Chapter Summaries

After arriving in Tokyo Ghoul’s world, Amahane Byakuya activated a system that gave him Madara Uchiha’s abilities and a choice of rewards. He confessed to Rize Kamishiro to earn fusion points, and she agreed to date him while secretly viewing him as food.

• Amahane Byakuya realized he had transmigrated to Ward 20 and recognized Rize Kamishiro at Anteiku.
• The system activated, assigned Madara Uchiha as his fusion target, and granted him initial abilities and a quest with three choices.
• Amahane Byakuya chose to confess to Rize Kamishiro and earned 50 fusion points.
• Rize Kamishiro agreed to try dating Amahane Byakuya, and they exchanged names while concealing their intentions.

Amahane Byakuya and Rize Kamishiro acted like a couple at Anteiku, where their conversation and shared coffee earned him fusion points for an indirect kiss. Rize left after arranging to meet him again tomorrow, still planning to toy with him before making him her meal.

• Amahane Byakuya sat beside Rize Kamishiro at Anteiku, and she told him to call her Rize because they were dating.
• Amahane Byakuya and Rize Kamishiro discussed their hobbies and their shared interest in Teacher Takatsuki's books while Touka Kirishima watched from the counter.
• Rize Kamishiro offered Amahane Byakuya her sweetened coffee, and he drank from her cup, earning 10 fusion points for an indirect kiss.
• Rize Kamishiro arranged to meet Amahane Byakuya at Anteiku the next day and left the café.
• Rize Kamishiro privately planned to make Amahane Byakuya devoted to her before eating him.

Amahane Byakuya read Sen Takatsuki’s debut novel at Anteiku and earned a fusion point, then borrowed the book from Touka Kirishima and left. On his way home, he spotted the author, Eto-Sen Takatsuki.

• Amahane Byakuya stayed at Anteiku to read Sen Takatsuki’s novel, “To Kafka,” and earned one fusion point from the system.
• Amahane Byakuya asked Touka Kirishima to lend him the book, paid a deposit, and left the café with it.
• Touka Kirishima told Kaya Irimi she had no intention of interfering with Rize Kamishiro’s treatment of Amahane Byakuya.
• Amahane Byakuya read as he walked home, then recognized Eto-Sen Takatsuki nearby.

Amahane Byakuya realized Eto had approached him because of his interest in Rize Kamishiro and suspected Aogiri Tree was watching him. He returned Eto’s novel to Anteiku the next morning, where Yoshimura Kuzen greeted him.

• Eto warned Amahane Byakuya to watch where he was going, then became intrigued by the human boy who had approached Rize Kamishiro.
• Amahane Byakuya returned home, inspected his unchanged face, and activated his one-tomoe Sharingan to test its enhanced vision and perception.
• Amahane Byakuya read Eto’s novel, “Dear Kafka,” in one sitting and received a fusion point from the system.
• The next morning, Amahane Byakuya returned the novel to Anteiku, and Yoshimura Kuzen returned his deposit.

Amahane Byakuya attended his first day at Kamii University, where Furuta Nimura approached him while monitoring his relationship with Rize Kamishiro. At the Antique Café, Rize asked Byakuya on a date in front of Ken Kaneki, and the chapter ended with Byakuya choosing how to respond to a system mission.

• Amahane Byakuya went to Kamii University, attended his classes, and planned to meet Rize Kamishiro afterward.
• Furuta Nimura sat with Amahane Byakuya in the cafeteria, earning Byakuya a fusion point from the system.
• Amahane Byakuya returned to the Antique Café and found Rize Kamishiro there with Ken Kaneki nearby.
• Rize Kamishiro invited Amahane Byakuya on a date, and Ken Kaneki was crushed when he realized she was Byakuya's girlfriend.
• The system offered Amahane Byakuya three choices, including discussing Sen Takatsuki's works with Ken Kaneki or confronting him for staring at Rize.

Amahane Byakuya went on a date with Rize Kamishiro while completing a system task to speak with Ken Kaneki. After the date, he approached Ken at the café and bonded with him over Sen Takatsuki’s books.

• Amahane Byakuya chose the system option to strike up a conversation with Ken Kaneki and left the café with Rize Kamishiro.
• Amahane Byakuya took Rize Kamishiro’s hand, earning fusion points, and she discreetly slipped free before suggesting a dessert shop.
• Rize Kamishiro pretended to eat dessert, then continued their date without revealing her intentions to Amahane Byakuya.
• Rize Kamishiro invited Amahane Byakuya to meet her at the café the next day to watch a movie, and he agreed.
• Amahane Byakuya returned to the Antique Café and spoke with Ken Kaneki about Sen Takatsuki’s books, completing the system task and earning fusion points.

Amahane Byakuya befriended Ken Kaneki over their shared interest in Sen Takatsuki's books, then encountered a ghoul while walking home. The ghoul attacked, and Byakuya revealed his one-tomoe Sharingan.

• Amahane Byakuya sat with Ken Kaneki at the café, and they discovered they shared a literature department and a love of Sen Takatsuki's books.
• Amahane Byakuya and Ken Kaneki became friends and spent the day reading and discussing books together.
• Amahane Byakuya borrowed The Black Goat's Egg and earned fusion points for reading and finishing it.
• Amahane Byakuya took a quiet alley home and noticed a hostile man approaching who complained about Anteiku's rules against hunting humans.
• The man revealed himself as a ghoul and lunged at Amahane Byakuya, who transformed his eyes into a one-tomoe Sharingan.

Amahane Byakuya fought a ghoul who mistook his Sharingan for Kakugan and claimed the area as his feeding ground. Byakuya defeated him with ninjutsu and the ghoul’s own kagune, earning Fusion Points and nearing Level 2 fusion.

• The ghoul mistook Amahane Byakuya’s Sharingan for Kakugan, then threatened him for trespassing on his Ghoul Feeding Ground.
• Amahane Byakuya used the Body Flicker Technique to get behind the ghoul and hit him with the Great Fireball Technique.
• When the ghoul survived through his regeneration, Amahane Byakuya used a crowbar to break and sever his scorched bikaku kagune.
• Amahane Byakuya wielded the severed kagune to destroy the ghoul’s kakuhou, leaving him fatally wounded.
• The system awarded Amahane Byakuya 5 Fusion Points for defeating a B-Rank Ghoul, bringing his total to 87 and leaving him 13 points from Level 2.

After killing a ghoul, Amahane Byakuya considered joining the CCG to obtain a Quinque. He then watched a movie with Rize Kamishiro, reflected on her past in the White Day Garden and her escape, and left the theater with her, where Touka Kirishima noticed them.

• Amahane Byakuya disposed of the ghoul's kagune and took the crowbar, then considered joining the CCG to get a Quinque.
• Amahane Byakuya and Rize Kamishiro watched a movie whose heroine's mistreatment reminded him of Rize's history.
• Amahane Byakuya recalled that Rize Kamishiro had been confined to the White Day Garden as a breeder until Furuta Nimura helped her escape.
• After the movie, Amahane Byakuya and Rize Kamishiro discussed it while walking home late at night.
• Touka Kirishima saw Amahane Byakuya walking with Rize Kamishiro and looked back at him before continuing on.

Amahane Byakuya accompanied Rize Kamishiro home and let her attack him so he could claim the system’s fusion-point reward. After advancing to Lv2 and awakening a Three-Tomoe Sharingan, he found Rize Kamishiro enthralled by the taste of his flesh.

• Amahane Byakuya accepted the system’s choice to accompany Rize Kamishiro home, then spent his saved fusion points to strengthen himself.
• Rize Kamishiro asked Amahane Byakuya to stay with her, then revealed her kakugan and bit a chunk from his shoulder.
• Amahane Byakuya pretended to fall and received 100 fusion points for completing the system’s mission.
• Amahane Byakuya used the points to reach Lv2, gaining a Three-Tomoe Sharingan, improved abilities, and new ninjutsu.
• Rize Kamishiro tasted Amahane Byakuya’s flesh and became greedily fascinated by its flavor.

Amahane Byakuya escaped Rize Kamishiro instead of fighting her, but falling steel beams crushed her and left her unconscious. The system then offered him three choices, including rescuing Rize or volunteering for Akihiro Kanou’s artificial half-ghoul experiment.

• Rize Kamishiro revealed her ghoul nature and attacked Amahane Byakuya with her rinkaku kagune.
• Amahane Byakuya used the Body Flicker Technique to escape and taunted Rize Kamishiro with a goodbye.
• As Rize Kamishiro tried to understand Amahane Byakuya, falling steel beams struck and crushed her.
• The system offered Amahane Byakuya rewards for ignoring the incident, rescuing Rize Kamishiro, or joining Akihiro Kanou’s experiment.

Amahane Byakuya chose to save Rize Kamishiro despite knowing it would interfere with Furuta Nimura’s plans. He brought her home, where she recovered and woke up believing he had attacked her.

• Amahane Byakuya weighed his choices and decided he could not leave Rize Kamishiro to suffer as an experimental donor.
• Amahane Byakuya freed Rize Kamishiro from the steel beams and carried her away before anyone found them.
• Amahane Byakuya took Rize Kamishiro home and waited while her wounds healed.
• Rize Kamishiro woke, mistook Amahane Byakuya for her attacker, and summoned her kagune.
• Amahane Byakuya told Rize Kamishiro that he had saved her.

Rize Kamishiro questioned Byakuya about saving her, and he told her that a masked man had dropped the steel beams that injured her. After discussing their past and Byakuya’s unusual healing, Rize prepared to leave but invited him to come home with her.

• Byakuya told Rize that he had rescued her from the steel beams and warned that a man wearing a clown mask had likely pushed them down.
• Rize calmed down and asked Byakuya why he had saved her despite her previous attempt to eat him.
• Byakuya explained that Rize was his first love and said he was over what had happened between them.
• Rize noticed Byakuya’s rapid healing, asked to eat more of his flesh, and accepted his refusal.
• Byakuya asked Rize to replace the bloodstained sheets, and she gave him money for new ones.
• At the door, Rize invited Byakuya to come home with her.

Amahane Byakuya escorted the weakened Rize Kamishiro home, and they ended their pretend relationship with a rejected attempt at a cannibalistic goodbye kiss. The next day, Byakuya visited the Antique Café and surprised Touka Kirishima by showing up alive.

• Rize Kamishiro asked Amahane Byakuya to escort her home because she feared another attack while she was weak.
• On the way, Rize asked whether Byakuya had known she was a ghoul, and he claimed he had only noticed later.
• Byakuya told Rize their pretend relationship was over and said he would leave her alone.
• Rize offered Byakuya a goodbye kiss, admitted she wanted to eat his lips and tongue, and he refused before leaving.
• Byakuya replaced the bloodstained sheet at home and kept the old one to wash it.
• The next day, Byakuya visited the Antique Café, where Touka Kirishima was surprised to see him alive.

Amahane Byakuya spent the day reading Sen Takatsuki’s novel with Rize Kamishiro at the café, where she continued to show interest in his scent and taste. After he warned her that the Clown Mask might ambush her again, Rize suggested she might heed him if he let her have another bite.

• Byakuya joined Rize at the café, and they chatted before choosing to read The Hanged Man's MacGuffin together.
• Rize pressed close to Byakuya and sniffed his neck, admitting she wanted to eat him but would not attack him at the café.
• Byakuya and Rize finished the novel and discussed its gruesome scenes while Touka watched their intimacy and worried about them.
• Rize told Byakuya she had recovered and still had food at home, and he warned her against hunting recklessly because the Clown Mask might ambush her again.
• Rize asked whether Byakuya was trying to control her and said she might listen if he let her have another bite.

Amahane Byakuya bargained with Rize Kamishiro, agreeing to consider her request if she abstained from hunting humans for two weeks. Rize accepted, nibbled his earlobe, and discovered that it was a weakness that could make him react.

• Amahane Byakuya offered to grant Rize Kamishiro's request if she went two weeks without hunting humans.
• Rize Kamishiro agreed to the condition after considering the danger of being captured by the Washuu Clan.
• Rize Kamishiro wrapped her arms around Amahane Byakuya and lightly nibbled his earlobe, making him shiver.
• Other café customers watched Rize Kamishiro's intimacy with Amahane Byakuya, while Touka Kirishima was stunned by the scene.
• Ken Kaneki entered the café and froze when he saw them, and Hide Nagachika asked what was wrong.
• Amahane Byakuya pushed Rize Kamishiro away, and she teased him that she had found his weakness.

Amahane Byakuya secured Rize Kamishiro’s promise to follow the rules for two weeks, earning fusion points. Ken Kaneki admitted his crush on Rize to Hide Nagachika, while Rize revealed Kaneki might have been her next target.

• Amahane Byakuya told Rize Kamishiro that breaking their agreement during the next two weeks would end it, and he received 50 fusion points.
• Hide Nagachika questioned Ken Kaneki about his blush and figured out that Ken liked Rize Kamishiro.
• Hide Nagachika ordered coffee from Touka Kirishima and tried to ask her name, but Ken Kaneki interrupted him.
• Hide Nagachika urged Ken Kaneki to give up on Rize, and Ken admitted that Rize’s boyfriend was the fellow reader he had mentioned.
• Hide Nagachika left for his part-time job, while Ken Kaneki stayed to read.
• Rize Kamishiro told Amahane Byakuya that Ken Kaneki would have been her next target if Byakuya had not stopped her.

Amahane Byakuya shared Sen Takatsuki’s novel with Rize Kamishiro, then went to the Ward 20 CCG branch to apply for investigator training. A mission offered him three paths into the CCG, including joining directly by earning an outstanding record eliminating ghouls.

• Amahane Byakuya gave Rize Kamishiro a copy of “The Black Goat’s Egg” and left the café.
• Touka Kirishima asked Rize Kamishiro whether she had changed; Rize teased her and went home, eager to wait out her two-week abstinence before hunting Amahane Byakuya.
• Amahane Byakuya arrived at the Ward 20 CCG branch and told a staff member he wanted to become an investigator.
• Amahane Byakuya filled out an application for investigator education or training, triggering a mission with rewards for completing either program or joining the CCG directly by eliminating ghouls.

Amahane Byakuya enrolled in the Ghoul Investigator Training School and began attending classes at the Academy in Ward 1. He discovered that Kurona Yasuhisa and Nashiro Yasuhisa were classmates seated near him.

• Amahane Byakuya chose the Ghoul Investigator Training School because its students could train with loaner Quinques.
• After his application was approved, Amahane Byakuya paid the fees, arranged a leave of absence from Kamii University, and traveled to the Academy.
• Suzuki Jing welcomed Amahane Byakuya, explained the training program, and showed him around the grounds.
• Amahane Byakuya introduced himself to his cohort and took an empty seat beside the window.
• Amahane Byakuya realized Kurona Yasuhisa and Nashiro Yasuhisa sat directly in front of him and to his right.

Amahane Byakuya attended a lesson on Quinques and practiced firing a handgun with Q Bullets. He hit close to the center of the target on his first shot, impressing the combat instructor.

• Amahane Byakuya greeted Kurona Yasuhisa and Nashiro Yasuhisa, who sat beside him and responded reservedly.
• The instructor explained how Quinques were made from ghoul kagune and described their advantages and limitations.
• Amahane Byakuya learned that the combat instructor was not Hidemasa Togakage and listened as the instructor introduced firearms and Q Bullets for trainees.
• The combat instructor showed the trainees how to hold their guns and begin target practice.
• Amahane Byakuya fired his first shot, hit the nine-ring, and earned praise from the surprised combat instructor.