EPISODE CONTEXT

Sitting at the season's near-midpoint, "Scar" follows the unsettling introduction of Shuu Tsukiyama in episode 4's "Supper" and uses that new threat as a catalyst to deepen the vulnerabilities and alliances among Anteiku's ghouls. This episode functions as a critical bridge — it consolidates character dynamics and moral stakes that the first four episodes established while laying essential groundwork for the more confrontational and violent back half of the season. Without the relationship work done here, the coming conflicts would lack their emotional punch.