Talk:Re: Chapter 166/@comment-138.75.179.87-20180326232327/@comment-10733658-20180327010055

Several times, Ishida has reference the children's book "Chirin's bell" in relation to Arima and his subordinates.

In the story, a lamb sees his mother killed by a wolf. In anger, he leaves the pasture to chase down the wolf so he can take revenge. Chirin is too weak to fight the Wolf, but he keeps trying and as time passes, the Wolf becomes his mentor. Chirin grows up into a powerful Ram, fighting alongside the Wolf. But when they return to the pasture of his childhood, Chirin is reminded of his past and kills the Wolf to protect the lambs. Wolf praises him, happy to die now that he is old and Chirin has grown strong. But Chirin is too changed to return to the pasture with the other sheep, so he wanders off alone.

Obviously, the big parallel is Haise as Chirin and Arima as the Wolf. But now we have Kaiko mockingly talking about the other subordinates of Arima as his "sheep".