Talk:Kishou Arima/@comment-202.67.37.36-20160403002645/@comment-10733658-20160403064208

And I'm not condemning Kaneki as a bad person, or saying that his actions are unforgivable. What I'm discussing is how the things he is currently doing are evidence that he is not thinking clearly. He is caught up in this self-destructive Wish, which goes far beyond simply wanting to kill himself. That he could have simply done without any help, without directly involving anyone.

But he has spent more than six months working up to this plan, causing a lot of harm in the process. He's intentionally hurt people to isolate himself, and is now using freed prisoners to cause chaos. He's involving Hinami in his plan, and using Arima as the instrument of his suicide. Because, as he's stated explicitly, it isn't just about wanting to die -- it's about wanting to die in a particular fashion that will cause a reaction.

But we also see him break down, hiding in the locker room crying. He tells himself he's already decided, so clearly there is some conflict about his actions. Likewise, he claims he wanted to die at V14 but he fought with everything he had to live. So Kaneki is currently in a state where he needs the people that care about him to save him. Depression is an ugly thing partially because it can be very difficult to break out of a downward spiral, which is why support is so important.

Just like Touka and Hinami needed people to correct them, Kaneki needs people to fight for him. To not simply allow him to go through with something he currently wants to do because he's sick. Kaneki is someone that tends to get stuck into a certain pattern of behavior, going from one extreme to another. His current extreme is a desire to be a martyr.

Hopefully, in actually facing Arima, he will start to break out of that mindset. I've seen a lot of theorizing that Arima may also harbor a death wish, and is counting on Kaneki to eventually be the person to kill him. I'm on the fence about that, though it will be interesting to see how this battle goes for them both.