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Tokyo Ghoul
In modern-day Tokyo, ghouls live secretly among humans, looking like ordinary people but surviving only by feeding on human flesh. Ken Kaneki is a shy, bookish college student whose first date with the charming Rize Kamishiro turns deadly when she reveals herself as a ghoul and attacks him. A sudden accident saves his life, but at a terrible price: doctors transplant Rize's organs into his body, leaving Kaneki as a half-ghoul who belongs fully to neither world. Taken in by the staff of Anteiku, a quiet café that offers shelter to ghouls trying to live peacefully, he begins to learn the rules of their hidden society, while investigators from the Commission of Counter Ghoul hunt them down. Torn between his humanity and his new hunger, Kaneki has to decide who he is and what he is willing to become. It's a dark, tragic, and haunting story about identity and survival, with a world where neither side is as simple as it first appears.
Tokyo Ghoul Watch Order
Watch Tokyo Ghoul in the order below.
Filler Note: Episode ranges below show full broadcast totals and do not separate out filler episodes. To check if this series has skippable non-canon filler episodes, open the Filler List tab.
Watch Tokyo Ghoul in the order below.
- Tokyo Ghoul (Season 1, Episodes 1–12): Start here with the Introduction, Gourmet, Doves' Emergence, and Aogiri Tree arcs.
- Tokyo Ghoul √A (Season 2, Episodes 1–12): Follows an anime-original route covering the Cochlea raid and the Owl Suppression Operation arc.
- Tokyo Ghoul:re (Season 3, Episodes 1–24): Spans from the Torso and Auction arcs through the Tsukiyama Extermination, Rushima Landing, and Dragon arcs.
Note
This is the end of the main watch order, and everything below is optional.
Besides the main story, there are extra entries that aren't part of it, and you can watch them if you want.
Extras for Tokyo Ghoul
These go with the original Tokyo Ghoul series.
OVAs:
- Tokyo Ghoul: Jack (adapts a canon prequel manga by the creator about young investigator Kishou Arima; watch after Tokyo Ghoul √A, Episode 12)
- Tokyo Ghoul: Pinto (adapts a prequel novel chapter about Shuu Tsukiyama and Chie Hori in high school; watch after Season 1, Episode 12, and before Tokyo Ghoul:re)
Each entry restarts its episode numbering at 1, though some platforms number the franchise continuously from Episode 1 to 48 or split Tokyo Ghoul:re into two 12-episode seasons.