Talk:Re: Chapter 71/@comment-66.176.20.161-20160403151411/@comment-27204325-20160404071639

^^ I'm sure Arima would be scolded if Kaneki and Co. escape, but most of the blame would fall onto Haiseki since the overall fortification of Cochlea is his responsibility. I doubt V or CCG higher-ups would even punish him for not predicting Kaneki's betrayal, since everything we know about him suggests he wouldn't think that deeply about a comrade or subordinate.

His opponents escaping only enhances his reputation. His value isn't in being man who kills everything he sees as much as it is the wall you can't get over. In that way his presence alone vastly mitigates CCG losses. Yoshimura defeated every other investigator there but ran when he realized what he was up against, and didn't even think of fighting him the next time they met. Eto escaped during the Anteiku raid, but if he hadn't been there Aogiri could easily have proceeded to wipe the CCGs forces out. Tatara gave up on hijacking the quinque steel the minute he saw him, etc.

We've seen the mechanical, literal mindset he has toward tasks. When he was dispatched to kill Shachi, he chased him down and killed him because Shachi wasn't allowed to escape. When he was tasked to guard V14, he simply stood there and piled up bodies because "no ghoul could go any farther than that". His job here is to "guard Cochlea", and he's suited for it precisely because he won't abandon his post to chase down some fleeing ghouls based on a grudge or pride, and the ghouls attacking know that they have to narrow the scope of their operation to account for him. Even if Kaneki, Hinami and the rest do escape, Arima wouldn't lose a speck of value because of the obvious outcome had he not been there at all.