Tokyo Ghoul/Tokyo Ghoul
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 "The world isn't wrong... it just is..." - Ken Kaneki
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Tokyo Ghoul is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Sui Ishida. It was serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump between September 2011 and September 2014 and was collected in fourteen tankōbon volumes.
Plot
Tokyo Ghoul
The story follows Ken Kaneki, a student who barely survives a deadly encounter with Rize Kamishiro, his date, who reveals herself as a ghoul and tries to eat him. He is taken to the hospital in critical condition. After recovering, Kaneki discovers that he underwent surgery that transformed him into a half-ghoul. This was accomplished because some of Rize's organs were transferred into his body, and now, like normal ghouls, he must consume human flesh to survive. Ghouls who run a coffee shop called "Anteiku" (あんていく) take him in and teach him to deal with his new life as a half-ghoul. Some of his daily struggles include fitting into the ghoul society and keeping his identity hidden from his human companions, especially from his best friend, Hideyoshi Nagachika.
Tokyo Ghoul:re
Two years have passed since the CCG's raid on Anteiku. Although the atmosphere in Tokyo has changed drastically due to the increased influence of the CCG, ghouls continue to pose a problem as they have begun taking caution, especially the terrorist organization Aogiri Tree, who acknowledge the CCG's growing threat to their existence.
Creating a special team, known as the Quinx Squad, may give the CCG the push they need to exterminate Tokyo's unwanted residents. Humans who have undergone surgery to use the special abilities of ghouls participate in operations to eradicate dangerous creatures. The leader of this group, Haise Sasaki, is a half-ghoul, half-human who has been trained by famed special class investigator Kishou Arima. However, there's more to this young man than meets the eye, as unknown memories claw at his mind, slowly reminding him of the person he used to be.
Why They Rock
- It tells an awesome story about a young man who barely survived his first date with a cannibalistic girl who now has to use her powers for him to survive and learn that the world is cruel and twisted.
- Interesting, well-written, and sympathetic characters:
- Ken Kaneki used to be a normal college student who made his life worse after his first disastrous date with Rize, had to cope with using her ghoul powers, got kidnapped, tortured, had to suffer mentally, went down a downward spiral as he goes mad, and slowly loses everything.
- Touka Kirishima used to be a happy child, but losing her mother and father, and being hunted down by ghoul investigators, caused her to change and gave her a good reason to be angry.
- In addition to Kaneki, his hair color and multiple personalities are brilliant, subtle writing, and it define how much he's suffered and changed over the series.
- Detailed and nicely drawn art style that matches its horror, scary, and dark tone.