I have been a bit off and on about this series. I don't love it but I think it's okay. I thought volumes 1 and 2 were okay, I really liked volume 3...and this volume was back in the okay realm.

Kaneki is dealing with some of the fallout of the last book (having killed a counter ghoul agent). Hinami has moved in with Touka and they are trying to adjust to that change. Then Kaneki meets a ghoul known as The Gourmet who introduces Kaneki to a very disturbing and vicious part of the ghoul underworld.

There is some implication that Kaneki, as a one-eyed ghoul, has some special powers in some way. This is discussed some but we never really fully understand the connotations of this.

The book was okay. I like Kaneki as a character but have trouble engaging with the other characters. The whole deal with Kaneki and the Gourmet was a bit...well..eh...for me. I thought it was kind of silly and didn't really enjoy the plotline that much.

Overall this was an okay installment in the Tokyo Ghoul series. The whole series is just a bit blah for me; the characters are okay, the story is okay but I never really get drawn into it. The whole thing is fairly forgettable. It's not a bad series but I probably won't continue reading it because there are just more interesting manga series out there.

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