Chapter Summaries

Louis helped Nishiki after the battle, then joined the others in burying Hinami’s father while Chie Hori photographed them. The CCG arrived to find its investigators defeated, and Amon questioned whether some ghouls wanted to live peacefully with humans.

• Louis found Chie Hori with her camera and helped the injured Nishiki Nishio, then saw Kaneki fighting Touka while Amon and Kureo Mado lay unconscious.
• Ryouko Fueguchi had restrained Mado’s Quinque, allowing Touka to knock him out, and Louis and Touka later subdued the berserk Kaneki.
• The group buried Hinami’s father in the suburbs, and Chie Hori photographed their gathering from a distance.
• Louis took Chie’s camera but handed it to Yuma Ishibashi, a servant of the Tsukiyama Family, after Yuma promised their identities would remain secret.
• CCG reinforcements arrived to find the investigators badly injured, and Amon reconsidered his beliefs after recalling that Kaneki had spared him.

After a peaceful stretch in Ward 20, Kaneki took Louis to meet Kiyoko Itori, Yomo’s friend and a powerful ghoul who ran a bar in Ward 14. Louis discovered that Kiyoko was an SS-rank ghoul, but his attempt to order alcohol ended with her serving him ice water because he was underage.

• Hinami left with Yomo, while Ward 20 remained peaceful after the Fueguchi mother and daughter recovered from the battle.
• Touka and Nishiki Nishio traded insults at the café as Koma and Kaneki reacted, and Louis reflected on his newly improved S-rank combat power.
• Kaneki invited Louis to meet a friend at a bar, and they traveled to Helter Skelter in Ward 14.
• Kiyoko Itori welcomed Kaneki and Louis, introduced herself as the bar’s owner, and was identified by Louis as an SS-rank ghoul.
• Louis ordered alcohol, but Kiyoko served him ice water after pointing out that the legal drinking age was twenty.

Louis demonstrated his ice power to Kiyoko Itori and advised Kaneki to master the power inside him. On their walk home, Juuzou Suzuya pickpocketed Kaneki, and Louis realized his own wallet was missing after Suzuya fled.

• Kiyoko Itori asked Louis about his ice ability, and he froze then thawed her glass of blood wine.
• Louis declined to ask Kiyoko for information yet, while Kaneki learned only that Rize had lived in Ward 11.
• Louis urged Kaneki to master the power inside him by relying on his willpower.
• Juuzou Suzuya collided with Kaneki and stole his wallet, but Louis caught him and made him return it.
• Kaneki mistook Juuzou for a girl, and Louis corrected him before discovering his own wallet was gone.

Louis learned that the CCG was reinforcing Wards 11 and 20 as tensions rose around Anteiku and Rize. Ayato Kirishima then decided to head to Ward 20 to capture Rize, following Yamori’s lead.

• Suzuya stole Louis’s wallet, while news reported that the CCG was sending additional investigators to Wards 11 and 20.
• Hide speculated that Ward 20’s ghouls were organized, making Kaneki and Nishiki uneasy.
• Hōji Kōsuke and Take Hirako arrived to reinforce the Ward 20 CCG branch, where Kureo Mado joined the special countermeasures squad in anticipation of Aogiri Tree and the One-Eyed Owl.
• At Anteiku, Koma said that a major conflict in Ward 11 had drawn the CCG’s attention, and Louis feared Aogiri Tree would soon target the café.
• Ayato Kirishima learned that Rize was in Ward 20, then ordered his subordinates to go there and capture her.

The ghouls launched a surprise assault and took the CCG’s Ward 11 branch, prompting Marude to prepare a response. Meanwhile, Louis pushed his ice ability beyond its limits, briefly entered a heightened state, and learned that an unfriendly group had arrived downstairs at Anteiku.

• A cloaked ghoul answered the Ward 11 branch’s telephone after the attackers killed its defenders and took control of the building.
• Marude heard a caller confirm that the last person at the branch had been killed, then notified the Special Countermeasures Squad and available Associate Special-Class Ghoul Investigators.
• Louis attempted to form a level-five Ice Blade and became encased in crystals as he released extreme cold.
• Louis broke free of the crystals and discovered that the world seemed to slow down, then regained control of the cold air in his room.
• Hinami checked on the exhausted Louis and told him that an unfriendly group had arrived downstairs, so he concealed his scent with cold air.

Banjo Kazuichi came to Anteiku seeking Rize Kamishiro, but Kirishima Ayato and Yamori’s group soon arrived. Yamori seized Kaneki, leaving the shop’s ghouls facing a new threat.

• Banjo Kazuichi asked Anteiku about Rize Kamishiro, then mistook Kaneki’s scent for proof that Kaneki was Rize’s man and attacked him.
• Louis and Hinami came downstairs, and Louis learned that Banjo had a rare ability to heal others.
• Kirishima Ayato crashed through the window, kicked Banjo aside, and confronted Louis before exchanging hostile words with his sister Touka.
• Yamori and Nico entered Anteiku, and Yamori kicked Banjo away when he tried to explain that Rize was gone.
• Yamori sniffed out Kaneki, grabbed him by the neck, and told Nico he would take Kaneki with them.

Yamori and Aogiri Tree attacked Anteiku, overpowering Touka and taking Kaneki while Nico confronted Louis. Louis tried to expose Nico as a Clown, but Nico stayed loyal to Yamori and attacked him as the group prepared to leave.

• Yamori seized Kaneki and beat Touka back, while Nico stepped in to face Louis.
• Ayato defeated Touka, leaving Louis as the only Anteiku employee still able to fight.
• Louis revealed that Nico was connected to the Clowns, but Nico affirmed his attachment to Yamori, who then left with Kaneki.
• Nico asked to take Louis with them, and his kagune shattered Louis's Ice Blade as Louis dodged the attack.

Louis fled Nico through Anteiku while Nico attacked Ayato and the unconscious Touka. Irimi Kyouko arrived as Black Dog and confronted Nico, leaving them poised to fight.

• Louis trapped Nico with ice spikes, escaped after Nico shattered his shield, and Nico pursued him upstairs with his Kagune.
• Hinami called the manager for help, then used her four Kagune to knock back Nico’s Tail Kagune as it followed Louis.
• Irimi Kyouko approached Anteiku after spotting its shattered windows and recognizing signs of Aogiri Tree.
• Nico decided to use the unconscious Touka to threaten Louis and Hinami, but Ayato and Banjo Kazuichi moved to protect her.
• Black Dog crashed through Anteiku’s window, identified Nico as the culprit, and attacked him with a swift kick as he tried to leave.

Anteiku captured Nico and learned more about Aogiri Tree as the group debated how to respond to Kaneki's abduction. Yoshimura revealed that he had planned a rescue from the start and asked those willing to join to stake their lives.

• Irimi Kyouko defeated Nico in an alley, and Louis found them and helped bring Nico back to Anteiku.
• Nico revealed Aogiri Tree's strength, leaving Anteiku's members worried about rescuing Kaneki.
• Yoshimura warned the group that they might never see Kaneki again and explained that a rescue could cost them their lives.
• Touka declared she would rescue Kaneki, and Nishiki, Louis, Hinami, and Ryouko also volunteered to help.
• Yoshimura said he had intended to rescue Kaneki all along and asked the volunteers to stake their lives.

Anteiku and the CCG prepared for the coming battle in Ward 11, where Aogiri Tree held Kaneki. As Louis and the rescue teams set out, Hide called and asked where Kaneki was.

• Tsukiyama, Yomo, and Uta joined Anteiku’s rescue effort, and Yoshimura organized a meeting to plan Kaneki’s rescue.
• Marude briefed the CCG on Aogiri Tree’s forces in Ward 11, while Juuzou Suzuya arrived and joined the operation under Shinohara.
• Marude told Shinohara that a tip placed Jason at Aogiri Tree’s base.
• Mado gave Amon the Quinque [Hidden] and warned him to be careful during the operation.
• Yoshimura divided Anteiku’s rescuers into two infiltration teams and a support team, assigning Nico to Yomo’s group.
• Hide called Louis and asked where Kaneki was.

Hide told Louis that he had secretly tracked Kaneki and helped identify his likely location at Aogiri Tree’s base in Ward 11, where Anteiku’s rescue team infiltrated as the CCG launched its assault. The battle began with Aogiri Tree pinning down the CCG, and Marude spotted Juuzou riding his motorcycle.

• Hide told Louis that he had planted a listening device on Kaneki after the incident with Nishio, and that the device had been destroyed.
• Louis revealed that Yamori had taken Kaneki to Aogiri Tree’s base in Ward 11 and assured Hide that they were planning a rescue.
• A bandaged woman watched the CCG approach Aogiri Tree’s base while Tatara reported that their preparations were in place.
• Louis, the Manager, Touka, and the others disguised themselves in Aogiri Tree robes and infiltrated the base to search for Kaneki.
• Marude ordered the CCG’s all-out attack, but Aogiri Tree’s ghouls used gunfire, kagune, and regeneration to pin down the investigators.
• Marude spotted Juuzou Suzuya riding his motorcycle as he returned from the front line.

Juuzou Suzuya destroyed Aogiri Tree’s first defensive line with Marude’s motorcycle, prompting the CCG to launch its assault. As Louis used the system map to search for Kaneki, it identified him as an S-Rank combatant facing Eto Yoshimura.

• Juuzou Suzuya took Marude’s motorcycle and charged into Aogiri Tree’s first defensive line.
• Suzuya killed the mercenary ghouls at the position and signaled the troops after the line was breached.
• Marude ordered all units to attack and mourned as the motorcycle’s wheel rolled toward him.
• The CCG’s assault gave the Anteiku group an opening to move through the base in Aogiri Tree uniforms.
• Louis opened the system map to find Kaneki, and it identified his location as a battle involving Eto Yoshimura.

Louis fled the One-Eyed Owl through the CCG and Aogiri Tree clash, but Eto caught him and revealed her interest in Yoshimura. She asked Louis how best to take revenge on the Manager, and Louis suggested killing the daughter Yoshimura treasured.

• Louis spotted the One-Eyed Owl tracking him and ran toward the Manager, using ice storms to break through a corridor fight and escape pursuit.
• Eto caught Louis in a room, hid him from Take Hirako, and broke his Ice Mask before learning he was human.
• Eto introduced herself as an Aogiri Tree executive and said Louis's former life reminded her of her own.
• Eto saw Yoshimura with Anteiku's support team and said she wanted revenge by destroying what he treasured.
• Louis suggested that Eto kill Yoshimura's beloved daughter, leaving Eto speechless.

Louis told Ganshi about the Manager’s daughter and asked her to let the two meet before killing her. As Ganshi considered recruiting Louis and discussed the V Organization and Anteiku’s danger, Kaneki was tortured by Yamori, who forced him to choose which captive to save.

• Louis explained that the Manager had recognized his daughter’s return but could not meet her because the V Organization kept him under pressure and surveillance.
• Louis asked Ganshi to let the Manager’s daughter talk with him before killing her, and Ganshi saved Louis’s phone number before ordering him to follow her.
• Ganshi took Louis to a rooftop overlooking the battle and asked what he knew about the V Organization, then offered to remove Anteiku from Aogiri Tree’s extermination list if he joined.
• Yamori told Kaneki that Kanou had used Rize to create half-ghouls, then showed him the bound Shu and Haruka and demanded that Kaneki choose which one to save.

Yamori forced Kaneki to choose between Shu and Haruka, then killed them both, driving Kaneki to question his beliefs about strength and responsibility. As the battle around the building continued, Louis headed toward Kaneki’s fight while Tsukiyama spotted him and left the rescue team to pursue him.

• Yamori strangled Haruka to death and then killed Shu, while Kaneki blamed his own weakness for failing to save them.
• The Manager transformed into a masked form and decided to join the fight as Aogiri Tree fell behind.
• Louis refused Ganshi’s invitation, then followed the system’s battle alert toward Kaneki and Yamori using an ice glider.
• Tsukiyama, Uta, and Yomo attacked Noro but could not overcome his regeneration, and Noro eventually walked away after silencing an alarm.
• Tsukiyama spotted Louis gliding overhead and secretly left the rescue team to chase him.

Louis found white-haired Kaneki at Yamori’s former torture site, but Yamori arrived before he could free him. Tsukiyama attacked Yamori to protect Kaneki, and Louis joined the fight as Yamori transformed into a half-kakuja.

• Louis broke through the glass ceiling and found Kaneki restrained in the empty building where Yamori had tortured him.
• Louis discovered Kaneki had white hair and an emotionless stare, and recognized his strength as that of an S-rank half-ghoul despite his weakened state.
• Yamori entered after Tsukiyama was thrown through the doors, and Tsukiyama charged Yamori after spotting Kaneki’s injuries.
• Tsukiyama pierced Yamori with his kagune, but Yamori transformed into a half-kakuja and forced Tsukiyama onto the defensive.
• Kaneki broke his chains and asked why Tsukiyama was there, while Louis formed a crystal weapon and promised to get him out.
• Louis knocked Yamori off balance with an ice spike and leaped forward with a gigantic Ice Crystal Cudgel.

Louis fought Yamori with ice, managing to wound and briefly restrain him before Yamori broke free. As Louis and Tsukiyama prepared to attack together, Kaneki stepped forward and asked them to leave Yamori to him.

• Louis struck Yamori with a massive ice hammer, then used an ice blade and a chokehold to attack him from behind.
• Louis bound Yamori with crystalline chains and chilled his body, but discovered Yamori’s three kakuhou kept generating heat and resisted the cold.
• Yamori burst free with his rinkaku, forcing Louis to retreat behind an ice shield, then crushed the ice blade and questioned who Louis was.
• Tsukiyama offered to help Louis, and Louis accepted as they prepared to fight Yamori together.
• Kaneki approached with his distinctive eyes and asked Louis and Tsukiyama to leave Yamori to him.

Kaneki fought Yamori with new decisiveness and reached SS-level combat power, while the CCG investigators prepared to face the SSS-Rank ghoul Owl on the stronghold rooftop. Shinohara and Kuroiwa donned prototype Arata armor, Amon refused to retreat, and Mado hurried toward the rooftop carrying two cases.

• Kaneki dodged Yamori’s rinkaku attacks, closed the distance, and bit off a piece of Yamori’s flesh.
• Louis assessed Kaneki as an S-Rank half-ghoul with SS- overall combat power.
• Marude ordered the unprepared investigators to retreat and told Shinohara and Kuroiwa to hold off Owl.
• Shinohara and Kuroiwa activated their prototype Arata armor as most investigators evacuated the rooftop.
• Amon refused Shinohara’s request to leave, and Shinohara recognized Mado’s influence in Amon’s resolve.
• Mado hurried toward the rooftop with two cases.

The Manager, disguised as Owl, fought the CCG investigators led by Shinohara and Kuroiwa, who briefly wounded him with a coordinated attack. Owl recovered and overwhelmed the investigators, then warned Shinohara and Kuroiwa that he could break their armor at any moment.

• The Manager asked whether the man who had taken both his arms ten years earlier was present, then confronted Shinohara and Kuroiwa as Owl.
• Shinohara and Kuroiwa attacked Owl together, but he blocked their heavy Quinques and countered with powerful kagune spikes.
• Amon and Take Hirako joined when Owl lost his balance, and all four investigators landed blows that brought him to his knees.
• Owl recovered, and his kagune shell shattered Amon and Take Hirako's Quinques as his strength surged.
• Owl struck Shinohara and Kuroiwa aside, hurled Amon and Take Hirako into a railing, and threatened to break the remaining investigators' armor.

Kaneki defeated Yamori while Louis and Tsukiyama waited outside and learned that battles were unfolding across the base. Juuzou Suzuya arrived in the corridor, and Louis stepped forward to face him over a personal grudge.

• Kaneki overpowered Yamori, pierced him with a rinkaku, and smashed him into a crater.
• Louis received alerts about the battles involving Yoshimura, Nishiki Nishio, Touka Kirishima, Ayato Kirishima, Juuzou Suzuya, and Yakumo Oomori.
• Tsukiyama asked Louis to wait outside while Kaneki fed, and Louis contacted Irimi Kyouko to report that they had found Kaneki.
• Louis and Tsukiyama discussed Chie Hori until fleeing Aogiri Tree ghouls ran past them in the corridor.
• Juuzou Suzuya arrived and excitedly pursued Ice Mask, but Louis stopped Tsukiyama and claimed Suzuya as his own opponent.