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Widely considered one of the best manga of all time , Tokyo Ghoulmade its author a family name among manga and anime fans . However , since its conclusion in 2014 , and the end of its anime version in 2018 , authorSui Ishidahas not taken much clock time off . Indeed , over the last few years , Ishida has been focusing on his second manga , Choujin X , a psychological superhero story that , much likeTokyo Ghoul , is showing hope as a groundbreaking ceremony chef-d’oeuvre .
Debuting in 2021,Ishida’sChoujin Xfollows high school studentsTokio Kurohara and Azuma Higashi . The skillful of admirer since they were immature , they are precise opposites personality - sassy . Tokio is quiet , submissive , and always unsure of himself . Conversely , Azuma is calm , take in , and extremely sure-footed in himself .
Their lives and human relationship are deepen incessantly when they are nearly killed by a choujin - a first-rate - powered homo . Barely miss with their lives , the two are able to recover a sampling of the drug the choujin who set on them used to give himself superpower . disturbed about further attacks , the two decide to use the drug and become choujin themselves . When Tokio ’s index touch off by chance before Azuma ’s , outcome take an unexpected go , discover that being a choujin is not as glamorous , and much more dangerous , than they thought .
Choujin X Remains Outside of the Spotlight
Despite Its Quality, the Series Is not as Famous as Tokyo Ghoul
Choujin Xstarted without the tucket expected for a mangaka of Ishida ’s stature . Some of its deficiency of notice was due to Ishida ’s irregular chapter updates . Indeed , in a May 2021 post to@sotonami- his X account , Ishida harbinger that he would be update chapter , " at my own pace " . Another aspect was that fans were expecting more of the same that they ’d seen and became entrusted to inTokyo Ghoul . However , whileTokyo Ghoulwas a psychological / repulsion tale , Choujin Xis more of a superhero story with supernatural elements .
The series ' lack of attending has been a cause of fear with some of Ishida ’s fandom - there are more than a few subreddit threads and other societal metier postings discuss fans ' fear that the serial publication will be canceled for want of musical accompaniment . However , rumor of its close at hand death have been exaggerated . As of May 2024 , it ’s already travel by 50 chapters , and since June 2023 , it ’s settle into a regular publishing schedule with at least two chapter dropping each calendar month , except for October 2023 , when only one chapter was published .
Ishida Is Creating Choujin X Under His Own Terms
What the want of tending has give Ishida is the chance to focus onChoujin Xwithout the push and wrench of the public eye , and to restfully and purposefully transform the story in his mind into the contentedness that he is truly satisfied with and wants the world to enjoy . As Ishida hold in a 2023 audience with the German - ground manga fan community networkManga warmth :
Lately I ’ve been getting up in the afternoon or evening and drawing for probably about ten hours … When I want to make spry progress or really give in a manuscript , I puff for twenty to thirty hours at a time … If I take it a footling slower or am not in a precipitation , I only pull for about five hours .
In the same audience , Ishida reveals that he does n’t considerTokyo Ghoula success . Under his analysis , a successful manga is one where he feels he ’s done well , or when , " I can praise myself for it " , regardless of whether it is a commercial-grade or democratic success .
According to this logic , as long as he keeps producing content he is personally slaked with , Choujin Xis and will go along to be the more successful of the two works . He ’s not wrong , however -Choujin Xis a solid manga that retain all the element that madeTokyo Ghoulmemorable . There ’s the grim Gothic ambiance , the symbolism , the emotional and expressive characters , and the psychological heft . What setsChoujin Xapart , however , is the underlying narrative . It ’s safe to say thatChouin Xredefines the superhero manga music genre into an elegant yet monstrous geographic expedition of what it intend to have great powers and dandy province .
While it ’s a act unfortunate that Ishida andShōnen Jump+ are not doing more to promote the serial , the caliber of the body of work speaks for itself . That is , whether sooner or later , Choujin Xshould get the recognition it deserves . irrespective of whetherChoujin Xis as popular and successful asTokyo Ghoul , Ishida can at least take personal gratification in having achieved his desire to produce a manga " his way " , against all anticipation and obstacles .
Choujin Xis now available onManga Plusand fromViz Media .
Source:@sotonami , Manga Passion
