Sui Ishida (石田スイ, Ishida Sui), born December 28, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese manga artist In 2010 he won the Young Jump 113th Grand Prix award with Tokyo Ghoul (東京喰種, Tōkyō Kushu). In March 2011, the same oneshot was published in the 2nd Issue of Miracle Jump. And later in September 2011, Tokyo Ghoul started as a series in Weekly Young Jump 2011-41 Issue. In December 2011, he made another oneshot about Rize that was published in December 2011 in Miracle Jump 6th Issue, which was later collected in the 6th volume of Tokyo Ghoul. In 2013, he also started Tokyo Ghoul: Jack in the digital magazine Jump LIVE.
Sui Ishida is his penname; nobody knows his real name or what he looks like.
Another great volume. Even though I knew what was going to happen it was still really interesting to read. I do have to say that I wish the fighting scenes were drawn more clearly. Sometimes I didn't know what the heck was happening. But that couldn't possibly make me give this vol. less than 5 stars. Can't wait to read the next one.
Este tomo tuvo enfrentamientos y tensiones de lo más interesantes.
A mí todo lo que tenga que ver con problemas tangibles como el odio que se profesan dos bandos de cualquier característica diferente que los enfrente siempre me encanta. Y Tokyo Ghoul va sobre eso, sobre como el odio solo reproduce más odio, llevando a la muerte de personas inocentes a base de actos llevados por la ignorancia, el desconocimiento, los prejuicios, el miedo o la rabia.
Humanos cazando a Ghoul y algunos de estos últimos matando a personas para alimentarse. ?Pero en realidad todos los ghouls son malos? ?O acaso todos lo seres humanos somos tan deleznables como el inspector Madou? Al final, nada es de un solo color y hay tantas tonalidades que imposible encasillar a todos en un solo grupo. Por cierto, solo llevo unos cuantos capítulo y me encanta mucho Kaneki y Touka.
I feel like I’m supposed to hate Amon…. but I kind of really like Amon….. I mean, Kaneki’s fight with him was everything. So well drawn and the dialogue was 10/10. This series is only getting better, and being introduced to the doves in more depth only peaked my interest tenfold.
We follow Hinami after the violent and despicable killing of her mother by the evil b Kureo Mado who is temporarily staying at Anteiku. Unbeknownst to her, Touka takes it upon herself to dispatch the Doves (what the ghouls refer to the investigators as) beneath her rabbit disguise.
Elsewhere, Kaneki finally dons the mask Uta made for him for the first time and goes up against rank 1 investigator, Amon, and we start to see a different side to Kaneki - more vicious and in tune with his inner ghoul. I suspect that over the course of the series he will have to battle more with his inner ghoul as he gradually becomes more sadistic. Perhaps.
But I must say I was VERY surprised Ishida decided to kill Mado off at the end of this volume. I mean I'm glad that he died - he was the absolute WORST but I thought the mangaka would have sacrificed him later on in the 14 volume series, although I feel that Kaneki & Co. haven't really faced the worst of it yet...
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23.03.2018 the plot keeps getting better but when it comes to the art style....I really am not a fan. some of the panels, especially the ones with the fight scenes, are drawn so poorly, I can’t make sense of what’s happening
30.08.2019 this volume is just full of heartbreak and existential crisis. we’re shown the other side of the story - the CCG investigators and their line of work. the fated words about the wrongness of the world have been uttered by both Kaneki and Amon, the priorities are all set, let’s go.
I liked this one even more than the first two! We finally start to see how hard it is for Ken to live while fighting his ghoul's side, we see the thing he has to do to survive. It's interesting to see both sides and their POVs : human and ghoul's. For humans, ghouls are total monsters who kill them just for fun, but ghouls are like humans : some are good and try their best not to hurt innocent people, and some decide they prefer to kill people. In both sides, there are good and bad people. I'm honestly interest to read the next vol, I feel like Ken is finally start to discover his ghoul's side and I like it!
i just know this manga is going to put me through ALL the emotions. i've already wanted to cry mutiple times now and it's only volume 3. this is going to be so sad and scary, i can feel it ?
Powerful with raw emotion and haunting lines. This manga series started to really hit its stride with this vol.
There’s something to be said about taking soft characters and making them act in harsh ways whilst they actively regret it. That’s a powerful gesture, and it could be seen in this vol in both Kaneki and Hinami. Their breakdowns coupled with the surfacing of Touka’s hidden sweetness, and even Amon’s anguish too, made this a very heartrending read.
On top of that, the pacing was well done and the plot managed to juggle multiple fights and focal points at the same time, all whilst allowing for both decent action and dialogue. Impressive and entertaining!
The thing is ... I don't really care for the human pro/an-tagonists. They seem much more quick to kill, and are more bloodthirsty. This volume felt short and not much really happened, except for one person dying - which I didn't think would happen for some time.
Just one word: unputdownable. This manga is exceeding my expectations, which were rather high to begin with. (I also lowkey want to cry because only the first 10 volumes have been translated so far, and... Well, I guess I just need to work on my Japanese.)
Muy interesante, los combates con los inspectores vs ghoul muy buenos. El chico va espabilando poco a poco. Sigue teniendo una lucha en su interior ya que es mitad humano mitad ghoul.
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[August 2018 Edit] So 2 things that I didn't say here before. 1- The antagonist is creepy as hell which is awesome. 2- I just realized that this book has very subtle and well written commentary on racism, or it at least seems like it. I think that it is very fitting for a horror book to do commentary on something so horrific. That being said, if I'm not misinterpreting this book I don't agree with the author's view of law enforcement but even that part is still well written and that is overall what matters.
[Original review] Holy shit, now we’re talking! I was liking but not loving the series with volumes 1 and 2 but this... this I love!
What’s it about? The 2 main characters go undercover as humans to get into a building that is pretty much the headquarters for the ghoul investigation unit for information. One of the investigators there at the same time is one of the best when it comes to ghoul investigations and he knows that something’s up.
Why it gets 5 stars: The story is great, interesting, well written and it’s building a lot. The art is fantastic. The characters are interesting. This volume makes me care about them more. This volume is very unpredictable, suspenseful and full of twists! The action in this volume is so good! Very exciting, well drawn and bloody mixing both fantastic action and the batshit insane nature of this series. I love it! The horror in this volume is well done. I like how it mixes various kinds of horror. There’s body horror which is a huge part of the story, there’s some gore in the action (though nothing extreme, at least it didn’t seem very extreme to me), a lot of it’s just good ol’ creepiness which is always fun! Seriously, if you’re a horror fan and you haven’t tried this series out, you’re missing out big time because this series does horror right! I was surprised but this is more emotional than expected but it’s done very well. I was just expecting a fun little horror story with some action which I certainly got but damn... so many emotional moments that really got me.
Overall: More volumes like this please, if it keeps this level of quality up Tokyo Ghoul will be one of my favorites for sure. Like I said at the beginning of this review, the first 2 volumes are good but this is just outstanding. Do you like horror? Any horror? If so, I can safely say that I highly recommend this!
2^ rilettura 15 marzo 2020 Qui inizia il dilemma. E' giusto uccidere i Ghoul? E anche stavolta il mio cuore si è spezzato quando Kaneki ha mandato via Amon, dicendogli che non voleva ucciderlo. " non fare di me un assassino" ma quanto piango a questa frase???? Tutto inizia a prendere forma, e io voglio immediatamente leggere il prossimo volume!
1^ lettura 14-17 marzo 2018 Semplicemente devastante. La storia si complica, e assistiamo ai primi scontri. Quando Keneki e Amon combattono, e alla fine Kaneki gli dice di scappare perché non vuole diventare un assassino, mi ha lacerato il cuore e ho versato una lacrima. E la piccola Hinami che finalmente tira fuori il kagune? Stavo male. Vi giuro. Ho avuto le palpitazioni per tutto il volume. Mado è morto. Ma la battaglia è appena iniziata. ? davvero intenso, faccio fatica a tenere a bada le mie emozioni. Datemi il prossimo vi prego perché non ce la faccio e perché “Questo mondo è sbagliato”.
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2024 review: The fighting is seamless and the art just flows naturally, also I hope we learn more about Mado's backstory in upcoming volumes, because it seems he hides a lot. and I guess it's not the last confrontation between Kaneki and Amon, as they seem to be key figures in gaping the ghouls-human worlds.
Finally, we get to see some fighting action! This volume mainly focuses on the two main investigators, Amon & Mado, and their weapons and fighting techniques, against Touka, Kaneki and Hinami. It was really interesting seeing the fights, and it seems like it'll only get worse for the ghouls from now on.
This volume was fantastic and is my favorite so far. Also, the cover is so far my favorite in the series. The fighting scenes were drawn really well as well as everything else. And the mask that Kaneki wears that he received from Uta was great because we start to see Kaneki pushing himself. He is showing the multiple sides of himself. The previous books had more emotion but not as much action and this one had a lot of action and I thought it was good. Also, there was a death in this book that really shocked me because I expected him to last longer.
I liked this volume a lot, not as much as volume 2, though. However, I love the plot development, and how Kaneki is starting to accept his half-Ghoul body now.