Talk:Re: Chapter 67/@comment-27175366-20160305175048/@comment-10733658-20160305204038

Lt. Gonzague, please don't worry. You didn't offend me, I was just a little worried I might come across as defensive or angry in my response so I disclaimered. ^_^;

But I agree that things are not simple with their situation. Arima was partially responsible for the state Kaneki ended up in, though he was already pretty far gone by the time he even reached Arima. But Arima had a hand in leaving him injured and in the hands of the CCG, and clearly had a responsibility to make Kaneki useful.

A lot of my thinking concerning Arima's behavior in that situation is shaped by what we saw in JACK, as well as what we've learned about Furuta and Rize at the Garden. In Jack, Arima talks a lot about his lack of control in his own life. And from Furuta, we see the importance of names in terms of his hate for having been literally named for his birthday. Names are, in Tokyo Ghoul, given major importance in terms of people using them to define themselves. So Arima making a decision to change the order of his superiors, and encourage Kaneki to pick his own name is definitely going to be significant.

And back to the "I killed them all" moment, it's.....definitely not without the troubling aspects. It was harsh and brutal, but also the necessary action. I don't believe it was done for altruistic reasons, but was simply what had to be done. I think everything that came afterwards is where the shift in their relationship begins.