One-Eyed King

The One-Eyed King  (隻眼の王, Sekigan no Ō) is often associated with revolutionary ideology. Rumored to be the leader of the ghoul organization, Aogiri Tree, the King's identity is the subject of much speculation to the CCG and is a primary target of V.

The One-Eyed King is a title passed from one individual to another, the bearer being the King. Kishou Arima held the title as part of a larger plan to bring about a revolution. After his death, the title is claimed by Ken Kaneki.

Identity and Suspects
Throughout the franchise, multiple characters speculate on the identity of the King and offer possible suspects.


 * Eto Yoshimura - Suspected by Nico, Kaiko, Tsuneyoshi Washuu, Yoshimura, Ken Kaneki, and Akihiro Kanou . She later denies this allegation, stating that she is not the King. Instead, she is the co-conspirator and partner of the King.
 * Kishou Arima - Tthe previous holder of the title. Eto describes him as "keeping the seat warm" for his successor.
 * Ken Kaneki / Haise Sasaki - Eto initially asks him to kill the King, and later reveals to him that Arima was the prior King. She offers him the proverbial throne, and he later declares himself the One-Eyed King when confronting members of the CCG.

Trivia

 * Sasaki speculates that the protagonist of the novel King Bileygr is intended to be a fictional version of the King.
 * In the English edition of Volume 4, the One-Eyed King is mistakenly mentioned twice, once by Kureo Mado in Touka's flashback in Chapter 31 and once in Chapter 34 in Kaneki's thoughts. Correctly, it should state in both cases "(that other) One-Eye".
 * The title :Re comes from the Maltese word for "King".

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