Tokyo Ghoul #1
| Writer | Sui Ishida |
| Artist | Sui Ishida |
Shy Ken Kaneki is thrilled to go on a date with the beautiful Rize. But it turns out that she's only interested in his body-eating it, that is. When a morally questionable rescue transforms him into the first half-human half-Ghoul hybrid, Ken is drawn into the dark and violent world of Ghouls, which exists alongside our own.
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8.0
AIPT - Trevor Richardson
Apr 03, 2018Though the action scenes were harder to read and enjoy, the emotional stakes established and explored throughout the volume had me hungry for more. Read Full Review
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8.0
The Graphic Library - Sara Campbell
May 10, 2025While this is a horror story at it's core is a monster story, there are a lot of deeper themes swirling around that make this text a rich reading experience and ripe for use in literary text sets. As the story quotes Kafka's Metamorphosis and Hesse's Demian, the core of the story wrestles with some quintessential questions about the essence of humanity and others that explore the spectrum of good and evil. Everyone seems to be morally gray, and Ishida presents enough information along the way to show how complicated and intriguing every character can be. Read Full Review
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7.1
Comic Watch - mr.animereviewer
May 25, 2020The scene of the bleak and horrifying, ghoul-infested Tokyo has been set in the first volume of Sui Ishidas Tokyo Ghoul. Thanks to his amazing artistic skill and creation of promising characters, this first volume starts the manga off just right. Ghoul or human any manga reader will find this cruel story a delight to read. Read Full Review
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