Category: Tokyo Ghoul

In 2014 a very popular Japanese manga series called Tokyo Ghoul was turned into an anime series following the original story of an average student Ken Kaneki who had been accidentally transformed into a blood-lust creature known as a half-ghoul. From that moment his life changed drastically turning him into one of the most powerful ghouls called the One-Eyed King.
These are a specific cannibalistic species of creatures that prolong their lives by consuming human flesh. Their descent is unknown, and there is not much information about what can cause these mutations. As a rule, they live with average humans secretly without exposing their true nature. They can disguise themselves perfectly to look like humans. Their supernatural origin gives them a number of enhanced abilities – advanced senses, acceleration, regeneration, strength, and durability. They possess a special organ called “Kagune” that helps them in fights and battles. It reminds long claws that are different for every one of them. In general, their appearance is ordinarily human except for their eyes – they are black with red irises. But they have learned to hide their identities. They have a special diet consisting of human or ghoul meat. If such a creature tries to eat anything else, they won’t be able to digest that food. The only thing they can consume except human flesh or the meat of others is coffee.
Ken is a typical young boy who is studying Japanese literature in university and leads a normal boring life. He is turned into a half-ghoul after having an extremely deadly date with a girl Rize Kamishiro who happens to be a notorious ghoul known as Binge Eater. She tries to eat Ken but because of an accident, Rize is killed, and Ken is severely injured. He wakes up in a hospital after an accident with her organs transplanted into his body which provoked his mutation into a beast. He has a distinctive feature from other of his kind – only one of his eyes went through a transformation. Ken notices changes happening with his body and feels hopeless to turn everything back to normal.
He finds new friends in a ghoul group that revolves around a coffee shop “Anteiku” – they explain in what way he should behave to deal with his new obsession plus how to keep his changes in secret. He gets to know a lot about their world and relationships with humans. Touka Kirishima, a waitress in “Anteiku” and a ghoul helps him to get accustomed to his new necessities without giving away who he really is. She explains why they are hiding their personalities from the rest of the world and how not to get caught. To protect themselves, they use special masks, made exclusively by a master, to hide their faces during the feeding process and in case of any attacks. The mask is their symbol which represents the owner and his traits of character.
Humans have created a special law enforcement group to protect the society from a threat these creatures impose. This group is called The Commission of Counter Ghoul or CCG, an organization of investigators dealing with criminal cases connected with human flesh eaters. They have elaborated a special Countermeasures Law that proclaims all ghouls to be criminals due to their nature and according to which they have to be terminated. It is impossible to kill a ghoul with ordinary bullets and without extensive training. Their task is to kill every ghoul – what they don’t know is that not all of them are bad and some of them just want to lead an ordinary life.