Choujin X Broke its Hero With a Grotesque Death Too R-Rated For Anime
Warning! Spoilers ahead for Choujin X chapter 20!
The mind of Choujin X's hero Tokio Kurohara snaps in a visually disturbing way in the aftermath of his best friend Azuma Higashi's gruesome death, completely obliterating a common manga trope in the process.
Choujin X is a series from Tokyo Ghoul mangaka Sui Ishida. The series follows a young man named Tokio as becomes a Choujin, a human with supernatural abilities. For Tokio, those abilities grant him the skills and appearance of a vulture. Though Tokio initially has very little going on for him until he gains his powers, his friend Azuma is the complete opposite. Azuma is a genuine hero who tries to help people whenever possible. Tokio's absurd powers in Choujin X make him obsessive, and that obsession extends to his best friend. Despite their differences, Tokio still cares for Azuma, which makes Azuma's death all the more heartwrenching.
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When Tokio sees Azuma's corpse mutilated in front of him in chapter 20, the grief causes him to unleash the full power of his Choujin Beastification form. The immensity of the moment is further underscored by how, unlike Tokyo Ghoul's Ken, Tokio has struggled using his powers successfully, especially in contrast to his much younger friend Ely who he's been forced to rely on. But this stereotypical moment comes to a sudden end when a Choujin named Ricardo Teller unleashes his power for the first time, which involves taking the form of what his target most dreads. The dread instilled in Tokio is so immense that the hero reverts back to his normal self and falls into a catatonic state.
In addition to this being the first time that Tokio ever unlocked the full
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