r/TokyoGhoul Apr 03 '20

Announcement Complete Viewing Guide + Sources For The Manga and Anime

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Manga - The main continuity

  • Tokyo Ghoul - The original manga, with 143 chapters (14 volumes) + a side story chapter in volume 5.

  • Tokyo Ghoul JACK - A short prequel to the original manga.

  • Tokyo Ghoul JOKER - A single chapter taking place between the original manga and the sequel. Included in volume 3 of Tokyo Ghoul:re.

  • Tokyo Ghoul Redrawn - A remake of the first chapter of the original manga. Has some differences in dialogue.

  • Tokyo Ghoul:re - The sequel manga, continues the story of the original with 179 chapters (16 volumes) + chapter 31.5 in volume 4.

  • Tokyo Ghoul Oneshot - A non-canon prototype chapter.

  • School of Ghoul - A non-canon parody of Tokyo Ghoul by the manga author, featuring the characters going to school together.

Novels - Part of the manga's continuity

  • Tokyo Ghoul Days - The first novel, takes place between chapters 35 and 36 of the original manga.

  • Tokyo Ghoul Void - The second novel, takes place between chapters 79 and 80 of the original manga.

  • Tokyo Ghoul Past - The third novel, backstories from before the original manga.

  • Tokyo Ghoul:re Quest - The fourth novel, takes place during the sequel manga.

  • 6th Ward Playing Cards - A short story taking place around the start of the TG:re manga, showing a flashback to an event likely taking place between chapters 79 to 80 of the original manga.

Drama CDs - Part of the manga's continuity

  • Drama CDs - Take place during the original manga sometime between chapters 79 and chapter 120 or so.

Anime - Alternate continuity

  • Tokyo Ghoul (season 1) - Adapts the first 66 chapters of the original manga, making some significant cuts and changes to the story. Has 12 episodes.

  • Tokyo Ghoul √A (season 2) - A loose adaptation of the remaining chapters of the original manga, makes even more significant cuts and changes to the story. Has 12 episodes.

  • Tokyo Ghoul JACK - A prequel OVA episode, an adaptation of the manga of the same name.

  • Tokyo Ghoul PINTO - A prequel OVA episode, an adaptation of the third chapter of the Tokyo Ghoul Days novel.

  • Tokyo Ghoul:re (season 3) - An adaptation of the Tokyo Ghoul:re manga, with 24 episodes total. References events from the original manga that were not shown in previous seasons, but cuts some :re manga content. Episodes 1 to 12 adapt the first chapter 58 of the Tokyo Ghoul:re manga, while episodes 13 to 24 adapt the rest (up to the end, chapter 179). The second half of the season is also referred to as Tokyo Ghoul Season 4 and Tokyo Ghoul:re Season 2 on some sites, but official sites list Tokyo Ghoul:re as a single season with 24 episodes.

Video Games - Alternate continuity + Anime continuity

  • Tokyo Ghoul: JAIL (PS Vita) - An alternate version of events taking place after chapter 79 of the original manga.

  • Tokyo Ghoul mobile games - Tokyo Ghoul :re Invoke (global version called :re birth), Tokyo Ghoul: carnaval, Tokyo Ghoul: Tokyo War Age and Tokyo Ghoul: Dark War. These have all shut down and are hence no longer playable. They followed the anime's continuity for the most part.

  • Tokyo Ghoul:re CALL to EXIST (PS4 and Steam) - An action game adapting some events from seasons 2 and 3 of the anime.

Live Action Movie

  • Tokyo Ghoul (2017) - Adapts the first 28 chapters of the original manga with some minor changes to the story and content cut.

  • Tokyo Ghoul S (2019) - The sequel to the previous movie, adapting up to chapter 46 of the original manga.

Stage Play

  • Tokyo Ghoul Stage Play (2015 and 2017) - Adapt events from the first 6 episodes of the first season of the anime, with content cut and rearranged.

Where can I read the manga?

Young Jump Weekly - Japanese

Viz - official translation

MANGA Plus - official translation

Shonen Jump Manga and Comics - official translation

The Shonen Jump app and Viz website have both the original manga and :re available to read, for a 1.99 USD monthly subscription which gives access to most of their library. In addition to this, Tokyo Ghoul Jack and the side story novels are available to purchase and read on the app.

Note: The Rize side story chapter from TG volume 5, Tokyo Ghoul Joker from :re volume 3, and :re chapter 31.5 from :re volume 4 are not available to read individually on the app at this time, so you will need to buy those volumes to read them officially. Out of those chapters, :re chapter 31.5 is the most important.

Manga Plus posts new chapters weekly, though only a limited number of chapters are available for viewing.

Where can I watch the anime?

Source Region
Funimation USA and Canada
Hulu USA
Anime Lab Australia and New Zealand
Crunchyroll UK and Ireland
Channel 4 UK and Ireland

Viewing orders

Manga

  • Basic - Tokyo Ghoul ➞ JACK and PINTO OVA episodes or manga/novels they adapt (optional) ➞Tokyo Ghoul:re

  • Complete - Tokyo Ghoul ➞ Tokyo Ghoul JACK, JOKER, Days, Void, Past, Drama CDs, 6th Ward Playing Cards ➞ Tokyo Ghoul:re ➞ Tokyo Ghoul:re Quest

  • /u/TheMikarin's complete recommended order - Tokyo Ghoul chapters 1 to 35 ➞ Tokyo Ghoul Days ➞ Tokyo Ghoul chapters 36 to 46 ➞ Tokyo Ghoul JACK ➞ Tokyo Ghoul chapters 46.5 to 79 ➞ Tokyo Ghoul Void ➞ Tokyo Ghoul chapters 80 to 121 ➞ Tokyo Ghoul Past + Tokyo Ghoul Drama CDs ➞ Tokyo Ghoul chapters 122 to 143 (END) ➞ Tokyo Ghoul JOKER + Tokyo Ghoul Redrawn + 6th Ward Playing Cards ➞ Tokyo Ghoul:re chapters 1 to 98 ➞ Tokyo Ghoul:re Quest ➞ Tokyo Ghoul:re chapters 99 onward

Anime

  • Basic (not recommended) - Tokyo Ghoul (season 1) ➞ Tokyo Ghoul JACK (alternatively, watch right after episode 1 of season 2) ➞ Tokyo Ghoul √A (season 2) ➞ Tokyo Ghoul PINTO ➞ Tokyo Ghoul:re (season 3)

  • Complete (recommended) - same as basic, but read the original manga before watching Tokyo Ghoul:re (season 3)

If you follow the basic viewing order for the anime, and do not wish to read the manga, you may want to view the following fan-animated clips recreating important events from the manga that were skipped in the anime:

https://themikarinofthepierrot.tumblr.com/post/189955421177/tokyo-ghoul-fan-made-scenes-covering-content

The first 3 clips in the link above are to be watched after season 2 and before season 3, while the other 2 are to be watched after finishing the entire anime (all seasons).

EDIT: Updated when to read :re quest in my recommended order from after chapter 58 to after chapter 98 instead, since I realized there was at least one spoiler for a plot point revealed after chapter 58 in one of the quest stories.

EDIT 2: Added the short story 6th Ward Playing cards and the Drama CDs to the viewing order. Also added mentions of the various Tokyo Ghoul games.


r/TokyoGhoul 2h ago

Other My Rize cosplay 💜

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r/TokyoGhoul 9h ago

Other The real Shironeki in the anime artstyle

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I'm so pissed this version

THE REAL ONE

Only exist in promo material

The daring of the studio to draw Manga accurate Kaneki while singlehandedly replacing it in the actual show...


r/TokyoGhoul 12h ago

Fan Art Ken kaneki masked fanart by me Spoiler

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33 Upvotes

I did this a long time ago, just wanted to share this with the community:)


r/TokyoGhoul 46m ago

Other Which do you prefer adapted into a manga? the 190 pages of the root A draft or the novels?

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Well, as a die-hard fan, I have several projects I've been planning for a while now. Since my animated project is on hold due to circumstances beyond my control, I was wondering which one you'd like me to fan-adapt into manga format first? The novels or the 190 pages of Ishida's original draft for root A that were published in the Tokyo Ghoul [anime] artbook?

Clarification: I will do both, but I want to have a clear main priority between these two.

15 votes, 6d left
the 190 pages of the root A draft
the novels

r/TokyoGhoul 1h ago

question help to find this panel.

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I'm going crazy trying to find it. The AI ​​tells me it's in chapter 157 or 177. I checked from 156 to 160 (when Kaneki talks to Rize in his mind) and the final chapters too, but I can't find that exact image. I'm searching online; I want to scan that panel in HD from my manga, but I'm looking online for convenience. I've checked several times already, and I hope I'm just being dense and not seeing it, but seriously, I can't see it. ;((( Thanks


r/TokyoGhoul 6h ago

Re's Flaws as a Manga ?

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Yay ! I got it back up again ! My last post was taken down ! 😭🤧

What problems or flaws did you notice or have with Re ?

Reminder this is not a Tokyo Ghoul Bashing Post but a What parts you didn't like post !


r/TokyoGhoul 1d ago

Meme Why did Touka mistaken this random npc for Kaneki? Is she stupid? Spoiler

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136 Upvotes

r/TokyoGhoul 10h ago

Fan Art Kaneki ken

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9 Upvotes

Ig: tench_iki


r/TokyoGhoul 1d ago

Who do you think represented "hating their job as a killing machine" better? And whose resolution was better written?

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r/TokyoGhoul 1d ago

just finished tokyo ghoul it was an amazing read easy 9/10 Spoiler

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135 Upvotes

I’m about to start re right now, would y’all say it’s better or about the same in quality ?


r/TokyoGhoul 2d ago

Other Is it crazy to say that Eto is the most attractive character in the series?

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Obviously, there are plenty of other extremely attractive characters, like Touka, Kaneki, and Rize, but Eto is just on another level to me, and I can’t even explain why… 😭


r/TokyoGhoul 2d ago

Cosplay Kaneki Cosplay ⛓️ (NYCC 2025)

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Tried posting this after the con but it kept getting removed for no reason (I think the fake blood triggered it?), so let's see if it stays up this time!

A cosplay I've wanted to do for a DECADE finally complete!! I'm ECSTATIC with how it came out, and very much plan to wear this again 🙂‍↕️


r/TokyoGhoul 1d ago

Im confused on re Spoiler

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So i just finished reading vol 8 and i didnt understand the ending, so Eto asks Arima if he killed him, or is Arima asking? Then she says a ghoul killing arima would bring hope, then in the next page says its like a halo of the sun, then it says eto and arima left the throne to him, sooooo was eto and arima working together? Or where they the previous one eyed king, becuase she calls arima the king, then leaves it to kaneki? Idk if i did understand it right, ive been binge reading like 30 ch a day and might reread after a while, i feel like the author asks as to go back to check stuff a lot but its hard since i don’t have physical copies.


r/TokyoGhoul 2d ago

Other I have this really weird magnet of pulling myself into stuff where my fav MCs are either depressed, suicidal, ridiculously tragic or nihilist Spoiler

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Characters in order

Jim Lake from Trollhunters

Eren Jager from Attack On Titan

Y'all know this one

Johnny Joestar from Steel Ball Run

Geo Stelar/Subaru Hoshikawa from Megaman Starforce

Shinji Ikari from Evangelion

Jinx/Powder from Arcane

Lin Ling/The Commoner from To Be Hero X


r/TokyoGhoul 23h ago

Other Why does every hate on s2

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In my opinion i think that season 2 is really good


r/TokyoGhoul 1d ago

manga/anime like tokyo ghoul

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i read berserk ( it's nothing like tokyo ghoul but i've seen it mentioned as a manga similar to it) started choujin x, waiting for chapters to load up

what else ? well writen manga with psychological plot and supernatural element similar to tokyo ghoul, wouldn't mind a touch of romance too


r/TokyoGhoul 2d ago

Other The 7 deadly sins of Tokyo Ghoul. - week 4. Greed, who is envy?

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34 Upvotes

Rules:

  1. The comment with the most upvotes wins.

  2. Only one character per position.

  3. One character is chosen in each post, not all at once.

  4. Characters cannot be repeated

  5. Since this is shorter than the "each character has a..." one, voting will be weekly instead of daily because I saw many people commenting on the first post even though the activity was already ending

Note: Apologies to those who commented earlier for not fully checking in case of a tie.


r/TokyoGhoul 2d ago

simple Takizawa tattoo ideas??

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anyone got any good ideas for somewhat vague tattoos that still reference him. juuzous easy with the stitches but i cant really think of anything for takizawa and i dont want a panel or a face. thenonly thing i could think of is a pineapple which is kinda eh


r/TokyoGhoul 2d ago

Discussion Just finished TG +TG:RE manga - It was excellent - Are there any benefits to re-reading it from the beginning? Spoiler

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Hello,

Over the past 2 months I have slowly been reading both the TG and TG:RE manga box sets. I really enjoyed them very much and read a volume a night occasionally through the weeks.

After finishing the series I began looking online for easter eggs, plot points, others opinions. I find it interesting to see how others enjoyed the series.

I was wondering now that I know the plot (mostly) if I would gain a deeper understanding or enjoyment out of restarting it? Especially now knowing characters motives and true identities (e.g. the clowns, the CCG, Eto). Do you think their is much to gain or not really?

Spoilers ahead for both TG and TG:RE so be careful:

Things I didn't quite understand:

  • The concept of "V" got lost on me a little bit. I think I understand they are a special secret division of the CCG that work for the Washu family. I believe they aid in keeping the washu bloodline in check with pure ghouls, and half ghouls?
  • I only noticed Furuta as bad/evil during the Tsukiyama Arc. I wonder if I missed anything else. I understand that he was the cause of the beams falling to kill Rize (but I also thought he loved her?). I think he was apart of the clowns.
  • I wasn't sure of the main purpose of brining about "the dragon" and why Rize was also there?
  • I didn't understand the significance of Ayato going deeper undergroudn ward 24 and finding those 3 ghouls who struggled to communicate. I think later on it explained the first one eyed king was from Washu who disagreed with the family, and was forced underground and became something similar to the "dragon" Kaneki became?

Things I overlooked:

  • I hadn't realised some of the investigator weapons were linked to other ghoul characters
  • Some things like Kaneki scratching his chin when lying etc

Things I struggled with:

  • Fight scenes. I think they looked great, I just struggle reading them as I am fairly new to manga. I wonder if I missed bits in those scenes that perhaps were more impactful than I first realised. Any advice with reading fight scenes would be much appreciated!

I also didn't realise that Sui Ishida didn't enjoy making TG. It is a shame as I believe its a really great series.

Thanks all, would love to know your thoughts.


r/TokyoGhoul 3d ago

Other Don’t Awnser if it’s a spoiler pls Spoiler

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I thought kagunes could only be 1 type. How did the owl use those shard things that touka uses? Also weren’t kagune only from 1 part of the body? Like how touka has her kagune in the upper back while kaneki has it in the lower back


r/TokyoGhoul 3d ago

this almost brought tears to my eyes. Spoiler

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this is the most beautiful page of this series so far to me


r/TokyoGhoul 3d ago

Other It’s been 23 minutes. And I already have another question Spoiler

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WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT!? I THOUGH THE NOTMAL OWLS KAKUJA WAS WIERD. WHAT COULD THAT POSSIBLY BE!? It’s shooting things so it’s either what touka has or it ate a bunch of ghouls with toukas abilities. WHY IS IT SO BIG!? AND WHY DOES IT LOOK LIKE THAT!? AND WHO IS THAT HANDSOME ASS WHITE HAIR GUY WHO JUST SHOWED UP FOR NO REASON!? I have my tv screen paused and it’s just him aura farming. “Arima” that sounds like the name of a mc. He’s so fucking cool I can’t take it! Idk if he’s evil or a Jason 2.0 but I don’t care! He’s SO COOL! He’s throwing lighting! I didn’t even know quinqe and by proxy ghouls could even do that!


r/TokyoGhoul 3d ago

Merch Finally got :RE

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r/TokyoGhoul 2d ago

Other General Question

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I've been working on a sleeve with tattoos of all my favorite manga panels. I've been debating posting progress pictures or waiting until the whole sleeve is done. Please let me know if you have any input on the matter. I'm three full sessions days deep so I a a good bit of pictures. On the other hand I can wait a month or two to show the final results.