Tokyo Ghoul vs Noragami - Two Ways to Draw a Boy Who Stops Being Human

Six rounds, one axis each: which 2014 anime drew a teenager who stops being human so that the drawing holds? Tokyo Ghoul takes the wound and the mentor. Noragami takes the rest. Final score four to two, and the verdict is the show that kept its word. A versus essay on Tokyo Ghoul (Pierrot, July 2014) and Noragami (Bones, January 2014), scored round by round. The wound: Rize's organs and Hiyori's tail. The rule: a god who says accept it, and a manager who promises a place in both worlds. The mentor: Anteiku against five yen and nothing fixed. The girl: I refuse, and the Soul Call that only a human can make. The ending of season one: the chair and the white hair against a half-human who looks at the way back and says no. What happened next: Aragoto, and a root A its own studio erased. The verdict is Noragami, four to two, the show that kept its word. Then the strongest case against that verdict, at full strength, and why it fails. Every quoted line is from the shows. Chapters 0:00 2014, Twice 0:35 The Rules 1:10 The Year 2:03 The Wound 3:54 The Rule 5:47 The Mentor 7:26 The Girl 9:16 The Ending 11:06 What Happened Next 12:31 The Verdict 13:26 The Case Against 15:14 Sign Off