Tokyo Ghoul Season 1 Episode 1 -

Kaneki wanted to run. He wanted to die. But his body was no longer his own. It belonged to the hunger. He lunged.

A steel girder—loosened by construction, or so the news would later say—fell from the scaffolding above. It struck Rize first, a sickening, wet crunch that splattered Kaneki’s face with something warm and copper-sweet. Then it caught him on the shoulder, spinning him into the dark. tokyo ghoul season 1 episode 1

They left the café as the rain softened to a drizzle. The air smelled of wet concrete and exhaust. As they walked through a secluded underpass, away from the crowds, Rize’s smile widened. It stretched too far, revealing teeth that were suddenly too sharp, too many. Kaneki wanted to run

The screen cut to black.

Thump-thump. Thump-thump.

The date was a setup—not by her, but by fate. Rize had a type: lonely, intelligent, and full of a rich, melancholy broth of emotions that made a human’s flesh taste sweeter. Kaneki, with his sad eyes and abandoned-by-his-mother aura, was a five-course meal. It belonged to the hunger

He screamed instead.