They live in Yamato Prefecture where the district has almost been destroyed by Choujins (humans with supernatural abilities) and almost immediately the two are returning home from school when they encounter a Choujin who threatens to kill them. Kurohara is a complete opposite from what was stated before about their friendship so far. They had a fallen out very early in the story and eventually Higashi became fed up with Kurohara being unbearably annoying, dependent on him and needing advice or protection from bullies. Apparently despite the two being total opposites their 'bond' is very 'strong' when in reality Kurohara is overly dependent on Higashi. He does not listen in class,is a bystander and coward when Azuma fights. Right off the bat we are told that Higashi has great fighting skills,a strong sense of justice and also always gets good grades in his class and that the main character Kurohara is the complete opposite of Azuma: Now the volume starts off with two characters named Azuma Higashi and Tokio Kurohara.

Now I'm going to break down why this volume isn't a great start for a new series. I feel a lot of the reviews on this series are bias because they either are a fan of Ishida's Tokyo Ghoul or just wants to join on the hype just like they did with Yusei Matsui's The Elusive Samurai series when people used to pretend to like that series on Goodreads a lot more. I'm disappointed with volume 1 of Chojin X and the thing is I was actually expecting the story to be this bad but I still pushed on reading the story whenever Shonen Jump's app would update the chapters. and read in 2021 in May.Įdited for grammar and update on the story. And I'm going to enjoy every second of it. This is going to be such a wild, weird story, for sure. The art, as always, is super impressive and beautiful.

Still, it was a pretty okay start! That doesn't mean it was bad. And I feel we're going to see that in this manga. I love characters who are kinda weak and don't know how to control their powers at the beginning who become these amazing, hardcore powerful monsters. It's harder to root for a character you barely know so I'm excited to know more about Choujin X's Tokio. Especially the emotions he was going through while this big change in his life was happening. Tokyo Ghoul had Kaneki Ken, a character we could easily relate to. So, when I was told he was releasing a new story with monsters and action-packed scenes, I was game. Tokyo Ghoul is my comfort read and it's still one of my all-time favorite even years after being over.

Choujin x volume 1