 If you liked
Tokyo Ghoul
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Ajin
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Both main characters are dragged into being different types of mutant humans. The powers in Tokyo Ghoul are more like a natural defense mechanism they are born with and in Ajin they are immortals and some can control a type of stand like in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Both shows are dark and dramatic, the key difference is that Ajin is a lot more cynical and Tokyo Ghoul likes to explore the interactions amongst Ghouls
Both are gore animes and have a lot of interesting characters. Each one of them have a huge personality and the plots are very catchy. Worth a try!
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Recommended by miekosayuri
Both stories have similar main characters that become hardened through their experiences. Kaneki is a ghoul, and Kei is an Ajin. Both of them became their respective species by deadly experiences. Ghouls possess superhuman strength, can only ingest humans, and have a kagune. Ajin are immortal, and they can form a black humanoid being that they can control.
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Recommended by Nyaominyan
Ajin is the non-mainstream version of Tokyo Ghoul.
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Recommended by MegaDany97
Both have an MC become a ghoul or an Ajin.
Both MC used to be human and try to deny becoming what they have come
Both involve the MC fighting against other ghouls or Ajin
Both have the MC being hated by humanity
Both have a society of ghouls or Ajin
Both have ghouls and Ajin being both almost or completely immortal
-Both have an MC that is dragged into an unknown 'world' to them
-Neither one did anything wrong to deserve what they're put through
-Both MCs become the ones hunted by humans because of a deadly accident
-Organization vs Monsters
The main difference:
The MC in Ajin is a lot more clear-headed and is much more mentally and emotionally stronger, as opposed to the one from Tokyo Ghoul, who is less courageous and gives in to situations a bit easier.
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Recommended by BlameSaiki
Both main characters, who seem like innocent and kind teenage boys, are forced to hide from society because of their "monster" side. They both have a faithful, blonde-haired best friend. Both anime are of similar genres - psychological, action, supernatural.
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Recommended by tearbender
Dark world where humans and and "monsters" live in the same society. ( Ajin (demi-humans) and ghouls). Both protagonists are living normal life, studying in school when accident happens and they find out that they're not humans anymore.
Both main characters are being hunted by the police forces and special ops.
Both MC's experience a lot of pain and are subjects of experiments and insane abuse.
Lots of action, violence, gore, fight between humanity and ajin/ghouls.
Psychological, questioning morals of what's good and bad/right or wrong, and humanity.
Good soundtracks
Both characters have to deal with adapting to an entirely new way of living. Going from seemingly normal, to not human.
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Recommended by betarunner
Both anime have humans and non-humans. Both have a character that struggles with their specie. And they have a friend to help them. They both have a group of people ruining the specie's life.
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Recommended by weirdotakonekoo
- Both protagonists become superhuman and have to adapt to a new lifestyle
- Both protagonists have that one friend who always tries to help them and pull them out of trouble (they also look-a-like)
- Both shows include supernatural beings
- Both shows include very strong police force
Both main characters are outlaws.
Both are chased.
Style of plot is similar but instead of ghouls are ajins.
A constant shocking psychological game comes to mind of our protagonists in his discovery: stop human being. We can also see the strong conflict for his big difference, ghoul / ajin against humans, a large elite in search of these phenomena and our protagonists of one of these monsters. You will find peace again, that when it was considered human?
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Recommended by OtakuNote87
- MC have almost identical reveals or changes
- Something happens to MC later which makes op realize his fate (....Any guesses?)
- Story is very similar except
- Properties of the titular entity/black particle-y thing are similar to ghouls. There are few big dissimilarities though
- Blonde headstrong best friend who makes up for MC's lack of clear mind
- Worst Mother Ever perhaps?????
If you read TG Manga and if anime followed the plot perfectly then it would have been something similar to this minus the foreshadowing.
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Recommended by Ecrit_like
If you like the themes in Tokyo Ghoul, you'll really want to watch this anime. I was sucked in right from the beginning.
We all love a good opening song. It gives us the feel of the anime and gets us pumped. Everyone that has watched Tokyo Ghoul knows that opening just with the first sung note. So just like Tokyo Ghoul, Ajin has a very catchy, interesting opening song that gives you a feeling of anticipation and excitement. It's like that feeling of "yes, I want to see what this anime is about because this song is great!"
The main character in Ajin is relatable
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Both are anime with psychological elements, the main character was previously human and then changed into a form despised for society.
Both are slight deviations on basically the same story.
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Recommended by DocVinFFLY
the protagonist suddenly discover they are not human
similar concept of government wanting to hunt them down
they have a blonde loyal best friend
sato-san is like eto and likes to cause havoc on the city for fun
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Recommended by Mei-o_Scarlett
These two are very alike:
-Both MC's look alike
-Both MC's are weak at first
-Both MC's find out their a ghoul/ajin and is hard to accept it
-Ghouls and Ajins are alike in how they are not accepted in society
-Some of the characters are alike Kaneki/Kei Hide/Kaito Akihiro/Satou Arima/Tosaki
-Both of them have a main character who doesn't want to be this other species, but has no choice but to be it
-Both have the main characters mature over the series
-Both of them take place in a modern society
-In both, the main character has a friend who tries to help him
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Recommended by thelectricow
They both live in a world, where another specie that looks like a human, but has supernatural powers and doesn't die that easily.
Both main characters are going through a rapidly change, from being in the "human world" to have to get to know the "other world".
Both are very thrilling
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Recommended by NutellaJam
- Both the main character is somebody with strange powers that make him an outcast.
- Both involves the same situation where the guy who is one of the hunted finds himself in a condition where he has to fight to survive.
- Both speaks about an human that become "non-human" and have to live in a world that try to kill him.
- The main characters of both anime become a being/monster and even though at first they are scared and confused, they overcome it and become pretty badass.
- Both are also action-packed and, while I liked Ajin more than Tokyo Ghoul in terms of
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they're hunting on Ajin's in ajin, and they're hunting on ghouls in tokyo ghoul. nagai Kei (Ajin) looks like kaneki (tokyo ghoul) with black hair.
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Recommended by Yumiii_cos
The struggle among human beings and "monsters" (ghoul or ajin). Principal characters dealing with a "non-sense" -at first, at least, for them– new identity, running away from danger (actually a prosecution of those who profess a lack of knowledge and fear of what is new) . Both animes depict a steady race for survival and an internal dialogue about what it means to be human.
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Recommended by kusanagi-330
It has a great plot,In both animes the main character is a boy which suddenly gets his humanity taken away. Both main characters are solitaires
Ajin main character is really intelligent and Cold-hearted .The anime fights look a little more realistic in Ajin,and they're not so overpowered has in Tokyo Ghoul.
The animation its kind a weird comparing to other animes but it does totally worth watching it.
In both there feared creatures for humanity, In both the protagonist is very scary but then turns serious. A really good anime Ajin
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Recommended by ShinraSora
Lots of blood, lots of drama
Not humanlike "people" that are seen as monsters
Good antagonists
interesting main character and main focus on the main characters methods (though to be warned the mains in these are completely different)
Awesome fights
Both main characters have to afront the idea that they aren't humans. They want to have peace in their lifes. They are going to try to find a way to live a normal life.
The difference between the main characters is that nagai (AJIN) is more manly than kaneki (TOKYO GHOUL).
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Recommended by Devil_Daxter31
Both have dark themes and are centred around the protagonist becoming something inhuman. There are a lot of other parallels, such as side characters acting similarly (strong female side character and a human best friend), but Ajin manages to hold its own as a series. It arguably does a lot of things better than Tokyo Ghoul, though many overlook its potential as a story and series for its unique animation, but the CGI in Ajin is high quality, and is among the top uses of CGI I've ever seen in anime.
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Recommended by mikkonmydick
These series are very similar. If you loved Tokyo Ghoul, I'm sure you'll love Ajin.
Both series have "Demi-Human" or Demonic Creatures in them, thus keeping a relatively dark atmosphere.This really gives both anime's good tones. The MC's both share physical and mental traits as well. Which makes it that much better to recommend. The dark/deep story's really make the stories that much better. Enough talk, go check out another great series, Ajin.
In Ajin and Tokyo Ghoul both protagonists are forced into a lifestyle where they become mutants. In Tokyo Ghoul, Ghouls are born with a weapon which they can activate at will, this works as a defensive weapon which protects them from their enemies and helps hunt. While in Ajin they're immortal beings whom can also control a weapon, this one is not connected with the user of the weapon and is used as an offensive weapon.
Ajin focuses on survival of a single person while Tokyo Ghoul on character development and fighting for eachother.
- similar genre: action, mystery, horror, supernatural, seinen
- both are about creatures who hostile with humans
Strikingly similar plots and characters. The MC learns he's inhuman and he struggles with his new identity. Both undergo horrific torture that forces them to become different people, and both shows show the same tension and mistrust between humans and the ghouls/ajins in their worlds
Both are about a group of people that are feared and hunted by society.
The main character is thrown into a life changing situation between the feared species and the humans.
Both have a a best friend that they depend on.
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Recommended by Kitty-Kate
both series focus on main characters who both become something non-human, that they are afraid of/told to fear, and looked down upon by society, and both want to do something about it. the only difference is that kei nagai in "ajin" was *born* an ajin, while ken kaneki in "tokyo ghoul" *becomes* a ghoul by ghoul-organ transplantation.
both heavily discuss the idea of humanity as a whole and both characters' lives are turned around because of their newfound lives.
both characters are both kinda unreliable characters but definitely anti-heroes.
the only real difference between both series is that tokyo ghoul focuses more on how far it takes
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Recommended by phxntomhiveghoul
If you enjoyed the Anime of Tokyo Ghoul you will like this series.
Just like in Tokyo Ghoul Ajin has a new species the so called Ajin, who are superior than humans.
For me this series does everything right where the Anime version of Tokyo Ghoul failed.
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Recommended by Crow_Manga_Coll
I like both of them. Both series are good and unique in there own way but Ajin was in part inspired by Tokyou ghoul this is why Ajin reminds you of Tokyo Ghoul. The characters look the same, the main character has a monster inside them, the anime's a horror etc.
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Recommended by gangstabrainsick
Both of these series deal with a main character rejected by society. As is the case with Kaneki, Kei is deemed as an unsightly being that needs to be "eradicated", or, in the words of the residents of Japan, "locked up and taken care of by the government". Both protagonists dance a fragile line between staying themselves and being what everyone else believes they are. Both are in hiding and both lose a bit of their humanity somewhere along the line. But unlike Tokyo Ghoul, Ajin doesn't completely screw over the second season (okay, maybe there's like one scene that could've been better). All in
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Recommended by norathexplorer
Both title have a ,,dark story" but if you want somethink more realistic just watch Ajin
Both MC characters got their powers ACCIDENTALLY, if you know what I mean. The story and the plot is alike to some scenes. Give it it a try. The graphics of Ajin may be bad but worth it.
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Recommended by Half-MagePrince
i am a fan of both and I see some similarities between the two, the character design give you feeling of deja vu. the main character has a monster inside them, the anime's a horror
El protagonista descubrirá que no es alguien común y corriente, además de lidiar con su vida. Gente que anda tras su rara condición tenga que arriesgar su pellejo para sobrevivir en un mundo donde son vistos como monstruos.
Both protagonists experience a change within themselves and gain a supernatural power that they are unable to control. They both contain a detective/mystery aspect with both protagonists being hunted.
-MCs become (or were already) something that is considered a threat to humanity.
-MCs are decently strong after the story kicks off.
-Both animes deal with death and gore. As well as mystical powers the inhuman have.
-Both MCs go through torture that changes them. Differently in both animes but it creates the story.
-Both Animes have a detective/squad/government after them trying to catch them.
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Recommended by AnimatedReality
Follows a main character who was a normal member of society only to become/realise they're a monster that society hunts
The two at first don't know how to deal with the new curse, it has a very dark atmosphere, and drink from the cat and mouse fountain.
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Recommended by GutoOliveira