Ken Kaneki is a quiet college student whose life changes completely after an encounter leaves him critically injured. Saved through an organ transplant, he wakes up to discover that he has become half-ghoul, a creature that must feed on human flesh to survive. Unable to return to a normal life, Kaneki is gradually introduced to the hidden world of ghouls and learns to exist between two societies that fear and fight each other. As he tries to preserve his humanity, he is drawn into violent confrontations and conflicts that challenge everything he believed about both humans and ghouls.
Manga
2011
Action
Horror
Supernatural
Crime
Mystery
Survival
Philosophy
Dystopia
Seinen
Tokyo Ghoul
東京喰種 トーキョーグール
- Glénat Publisher
- Sui Ishida Writer
- Sui Ishida Artist
Details
- Type
- Manga
- Release
- 2011-09-22 — 2014
- Original title
- 東京喰種 トーキョーグール
- Countries
- JP
- Genres
- Action, Horror, Supernatural, Crime, Mystery, Survival, Philosophy, Dystopia, Seinen
- Volumes
- 14
- Status
- Completed
Synopsis
Tokyo Ghoul
Volumes
Volumes (14)
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Volume 1
In Tokyo, ghouls are rampant—cannibalistic monsters hiding among humans to feed on them. Shy student Ken Kaneki is more interested in the pretty girl who shares his love for reading than in these sordid affairs, until the day he is attacked by one of these infamous creatures. Critically wounded, he survives thanks to a transplant from his attacker... Recovered from surgery, he slowly realizes that he is unable to eat like before and begins to feel a suspicious appetite for his peers. This is the beginning of a descent into hell for Kaneki, who has unwillingly become a half-human, half-ghoul hybrid. Tokyo Ghoul succeeded Gantz to become the flagship title of Shueisha's Young Jump magazine. Sui Ishida, who signs his first work here, instills unease through a meticulous description of the new sensations assaulting the hero and transcends them with explosive and magnificent action scenes. Going against recent zombie productions, Tokyo Ghoul presents an inverted vision of humanity's fight against its predators.
Volume 2
Ken Kaneki sees his life slowly turn upside down after receiving Ghoul organs during a transplant. Ken tries to ease this inner conflict by working at L'Antik, a café run by Ghouls. However, he soon confronts the inspectors of the Ghoul Brigade, nicknamed 'doves.' These deadly enemies use the most twisted means to relentlessly pursue those they are tasked with eliminating!
Volume 3
Hinami saw the 'Columbus' take the lives of her two parents. Ken and Toka decide to go to the enemy, to the CCG headquarters, to help their desperate young friend as much as they can. However, this risky action is only the prelude to a series of sad consequences...
Volume 4
During his fight against a GCC inspector, Ken realizes that his entry into the world of gules left an indelible mark on him. But it will take him some time before he becomes fully aware of what this implies... As for the coffee 'Antique', he receives a visit from a new guile, Shu Tsukiyama, says 'the gourmet'. This fervent gourmet in constant search of new flavors seems intrigued by Ken and tries to bond with him in friendship...
Volume 5
Shu Tsukiyama, nicknamed 'The Gourmet' due to his quest for new flavors, takes a keen interest in Ken Kaneki and the mysterious aura he emits. Although Ken escaped his first trap, Shu does not give up and sets another trap for Ken. Ken has no choice; he must face his predator in a battle that seems lost from the start. But this confrontation will be the spark that awakens a long-dormant ghoul...
Volume 6
In the 11th arrondissement, where Lize once lived, Ghouls are gathering to destroy the C.C.G....Ken, who is made aware of this worrying plan by Banjo, is soon joined by other Ghouls from the 11th, who are also seeking information about Lize...What is the true goal of this Ghoul clan calling itself 'Aogiri' in the end?!
Volume 7
'Don't expect to see Ken again.' It is with this shocking declaration from Mr. Yoshimura that the members of the 'Antique' head to the 11th Ward to try to save their friend nonetheless. A mission made even more difficult because Ken is in the heart of Aogiri's lair, where the CCG inspectors are about to launch an assault. A lair where Ken risks being changed forever by what Yamori's perverse hands will inflict upon him...
Volume 8
Awakened by its guile nature, Ken finds himself facing Toka and Ayato, two shadows of a collapsed family. The GCC, for its part, has to face Aogiri's vindictive guiles. Worse still, another shadow emerges from the past throws a new challenge at the GCC. The 'Chouette' has come back to face its opponents forever...
Volume 9
Six months have passed since the assault in the 11th Ward. The CCG's expedition against 'Aogiri' leads to a series of promotions among the investigators. Kotaro Amon, who has become chief investigator, is finally assigned the responsibility of a novice whose identity is surprising. Ken, for his part, has moved away from 'Antique' to track Lize into the 6th Ward, with the help of Shu and Banjo. But the threads of their respective investigations are fated to bring Ken and Kotaro closer...
Volume 10
Dr. Kano is somewhere. First, there were those scarlet-eyed ghouls, artificial beings Ken encountered at a restaurant. Then there was the surprising position occupied by the surgeon. And Lize... The perverse project of the mysterious Kano is beginning to reveal its secrets, little by little...
Volume 11
Dr. Kano, a former CCG forensic expert, betrayed humanity to join the ghouls. Yomo fled with Lize, who is still alive. Boss Yoshimura is behind Aogiri... Faced with this series of revelations that are as shocking as they are incomprehensible, Ken's reason finally wavers, and he lets his ghoul nature take over. His power, worthy of a fire ghoul, begins to crush everything around him... Everything. Without distinction.
Volume 12
By injuring one of his friends, Ken feels a liberating guilt that prompts him to listen to what his entourage is trying to tell him. The 'goules' will gradually reveal to him their past and their true face...At the same time, the GCC is in the process of solving the riddle posed by the 'Chouette' and the understanding of an 'unquestionable reality' prompts the Centre to take action.But it is without counting on a 'new reality' that appears under the traits of the genius writer, Sen Takatsuki...
Volume 13
“I'm going back to Antique.” This is how Ken decides to close his hideout in the 6th Ward and return to the 20th, near the boss Yoshimura. To start over. To find who he was before. At the same time, the CCG is preparing to launch a massive operation to eliminate the Owl. A crowd of investigators is burning to end a ten-year struggle, using instruments of death forged from the remains of their enemies. This battle will take place in the 20th Ward. On the threshold of the café Antique.
Volume 14
“I would like to know your story.” A strange request, even as the CCG operation to take down The Owl reaches its climax. Standing before Ken, who is rushing toward the Antique, is the author of this request, Inspector Kotaro Amon. Ken and Kotaro, two destinies fated to clash, toward the most uncertain of outcomes...
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