The eighth episode of Tokyo Ghoul:re sets the Rose investigation in motion, as a starving Tsukiyama loses control of his kagune, the CCG targets his family's ghoul gang, and Sasaki chases the truth behind his old mask.
Summary
Shuu Tsukiyama is perpetually ravenous and can no longer keep his kagune in check. Meanwhile, Tatara turns down Ayato Kirishima's plea to break Hinami Fueguchi out of Cochlea. The investigators Nimura Furuta and Shiki Kijima then approach Haise Sasaki to tell him he will be joining the coming Rose investigation.
Key Events
At CCG headquarters, Koori Ui briefs Sasaki and the Quinx Squad on the Rose ghoul gang, in truth the Tsukiyama crime family, whose members ambush Furuta and Kijima before the investigator Hairu Ihei rescues them. The gang member Yuuma is captured and tortured by Kijima inside Cochlea. Sasaki calls on Uta hoping to learn about the mask and Sen Takatsuki's book, but Uta lies about both and is instead asked to craft a new mask. When Chie Hori delivers photographs of Sasaki to Kanae von Rosewald, Tsukiyama realizes the investigator is the very Kaneki he has been chasing.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What happened in episode 8 of Tokyo Ghoul?
Re: Episode 8 of Tokyo Ghoul:re sets the Rose investigation into motion. Shuu Tsukiyama, starving and unable to control his kagune, becomes a target as the CCG moves against his family's ghoul gang, while Haise Sasaki chases the truth behind his old mask.
What is the Rose ghoul gang that the CCG investigates in this episode?
In Re: Episode 8, Koori Ui briefs Haise Sasaki and the Quinx Squad on the Rose ghoul gang, which is revealed to actually be the Tsukiyama crime family. Members of the gang ambush investigators Nimura Furuta and Shiki Kijima before Hairu Ihei rescues them.
Why is Shuu Tsukiyama unable to control himself in Re: Episode 8?
In Re: Episode 8, Shuu Tsukiyama is perpetually ravenous and can no longer keep his kagune in check, a symptom of his deteriorating hunger for Ken Kaneki specifically.
How does Tsukiyama realize that Sasaki is actually Kaneki?
In Re: Episode 8, Chie Hori delivers photographs of Haise Sasaki to Kanae von Rosewald, and seeing them lets Shuu Tsukiyama realize that the investigator is the very Ken Kaneki he has been chasing.
What manga chapters does Re: Episode 8 adapt?
Re: Episode 8 adapts the thirty-second through thirty-seventh chapters of Tokyo Ghoul:re, and its subtitle plays on the word retake.
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