Chapter 8 — Episode 8
First, the episode opens with CCG investigators Mado and Amon splitting up to patrol an extensive waterway system, targeting two ghouls known as "Rabbit" and Number 745. Back at the ghoul café Anteiku, Kaneki finds Touka returning from an unknown errand and offers to help, but she coldly dismisses him, telling him there is likely nothing he can do anymore. Hinami is then discovered to have followed Touka, shocking both of them. Then, as tensions rise within Anteiku over Hinami's safety and the CCG's growing presence in the ward, the group must decide how to protect her from the investigators closing in. Mado's unsettling behavior — carrying mysterious unidentified objects he refuses to explain to Amon — hints at dangerous and unconventional methods he intends to use against ghouls. The threat posed by Mado and Amon's coordinated waterway operation becomes increasingly urgent as their search narrows. Finally, the episode builds toward a direct confrontation as the CCG investigators move deeper into ghoul territory and the situation around Hinami grows more desperate. The characters at Anteiku are left with few options to shield Hinami from Mado's pursuit, setting up a critical clash. At the end, a preview for the next episode, titled "Birdcage," signals that the conflict between the CCG and the ghouls protecting Hinami is about to reach a breaking point.