Talk:Kishou Arima/@comment-86.152.84.79-20150422160823/@comment-25047329-20150425145648

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MangaFox doesn't have the scans anymore, but I remember the scenes your talking about.

I was more so taking about specific instances. After Airma stabbed Kaneki in the head and effectively gave him brain damage, he kind of just...watches. He doesn't do or say much, he just looks as Kaneki wails and writhes in pain. Kaneki mentioned that Arima moved so fast that he couldn't even see him. It seems that if he wanted to, he could've ended Kaneki right away, but chose not to.

Arima didn't look at him pitifully until after he started reciting poetry. He didn't seem to figure out that he was Kaneki until after that and if he already knew, the poker face is strong with that one.

As far as Arima wanting to help Kaneki...I honestly feel that we know too little about Arima and his motives to say one way or another. On one hand, the CCG already knew that Kaneki was one of Kanou's experiments and were actively looking for him. What they were planning to do with him still isn't known. On the other hand, Hide seemed to have had a plan in mind and knew that Kaneki would have to fight Arima so it's theorized that they formed a plan together. Arima as a whole is just very mysterious.

P.S. I fully support Arima wanting to be a weather man. I can picture him looking into the sky and predicting the weather with no machinery.

Co-worker: But how do you know?

Arima: I just know.

Then he's never wrong.