Illustrator: Sui Ishida
Volume Number: Volume One
Volume Title: NA
Rating: 5*
Publisher: VIZ Media
Pages: 224 pages
Published: 17th March 2015
Format: Physical
Bought/ARC: Bought via Waterstones
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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.
Okay, so my second manage read of 2018, and my entire manage read collection. Ha. Literally though, OMG, have I just got really lucky or I love Vampires. One or the other. Because this manga guys, I LOVED IT. It was heartwarming, in a weird way, funny, charismatic, enticing, fast-paced and ultimately so ugh brilliant.
So, Tokyp Ghoul follows Ken Kaneki, a cute, slightly geeky bookworm who has his head constantly in the pages of books. Not paying much notice to the attention of girls. Until one day, when he's having food with a friend and he catches the eye of the attractive Rize Kamishiro. With similar interests and the same favouriteauthor it's obvious they will hit it right off. I mean, c'mon same favourite author! The world that Kaneki lives in is filled with Ghouls, those who fee doff living humans to survive. And in a fun little plot twist Rize is a Ghoul. On the all home, Rize attacks Kaneki and he finds out what she really is the hard way, luckily for Kaneki he survives thanks to a superior doctor who takes a big risk in order to allow Kaneki to live. When Kaneki comes round, and wakes in a hospital he starts to feel different, think different, and ear different.
This book is pretty funny too to be fair. Even with a more serious storyline there are a few little quips that really add to the storyline and give it that extra dimension you really want in a Manga. I really enjoy Horror, in any way shape or form. my favourite movies, books, comics are all horror nearly. I just love the way someone can catch your fears and trepidations and put it into a work of art. Something to keep you guessing, make you jump and a little bit of gore here and there is always a bonus. Tokyo Ghoul really delivered on the promise of the horror genre, and I wasn't expecting too much as I hadn't read a Horror manga before so id din't know how it'd work. I loved the idea of 'Ghouls' beings that appear to look 100% normal and human with an incessant need for human flesh.
Especially with illutrastions, but it worked so well. The artwork is incredible too,t he way they captured emotions such as fear and horror was just insane. There are brilliant scenes of dark alleyways and constructions ties, the exact places you would expect beings like ghouls to hunt at night.
I really thought Tokyo Ghoulg was a really good set up book. The perfect start to what is quite a lengthy series, I haven't den reading Manga long so yes 14 books in a series is a lot to me! But I have high hopes for what this series is gong to bring and where Kaneki is going to go with his new life. The horror elements are strong so far and I really hope that this continues throughout the series. There's also a spin of series too Tokyo Ghoul: re.
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.
Okay, so my second manage read of 2018, and my entire manage read collection. Ha. Literally though, OMG, have I just got really lucky or I love Vampires. One or the other. Because this manga guys, I LOVED IT. It was heartwarming, in a weird way, funny, charismatic, enticing, fast-paced and ultimately so ugh brilliant.
So, Tokyp Ghoul follows Ken Kaneki, a cute, slightly geeky bookworm who has his head constantly in the pages of books. Not paying much notice to the attention of girls. Until one day, when he's having food with a friend and he catches the eye of the attractive Rize Kamishiro. With similar interests and the same favouriteauthor it's obvious they will hit it right off. I mean, c'mon same favourite author! The world that Kaneki lives in is filled with Ghouls, those who fee doff living humans to survive. And in a fun little plot twist Rize is a Ghoul. On the all home, Rize attacks Kaneki and he finds out what she really is the hard way, luckily for Kaneki he survives thanks to a superior doctor who takes a big risk in order to allow Kaneki to live. When Kaneki comes round, and wakes in a hospital he starts to feel different, think different, and ear different.
This book is pretty funny too to be fair. Even with a more serious storyline there are a few little quips that really add to the storyline and give it that extra dimension you really want in a Manga. I really enjoy Horror, in any way shape or form. my favourite movies, books, comics are all horror nearly. I just love the way someone can catch your fears and trepidations and put it into a work of art. Something to keep you guessing, make you jump and a little bit of gore here and there is always a bonus. Tokyo Ghoul really delivered on the promise of the horror genre, and I wasn't expecting too much as I hadn't read a Horror manga before so id din't know how it'd work. I loved the idea of 'Ghouls' beings that appear to look 100% normal and human with an incessant need for human flesh.
Especially with illutrastions, but it worked so well. The artwork is incredible too,t he way they captured emotions such as fear and horror was just insane. There are brilliant scenes of dark alleyways and constructions ties, the exact places you would expect beings like ghouls to hunt at night.
I really thought Tokyo Ghoulg was a really good set up book. The perfect start to what is quite a lengthy series, I haven't den reading Manga long so yes 14 books in a series is a lot to me! But I have high hopes for what this series is gong to bring and where Kaneki is going to go with his new life. The horror elements are strong so far and I really hope that this continues throughout the series. There's also a spin of series too Tokyo Ghoul: re.
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