02x06 - Thousand Paths

[bunniefuu]

Thank goodness. Then, you'll be discharged in a few days?

Yeah. Sorry to worry you.

At the time, I thought it was too late for you.

He was eating my Arata.

Is he... Is the eyepatch a kakuja?

Good question. They say that if you repeatedly commit cannibalism,

you become a kakuja.

A kakuja? No, more like a half-kakuja.

Amon, he's dangerous.

I had a dream

It was of the time we were born

We lived such a beautiful life

in a city of wombs

We clapped our hands and smiled

We drank the paint dry

The colors of the rainbow changed

We started wanting to be held

I couldn't walk alone anymore

We smiled at each other

We gave our love to toys

I wish we could destroy

the untouchable children using simple words!

The prost*tute spat fire

In a faraway city, somebody d*ed

All right, I'll convey that to Development.

Thank you for your trouble. Well, if you'll excuse me...

How could a human become a ghoul?

If it's possible for a human to become a ghoul, then...

Thank you very much!

Oh, I'm sorry!

Nagachika?

Oh, Mr. Amon.

No, I should apologize. Are you all right?

Yes. Oh, I'll do that.

"Top Secret" "Eyepatch"

What's wrong?

Huh? Oh, nothing.

I was just thinking, I hear a lot about this "eyepatch" lately.

It's kind of scary, isn't it?

Well, thank you very much.

Yeah. Good work.

I... don't want to eat anymore...

Maybe I'm overthinking it.

Father, I ran into the Owl.

Ah!

You've got to hold on tight to it.

Yeah, but...

All right, let's go buy another one.

Really? I promise not to let this one go!

Say, Mama, was I a good boy today?

Mm-hmm, let's see... Today, Rei, you earned sixty good-boy points.

Sixty points, you say?

And now, Rei, you get... this!

Good-boy time starts now!

Get him!

k*ll him!

N-No, stop!

Good-boy points! Ten! Twenty! Thirty! Forty! Fifty!

Hang in there, hang in there, hang in there, hang in there!

Hang in there! Hang in there! Hang in there! Hang in there!

Rei!

Isn't my pet boy great?

Indeed. He's already become an artist!

Doves! b*at it!

There she is! Big Madam!

Don't let her escape!

Wait!

That boy has incredible physical ability, doesn't he?

He doesn't have to go through the Academy;

he can jump into action right away.

But he has too many problems. He has next to no concept of morality.

It's true, he exhibits violent and self-injurious behaviors...

If we were to list them all, there'd be no end to it.

He can't help it. He was raised by ghouls, after all.

I guess it's too much to ask him to live as a human.

The boy had no other choice but to live that way, right?

I consider him to be a victim.

That's a huge ant you found, huh?

I'm Shinohara Yukinori, and as of today, I'll be your partner.

Suzuya... Juzo...

Nice to meet you, Juzo.

Don't tell me that was the giraffe.

Oh, there was a cat here? Sorry, sorry.

Mr. Shinohara, you're out of the hospital?

Yeah, I managed to get out.

Do you like animals?

It's fun to imagine them in cross-sections.

O-Oh, it is?

Mr. Shinohara, is the Owl really strong?

Yeah, he sure is.

I can't wait!

I might actually die next time.

Whether we die or not isn't really that big a deal.

Juzo...

If you were to die, I would be sad.

Well, how about it? Want to get something to eat and head back?

Count me in!

Gah! I-I'm sorry!

Of all the...

Aw, w-what do I do?!

Roma!

How many does that make, you damn klutz?!

You shouldn't say "damn" to a lady, Nishiki.

Koma, you guys are all too easy on her, so she keeps pulling this.

The brooms are on the third floor! Come on, hurry!

Okay...

Miss Roma!

Are you all right? Please, use this.

Ooh, Hinami, thank you!

"t*rror1st att*ck by group of ghouls"

The rd Ward has been designated a special security zone.

Those of you who live in the rd Ward,

and those who commute to work or school there, please be careful.

They're talking about the one-eyed Kaneki I've heard so much about, huh?

M-Mm-hmm.

Amazing! I'd like to meet him! Hinami, you've met him, right?

Uh, I have to get back to my room.

Oh, how nice, how nice, how nice! What's he like? Tell me! Tell me!

--Um --Come on, tell me anything!

Roma!

Not even the great devil ape can cover for all of this.

That damn Touka is still better than this.

Touka is preparing for exams, so we'll have to have Roma step up.

Irimi, if you're not doing anything, lend us a hand.

Today's my day off. Sorry about that.

Hinami, I see Touka a lot at the library.

Let's hope she passes.

Right.

"Modern Japanese"

Hey, did you hear? The CCG in the rd Ward got wiped out.

Whoa, creepy, man.

Supposedly, it was the same guy that att*cked that prison bus.

Word is that he att*cked a CCG branch office single-handedly.

Seriously? What kind of monster is he?

They say he's a beast who's missing an eye.

And the corners of his mouth are slit, too.

S-Sorry.

"Eyepatch"

Mr. Amon,

I finished the meeting reports.

Oh, good work.

So, would you like to go get something to eat?

Hmm, yeah, okay. Let's go eat something.

--Let's go. --Right!

Let's go to that fried kebab place we went to before.

Okay.

That place has the best-tasting sauce around!

Mr. Amon, hurry up, let's go!

Y-Yeah...

Akira...

Hmm?

Do you need something?

Would you like to join us for supper?

It's : .

As long as it's nearby, I'll come with.

Hey, now,

are you lishtening to me, Mr. Amon?

Huh? Oh, sorry.

I...

I shwear I'm gonna get promoted,

and go to work againsht those violent ghouls like in Aogiri!

Sho then, how can thish be?!

How can the Academy's valedictorian and shalutatorian

--both be assigned to the th Ward, Mr. Amon?

--H-Hey... --both be assigned to the th Ward, Mr. Amon?

Takizawa, advancement is not the duty of an investigator.

And here it comes! She contradicts everything I say or do!

It'sh always like thish, Mr. Amon.

You always seem to have it in for me,

but to me, that kind of behavior...

hash been nothing but a pain in the ash-sh-sh!

--Huh? --W-W-What'd you shay?!

--W-W-What'd you shay?!

Hello! Who is this, you bashtard?!

I'm in the middle of shomething important right now!

Hello, Takizawa? It's the bastard.

It appears that your report was incomplete,

so please come back to the office at once and work on it.

Seido, has something happened?

I'm going back to the office.

O-Okay.

Please excuse me.

Be careful heading back.

Akira, are you okay?

Are you like Takizawa?

Do you think being promoted is that important?

My father...

had both the talent and the track record,

but hit a ceiling at Senior Investigator.

Compared to Mom, who reached Assistant Special Investigator at a young age,

my father couldn't get promoted, no matter how long it took.

There were even those who called him a quinque-crazy oaf.

As long as he could get revenge...

As long as he had a strong will and a purpose,

rank and status were nothing.

That's what my father said.

But I'm sure it was because of me.

My father looked after me while he was working.

I thought that if I could hurry and grow up, I could help him.

He talked about you a lot. He was proud to have you under him.

My father was right.

Even when facing the Owl, you didn't even flinch.

While by comparison, I...

You were injured. You couldn't help it.

My mom was k*lled by the Owl.

And my father, who swore revenge...

When the rabbit and my father were fighting each other,

what the hell were you doing?

Why weren't you at his side? Why didn't you fight alongside him?

If you're strong enough to be made a senior investigator--

If he'd had a senior investigator next to him, he wouldn't be dead.

--I-- --You k*lled my father.

Amon Kotaro, I hate your guts.

Akira, you are correct. I'm the one who k*lled Mr. Mado.

Even now, I have nightmares about that night.

If only I'd been stronger, I may have been able to save Mr. Mado.

Why are you saying this now?

Which is why I want to protect you even more now.

No matter what, I want to protect the one...

that Mr. Mado held so dear.

I see...

Akira...?

Hey, Akira!

Aw, sh**t.

Akira, we're here.

Oh, a cat. Good evening.

Pardon the intrusion.

Akira, I bought some medicine for your...

I'll leave the medicine and some water here for you.

Well, I'd better be--

Don't go.

Don't go.

Akira...

Father...

I didn't even know that. I'm such a... I'm such a...

Rookie! Rookie! Rookie! Rookie!

You dumb rookie! You dumb rookie!

! ! !

Ow...

Maris Stella...

Seven thousand... eight hundred... ninety...

What are you doing?

Push-ups.

Graduated from CCG Academy as valedictorian.

As Senior Investigator Kureo Mado's partner,

sent one brutal ghoul after another packing.

With less than three years on the job, promoted to Investigator st Grade.

In the mission to put down Aogiri in the th Ward,

took down multiple Aogiri-aligned ghouls, including the Tail Brothers.

Promoted to Senior Investigator at age .

And now, your true self is revealed...

...as the pervy investigator,

who zealously does muscle training at his subordinate's residence.

I'm kidding. Eat up.

I did all the household chores in my mom's absence.

It shouldn't taste too bad.

Thank you for this meal.

Investigator Amon...

I'm sorry... to have been such a bother.

Not at all.

Those of you who are gathered here today

have been handpicked by me to be members of the Owl Suppression Unit.

Starting today, this unit will work under and report directly to me.

It is now indisputable that the Owl is the head of Aogiri.

Once we locate their base, we will launch an extermination campaign.

We're hunting Aogiri... and the Owl...

down.

The seasons die off, one by one

The sounds of their demise take to the wind

A sober man in a bustling city

It's too unromantic to look up at the moon here

It's as though I'm living as a translucent shadow,

unsure if I can still call who I am me

Will the clouds part if I sing in the rain?

I'm a dried-up life amidst a boisterous summer

Salutations; this is a break-up verse

to my loathsome past

I'm filled with lament and wracked with grief,

but though the sun may not shine

my song still goes on

The seasons come back to life, one by one

"Next time: 'Permeation'"