Talk:Kishou Arima/@comment-210.186.54.242-20160710115648/@comment-1.9.97.186-20160710155105

^^ Uhm Arima's battle with Eto was awesome. Besides, I dont really care about fights in this manga anyways and if anything, out of his all his battles, only his fight with Kaneki(or with Eto if the theory of him and Eto working together is true) that really brings meaning to his character anyways. Other than that, they were just using Arima as killing machine.

But a truly defining progression in his character was his relationship with Kaneki. It was a splendid writing in Ishida's part with how he builds Arima/Kaneki bond. Affection, hatred, fear, respect, secrecy, betrayal, the closeness yet distant ; they were all there in the brief moments of their time together from the 200+ chapters of the series. They were like roller coaster of emotions and anticipations. It did really bring Arima and Kaneki characterizations to another level compared to other characters in term of how they finally came to this stage.

Their relationship was unpredictable and complicated to both characters and the readers(well at least before the latest chapters) and I thinkit will continue to do so even after Arima's death. Kaneki will be hailed as someone who killed Death Reaper altho he's not, and how Kaneki has to carry the burden loving a person who brought so much despair to people he cares about.

Well I can rant more on how much I appreciate the emphasization of Arima character in this manga but I'll stop here.