Talk:Aogiri Tree/@comment-26306690-20150818101843/@comment-10733658-20150821171150

As I've already said, I think continuing to debate about the OEK's identity is a huge waste of effort. We've already been told that, as the big reveal for the finale of the original series.

I suppose you're correct that we don't know Arima's exact origins, prior to beginning his career at 16. With Ihei, we now know that Arima isn't the only such case which suggests that CCG has been recruiting prodigies as child soldiers.

I personally do not believe Arima is secretly a Ghoul, nor that he is secretly the leader of a Ghoul organization.

In JACK, he confesses that he doesn't really understand how Ghouls think. The context of the scene makes it unlikely this was a lie, since he was attempting to reassure a distraught Taishi at the time. He later echoes similar sentiments when talking to Kaneki, making it clear that he has very little understanding of Ghouls as people and does not normally engage with them.

But again, it's already been stated by multiple parties that the One-Eyed King is the One-Eyed Owl, Eto.

If Arima has any big twists ahead, it will probably involve V itself or the hints about CCG previously discussing doing human experimentation. Not that he is secretly a rip-off of Eto.