Tokyo GhoulThe first demo was experimental to say the least. While the hypothesis of an ordinary boy turning into a monster is a concept that has been widely taken up in animation, and just the media in general, Sui Ishida has analyzed it. Kaneki Ken, the protagonist of the series is gentle and quiet-spoken, even very observant and calculating.
Kane’s quiet life comes to an end as a result of a bad date, when his crush turns out to be a ghoulish and tries to kill him. As a result, her organs are transplanted into his body to save his life. The anime adheres to this premise well, but there were a few changes that were made during its debut. This is the largest of them.
Kaneki torture
Instead of being forcibly taken in by the anime, Kaneki is instead tricked into coming with Jason. In the manga, he and some of his buddies collect the corpses of Aogiri when Jason approaches him and suggests taking him under his wing, in exchange for the freedom of the mother and child.
As readers of the manga know, this turned out to be a lie, as he was tortured over a period of 10 days. This timeline remains consistent with the anime, but it was only during that time that Kaneki’s hair slowly began to turn white. Furthermore, Jason breaks his promise to let the mother and child go when he makes Kaneki choose one of them to sacrifice. The result is the same, but there is a greater impact on Kaneki’s psyche.
Ojiri in season two
Ishida wanted to take a different turn for Season 2 and create an alternate continuity of similar events that occur in the manga. Unfortunately, this was a better idea on paper, as Kaneki’s character took a drastic and confusing change. In the manga, Kaneki leaves Anteiku to form his own group with his comrades.
In the anime, he betrays everyone to join Ojiri, in order to become more “strong”. In both mods, he aims to become stronger to protect his loved ones, but the manga keeps his character true to himself.
Mutsuki’s past
Toru Mutsuki’s past is only touched upon very briefly in the anime, but he was never shown to the audience that he was a boy, and the decision to attend as a man was a way to avoid further sexism or abuse.
The manga shows his difficult past with his family, and how his encounter with Torso caused his mental decline. The only clue fans are given about Mutsuki’s dilemma, is when the Quinx squad disguises itself in dresses to investigate ghouls.
Carry a toke
Kaneki’s reaction and decision to marry her remained the same in both versions, but the pace is much different. To make up for the limited time each episode went through, two different instances were combined into one. When Nishiki tells Kaneki that he is going to be a father, the first time he encounters Touka, she pushes him out. The second time around, she trusts him with her pregnancy. And before they get married, Kaneki proudly announces that he is going to marry Touka, causing her much embarrassment. Although one of the most important moments that was cut short, was during Kaneki’s inner soliloquy with himself in the past.
At one point, they got into an argument but eventually decided that Kaneki needed to get out alive. the reason? If he doesn’t, Touka will have to name the baby herself, and she’s bad with names. The exclusion of these scenes does not detract from the anime, but it certainly does add to it. For the most part, many anime tend to stray from the manga in some past events – but Tokyo Ghoul It was one of the most famous.