
She really can not be too nice to Kaneki as no one else in the world is going to be much nicer than she is. She has her own things to worry about and Kaneki causing and having problems isn’t exactly something that concerns her.

She could care less about Kaneki in the manga and I love it. My absolute favorite difference in character was Touka. Kaneki standing up for him was super heartfelt and I really bought the emotionally charged scene. Hide is a nice side character and I like how he is portrayed as a perceptive friend. I am sure when he is introduced later it will work better for my overall impression of him being a mysterious terror. Not having Jason in the beginning of the story is better in my opinion as well.

The twist of Rize is very well done and I like how volume 1 shows the depth of her and Kaneki’s interactions.

It is an incredibly gripping storyline and really makes the reader ponder what they would do in Kaneki’s shoes. I love how his struggle of living with a human mind in a ghoul body is the focus of this volume. In the manga he is painted as a quiet introvert who really just aims to live peacefully. In the anime he came off as a shy, helpless crybaby. I much prefer how Kaneki is represented in the manga than the anime already. Every blow, punch, burst of anger, sadness is all felt through how well everything is illustrated. However, that is fine as the way that they are drawn gives them so much life. I would not say that any of the character designs come off as super original. Dark black soaks the page as Ishida uses it to paint this dark version of Tokyo to life. Enough about me though, let’s talk about this volume. Although it took me some time to get around to actually read them. I bought the collection that has all the volumes, 1 through 14. I had recently started my manga reading journey that year so I figured why not read the critically acclaimed Tokyo Ghoul series. “Why don’t I just read the manga?” I thought to myself. The one thing I couldn’t help but think was what a waste of potential. Although, the first season does do a fairly good job. I had seen much, much more anime by that time and it was fairly easy for me to find many issues with the anime. The second watch did not exactly go as well as the first. Fast forward to the summer of last year and I rewatched all of Tokyo Ghoul again to prepare for the last season of Tokyo Ghoul re. My eyes had been opened to the world of Japanese entertainment. The animations, the emotion in the voice acting, the music. I was absolutely amazed with what I was seeing. Tokyo Ghoul was the first anime I saw and really considered it “anime”. I had seen episodes of Pokémon and some episodes of Dragon Ball as a child, but I really do not even remember much. It was the first anime I had ever really seen. I saw the Tokyo Ghoul anime for the first time in 2016.
