Alright, so i've finally gotten onto this as well, definitely worth the time catching up. Intriguing plot and characters, something Ishida knows to do very well. Reading Choujin X didn't throw me back to the time when i was reading TG and :RE like i had expected at first, and i'm glad it didn't.
It's been awhile since a new work hooked me after like 4-5 Chapters, decent page count as well so i can't complain at all. The irregular release schedule bugs me a little but i can live with it, makes me appreciate the work more when it drops a chapter actually. Tokio, Azuma and Ely are pretty interesting and potentially very layered characters as this story progresses, something i for one would definitely like even more. Ely seems to be the one we know least about as of yet apart from her love for Tractors(...lol), and her Smoke Powers.
Azuma started out as a kind of Vigilante for their city, someone needs help he jumps in and saves them quickly with his Martial Arts Skills. Quick and efficiently, he could turn out to be what i wish Hide had been like in TG but i digress. He was strong and confident before but once he and Tokio took the Choujin Shot that all seemed to have changed, that visit in the Hospital seemed to have put him off on Tokio. Perhaps it's because Azuma himself didn't awaken any incredible powers and now feels jealousy towards Tokio or because he remembered that Choujin turn into something they desire and since he didn't turn into anything he may lack the desire for anything? Either that or his physical transformation is simply delayed due to some reason.
Tokio reminds me a lot of Kaneki at the begin of TG, both are very timid and reliant on their friends with the difference that Kaneki could at least think for himself to an extent. Tokio is in the process of becoming independent as well and with how things have been developing between him and Azuma he doesn't have any other choice i guess. He's kind of a coward but once he gained this Full Beastification Power he seemingly gained confidence, probably because he pictured himself being more like Azuma now. He should be undergoing a fair few changes over the story, at least i'd like that.
This Choujin School he is gonna attend from now on should come with a fair number of problems, the first thing coming to mind would be his Family not knowing where he is and what he's doing and Azuma being in the dark about it as well. What i found particularly interesting is how strong these Prefecture Overseers are, they all seem to possess incredible powers like manipulating giant swords and stuff. Makes me wonder how powerful the enemies are going to be, since so far we had a random girl being a Snake and some other Masked guy cutting fodders into pieces. Let's see.