Thread:61544/@comment-107.77.80.65-20160819163303/@comment-10733658-20160819164221

Yeah, that piece of the anime is one of the more contested parts.

The long and short was that they took parts of a completely different Arc from the manga, and slapped the Prison stuff onto it. So it kind of.....doesn't make a lot of sense.


 * In the manga, the prison attack was essentially just to strike a blow against the CCG and free a bunch of ghouls to recruit into Aogiri. It actually takes place off-panel, at the same time as the CCG attacking Aogiri and Anteiku saving Kaneki.
 * The prisoner is Matasaka Kamishiro, aka Shachi. He is Rize's foster father, and was kind of slapped into the anime without any explanation. In the manga, Kaneki looks for him to find answers about Rize.
 * Those two are Tatara and Eto Yoshimura, respectively. Eto is a very major character, with a lot of spoilers associated with her. They're basically the leaders of Aogiri.

Long and short, the anime basically cut and pasted some stuff while leaving a lot out. They removed two entire arcs with a lot of exposition, and slapped random events into a big battle without any context. It's kind of hard to explain without falling back into "in the manga, this...".