Talk:Arata/@comment-162.224.97.34-20141129130310/@comment-153.121.43.118-20150814141857

In a sense, it's correct and incorrect. Eto was something they didn't expect, thus, they have their guard down when she attacked. You also need to remember that Eto has a Behemoth type Kakuja, she towers over people but she's quick.

Kakuja are NOT regular ghouls, which I'm absolutely certain that's where the rating is derived from. Kaneki as a half-kakuja was able to break Arata, to a degree. It was mentioned during that fight that had Shinohara not been wearing Arata when he stopped Kaneki's first attack, his back would have been broken. That is a lot of force to endure.

The fight with Yoshimura allowed the Arata wearers to keep up with him, only after removing the limiters and putting their bodies at risk. Even then they fought evenly for a while. I'm certain that if Yoshimura were fighting one on one with them, he would have won. But he wasn't, he fought two Arata wearers (who were strong in their own right) and several highly skilled CCG members.

In the end, it's specialized armor. That's it. It can be broken, bent, and penetrated by a strong enough opponent, namely Kakuja. Even Amon's Arata was beaten in one hit from a half-kakuja.