Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-27813893-20160509081703/@comment-27204325-20160509112603

Arima is holding back because Kaneki is holding back. He's made that extremely clear. There's little difference between this battle and Kaneki's battle with Eto. If either her or Arima had attacked him with the goal of killing him as quickly and efficiently as possible, he wouldn't stand a chance. Instead, they push him to the brink of death because, for whatever reason, they want him to outgrow that half-assed, defeatist mentality and realize his potential.

The only real question is why Arima would potentially put his life at risk for that. It made sense with Eto since Kaneki couldn't have killed her anyway, and the havoc he's causing for CCG was likely part of her endgame. Arima keeping him alive is counter to everything we know about him, which is admittedly not much.