Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-28990532-20141208083034/@comment-25828098-20141208083858

It's actually "JOKER is canon". Back when we only have 70-80 chapters for TG, a oneshot is released and it's called 'JOKER'. Back then, no one knew if it was canon; if that's really Suzuya a few years after the original story. In that one-shot, Suzuya already has black hair and seems to be less axe crazy. There, we also meet Hanbee Abara, his coward subordinate with long hair.

In TG:re chapter 9, we see Suzuya with clothing similar to that of JOKER and has black hair. And the tall guy with him is Hanbee. Thus, Joker is probably canon.

Read it here.