Talk:Kishou Arima/@comment-186.104.48.35-20160429000321/@comment-10733658-20160502042850

Well, we have several indications of Arima caring to some degree.

Arima has a tendency to make confused or unguarded expressions while dealing with Sasaki. These expressions are similar to the kinds he made in Jack, when Fura did kind things for him. These are probably the only times we get a glimpse of emotion from Arima, as opposed to his usual blank expression.

Ishida also makes a point to draw our attention to Arima as a lonely figure in the story. He is someone that is unable to think of anything to put into his Will, which is presented to us as a sad thing. We also have the flashback from last chapter, when Sasaki asked people their opinions on Arima -- no one understood him and most saw him as a figure as opposed to a person.

Ishida has also given us several literary references that indicate a complicated relationship, but also real affection. These are "Chirin's Bell" (a lamb tries to "become a wolf", and in the end is forced to kill the Wolf that raised him, who is happy to have died at his student's horns), "The Little Prince" ("It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important."), and "A Crossbreed" (the owner of a half-lamb, half-kitten muses over his unusual pet and the complicated feelings he has for it).