Mougan Tanakamaru

Mougan Tanakamaru (田中丸 望元, Tanakamaru Mōgan) is a Special Class Ghoul Investigator and the Branch Director of CCG's 2nd Ward Branch Office. He acted as the captain of Squad 2 in the Owl Suppression Operation.

Appearance
Mougan is a heavy-built man of middle age, with black hair and eyes. He wears his hair in a Pompadour style, and has a neat moustache.

Personality
Mougan is rather emotional and flamboyant, shedding tears of admiration while watching Arima fight the Owl and shouts during fights. He has a habit of saying "Mmmm boy", which annoys some people around him, however, he appears to be well liked by those in the 2nd Ward for his reliability.

Owl Suppression Operation
Mougan took part in a Special Class Investigator's Meeting, concerning the One-Eyed Owl.

Mougan led Squad 2 and later fought against Devil Ape. Eventually Mougan defeated him, but was interrupted by Kaneki, who rescued Koma and damaged his Quinque.

After the appearance of the One-Eyed Owl Mougan makes his way to the rooftop and engages her in combat with a reserve quinque after complimenting Juuzou on being a model investigator.

Root A (Anime only)
Mougan first appears in a high-profile CCG meeting, concerning Aogiri.

Post-Rose Extermination
Mougan attends a Special Class Investigator Conference regarding Aogiri. Despite the heavy subject he remains lighthearted, teasing Ui and recalling his childhood adventures on Rushima.

Third Cochlea Raid
Mougan approached Kiyoko while he was preparing the clash with the group of escapee ghouls. He mocked Ayato while enganging him in combat. As Kiyoko quickly overpowered Ayato with her quinque, the two prepared to deal the finishing blow, while Touka protected Ayato with the force of her kagune. Mougan told Kiyoko to continue attacking in order to tire the ghoul. Their attacks get repelled by the Kagune, as Yomo immediately engages Mougan in a fight. Using Yomo's moment of distraction to his advantage, Mougan quickly rams his quinque into the ghoul's stomach and launches his attack, blowing the ghoul off in the process. He is then countered by Sasaki, watching in surprise as the ghoul claims that he's the one-eyed king.

Powers & Abilities
A Special Class Investigator, he is a powerful and experienced individual. This is made evident when he defeats the Devil Ape who is self proclaimed stronger than Black Dog.


 * Higher Mind: A quinque that shoots energy blasts instead of RC projectiles. It's connected to a briefcase with a wire that provides the energy used in each shot, but there might be another function as he was capable of gravely injuring Devil Ape with a powerful shot even after the wire had been cut. He can use "Compress" for an area-of-effect blast, and "Diffuse" to release the same energy as multiple fang-like projectiles. With Higher Mind, he has been shown to take down multiple ghouls at once with a large beam-like shot. It is considered by Shinji Michibata as one of the few quinques capable of doing serious damage to Noro, whose abnormal regeneration rendered attacks from most quinques ineffective.

Trivia

 * According to omake in the 1st volume of Tokyo Ghoul:re he was raised in a temple.
 * In Tokyo Ghoul Trump, he's featured as the "Ten of Diamonds".
 * Mougan organized several recreational events including the "CCG Dandy Contest" and "Inter-ward Baseball Classic". He won first place in the "CCG Dandy Contest".

Quotes

 * To Koma: "Go back to your mountain, monkey!"
 * To Koma: "There's no way that we homo sapiens can lose to you lowly apes."
 * During the Special-class Investigator Meeting: "mmm boy... if you had called on me, I wouldn't have let Aogiri have their run of the place."

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