February 29th's extra leap year day is a special one in Tokyo Ghoul lore in that it's the birthday of Nimura Furuta, whose name means "one day more" and "2/29." There's no way that series author Sui Ishida was going to miss that one, and continuing his celebration of the series casts' big days, he posted a tribute to this guy with a complex (and spoilery) role.

And some from the fans...

I heard he turned 6 today #旧多二福生誕祭2016 pic.twitter.com/7Q5KqX1fiz — smol birb (@kaneggiken) February 29, 2016

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