal stuff. Things he admits to Fura he never experienced, because he just goes where he is told and does what he is told and has accepted he could die at any moment. But he has absolutely nothing of value in his life, hence his inability to even write a Will.

He's interesting as a parallel to Kaneki. Ishida has made it very clear how the two are very similar in many ways, but Arima has grown up in an environment where he was a either a tool, or idol to be worshiped, or someone to resent. He is also keenly aware of the real hypocrisy of what he does for the CCG, since he works for Ghouls in V. But it seems likely he's some kind of designer baby raised to be their ultimate weapon, and now he's slowly breaking down with his vision slowly failing.

It's all REALLY messed up. And evidence of how V needs to be destroyed.