Anonymous asked: I'm wondering one thing about the Tokyo Ghoul anime drafts, we know those are the elements that got outright cut, but could you tell us about the rest of the arcs if you can and how much they changed? If you can, of course, I don't mean to impose. Thanks!

Hi anon, it’s not a problem! This set of drafts seems to cover one arc, so for the rest of the arcs I’m afraid we have no information yet. Now that I’m more awake, this is a chronological list of some of the changes and interesting parts we can see here:

1. It begins with Kaneki pouring coffee and drinking it… in the CCG Ward 9 Branch Head Office, with investigators all on the floor in front of him.

2. Aogiri has been attacking the CCG headquarters and the branches with the aim of reducing their strength and for “something else”.

3. Amon offers information about Eyepatch during a meeting, and later while speaking with Akira, he finds that she managed to get hold of a set of data with Eyepatch’s kagune details (from Doujima and a previous place he attacked). They can see that there is a change, which resulted from cannibalizing.

4. At Anteiku, Yoshimura, Irimi, Touka, Nishio, and Roma are working while watching the news of the Ward 9 attack. Nishio still invites Touka to visit Kamii.

5. Touka and Hide still run into each other at Kamii, though this time their conversation is different (Hide does not say anything about Kaneki rubbing his chin when he’s hiding something, and Touka knows where Kaneki is).

6. At the CCG, Takizawa talks a lot to Hide about the havoc Aogiri is wreaking. He stops when Akira and Amon enter and remind him that he cannot share such information with outsiders. Hide goes to collect more documents, which is when Akira shares that she feels he is hiding something.

7. Amon tells Akira and Takizawa about something he has heard about the Owl. The Special Class investigators are holding a meeting where they talk about the two Owls. The CCG’s main aim is to eliminate Aogiri and to *find out more about the One-Eyed Owl (the kanji used here says “specific, particular” - perhaps to find the identity of Owl?).

8. Naki and Kaneki go to Ward 12′s ghoul prison, Corniculum (latin for “antenna”). They are there to get information on Kokuria but fight Naki along the way, who is not quite in the right frame of mind because he wants to see Yamori. They subdue him and bring him to see Eto, who informs him of how Yamori had been made in Suzuya Juuzou’s quinque.

9. The investigators infiltrate the ghoul restaurant, with Suzuya presented as the main dish. Kurona and Nashiro protect Madam A.

10. Tsukiyama fights Suzuya. Tsukiyama, recognizing his strength, does a tactical retreat. The twins retreat after ensuring that Madam A has safely escaped.

11. Suzuya remembers Big Madam.

12. The twins remember Suzuya as well. They call Kanou and ask for what they should do with Madam A. He tells them to go to his mansion where they can hide for a while.

13. Aogiri decides to ask Taguchi for information about Kanou. Kaneki goes there but Taguchi informs him Kanou is overseas (he knows Kanou isn’t, at this point he has already looked at the airport records).

14. The CCG uses the information gleaned from the Ghoul Restaurant attack and arrive at the clue that Madam A is connected to Kanou.

15. Aogiri forces information out of Taguchi and Tatara kills her.

16. There is still a flashback of when Kurona and Nashiro lived at the mansion with their parents.

17. Tsukiyama goes with Aogiri because he has useful information on the mansion layout and on Kanou.

18. Naki is the one who attacks the wall rashly and they see that it is constructed the same way Ward 24′s walls are. They are attacked by specimens. Kaneki gets separated from the rest while fighting the specimens. The rest run into the CCG and a battle ensues.

19. Kaneki finds Rize, but before he can do anything the twins appear, saying that they are protecting their “mama”. Kaneki fights them and goes into one quarter kakuja mode.

20. While fighting Naki, Akira helps Amon out of a tight spot, but her quinque ends up getting destroyed. Naki finds himself unable to fight against Suzuya, who is wielding what remains of Yamori. Ayato is similarly affected when he fights Shinohara and senses that his father is somehow there.

21. Noro saves the Aogiri members and they retreat.

22. Kanou and Kaneki still talk. Kanou mentions wanting to break out of the bird cage, and also talks of how Aogiri’s birth story is linked to Yoshimura. This is when Yomo breaks in and gets Rize out. He easily overpowers the twins.

23. Kanou joins Aogiri and Kaneki also leaves with them. On the CCG side, Amon finds a picture of the twins, and begins to suspect their involvement with Kanou’s experiments.

24. With Kanou having joined, Tatara decides it is time to attack Kokuria. On the list of ghouls, there are two they have to especially pay attention to - Donato and Shachi. Ayato tells Kaneki Shachi’s surname.

25. At Anteiku, Nishio speaks about how he feels a little sorry for Rize, tied up and kept in the basement. Touka goes to see her and asks Yomo if there is nothing they can do for her. Yomo says they need to keep her under control, though it will be possible to slowly increase the amount she is allowed to eat. Yomo tells Touka that Kaneki has chosen his own path and has to continue on it, even if it is painful.

26. On the way back to his Ward 6 home, Kaneki listens to the passengers talking about Aogiri and how they are scared / excited etc.

27. At home Kaneki spends some time with Hinami until she falls asleep, which is when he and Banjou talk. Banjou affirms that he is Kaneki’s shield.

28. Kaneki clearly states his goal of finding the one-eyed king and killing him.