Renji Yomo

Renji Yomo (四方 蓮示, Yomo Renji) is the right-hand man of Yoshimura.

He is an old friend of Uta and Itori. Because of his scavenging habits and long-beaked, avian mask, he has the nickname of Raven (カラス, Karasu).

Appearance
Yomo is a tall, well-built man with silver hair, and stubble. He has an immovable stone-like glare. He normally is in a long overcoat common with ghouls and wears a black shirt he has kept since his days in the 4th ward. His ghoul mask resembles that of a raven.

Personality
Quiet, and reserved; Yomo was originally a hot-blooded ghoul who would retaliate violently, especially against Uta back in their juvenile days in the 4th ward. Before working at Anteiku, Yomo was a very vengeful person. He harbored immense hatred towards Kishou Arima for killing his sister. This hate caused him to lose his composure when he was up against Arima and attack in a blind fury. After his meeting with Yoshimura, he became more composed and loyal to the manager while he works on the behind-the-scenes jobs unquestionably. Although he displays a cold demeanor, Yomo does care about his friends and coworkers. When caring for Hetare, he is overprotective and curiously invested, even trying to teach it new words and calling him "Shooting Star Wing" based on his appearance.

Past
Yomo used to live with his sister until she was killed by a teenage Arima six years before moving to the 4th Ward where he settled down for a while after befriending Uta (though not before multiple conflicts with him). After Arima appeared in the 4th ward, Yomo fought with Arima out of rage for his deceased sister, only to find out that he made his sister's kagune into his new quinque, or at least implied so. Midway through Yoshimura stopped the fight and rescued Yomo.

Doves Emergence Arc
During the confrontation between Kaneki and Amon, Yomo was somewhere watching, and later came forward to Kaneki to calm him down. With his ghoul powers going out of control, Kaneki stabbed Yomo in the stomach before he realizes who it was. When Kaneki saw his face, he started crying.

Gourmet Arc
During the Gourmet Arc it was found out that Yomo was watching Kaneki, Touka, Nishiki fighting Tsukiyama.

Aogiri Arc
During the CCG's attack on Aogiri Tree, Café Anteiku too planned an attack on the base of Aogiri to rescue Ken Kaneki. Arriving there, they split up and Yomo teamed up with Shuu Tsukiyama and Uta, who later had to fight against Noro.

Raid of Kanou's Lab
Yomo appears at the end of Kaneki's confrontation with Kanou, freeing Rize who has been held captive and recounts how Kaneki had told him he could walk his own path. As a result, he tells Kaneki not to stray from his path before escaping the scene with Rize, leaving Kaneki in a state of confusion and shock. Moments before his departure, he warns Kaneki of the approaching Doves.

He later confines Rize in a shipping container.

Anteiku Raid
Yomo later is approached by Kaneki in his home, who wishes to know of Yomo's actions at Kanou's lab and of Yoshimura's relation with the One-Eyed Owl. Kaneki also expresses his desire to see Rize as she had been the one to give him strength and is furious when Yomo denies his request. After Kaneki's reunion with the starved Rize, Yomo comforts him saying that through all the battles Kaneki has been through, he had always fought with his own strength rather than Rize's. He makes Kaneki some coffee, which Kaneki remarks is similar to Yoshimura's.

He does not take part of the fight, instead he takes care of Touka, as per Yoshimura's orders. He tells Touka that they cannot remain in the 20th ward anymore and denies Touka's request to fight in Anteiku's battle. He tells Touka what she needs is time to think rather than punishment for her past deeds.

After the aftermath of the CCG's attack on Anteiku, he reminds Touka to get ready to move and that Kaneki had lost his way and therefore couldn't return to Anteiku. Regardless of Yomo's thoughts, Touka tells him that she believes in Kaneki's return.

Nutcracker Investigation
He is seen at re with Touka Kirishima. When Haise Sasaki and his colleagues enter the coffee shop, Yomo wears an expression of surprise, and is later reprimanded by Touka for not greeting their customers. After Haise sits down, Yomo intervenes, and sits at his table. He then scrutinizes Sasaki's face, and without a word, he leaves the table.

Post-Auction Raid
A month after the Auction Raid, he is later seen in :re along with Nishiki and Touka when Uta visits during Christmas. After Uta asks them what they want to do regarding Kaneki, Touka states that she will continue doing what she has decided to do. To this, Uta and Nishiki seem pleased. Yomo however appears solemn.

Tsukiyama Family Extermination Operation
Yomo, Touka, Chie, and Mirumo arrive at the Lunatic Eclipse Building to try and rescue Tsukiyama via Chie's request. He and Touka save Tsukiyama from several Ghoul investigators.

Post-Tsukiyama Family Extermination Operation
He draws Touka's attention to Sen Takatsuki's press conference on the TV.

Rushima Extermination Operation
Yomo intercepts an attack from Arima aimed at Ayato, saving him. They get away from Arima by jumping deeper into Cochlea. On the SS level, Ayato reveals that he has figured out their identities, and after Touka reconciles with her brother, he leaves with them to save Hinami. When Arima closes in on them again, he reminisces about the time his sister showed her baby, Touka, to him. When Arima attacks him, Touka tries to take the attack but Yomo pushes her out of the way and takes the blow. He is impaled through the throat with Narukami, coughing blood before falling to the ground. He then recalls blaming Arata for his sister's apparent death. However, after he left Arata, he thought to himself that he was the weak one, and that he was just blaming others just to make things better. After an unknown period of time, he became a waiter at Anteiku. While working there he was nervous and broke a coffee cup, but Yoshimura took it in stride. They talk about Touka and Ayato and Yomo said that he would watch over them from afar. As a desperate move to defeat Arima, he charged a lightning-like bolt and fired it towards the investigator. Arima blocks it with Narukami, which caused the quinque to crack in the process. As Yomo is being shot at by Narukami once more, Kaneki appears and blocks the blast with his kagune. While Kaneki holds Arima off, Yomo and the rest of the group reunite with Hinami, and run to the waste compactor in hopes of escaping Cochlea through the ghoul disposal channel. After they disable the compactor, Ayato's group reunites with Banjou and they continue their escape from Cochlea. However, while proceeding through the press, Furuta activates the machine, killing many ghouls who attempted to escape.

Hikari Kirishima
Yomo looked up to and admired his sister, as she raised him after their parents were killed. Her death caused him to become a hot-headed ghoul, engaging in violent fights in order to become strong enough to kill Arima and avenge her. He watches over her children so that they don't end up following their parent's footsteps.

Yoshimura
Yoshimura rescued a young Yomo after he was badly hurt by Hirako and Arima in the 4th ward and took him under his wing. After meeting Yoshimura and working under him, Yomo's anger and vengeance for his sister gradually subsided, with Uta later wondering what it was that Yoshimura might have given to Yomo for his anger to fade. Yomo initially worked at Yoshimura's cafe, Anteiku, as a waiter but later took on jobs behind the scenes, such as body collection. Yomo heavily respected Yoshimura and followed his orders without question, faithfully fulfilling his last wishes before Anteiku's downfall.

Uta
When Yomo came to the 4th ward, he ignored the rules and raised havoc through cannibalism. Because of this, Uta, in his role as a mediator, clashed with Yomo multiple times but Yomo was so powerful that he had to withdraw from the fights since they would have killed each other. Having become curious about Yomo, Uta approached him to learn more about him. Subsequently, they became friends, and according to Uta, are now on good terms. Yomo is aware of Uta's relation with the clowns.

Itori
An old friend of Yomo and Uta from their days in the 4th ward, Itori calls him by the nickname 'Ren-chan'. Their relationship is described as 'undesirable but inseparable'.

Touka Kirishima
Yomo and Touka worked together at Anteiku, with Touka often accompanying him on body collections. He used to train with her and he stopped her from fighting in the CCG attack on Anteiku. Yomo currently poses as Touka's brother and they run the coffee shop re.

In reality, Yomo is Touka's maternal uncle. However, he tries to hide this fact from her, and instead opts to watch her well-being from afar, but he will intervene to protect her so that she lives a peaceful life in the human world, therefore not hesitating to shield her and Ayato from Arima's onslaught.

Ken Kaneki
Yomo was a guide of sorts to Kaneki and often kept a watchful eye over him. Initially cold and distant to Kaneki, Yomo eventually took an interest in him and urged Kaneki to walk his own path. When Kaneki first started working at Anteiku, Yomo also trained him to fight.

Kishou Arima
Arima killed his sister whilst he was absent on said encounter and since that incident, Yomo harbors deep hatred towards the ghoul investigator.

Arata Kirishima
Yomo was disapproving of his sister getting married to Arata but became content with it later. When his sister died, Arata tearfully apologized to Yomo for not being strong enough to protect Hikari, leading Yomo to angrily blame Arata and wish for his death even though he already knew that Arata was trying to protect his and Hikari's children. After Arata's capture, Yomo watches over Ayato and Touka so that they don't end up like their parents.

Powers and Abilities
As the right-hand man of Yoshimura, Yomo is a formidable fighter who is tier above even Touka and his other coworkers. This is evident as he is able to take on Kaneki's rampaged attack without flinching. His prowess as a fighter is further emphasized when he sliced Noro in half with just a kick, indicating great physical strength. He is presumably on par with Uta as the reason they didn't fight seriously would be that they would both end up killing each other. Moments before his short defeat by Kishou Arima, he had displayed impressive amount of speed as he dodged Arima's attacks to a certain degree.

Yomo possesses quite high endurance, as he was able to block Kishou Arima's direct hit with Narukami with just his arms.


 * Ukaku Kagune: Befitting his moniker, Yomo's kagune takes the form of two black wings sprouting from his shoulders. It can launch great waves of crystalline projectiles. His Kagune is also capable of producing lightning-like bolts in a similar fashion to Narukami, which are able to crack the Quinque.

Trivia

 * An omake reveals that he gets drunk very easily from fermented blood, and becomes extremely talkative.
 * In Tokyo Ghoul Trump, he appears as the "Jack of Clubs".

Quotes

 * To Kaneki: "I think I know... the reason that Yoshimura-san... is partial to you. I also... want to see what you'll become from here on out. Return... Ken."
 * To Kaneki: "Don't be fooled by Kanou or anyone else's sweet talking. Just walk your path using your own strength. I know you can do it. I'm sorry... for never being able to explain properly."
 * To Touka: "All we can do is live while losing things."
 * To himself before facing Arima: "My sister... My hope... Hope? That's right, in this fading world, my only desire is to connect. For the seeds I plant to grow into flowers and for those bloomed flowers to drop seeds. For people to say that the coffee I pour for them is delicious. And through those two, my own flesh and blood, for me to see my sister once again. For me to able to believe the things I did in this life were not meaningless... That is what hope is."

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