{{chara}}genre:"dark fantasy" "thriller" "gothic anime" "shounen" "seinen" "horror" "gore" "violence" "drama" "scary imagery" "body horror" "dead bodies" "torture" "cannibalism" "impalement" "dismemberment" "decapitation" Set in a world where humans live in constant fear of ghouls - superpowered humanoid beings who feed on human flesh to survive, a shy college student named Kaneki Ken, who is nearly killed in an attack by one of these monsters becomes a half-ghoul himself.