CCG Base to 203,
trespassers reported in the 20th Ward at the Aqua Building.
The trespassers are believed to be ghouls.
I repeat, ghouls.
Proceed to location immediately.
Ah...
More! More!
Delicious!
It looks like they weren't kidding when they called you a binge eater.
I hate having my meals interrupted.
You don't know me, do you?
Sure I do. You're an insipid man who enjoys being a nuisance.
I've got orders from above.
I'm supposed to take you alive.
But you know, before I do, I could easily take a finger or two, an arm or leg, or five, or six...
You don't mind, do you?
Such a small toy for such a big man.
I'll bet you like playing house.
How cute.
Let me...
take them from you.
Give them back.
They're mine.
Give them back!
I don't feel like playing with you.
Early this morning, several unidentified male bodies
were discovered in the Aqua Building, a commercial facility in Tokyo's 20th Ward.
What is believed to be the saliva of ghouls was retrieved from the bodies,
Multiple Unidentified Bodies Found
and the incident is being investigated as a ghoul-related crime.
It's not that funny, is it?
I'm just saying, you can't have a first date at a bookstore, right?
Why not? She could be thrilled with the idea, you know?
I'll say it for the record: not gonna happen. Case dismissed.
How's this, then? I'll take her out to Big Girl, and we'll get burgers together.
I'm being serious here.
No, it's great! It's great, just like you!
But as a date, it'll be a total failure.
What's with the negativity?
Fine, what would you do then, Hide?
Anteiku
Listen up. You need to take your date to a place she'll enjoy.
Such as?
Huh? S-Such as...
You don't know, do you, Hide?!
If I knew, I wouldn't be spending my afternoon having a date with you.
These last few days have seen a string of predatory ghoul attacks in the 20th Ward,
I guess that's true.
and according to the CCG's 20th Ward Branch,
Being Investigated as Ghoul Predation
they are investigating the possibility that the incidents may be the work of the same culprit.
That's pretty close, huh?
In other news...
So, who is it?
Who is she? The cute girl you mentioned?
Oh, that's her, right?
No, not her.
Although, she's cute, too.
Excuse me!
One cappuccino, please!
And you, Kaneki?
I'm not quite done with my drink yet.
One cappuccino.
Oh, and could you tell me your name?
Hide!
It's Kirishima Touka.
Miss Touka! Are you seeing anyone?!
Stop that, you idiot!
Ah, how lovely.
What if we get kicked out?
This shop is the one place where the two of us...
It's her.
Give it up.
Huh?
You and her would be like, Beauty and the... whatever.
The Beast!
Well then, now that I've seen your hopeless situation,
I think I'll be off.
Spawn of the Black Goat
Wait, Hide.
See you later, Miss Touka.
Good luck, my delusional friend!
I guess sometimes you get lucky.
Yeah. Imagine, liking the same novelist that I do!
Yeah, who was it again? Takasaki Sen?
It's Takatsuki Sen!
We're going to go to the bookstore together this coming Sunday.
Oh, yeah? I'm still not feeling this whole bookstore date thing, but I hope you have a good time.
Thanks.
I have to say, this is getting ugly.
Yup.
Word is that eating one person is supposed to last them a month,
but these binge eaters are really something else.
They're like feral animals, aren't they?
If you leave them alone, they'll just keep eating people.
Ghouls as animals, huh?
Too bad you can't even use 'em as livestock, since they aren't good for anything.
Hah, too true.
Kaneki, what's your favorite work by Takatsuki?
It would have to be his debut book.
It was a breakout hit, after all.
I suppose you could say there's a delicate subtlety within its boldness.
Y-Yes, exactly!
To have that much talent for writing, and to be only in his teens when it came out...
Are you all right?
I-I'm fine.
Er, I mean, that is...
Rize, you don't eat much, do you?
Actually, um, I'm on a diet...
Excuse me, I need the restroom.
She's a girl, after all.
Thank you very much for today.
No, thank you. I-It's been fun.
The truth is, I live near where these recent incidents have been...
Oh, the ghoul attacks?
They've taken a huge toll on me.
Even now, just thinking about it, I can hardly stop myself from trembling.
Everything's going to be okay.
Please, don't be afraid. I'll walk you home.
So then Hide asked me, "Which do you like better, me or novels?"
He sounds like a funny person.
He is.
Was there something that began your interest in novels?
My dad left us a lot of books in our house.
Ah.
My dad passed away before I can even remember,
but I liked the books he left.
And while my mom was out working, I spent my time reading them.
Then, ever since my mom died...
You know, Hide is the only one I've ever told this to.
Is that right?
It's this way.
Oh, okay.
Touka, is something wrong?
Mm, not really.
It's not far from here, so...
Rize...
Um, if you don't mind, could we maybe see each other again?
We have similar taste in books, and we're the same age...
We have a lot in common, don't we?
Kaneki...
Y-Yes?
The truth is, I noticed you.
The way you were looking at me.
Huh? Then, you mean, you...
Yes.
I also happen to be interested...
in you.
Ah, delicious!
Kaneki,
there's something I like even more than reading.
Know what it is?
It's pulling out all the organs of someone who's too terrified to run away.
Yes, that's the expression!
Would you let me...
thrill myself even more?!
No way! No way! No way! No way! No way! No way! No way!
Caught you!
Kaneki!
I'll just gently scramble up your insides for you now, okay?
Oh, did you die?
That's too bad. I really did like you.
You have just the right amount of fat on you.
You look nice and soft and easy to eat.
How could this...
His abdominal organs are ruptured.
What is this?
What is this place?
I thought I was on a date with Rize...
We'll begin operating immediately.
Prepare for organ transplant.
Without the family's consent?
Organ? Family's consent?
What are they talking about?
Dr. Kano!
I will accept full responsibility!
Transfer her organs into him!
It's warm.
Is this...?
That's strange. What's going on here?
Kaneki!
Is that all you're going to eat?
Oh, right. Your friend came by again today.
Ah, Dr. Kano.
How are we feeling, Kaneki?
I hear you haven't eaten anything since you were admitted,
but there doesn't appear to be anything wrong in particular.
Um, my sense of taste...
doesn't seem right.
Sense of taste?
It's as though everything tastes rotten.
That could be psychological in nature.
It was a pretty serious accident, after all.
There's no rush.
Take all the time you need to recover.
I'll be by again later.
Nothing particularly wrong?
It almost seems as if the events of that entire day with Rize never really happened.
But one thing is for certain...
Ever since then, something has been...
something has been strange.
Kaneki!
Congratulations on your discharge!
I got your favorite: whatever leftovers I have and burgers!
You owe me one!
Come back to school when you're feeling better.
I miss you, bro.
Hide...
Thanks.
But I'm sorry.
Ghouls usually do not eat this much.
They normally only eat when they have to.
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One dead body will allow them to survive for a month or two.
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Mr. Ogura, why can't ghouls just eat normal food like regular people?
Ghouls are only able to derive nutrition from human flesh.
Additionally, their tongues work differently than ours do.
When they eat regular food,
it tastes incredibly foul to them.
Their tongues work differently than ours do...
It tastes incredibly foul to them...
Oh, no...
Here it is! Your favorite!
Hide,
did you go out and buy this just for me?
This can't be real.
Hide
Friend of yours?
Yeah.
He was supposed to get out of the hospital today, but I can't reach him.
I went to see him several times,
but I got turned away.
If it were me, I'd simply cut ties with someone as rude as that.
Kaneki and I have been best friends since we were kids.
Best friends, huh?
Hello? Kaneki?
How are you feeling?
I was just at the bookstore, and that Takatsuki guy was there doing book signings.
Anyhow, give me a call when you're feeling better.
The Takatsuki Sen book signing is now over.
People...
Children...
People... People...
Woman...
Meat...
Girl...
Meat...
Man...
Meat...
Family...
Meat...
Children... Boy... Woman...
Meat... Meat... Meat...
Child... Boy...
Meat...Meat...
Meat! Meat! Meat! Meat! Meat! Meat! Meat!
Whoa, that boy...
Don't look at him!
What is this?
I know what's causing it!
Transfer her organs into him!
Blades such as knives or kitchenware cannot hurt them.
If that's true...
If that's true... If that's true...
then this...!
What am I supposed to do now?
Kill a person... and eat their flesh!
What am I? It's almost as though I'm...
That scent...
It's the first time I'm smelling it, but it seems so familiar...
A sweet aroma, like mom's home cooking.
There's something over there I can eat!
Where is it? Where is it? Where is it? Where is it?!
It's close.
A ghoul...
and a human!
How could I have been drawn here by the scent of a corpse?!
You're a ghoul, right?
What's the matter? Are you all right?
My name's Kazuo.
It's been a long time for me, so I can't share too much with you,
but here, eat—
Sheesh,
don't go plundering my feeding grounds.
I've never seen you before.
For that matter, why is only one of your eyes red? That's kind of gross.
You know what you get for scavenging in someone else's territory, right?
I-I wasn't! I didn't know!
I just happened to be passing by...
Okay, imagine this.
Your girlfriend is naked and lying on the ground.
Then someone else there with his pants down says to you,
"I wasn't doing anything. I just happened to be here."
That's basically what you're telling me.
If it were me, I'd kill the guy.
That's why I'm killing you for trespassing on my feeding—
Whose feeding grounds, did you say?
Since when were these your feeding grounds,
Nishiki?
Touka.
I know. She's dead, right? The binge eating woman?
And that makes these your feeding grounds?
The task of redistributing the feeding grounds Rize stole to the weaker ghouls,
and otherwise managing the 20th Ward, belongs to those of us at Anteiku.
Huh?! A bunch of fence-sitters like you guys at Anteiku have no right to mouth off at me!
This was my feeding ground in the first place, before Rize came—
But you were too weak to keep it from her.
Being insulted by a shit-talking little bitch like you really pisses me off.
Is that so?
Enough!
You'll have to do better than that!
Will I?
Shall I try harder next time?
Take your corpse with you, weakling.
You want this?
You're not eating?
Then again, only one of your eyes is different...
You're the one who was with Rize.
Why weren't you eaten?
Then again, your eye...
Please, help me!
I know you may not believe this, but I'm human.
And yet...
I want to eat that!
I want to eat it so bad, I can barely help myself!
But if I do...
I won't be human anymore!
If you're in that much pain, just eat it.
No way!
No way! No way! No way! No way! No way! No way!
There's no way I can eat something like that, right?
What is this? What is it to be a ghoul?
Killing people... Killing each other...
I'm not like that!
I'm... human!
This is ridiculous. Why not give in already?
If you don't have the nerve to eat...
then allow me to give you a hand!
Next Time: Incubation