11th Ward Battle

The 11th Ward Battle was a major operation that took place in the 11th Ward on December 20th. The objective of the operation was the elimination of the Aogiri Tree base located there, and carried out by the specially-formed 11th Ward Special Countermeasures Unit. Members of Anteiku also infiltrated the area in order to rescue Ken Kaneki.

Participants

 * Itsuki Marude - Commander
 * Iwao Kuroiwa - Vice-Commander
 * Koutarou Amon
 * Mutsumi Chino
 * Take Hirako
 * Misato Gori
 * Katsuya Mabuchi
 * Yukinori Shinohara
 * Juuzou Suzuya
 * Hirokazu Tainaka

Anteiku

 * Yoshimura
 * Hinami Fueguchi
 * Kaya Irimi
 * Nishiki Nishio
 * Shuu Tsukiyama
 * Uta
 * Renji Yomo

Aogiri

 * Bin Brothers
 * Ayato Kirishima
 * Nico
 * Noro
 * Yamori

Anti-Aogiri

 * Ken Kaneki
 * Kazuichi Banjou
 * Ichimi
 * Jiro
 * Sante
 * Usu

Casualties
Numerous Investigators were wounded or killed during the operation, and Aogiri also took heavy losses during the battle.


 * Yukinori Shinohara - Wounded by out-of-control Arata proto.
 * Iwao Kuroiwa - Wounded by usage of Arata proto.
 * Ayato Kirishima - Critically wounded by Ken Kaneki.
 * Yamori - Killed by Juuzou Suzuya.
 * Bin Brothers - Killed by Koutarou Amon.
 * Numerous unnamed Investigators.
 * Roughly 200 Aogiri members.

Legacy
The battle is the half-way point of the series, leading to numerous changes over the following six months. The battle itself is revealed to merely be a distraction while Aogiri's main forces attack the prison.


 * Ghoul Detention Center is attacked, with numerous inmates freed including Naki, Shachi, Roma Hoito, and a third unnamed SS-rated Ghoul.
 * Misaka is killed during the prison attack, leaving Shinme Haisaki in charge of the 23rd Ward.
 * Kaneki embraces his Ghoul side, and leaves Anteiku to form his own group.
 * Aogiri Executives Yamori and the Bin Brothers are killed.
 * Juuzou's quinque, made from Yamori, is created.
 * The Bin Brother's kagune are used to upgrade Doujima 1/2 as a weapon to use against Kaneki.
 * Amon is promoted to First Class, and assigned as Akira Mado's partner.
 * Juuzou is promoted to Rank 2.
 * Hideyoshi Nagachika begins working at CCG, and is eventually exposed as the informant that leaked the base's location.