Talk:Kishou Arima/@comment-84.54.176.251-20150613204645/@comment-26231946-20150613223152

Your paragraph is just too long I can't...

Anyway, please read the comments carefully and don't select it. People have said many points that contribute to Arima's character and as a person who don't like Arima myself, I feel terrified of his sadistic tendency.

_ Arima killed Kaneki, not saving him, and Haise is still alive because the CCG needs to use him and Arima couldn't kill him. He still survived after being stabbed in the brain twice, at this point killing Kaneki is just impossible.

_ Arima showed his sadistic tendency more obvious when fighting ghouls. Investigators kill ghouls for survival or revenge and those reasons are perfectly understandable. However, Arima doesn’t have one. He explicitly said it was his hobby. Imagine a normal human murderer who says that sentence, he takes lives because he likes it. If you think that Arima was forced into the job, then why did he smile when fighting Kaneki? That sentence “You are good, Kaneki” – it was his true self, only shown when killing ghouls. Even more, during a ghoul fight in Jack, he smiled again, a very sadistic and creepy smile only for his opponent. One undeniable truth about Arima is that he enjoys killing and he is good at it. This is the main reason why I don't like Arima up until this day. Ishida himself said that Arima is "sadistic and massive", this is what fans came up.

_ About his childhood, we do not know if he was being tortured or he was naturally good like this. His hair grows white gradually, not by being tortured or something. Kaneki is not full of pain and suffering, he has Hide - who was always there for him. Kaneki was a lonely child but he was happy when being with Hide. Kaneki also had a home to protect and he was happy with Hinami. Please don't disregard 19 years of Kaneki, there is suffering but there is also happiness. Haise on the other hand, looks relatively happy, because he doesn't know the ugly truth behind his creation. Ignorance is bliss. You live happy with lies but life is not a lie, it's full of painful truth. Haise lives in a birdcage so only us, the readers know about his true happiness - to find the truth about his true self. Ghoul life with Touka and Hinami is not the smoothiest path either but it is built upon trust and truths. What about CCG? Has anyone dared to tell Haise about his past and outwardly confess to him? Has Arima ever come to Haise and apologized for stabbing him and taking away his family? No. They will never do that because they need to keep up the facade.

_ About Arima's loniless, there are two ways to look at it. He is too powerful that everyone feel ashamed being with him OR everyone is afraid being near him. Arima is undoubtly cruel in treating Hirako, such as scolding him multiple times and expect him to do impossible tasks. He also never praises Hirako unlike Akira, Ui, Haise, or everyone else. If you read the manga again and notice Arima and Hirako's interaction, it's very uncomfortable. What kind of leader tell his teammate to stand by and late for 0.01s? 0.01s! Arima is not dumb to not know proper work etiqutte, he congratulated Amon. He treated Haise decently. He recommened Akira. Why would Arima treated Hirako so badly? Because he doesn't have that spark and even if Hirako is not talented, you shouldn't do that to your teammates.

Long story short, people have their reason to dislike any characters, as long as it is valid.

