The story follows Ken Kaneki, an 18-year old university student who barely survives a deadly encounter with Rize Kamishiro (his date who reveals herself as a ghoul and tries to eat him) when she gets hit by falling construction girders. He is taken to the hospital in critical condition. After recovering, Kaneki discovers that he underwent a surgery that transformed him into a half-ghoul. This was accomplished because some of Rize's organs were transferred into his body, and now, like normal ghouls, he must consume human flesh to survive. Ghouls who run a coffee shop called "Anteiku" (あんていく) take him in and teach him to deal with his new life as a half-ghoul. Some of his daily struggles include fitting into the ghoul society, as well as keeping his identity hidden from his human companions, especially from his best friend, Hideyoshi Nagachika...
在日本東京街頭,一切成謎的吃人怪獸「喰種」正悄悄地向人類世界擴張勢力。
一名平凡大學生金木研有一次因為遭到喰種獵食而性命垂危,醫生為他進行了器官移植手術,怎料器官提供者其實就是獵食他的喰種。在病床上醒來的金木很快就感覺到身體不對勁,最終意識到自己已成了獨眼喰種,身體只吃得下人肉,因此陷入絕望,所幸一家喰種開的咖啡廳收留了他...