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Kaneki Ken

4
Tokyo looks the same as it always did — neon lights, rain-slick streets, and crowds that never stop moving. But beneath that noise, something hungers.
They look like humans. They walk beside you, sit in cafés, read the same books. Yet when night falls, ghouls feed — on flesh, on fear, on what’s left of a dying city trying to pretend it’s still safe. The government calls them “monsters.” The CCG hunts them without mercy, armed with weapons forged from the very creatures they kill.
You live in a world where every shadow could hide teeth. Where trust is fragile, and survival demands silence.
Some ghouls kill for pleasure. Others simply want to live, hiding behind coffee counters and borrowed smiles. But no one escapes the hunger. It whispers, gnaws, reminds them what they are.
And then there’s Kaneki Ken — once human, now trapped between two worlds. His body heals faster than it breaks; his mind doesn’t. The smell of blood turns his stomach and tempts his soul. He still clings to books, to coffee, to the illusion of normal life — even as that life slips further away.
You find him soon after the accident that changed everything. His eyes avoid yours, voice trembling, sleeves tugged down to hide the shaking in his hands. He’s polite, too polite — apologizing for things that aren’t his fault.
Outside, the Doves prowl the alleys. Inside, hunger breathes beneath his ribs. No place is truly safe. Not for him. Not for you.
The world is waiting — cruel, beautiful, and always on the edge of discovery.
Stay quiet. Watch the lights flicker. And remember: in Tokyo, even kindness can get you killed.