Tokyo Ghoul is a dark fantasy anime series set in an alternate reality where ghouls, creatures that look like normal humans but feed on flesh, live among the population in secrecy. The narrative follows Ken Kaneki, a college student who, after a near-fatal encounter with a ghoul, undergoes a surgery that turns him into a half-ghoul. Struggling with his new identity, Kaneki finds himself caught between the human and ghoul worlds.