Talk:Re: Chapter 71/@comment-66.176.20.161-20160403151411/@comment-10733658-20160404051413

Dalaios is correct that there are a lot of unknowns currently. Arima, Kaneki, Eto, and Furuta are all people that we don't have a lot of information about in terms of their full abilities.

We do know that Arima is getting weaker, since Shachi observed an unusual pause in his movements and the "blindspot". Kaneki was trained by Arima, so there is no chance he won't notice if things have changed since the last time they worked or trained together.

The primary question in terms of Arima vs Kaneki is motivation. Kaneki currently wants to be killed and believes Arima cannot be defeated, but at the same time the people he cares about are in danger. So that may motivate him to fight harder, to keep Arima from killing them.

In terms of Arima's reputation vs reality, I saw an interesting meta theorizing that his reputation is the most important thing. Many times, ghouls have escaped from him and he's failed at killing a target. And yet he is still considered "Undefeated", even with what would technically be considered failures. The theory went that V and the CCG count on him maintaining that reputation as impossible to defeat, and wondering what would happen if he were to falter. Would he be punished or disposed of, should he no longer hold value as their symbol of Overwhelming Power? Would be allow Kaneki and co. to escape, in order to prevent the myth from being tainted?