Although our site is mainly dedicated to American comics, we also occasionally write about European comic books. Now, we are expanding our horizons with our first manga order, thanks to Tokyo Ghoul!
Created by Sui Ishida, Tokyo Ghoul is a dark fantasy manga series set in a world where ghouls live alongside humans. These cannibalistic humanoids can only eat human flesh and that of other ghouls. As such, they regularly attack humans in order to feed. The government tries to keep the situation under control with a special entity called the CCG and its investigators, who specialise in exterminating ghouls.
Ken Kaneki was an ordinary college student with a passion for literature until a violent encounter turned him into the first human-ghoul hybrid. Trapped between two worlds, he must survive ghoul turf wars, learn more about ghoul society, and master his new powers.
Tokyo Ghoul Manga Order
Like many successful manga series, Tokyo Ghoul has expanded its universe with spin-off manga and novels, and has also been adapted into anime and live-action formats. Here, our focus is on the manga continuity, including the novels, but not the anime, as it is an alternative continuity.
Tokyo Ghoul Manga Listing
- Tokyo Ghoul (2011-2014) – The original manga, with 14 volumes (143 chapters and a side story)
- Tokyo Ghoul: Jack (2013-2015) – A spin-off prequel story with 1 volume (7 chapters)
- Tokyo Ghoul:re (2014-2018) – The sequel manga, with 16 volumes (179 chapters, chapter 31.5, and a single Chapter Tokyo Ghoul Joker)
Tokyo Ghoul Novels
- Tokyo Ghoul: Days (2013)
- Tokyo Ghoul: Void (2014)
- Tokyo Ghoul: Past (2014)
- Tokyo Ghoul:re Quest (2016) – not officially translated in English yet (it has been translated in other languages)
Tokyo Ghoul, the original manga
The novel Tokyo Ghoul: Past and the manga Tokyo Ghoul: Jack both took place before the Tokyo Ghoul original manga, though it is not advised to read them here on your first reading.
- Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 1
Collects Chapters 1 to 9 - Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 2
Collects Chapters 10 to 19 - Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 3
Collects Chapters 20 to 29 - Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 4
Collects Chapters 30 to 39- Tokyo Ghoul Days (novel) takes place between Chapters 35 and 36.
- Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 5
Collects Chapters 40 to 48 and the side story “Rize”
After Chapters 45/46, you can read the spin-off prequel Tokyo Ghoul: Jack. The story is set years before the original manga and centered around Kishou Arima, a high school student by day and a ghoul investigator by night. This will serve as an introduction to some characters. You can also choose to read that story after chapter 79 (after having met those characters) or, better, between the original manga and the sequel. Obviously, for a more chronological order, it is to read before the original manga, but it is not advised for a first reading.
- Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 6
Collects Chapters 49 to 58 - Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 7
Collects Chapters 59 to 68 - Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 8
Collects Chapters 69 to 79- Tokyo Ghoul Void (novel) takes place between Chapters 79 and 80.
- Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 9
Collects Chapters 80 to 89 - Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 10
Collects Chapters 90 to 100 - Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 11
Collects Chapters 101 to 111 - Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 12
Collects Chapters 112 to 121 - Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 13
Collects Chapters 122 to 132 - Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 14
Collects Chapters 133 to 173 and the Epilogue- Tokyo Ghoul: Past (novel)
Tokyo Ghoul: re
After the end of the original manga, the story continues in the sequel Tokyo Ghoul: re. The Commission of Counter Ghoul is the only organization fighting the Ghoul menace, and they will use every tool at their disposal to protect humanity from its ultimate predator. Their newest weapon in this hidden war is an experimental procedure that implants human investigators with a Ghoul’s Kagune, giving them Ghoul powers and abilities. But both the procedure and the newly formed Qs Squad are untested. Will they become heroes…or monsters?!
The single Chapter Tokyo Ghoul Joker is included in volume 3 of Tokyo Ghoul:re, but you can read it between the original manga and the sequel.
- Tokyo Ghoul: re, Vol. 1
Collects Chapters 1 to 9 - Tokyo Ghoul: re, Vol. 2
Collects Chapters 10 to 20 - Tokyo Ghoul: re, Vol. 3
Collects Chapters 21 to 31 and the side story “Joker” - Tokyo Ghoul: re, Vol. 4
Collects Chapters 31.5 to 41 - Tokyo Ghoul: re, Vol. 5
Collects Chapters 42 to 52 - Tokyo Ghoul: re, Vol. 6
Collects Chapters 53 to 63 - Tokyo Ghoul: re, Vol. 7
Collects Chapters 64 to 75 - Tokyo Ghoul: re, Vol. 8
Collects Chapters 76 to 86 - Tokyo Ghoul: re, Vol. 9
Collects Chapters 87 to 98 - Tokyo Ghoul:re Quest (novel) takes place during the events of the sequel. You can also read if after Tokyo Ghoul: re.
- Tokyo Ghoul: re, Vol. 10
Collects Chapters 99 to 110 - Tokyo Ghoul: re, Vol. 11
Collects Chapters 111 to 122 - Tokyo Ghoul: re, Vol. 12
Collects Chapters 123 to 132 - Tokyo Ghoul: re, Vol. 13
Collects Chapters 133 to 144 - Tokyo Ghoul: re, Vol. 14
Collects Chapters 145 to 154 - Tokyo Ghoul: re, Vol. 15
Collects Chapters 155 to 164 - Tokyo Ghoul: re, Vol. 16
Collects Chapters 165 to 179
