“Tokyo Ghoul” by Sui Ishida is praised by many fans as one of the best manga in the Seinen genre. In the world where the dark fantasy series takes place, creatures called ghouls that look like people live in secret. Ghouls keep their true nature a secret from the rest of the world because they need to eat human flesh to stay alive.
After a terrible date, college student Ken Kaneki turns into a creature that is part human and part ghoul. Suddenly, he is drawn into their world. A lot of the manga is about how hard it was for him to stay alive after his big change.
Ishida’s manga is so visually striking because he has a knack for making art that is both scary and interesting. “Tokyo Ghoul,” which was made into an anime, used a lot of his designs, which worked out well. But besides the art, Ishida also came up with an original plot that sometimes shows a kind heart beating inside its scary shell. Even though they have powerful abilities, ghouls are still sad outsiders in society. Ishida was raised as a Christian, so he knew what it was like to feel like an outsider.
Ishida Experienced Social Isolation as He Grows Up
Christianity may be one of the most important religions in the world, but that’s not the case in Japan. Reuters says that about 1% of the people in Japan call themselves Christians. This means that Christians in Japan are a small part of the country as a whole.
Sui Ishida’s family was part of this small group when she was a child. Sui Ishida said that his parents were Christians in an interview with the Yomiuri Shimbun that was fan-translated on Tumblr. Along with having to move around a lot, the person who made “Tokyo Ghoul” felt alone.
Ishida sounds like she had a hard time growing up. But he kept saying that there were times when he felt more like everyone else. Because of this, the idea for the ghouls and the character Ken Kaneki came from all of this. Ishida said in the interview, “I made Kaneki a half-ghoul because I thought he would be able to understand both humans and ghouls.” “From then on, I sometimes thought about how people of different races could live together. Even so, it was very hard to find a solution…”
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Kaneki is a mix of humans and ghouls, which is perfect because he can be a bridge between humans and ghouls. He is also our link to their world. As he learns more about ghoul society, it doesn’t take long for him to realize that good guy and bad guys aren’t as clear-cut as they are in other shows. And through him, it’s easy to see why people are afraid of being on a ghoul’s menu and how hard it is for a cannibalistic ghoul to just stay alive.
Ishida Designed Artwork for a Marvel Superhero Resembling Kaneki:
In the same way that “Tokyo Ghoul” is a dark breath of fresh air in the manga, “Moon Knight” is a welcome oddity in a world that is already full of strange things. The Marvel series is about a superhero who has more than one personality and fights ancient gods. When “Moon Knight” made the jump from the comics to the MCU with a Disney+ show, it got a lot of new fans.
And Sui Ishida could be included in that group. To celebrate the worldwide premiere of “Moon Knight,” Ishida drew a special picture of the character next to the main character of “Tokyo Ghoul,” Ken Kaneki. It’s a great piece of art that makes us wish that the two characters could work together in some way.
Crunchyroll kept saying that after a few episodes of “Moon Knight,” Ishida was almost ready to say that the character was his favorite from Marvel. Ishida could have drawn Moon Knight on his own, but his pairing with Kaneki makes sense if you look beyond the fact that they both like the color white. Both have troubled main characters who are forced to fight violently in a dark world where they didn’t necessarily want to be.
Fans could definitely find similarities in how both characters dealt with mental illness or having more than one personality. By the end of “Tokyo Ghoul,” Kaneki seems to have changed into several different people.
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