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Tokyo Ghoul

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Toukyou Kushu
Japanese: 東京喰種トーキョーグール
English: Tokyo Ghoul
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Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 14
Chapters: 144
Status: Finished
Published: Sep 8, 2011 to Sep 18, 2014
Genres: Action Action, Fantasy Fantasy, Horror Horror
Themes: Gore Gore, Psychological Psychological, Urban Fantasy Urban Fantasy
Demographic: Seinen Seinen
Serialization: Young Jump
Authors: Ishida, Sui (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 8.531 (scored by 284171284,171 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #1272
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #6
Members: 521,618
Favorites: 46,623

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Synopsis

Lurking within the shadows of Tokyo are frightening beings known as ghouls, who satisfy their hunger by feeding on humans once night falls. An organization known as the Commission of Counter Ghoul (CCG) has been established in response to the constant attacks on citizens and as a means of purging these creatures. However, the problem lies in identifying ghouls as they disguise themselves as humans, living amongst the masses so that hunting prey will be easier. Ken Kaneki, an unsuspecting university freshman, finds himself caught in a world between humans and ghouls when his date turns out to be a ghoul after his flesh.

Barely surviving this encounter after being taken to a hospital, he discovers that he has turned into a half-ghoul as a result of the surgery he received. Unable to satisfy his intense craving for human meat through conventional means, Kaneki is taken in by friendly ghouls who run a coffee shop in order to help him with his transition. As he begins what he thinks will be a peaceful new life, little does he know that he is about to find himself at the center of a war between his new comrades and the forces of the CCG, and that his new existence has caught the attention of ghouls all over Tokyo.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Background

Tokyo Ghoul was nominated for the 38th Kodansha Manga Award in the General category in 2014. The manga ranked 12th in the 2015 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! for the Male Readers division.

The series was published in English by VIZ Media under the VIZ Signature imprint from June 16, 2015, to August 15, 2017. It was also released in German by Kazé Manga from May 2, 2014, to July 2016; in Spanish by Norma Editorial from March 20, 2015, to June 23, 2016; in Polish by Waneko from April 15, 2015, to May 15, 2017; in Brazilian Portuguese by Panini Comics from July 2015 to September 2017; in Czech by CREW from August 31, 2016, to April 17, 2019; and in Argentina by Editorial Ivrea since December 9, 2016, to March 9, 2018.

An artbook for the manga titled Tokyo Ghoul [zakki] was released on October 17, 2014. The series was adapted into two Japanese live-action films; the first was released on July 29, 2017. A sequel film was released on July 19, 2019.

Characters

Tsukiyama, Shuu
Supporting
Eto
Supporting
Arima, Kishou
Supporting
Kamishiro, Rize
Supporting
Kirishima, Ayato
Supporting

Reviews

Feb 14, 2015
At first this manga might not have the most original concept or story. However, the way in which it is executed is excellent. There are no such things as 'black and white' in this manga.

Each important character has proper development and significance to the story, and none of them are there just for the sake of them being there, nor are they useless. The characters have realistic personalities, and none of them are just 'good' or 'bad'. Each character is well developed and continue to develop and none of them are completely innocent just like how it is in real life.

I appreciated the fact ...
Apr 28, 2016
Mixed Feelings
Tokyo Ghoul is a seinen manga series serialized in Young Jump, the most prestigious and well-known seinen magazine in Japan. Around 2014, when the anime had started, the fandom increased rapidly and endless screams of the internet community were heard about the "superb" quality and characters of the series. So, being a fan of seinen manga (Berserk, Kingdom, etc.) myself I decided to dig in.

There are MINOR SPOILERS in the following review

What I expected? Maturity, epicness and quality violent fight scenes
What I got? Well..., the above in pretty SMALL proportions, a feeling of pseudo-darkness and worst of all a taste of ...
Sep 29, 2021
FunnyFunny
There's not such thing as something that is for everyone and this is just not for me.
The plot does not follow not a clear path and it frequently makes a lot of jumps in focus, introducing new characters until the very last chapter. Because of reading this in an almost weekly manner, many times I lost track of who's who or why some character is behaving in a certain way.
The art is fine, but inconsistent. It sometimes borders on the abstract and I had to look at some pages more than once to understand what was going on.
I got hooked in some story arcs but ...

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