Kurose :
How are they bad representations? Gojo was a teacher after all and he has very different personalities with yoruichi. Sukuna was a GOOD representation of strongest he was fighting his whole life to find someone equal, he got joy from the fights, even when he saw yujo he was grinning impressed and not scared that Gojo might’ve survived that slash. Arima literally was never proud of his status as the strongest since he could only take lives. Arima hates his own strength. He views himself purely as a weapon of destruction, stating that he always loathed himself for taking lives. His unmatched power brings him no joy - only a profound sense of isolation and a desperate desire for someone to finally defeat and kill him. His strength is a cage. Despite being the "White Reaper", Arima is deeply flawed and physically failing. He suffers from accelerated aging and goes blind in one eye, meaning his absolute strength requires immense, exhausting effort to maintain. He feels like a human pushed to his breaking point. He LITERALLY breaks Kaneki, remakes him as Haise Sasaki, acts as a twisted father figure, and ultimately forces Kaneki to surpass him. Deep down, he desperately wanted to leave something meaningful behind, to create instead of just destroy. Because he couldn't do it as a human, he chose to do it through Kaneki. He groomed Kaneki to become the "One Eyed king", effectively birthing a symbol of hope for both humans and ghouls to carve out a better future before his time ran out.
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