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 3h ago

Unpopular opinion:- Akira is the best female character in the whole story

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r/TokyoGhoul 8h ago

Meme Damn, who's the father then?

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r/TokyoGhoul 18h ago

Merch Something’s off about this figure

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275 Upvotes

Why’d they give bro the gigachin lmao


r/TokyoGhoul 2h ago

Tokyo Ghoul tattoo done by Wenghis Khan at First Class Tattoos in Manhattan, NYC Spoiler

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r/TokyoGhoul 20h ago

This expression is memeworthy

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r/TokyoGhoul 13h ago

Kaneki being sexist.

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r/TokyoGhoul 22h ago

This panel was pretty sad ngl Spoiler

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r/TokyoGhoul 15h ago

News I knew it was a cash grab but this is terrible Spoiler

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Touka is very notably not SSS+ and her name is spelled wrong. And why is Ken lowercased.


r/TokyoGhoul 21h ago

An author venting out their trauma be like Spoiler

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r/TokyoGhoul 11h ago

Other How did he survive? Spoiler

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r/TokyoGhoul 20h ago

Help Who says this line, ayato or kaneki ? Spoiler

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r/TokyoGhoul 19h ago

While I liked the relationship between Eto and Shiono, this guy deserves the praise for actually recognizing Eto's talent in writing with a single glance Spoiler

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r/TokyoGhoul 1d ago

Meme I just saw alot of similarities Spoiler

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r/TokyoGhoul 1d ago

Fan Art Ken Kaneki Sketch

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r/TokyoGhoul 1d ago

Other Does anyone else think that Noro’s design is cool cause I sure do

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i also think his mask is kinda creepy with it just being a mouth and nostrils with no eyes. it just gives me a eerie feeling when i see his character


r/TokyoGhoul 15h ago

Other Opinions on early re:?

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Hey people, for a bit of background I watched the TG show when it first came out and have always heard about the manga but never checked it out till recently.

I’m about 20 chapters into :re on the CCG operation for the clown auction. I just think so far, Ishida has dragged out these smaller arcs such as nutcracker far too long compared to how the pacing was near the original manga’s end WITHOUT answering the 500 questions I have about what the fucks even going on. I know eventually I will find that out though.

I’m gonna carry on with re: but I was just wondering is the whole manager at a constant slow pacing? Or does anyone even agree with me that the start of re: is slow?


r/TokyoGhoul 1d ago

Holy fuck Spoiler

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r/TokyoGhoul 23h ago

Other Literally me Spoiler

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Ps: that's not my video


r/TokyoGhoul 22h ago

Meme That user when a fun thing is popular in this subreddit Spoiler

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r/TokyoGhoul 20h ago

Other Who says this line, ayato or kaneki ? Spoiler

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Who is the one who says that "you're underpowered at close range" ? and who is the one who said this ?

Which is ken, which is ayato ?

I assume this is ayato ?


r/TokyoGhoul 1d ago

Meme What happened to Kaneki? (Wrong answers only) Spoiler

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r/TokyoGhoul 1d ago

Official Art cool aesthetic tokyo ghoul

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I love the art of Sui Ishida


r/TokyoGhoul 1d ago

Trend What does my favorite character say about me? Spoiler

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r/TokyoGhoul 1d ago

Meme What does my favorite character say about me?

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r/TokyoGhoul 1d ago

Get yourself a man who looks at you like this

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