Tokyo Ghoul is a story written by Sui Ishida about the creatures that go bump in the night and how hard it is when everyone thinks you're a monster. This is by far the most symbolic and unique stories I've read. The characters were portrayed as flawed and broken but with a fighting spirit that couldn't be squashed. This is my favourite story, I loved it. It really speaks to you, the drawings are so realistic I felt like I was in the book with Kaneki and Touka. When the protagonist Ken Kaneki goes on a date with the beautiful Rize, things get interesting when his date attacks him and is actually a ghoul, creatures that appear human but with supernatural strength, speed and abilities and who only eat human flesh. As fate has it Kaneki ends up …show more content…
It made me ask question and wonder what it would be like if I was in a situation like this, could I turn my back on humanity? The quote also tells you about how he feels that his life as a normal human is over, his story is now a tragedy. Being neither ghoul nor human he is truly …show more content…
“Tormented by an unworldly hunger. Yet not knowing how to satisfy it. No. There’s a way. It’s probably the only way. But if i do that, I’ll never be able to live with myself as a person anymore. But what other choice do I have?!” (Kaneki chapter 3) I found the first chapter the strongest, but it wasn’t to much Sui Ishida laid out the story very well, in less capable hands the introduction might have been a tedious information dump. Ishida, however is sparing with details, allowing us to learn about ghouls though the unfolding of the story. Ishida also demonstrates a lot of skill in creative suspense all throughout the book I was on the edge of my seat wonder what would happen next. The Text and the drawings were really easy to understand without being too simple, like I said before I especially liked the drawings they were so realistic, even though there were just drawings they’re full of action. The characters were really engaging, I became inspired by Touka brave nature and I found Kaneki’s love of knowledge and reading was very relatable and really spoke to me he loves books even more than I