Chapter 28

Sprawled on the ground and drawing his last breaths, Kureo Mado spits fresh insults at ghouls and renews his oath to destroy the One-Eye with the hand he has left. Once he dies, Touka Kirishima pulls the glove from that hand and is startled to find a wedding ring, proof that he, too, had loved ones waiting at home.

Renji Yomo and Kaneki reach the scene, and Yomo urges a quick departure before anyone discovers them. Koutarou Amon at last finds Mado, only to be crushed by the sight of his mentor's corpse. When Hinami Fueguchi asks whether she is allowed to go on living, Kaneki tells her that Ryouko Fueguchi, her mother, had wished exactly that for her, right down to her dying words. Investigators continue to flood the 20th Ward hunting their targets, Touka and Hinami. Kaneki offers to help Touka, who declines, and he finds himself dwelling on his clash with Amon, recalling the words that struck him hardest, that this world is wrong.

Mado dies clinging to his hatred, and Touka discovers his wedding ring, humanizing the man she killed. Amon arrives too late and is devastated to find his mentor's body. Kaneki assures Hinami that her mother wanted her to survive, while Amon's declaration that the world is wrong lingers in his thoughts.

Titled Enkan, translated as Circular or Ring, this twenty-eighth chapter released on April 19, 2012, in the third volume. The discovery of Mado's wedding ring gives the title its resonance and complicates his memory.