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The First cover picture of “Tokyo Ghoul”.
In his hand Ken holds the novel
“The Egg of The Black Goat” from Sen
Takatsuki.

Except for using blue as the main color,


I had no real plan. Somehow I am
seeing from this picture that I drew
it very carefully.

What he is wearing should actually look


like the uniform of the Anteiku cafe...

For editing I used “Paint Tool SAI”.

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Drawn with “Painter”.

An Illustrator I know wrell


uses this drawing program.
Because I love his works, I
used to only work with this.

Except for this cover,


all the pictures are
drawn from a frontal
perspective. After trying
this one I noticed that
its too troublesome.

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Volume 2, Cover picture, 2012
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The cover picture of volume 3.
Hinami was
one of the most important
characters in this volume.

In the beginning, I had the


concept of using as many
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colors as possible.

In the end, I liked a


more blue version,
so I decided to use
it as a cover.

This is the colorful


variation without blue
color correction. I think
it didn’t turn out that bad.
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Volume 3, Cover picture, 2012
I wanted to draw Shuu in an extravagant
suit and sitting in an expensive chair.

When he first made an appearance,


my editor said that he’s surely
going to be popular.

“Shuu Tsukiyama” was originally


the main character of my
older manga from
before my debut.

With a girl named Chie


Hori - today she shows
up in a light novel of
“Tokyo Ghoul” - he
experienced many
things.

However, I will never


show this original
manga to other
people.

I have been
working with
Shuu for a really
long time - even
longer than
with Ken.

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Volume 4,
Cover picture, 2012
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The cover picture of volume 5. I
drew Rize because she shows up
in a special chapter as
the protagonist.

My sister likes this cover. I like it


too because these two characters
symbolise the whole story.

The special chapter “Rize" was


published in “Miracle Jump" par¬
allel to my series even though my
editor took the job without asking
me!

Because I was only working with


one assistant back then, and even
had problems with my normal
series, I was pretty pissed because
of that.

At least I learned how to work


under pressure.

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For the cover of volume 6,
I drew Juuzou. *

% Shortly before it was finished, my


PC crashed and I had to start all
over again. My six hours of work
were all for nothing! There was
nobody in the office except for me,
so my screams echoed through the
empty room...

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but I am always afraid that
there could be a crash.

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The cover picture of volume 7.

Here I drew Ken as a color picture for the first time with white hair. In the beginning
he had a centipede in his hand, but I changed it because it was too creepy.
After that, the picture was often used for advertisement.

Volume 7, Cover picture, 2013


The background of the previous cover was red,
that’s why I chose blue for a change.

Behind Ayato are Touka and the leaders of


Aogiri Tree. I tried a different style with this one.

Volume 8, Cover picture, 2013


For the cover of
volume 9 I drew
Akira. Is Amon
scratching his head
because he has
put in the back?
I want to give him
another chance on
a different occasion.

Akira is a character I
wanted introduce since
the beginning of the
series. In volume 9 she
finally showed up.

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Volume 9, Cover picture, 2013
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I had to think about what to draw for the cover of volume 10 for a long time.
comics cover

First Shachi and the twins came to mind, but Shiro and Kuro only showed up
very briefly, and a man with a moustache is also not a good motive for a cover.

In the end I decided for Naki. The editor of “Kingdom” said: “Although I don’t
know who this is, that’s a cool cover picture!” The cracking of his fingers, the
'white suit, and his blonde dyed hair are influences of Yamori, who is admired by
Naki. He’s an idiot, but that’s exactly why I like him.
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Ken in agony with the twins.

I put all my energy into Ken,


and after that, I had no
power left to draw Shiro and
Kuro as thoroughly.

In a bookstore I saw a sale


sign for this volume. It said:
“The Kakuja has awakened!’

I thought that was a really


cool slogan.

Volume 11, Cover picture, 2014


The cover of volume 12 is Uta.
Unusual for such pictures, I drew
him from the side.

I didn’t use many color planes


because I wanted to try something
different.

That’s why I drew Lotus flowers.

On the back I drew Yomo. In the


beginning I thought about putting
him in the front, but I want to save
that for a special occasion.

Now he is sulking in the back.

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Volume 12, Cover picture, 2014
The cover of volume 13.

When Arima showed up in the Tokyo


Ghoul spin-off “Jack”, he had dark blue
hair. After that his hair turned brighter
and brighter which I didn’t think too much
about. After I saw him in the Anime with
dark blue hair, I thought that I had to
decide on something sooner than later.

That’s why I decided for him as a cover.

The first chapter of volume 13 is about


Juuzou’s past. I arranged it that way
because I wanted to draw him for the cover
again. In retrospect, I’m thinking that I
should give as many characters as possible
the chance to be on a cover picture.

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The cover picture of volume 14.
Due to the fact that I just recently drew it,
there's nothing coming to mind about it.

Volume 14, Cover picture, 2014

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The cover picture of #001 [Tragedy].

I like Ken in this picture. The more I draw him, the more difficult it gets...
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Cover picture in the “Weekly Young Jump”, Issue No. 41,2011
The cover picture of #004 [Coffee].

Because I rarely drew color


pictures back then, each time
was a challenge.

I actually don’t think that


the background with the road
signs is too bad.

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Cover picture in the “Weekly Young Jump”,
Issue No. 44, 2011
The cover picture of #009 [Hatching]

This picture was often used for


advertisement. Back then, I somehow
wanted to draw everything in blue
and I’m sure that it was influenced
by “Blue Exorcist”.

I am easily influenced...

Cover picture in the “Weekly Young Jump”,


Issue No. 49, 2011
This picture was drawn after I worked on
Volume 1 and the special chapter [Rize] under
HP*
hellish time pressure.

In this episode Ken started as a waiter in Cafe


Anteiku. Contrary to the happy atmosphere in
this picture I was totally exhausted.
Yomo is always in a bad mood.

In this picture I also adopted the


background of #001.

The story of a manga is generally created


together with an editor. I personally find this
method of work stressful and after a lot of
thinking I gathered all my courage to tell my
editor that I wanted to make my own choices.
His answer was: “Sure thing! That’s what I
was waiting for.”

My jaw almost dropped.

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Cover picture in the “Weekly Young Jump”,
Issue No. 1, 2012
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The cover of
#020 [White Gate].

This picture was


also used for many
advertisements.

Cover picture in the “Weekly Young Jump"


Issue No. 13, 2012
The cover of #026 [The Opponent].
Originally I wanted to draw
a black-white picture with
shadows. Because I didn't
succeed, I just turned it into
a color picture.

Nevertheless, I would go as far


as calling it a “Grisaille”
in a broader sense.

Cover picture in the “Weekly Young


Jump”, Issue No. 19, 2012
The cover of #023 [Missing].

On paper this picture looks


transparent, but sadly it doesn’t
on the monitor.

Somehow there were symbol colors


for the two back then. Touka was
blue and Hinami green.

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Cover picture in the “Weekly Young Jump”,
Issue No. 16, 2012

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The cover of #045 [Black Wing],

This was the chapter she fought


against Shuu.

This picture was also used as a book token


for a readers gift.

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Cover picture in the “Weekly Young Jump”, Issue No. 41, 2012
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The cover of #037 [Last supper].

My sister asked if the background


processing software. No, I drew it

Shuus hair looks like a gemstone.

Cover picture in the “Weekly Young Jump”, Issue No. 31, 2012
The cover of #050
[Banjoul

The dots on Juuzous


suspenders were
bigger on the cover
picture of volume 6.
He surely has more
than one of

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“Weekly Young Jump”,
Issue No. 46, 2012
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The cover of #063 [Ghoul].

This picture came into being


after many designs were
scrapped.

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The cover of #089 [Trick].

Rize in a flask.

I had the idea of drawing the


body like a skeleton
but gave up on that
because it turned out
to be too complex.

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Cover picture in the “Weekly Young
Jump”, Issue No. 35, 2013
One of
the scrapped
pictures for
#063 [Ghoul].

I turned the
picture in but
later asked my
editor if I
can draw
something new.

Fm sorry that I
am always
causing trouble...

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Another design I discarded.

I thought that I might have a use


for it at a later point - but I didn’t
have a chance to use it after all.

Another design for the


same chapter. I gave up on
it because the background
was too much work.

Why did I scrap so many


pictures anyway? The
answer is simple: This was
the chapter in which
Kaneki accepts that he is a
Ghoul.

I wonder what I would


draw today if I had to
draw something on
the same topic.

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Scrapped pictures for the


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Issue No. 8, 2013
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Because I couldn’t decide which variant to use A design of Rize in a flask,
by myself, I asked my editor for his opinion.

I still wanted to use this glass, but it


In hindsight, this picture doesn’t look too bad
broke when someone poured hot water
even as it is right now.
into it.
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Issue No. 35, 2013
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The cover of #071 [Two people].

I scrapped many pictures this time too, but the


theme that I wanted to draw never changed.

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For the cover picture of #075 [Secret] I drew the members of Aogiri.
The picture on this page was the second variant, but in the end, I decided
for the variant on the right because I wanted to emphasize Ayato.
I also used Yamori and Nico in the picture on the right.

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Cover picture in the “Weekly Young Jump”, Issue No. 20, 2013
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The cover of #087 [Gossip].

Members of the 6th Ward. It was around


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that time I started to save work progress


separately and use multiple drawing
software on one picture.

For this picture I used “Comic Studio” to


draw the lines and colored it by
using “SAI” and “Painter”.

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Cover picture and designs for the “Weekly Young Jump”,
Issue No. 33, 2013

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Issue No. 47, 2013

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A cover picture for issue #100?
Fine, then I’ll draw a picture with
all the characters because it is also
going to be used for a poster.

First, I’ll draw the characters that


appear the most: The twins,
Shachi and Naki. On Shachi s
head I’ll add the leaders of Aogiri.
After that its the investigators
turn - Amon, Akira, Shinohara
and Juuzou - I also must not
forget Kaneki s friends from the
6th ward. Til paint Hide and
Touka large because they appear
so seldom lately.

Rough sketch.

Shachi s head turned out to be


weird...

I m going to place the


three leaders somewhere
else. I’ll draw the twins
bigger. Rize and Ayato c
are also quite important. 'g

Hmm, actually there are ^


more characters that I -g Shachi is looking different again.
want to draw... Anteiku, *
'"O The picture is finished! (Me and my scheduling...)
CCG members, Loser, IB
the guys with the clown
masks. Oh, I have no
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Shachi looks even more


demonic.
Kaneki with Osmanthus.
He seems tired.

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Cover picture in the “Weekly Young
Jump”, Issue No. 3, 2014
Young Yomo and Uta.

Looks like this is the shirt that Itoi


has been wearing it for years. //

Cover picture in the “Weekly Young Jump”


Issue No. 9, 2014
Sen Takatsuki s study.

I wanted to drawT the


interior design of this
room in great detail and
asked my editor to push
the deadline back a little.

The unofficial title is


author”.
The cover of #119 [Old Memories].

The editorial staff thought of a cool phrase for the cover page.
Sadly, I had already forgot about it.
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This picture was also used as a shop sign.

For the Series it was divided and


picture for #123 and #12Sirf

Maybe someone on thagreet mightsee this picture


and have the idea that the two cover pictures belong
together. That was my original plan, but my editor
immediately made a twTeet saying: A trick is hidden
Cover picture in the “Weekly Young Jump”, Issue No. 20, 2014 in this picture! That took me by surprise...
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The people living inside his
head.

Rize is whispering
something in his ear to
provoke him.

Again the broken chair


from last time...

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Cover picture in the “Weekly Young Jump”,
Issue No. 31,2014
The cover of #138 [Corpse Bloom].

For the cover of volume 13


and for the chapter cover, I
drew Arima two times in a

The flowers are orchids.

Cover picture in the


“Weekly Young Jump”,
Issue No. 36 & 37, 2014
III The cover picture for the “Weekly Wung Jump”.
Right side: Cover picture of the I never drew a cover picture for a manga
“Weekly Young Jump”, Issue No. 16, 2013 magazine before. That’s wThy I sent the examples
Left side, bottom right: Cover picture in the shown above to the editorial department and let
“Weekly Young Jump”, Issue No. 3, 2014
them decide which one to use. In the end, we
Left side, bottom left: Cover picture in the decided for No. 2 (but without the eyepatch).
“Weekly Young Jump”, Issue No. 24, 2014
Personally, I think that No. 4 isn’t
that bad either.

I drew the pictures below” together


wTith other authors for a cover.
On the cup of the right picture is
a cockroach because it wras a
joint project with “Terra Formars”.
Mister Tachibana, the author of
“Terra Formars” drew the
rabbit figure Touka loves.
That wras fun.
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A design for the


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picture above.
I changed his posture
slightly.
The second cover picture for the “Weekly Young Jump

I think the anime started around that time. Most


times I didn’t decide on the colors until I drew all the
lines. I chose red often.

A yellow background also fit the picture, but in the


end, I drew it bright red.

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Cover picture of “Weekly Young Jump”,
This time I wanted to draw the girls
in a different style.
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Cover picture for the “Miracle Jump”


with a summery flair.
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Cover picture of “Miracle Jump”, July Issue, 2014
The cover picture of
Tokyo Ghoul [jack].

Summer 2013, I published a spin-off


in the manga-app “Jump LIVE”.

The story is about the school days


of Arima and his friend Taishi Fura.

Because I drew this app-manga parallel


to my series, I had to start working on it
immediately after handing the chapter
in.

Luckily, I was allowed to draw more


relaxed and at my own tempo because
I didn’t need any assistants to help me.

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The cover picture of
“Tokyo Ghoul [JOKER]”

This was a spin-off released 2014 in


the “Weekly Shounen Jump”.

The main character was Juuzou


Suzuya and his colleague Hanbee
Abara.

I was very proud that my manga


was published side-by-side with the
series of Yoshihiro Togashi, a person
I have the utmost respect for.

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Issue 31,2014
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The two pictures on the
right are bonus pictures
from the light novel.
The cover of the light novel,
The black-white picture “Tokyo Ghoul [Days]”.

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was another attempt for
the cover picture of I wanted to try a different
#026 [Opponent]. style and use clear colors. I
drew Hides jacket to be a
Ill neon color, but sadly you can
Cover and bonus pictures of the light novel hardly see it on the paper.
“Tokyo Ghoul [Days]”, 2013

I like the Rubik's cube.

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I didn’t like the clear colors of the last volume [Days] after all.
That’s why I drew in a milder tone for [Empty space].

Out of all the characters, I especially like Morimine.

Is Chie trying to take a photo of Kaneki’s butt? Because she is one of my favourite
characters I asked Mr. Towada - the author of the light novels for “Tokyo Ghoul” -
to write about her. I read the story and made some suggestions here and there.

I really admire how he can write so many creative stories about the world I imagined.

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I drew this picture before I
started the series.

I later wanted to use it for


chapter #004, but it was
rejected by my editor because
he thought it was too creepy.
I still can’t understand why.

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Rough sketches of Juuzou.

These were drawn before his debut in the manga, so were


likely practice sketches in order to capture Juuzou's image.

There were various storyboards before actual serialization.


One of them was "Ghoul Investigator Suzuya", a version in
which he would appear in together with Shinohara.
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On the right: A scrapped picture for chapter #071.
I invested quite a bit of time.

On the left: Practice. Drawn at the time


around chapter #050.

Below: Casually scrawled.

Bottom left: This is... I think a rough draft of a


postcard that would be used by bookstores at
around.. I think when the 7'th volume was being
released. However, the distance proportions felt off
too close, so I gave up. In terms of the type of
composition used, a similar one with the same
atmosphere is reused in colored pages 60-61

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I only drew this picture for an Aprils fools
joke where I tweeted that Tokyo ghoul is
getting a video game.

Even though the deadline for the series was


very close, I learned to use a bit of “Flash”
and drew through the night.

I bet my editor worried quite a bit about me...

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Sometimes I make weird mistakes.


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as the word for "Province" in Japanese. His name is basically what the address of the moon would be, if it was part of Japan.

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THROW
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SOMETHING
ELSE NEXT
TIME.

There was a time when someone listed their address as "The


Moon" (He even made sure to name himself Tsukiyama Shuu).
May you have a long and prosperous life on the moon.

For Shuu’s birthday I drew three pictures.


He also got lots of pictures from the readers
as presents.

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He enjoys being
tormented by Touka.
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New Year Card 2014.
Mister Atsushi Nakayama - the author of “Nejimaki
Kagyu” - introduced me to livestreaming and
I drew for two and a half hours live.
That wTas super exciting.
For the birthday of
Mister Nakayama, I
drew “Maburu”.

I love his characters


because they are so
unique. I had a lot of
fun drawing her.

Mister Nakayama,
happy birthday!

I painted this for the last chapter of


“Nejimaki Kagyu”.

I had great interest in him


even before he started
his series. One day
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to be introduced 6*2* fAC
to him and I have
been a big fan of
him since. He’s
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nice, a great person - but


sometimes a bit crazy. I took
many ideas from his works.

It was a shame that his series had to end, but


I am glad that we both had a manga series in
the “Weekly Young Jump” at the same time.
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Profile pictures from my Twitter account.
I used the first Touka for quite a long time.
After that, I often used a section of images
I later showed in the right format.
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Design for a coffee cup as a readers gift.


Due to the fact that it wasn't produced in large
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Those two are summer children.


Yomo and the twins were
Housewife Hinami.
also born in July.

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I don’t think that Rize would cook something.

What a shame!
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A reader once asked:


“How exactly does Kaneki’s
mask work?” I answered this Side
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question with the pictures Toledo £=)houl view

above.

In the beginning the direction


of the zipper was different.

Uta probably changed it in


retrospect.
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Scrapped cover picture for the promotion of volume 11.


The side view wasn’t good for a cover after all.
(Even though I also painted it like this for volume 12...)
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Masks for the Anime. Boss and subordinate.


I am often asked if
Ghouls can smoke.

Yeah, I guess.
(Although its certainly
not healthy )
Besi* regards!

For the presentation


of Tokyo Ghoul.

In the beginning I
wanted to draw more
characters, but I had
no energy for it and
therefore I only
drew two.
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I think this Shuu doesn't look too bad.
(Even though the others are also not bad...)

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is released
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Ken with glasses.

After I drew Arima for the


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cover I wanted to put glasses


on Kaneki for once.
Hinami s birthday.
I am sure she loves flowers.

A discarded picture back when the series started.

Akira with her cat,


Maris Stella.
(She looks like a ghost.)

Yomo in a military
uniform.

Though its his


birthday, his
expression is
gloomy.
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After I watched an anime episode, I often drew
such pictures.

Sometimes even during the episode.


Everything is just scribbles for fun.

Only for episode 9 I made an exception and


invested a bit more time.
I added Enji Koma later.

Hoji had a really great voice.


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For chapter #143 I drew a cover
for the “Weekly Wung Jump”.

At first I handed in a version in which


Kaneki covers his eyes, but that one was
rejected by my editor. (Go figure...)

Just like with the cover of volume 14,


I can’t think of anything else yet.

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Cover picture for the “Weekly Young Jump”,
Issue No. 42,2014
I
I constantly agonize over what to draw next and
once it’s finished I quickly lose interest in it.
I rarely look back at what I painted previously.

Now, after looking back on the pictures of the last


three years, I discovered many new things.

Some are well-made, some are not that good despite


the amount of work. Some were just straight-up
bad. I tried something new here and there, put a lot
of energy into projects, and finished things quickly
under time and pressure.

Depending on my motivation, skill, and time I had,


my pictures always look different. It’s interesting to
know the conditions I worked under back then.

I would be very happy if my readers can enjoy


these pictures and the stories behind them.

25th September 2014, Sui Ishida

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