Talk:Kishou Arima/@comment-169.139.8.30-20160622190921/@comment-10733658-20160624060007

Yeah, there are multiple hints that indicate Arima does care about Kaneki. It isn't exactly a normal or perfectly healthy affection, but he definitely has come to care in his own way.

The calendar, for example, has the following quote for Arima:

"It's the time you spent on your rose that makes your rose so important."

It's from The Little Prince, and involves the Fox helping the Prince understand that his Rose has value not because she's the only Rose, but because she's his Rose that he spent time with.

From Ui's flashback, we see that Arima has ignored orders to terminate Sasaki many times in the past. He openly disapproves of how Arima favors and protects Sasaki from the consequences of his actions. Even now, he's been pushing Kaneki instead of simply killing him when his orders are to terminate him.