The ninth episode of the second season watches Kaneki's rampaging Dragon kagune devastate the city, forcing former enemies into an uneasy alliance and a desperate search for his buried body using a single sentimental ring.
Summary
Kaneki's Dragon form rages beyond his control, killing everything it reaches. Furuta finds Mutsuki and cruelly insists that the Oggai squad is what pushed Kaneki into becoming a monster, laying the blame on her. Cornered by Kurona, Kanou shoots himself, but not before declaring that people will now grasp the medical potential of exploiting ghouls. The ghouls join Hide and head to CCG headquarters to broker an alliance and rescue Kaneki.
Once both camps agree to cooperate, Nishino explains that the only way to bring down the creature is to locate and remove Kaneki's body so the kagune decays. Touka recalls giving Kaneki her parents' ring and proposes using metal detectors to trace his body through the sprawling mass filling the city. As the joint force searches, the Dragon spawns monsters from its own flesh that assail everyone, and the CCG holds them off while the hunt continues. Mutsuki approaches Urie and Yonebayashi, blaming herself and lashing out, until the Quinx remind her that she has always belonged to their family.
Key Events
The Dragon kagune ravages Tokyo, and Furuta pins the disaster on Mutsuki. Kanou takes his own life after Kurona corners him. Ghouls and the CCG ally under Hide's banner, and Nishino outlines the plan to decay the kagune by extracting Kaneki's body. Touka's parents' ring becomes the key to locating him via metal detectors. The Dragon births flesh monsters, and the Quinx pull Mutsuki back from her self-destruction.
Notes
The title puns on "remorse." The episode adapts a run of Tokyo Ghoul:re chapters. Several manga moments change or vanish: a flashback of Kanou's mother is cut; Touka telling the others the monster is Kaneki is removed; Mutsuki is unaware Touka is Kaneki's wife; and Mutsuki fights Urie and Saiko rather than pursuing Touka. Furuta's taunting of Mutsuki for turning her teacher into a monster is among the rearranged and added scenes.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Why does Kanou take his own life in this episode?
Cornered by Kurona, Akihiro Kanou shoots himself, but not before declaring that people will now understand the medical potential of exploiting ghouls.
How do the ghouls and the CCG end up working together?
The ghouls join Hideyoshi Nagachika and travel to CCG headquarters, where both sides agree to an alliance in order to rescue Kaneki from his rampaging Dragon form.
How do the allies plan to stop Kaneki's Dragon form?
Nishino explains that the only way to bring the creature down is to locate and remove Kaneki's body from within it so the kagune will decay, and Touka proposes using metal detectors to trace the ring she once gave him.
Who does Furuta blame for Kaneki turning into the Dragon?
Furuta finds Tooru Mutsuki and cruelly insists that the Oggai squad's attack is what pushed Kaneki into becoming a monster, placing the blame on her.
What happens to Mutsuki emotionally in this episode?
Mutsuki blames herself for Kaneki's transformation and lashes out at Kuki Urie and Saiko Yonebayashi, who remind her that she has always belonged to their family.
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