An ordinary college student named Kaneki encounters Rize, a girl who is an avid reader like him, at the café he frequents. Little does he realize that his fate will change overnight.

Kaneki struggles to adapt to his new nature with no success, until another ghoul, Nishiki Nishio attempts to prey on his friend Hideyoshi Nagachika and he must fight to protect him.

After saving his friend, Kaneki is taken in by Yoshimura and Touka Kirishima, ghouls who run the bar Anteiku, who teach him to blend in human society while hiding his true nature. However, another ghoul, Shu Tsukiyama approaches him with unknown intentions. Written by Anonymous

Kaneki befriends Tsukiyama and the two start hanging out. However, little does Kaneki know that Tsukiyama is preparing a mortal trap for him.

Intending to consume Kaneki himself, Tsukiyama prepares another trap for him, using Nishio's human girlfriend as a hostage.

Tsukiyama is defeated by Touka with Kaneki and Nishio's help, but the recent developments in the 20th ward draw the attention of the police, who sends two of their investigators, Kureo Mado and Kotaro Amon to hunt down all ghouls in the area. Written by Anonymous

Hinami's mother is killed by Mado. Touka attacks members of the ghoul investigation and kills Kusaba, but is wounded by Mado. Kaneki tells Touka that he wants to fight the ghoul investigators and is given his mask.

Hinami escapes from Anteiku and is confronted by Mado after he lured her with her dead mothers purse (arm in the manga). Touka and Kaneki went looking for her and faced Mado and Amon.

After the battle with Mado, Hinami starts living with Touka and Kaneki. Still mourning the loss of his partner, Amon is relocated to the 11th ward, where the police is having trouble facing some dangerous ghouls who do not fear them.

Kaneki is kidnapped by members of Aogiri Tree, an underground ghoul faction who is interested in his connection with Rize. Meanwhile, Amon is introduced to his new partner, the eccentric and dangerous Juuzou Suzuya.

War prevails between the CCG and Aogiri Tree, while Kaneki is being tortured ruthlessly by Yamori in his Hobby Room. Anteiku stays on the sidelines as they secretly manoeuver their way in to rescue Kaneki. Amon unleashes the quinque he received from Mado, and he battles the Bin brothers, killing them in the process. Written by Anonymous

Whilst enduring even more unbearable torture, Kaneki passes through several illusions monitored by a manifestation of Rize. He subsequently starts to assess himself, contemplating the fact that life is truly about compromise; for all along, he was weak, and lived by the belief of 'letting himself get hurt rather than others', which is the reason as to why his mother suffered so much. Rize confronts Kaneki, warning him that if he didn't sacrifice one thing for the other, his dearest ones will perish, and it's going to be all his fault-the disadvantage would arise as a result of Kaneki's incompetence. Written by Anonymous