This volume is definitely one of my favorites so far! Finally the long awaited return of Kaneki’s memories!! ”I’m done dreaming.” SHIVERS. When it was revealed that Kaneki’s mother beat him as a kid it horrified me because of how much Kaneki idolized his mother in the previous volumes. Despite having his memories back he’s not the same Kaneki from the previous volumes, and I have to say I don’t really know what his motives are at the moment. He looks very cool with his black hair and glasses though.

Shirazus death made me so sad and I really didn’t see it coming. I really hope he comes back, but i’m scared he’s not going to come back as himself If Kano managers to resurrect him. Urie  FINALLY showed some compassion and emotion which made me feel a little closer to him. He’s still an asshole but i understand him a little better. He has such hard expectations and puts so much pressure on himself that it makes him egoistical, and a big factor into that is his rivaly between Kuroiwa whose father had to leave Urie’s father to die. The scene between Urie and Kaneki was so intense! Haise would have offered Urie comfort, but Kaneki gave him the cruel truth instead. 

The Kanae and Shu scene was so tragic and beautiful at the same time. I didn’t really care a lot about Kanae, and I still don’t really understand why she hid her gender but I think it was beautiful how she could die as herself with her feelings out in the open. ”A tragic life is not being able to live as yourself. A happy life is being able to die as yourself.” 

The twist that shocked me the most has to be the Takatsuki reveal because I never would have put it together that she and Eto were the same person. I look forward to seeing how things are going to proceed after that ending. I feel like Eto and Kaneki has some connection that we dont know about yet? I also wonder what Arima and Furuta are up to — what is their true objective and what does it mean for Kaneki?