The long awaited finale. Kaneki drops into a reminiscence of the past, where staffs of the cafe are chatting at the bar, customers talking and enjoying their coffee, and the manager, smiling softly and gently greeting everyone. A past where Anteiku is still intact. The sound of coffee brewing brings Kaneki back to the present. Hide hands him a cup of coffee, trying to engage in harmless small talk. Kaneki instinctively covers his transformed left eye. "I've already known," says Hide. He smiles at Kaneki, still trying to chat lightheartedly, while blood streams out of an open wound. Before he collapses, he looks Kaneki in the eyes and says, "let's go back." Kaneki holds Hide in his arms, staring at his pale and unconscious face, smiles weakly, and replies, "let's go back." In the mean time, the rushing Toka arrives at Anteiku only to find the whole place swallowed by flames. Tears fall silently down her cheeks and shock reigns over her when she sees Kaneki walking out of the building, carrying a person covered in white cloth in his arms. She stares and follows. Kaneki never notices her (or is oblivious of her presence). On the side of CCG, agents and fighters are mourning for the lost of their comrades and colleagues. Shinohara is severely injured and still unconscious. Juozo is shivering under extreme shock. Akira is kneeling by Amon's damaged Quinqeu. Amon is missing. Kaneki walks steadily towards the CCG battle site, with Hide in his arms. A mixture of bewilderment, astonishment, fear, hate, and curiosity ripples through the remaining CCG fighters. Kaneki keeps walking. He would slow down once or twice, bend his head downwards, seemingly listening to Hide. In the end, he stops in front of Arima. Arima holds out his Quinque suitcase. We hear a "cluck" on a black screen. And now, at a time we do not know when, we see Toka carrying out a blackboard menu, placing it on the sidewalk, preparing for another day for her coffee shop. She stretches her arms and stares into the distance, pondering. In the coffee shop between jars of coffee beans, rests a broken cup--golden rim showing its delicacy in the past. She found the cup among the remnants of Anteiku after the battle and the fire. The name of the coffee shop is ":re." And we will be waiting for the OVA of the rest of the story.