Talk:Kishou Arima/@comment-26653902-20151108145659

For all the people taking the Arima scene at face value, I'd like to refer you to this scene from Chapter 19 of Tokyo Ghoul, quoted straight out of my hard copy of Volume 2:

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[After Kaneki got beaten up by Touka]

Touka: [removing Kaneki's eyepatch revealing no activated kakugan] Not quite feeling a sense of danger, are you?

[She presses her foot against Kaneki's finger]

Kaneki: [frightened] T-Touka...?

Touka: [coldly] I'm gonna break it.

[She breaks the finger. Kaneki screams in pain.]

Touka: Relax, it'll heal by tomorrow. But...

[She releases her kagune]

Touka: '''...This won't heal so fast. You might die from it. If you do, you do.'''

Kaneki: [thinking] She...

Touka: I'll make sure you're disposed of.

Kaneki: [thinking] She really doesn't care if I die...!!

Kaneki: [realization hits] Die?!

[He releases his kagune and blocks her attack]

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Sound familiar? That's right! She did basically the same thing Arima did!!!! But of course nobody hates her for this because we have a good idea of her personality and have context for why she does things.

Arima, on the other hand, is an enigma for whom we have very little information, some of which are read-between-the-lines sort of information. It's hardly fair to take this scene at face value. Can we just wait until we get more insight on Arima's character before hating on him and saying he's a monster for doing something someone else already found effective for Kaneki?