Talk:Kishou Arima/@comment-132.170.253.255-20160501003707

I think he's dying, and has been trying to bring up Haise as his replacement. I wouldn't even be surprised if CCG knew this, as Mado made it clear that Arima is their greatest strength, and that they were rushing to find someone who could meet or surpass his skill. IT seems to me that based on his hair changing and vision deteriorating, maybe whatever gives Arima his immense power is slowly killing him. (Or he has a disease, or something.)  Either way, to me it looks like he saw potential in Kaneki. Yes, he broke his "no talking to ghouls" rule here, but keep in mind he was also quick to talk to Kaneki before the smackdown at v14. He sees huge potential in kaneki, and the only love Papa Arima knows is tough love. He knows that getting distracted or being in your feels during a fight gets you killed, and (at least to me) it seems like he wanted to make Haise the next great investigator while simultaneously dying in the process as a lesson (because why would the strongest investigator want to die, alone, and blind, with no one there to mourn him?)