Roma Hoito

Roma Hoito (帆糸 ロマ, Hoito Roma) is a ghoul and former waitress at Anteiku, as well as a member of the Clowns.

She is the original founder of the Clowns; information that she has kept secret from the others as part of her "game". Though youthful in appearance and seemingly weak, she is actually an extremely powerful ghoul that faced Tsuneyoshi Washuu in his prime.

Appearance
Roma has a slim build and a childlike demeanor, she frequently wears her red hair in a spiky bun with bangs framing her face.

While posing as a waitress in Anteiku she wore the standard uniform, but as a Clown she wears circus-themed clothes.

Roma's ghoul mask is a clown-themed mask that covers the upper half of her face. It resembles a cartoon depiction of a rabbit or some sort of rodent, with a round nose and protruding incisors. The mask sports two large circular drawn eyes, with a star around the left eye.

Personality
Roma at first appears to be a clumsy and absent-minded woman who is often scolded by Nishiki when she breaks dishware at Anteiku.

As a Clown her personality is more sadistic and uncaring, shrugging off Kaneki's disappearance, saying that she desired a more 'depressing' scene and gleefully auctioned off innocent humans. She described Kaneki after the Aogiri incident as "beautiful," and finds his perseverance very attractive.

During the CCG's auction raid she showed no regard for human life and enjoyed toying with the CCG investigators, pretending to be weak and harmless to lure them in, then impaling them with her kagune.

She also seems to have a certain degree of skill in switching dispositions, as she can go from being ditsy and clumsy, then weak and helpless, to being cruel and sadistic, as displayed when she worked at Anteiku and when she is killing off investigators as a part of the Clowns.

Background
As a child Roma really didn't remember her parents and was always alone. She subdued her hunger by eating rotting flesh to survive and when she was seven her craving desire for human flesh took over her and she killed her first human. After taking her first mouthful she was hooked and killed relentlessly to satisfy her hunger. To defend her hunting grounds or just to kill time she slayed her own kind as well. Ultimately she became known as a dangerously remarkable individual even among other ghouls called "slaughter beasts". Not one day passed that she didn't be covered in the stench of blood. Death grew alongside her. Time went on. Time was unbothered by any notable lives and deaths. Until she finally understood that she was bored of everything. The sanguine society that had flourished right next to her was filled with people lived for their own personal gain, chasing trivial wishes, and enjoying themselves in games of pure imagination. She thought that humans were nothing more than insignificant bugs; the sort kids rip the legs off in cruel amusement. But yet for the first time in her life she envied them. She viewed them as hideous, pathetic, fragile, and yet they were joyful. She wanted to poke into their business. She wanted to ruthlessly murder them all and wanted to heartlessly make them live. She considered humans alone were her snacks and her carnival received to her by the lords themselves. So in response she founded the Clown organization. She went by numerous aliases and Roma Hoito isn't even her real name just another alias she goes by; she is 51 years old yet she looks like she's in her mid twenties.

At some unknown period of time Roma was captured and detained in Cochlea by the CCG. She enjoyed her solitary confinement after all of her wild adventures. The Doves never found out that she was the founder of the Clowns and even the Clowns themselves don't know she's the one who made it possible for them to have their fun. She'd been overlooked and delayed upon. One day she over hears a new prisoner named Rio be escorted by Investigator Kijima to his new cell and merrily listens to the sounds of him and other prisoners being tortured for hours upon hours during the night. Most people would've gone off the brink of sanity at such experiences but Roma was completely fine with it, feeling satisfied with her new circus. She found the nightly refrain of shrieks from the prisoners soothing like a lullaby. It never mattered what she did or where she was the rules still remained: to have fun.

Sometime later Cochlea was breached by Aogiri tree another ghoul organization. Cells were broken out of and the other ghoul prisoners roamed rampant for freedom. When her cell was opened she was greeted by Tatara who told her that their organization is recruiting ghouls, mostly strong ghouls for the sake of the future for the ghoul race and to make a society made for ghouls. Roma busts out in laughter telling Tatara there's nothing fun about being in the center of the stage; that she is more of a spectator, the kind that taunts from the stands. She's more of a bystander on high, and the kind that ruins battles that she doesn't relish at all. She into that kinda stuff and says that she wouldn't fit in with Aogiri's ideology. Tatara says I seevthen tells her to die while attacking her with his kagune tail at high speed. Roma effortlessly dodges and jumps above his tail while thanking him and calling him a dummy with a smile. She then escapes from her cell merrily walking out to her freedom.

Roma is seen with Uta who is giving her a new haircut. Uta informs her on an intriguing person who had showed up while she was imprisoned. He says its a one-eyed ghoul who works at the Café Anteiku to where Roma asks he's from V Kuzen's place and contemplates working at Anteiku for a part time job. Uta says he'll introduce him to Roma. Uta also mentions a new face has appeared in the Clown organization and that he claims to be a ghoul investigator; he doubted him at first but then he pulled out a small notebook and showed it to him and he laughed his ass off. Roma found all of this new information interesting, ready to have her fun.

Raid of Kanou's Lab
She transferred to Anteiku from the neighboring 19th ward upon hearing Kaneki's act of carnage in the 7th ward's Ghoul Restaurant, hoping she would meet him.

Owl Suppression Operation
After the Owl Suppression Operation, along with the other members of the Clowns, she celebrated Kaneki's reported death at HySy ArtMask Studio.

Auction
Roma and Nico observed the Quinx Squad from a distance and recognized their disguised leader as Haise Sasaki. Disgusted by his apparent happiness and idyllic life, she wished for Haise's "death" to restore the old, troubled Kaneki whom she admired. Her companion criticized her twisted interests, but mentioned the fun they would have at the upcoming auction. Roma attended the Auction at Zeum hall as part of the entertainment, performing comedic acts along with Ganbo for the amusement of the audience. She was joined on stage by Uta, who served as the auctioneer for the main event. While he auctioned off the human goods, Roma provided mocking commentary and taunted the victims.

When Juuzou Suzuya revealed himself and attacked, Roma quickly fled the stage. She later stumbled across the squad led by Take Hirako and Nobu Shimoguchi, and was immediately attacked by Shunichi Shibashi. Nearly sliced in half, she collapsed and cried for help, luring Shunichi close before killing and eating him. When the rest of the squad attacked, she fled again and hid behind Uta.

She later interfered with Uta and Hirako's fight but Kuramoto Itou, together with Takeomi Kuroiwa, stopped her in time, as ordered by their squad leader. She then immediately attacked Kuramoto and invited him to "play". Before the S3 Squad could enter the fight against them, she escaped with Uta.

Rushima Landing Operation
Without warning, Roma stabbed Nishiki Nishio through the midsection on Rushima. She approached him with Shikorae, mocking his intentions. She watched in glee as the Aogiri Quinx attacked the outnumbered Nishiki, who she spoke to before being unexpectedly stabbed into the air by Kurona Yasuhisa's kagune. Shikorae checked if she was fine before she attacked Nishiki but was nearly killed by Kurona again, causing her to yell to Shikorae so he would unleash his ukaku. Watching Shikorae attack Kurona and be attacked by Nishiki, she was confident his special kakuhou and multiple Rc types would help give them the advantage. However, she only watched absently as he ran away. Realizing she was alone, she changed her disposition to appear non-threatening. She was captured by Nishiki and Kurona who then went back to the coast to leave the island.

Post-Rushima Landing Operation
After leaving Rushima, she had remained in captivity, at one point being with one of Kazuichi Banjou's subordinates before Nico had received the "signal" from her detached kagune. He told her she should pick the right time to escape. He was not there to retrieve her however, and told Nishiki, Seidou Takizawa, and Kazuichi Banjou they could do whatever they liked with her.

Nico
They are both members of the Clowns. They attended parties together and would chat casually, indicating a friendly relationship, however when Roma had been captured, he did not care much of her fate or treatment, even referring to her as an "idiot."

Souta
They are both members of the Clowns, it is assumed they get on well as Souta's been seen tickling her and teasing her about Kaneki, but their relationship has not been explored further.

Uta
Uta and Roma are part of the Clowns group. They are on friendly terms; Uta is slightly concerned about her safety, as shown when he cautions her to watch out against her opponents due to their strength.

Shikorae
He is a member of Aogiri, but she arrives on scene with him to help Kanou. He called out to her when she was stabbed by Kurona, seeing if she was okay and she praised his abilities as special. Despite this seemingly mutual consideration, he quickly left her side after being hit and she did not appear to feel betrayed, only realization of her own new predicament.

Powers and Abilities
Ghoul Physiology: Due to her ghoul nature, Roma has inhuman amounts of pain tolerance and durability, as well as regeneration, a kagune and a kakuja.
 * Unknown Kagune: She is shown to be able to create from eight to nine of these with ease, and can send them into the ground to surprise opponents from unexpected angles.
 * Unknown Kakuja: A serial cannibal in her youth, Roma mutated into a powerful kakuja. Her mutated kagune can generate a massive form, resembling a multi-limbed creature with a gaping mouth similar to a Lamprey fish. In this form, her real body is embedded into the forehead of the creature with extra limbs poking out of the face and sides.
 * Superhuman Durability: Roma was able to recover from abdomen injuries she received against an investigator almost immediately, attacking him right afterwards. She also survived being hit by Urie's koukaku blade, despite it had pierced through her head.
 * Kagune Detachment: Roma's kagune has the ability to detach, it wiggles and resembles a worm, and Nico was able to pinpoint her location from a small portion of it. How this is done is unknown. She may be capable of controlling the amount she detaches as well.

Trivia

 * Roma is one of the three SS-rated inmates freed by Aogiri Tree. Her mugshot can be briefly glimpsed in Chapter 86, when Itori examines the list and notes one of them is a Clown.
 * In Tokyo Ghoul Trump, she is featured as the "Eight of Spades."
 * In the omake of Volume 12 of Tokyo Ghoul, Uta is seen wearing her hair hairpin.
 * Ishida later mentions this in a comment on the icon stickers.

Quotes

 * To Nishiki: "Senpai, it's useless. You're just trying to catch goldfish again. They'll slip and slide through your fingers. And that's..."

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