A Tokyo college student is attacked by a ghoul, a superpowered human who feeds on human flesh. He survives, but has become part ghoul and becomes a fugitive on the run.

The suspense horror/dark fantasy story is set in Tokyo, which is haunted by mysterious "ghouls" who are devouring humans. People are gripped by the fear of these ghouls whose identities are masked in mystery. An ordinary college student named Kaneki encounters Rize, a girl who is an avid reader like him, at the café he frequents. Little does he realize that his fate will change overnight.—Anonymous

In a present-day society where humans live in fear of ravenous hybrid creatures known as ghouls, and a constant internal war is being fought by the Commission of Counter Ghoul (CCG) to rid Tokyo of its many injustices, eighteen-year-old Ken Kaneki finds himself thrust into a world of black and white, human and ghoul, where he must slowly learn that the truth is not as picture-perfect as it seems.—P. Woodward