Tokyo Ghoul S1E2
Now: Episode 2 "Incubation"
Immediately resuming where the first episode left off at, Touka is jamming human meat into our main character, Kanaki. He starts getting an abrupt rush and one of his eyes gets a red dilation. He runs to throw it up regretting consuming the flesh. He freaks out and claims he's human and he won't be a cannibal like her blah blah blah.
Touka swiftly walks up to him and kicks him in the stomach and bashes some sense into him.
Kanaki still begs for help. Touka gives him more tough love and says to see it from her perspective...she was born a ghoul and could never understand why people like CAKE (WTF?) but...humans amirite. Then she tosses the decapitated head at him and he screams like a little girl.
Annoyed to all hell, she says that him being a hybrid that no way will he be able to survive and taunts how if he wants to be a human so much, he'll have an agonizing death from starvation.
An unseen voice steps from the shadows and tells her that's enough of the shit talking. Much to her dismay, she listens to this man when he says to take him in as his personal rule to help all ghouls in need...even if he is half of one.
He is then taken inside a cafe (yes, as in the one he was in the first episode with Rize). He brings him a cup of coffee. Kanaki is just staring at it like a dope because he knows he can't consume any human food without throwing it up. The man warmly welcomes him to drink it anyway. To his surprise, he is finally able to stuff at least something down his gobbler. The man says that coffee is one of the few things ghouls can injest and then he sends this half ghoul away with him grub and is always welcome to come back.
After Kanaki takes his leave. Touka voices her displeasure of helping such a weakling. He warmly explains that the recent incident and that the doctor took it upon himself to do an impromptu organ transplant with this boy and the deceased. The deceased? RIZE! I don't know why Touka was acting all shocked because she acknowledged that already but...yeah.
Coming home and sitting on the bed contemplating the very eventful past couple of days, Kanaki is having an interal dilemma with his abrupt transition into a ghoul. He starts having hallucinations with the ghost of Rize taunting him.
He's hungry as fuck and tries to avoid eating that package sitting on the table but his internal conflict doesn't want to. Doing so will symbolize his transition and acceptance. Unable to restrain himself, he ultimately gives in.
The next morning he is just strolling around town when his bestie, Hide, finally tracks him down asking WTF he doing skipping class and stuff. Oh yeah and cool, eye patch bro.
As he is blabbering away he is having a quick flashback that his childhood friend has never changed as mini Hide did the same shit lol. Kanaki's internal thoughts is just admiring how perceptive and a great friend Hide is. According to him, he always seems to know what he is feeling before he does his own. If that makes sense. No? who cares, the point is that Hide is exemplary at gauging a situation is all.
They both heaad on over to Hide's place so he can meet his roommate. Roomie was in the middle of making out of a girl. Embarrassed, the woman runs out of there. Ooookay.
Roomie is a bit peeved how he doesn't have the decency to knock first. Regardless, Hide introduces BFF to roomie. Kanaki immediately recognizes this dude as the ghoul that tried to murter him. (yeah, that's right I said it MUR-TER) You know? from last episode? Where Touka reluctantly saved his ass from him? Yeah. Him.
Funny thing is, Nishiki also recognizes him. He is thrilled with evil delight and Kanaki? Need I even say? Bruh was frozen in fright.
Anyway, Hide was intending to just drop by and then hang out but Nishiki bears the bad news that the shit Hide was looking for is not even there. He says they will both will have to walk to his house to retrieve it. Kanaki gets weird flashes of his first meeting with him and fears he will use this opportunity to slaughter his bestie so he tags along with them. Hide's spidey senses be tingling thinking this is off behavior but yeah...
Internal monologue Kanaki is wondering why does it seem like ghouls are just all of a sudden everywhere now? He back tracks and comes to the realization that they were always integrated with society to his once oblivious self.
As the trio is walking enroute to da place, Nishiki kindly buys pastries for his bois. Kanaki hesitantly accepts it. Nishiki further tries to make small chat with him asking if he is in any club. He replies that nah, he doesn't seem to do well in large groups. Roomie retorts back that his bestie seems to be the complete opposite of Hide.
While he says this backhanded comment, Kanaki looks in bewilderment that this motherfucka is able to eat that pastry like nothing! How the fuck can he do dat?!?!
As all three turn the corner, Nishiki makes a swift KICK automatically knocking Hide out! Awwww shit!!!! He taunts him saying Kanaki smells like a female ghoul. He thinks that was his whole plan along, huh? Buttering up and ultimately eating the bestie. Well, he abruptly punches right through Kanaki.
Bloodied to all hell on the floor, Nishiki can no longer fake loving that pastry and he gags it back out.
He continues to taunt Kanaki while curb stomping the unconscious Hide as when he was intending on eating him. Kanaki having no energy in him is trying to beg him stop. Hide. Is. Not. Food. He uses what little strength he has left and tries to rush him. Of course, he is no match for this veteran ghoul and slaps him silly.
He continues to beat up Kanaki but he is just too weak to fight back. However, it is rude to play with your food, so Nishiki thinks this is finally the time to feast on the still unconscious Hide. This is when we first see a ghoul unleash his kagane and this is what ultimately triggers Kanaki to trigger his own kagune and he snaps into killahhh mode.
Things get hella bloody. Putting that lightly.
Now that the ghoul is hanging out elsewhere, he looks at the body of his friend that is will cosplaying a water puddle. He is struggling to either help him or eat him due to his ghoul instincts that come in the form of Rize hallucinations. Haviing to battle within himself that is a losing battle. He is almost going mad because of it. Giggling like a mad man.
He starts slumping over to him and right when he is about to munch on him, none other than Touka steps in and says that while she doesn't care about Hide himself being killed, she cautions Kanaki that if he does he will have to live with the guilt.
With no signs of stopping, Touka ends up unleashing kagune and knocks him the fuck out.
Kanaki wakes up in Anteiku (the cafe) where Hide is still alive and is in the other bed. Yoshimura explains to him that they had to intervene to protect the both of them. Kanaki is still in his dilemma trying to come to terms with his identity, Yoshimura encourages him that he is not alone and they are here to offer help and support. He warmly accepts.
Off in the distance away from Anteiku is 2 new characters talking in the distance. They are at an abandoned building over looking the pouring rain. They appear to be both investigators. Not just any investigators but GHOUL INVESTIGATORS! As in tracking them down and killing them.
Both are currently talking about the current incident and they both are extremely knowledgable in high ranking ghouls that were in the area not too long ago. The elder one has a sneaking suspicious of something. Old man jumps some bars and ends up finding the wrench. Jason's wrench. A high ranking ghoul on their shit list. They are one step closer.
Episode 3 is next.
Post credit scene:
Nishiki is reiterating how much that pastry he ate tastes like horseshit. Kanaki swoops in to ask how the hell would he would know what horseshit tastes like anyways?! He snaps at him saying it wasn't literal and was only a figure of speech. Evil grin. "Oh yeah?" He whispers to the rest of the ghoul crew (even Rize lmao) and they start heckling Nishiki now.