:re Chapter 88

Declaring that the day's fighting will settle everything, Tatara lets his kagune wrap over his frame and emerges in his kakuja. Houji goads him with talk of his dead brother, prompting Tatara to loose a wave of fire that sears through the CCG ranks. Akira Mado explains that the ghoul's Kagune gives off vapor capable of igniting, and Houji answers that the fuel behind the flames is Tatara's own loathing of him.

Overwhelmed on defense, Akira orders the soldiers who cannot escape to fall back and raises Fueguchi Two to absorb the burst, all while searching for any gap she can exploit. Houji brings out Iitsuu, betting that Tatara's resemblance to a fighter named Yan, whom he spent two and a half years battling in China, means the ghoul shares the same weaknesses. He drives a strike into Tatara's midsection, but the counter comes easily and Houji slips aside, insisting the movements Tatara borrowed from his elder brother will never connect.

As Tatara reels, Houji calls for Akira to hand him Chi She. He readies a finishing blow, yet the ghoul lunges into range first and prepares to burn him alive. The strike never lands, because Seidou Takizawa breaks into the fight.

Tatara reveals his kakuja and incinerates numerous CCG troops with ignitable fumes fueled by his hatred of Houji. Akira defends with Fueguchi Two and orders a partial retreat. Houji deploys Iitsuu and Chi She, drawing on his history against Yan in China to read Tatara's inherited fighting style. He wounds Tatara and moves in for the kill, but Seidou Takizawa interrupts before the fight can conclude.

Published in issue 2016-37-38 on August 10, 2016, this chapter belongs to the ninth volume of Tokyo Ghoul:re. Its Japanese title is Happa. The installment deepens Houji's personal grudge, tracing his readiness against Tatara back to a prolonged overseas campaign, and it sets up Seidou's decisive entrance into the confrontation.