History Recap / TokyoGhoulAnteikuCafeInvasionArc

** Several of the characters that disappeared in this arc, such as Amon, Hide and Seidou, finally make their return at certain points in the sequel series.

Kaneki jumps along the rooftops of the 20th Ward to reach Anteiku as the Investigators attempt to fire upon him. However, he is greeted by Amon's squad. Kaneki asks if Amon will let him by, which the Investigator answers that it's an obvious no. Kaneki tries to bypass Amon running along the building wall claiming that he doesn't want to fight him, but Amon throws his quinque towards him, and states that words will not be enough to stop him. Kaneki is forced to the ground as Amon's quinque returns to him. Amon then calls out to the Eye-patch ghoul about how Kaneki seems to always appear at important locations, and wonders if Eye-patch is a reaper that will always appear before him. Kaneki then asks if Amon will chase after him no matter what his next action is, and seeing Amon remain silent, Kaneki comes to understanding the situation, and prepares himself for battle. Kaneki states once more that he doesn't wish to kill Amon and asks for the Investigators name, to which Amon tells him his name. Amon then move in to duel Kaneki, and yells to the Eye-patch ghoul that he will be dying here, but thinks in his mind that he hopes that Kaneki will survive through the operation in the hopes of one day hearing the boy's entire story.

The battle at Anteiku has moved to the roof that Yoshimura and Suzuya clashed as Shinohara, Kuroiwa and Houji continue to fight the Owl ghoul. Shinohara remembers back to words that Kureo had told him in the past about his bad fighting technique, which Shinohara realizes that he's thinking about it due to his desperate fight against Owl. The continued pressure against Owl allows for Kuroiwa to land another hit in that cuts off Yoshimura's right arm, which Shinohara realizes that the time to get the final strike in has come. Shinohara pulls out their secret weapon, a powerful quinque developed by Kureo, that he uses to land a devastating blow against Owl. In memory of Kureo, Shinohara thinks to himself that this strike against Owl is the CCG's farewell gift to him. Due to his injuries, Yoshimura is left falling to the ground. The Owl ghoul has been defeated. The surrounding Investigators get word that the battle against Owl has come to an end as they all begin to celebrate their victory. Seidou is left confused at the situation as Akira orders the Investigators to not get carried away until they've cleared the area of all ghouls. Shinohara's group take the moment to rest believing their fight to be over as he looks over to Suzuya who is seen giving his congratulations to his partner for a job well done.

However, before Shinohara and company could consider this battle done, Yoshimura's child, the original One-Eyed Owl Ghoul, appears on the scene. Covering Yoshimura, the One-Eyed Owl begins its attack on Shinohara's group. Moments beforehand, Kaneki is still seen crawling along the ground in an effort to reach Yoshimura. He looks up, and reaches out to an object that is heading towards his desired location.

Kaneki finally understands why his mother worked so hard for her sister. For the same reason as his father’s death, Kaneki's mother was afraid of losing someone close to her. He mentions that his mother wasn’t a kind person, but a coward afraid of solitude, and so is he. Kaneki never wanted to protect everyone, but himself rather. Kaneki describes what his childhood was like as he read books in his father’s room alone, and even played in the sandbox alone. Loneliness was something he never wanted, and admits that Touka was right for calling him a selfish coward all along.

Kaneki sees a figure of his younger self in a sandbox, and approaches him; suggesting that they go home. All the while in his internal monologue, he mentions how he held himself by the hand, trying to fill the empty void in his memories. Though they had no destination, they kept walking aimlessly, and Kaneki asks his younger self if he liked Mother. The boy says his ambition is to become just like her when he reaches adulthood; for she was always doing her best for people until night. He realizes that his fate had changed immensely by the time he was an adult, because he became a ghoul, and hadn't manage to keep the promises he made to his mother to carry on her ideologies. This is where Kaneki enters an emotional breakdown. In tears, he blames himself, apologizing for the person he had become. His younger self comforts him, and thanks him, saying that Kaneki fought in place of his weak side. The child suggests that they rest for a while, and both forms subsequently fade away in the form of ashes.

As his consciousness blurs out, Kaneki finally remembers the night he and Rize were injured via the steel beam incident. At the end of Rize’s gaze was a clown laughing, and counting backwards at intervals of seven. Kaneki remarks that he'll never know what meaning that held, for he was already falling unconscious; laying limp at Arima’s feet. Arima notices that he had received a cut on his face as he looks down at Kaneki's face with the two holes through his eyes.

Going through the 20th Ward, Seidou is able to find the defeated Amon, and runs over to where he was lying on the ground. Seidou is left horrified seeing that Amon's been injured as he asks Seidou how the fighting around him is going. Seidou begins to cry, and begs for Amon not to die, which Amon orders him not to be absurd as it would mean that Eye-patch would become a murderer.

A group of Investigators are able to come across Amon and Seidou, which has the latter begging the Investigators to call for a medic for Amon. However, Tatara, and several other ghouls, from Aogiri Tree, appear before them claiming that that won't be necessary as they will be dying right here and now. Tatara begins to kill off the surrounding Investigators as a frightened Seidou realizes that he is going to have to fight in order to survive. With fear taken ahold of him, Seidou struggles to take his quinque out. However, Amon stands up in order to protect him from Aogiri Tree. Seidou calls out to Amon that he is in no condition to fight due to the loss of his arm, but Amon ignores it.

Amon then orders Seidou to withdraw, but Seidou cries out that he's an Investigator as well. He manages to pull out his quinque, and begins firing shots at Tatara, who becomes enraged upon noticing that Seidou's quinque is related to Houji. Grabbing Seidou by the collar, Tatara deduces that the boy is the subordinate of the Investigator Houji that destroyed his Chi She Lian organization. Seidou is left begging the ghoul to let him go, which Tatara does so by throwing him towards Noro, which takes a bite out of the left portion of Seidou's body. Amon watches in horror as he becomes enrages, and charges toward Tatara with his last remaining energy.

On the roof, the battle against the original Owl goes on as the ghoul goes about killing every Investigator it comes across. Ui manages to throw the quinque he had been using to Hirako, who activates it for use against the second Owl. He clashes with Owl as Tanakamaru and Hachikawa continue to provide support. Hirako ends up getting pushed back, but is thankful to know that they had been able to stall for just long enough. A ranged quinque attack strikes the second Owl as Ui reports to headquarters that Arima and his squad have arrived to take over the fight. The second Owl sends its kagune up from below the roof it stands on as Arima dodges the attack. Arima fires back with his ranged kagune as Hachikawa orders the rest of the Investigators not to get involved as they would just get in the way of Arima.

The reaper Investigator changes the mode of his quinque, and changes his combat method to go in for close combat. Arima manages to land a major blow on the Owl, and dodges the next major attack that was meant to be the second Owl's counter. The two stand opposite one another once more, but before Arima could make his next move, the original Owl goes for Yoshimura. Picking the manager up, the second Owl swallows Yoshimura whole as the surrounding Investigators watch in disgust. Its next action goes towards the edge of the roof, and jumps off. Arima attempts to chase after the original Owl, and fires his quinque once more. However, his quinque could not reach far enough, and only strikes the side of the building. The original Owl is able to land safely on the ground and is able to escape to an unknown location.

At said unknown location, the original Owl ghoul spits out Yoshimura, and is left exhausted, and surprised, that the CCG has someone powerful enough to push it so far. Looking down on Yoshimura, the true being of his child pops out of the original Owl's skin; revealed to be Eto of Aogiri Tree, who is also without her costume, which also reveals that Eto had been disguising as the horror novelist, Sen Takatsuki. With a huge loving smile on her face, Eto (Takatsuki) greets her father.

Following the aftermath of the battle between the CCG and the ghouls, as well as the fall of Kaneki, Tsukiyama’s grief over losing Kaneki sends him into a catatonic condition where he even refuses to eat. However, Nishiki warns him that he’d die if he continued like this; admitting that he himself never had such a hard time in a long while. The CCG documented the extermination rate of ghouls as ninety-nine percent, which brings closure to the operation at this point.

Heavy blood loss and severe brain damage left Shinohara in a vegetative, comatose state; rendering him incapable of ever regaining consciousness. Iba, a former Special Class Investigator, and old comrade of Shinohara, comes to visit him; praising him for his dedication to the CCG. It is made known that Koutarou Amon died during the war, and while Misato expresses her anguish over his death, Akira reservedly holds it in; mentioning that casualities are a consequence of war. Misato reprimands Akira for her apathy since Amon was both a classmate and a friend to her. Akira breaks down and begins to weep, admitting that she cared for both Amon and Seidou.

Kaneki’s group is in distress, and has partially disbanded- Banjou, Hinami and the others set out to search for hideouts deeper down in the city. Hirako and Ui are seen discussing the outcome of the war: the location of dead investigators is unknown, as ghouls were preying around during the operation. It seems that the CCG is also clueless as to the whereabouts and states of both the Centipede and the One-Eyed Owl. Dr. Kanou is shown in a new laboratory, where he is able to acquire as many research subjects as possible, such as the Owls that are kept within numerous tanks. Tatara mentions that ghoul investigators have a more durable body compared to those of the ordinary. Kanou dishonors Kaneki; for he would’ve grown up to be a superb individual had he not been a mere test subject just for the sole purpose of transplanting ghoul Kakuhou into Nashiro and Kurona. Eto advises that they remake Kaneki, and it is revealed that Yoshimura is being preserved in a glass chamber within the lab.

Ken Kaneki, in the form of an internal monologue, keeps revisiting his notion that the world is purely corrupted and wrong. Though ghouls like himself need to survive by eating, he associates eating with concepts such as stealing, sacrificing, protecting and making mistakes, so as to highlight the struggles that ghouls are faced with, as well as what the CCG and other humans perceive these ghouls to be. Kaneki then goes on to say that his salvation is to sleep and have a happy dream; as this is his only way to disengage and save himself from the harm, loneliness, peril, hopelessness and despair he experienced in the world.

Shinohara’s wife visits Juuzou Suzuya, whom lost a leg during combat, and has seemingly become a rather calm and composed individual as a result of the war and losing Shinohara. Suzuya blames himself, apologizing to her; adding that Shinohara would’ve been well and better off if Suzuya had not been this incompetent. She comforts Suzuya, for Shinohara thought of him as his own child. Suzuya comes to a resolve to work hard especially on Shinohara’s part, wishing him a long rest. The chairman of CCG, Tsuneyoshi Washuu, compliments Arima for the good results on the number of ghoul exterminations. Though the crucial target, the One-Eyed Owl, was not captured. He then declares that they focus on eliminating the One-Eyed King of Aogiri Tree. While the chairman gives Arima the ownership, and identity rights of the new quinque, Kaneki’s suspect profile is shown to have been erased from the blacklist.

At the Ghoul Restaurant, the ghouls who were once Kaneki’s trusted allies take a twist for the worst. Itori seems to be fascinated by Kaneki’s defeat, saying how he wasted his life by trying to save the shop manager, and now that the CCG announce full annihilation, the prisoners at Cochlea are no longer alive. Uta demands to see a much more interesting, depressing picture than Kaneki’s defeat; adding that tragedies nowadays are never popular. He then proclaims that they have more fun; implying that they should search for another victim to fall under their trap, so as to get the last laugh. The group is revealed to be the Clown Faction called Pierrot.

Back at Anteiku, Touka has lost her home, and starts to recall memories she had when she first started working at the café; asking about the meaning of the word, Anteiku. She remembers it to have a wonderful meaning. The construction workers, whom were currently demolishing the building, detested it, saying that the café was run by ghouls who’d eat a human if they were to carelessly stumble across Anteiku. Yomo reminds Touka that they must get going. He then reminisces over Kaneki’s promise to Anteiku; saying that he inevitably went astray while going back to Anteiku, which is why he basically lost his place of return. However, Touka is worried, and agonized by the fact that Kaneki is still missing. She comes to a definite conclusion, optimistically stating that she has faith in Kaneki, and that he will return to Anteiku soon.

* TheBadGuyWins: Aogiri comes out victorious, having played the other sides of the conflict against each other. The CCG loses many of their members, Anteiku is destroyed and the survivors scattered, and Kaneki has been "erased", and Amon is labeled killed in action.

* HopeSpot: Kaneki's rescue operation is a success at first being able to get Koma and Irimi out of danger, which allows them to escape through a sewer passage out of the 20th Ward...only to discover that Arima had ben stationed on the route to kill off ghouls trying to flee the 20th Ward, which also results in Kaneki's death to him.

** Shinohara might as well be considered dead since he ends up in a vegetative state which he will never be able to wake up from.

** Several of the characters that disappeared in this arc, such as Amon and Seidou, finally make their return at certain points in the sequel series. However, what happened to Hide after helping Kaneki recover from his injury is still up for debate.

The rest of the chosen CCG Investigators prepare for the operation by having to write their final testament to their loved ones. Kuroiwa volunteers himself to join the operation while Seidou is picked to be one of the elected investigators. However, despite accepting to go, Seidou hides from everyone, including his family, that he is completely terrified. Hide is also chosen to take part, and agrees to join the operation after being informed by Marude that the raid will be on the location Kaneki had worked previously.

Elsewhere, Yomo arrives at Touka's home, and informs her that they will be going into hiding to evade the CCG raid. Despite Touka wishing to go back, Yomo informs her that Yoshimura, Koma and Irimi are fighting for her sake to live on, which has Touka coming to accept that her life at Anteiku was over.

Returning to the Anteiku fight, Suzuya enters the Owl duel as back-up against Yoshimura, and Hirako's squad arrives to help Hachikawa battle Black Dog. Irimi's fight eventually causes her to suffer an injury to the CCG as she uses her body to shield an old lady civilian from their attack. Hachikawa and Hirako's group take advantage of the injury, and are able to land a decisive blow to Irimi, but before the Investigators could finish her off, Kaneki arrives on the scene to protect her.

Kaneki informs Irimi that he's already rescued Koma from death against Tanakamaru, and is given a rundown by Irimi of her current enemies. Thanks to the information, Kaneki is able to come out the winner over Hirako, and is able to retreat with Irimi to a safe location, who tells Kaneki of a sewer route, V14, that the ghouls can use to escape the 20th Ward. Kaneki next heads for Yoshimura's location, but ends up running into the arrival of Amon's squad. Kaneki's movements gets stalled by Amon as Yoshitoki and Marude get word that the Centipede ghoul has appeared, which catches Hide's attention as well.

Meanwhile, after taking a hit from Special Class Ui to the torso, an exhausted Yoshimura attempts to escape his fight for a brief moment of rest, but is cought off-guard by Suzuya who manages cut off one of the Owl ghoul's arms. In return, Yoshimura cuts off Suzuya's leg, which ends the boy's ability to fight. Shinohara, who regrets what happened to Suzuya, gets ready to fight Owl with the rest of his CCG team once more.

Later on, Akira visits her father's grave to inform him that she had been promoted to being able to work alongside Arima, and is greeted by her new junior that she will be training, Haise Sasaki.

Suzuya remembers back to a time when he was a slave at the Ghoul Restaurant. Ghoul spectators watch as Suzuya provides the entertainment by dodging the knives thrown by a henchman of the ghoul known as Big Madam. The henchman mentions how Suzuya has incredible ability, which Big Madam happily agrees with. After the show, Big Madam greets Suzuya at his prison cell, who asks Big Madam if he did well. Big Madam gives him 60 points for his effort, and begins to torture Suzuya with strings pulling on his skin in order to destroy his sense of feeling. Present day Suzuya remembers how his torturing at the hands of Big Madam started off terrible, but as the days went by, he lost all means of self-value, and began not to care anymore.

After the torturing, Suzuya is left alone in his cell talking to himself; claiming that he is looking forward to tomorrows job in order to get above 60 points to please master. The next day, Suzuya is tasked to be the restaurant scrapper in order to chop up the next human meal for the Ghoul spectators. He catches the human, and begins to cut him apart as Suzuya only wishes to make the customers happy. The show ends, and Suzuya is next seen standing before Big Madam. Looking upon Suzuya, Big Madam appreciates the boy's girlish looks, but hates that his male body parts will one day start to take over. Pulling out a hammer, Big Madam figures that the best solution is to smash Suzuya's private parts. Some time later, Ghoul Investigators raid the Ghoul Restaurant, and bring Suzuya under the protection of the CCG.

Time goes by as Academy Investigators discuss over how incredible Suzuya's skills turned out to be, and has the potential to be an incredible Ghoul Investigator. However, one mentions that Suzuya has been destroyed mentally, and has too many problems that could prove to be dangerous. Shinohara, who was also a part of the dicussion, mentions how Suzuya had no choice having to live under abuse, and that the CCG will accept him just like any other lost child.

One day, Suzuya is met by one of CCG Academy instructors, Uchino, who notices Suzuya stepping on some ants. Suzuya next strolls through the forest, and wonders to himself if master Big Madam is doing well. However, he comes across Uchino having finished mutilating a cat. Uchino warns Suzuya that he will kill him if he tells anybody, and leaves Suzuya looking at the dead cat. At another time, the Investigators discuss how they should deal with Uchino knowing that his sadistic tendency could bring trouble to the CCG Academy. They decide that the best option would be to blame Uchino's problems all on Suzuya.

Suzuya's information is brought before chairman Tsuneyoshi Washuu, who is told that the boys skills are too great to ignore, and that his partner will be Special Investigator Shinohara. Suzuya is then greeted by Shinohara as the two introduce themselves to one another, and offers Suzuya a new pair of clothes.

* TheBadGuyWins: Aogiri comes out victorious, having played the other sides of the conflict against each other. The CCG loses many of their members, Anteiku is destroyed and the survivors scattered, and Kaneki has been "Erased", and Amon is labeled killed in action.

** Juuzou's past is finally revealed, in all it's horrifying detail.

** Amongst the named characters, its debatable if Irimi and Koma escaped Arima's slaughter in the sewer escape route.

The nineth and final StoryArc of the ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'' series consisting of chapters 122 - 143 (plus an epilogue chapter) from the original manga. The arc centers on the battle between Anteiku and the CCG after the café is discovered to be a haven for ghouls. As a result, Kaneki races to return to Anteiku in an attempt to save the ghouls there from certain death as the fragile peace of the 20th Ward is destroyed; throwing both sides of the story into a conflict that comes to a bloody and tragic conclusion.

The nineth and final StoryArc of the ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'' series consisting of chapters 122 - 143 from the original manga. The arc centers on the battle between Anteiku and the CCG after the café is discovered to be a haven for ghouls. As a result, Kaneki races to return to Anteiku in an attempt to save the ghouls there from certain death as the fragile peace of the 20th Ward is destroyed; throwing both sides of the story into a conflict that comes to a bloody and tragic conclusion.

Meanwhile on Kaneki's side, he takes a major blow from Arima, which confuses Kaneki due to believing that he had found an opening. Kaneki tries to attack once more, but is quickly stabbed through the left eye, which causes him to scream out in pain. Kaneki falls to the ground, and loses his ability to speak knowing that he had been stabbed through the brain. Kaneki's kagune begins to go unstable, and pulls out Arima's quinque from his eye socket. He then launches his kagune in all directions, which destroys the surrounding pillars of the V14 sewer area. Arima dodges each of the kagune attacks as he listens to the crazed Kaneki saying lines from when he was growing up with his mother. Kaneki also begins to recite lines from books he has read over the years as Arima just looks at him in silence at the pathetic state that Kaneki has been left in.

Kaneki claims that the area around him is pretty as if it was autumn, which Arima notices that he's referring to the corpses around him looking like the fall season. Arima informs Kaneki that he can tell that it's also raining outside the sewers due to hearing the sound of water flowing, and tells Kaneki that it will all be over soon. Activating his second quinque, Arima reminds Kaneki that they are in V14, an area that is established to have no ghoul allowed to bypass him.

Kaneki jumps along the rooftops of the 20th Ward to reach Anteiku as the Investigators attempt to fire upon him. However, he is greeted by Amon's squad. Kaneki asks if Amon will let him by, which the Investigator answers that it's an obvious no. Kaneki tries to bypass Amon running along the building wall claiming that he doesn't want to fight him, but Amon throws his quinque towards him, and states that words will not be enough to stop him. Kaneki is forced to the ground as Amon's quinque returns to him.

Amon then calls out to the Eye-patch ghoul about how Kaneki seems to always appear at important locations, and wonders if Eye-patch is a reaper that will always appear before him. Kaneki then asks if Amon will chase after him no matter what his next action is, and seeing Amon remain silent, Kaneki comes to understanding the situation, and prepares himself for battle. Kaneki states once more that he doesn't wish to kill Amon and asks for the Investigators name, to which Amon tells him his name. Amon then move in to duel Kaneki, and yells to the Eye-patch ghoul that he will be dying here, but thinks in his mind that he hopes that Kaneki will survive through the operation in the hopes of one day hearing the boy's entire story.

At another location outside Anteiku, Irimi, and the ghouls loyal to her, continue to fight jumping around the roofs of the nearby structures. However, a barrage from Captain Hachikawa's quinque forces her group to the ground. Hachikawa calls her out as the famous Black Dog ghoul as the two prepare to battle one another.

Yoshimura also continues to kill every Investigator he comes across until Shinohara and Kuroiwa enter the fight as his main opponents once more to stall the massacre. Houji also stands alongside the two as back up as Shinohara orders the surrounding Investigators to concentrate their fire at Owl's shoulder to keep Yoshimura from activating the trump cards in said location. Standing before Owl, Shinohara and Kuroiwa activate their perfected Arata forms; ready for their rematch.

[[caption-width-right:300:Ghouls loyal to Anteiku arrive to support Koma and Irimi]]

Some time after, Akira is seen visiting her father's grave. She tells him of how she is now a First Class Investigator and how because of her chimera quinque wielding skills, she will be a part of the Anti-Aogiri team commanded by Special Class Investigator, Kishou Arima. She asserts that though time has passed since the Owl battle, she will still believe her intuition about the ghouls before noting that Arima has left the education of a certain junior up to her. According to the stories she heard, he is somehow different from the other investigators. Just then, the young man in question approaches, and greets her before introducing himself as Rank 3 Investigator Haise Sasaki. The startled Akira then greets him in return.

On the roof, the battle against the original Owl goes on as the ghoul goes about killing every Investigator it comes across. Ui manages to throw the quinque he had been using to Hirako, who activates it for use against the second Owl. He clashes with Owl as Tanakamaru and Hachikawa continue to provide support. Hirako ends up getting pushed back, but is thankful to know that they had been able to stall for just long enough. A ranged quinque attack strikes the second Owl as Ui reports to headquarters that Arima and his squad have arrived to take over the fight.

The second Owl sends its kagune up from below the roof it stands on as Arima dodges the attack. Arima fires back with his ranged kagune as Hachikawa orders the rest of the Investigators not to get involved as they would just get in the way of Arima. The reaper Investigator changes the mode of his quinque, and changes his combat method to go in for close combat. Arima manages to land a major blow on the Owl, and dodges the next major attack that was meant to be the second Owl's counter.

The two stand opposite one another once more, but before Arima could make his next move, the original Owl goes for Yoshimura. Picking the manager up, the second Owl swallows Yoshimura whole as the surrounding Investigators watch in disgust. Its next action goes towards the edge of the roof, and jumps off. Arima attempts to chase after the original Owl, and fires his quinque once more. However, his quinque could not reach far enough, and only strikes the side of the building. The original Owl is able to land safely on the ground and is able to escape to an unknown location.

A group of Investigators are able to come across Amon and Seidou, which has the latter begging the Investigators to call for a medic for Amon. However, Tatara, and several other ghouls, from Aogiri Tree, appear before them claiming that that won't be necessary as they will be dying right here and now. Tatara begins to kill off the surrounding Investigators as a frightened Seidou realizes that he is going to have to fight in order to survive. With fear taken ahold of him, Seidou struggles to take his quinque out. However, Amon stands up in order to protect him from Aogiri Tree.

Seidou calls out to Amon that he is in no condition to fight due to the loss of his arm, but Amon ignores it. Amon then orders Seidou to withdraw, but Seidou cries out that he's an Investigator as well. He manages to pull out his quinque, and begins firing shots at Tatara, who becomes enraged upon noticing that Seidou's quinque is related to Houji. Grabbing Seidou by the collar, Tatara deduces that the boy is the subordinate of the Investigator Houji that destroyed his Chi She Lian organization. Seidou is left begging the ghoul to let him go, which Tatara does so by throwing him towards Noro, which takes a bite out of the left portion of Seidou's body. Amon watches in horror as he becomes enrages, and charges toward Tatara with his last remaining energy.

He finally understands why his mother worked so hard for her sister. For the same reason as his father’s death, Kaneki's mother was afraid of losing someone close to her. He mentions that his mother wasn’t a kind person, but a coward afraid of solitude, and so is he. Kaneki never wanted to protect everyone, but himself rather. Kaneki describes what his childhood was like as he read books in his father’s room alone, and even played in the sandbox alone. Loneliness was something he never wanted, and admits that Touka was right for calling him a selfish coward all along.

The battle between Ui and the second Owl ghoul continues as Ui struggles to hold out for much longer. Eventually, Ui takes a major blow, and is pushed back into a wall; getting knocked out in the process. Suzuya watches as the second Owl turns towards an unconscious Shinohara, and cuts off the leg of the Investigator. Forced awake, Shinohara cries out in pain as the second Owl turns toward Suzuya, and tells the boy that the two are now a perfect match. At this point, Suzuya begins to think back to his time with Shinohara.

In the past, Suzuya receives a knife from Shinohara, and asks what it is. Shinohara informs him that its an anti-ghoul quinque that matches Suzuya's forte for knife usage. Shinohara then states to Suzuya that he should use his knife skill for others, which confuses the boy. His partner explains that he's referring to the people around him that don't have the ability to fight against the ghouls.