Talk:Take Hirako/@comment-190.189.34.241-20150723190858/@comment-24209523-20150824171034

I think this is defiantly metaphorical, and I think it represents a clash in ideals. They don't like each other like we think they do, that's a fact. And when Take's quote says, “Let us fight..”I believe he is talking about he and Arima.

He's been avoiding him for a reason, he doesn't want to work with him most likely because their morals aren't the same. Take is more human than the rest of the investigators (or should I say the higher up investigators), Arima is not. He's a killing machine, yet Take holds some morality within him. He doesn't believe in sadism or senseless killing like we see distributed in investigators like Airma.

I don't think it's plausible to say that they harbor good feelings towards each other, when there's enough evidence to suggest that their relationship is very, very strained.

I think Take would rather stand up for what is right, he'll stand up for morality even if the other investigators are against him. Remember when he stood up for Irimi and that old lady against Hachikawa, a special class investigator. We see morals in Take that we don't see in other investigators--especially the special class investigators--like Arima.

This is how I see his relationship with Arima, mirrored in how he responded to Hachikawa. Take is regarded as "normal" by Arima, but it's not normal. Arima is mistaken, It's humanity, something that many of the investigators have forsaken--Arima included.

He's a sensless killer, we see him in his suborinates, Ihei, Ui, Akira, that's a reflection of Arima. But surprisnlgy, Take, thinks differently. He doesn't think like them, he's different. So the "god of death" isn't just Arima, it's the CCG system, something that I believe Take is against.

But he's being man handled by Arima, whether he likes it or not, Arima wants him because he's strong, but he doesn't want Arima because Arima isn't "human". That's the "even if the god of death points..." He still has to fight with Arima whether he wants to or not, he doesn't have a choice.

But he can also fight against Arima, which is what he has been doing. He's been avoiding him, he's been ignoring him, but now he's with him. So their fight will continue.

Take doesn't have a choice in the matter, there's no "inspiraton" here, he's been scouted, and Kuramoto has been promoted, and now he's no longer able to be the head of the team. Arima and the CCG played their cards well, and now Take is suffering because of it.

But that doesn't mean he'll go down quietly, if he's been able to avoid Arima for this long, I believe he has more tricks up his sleeve.

