So people on the Wiki pointed out a certain scene from Ch. 31, in light of this week’s chapter.
Could this have been foreshadowing that Arima’s vision is having problems?
I learned about this a year ago actually 😀 Though this would be a pretty far along case, the type of vision you see above can be caused by Rod Cone Dystrophy (RP); the slow loss of rods, eventually creating blind spots on all sides and very literal tunnel vision where the person is only able to see straight ahead.
RP is inherited and usually begins in childhood or teenage years.
Unfortunately it gets progressively worse as time passes and leads to complete blindness, usually by the age of 40 (Arima is 32). So far there’s no cure, but there are vision aids that help somewhat. Example: specially constructed glasses can help expand the vision field by bending the light.
But then I took into consideration the theories discussing the possibility that Kaneki could be developing the same problems with his sight as Arima, which obviously couldn’t be genetic in this case. I read up on some other causes of loss of peripheral vision and came up with:
Glaucoma
Retinitis pigmentosa (what I discussed above)
Eye strokes or occlusions
Detached retina
Brain damage from stroke, disease or injury
Neurological damage such as from optic neuritis
Compressed optic nerve head (papilledema)
Concussions (head injuries)
That last one though.
But anyways if Arima really is losing his peripheral vision because of one of the above, I think it’s pretty impressive that he’s been able to adapt to using the limited vision in such fast paced fights.
When I was shitposting about Arima today I started to wonder why his eyes seemed so blank and unfocused in ch 65
midnight-in-town 