:re Chapter 73

A flashback opens with Arima rebuking Haise for hesitating to kill ghouls and warning him never to speak with them. In the present fight, Haise admits to himself that Arima remains a mystery, and he knows that in Arima's view he is a ghoul sympathizer rather than the investigator Arima wanted him to become. Unable to meet those expectations, Haise takes a blade through the abdomen, and the two of them tumble down to a lower level of Cochlea.

Aboard a ship, an investigator relays the situation at Cochlea to Yoshitoki Washuu, who orders the breach kept from the soldiers at Rushima so their morale does not falter. As Urie leads the Quinx Squad, he catches the smell of blood coming from Mutsuki, who is being held by Torso. Torso has dressed Mutsuki as a girl, fawning over him and insisting on calling him a woman, while Karao Saeki keeps him captive and, angered by Mutsuki's expression, strikes his head repeatedly. The blows drag up memories of the abuse Mutsuki endured as a child, when a drunken father hurled insults, seized him by the hair, and forced his head underwater until he begged and then praised the man as demanded, all while his mother looked on in frozen fear. Torso then apologizes for his earlier roughness, professing love and promising to take Mutsuki to a field of flowers.

Haise fights on against Arima, able to track his movements thanks to the training they once shared. He targets Arima's right eye, striking at the blind side, but Arima parries with IXA. Before Haise can follow up, Arima severs both of his legs and tells him to start fighting in earnest.

Arima wounds Haise and drops with him to a lower level of Cochlea, then cuts off Haise's legs and demands he fight seriously. Yoshitoki Washuu orders the Cochlea breach hidden from the Rushima troops to protect morale. Mutsuki is revealed as a captive of Torso and Karao Saeki, and a flashback exposes the childhood abuse he suffered at his father's hands. Haise exploits Arima's blind right eye but cannot break through.

The chapter bears the Japanese title 花, romanized as Hana and translated as Flower. It ran in issue 2016-21 on April 21, 2016, and was later collected in the seventh volume of Tokyo Ghoul:re, positioned between chapters 72 and 74. The installment contains depictions of domestic abuse.