Tokyo Ghoul:re (season 2)
| Tokyo Ghoul:re | |
|---|---|
| Season 2 | |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Tokyo MX, Sun TV, TVA, TVQ, BS11 |
| Original release | October 9 – December 25, 2018 |
| Season chronology | |
The second season of Tokyo Ghoul:re is the sequel to the first season of Tokyo Ghoul:re, adapted from the manga of the same name by Sui Ishida. It is the fourth and final season within the overall anime franchise. The anime is produced by Pierrot, with Pierrot Plus providing production assistance, and is directed by Odahiro Watanabe.[1] The anime aired from October 9, 2018 to December 25, 2018 on Tokyo MX, Sun TV, TVA, TVQ and BS11.[2][3]
The anime is a direct sequel to the first season of Tokyo Ghoul:re, and covers the final arc of the manga.
Yutaka Yamada returns as composer for the anime's score. The opening theme for the anime is "katharsis" by TK from Ling tosite Sigure, and the ending theme is "Rakuen no Kimi" (楽園の君) by österreich.[2]
The series was released in Japan on home video by TC Entertainment, with the first volume released on December 21, 2018,[4] and the final volume released on March 27, 2019.[5]
Funimation announced that they would be simulcasting the series in North America, while also producing a dub as it airs.[6] Anime Limited has licensed the series for the United Kingdom and Ireland, who simulcasted the series on Crunchyroll.[7] In Australia and New Zealand, Madman Entertainment licensed the series, and simulcasted the series on AnimeLab in Japanese, and with Funimation's English dub.[8]
The first episode received an advanced screening event on Yahoo! Japan's GyaO! service on September 29, 2018, at 12:00 pm JST.[9] The advanced screening only showcased the main part of the anime, with the opening and ending themes omitted from the screening.[10] Outside of Japan, Wakanim provided an advanced screening on October 5, 2018 in France,[11] and AnimeLab provided an advanced screening on October 8, 2018 in Australia and New Zealand.[8]
Episode list[]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date[12] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 1 | "Place: And So, Once Again" Transcription: "Soshite, Mōichido Place" (Japanese: そして、もう一度 Place) | September 29, 2018 (GyaO! Screening) October 9, 2018 | |
| The CCG has found Aogiri's base in Rushima, an island in Tokyo Bay, and have launched their assault. Meanwhile Ken Kaneki, still living as Haise Sasaki despite regaining his memory, and Nimura Furuta arrest Sen Takatsuki's (Eto) editor in order for him to confess that Takatsuki is a ghoul. After exiting the room, Nimura tells Kaneki that Hinami is about to be executed in the coming days. In a press conference about her last book, Takatsuki reveals that she is a ghoul and that her last book is about uniting ghouls and humans. Kaneki arrives and arrests her. As they arrive at Cochlea, Eto tells him that in the book lies the truth about the CCG: the Washuu family, CCG's leading family, are working with the ghoul organization V, the same one who killed her mother, and that Rize Kamishiro was a ghoul who fled from V. In a V meeting, Kaiko orders Nimura to find out if Eto is the One-Eyed King, the semi-mythical leader of Aogiri. Kaiko also confirms that they have found Shachi’s (Rize's foster father) hideout in the meeting and orders Kishou Arima to locate him and make him reveal Rize’s location. Arima and his squad find and kill Shachi after he refuses to answer them. In Cochlea, Nimura tries to learn from Eto the identity of the King. Eto mocks him and hints that Nimura is also a Washuu unable to call his real father "father". Nimura reveals to Eto that he killed and cooked her editor as he exits the room. Eto later tells Kaneki that he must kill the King. As Ayato joins up with Banjou and his gang, they ready a plan to attack Cochlea and free Hinami. A riot begins at Cochlea as they launch their assault. During the chaos, Kaneki walks into Hinami's cell and tells her it's time for them to leave. | ||||
| 14 | 2 | "VOLT: White Darkness" Transcription: "Shiroi Yami VOLT" (Japanese: 白い闇 VOLT) | October 16, 2018 | |
| Ayato, Banjou and his gang storm into Cochlea and massacre several CCG guards. As Kaneki walks into Hinami's cell he decides that he intends to save her as his last job and get killed by Arima. Arima arrives at Cochlea and attacks Ayato. As Ayato is about to be killed, Yomo and Touka arrive and save him. It is revealed in a flashback that Yomo is actually Touka and Ayato's uncle as their mother, Hikari, was his sister. Hikari was killed by Arima while her husband Arata wasn't able to save her. Arata became a kakuja in order to be stronger but was eventually killed by Kureo Mado and Shinohara while Yomo joined Anteiku and Yoshimura. Touka, Ayato and Yomo continue their battle against Arima. During their escape from the hallway, Kaneki and Hinami come across Nimura who mockingly fights Kaneki and Hinami, but is defeated quickly when Hinami pierces his chest with her kagune. Kaneki arrives just in time to save Yomo from being killed by Arima. As they all escape with Hinami, Kaneki tries to buy them some time by fighting Arima. As they face off, they descend into the depths of Cochlea, both landing into a flower pit at the very bottom. Arima arms himself with the Owl's quinque and injures Kaneki many times while calling him weak, stating that he had the opportunity to kill him many times. Kaneki unleashes his kakuja for battle. Meanwhile, Nimura and several V agents turn on the machine that Touka, Hinami and the other fleeing ghouls are using to escape. Suddenly, Eto breaks out of her cell and chases Nimura after defeating the other V agents. As she is about to kill him, he reveals that Akihiro Kanou turned him into a ghoul by matching him with Rize's kagune, and he uses it to destroy her kakuja and defeat her. Back at the pit, Kaneki is injured multiple times by Arima and as he is about to give up and let Arima to kill him, he envisions a hallucination of Hide telling him to live. Coming back to reality, Kaneki launches at Arima's quinque and destroys it. After Kaneki declares the fight over and declines the notion that he would kill him, Arima slices his own throat with the severed quinque he held onto. | ||||
| 15 | 3 | "union: Cross Game" Transcription: "Kurosu Gēmu union" (Japanese: クロスゲーム union) | October 23, 2018 | |
| During the Rushima Landing Operation, Torso strangles Mutsuki and takes him captive into a cave. Meanwhile, Hanbee Abara is attacked by Kurona Yasuhisa who seeks revenge on Juzo for severely wounding her sister, Nashiro. As she defeats him and is about to kill him, Juzo appears and saves him as he proceeds to battle Kurona. Inside a nearby building, Akira, Houji and a CCG squad face Tatara. Tatara, who lost his brother to Houji, fights them in his kakuja form. Kurona reveals to Juzo that she keeps Nashiro inside of her as a parasitic humanoid face in her abdomen to save her from dying. She believes that Dr. Kanou, who made them ghouls, will save her life later down the line. Juzo tells to her that Nashiro is already dead and defeats her as she narrowly escapes. Meanwhile, Tatara is betrayed and killed by Takizawa, who wanted revenge on him for mutilating and capturing him during the Anteiku raid as well as allowing Kanou to torture him in order to create the "perfect" Kaneki. As the CCG squad apprehends him, Takizawa kills Houji and the group. Suddenly, Amon appears and saves Akira from being strangled to death by Takizawa, revealing he was also captured and turned into a ghoul by Kanou, but was considered a "failed" experiment to him. An injured Kurona finds Kanou in his lab and asks him to save Nashiro. Kanou mocks her belief that she's alive and explains to her that Nashiro was dead even after the fusion. Kurona decides to kill him as revenge, however he unleashes his Quinx clone experiments to defend himself. Takizawa fights and defeats Amon as Quinx Squad arrives in order to fight him. Kurona fights Kanou's Quinx experiments and denounces him, calling him crazy. Nishio arrives in Kanou's lab and captures him. Meanwhile, as Naki and the White Suits are surrounded by the CCG, Tsukiyama appears offering help. | ||||
| 16 | 4 | "vive: Those Left Behind" Transcription: "Nokoshita Mono vive" (Japanese: 遺したもの vive) | October 30, 2018 | |
| Tsukiyama saves Naki and the White Suites by killing the CCG agents. Nishio is forced to fight Clown members Shikorae and Roma Hoito while Kanou escapes. At the same time, Takizawa fights with the Quinx Squad and as Urie is about to kill him, Akira protects him by putting herself up as a human shield. She apologizes to him for being unable to save him during the Anteiku raid and collapses wounded. Amon holds off the Quinx Squad and orders Takizawa to take her to safety in which he does. Amon fights the Quinx Squad with his giant kakuja. Saiko defeats him but is unable to finish him off upon realizing that he was the one who saved her life, allowing him to escape. Meanwhile, aboard the ship where Yoshitoki Washuu is located, Itsuki Marude confronts him. He tells him that because of Takatsuki's book he conducted a research on the Washuu family and discovered that they are actually ghouls, making the CCG an anti-ghoul agency governed by ghouls. He shoots Yoshitoki in the head hoping to be wrong, but Yoshitoki unleashes his ghoul powers as defense and confirms the rumor. Later, Matsuri discovers his father Yoshitoki's body. Back at Cochlea, Donato Porpora escapes from his cell and kills the prison's director. Uta appears giving him a clown mask and later, Nimura, Donato, Uta and several V agents assassinate CCG's chairman Tsuneyoshi Washuu,the father of Yoshitoki,Nimura,Arima and Rize in his office. Meanwhile in the flower pit of Cochlea, while on the verge of death from striking himself, Arima reveals to Kaneki that he, Nimura and all the other agents raised in the Sunlit Garden are actually half-human,Illegitimate members of the Washuu family, having ghoul father and human mothers. Arima explains that half-humans live shorter than normal humans, and that he was on the verge of death regardless of killing himself. He additionally reveals that the Washuu family are ghouls, that he hated his very own existence for the sole purpose of killing ghouls and that he is in fact the One-Eyed King. He was conspiring with Eto all along to find a ghoul that could kill him in order to become a symbol for peace between ghouls and humans. He begs Kaneki to take the credit for his death before finally dying from his injuries, and Kaneki accepts his plea. | ||||
| 17 | 5 | "MovE: Confluence, Confusion" Transcription: "Deai, Tomadoi MovE" (Japanese: 出会い、とまどい MovE) | November 6, 2018 | |
| The next day after saving his friends from Cochlea, Kaneki holds a meeting in Touka's coffee shop between his friends, former Aogiri members and Arima's Squad who defected from CCG to join him. He declares himself as the One Eyed King and starts a new ghoul organization purposed to unite humans and ghouls through force. The organization's name is Goat. The other ghouls accept him as their leader, with the exception of Naki due to Yamori's death; however, he comes along too. Meanwhile, after the death of the members of the Washuu family, several CCG's offices are attacked by ghouls. At the same time, Akira, who is also in Touka's shop, is gravely ill due to her injuries. Nico appears and gives Nishiki the address of Dr Ogura, the leader of the Great Wheel Act, a ghoul rights organization. Kaneki, Nishio and Tsukiyama meet him, and he offers his support as well as his doctors in order to cure Akira. Kaneki reunites with Amon and they have a conversation about Kaneki's motives on forming Goat. Upon hearing that Akira is awake, Amon visits her (bringing her cat, also). He apologizes for not revealing himself to her sooner; Akira, however, doesn't feel anything about it. Later, Touka takes Akira for a walk. She reveals that she was the one who killed her father due to him killing Hinami's parents. Touka takes her to a playground where she sees ghoul children and former Aogiri (now Goat) members, playing. After they hug, Touka sends them to hug Akira. After that, Hinami, unable to hate Kureo Mado, hugs Akira as well. Upon hearing her heartbeat, Akira realizes that she no longer hates ghouls and that her life is now empty. | ||||
| 18 | 6 | "FACE: Effulgence" Transcription: "Kakukakutaru FACE" (Japanese: 赫々たる FACE) | November 13, 2018 | |
| Mutsuki has lost his mind after the fight with Torso, making him realize that he is in love with sensei, aka Kaneki. Furuta has become the head of the Washuu clan and is now leading the CCG. He instructed Suzuya to become the new Arima and announced their next plan of action in order to fight off the Clowns. After stopping the various assaults that happened simultaneously in the 9th, 2nd, 18th, and 19th Ward, the Clowns army came right outside the door of the CCG headquarters where Suzuya started fighting with No Face and where they realized that the majority of the Clowns are humans that are forced into fighting against their will. Meanwhile, Urie is fighting against Donato and after losing the battle he goes berserk and Saiko tries to get him back to his senses. Before the episode ends, Furuta visits Mutsuki in the hospital and then we see him in a huge meeting of the CCG, making a speech about how they will destroy all the ghouls and presenting a new Quinx Squad named Oggai. | ||||
| 19 | 7 | "proof: Bonds" Transcription: "Kizuna proof" (Japanese: 紲 proof) | November 20, 2018 | |
| Kaneki, Nishiki, and Tsukiyama try to save some ghouls that are attacked by CCG, but arrive too late and everyone is already dead. Next day, as Kaneki tries to come up with the next plan of action, Touka reveals her ‘feelings’ for him and asks him to trust his friends more and not do things by himself. Mutsuki comes in the coffee shop and starts attacking them, because he wants his ‘sensei’ to come back and join the CCG. They manage to escape and find themselves in an abandoned tower where they have sex. Meanwhile, Takeomi Kuroiwa and Yoriko get married but unfortunately Furuta finds out about her relationship with Touka when they were students and locks Yoriko away. As Nishiki checks up on Kaneki, he implies to him that Touka is actually pregnant which he verifies with her himself later on and they decide to get married as well. Furuta and the Clowns are preparing for their attack on the ghouls where they are going to use their final secret weapon. | ||||
| 20 | 8 | "incarnation: Awakened Child" Transcription: "Mezameta ko incarnation" (Japanese: めざめた子 incarnation) | November 27, 2018 | |
| In the banquet of Kaneki and Touka’s wedding, Mutsuki and the rest of the CCG forces invade and start attacking them. Meanwhile, Urie and Kuroiwa go to confront Furuta in the CCG headquarters and try to prove that he does not take sane and reasonable decisions. When they go inside his office, they are attacked by Roma who ends up being the SSS rate ghoul named Dodgy Mother and Shikorae, where Kuroiwa gets badly injured but Urie manages to kill them both. Furuta stabs Kuroiwa in the head and later on, Maruda comes in and shoots him but doesn’t kill him. He is accompanied by Hide who asks for Urie’s help. Deep underground, Touka is fighting with Mutsuki while Tsukiyama, Nishio, and Yomo are against the Suzuya squad and Kaneki fights the Oggai squad. Soon, Suzuya starts attacking Kaneki and they engage into a huge fight but Kaneki realizes that Touka is cornered and in danger and goes to her rescue. After being brutally torn to pieces by the Oggai squad, Kaneki releases his inner beast and produces probably the biggest kagune ever seen. | ||||
| 21 | 9 | "Morse: Remembrances" Transcription: "Kokorooboe Morse" (Japanese: 心覚え Morse) | December 4, 2018 | |
| Kaneki and his ‘dragon’ kagune is out of control and kills everyone in its path. Furuta meets Mutsuki and tells her that the Oggai was the reason why Kaneki turned into a beast and that everything is her fault. Kanou is confronted by Kurona and before shooting himself with a gun, he confesses that people will now figure out the possibilities of using ghouls for medical purposes. The ghouls meet up with Hide and go to the CCG Headquarters in order to form an alliance and save Kaneki. After agreeing to work together, Nishino reveals to them that the only way to destroy this monster is by finding and extracting Kaneki’s body in order for the kagune to decay. Touka then remembers that she gave Kaneki her parents’ ring and suggests to use metal detectors to find his body through the massive kagune that has spread around the city. As the CCG and the ghouls work together to find his body, ‘dragon’ starts releasing monsters made from its own mass that attack everyone. The CCG fights off the monsters as the rest carry on with the search. Mutsuki then comes up to Urie and Yonebayashi blaming himself for the situation and trying to kill them but the Quinx squad talks to him, making him realize that he has been part of their ‘family’ all along. | ||||
| 22 | 10 | "call: The Far Side of Tragedy" Transcription: "Higeki no Hate call" (Japanese: 悲劇の果て call) | December 11, 2018 | |
| Kaneki is lost in his thoughts and after having a meaningful conversation with Rize, he steps out of his ‘mind realm’. Touka finds his body and they all take him to the CCG headquarters where he regains his consciousness. Realizing that humans and ghouls are now working together for the greater good, he goes to see the city with Urie and Yonebayashi. At that time, Furuta broadcasts scenes of the monster attacking the people and showing that they are made of some sort of poison that will turn every human into a ghoul. Kaneki and the rest run to the scene only to be attacked by the same monsters that manages to poison Yonebayashi. Kaneki kills all of the monsters and they return to the CCG where they are informed that Yonebayashi along with anyone who breathed the poison has now turned into a ghoul. Later on, Kaneki meets up with Hide and makes him remove his mask to witness his face and what he has done to him. Before the episode ends, Kaneki decides to fight back along with everyone’s help. | ||||
| 23 | 11 | "ACT: Encounters" Transcription: "Kaigō ACT" (Japanese: 邂逅 ACT) | December 18, 2018 | |
| It's discovered that the dragon has another core. In order to prevent poison from being released, turning all humans into ghouls, it needs to be destroyed. Kaneki alone is resistant to the poison and while he attempts to destroy the core the ghouls join with the CCG to fight with the Clowns and save the city. As the tide is swinging in their favor, a ghoul with an appearance similar to the Owl's joins the fight. Hinami learns that it's being controlled by Donato, who is confronted by Kotaro. Meanwhile Uta and Itori fight Yomo and are defeated, but Yomo refuses to kill. Amon kills Donato, his son, who confesses that he never hated his father in spite of fighting against him and the CCG. Ayato fights off monsters while Kaneki continues deeper underground, and finds Furuta guarding the dragon's core. | ||||
| 24 | 12 | "The Final Episode" | December 25, 2018 | |
| Furuta and Kaneki fight, while dialoguing about their ideals and shared history. Above ground, the losing CCG and ghoul forces are saved by the appearance of Takizawa, the White Suits, Kurona, as well as Matsuri who reappears. Kaneki defeats Furuta, telling him that in spite of the evils in the world and suffering he personally went through, he would not have chosen any other path. Kaneki realizes that Rize’s body is the core's energy source and is able to release her, stopping the release of the poison. Six years later, Tokyo has returned to normal and humans and ghouls live peacefully together. Kaneki, Touka, and their baby daughter are visited by Hide and their friends and they enjoy a cup of coffee together. | ||||
Home video release[]
| Vol. | Episodes | Blu-ray / DVD artwork | Release date | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13–15 | Ken Kaneki, Kishō Arima | December 21, 2018 | [4] | |
| 2 | 16–18 | Ken Kaneki, Shū Tsukiyama | January 30, 2019 | [13] | |
| 3 | 19–21 | Ken Kaneki, Hideyoshi Nagachika | February 27, 2019 | [14] | |
| 4 | 22–24 | Ichika Kaneki, Ken Kaneki, Touka Kirishima | March 27, 2019 | [5] | |
| Part | Episodes | Release date | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 13–24 | October 8, 2019 | [15] | |
| Part | Episodes | Release date | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 13–24 | December 4, 2019 | [16] | |
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