Talk:Kishou Arima/@comment-68.224.71.168-20140817010144

A lot of people are throwing out the idea that Arima is a one-eyed ghoul, but they keep forgetting one of a ghoul's basic senses; their sense of smell... Towards the beginning of the series and onwards there have been many occasions where ghouls have been shown to describe the smell of a person or ghoul. For example, Hinami is able to tell the difference between a ghoul and a human and noted the unique smell that Kaneki exuded, to which Tsukiyama also makes note of upon meeting Kaneki for the first time, up close and personal.

From this we can assume that all ghouls are capable of recognizing other ghouls not only through sight but as well as smell and taste (cannibals). There is only one case we've seen so far where that is not true: Kaneki. Kaneki being the very first artificial one-eyed ghoul created by Kanou does not seem to have the ability to recognize ghouls, but seems to have the ability to smell to human flesh when in extreme cases of starvation (i.e. shortly after becoming a ghoul).

Now take into consideration the fight between Yomo and Arima, where Uta is also present. Both being full fledged ghouls at the time it is implied that they and the group Uta was leading all had the ability to distinctly tell whether or not someone was a ghoul or not through smell. They merely mention that their enemies are "Doves" and always comment on Arima as being an "investigator." From all the cases so far Doves are always portrayed as humans and this is reinforced by all the cases of Doves fighting ghouls that are shown. At no time do any of the ghouls comment on any of the Doves being ghouls. Especially during Yomo's fight with Arima. None of the ghouls present make note of any of the Doves being ghouls, especially Arima. Even someone as important as Uta merely makes note of Arima's skill with the, once again, implied knowledge that Arima is in fact a human.

The only logical explanations of Arima's apparent strength in combat is: he really is just that good, or he's some sort of enhanced human. The CCG is obviously hiding some secrets, but honestly, who really knows at this point besides the actual author.