I’ve found a few posts both on Reddit and here asking/theorizing about the current timeline in TG, so I’ll give it a shot myself.



Just scroll to the very end to the “timeline” section if you want to skip the reasoning.

For the record, the conclusion of the current month and day is the same as Cey’s, but different by a year. The reasoning and other dates vary.

Reasoning



1.

In this blog we’ll be assuming Ishida actually knows what he’s doing, rather than having severely messed up the dates.

Why?

We usually haven’t seen a fixation on dates in Tokyo Ghoul. Currently, there is, so I’d reckon there is some information to be found there.





2.

Following chronological order, I’ll start by going off the obstetric calculations from Cey’s post linked above.

First of all, the obstetric calculations are accurate if we do consider Touka’s due date to be 12/28. I’m not the health care expert so resorting to tools whose accuracy I have no certainty of (but likely about as close as Ishida, a man, would get) and assuming Touka’s cycle is normal, the likely date for chapters 122-125 is between 04/04 and 04/08 (or up to three days earlier).





3.

In chapter 126, on the day of the wedding, Tooru announces his resolution to “aid” Ken and become a trainer to the Oggai.

I’ll assume that Tooru is being completely truthful in the letter from 129.

This letter establishes Yoriko is already imprisoned, but not on death row yet, and that Tooru will be waiting for Kaneki at the chateau from 04/12 to 04/17 at 9 p.m.

Everyone on Netabare seems to agree Hajime was caught on 04/11. For an infiltration plan to happen and for Hajime to have the letter, Tooru needs to have taken charge of the Oggai already, and since they’re already separated by the time Hajime is captured, the latest day for this is 04/10. This means Yoriko’s imprisonment likely happened, at the latest, a day earlier, on 04/09. And then, that means the very latest date for Takeomi’s and Yoriko’s wedding would have been 04/08 (this further shortens the time span for chapters 122-125, giving us 04/07 tops for them to happen). If you’re thinking that’s too cruel and they’d at least have a honeymoon, let me refer to this omake to remind you the CCG has exams on Christmas, so whether they’d have a honeymoon is questionable.

Anyway, unless Hajime is a true fool, we can presume Ken did get the letter between the night of 04/11 or likely sometime during 04/12 at the latest. The former would also be the day Nishiki returns with food for Touka.





4.

For the missive stating Yoriko’s penalty, I will be referring to this post by Old McDonald (if you’ve paid attention for a while, you’ll recognize him as one of the Wiki mods, and also formerly active in discussion threads on Batoto).

In chapter 130, we see there was a court order to subject Yoriko to the death penalty on 04/15.

In the same chapter, we see the date on which Furuta seals its approval and makes it immediately enforceable is 04/23.

Now, back to an earlier part of chapter 130, Tooru is still talking about whether Ken will go face him at the chateau. This means it is still between 04/12 and 04/17 at this point in time. Shinsanpei talks of an intention to intensify the punishment for people who aid ghouls. This presumably means this happens after the court order has been sent (04/15), but before Furuta signs the missive to proceed with it (04/23). So this conversation happens between 04/15 and 04/17 at the latest. This also means Kaneki finding out about the pregnancy and Touka finding the court file happens between these dates.





5.

A fun tidbit about years:

The calendar Touka was looking at was definitely a 2016 calendar.

However, there have been quite a lot of hints pointing out to the year being 2017.

First, we know for a fact Tokyo Ghoul starts in 2012.

Second, we know how much time has passed between the end of Tokyo Ghoul, in the month of July in their own timeline, and the beginning of :re, in June two years later. We also know we skip to the following year because chapter 31.5 happens on Christmas.

Third, we know the Anteiku raid happened right after Touka’s birthday (chapter 89), which was 07/01 on a school day.

Setting the current events in 2016 means moving back the events a year, which in turn means 07/01 is a Sunday, and definitely not a day Touka would be at school.

Interestingly, this means Touka was looking at a five month outdated calendar, which says something about the state of the 24th Ward.





What we can conclude from all of this

1.

The events with all Kuroiwas (Iwao, Takeomi, Yoriko), Tooru, and Kuki have been jumping back and forth. Yoriko’s imprisonment and Takeomi’s apprehension would have likely happened on the same date, and Furuta’s conversation with Iwao would have been either the same date or one day later, which explains why we see neither of them during the mission in which Hajime is found by Goat.





2.

The letter that Tooru sent with Yoriko’s court file is not the same missive that we see on the last page of chapter 130. However, given Touka was concerned about Yoriko’s safety even years ago, and how radicalized the CCG has been under Furuta, it would be easy for her to draw the conclusion that wouldn’t come until days later: that Yoriko is/will be sentenced to death, so the missive we see is placed there to give us, readers, the same effect Yoriko’s notice of apprehension would have on Touka. If we follow real life logic, the latest day Yoriko could be executed would be 04/28, so the best case scenario for Goat to rescue her is between 04/15 and 04/28 (13 days), and the worst between 04/17 and 04/23 (six days).





3.

The situation with the ghoul extermination was likely so bad, the meeting Shuu mentioned in chapter 122, that was due to happen on 04/13, did not happen, as everyone retreated to the 24th Ward and met there instead.





4.

As a last note, Touka wouldn’t be (not) getting her next period until 04/20, which means she has been very, very careful about the possibility of her body not devouring a child. Make what you want out of this, but chances are while she has a strong suspicion, she wouldn’t be certain of a pregnancy for a few more days, which is why she hasn’t told Kaneki.

Also, Nishiki is extremely keen.

I swear I’m done.





Other possibilities

I chose to include them although I find them unlikely.





1.

It is currently May and Yoriko is being imprisoned for an indeterminate time. This means her sentence is ordered on 17/04/15 and approved on 17/04/23; Ken receives Tooru’s letter with this document attached, prompting for a meeting any day between 17/05/12 and 17/05/17.





2.

Ishida messed up.





TIMELINE

(E) = earliest; (L) = latest

April 2017

(E) 01 – (L) 07: Goat is tracked by the Oggai and leaves :re; Tooru attacks Ken and Touka; the latter engage in intercourse

(L) 08: Takeomi’s and Yoriko’s wedding

(L) 09: Yoriko’s and Takeomi’s apprehension

(L) 11: 23rd Ward extermination; Hajime’s “rescue” and delivery of letter (Tooru) and court file (Yoriko); Yoriko is still not sentenced to death

12: Tooru will be waiting for Ken at the chateau at 9 p.m. every day until the 17th

15: Court order for Yoriko to be put on death row

[CURRENT DATE]

(E) 15 – (L) 17: Tooru and Shinsanpei discuss new measures for people suspected of aiding ghouls and whether Ken will visit the chateau; Ken finds out about Touka’s pregnancy; Touka finds out about Yoriko’s imprisonment and likely death sentence



17: Last day Tooru would wait for Ken

23: Furuta (Kichimura) approves the court order for Yoriko to be put on death row

(E) 23 – (L) 28: Execution of Yoriko Kuroiwa