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|species = [[Ghoul]] |
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|born = {{birth date||1|1}}<ref name="Arata Kirishima Profile" /> |
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+ | |height = 182 cm<ref name="Arata Kirishima Profile" /> |
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+ | |weight = 65 kg<ref name="Arata Kirishima Profile" /> |
|foot length = 27 cm<ref name="Arata Kirishima Profile" /> |
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=== [[Touka Kirishima]] === |
=== [[Touka Kirishima]] === |
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| − | Touka is his eldest |
+ | Touka is his eldest child and daughter. He sees a lot of his wife's brutish and courageous attitude in her as she and her brother collect a bunch of earthworms for the bird they found injured on the ground. While Touka understood why he kept his vendetta against investigators a secret and cannibalized in order to become stronger, she always resented this fact as it left her and Ayato alone in the world especially after his death. Partly why Touka and Ayato are fond of Kaneki is because he is very similar to Arata. |
=== [[Ayato Kirishima]] === |
=== [[Ayato Kirishima]] === |
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| − | Ayato was his youngest son |
+ | Ayato was his youngest child and son. He loves his children and made them swear they would protect each other despite the fact that Ayato shares his resentment towards their father for taking on the burden alone. After his death, this resentment soured the siblings relationship as Touka accepted the fact that Arata was soft hearted and selfless to a fault while Ayato saw his father as weak and unable to protect anyone. |
=== [[Renji Yomo]] === |
=== [[Renji Yomo]] === |
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| + | Arata and Yomo are implied to have a poor relationship as he left his sister's care to him only to find that he was too weak to protect her, thus resented him the same way his children did after he died alone on his quest for revenge. But over time, Renji accepted the fact that he didn't blame Arata for his weakness but hated the fact that Renji was also not there to protect his sister. |
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| − | Despite his relationship with his sister, Yomo and Arata did not have a good relationship, demonstrating this when Yomo was extremely annoyed Arata was weak and could not protect his family, who soon would come to regret on Yomo, for have lost both of them. |
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== Power and Abilities == |
== Power and Abilities == |
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Arata's kakuja flashback in re.png|Back view of Arata's kakuja. |
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| + | == Etymology == |
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| + | * His surname literally reads "'''mist island'''", comprising of the kanji for "'''fog, mist, haze'''"('''霧''')('''kiri''') and "'''island'''"('''島''')('''shima'''). |
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| + | * His given name, '''Arata''', literally means "'''new'''"('''新''')('''arata'''). |
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== Trivia == |
== Trivia == |
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* Arata likes cooking human food, being with others, and studying.<ref name="Arata Kirishima Profile" /> |
* Arata likes cooking human food, being with others, and studying.<ref name="Arata Kirishima Profile" /> |
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| − | * Arata loves his wife, Touka, and Ayato.<ref name="Arata Kirishima Profile" /> |
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* In the first character popularity poll, Arata was ranked eighteenth, tying with [[Tatara]]. In the latest, he came in as thirty-eighth. |
* In the first character popularity poll, Arata was ranked eighteenth, tying with [[Tatara]]. In the latest, he came in as thirty-eighth. |
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* His alias "Corpse Collector" implies that he scavenges corpses instead of hunting humans for food. |
* His alias "Corpse Collector" implies that he scavenges corpses instead of hunting humans for food. |
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* Like Ayato, Arata does not like bugs. |
* Like Ayato, Arata does not like bugs. |
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* Ishida has said that Arata's children do not really favor him and that he resembles [[Ken Kaneki|Kaneki]] far more.<ref>[[Sui Ishida]]'s comments on the icon stickers celebrating [[Re: Chapter 100|'':re'' Chapter 100]].</ref> |
* Ishida has said that Arata's children do not really favor him and that he resembles [[Ken Kaneki|Kaneki]] far more.<ref>[[Sui Ishida]]'s comments on the icon stickers celebrating [[Re: Chapter 100|'':re'' Chapter 100]].</ref> |
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| − | *Arata likes to fuck people brans out |
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| − | *lol suck my big fat throbing cock |
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| − | *8===============================D |
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== Quotes == |
== Quotes == |
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Latest revision as of 13:42, 7 June 2023
"It's certainly true... that there are many humans. But we also have our own world. And in order to protect that world we have to keep enduring everything."— Arata Kirishima, Tokyo Ghoul Chapter 70
Arata Kirishima (霧嶋 新, Kirishima Arata) is the husband of Hikari Kirishima. He is also the father of Touka Kirishima and Ayato Kirishima. A group of ghoul investigators named him the Corpse Collector (骸拾い, Mukuro Hiroi).
Yukinori Shinohara and Kureo Mado had exposed Arata's identity,[2] and the investigators were subsequently able to catch Arata.[3]
Appearance[]
Arata is a slender man of average height, with short dark blue hair. His manner of dress was never particularly noteworthy, besides wearing a large overcoat while scavenging to disguise himself. Neighbors described him as being very slim and possibly even in poor health.
In his younger days, he resembles Ken Kaneki.
Personality[]
Virtuous and gentle, Arata is another pacifist ghoul who is content to live peacefully with humans and wants the same for his children. Being a scholar and a reader, Arata embraces the human life by cooking human food and consuming it, even if he and his kids cannot digest it. The human qualities to blend into both human and ghoul worlds are traits he believes Ayato and Touka should learn in order to live happily. He shows to be somewhat of a renaissance man; knowing how to craft, cook, and socially interact well with human acquaintances.
The death of his wife had a profound impact on Arata, causing him to thirst for power so that a similar tragedy would not unfold again. This desire ultimately caused him to scavenge for the corpses of ghouls and humans alike, seeking to become a kakuja in order to protect his family. During their confrontation, Ayato angrily exclaimed he hated Kaneki because he resembled and reminded him of Arata.
However, according to Touka, Arata has a rather brutal side to his kind personality. Unable to cope with the death of his wife, he resorted to killing both ghouls and investigators behind his children's backs as revenge for his wife's death.
Plot[]
Past[]
Arata apologizing to Yomo for not being able to protect his sister.
At one point, Arata met his wife Hikari and had two children with her. When Hikari was killed by Kishou Arima, Arata was confronted by an infuriated Renji Yomo, who blamed him for his sister's death. Yomo's words, combined with the guilt he felt for not being able to stand up for his family, made him seek power and he began scavenging both human and ghoul corpses.[4]
Arata moved into a neighborhood in the 20th ward, hoping to start a new life with his family so they could live peacefully. He taught his children that living as both a human and ghoul would mean that they would have to endure hardships in order to protect their way of life.
Researchers find Arata cannibalizing another Ghoul.
Arata used to take his children to the library to read and study, allow them to take care of birds, and he even convinced them to eat human food in an attempt to teach them the ways of a human life (in order to make them learn to coexist peacefully with humans). Whenever he went to collect corpses, Arata would leave his children alone in the house. On the night before he vanished, Arata asked his children to promise him that they would protect and watch over each other.[2]
Mado and Shinohara meet Arata.
Later on, he was found by Kureo Mado and Yukinori Shinohara. His whereabouts were established through traces left behind by his kakuja. What followed was a life or death battle with the CCG until he was eventually secured.[5] Thereafter, he was subjected to the harvesting of his kakuhou, which is being used as the CCG's exoskeleton armor quinque, respectively named "Arata."
Relationships[]
Hikari Kirishima[]
His wife. Arata loved Hikari, and felt great guilt because of his inability to protect her.
Touka Kirishima[]
Touka is his eldest child and daughter. He sees a lot of his wife's brutish and courageous attitude in her as she and her brother collect a bunch of earthworms for the bird they found injured on the ground. While Touka understood why he kept his vendetta against investigators a secret and cannibalized in order to become stronger, she always resented this fact as it left her and Ayato alone in the world especially after his death. Partly why Touka and Ayato are fond of Kaneki is because he is very similar to Arata.
Ayato Kirishima[]
Ayato was his youngest child and son. He loves his children and made them swear they would protect each other despite the fact that Ayato shares his resentment towards their father for taking on the burden alone. After his death, this resentment soured the siblings relationship as Touka accepted the fact that Arata was soft hearted and selfless to a fault while Ayato saw his father as weak and unable to protect anyone.
Renji Yomo[]
Arata and Yomo are implied to have a poor relationship as he left his sister's care to him only to find that he was too weak to protect her, thus resented him the same way his children did after he died alone on his quest for revenge. But over time, Renji accepted the fact that he didn't blame Arata for his weakness but hated the fact that Renji was also not there to protect his sister.
Power and Abilities[]
Ghoul Physiology: Having been born a ghoul, Arata possesses enhanced physical capabilities along with a koukaku kagune, and a kakuja obtained from continuous cannibalization.
- Koukaku Kakuja: After eating left-over corpses of ghouls, Arata developed a kakuja armor that had covered his whole body. After being captured, his kakuja was used to manufacture Arata which makes it capable for investigators to face SS to SSS-rated ghouls
Etymology[]
- His surname literally reads "mist island", comprising of the kanji for "fog, mist, haze"(霧)(kiri) and "island"(島)(shima).
- His given name, Arata, literally means "new"(新)(arata).
Trivia[]
- Arata likes cooking human food, being with others, and studying.[1]
- In the first character popularity poll, Arata was ranked eighteenth, tying with Tatara. In the latest, he came in as thirty-eighth.
- His alias "Corpse Collector" implies that he scavenges corpses instead of hunting humans for food.
- In the Tokyo Ghoul Flip Calendar, Arata researched human marriage proposals before he first asked Hikari to marry him. It failed.
- Like Ayato, Arata does not like bugs.
- Ishida has said that Arata's children do not really favor him and that he resembles Kaneki far more.[6]
Quotes[]
- To Touka and Ayato: "Touka, you're his big sister so you have to teach him a lot of things. Ayato, whenever your big sister is in trouble you must protect her."[2]
- To Touka and Ayato: "It's certainly true... that there are many humans. But we also have our own world. And in order to protect that world we have to keep enduring everything."[2]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Arata Kirishima's character profile in Volume 8.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Tokyo Ghoul Chapter 70
- ↑ Tokyo Ghoul Chapter 71
- ↑ Tokyo Ghoul:re Chapter 71
- ↑ Tokyo Ghoul Chapter 104
- ↑ Sui Ishida's comments on the icon stickers celebrating :re Chapter 100.