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Welcome to Manga Monday!

This week we're diving into Choujin X by Sui Ishida, the creator of Tokyo Ghoul returning to manga entirely on his own terms.

Tokio Kurohara has spent his whole life as a bystander, stumbling along in the shadow of his best friend Azuma who's better at everything. When the two are attacked by a superhuman mutant called a Choujin, Tokio injects himself with a transformation serum to save them both and is thrust into a world where superhumans are feared, policed, and hunted.

But this isn't just another power fantasy. It's about a passive kid learning who he actually is when he stops living in someone else's footsteps. Ishida publishes on his own schedule after burning out on Tokyo Ghoul, and you can feel it. The art is rawer and more experimental, the tone swings from unhinged comedy to gut punch horror without warning, and it reads like an artist finally making exactly what he wants to make. Over 2 million copies in circulation. This one shows.

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