Thread:Kailen Lee/@comment-25787298-20160610212414/@comment-27247962-20160626085945

Revolutionary! To think Kaneki will have to fight a homophobic sooner or later!

And i'm not sure if Arima was actually doing this with the initiative of helping Kaneki overcome something, he seemed so desperate to reach something for himself. It seemed like the face of someone who gives up on his wish...

This is such an unpopular statement, but I really ask myself if that father-son relationship wasn't a one way thing... If you can agree that it rather seemed that he was trying to get something out of Kaneki, like being killed most likely, then all those sweet moments could've purely been Arima kneading him into the killingmachine that's going to kill him.

'an opponent whom I have no course of action' --> I think we all can figure out some course of actions for him. 'opponent', 'opponent', 'opponent'... hmmm... why would a father be so hellbend on saying 'opponent' to the student he probably takes the most liking too. The fact that he says opponent gives clear indication that the possibility of becoming an ally or friend besides their different situations, is an option that doesn't even occur in his head.

And his pride prevents him from even taking 'ONE step back', if you look at the fight, you can backtrack and see that Arima has never taking one step back when faced with an opponent. He always let's his opponent charge at him, but even now rather then running or creating distance, he charges in, he moves ahead, he progresses. First charging in towards mid range, slashing off kagunes thrown at him, reaching mid he has a fierce battle with Kaneki's kagunes, but feels like this won't do the job, so charges in even further, closing the gap between him and Kaneki all the while deflecting everything Kaneki throws at him. Arima decides to close the gap and stab him in the gut as a last resort, to come to the inevitable conclusion that he's out of option, he rushed in/charged 'til a point where he is confronted by a wall he can't get passed. And he takes a step back! He has taken his first step back & realizes this is the first fight where his opponent can't be slain and to preserve what little pride and honor he still has left & prevent from falling back even further, he decides to kill himself '''on that spot where he took his first step back! '(symbolizing the stagnating point Arima has reached)''