The second episode of Tokyo Ghoul:re shakes Haise Sasaki when a defeated foe calls him Kaneki, triggering a memory storm, a leadership shuffle in the Quinx Squad, and a haunting reunion at a familiar coffee shop.
After beating Serpent, Haise Sasaki pulls off the ghoul's mask to find Nishiki Nishio beneath it, who addresses him as Kaneki. The name unleashes a flood of buried memories that drives Sasaki toward madness, and as he begins to turn on his own CCG colleagues, Akira Mado sedates him. Once he steadies, Sasaki strips Kuki Urie of his Quinx Squad leadership and hands the role to Ginshi Shirazu. During a sparring session with his mentor Kishou Arima, he admits that his old recollections of Kaneki are resurfacing.
Torso is approached by Ayato Kirishima to join Aogiri Tree and immediately sees the offer as a chance to seize Tooru Mutsuki. Sasaki, Shirazu and Mutsuki open an investigation into a ghoul known as Nutcracker, notorious for mutilating her victims. When they stop at the cafe called :re, run by Touka Kirishima, Sasaki recognizes her and she recognizes him in turn. Her coffee stirs an uneasy nostalgia in him, moving him to tears, and he privately reflects that he has never seen anyone so lovely.
Nishiki, unmasked as Serpent, calls Sasaki by his old name and provokes a violent memory relapse that Akira has to suppress. Sasaki reorganizes the Quinx Squad, demoting Urie and promoting Shirazu, and confides his returning memories to Arima. Ayato recruits Torso into Aogiri, who plans to abduct Mutsuki. The hunt for Nutcracker begins, and Sasaki's visit to Touka's cafe stirs his suppressed past.

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Sasaki unmasks Serpent and finds Nishiki Nishio underneath, who calls him by his old name, Kaneki, triggering a flood of buried memories.
Sasaki strips Kuki Urie of his leadership role and hands command of the Quinx Squad to Ginshi Shirazu.
Ayato Kirishima recruits Torso into Aogiri Tree, and Torso sees the offer as a chance to get his hands on Tooru Mutsuki.
Sasaki, Shirazu and Mutsuki open an investigation into a ghoul called Nutcracker, who is notorious for mutilating her victims.
Sasaki visits the cafe called re, run by Touka Kirishima, and the two recognize each other; her coffee stirs an uneasy nostalgia that moves him to tears.
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