Talk:Kishou Arima/@comment-121.96.57.139-20150607022252/@comment-25047329-20150607180930

Where was it said that Arima is "massive and sadistic"? It's one of those things that I know Ishida said, but I can't remember the source.

Since Arima isn't an emotional person and he's shown to unnecessarily take his time in fight, I do think he's sadistic, just in a more subtle way. As opposed to someone like Jason who was manic, Arima just seems the type to step back a savor his work. Arima moves super fast, so fast that Kaneki couldn't even see him, so he could have finished off him if he wanted to, or go for a less painful approach if he was in for a capture.

It's easy to miss because of the angle, but Arima had stabbed Kaneki in the head three times. There was the fist time through the back of the skull, then while he was down, Arima stabbed the same wound again, just through the front, then gouged out the other eye even though Kaneki was beyond incapacitated. It goes without saying that all that was unnecessary.

Imo, it's unclear if Arima intentionally left Kaneki alive or not. He knew who Kaneki was, but why and how, and if he had any special orders regarding him is null. Maybe he did spare him because the higher-ups saw a use for Kaneki being a successful artifical hybrid and all, or Arima was ordered to eliminate him without prejudice, but Kaneki was just one lucky s.o.b.

Well, whatever his intentions were, I think Arima can be qualified as a sadistic person, just not an over the top one.