Sui Ishida (石田スイ, Ishida Sui), born December 28, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese manga artist In 2010 he won the Young Jump 113th Grand Prix award with Tokyo Ghoul (東京喰種, Tōkyō Kushu). In March 2011, the same oneshot was published in the 2nd Issue of Miracle Jump. And later in September 2011, Tokyo Ghoul started as a series in Weekly Young Jump 2011-41 Issue. In December 2011, he made another oneshot about Rize that was published in December 2011 in Miracle Jump 6th Issue, which was later collected in the 6th volume of Tokyo Ghoul. In 2013, he also started Tokyo Ghoul: Jack in the digital magazine Jump LIVE.
Sui Ishida is his penname; nobody knows his real name or what he looks like.
I finished this yesterday but wanted to reflect on it a bit.
Tokyo Ghoul as a manga was messy at times. With RE especially adding SO many new characters it was hard to keep up with them all. On top of that the art would be amazing at times and other times hard to tell who the hell is who. The battle scenes could be spectacular to "what the heck is happening?" and the dialogue at times can be a bit cheesy.
Saying all that I think Tokyo Ghoul and its sequel Tokyo Ghoul RE will go down as some of my favorite mangas of all time. The way Sui Ishida gave us a tale of Kaneki, a nerdy kid who gains powers far beyond him, and then forced into a world only to try and change the way it is ran was super special for me.
Maybe one day I'll write down a review of the whole series but let us talk about the final volume. This is what it all boils down to. Everyone picking and choosing a side and how we'll save the world from this new poison that is infecting humans. Keneki has to make a choice and he finally decides he won't sit back and let anyone else get hurt. Going inside the belly of the beast he goes to face his biggest enemy of all time.
On top of this we get a lot of final fights with some big characters. Plenty of touching reunions, sacrifices, and amazing battles.
The issue seems to stem from the final chapter, which people felt was super rushed. I can see that complaint and can even agree the whole "Telling us how everyone ends up" was a little weak. However, the actual set up worked super well for me. This series is big on loss and regret and not a happy ending so when the ending turned out to be somewhat happy I was surprised!
I think the plotting was a bit messy in the final few arcs, or actually in general with RE, but it's the characters ishida NAILED. So many wonderful moments with them, growth, and complexity that could have just been ignored for flashy fights. I give Sui Ishida a lot of credit for putting characters through the ringer but giving us results.
This final chapter isn't perfect, like the series, but I can't help but love it. A 4.5 out of 5. I'm bumping it to a 5.
Esta es una historia que tiene algún que otro defecto pero que me gustó muchísimo.
2.5 en realidad
No niego sus tropiezos pero capaz y lo que yo más resalto en su conjunto son lo humanos que se sienten sus personajes. Hay algo en sus pasados, en sus motivaciones y en sus idas y venidas que se siente muy vivo; tan orgánico que imposible no querer a un personaje como Kaneki, Touka, Amon, Akira, Hinami y un largo etcétera. Así que mi amor absoluto es a sus personajes y su trasfondo que me parece excelentemente construido a partir de imágenes simbólicas y frases que delimitan muy bien sus personalidades.
Otra cosa que me encanta profundamente del mangaka es que sabe construir un perfil psicólogico que tiene un pasado y trasfondo muy importante por detrás de cada uno de sus personajes. Ishida les da profundidad aprovechando pequeños detalles, simbolismos, paralelismos y el dibujo también con sus trazos, luces y sombras. Y lo digo porque lo noté durante todo el tiempo con los principales y hasta secundarios que tienen historias muy emocionales y que marcan de alguna manera cierto acercamiento con el lector por muy despreciables o inestables que sean.
Ahora, los puntos débiles de Tokyo Ghoul para mí son el manejo de esos distintos personajes que van apareciendo. Mientras conocemos a Touka, Hinami, Yomo y el resto de integrantes del Anteiku, estos luego pierden importancia y no tienen casi presencia. Lo mismo pasa con Tsukiyama, Uta y los del árbol aogiri que aparecen y desaparecen en pro de la trama de Kaneki. Además de que el tema con Rize (la fuente de todos sus problemas y que dio pie a Tokyo Ghoul) también se pierde muchísimo y lo mismo pasa con Hide. En conclusión, los personajes aparecen y desaparecen a su antojo a lo largo de la historia a favor de la trama, lo cual me fastidia un poco porque se nota que es muy conveniente para dejar las cosas fáciles. Y lo otro es que el dibujo no está tan bien trazado en las batallas, ya que tratar de leer los movimientos suele ser muy complicado y poco asequible.
Y ya para concluir he de decir que el final me ha gustado mucho, lo que no compro es el proceso final para llegar hasta dicho desenlace. De resto, lágrimas, nudos en la garganta y presión en el pecho sentí con lo que me estaba contando por medio de los paneles. Es magia pura que diga tanto este señor y le salga tan natural.
update 19.07.18 Earlier this week a sad reveal was made public in the final volume release of Tokyo Ghoul: re. http://kenkamishiro.tumblr.com/post/1... Ishida Sui confirms that the reason why the ending of the manga was so rushed is due to him falling out of love with his series. Everything makes sense now. I still love and respect him as an author regardless, hope he takes a much needed break and comes back with a new amazing project when he’s ready.
update 3.07.18. just read the final chapter. don’t even know what to say. to be completely honest, I’m kinda disappointed. the ending was?? SO RUSHED??? for no reason???? why, Ishida, WHY? overall, aside from the kaneki/furuta greatness there was little else I really liked and cared about in this volume. I mean, it’s good that no one died....right? 🙂 idk, man. this was just too inadequate by ishida’s standards. potential wasted. I’m sad.
so, this really is the final volume. 3 chapters left to go. 😪 I can’t believe that, after so many years of going strong, tokyo ghoul is coming to an end. I’ll always remember it as one of the very best series I’ve come across in my life. 💜
hopefully my boy kaneki survives in the end 😶 the last chapters were....wild to say the least. anyway, I’m really proud of him, he’s come such a long way since the beginning of tg. one of the most interesting complex characters to ever exist. iconic.
Solid four-star series. I loved some moments, but I feel like certain things could have been done a little differently. I was also confused at some points in the story (but that’s totally a me issue). Overall though, beautiful and unique art, great characters, an amazing hero, and a really gripping storyline.
*eternal screaming* I have spent the best part of 2021 reading this series and finally I have read the dramatic conclusion and come to the end of this epic saga.
I’m not sure whether my life will be the same (lol) but I will review this after some reflection; after all, it’s been a constant companion for 10 months!
I will probably be disappointed in this for many, many years. This series could've been a literary masterpiece to stand the test of time. But no, he had to chicken out on the tragedy. In the very first chapter of this series, Kaneki plainly says that, 'Were there to be a story written about my life, it would be a tragedy'. What on earth about this ending is a tragedy? I don't think Ishida understands the definition of a narrative tragedy. This is dreadful.
He had the perfect ending sitting right in front of him on a silver platter, too. The final showdown between Furuta and Kaneki was perfectly built up since the beginning of the goddamn story. You should've had Kaneki fail tragically at stopping Furtuta, and had Furtuta achieve his 'super peace' in the process. You should've killed Kankei but just had his impact change the world for the better. That would've been the tragic ending you told us you were going to give in the very first bloody chapter. You lied to your audience. I will be forever cross about this ending. It's still a great series, but it could've been a masterpiece for the ages.
You ALMOST did it. Almost. Such an honest shame that breaks my heart. Had this series ended the way it should've, I would be singing its praises for the rest of my life. I would be begging everyone on every street corner to read it. I would be the ultimate fan. Instead, every time I think about Tokyo Ghoul I just get sad, because I think about what could've been.
I’m so conflicted on this volume. Most of the first half is chock full of my favorite movements in both series, as well as an INCREDIBLE final fight with the main antagonist. However, fake-out deaths and a subpar, underwhelming ending really drag down what would have been a 5-stars for me.
Still, it didn’t ruin the series for me, it only affected the lasting impression. But I’ll still be Re:reading this series for years to come.
A genuinely perfect ending for this series. I feel like I have so much to say but not sure how to say it, but I’m grateful I had the chance to experience this story for the first time. There’s so many layers to dissect and analyze but overall this series made me *feel* so many emotions and that’s what I’m going to remember the most. Ishida is one of the best manga artists to ever do it and I want to continue enjoying his drawings forever.
It's done. Five years of my life with this series gave me so much happiness, stress ,tears and anger . I will treasure this series all my life for all that it taught me. I sae this characters grow so much and their development was amazing, each one going trough relatable process during each arcs. Ishida sui is one of the best mangaka alive right now and i highly recommend you keep up to see the closure to this story.
And we're finally here, at the end of the line. I can't believe this is the last volume. The ending was not as great as I expected to be, but I guess this si what happens when you expect too much of something. I never lives up to your expectations. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't good either.
Anyway, here's my chapter by chapter chatter for the last volume of one of the very best mangas I've ever read.
I don't like reviewing manga. I think you get through them too quickly for a 'proper' review to be meaningful. I'd rather share my thoughts when I'm finished reading a series, so that's what I'm going to do here. Tokyo Ghoul gets a lot of mixed reviews. Its at times very confusing and hard to follow, it's dark and twisted but I think it has a lot of heart as well. RE was a completely different kettle of fish to 'Tokyo Ghoul'. There are a lot of new characters to learn remember and a few returning favourites. The essential plot of ghoul vs human is still there, but the battleground has changed somewhat, as has the pawns. On the whole I really enjoyed the series but for me the huge cast made me nostalgic for the good old Anteiku days. I miss the intimacy of the smaller cast and wasn't a big fan of how the story kepy flipping around all over the place. Also I felt like we got cheated by the death of one of the characters. It shouldn't have ended that way for them!! Overall though I'm happy with where the story went in general, though it defiantly went a little nuts towards the end, seriously how many times can you 'kill' off a character?
Something I will say is that I absolutely love the art style, and the cover art for this manga is stunning. I could look at it all day long. I hope the creator continues producing such entertaining content, though I think it would be nice if this world was laid to rest. Too much of a good thing kinda of ruins the effect. I'd recommend watching the anime as well, though be prepared for how may many changes they make from the manga. It's still an enjoyable watch in my opinion but its fair to say the source material is much better.
If I told you that I wanted a normal life, you'd laugh, wouldn't you?
It must have been nearly a year ago since I started reading Tokyo Ghoul. It helped me through some rough times and still does. Although I recognize the flaws of the final volumes (I was aware of their existence quite early on, because it was Sui Ishida's honest letter that drew me to his work in the first place), this manga has turned into a very personal experience. I love it to death and for that reason alone it's almost impossible to judge it harshly. In the end, I'm simply grateful for the hauntingly beautiful artwork and storytelling of Sui Ishida, and for these characters who won't leave my mind anytime soon, if ever.
Amo este manga, significa mucho para mí. Me acompañó durante la preparatoria y la Universidad. Me hizo más cercana a una amiga y me hizo reflexionar sobre mí.
Qué bueno que Kaneki asimiló que es el protagonista de su historia sin importar si es una tragedia o no.
the End. This was my least favorite volume, I'm not sure how I feel about the end of this fantastic manga. The end was so sudden, I had no clue that I'm going to read the last chapter !! Tokyo Ghoul is such a great installment, full of complex characters and complex world. Keneki-ken is such a great character in which I admire a lot !!!!! I'm so relieved that I have been introduced to TG, and now I can't wait for season 4 of the anime. I'm sad that it's over :(
I can't even put into words how much I love this series ❤❤❤ or how much I adore all those characters, how happy that end made me or how my heart is melting and breaking for my little weirdo, Uta ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ I did not expect that. And now... I'm sitting here... and dont know what to do... I already miss my Uta 😭💔
still can’t believe - with the amount of people that came back to life - shirazu remained dead to the very end, i really thought he was gonna come back. happy they FINALLY addressed the uta situation. him and yomo will be bound by toxic yaoi forever. shinohara and juuzo moment fucked me up. those are my faves i’m happy to see my bby boy happy💔 kimi and nishiki not getting married pissed me tf off hinami and ayato are in item for def. i see the vision i actually incredibly wanted to uki in the end, like i thought he wasn’t all that but i was genuinely happy to see him come out of this. hide remains to be the most goated character.
all in all, a good series with great art and high stakes moments. a lot more graphic than i’m used to but it was certainly enjoyable, i’ll dip into seinen more often! overall 3.5/5 stars for the whole series
exactly 10 years after watching season 1 of the anime, i have finished the manga and it was so beautiful and worth it :') the ending panel was stunning and all of the fights and resolutions in this were so well-done <3 i wanted more of Touka, but I still loved the ending sm
OH. MY. GOODNESS. It's done. Tokyo Ghoul's done. I'm done. What do I do? I dedicated two years to the Tokyo Ghoul fandom. First binge-watching the anime and then inhaling the mangas. I truly found it hard to say goodbye to this world and the characters but seeing how they all got their own happily ever afters warmed my heart! (I definitely cried. I couldn't help my self, Kaneki deserved it!)
I'd like to thank Sui Ishida for dedicating 7 years of his life to Tokyo Ghoul!
I just truly can't put into words the amount of love and appreciation I have for this manga and author, no matter how many times I use the word "love" it would never be enough to express my feelings towards this manga. Truly a masterpiece. Amazing storyline and artwork. This is definitely one of my favorite mangas of all time and I'm devastated that it finished but like everything in life it has to, in fact, come to an end. I loved Tokyo Ghoul from the begining till the end. I loved every second of it.
After rereading Tokyo Ghoul and finally getting around to RE I can say this series has cemented itself in my top 5 manga. I seriously love it so much. From the art, to the loveable characters, to the amazing action there was so much that I loved about this manga. I recommend this to anyone who wants to get into manga. Seriously a 5/5 for me despite so poor chapters and some tough to follow pannels this manga was so enjoyable for me I couldn’t give it anything less then perfect.