Chapter 32: Gourmet

The chapter opens with a man forcing his way into a young woman's home, someone he seems to have known for a while. Elsewhere, Kaneki and Touka Kirishima train together, and she stresses that he needs more muscle since the investigators will only grow deadlier. Touka urges him to start relying on Rize Kamishiro's kagune, but he refuses, admitting he cannot control it. Renji Yomo joins them, praising Kaneki's evasion while tearing apart the rest of his technique. Yomo takes over the training, finds their strikes too weak, brings Touka in as well, and easily outclasses them both.

The young woman from before reappears on the street with both of her eyes torn out. News reports note that the Gourmet has been active ever since Rize disappeared. The same man enters Anteiku, remarking on its pleasant aroma; he clearly knows Touka and Kaya Irimi and commends Kaneki for standing against Koutarou Amon. Touka tells him to leave, which he does without protest, though he promises Kaneki they will meet again over coffee. She warns Kaneki to keep his distance, calling the man a troublesome nuisance to the 20th ward.

Seated at his own dinner table, the man is unveiled as Shuu Tsukiyama, the Gourmet ghoul, already fixated on Kaneki's scent.

Yomo begins overseeing Kaneki's combat training after judging his fighting badly lacking, and Touka pushes Kaneki to use Rize's kagune. The Gourmet's ongoing attacks are tied publicly to the period following Rize's disappearance.

Shuu Tsukiyama appears for the first time, visiting Anteiku and fixating on Kaneki's smell before being revealed as the Gourmet.

The chapter introduces Shuu Tsukiyama, one of the series' most prominent recurring ghouls, and frames his fixation on Kaneki that drives the following arc. Touka's warning foreshadows the danger Tsukiyama poses despite his courteous manner.