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 • • 12h ago

Fun fact: Kaneki “king dash” at the speed of 52km/h to check on whether Touka was pregnant

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r/TokyoGhoul • • 10h ago

Other I think about these panels a lot Spoiler

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Sui Ishida is to me one of the only manga authors that can pull off a single panel of telling a character's past and making you care and feel bad for them without some 5-10 chapter backstory. The implications, facial expressions and details are just gut wrenching and leave you thinking for so long. First read :re in 2024 and I still find myself thinking of these panels. I wish Shirazu stuck around a little longer and they expanded on his guilt and PTSD more. His conclusion that he got was still good though.


r/TokyoGhoul • • 4h ago

Other are there any haise plushies out there that aren’t chopped?

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hii this may sound stupid (it is😭✌️)but i’m trying to find some sort of plush for haise for my collection, but i go check my proxies and.. they all are certainly different to say the least..
are there any ones i’ve missed or any other plushies out there because i really do not have the lining in my wallet to be paying for those personalised ones


r/TokyoGhoul • • 11h ago

Merch Is this authentic

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r/TokyoGhoul • • 10h ago

Meme he was determined, we cant criticize him for that... Spoiler

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r/TokyoGhoul • • 2h ago

Other How can I throw together this Sasaki outfit as a costume before Halloween

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I wanted to do a last minute halloween costume as Sasaki but anywhere I can order his fit from, it'll arrive after Halloween. His coat is the main issue, I can probably get the rest of his outfit pretty easily


r/TokyoGhoul • • 21m ago

Merch Does anybody have this Used box set that I can buy on eBay for $80 + shipping

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I just bought and finished the first 14 volumes of the regular series and I’m really enjoyed it, and I was hoping to get the rest of Re to read. Lmk if any of yall plan to sell or know someone who wants to sell theirs


r/TokyoGhoul • • 1d ago

Was The Dragon Really Nessacary ? Spoiler

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Like,was Furuta actually on to something here or was it complete BS ? What do you think ?

Was it nessacary for peace ?

This ain't a debate ! Just food for thought !

Imo,that thing looks like a slug and could pass for being genuinely cute !


r/TokyoGhoul • • 1d ago

Other The seven heavenly virtues of tokyo ghoul, week 6. Amon is diligence. Who is chastity?

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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.


r/TokyoGhoul • • 10h ago

Question on restarting RE

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So I read Tokyo Ghoul many years ago and it was my favorite manga at the time. I took a bit of a break and jumped into RE. Only got through about 7 volumes or so? I remember reading up to some sort of raid where kaneki fights arima and there’s this other ghoul who’s super weird and very evil also sliming ppl out there. But I got busy and stopped and haven’t picked it back up since. Would it be worth it to re read Tokyo ghoul part 1 or just go with a recap and pick back up Re from the beginning. I honestly only remember major plot points from both and not so much smaller character details


r/TokyoGhoul • • 1d ago

Question Im starting to read the manga.

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Ken Kaneki edits on TikTok piqued my interest, now I am compelled to read the manga.

I would appreciate it if some of you could give me advice on how to get the most out of reading it (symbolism, nuances, intricacies).


r/TokyoGhoul • • 2d ago

Other Genuinely one of the coldest and most underrated characters

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613 Upvotes

There should be more appreciation for this dude because man, every time he showed up you knew something cool was about to happen


r/TokyoGhoul • • 1d ago

Other cool title Spoiler

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juuzou is so cute in these panels❤️❤️❤️


r/TokyoGhoul • • 2d ago

Other My Ken kaneki cosplay

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(Sorry if my grammar is bad, this post was rushed)

This cosplay took around two and a half weeks of work before the horror and anime con I took it to. Me and my sister worked pretty hard on this costume (mainly the kagune) and we’re pretty proud of it. The kagune was made with pool noodles, metal wire, a LOT of cardboard, a LOT of duct tape, foam and spray paint. We attached it to a harness with PVC pipes and some screws after the glue failed. This costume won me 2nd place in the costume contest at the con. (my sister won 3rd).

I even managed to get a picture with kaneki’s English voice actor! Unfortunately it’s pretty hard to see in and the kagune is very bulky. The harness and wig are very itchy too. But despite all of this I loved the way it turned out!


r/TokyoGhoul • • 1d ago

Fan Art Tokyo Ghoul X Monster Hunter Spoiler

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I wanted to post it here


r/TokyoGhoul • • 1d ago

Other Differences between anime and manga

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im a new fan, i watched the first season of the anime and and then switched to the manga from the beginning because i heard the other seasons are bad, i am dumbfounded by the amount of content thats cut in the anime.

Like how can you cut the whole escape part?

also how can you cut any to all mentions of Kanekis hair changing color?


r/TokyoGhoul • • 1d ago

The Eye of the Ghoul Spoiler

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r/TokyoGhoul • • 1d ago

Fan Art A small fanart I did a while back :D Hope yall like it!

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r/TokyoGhoul • • 1d ago

Other An incredible series, reading the Manga and Anime adaptations. Spoilers ahead. Spoiler

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My favorite part was Akira's redemption and forgiveness of Touka and Hinami. "Who was I supposed to hate again?" I think she should hate herself for not seeing it sooner. Touka only killed Mado to save Hinami and avenge Asaki. And Kureo Mado only killed ghouls because the grief of his wife dying drove him insane, and felt he could avenge her by hurting Ghouls, even the innocent ones like Asaki. Akira realizes they were both broken by the reality of who they were and that it's not their fault what happened to them. Really made me tear up. One of the only pieces of media I regret pirating.


r/TokyoGhoul • • 1d ago

Other Juuzou’s stitches

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Im getting a tattoo in about 2-3 months and I’ve decided to get Juuzou’s stitches! However, do the design of his stitches change in :re? I’ve seen some cases where they did and others where they don’t. :re Juuzou is probably my favorite so I want to get his stitch design most likely but I want to know what they both look like, thanks!!


r/TokyoGhoul • • 2d ago

Other Cosplayed black reaper haise today!

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I wasn’t able to find a good looking squad zero coat so I had my grandma help me make this!! I also got my hair grown out and cut to the perfect length for this cosplay because it’s my favorite version of kaneki. Also I’m very bad at posing


r/TokyoGhoul • • 3d ago

Did Furuta Actually Love Rize ?

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Or did he just see her as a Tool ?

And,what if Rize liked him back ?

First Slide : 😚😘

Second Slide : 😍🥰

Third Slide : 😨😱

⚠️ DISCLAIMER - This is a question not a debate post ! And it's Just For Fun too !


r/TokyoGhoul • • 2d ago

Other What should I do?

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I believe I’ve put myself in a bad situation. I watched season one of Tokyo Ghoul, enjoyed it, and as so, went and watched root a, also enjoyed it. I did not realise however that many people are saying to read the manga and skip root a. I’m in a bad situation that i don’t understand, should I completely restart and read the manga from the start, should I just watch re:, should I skip certain parts of the manga, and also how would I do so? My local library takes 1 month to deliver each volume, and I would ideally want a free online source of the manga, for me in the UK. I don’t really post on Reddit so sorry if this comes along as poorly written or anything. I’d find it really helpful if somebody could clarify for me.

Thank you!


r/TokyoGhoul • • 2d ago

Other Kaneki Mask Pt 2

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Don't mind all the colors, it'll all be covered eventually. still tweaking the fit and process of putting everything together. still a nothingburger at the moment but I'm just to happy with how things are looking.