Review by Ian Keogh

Because Tokyo Ghoul 10 opens at the CCG offices there’s a fear this is to be another of the extended visits to bureaucracy that so slowed down Tokyo Ghoul 9, but thankfully it’s only a brief stopover, and valuable as the CCG are starting to piece the truth together.

Ken Keneki’s concern is tracking down Dr. Kano, the man who transformed him into a half human/half ghoul hybrid, and in what’s one hell of a coincidence both he and a group of ghouls pick exactly the same moment to target the same lead. A brief battle scene follows, but one more clearly drawn than is customary for Sui Ishida.

That’s because he’s keen to move the plot onward. Tokyo Ghoul is consistently fast paced, with something usually happening even during the quieter sequences, and that applies here. In other manga the search for Kano would be prolonged, but the clues add up, and there’s little time between the first encounter and a major discovery. CCG investigators play a small but crucial role, but this isn’t their story, and there’s no stalling a confrontation between Keneki and Kano, now linked to the Aogiri Tree ghouls of Tokyo’s Ward 11.

Despite some major events playing out, it’s been a while since Tokyo Ghoul offered as much excitement as this volume. Ishida obviously knew his hundredth chapter was coming up – it’s the final one before Tokyo Ghoul 11 – and there’s a big surprise every chapter leading up to it. There’s a killer cliffhanger ending as well. Tokyo Ghoul is a frustratingly inconsistent series, but this is one the better volumes.