Ghouls live among us, just like normal humans in every way – except for their craving for human flesh. Ken Kaneki is an ordinary student until a violent encounter transforms him into the first half-human, half-ghoul hybrid. Caught between two worlds, he must survive the turf wars of the ghouls, learn more about ghoul society, and master his new powers.

Kaneki, Nishio, and Touka struggle to work together to save their human friend Kimi, while the death toll of ghoul investigators in districts 9 to 12 skyrockets. As reinforcements are called on both sides, the stakes suddenly rise higher than ever before.