About the series
The story takes place in a futuristic Tokyo. The main character, Kaneki, is an ordinary university student. One day misfortune strikes him and he ends up in the hospital. But his troubles don't end there: he's transplanted with the wrong organs. It turns out they belong to ghouls – creatures that feed on human flesh. After the ill-fated operation, Kaneki becomes one of the monsters and tries to fit in, but to humans he is now an outcast, doomed to destruction. But is everything really so bad?
