Chapter 88

High on the rooftop, Kaneki drills with Banjou, needling him relentlessly until he lets the man plunge off the edge. He then races down the side of the building to snatch Banjou out of the air, and on the way back up he offers a few words on how the session went. Once they return to the hideout, Banjou has his wounds seen to.

Hinami asks whether she might take part in the training, though Banjou would rather she stay out of it. He asks what made her leave Anteiku, and she answers that she wants to remain at Kaneki's side. Praising her warmth, Banjou mulls over Kaneki's temperament and the two clashing halves of it, one gentle and one ruthless. He fears that the wounds Kaneki keeps bottled up could eventually cost him control of himself.

Tsukiyama breezes in, Kaneki follows, and the group gathers to compare the intelligence they have amassed on Madam A and Kanou. Tsukiyama proposes a look at the twentieth ward's Kanou General Hospital to hunt for anything the doctor left behind, and the others agree to make the trip.

Kaneki puts Banjou through a punishing rooftop exercise, and Banjou privately frets that Kaneki's buried pain may one day break loose. Hinami states she left Anteiku to stay close to Kaneki. The group settles on visiting Kanou General Hospital in the twentieth ward.

Part of the ninth volume, the chapter carries the Japanese title 剣呑 (Ken'non), given in English as Precarious. Its focus rests on the fragile duality of Kaneki's psyche as the group narrows its search for Kanou.