Tokyo Ghoul

Amid news reports of 'Ghoul' attacks nearby, Ken Kaneki points out Rize, a girl he is interested in, to his friend Hide at a local coffee shop.

Kaneki desperately fights the urge to eat human flesh, the only thing that can satisfy his hunger as a ghoul. He meets up with Hide again.

Yoshimura teaches Kaneki more about how to blend in with mankind, and takes in a mother and daughter needing protection.

Kaneki starts receiving self-defense lessons from Yomo. He meets Itori, who runs her own bar, and is friends with Uta and Yomo.

When Touka falls Ill, Kaneki pays her a visit that has unexpected consequences. Meanwhile Nishiki is still recovering from his run in with Kaneki, he nearly becomes prey for other ghouls.

The fight against Tsukiyama is resolved, but Touka wants to kill Kimi, now that it is clear she knows that Nishiki and Kaneki are ghouls.

After Kaneki and Hinami witness Ryoko's fate, the personnel at Anteiku are grieved, and Touka decides to take matters with the investigators into her own hands.

Touka sets out to lure the ghoul investigators, but before she can strike, she finds that Hinami has run away.

After several weeks go by, everyone tries to return to their normal lives. Hinami moves in with Touka.

The 11th ward offices of CCG are attacked by ghouls, wiping everyone out.

Kaneki is held captive by Yamori, who practices his torturous craft on him. The police and CCG move in.

As Yamori continues to brutally torture Kaneki, Rize once again appears to him.

As Shinohara and Kuroiwa prepare to take on the Owl, Amon insists on joining the battle.

With Kaneki having left Anteiku, Touka begins studying for college to distract her from everything that is happening.

A CCG prison bus is attacked by Aogiri Tree members. At Anteiku, Touka and Hinami find out that Kaneki is involved in the attack, but each react to the news in different ways.

Amon and Akira visit Cochlea in order to get information about the Owl from Amon's former foster father, Donato Porpora.

After living together at a CCG children's' home years earlier, Kurona, Nashiro, and Suzuya are reunited in Combat at Cochlea.

Suzuya's hellish boyhood is revisited, and it is revealed how he came to work for CCG. As Touka studies for her entrance exams, Roma, a new waitress, fills in for her at Anteiku.

Tsukiyama shows up at Anteiku with news for Yoshimura about Kaneki's attempt to become a Kakuka via serial ghoul ghoul cannibalization.

During Kaneki's visit with Yoshimura, he asks for information about the One-Eyed Owl and is told a tragic tale of a young ghost. Yoshimura tells his own background story in order to answer Kaneki's question.

Yoshitoki is granted permission to execute the operation to eradicate the Owl.

The battle between CCG and Anteiku continues, and Koma, Irimi, and Yoshimura each engage the special investigators.

Suzya is left to face the newly-arrived one-eyed Owl on his own. Aiguri Tree joins the battle against CCG.