Tokyo Ghoul (東京喰種-トーキョーグール-) is a manga set in an alternate reality where ghouls, monstrous (or demonic) creatures who look like normal people but can only survive by eating human meat and blood, live in secret among the human population and hide their true nature to avoid persecution by the authorities of the human world. Ghouls have different superhuman powers, such as increased strength and regenerative abilities; a normal ghoul produces 4–7 times more kinetic energy in their muscles than a normal human being; they also have a several times larger number of RC cells, cells that flow like blood and can solidify instantly. But the real horror is not in their strength. It’s in the silence between heartbeats. The calm before the hunger. The moment when a human face turns, ever so slowly, toward something it cannot resist. A ghoul doesn’t choose to be a monster. He chooses whether or not to pretend he’s human. “What’s 1000 minus 7?” A question. A ritual. A coping mechanism. A slow spiral into obsession. Not to find the answer — but to forget the question. 1000, 993, 986… Each number is a step down into the darkness. Each subtraction, a heartbeat lost. Not just math — a mantra. A lullaby for the broken. When the counting stops, you’re not the same person who started 1000-7=993 993-7=986 986-7=979 979-7=972 972-7=965 965-7=958 958-7=951 951-7=944 944-7=937 937-7=930 930-7=923 923-7=916 916-7=909 909-7=902 902-7=895 895-7=888 888-7=881 881-7=874 874-7=867 867-7=860 860-7=853 853-7=846 846-7=839 839-7=832 832-7=825 825-7=818 818-7=811 811-7=804 804-7=797 797-7=790 790-7=783 783-7=776 776-7=769 769-7=762 762-7=755 755-7=748 748-7=741 741-7=734 734-7=727 727-7=720 720-7=713 713-7=706 706-7=699 699-7=692 692-7=685 685-7=678 678-7=671 671-7=664 664-7=657 657-7=650 650-7=643 643-7=636 636-7=629 629-7=622 622-7=615 615-7=608 608-7=601 601-7=594 594-7=587 587-7=580 580-7=573 573-7=566 566-7=559 559-7=552 552-7=545 545-7=538 538-7=531 531-7=524 524-7=517 517-7=510 510-7=503 503-7=496 496-7=489 489-7=482 482-7=475 475-7=468 468-7=461 461-7=454 454-7=447 447-7=440 440-7=433 433-7=426 426-7=419 419-7=412 412-7=405 405-7=398 398-7=391 391-7=384 384-7=377 377-7=370 370-7=363 363-7=356 356-7=349 349-7=342 342-7=335 335-7=328 328-7=321 321-7=314 314-7=307 307-7=300 300-7=293 293-7=286 286-7=279 279-7=272 272-7=265 265-7=258 258-7=251 251-7=244 244-7=237 237-7=230 230-7=223 223-7=216 216-7=209 209-7=202 202-7=195 195-7=188 188-7=181 181-7=174 174-7=167 167-7=160 160-7=153 153-7=146 146-7=139 139-7=132 132-7=125 125-7=118 118-7=111 111-7=104 104-7=97 97-7=90 90-7=83 83-7=76 76-7=69 69-7=62 62-7=55 55-7=48 48-7=41 41-7=34 34-7=27 27-7=20 20-7=13 13-7=6 6-7=-1 - @akiram3na1