
Shuu is an anime-only ghoul of the 11th ward who belonged to Kazuichi Banjou's circle. Held prisoner alongside his lover Haru, he tried to comfort a tortured Kaneki before both he and Haru were killed on Yamori's cruel whim.
Shuu is dressed in the standard garb associated with Aogiri Tree's rank and file.
What little the anime shows of him points to a compassionate, frightened man. He and Haru risked tending to a broken Kaneki and carried a message of hope on Banjou's behalf, yet both trembled openly when dragged before Yamori, unable to shield themselves from his sadism.
After Yamori stepped away from one of his torture sessions, Haru and Shuu came in to clean Kaneki and the space around him, passing along Banjou's promise that a rescue would eventually come. Not long after, the pair were brought in front of Kaneki, and Yamori demanded he pick which of the two should die so the other might live. When Kaneki could not choose, he was forced to watch Yamori strangle Haru to death in front of Shuu, who was murdered shortly afterward. In adapting the story, the anime used Shuu and Haru in place of the characters Kei and Kouto.
This Shuu, an anime-only ghoul of the 11th ward, appears in the Tokyo Ghoul anime, debuting in Episode 11 as part of Kazuichi Banjou's Anti-Aogiri circle.
Shuu, held captive alongside his lover Haru in Aogiri's stronghold, was brought before a tortured Kaneki when Yamori forced Kaneki to choose which of the two should die. When Kaneki could not choose, Yamori strangled Haru to death and then killed Shuu shortly after.
Shuu and Kaneki are not established as friends. Rather, Shuu and his lover Haru showed him compassion while he was held captive, cleaning him up and passing along a message from Kazuichi Banjou that a rescue was coming.
Shuu's lover is Haru, a fellow ghoul held captive alongside him in Aogiri Tree's stronghold. The two were killed together at Yamori's hands.
In adapting the manga for the anime, the characters Shuu and Haru were used in place of the manga characters Kei and Kouto.
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