Tokyo Ghoul:re 2nd Season

So, to preface, this is my first review, so bear with me here! If you enjoyed this anime, good! That means you got something out of it that I couldn't! But I, for one, didn't! So, with that said, let's get into it, shall we? Tokyo Ghoul:RE is.... Quite an atrocious anime. You've probably heard this a 1000 times by now, and so I'll be the 1001st.. Never have I been so disgusted with a form of media until now. Save yourself, and don't waste your time with this. Story - 4 The story of this season is overall pretty dry and flavorless. These arcs are just not very good. Period. I thought this was the case in the manga, as well. After a CERTAIN MAJOR INDIVIDUAL'S PASSING, the quality in story just drops. Every theme TG wished to take on just seems to loosely hang on as everything is dragged away by the boring narrative. Not to mention, the hundreds of scenes that were just flat out REMOVED from the anime to make room. These scenes, believe it or not, are kind of important, and are needed to progress the story properly. I'm pretty sure Funimation needed to start a weekly podcast to EXPLAIN what was going on in this series. THAT'S when you know you REEEEALLY messed it up. Art - 1 This is the worst part of it all. I would rather watch a 5 year old's slideshow on microsoft powerpoint than sit through this again. The artstyle is generic, the animation is static, and everything is colorless. It's appalling to the eyes. There are more still frame shots in this series than anything else, and that, in my opinion at least, is a really big shame. I'm still hoping for another studio to pick up this series and do a reboot, because Pierrot obviously did NOT do it justice. The fight scenes are the most horrid examples of this. It's always just slideshows. It's all just lazy. Sound - 6 The sound WOULD be the strong part of the anime, considering the soundtrack for this series was beautiful and actually felt appropriate for the series, but.... One issue. No new tracks were written for this season, and the studio kept reusing the same tracks over and over and over and over. Needless to say, it's more redundant that water torture. Character - 4 The characters in the TG manga were the strong spot. And so, believe it or not, when you take away everything that makes a character believable, relate-able, and interesting, you get generic stick figures that no one cares for. And that's just what this studio did. I won't go into detail, for that would be entering spoiler territory, but in short, all the characters had a majority of their traits, backstory, and justifications removed. Enjoyment - 1 I hated this anime, if you can't tell already. To say I didn't enjoy ANY of it would be a lie, however. I liked the opening theme by TK and a few of the tracks on the OST (before they got so stale to me I couldn't stand them, of course) but that's pretty much it. From the animation to the poor story telling.... All of it is just a big loss. I would actually sit there during each episode, looking at the time and saying to myself, "Is it over yet?" Overall - 1 It's pathetic. I've listed all my reasons as to why I think this. I'm not gonna preach high and mighty about the manga, it has flaws too, but if you want to enjoy this series, read the manga. That's all I need to say about it. And again, if you somehow enjoyed this heaping pile of trash, good on you!

This review will cover both Seasons of Tokyo Ghoul re: "YA DONE FUCKED IT UP" Angry Joe. Back in the summer 14 anime season, there was a little star anime called Tokyo Ghoul. After that first season ended the series quickly gained popularity from anime fans from the world making it the success. While manga fans beg the differ around due to its content skipping the first season was a decent adaptation that did a good job at bringing in anime only fans to Sui Ishida work. One anime season later the second season of Tokyo Ghoul came out which was titled Tokyo Ghoul Root A a confusing, poorly animated and horrendously adapted train wreck not only saddened the anime-only fans but pissed a huge chunk of manga fans. When I finished Root A. Tokyo Ghoul Root A was so bad it killed off a big chunk of the anime fanbase for the series where they all decided to read the manga which while reading it they opinions of the anime drastically changed for the worst where people my self-included no longer consider even the decently handle first season to be good. Now fast forward 3 years later we have the Tokyo Ghoul re anime adaptation and let's just say that this show was dead on arrival. Am not kidding when I say this but Tokyo Ghoul re is one of the worst animes ever made because not only this show is an absolute failure a manga adaptation but it's also a failure of an anime product to a point where simply doesn't function correctly and trust me when I say this that nothing more infuriating than an anime that doesn't function at all. With that said let's begin with this broken butchered feast. Uhh, there are so many things wrong with the story alone I seriously don't know where to begin and even then talking about this shows problems gives me physical pain. I honestly cannot believe of how awful this series and with that said let's start talking about this dreadful story. One of the first mistakes that Tokyo Ghoul re was how the plot presented itself to the viewer. Instead of getting a half recap episode where it shows us showcases the Kaneki vs Arima you know the fight that was non-existent in Root A the show decided to jump to straight to the action while horrendously introducing its new characters. I understand that Studio Pierrot wanted to get straight to the action and all but there should be least some decent transition piece from original series to re: This is just straight up ADHD pandering and this poor transition piece alone really highlights how poorly directed this series is especially re:S2 where everything goes to shit in terms of writing and dialogue.  The pacing in Tokyo Ghoul re is an absolute disaster in every level. Despite this show being 24 episodes mind, you the series moves at a fast pace like a typical battle shounen the fast shounen pacing clearly doesn't work in Tokyo Ghoul re as the series was meant to be this psychological horror drama series that has a lot of chararter and story building. Not this broken ass shounen series that completely butchers everything that the original series has set off. The final nail of the coffin for this broken mess is the direction. Am not kidding when I say this but Tokyo Ghoul re is easily the worst directed series I have ever seen in my life. So many awkward scene transition, awful camera positioning and abysmal shot composition and framing. You may be wondering why I haven't touched the plot for Tokyo Ghoul re: Well that's because the plot is a complete lobotomised bastardisation of its own source material where all the story elements that happened in the source material have been butchered to oblivion where it no longer makes any sort of sence. The story was so horrendously broken Funimation had to go out of the way to explain the all the events of Tokyo Ghoul re on a live stream and even then they are having a hard time explaining thanks to this shows pathetic pacing and directing. Overall the story of Tokyo Ghoul re: is a complete abomination that shouldn't have seen the light of day. Screw you Studio Pierrot. The characters don't fare much better and that's the tragic part because these characters can be good but the pacing and direction completely kill these characters before they can even open them damm months. Another thing that makes the characters even worse is how the series loves to introduced new characters and like with the original series they barely left an impression in the narrative as they show once or twice then they are never seen or at times ever heard from again... Kaneki/Haiseki is a boring and inconsistent husk of a chararter. Outside of him being a broken adapted chararter to the core thanks to Studio Pierrot and the staff being the show being incompetent as hell he just boring and inconsistent edgy who does edge/nerdy thing for the sake of it. Now if you thought Touka was already useless enough in Root A you ain't seen nothing yet because apart from having set with Kaneki in S2 she literally does nothing at all. What a way to kill a chararter even harder. The Quinx Squad are all bland and uninteresting as they just exist to move this broken plot along. The same thing from Arima as well all the returning characters from the previous series. As for the other characters. Well, let's pretend I never said that because they all just appear and disappear as they please. Overall the characters in Tokyo Ghoul re were about as interesting as watching DSP Gaming Persona 3 let's play and the way the characters were treated were worse than reading a bad Naruto fanfic. Oh boy, where do I even being with this trash on a visual level? The first 2 seasons of Tokyo Ghoul did not have the best production values but both seasons at various point had some decent animation that actually worked. Tokyo Ghoul re: both seasons has none of that as it contently remanded to be a poorly animated shit show from start to finish. Studio Pierrot took very good looking art from the manga and reduced them into the muddy toilet bowl as the show at various point looked like it was drawn and coloured in freaking DeviantArt in the year 2004 and as a result, the characters designs in this show look liked dogshit. The background scenery is even worse as the show loves it uses its blacks, greys, white and dark blues for the scenery giving the show a dark, depressing feel. Unfortunately, I don't think Tokyo Ghoul re understands visuals directing because despite the show being Quote "Dark" the show's dialogue as well the fight scenes that scream shounen bias all over the place. The animation in Tokyo Ghoul re is somehow even worse. Saying that Tokyo Ghoul re: animation is a travesty is a fast understatement. I am not kidding when I say this but Tokyo Ghoul re has the absolute worst animation I have ever seen from this decade. Yes even worse than The Master of Rock Bottom. While the animation of the master of rock bottom was a complete abomination least you can somewhat laugh at the animation on that because it was pretty hilarious at certain points. Tokyo Ghoul re has none of that, in fact, I can go as far that even hentai's are better animated than Tokyo Ghoul re: Where do I begin with this nightmare. For starters the consent still frames are out of control as scenes look like it was done in Adobe After Effects in under a day. The fight choreography is piss poor the use of budget cuts were out of hand and show is simply a poorly animated shitfeast that had no care or soul. The worst thing about the animation about Tokyo Ghoul re were the horrifying camera shake for the action scenes Holy hell I have never seen relay on camera shakes to simulate character movement in my life and I have seen The Asterisk War, and Black Clover where both of these shows abuses its camera shakes to quote simulate epic moments however, its so much worse here as unlike those two shows were they some okay animation every now and then this series feels it was animated by someone who has just learned to use Adobe After E…

This show never deserve this hate I don't mean it's best anime in the history but isn't worse than One punch man on and you guys give them one out of 10 it's completely unfair I understand why you guys underrate this anime but if you read the manga it's so delicious and astonishing I believe after watching this anime please read the manga and you will like it believe me. and thank you for reading. Please do not oppress this anime because he had the means one day, but it was destroyed by the studio, please Kaneki deserve at least nine of 10

"SPOILERS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT SEEN THE FIRST SEASON OF TOKYO GHOUL:RE" It's fair to say that the first season of Tokyo Ghoul:re didn't leave a good impression on fans of the series (In fact, I think it made it worse). The problems that Root A had only got worse in Tokyo Ghoul:re with its only saving grace being its soundtrack. And with Root A no longer being canon, it kind of left Anime only's confused as to what the hell was going on (Although the story did not help with that). It would probably take a miracle for the anime franchise to redeem itself and this second season would have to be the one to do it. I mean it couldn't get any worse, right? Well you would be wrong. Sit back, relax and grab your torches and pitchforks as I present to you the anime review of the the second season of Tokyo Ghoul:re. Lets begin. Story: 1/10 Haise Sasaki is no more. Kaneki has regained his memories and now wants out of the CCG. Exploiting a ghoul raid on the max security complex for ghouls, he, along with his ghoul friends, manages to escape and now plans to end the bloodshed between humans and ghouls. By becoming their leader, he wants peace. Meanwhile, the CCG has tracked down Aogiri's base of operations and raids it, hoping to put an end to them once and for all. I don't want to say too much because that would mean I would had to go deep into spoiler territory. Not that it matters at this point. The story kind of goes back to the roots of the first season of Tokyo Ghoul and asks the question "what is the difference between a human and a ghoul?" Only this time, it is done much, much worse. To begin with, the story's pacing is awful. For example, Kaneki starts off as Kan-EDGY for a couple of episodes, only to revert back to nice Kaneki who just wants to protect his friends after two episodes. There is no development in the story to progress story threads and character arcs as it is all rushed to get a conclusion. Now, I've never read the manga. The anime is the only time I've experienced as to what Tokyo Ghoul has to offer. But it is clearly obvious where parts of the story have been just gutted out. There is little build up or over arching development here to get us invested into the story or its characters. It rushes from one part of the story to the next in order get to a conclusion. Not allowing the time to develop your plot just leaves people confused. It makes them go, "what the hell is going on?" You could take the story less seriously, but that is clearly not a good option. This kind of story needs to be paid attention but without the depth of its world and its characters, then you just leaving us to not care about the plot whatsoever. With the messages and themes Tokyo Ghoul tries to leave us, not caring about the plot because there isn't alot there to get us invested just tosses all of them aside and so we are left with a plot that is just going through the motion. Characters: 1.5/10 The same can be said for the characters. Depth is clearly lacking in these characters to get us invested. Now considering that there are so many characters in Tokyo Ghoul now, I know not everyone is going to get a fair share of development. But when important characters don't get good development, it has a repercussion on the rest of the cast unless they really stand out. In this case, none of them stand out. You would think that Kaneki would stand out and accepting who he is and what he has become, but nope. He's as boring and lifeless as the rest of the cast. The only character that got a sense of real closure to their character arc was Urie as he has slowly been able to stand on his own two feet and forge his own path while acknowledging those around him. Everyone else just get rushed conclusions to their character arcs. Returning characters also get little development or reasons as to why they have returned. Instead of me going, "Oh cool, he/she is back." I'm just like "Ummm, who are you again? Oh yeah, now I remember you." There is a lack of fanfare to get us hyped about these returning characters to make the overall plot more interesting and make it more dynamic. It can be the same with established characters because some of them I barely know and the show wants me to care for them, But I don't care. I don't care for them because it seems the anime doesn't care about them. So why should I? Animation: 4/10 The animation is once again pretty lackluster and feels even worse than before. The fight scenes especially feel lackluster with the cheap ways of animating a fight scene. This includes shaky cameras, cutaways and basically treating it like a slideshow. It really makes the fights have less impact and don't invoke a sense awe or grip that the fight should invoke. Considering the amount of fight scenes in this season, that's a big negative. The art design as well feels uninspired as it just looks so bleak and bland. Tokyo Ghoul hasn't really been known for its animation quality. But here, it just feels even worse than before. Sound: 8.5/10 The soundtrack is the only good thing to come out of this series. It just sounds so beautiful and wondrous. You can listen to the music and just forget all of the bad that has come from this series. It has always been a highlight of the Tokyo Ghoul franchise and here is no exception. It continues the trend of this franchise having great music. The opening as well is great. TK returns for this opening called "Kartharsis." Along with the great vocals and instrumentals, the visuals are also nicely symbolic, showing how Kaneki will always keep going, no matter what persona he adopts. While not as beautiful or colourful as Unraval, its probably the second best opening out of the four we've got. It's funny, no matter how crap the series is. The openings are always agreed on to be one of the best. The ending sequence does show us some beautiful art; backed up some nice vocals to calm the viewer and realise the beauty in this world. The English dub was always considered, by me, to be one of the more underrated dubs out there. Austin Tindle puts in another good performance as Kaneki as he brings a very humble Kaneki yet he can also bring a good serious tone as well. Other performances like Adam Gibbs as Urie, Brina Palencia as Touka and pretty much the rest of the cast are also well done. They managed to make the material they were given work which is honestly surprising. Conclusion: This mess of an adaptation of one of the most popular manga of all time has been a travesty. At this point, I wonder who Tokyo Ghoul's anime adaptation is for. It ain't for the anime only's because with them probably being lost in what is going on and Root A not being canon doesn't help. It ain't for those who read the manga because they just watched this show be mangled into a shell of what it is supposed to be. Even die hard fans must be dissapointed in this. Tokyo Ghoul:re season 2 is probably the worst in the franchise and since this anime franchise has been going down hill since the first Tokyo Ghoul season, that's saying something. I can't care for the story or its characters because there isn't enough there to make me care. Its animation is lackluster than ever and the soundtrack can only go so far to make it slightly better. I heard this season was adapting at least 120 chapters. 120 CHAPTERS! You can't adapt that much without the story suffering as a result and it shows here. I hope someone, someday reboots this franchise and is able to recapture the magic that made the first season of Tokyo Ghoul so enjoyable. Give it the treatment it deserves. But for now, we look back at what is probably one of the most overrated anime franchises of all time and makes us wonder if it could have been so much more. My personal enjoyment: 2/10 Overall score: 3.4/10 Recommendation: Don't f***ing bother

Don't watch this anime if you haven't read the manga, plain and simple. RE S2 adapts 120 chapters in twelve episodes. That's ten chapters per episode. You won't understand what is going on if you don't already know the plot beforehand. The anime cuts out all the exposition and context clues that are crucial to understanding the story, and leaves a jumbled mess of confusing events. All the scenes that should have emotional weight don't because there is no build-up to it. Tense high-stake situations become comical instead because of the horrible animation and lightning speed adaptation of a plot that jumps the shark. "Please someone tell me what is going on." - Kuki Urie, in a scene that seems to break the 4th wall. This show should be considered fan service for manga readers who want to see their favorite chapters animated and colorized. When looked at it that way, it isn't too terrible. The character designs stay surprisingly consistent throughout the whole series with no horrific deformations. Studio Pierrot took some creative liberties and animated an exciting Arata armor fight scene. The kagune stay true to their manga designs, and were sometimes even impressive - Tatara and Saiko's come to mind. It was exciting to see Kaneki's final form in action. Should you watch this anime? If you haven't read the manga, it's a hard no. If you have, then it might be tolerable if you go in with low expectations and consider it to an addendum to a series you already enjoy.

So let me be honest with myself and for anybody that reads this. I fucking loved Tokyo Ghoul as a whole, thus I will try to discuss the series as whole instead of focusing on the last season. For a start, this is my first review and happens to be the first anime that I watched after reading my first manga. I loved the anime and how it stayed close to the manga (Root A, lol never mind). Yes there were bits and pieces that were missing such as character stories, altered plots and so forth. However, that being said it felt complete, meaning that I was satisfied with how the anime adapted the manga. Now I will go into more detail about each season Season 1: Tokyo Ghoul What a beginning. The introduction of characters, Kaneki, Rize, Touka, Yoshimura, Shu, Hide, Nishio and others was great. Right from the beginning, I knew this was going to be insane and recalling what happened in the manga, put a smile on my face. The season did feel rushed, jumping from plot to plot, but, that said I did read the manga and know what it is impossible to the anime to add all parts from the manga. The manga really does a great job at establishing the stakes of what is going to happen from now on, which the anime only briefly glosses over. The dialogue is similar with me remembering and anticipating what is going to be said. The animation doesn't come close to the beauty the manga has, but it is respectable. I would of never of thought that something in a book would be more beautiful than something on my computed screen. The fight scenes were amazing from both sources, and I couldn't help but go back and fourth in my head seeing the black and white fight scene and then seeing the animated version with my eyes. Overall I loved it. Season 2: Tokyo Ghoul Root A Let me start with WTH?????????. The plot is a punch in the gut for me since the manga is completely different to the anime. Changing character plots, story plots and scenes really put a bad taste in my mouth for this season. Yes. I will be comparing this to the manga, since it is the reason why I started watching this in the first place. Ok, back to the anime, I dislike the removal of certain characters and their importance to the story because I feel that they play a pivotal role for the story. I feels like the studio and writer of the anime just said "fuck you I'm doing whatever I want". Overall trash and actually made my salty. Season 3: Tokyo Ghoul: re 1st season I haven't read the manga of this, but from what I read online, people have said that this season stays as close to the original source as any other season. Hearing this, made me happy, especially how I got cucked by the previous season. And then.......... Sasaki showed up. Like, who the fuck this is. There was no backstory, no explanation to what happened to Kaneki except that he got fucked and received multiple personality disorder. The rest of the "new characters" were bland and easily forgetful. Even now after just watching it I don't remember any of their names. The story was like throwing a packet of cards on the floor and you build the story based on what card you picked up. It felt random and stupid at times, and me thinking about it now still doesn't understand it at all. Overall confused and disappointed Season 3: Tokyo Ghoul: re 2nd season (finale) WOW, I honestly don't know why this season got shitted on my with ratings. Really a 6.5? I fucking loved this. Great character development as well story which gave me a reason and motivation to finish it. The redemption of characters did feel chiche but I was able to look past that with the characters themselves. And then the ending. For the very first time I actually got what I wanted from an ending. Something that would warm my heart and satisfy me. Not a bad or twisted cliff hanger that make me fucked up, but something sweet, peaceful and that would make me shed a tear of happiness. Overall I am happy Well this about does it. All I will say is that Tokyo Ghoul has its ups and downs just like any other anime or manga, but it gave me a sense of happiness when watching and reading it. I do recommend this to those who enjoy a dramatic horror anime. Thankyou Sui Ishida for writing something that will stay in my heart for a very long time :)

Literally the worst and most disappointing anime i have ever seen, the character development was complete garbage. Kaneki is the worst main character that could have ever been chosen for this type of anime. The uniqueness of having one eyed ghouls is what made season 1 and 2 of tokyo ghoul at least decent and they completely dimolished that uniqueness in the new series of tokyo ghoul. This anime was a waste of time, i hated it. Trash. One of the worst i've ever seen and i've seen a MANY animes. + the art was way better in the first seasons of tokyo ghoul. I never bother writing reviews of animes but god damn this one deserved it.

*SOME SPOILERS* If it weren't for the ending and Kaneki finally getting together with Touka then I probably wouldn't have given it a 7 overall rating, I liked the ending. :') The best intro song was the one in Season 1, it didn't get better like I hoped it would but the songs were OK. Despite all of the gaps between the seasons where a lot of story and detail was missing, I still enjoyed the fight scenes and overall music & emotions. Right from the first season of Tokyo Ghoul, it caught me like crazy; I couldn't get enough of it. But to see these characters come to life in the animation over the years was fun and enjoyable. Seeing how Kaneki changed from being that little helpless boy to being a father and a husband really hit me, it made growing up all the more real in my life. It's sad to see that this is the last season of this anime. It's an anime that I'll remember for years to come. :)

I don't understand why the story is finished like that. As the seasons go by, the story gets worse; i mean, s1 was great and the plot was very interesting, s2 only opens new perspectives and creates doubts, s3 was even more confusing due to timeskip, so this s4 was supposed to end the whole story and so explain with details what happens in the anime. I feel very dissapointed, nothing of this 12 episodes makes sense, every choice and every explaining is ridicolous, i want forget it. It's like this ending is an insult for the original plot and what propose s1, such a lame. I was very disillusioned several days thinking how a promising serie that seems to be very good and one of those what makes you think and has psychological and philosophical reflections, finally it's bullshit. Supposedly, the manga finish in a different way, i will have to read it to feel better hoping that the initial proposal has the final that deserves, even if only it's a little better.

A tragedy: the best word to describe what happened to "Tokyo ghoul". Tragically this anime is a spit in the face of Ishida-sensei and "Tokyo ghoul" story in general. Despite being rushed in the end and having a lot of rough edges, "Tokyo ghoul:re" was still a good manga: it had a lot to say to the reader and although not on par with the first part, it was nevertheless a hell of a journey. It was a story full of subtle details, philosophy and psychology. I remember reading through the same chapter a couple of times and each time discovering something new: things that previously appeared to be negligible attained meaning and revealed another side of the story to ponder about. After reading a recent chapter I would go to Youtube and watch people analyse it, pointing out details that were really mind-blowing. And now to the tragic part: NONE of that is present in the anime. All the details and peculiarities from the manga were discarded in favor of flavorless combat and showing off. The story itself is terribly rushed. If you haven't read the manga you probably won't recognize half of the characters that appear on screen. Almost all character-bonding and character-building scenes and dialogues were cut which in turn made moments that were supposed to be powerful drab and tasteless. If you neglect character development then you'll have to pay the price of everything losing value: basically after you're halfway into the anime you stop caring about the plot and everything that's happening on screen and that's the genuine tragedy that befell this anime. I wouldn't recommend watching this to anyone, there's nothing you'll find here, except for probably decent music, which still doesn't redeem this anime. Truly, a great disappointment.

Tokyo Ghoul: re is the biggest mystery anime of all time without even trying. It never shows all of its cards, it doesn’t clue you in on the show’s meaning, it shows what it wants to show and dips. Personally, I’m more inclined to like this sort of story writing, books/anime like Overlord did it best in my opinion but the problem with this is that it wasn’t intentional. Clearly, there was some sort of disconnect on what the manga was portraying and what the anime was able to deliver and something went wrong, I have several theories on why that happened but that’s not important, what’s important is whether or not I’d recommend it (I won’t). TL;DR Tokyo Ghoul started off really strong in the series and I fought tooth and nail to defend it even though all its confusing storylines, but I’d only recommend it if you’re willing to solve any questions by yourself (by using the wiki) because the anime isn’t going to answer any of them. Story: 4 Let’s be honest with ourselves, the Tokyo Ghoul:re manga really wasn’t that good in the first place, so when Studio Pierrot was told to make an anime adaptation of this they were fighting an uphill battle. Not only that but they were only allowed to use 12 episodes per season so they had to cram. This, of course, led to some scenes getting cut in a manga where it already felt like scenes were cut from the final draft making the whole thing a lot worse. The actual plot wasn’t really that bad but they tried to paint both sides of a story by making EVERY OTHER CHARACTER an insufferable asshole the whole time to paint both sides as awful as humanly possible and it made it almost impossible to root for anyone. That being said there were a few moments the anime managed to keep which were really nice (not enough, but there were still there). Art: 8 Say what you will about the story but HOT DAMN were (some of) those kagunes BADASS. I feel like all of the art budget went to the fight scenes which really doesn’t matter since 90% of the show was pure fight scenes. This does, however, mean that anything else no matter how serious or impactful to the story, never looked as good as it really intended to be. Sound: 9 I can’t lie, I loved the opening AND closing, its one of those shows where you watch youtube videos of both the Opening and the Ending. Voice actors were more or less on top of it, they all fit their roles to a T, funnily enough, though, all of the best voice actors spoke the least. Finally, the sounds of kagunes activating sounded badass, but without a good reference, I can’t say for sure whether its top of the line or bottom-tier. Character 3: My favorite part of any show would be its character development, unfortunately, the only person to ever receive any sort of character development would be Kaneki. This could’ve been negated with a cast of reasonably written characters but as I said earlier: every other character were written to is insufferable as possible so that’s COMPLETELY out of the window. I honestly would’ve cared at all if Kaneki acted like… well… Kaneki in more than three scenes I would’ve given this a higher score. Enjoyment: 7 Gotta give points where its due, while I was confused the entire time the action scenes were pretty top notch in terms of enjoyment so I’d give it a 7 Overall: 6 This show is 100% flash no filler, it's like the recently completed: Baki (2018) without even trying which is actually not a good thing at all. I would’ve recommended it unless: You’re not looking for a story You have the time to search through the wiki/manga to answer all your questions.

TG RE has many haters but overall it is a great part to the series. The protagonist has many views on the world having experiencing many different lifestyles. Having the story revolved around Kaneki, you would understand he is the mediator between the character organizations. It should be understandable that overall, the plot, i would say, was very thrilling and on behalf of all romanticists, I got what i wanted and nothing more. The art style changed and the story didn't accurately follow with the manga, but either way, the story line in the manga and the story line in the anime were both the best it could be (though i prefer the anime because of certain parts in the manga). So to all those who hasn't watched it, you might as well; it just depends whether it is your type of anime or not.

Tokyo Ghoul:re is confusing, boring and creates more problems for the series than answers them. Story: 2/10 (Dreadful) The season seems like it was made just for the franchise to continue to stay relevant after the hype died down back in 2016. Tokyo Ghoul:re completely disregarded seasons 1 and 2's plot lines, which were at least bearable, and even, dare I say, mildly enjoyable. It just seems to dump you in the middle of a story and you're expected to figure things out on your own. Unfortunately, nothing good ever lasts, and this rings true for the TG Franchise. Even after sitting through 12 completely boring and confusing episodes riddled with nothing but fight scenes going at the speed of light, I am unable to deconstruct the plot. What was Kaneki's goal? The whole season seemed to bank on the success of the first two and tries so hard to sell its edgy-ness to the point that it's nauseating. Art: 4/10 (Decent) At least the art style for Tokyo Ghoul wasn't so bad... The colour palette suited the dystopian theme well. Its character proportions are also more or less there, and I liked that they continued to use hair colour as a symbol for mental state. However, the direction was pretty dreadful. Some episodes felt like I was just watching an uncomfortable powerpoint presentation. (Those who have watched far enough...you know which ones I'm talking about.) Unless there was fighting, the episode was filled to the brim with still shots. Sound: 7/10 (Good) Quite literally the only good thing about TG is the sound and music, which has stayed constant over the seasons. I enjoyed the OP. Characters: 1/10 (Pathetic) By God, THIS. This was the worst part of the whole show- and that's saying something. All the characters lacked substance. TG throws you characters that are already developed- but that's it. You get maybe a flashback of a sad backstory, and then boom! A cool guy who is cool and can do cool things. There's no character arc AT ALL. I felt nothing when characters were killed off. Hell, I felt nothing for Kaneki's struggle, and he's the main character. In addition, TG introduces you to a large cast whose names you will never remember. It doesn't help that pretty much every character has an alias they go by, and makes it all the more confusing. Half the cast isn't even relevant to the show, and the other half that is, doesn't get enough screen time for you to care about. Character motivations are also weak, and also very repetitive: I want revenge for my dead XXX, so now all of you must pay!! I have seen this trope too many times to count within this series alone. Try something new, please. Enjoyment: 2/10 (Dreadful) If I was being honest, I hardly paid any attention towards the last couple of episodes. I just wanted to get this train wreck over and done with so I could add it to my MAL. Overall: 3/10 (Poor) TL;DR: TG:Re is a *re*petitive season that was rushed through and a pretty sad excuse for a horror (can I even call it horror?) anime. It is made up almost entirely of half-assed characters, still shots and seemed to be created for the sole purpose of money grabbing and staying relevant. It's not worth your time.

Ah, Tokyo Ghoul. Tokyo Ghoul had one vision from the start. It aims to create a world where ghouls and humans can understand each other and co-exist peacefully. This vision was initially engaged through the introduction of the MC, Kaneki Ken whom believes the world is a messed up place. To him, killing others with whatever reasons is just wrong. No one should die for being born as human nor ghoul. Throughout the whole premise, this concept rather takes a backseat, never to be mentioned again but reinforced by the portrayal of the interaction between different kinds of humans and ghouls, that brings out the best and worst of both sides. This final season serve as the one last chance to clear the vague line that was drawn between what is right and what is wrong, one final push that the story needed. So far, the story has converged and entangled multiple times on Kaneki. It lines each of his transformation with his perspective on the world. Through his choices, he changes the bond with those around him, his friends, lover and coworkers. In the end, it is the realisation of it that brought him back. He develops in a few stages; a very weak ordinary boy that is scared of ghouls, a rising ghoul that only crave flesh for strength, a righteous ghoul investigator that protects human and to his ultimate form - a strong father, friend and leader that can protect others. It was .. quite unbelievable. He's actually managed to emerge from all the ridiculous physical and mental torture and get the happy ending he deserved. He has the strength of a ghoul and the compassion of a human, and restructured the world that he initially wanted, when he was a nerdy boy who takes girl on a date in a bookshop. One of the obvious flaws for everyone, manga and anime fans alike is how the manga has been adapted unfairly by the studio. From a view of one that hasn't read the manga, the progression of the story seemed to have skipped many important details such as the appearance of the little girl with camera, how Hide lost his lower part of his face and some more. Yes, it's true that this has caused confusion and apparently, infuriated many fans as well. This is because it's hard to resonate deeply with side characters on many emotional moments because we can't empathize them the way we are supposed to. I couldn't agree more. However, all in all, Tokyo Ghoul as it stands, has been one enjoyable ride. Kaneki is definitely one of the most interesting characters that I've seen. Though many didn't enjoy it, I personally like it, especially the ending that has quite a beautiful ring to it. Hell, I think I'm gonna even miss it.

Tokyo Ghoul:read the manga....haven't heard that one before *ahem* sarcasm people *ahem*. Ok, so a bit of detail on LA's experience towards the Tokyo Ghoul series as a whole, the original season was a nice entry point into the franchise and what Kaneki Ken went through and his struggles of being a human eating ghoul, then Root A happened and the mere fact that it's non-canon due to :re is saying something and all the better for LA to NOT remember that botched sequel. Now onto the actual :re part and well, besides the new characters and new settings, LA gave :re a chance, got used the new characters and Tokyo Ghoul for once gave character development to the new cast as a result, left LA completely in the dark as to HOW Kanek- Hais- Ken? is but LA was the rare few people who saw something in :re, ohhh the first season had some major pacing problems and killing it's new cast "just because" but still and now we come to...it's second season and what is the final conclusion of the vastly popular Tokyo Ghoul series and........-sigh-. Tokyo Ghoul:re 2nd Season didn't really learn from :re first season's failings and only carried the formula it had for itself only to hurt and confuse the audience for those who haven't read the manga as to why some characters were so important and the like. This second season continues it's trend of having a HUGE incident occurring and multiple fights and characters developed only some of them having the axe and them having little push towards the plot and gave Kaneki and his allies some measure of HEAVY plot armour as a result. Oh the major events that occur utterly changed things from this second season to a greater degree than it's first season and as a result made Kaneki Haise switch hands MULTIPLE times, but overall the erratic pacing was what crippled the entire experience for LA, characters just dies with their little backstory and that's it, not to mention trying keep track of multiple fights happening at the same time made LA care LESS for the majority of the cast that weren't affiliated with Kaneki either, it was padding for LA. Due to this second season being the conclusion to the story itself, there is this large scale incident involving Kaneki and Rize and Kaneki having an existential self reflection on his life and him wanting to protect everyone, his philosophy he had in the original first season and this kind of touches were great to be honest, but was bogged down by the shoddy adaptation and how the anime just wanted to rush and get to the good parts didn't help things either. With speaking of things LA did like from :re's second season, LA did like Saiko Yonebayashi voiced by Ayane Sakura even from her first appearance due to her being the glue holding the :re cast together and she got some decent screentime and more or less LA's investment in her wasn't in vain either. Finally, once Kaneki and Touka reunited, LA actually liked their time together and the subsequent stuff that happened to them, it made Kaneki's want to protect and his ideology be that more solid as a result. The animation done by Studio Pierrot was "decent" at the very least, it had the typical Tokyo Ghoul aesthetics to them though LA will say some of the fights did feel like Bleach just with monster abilities instead of swords but that was just LA...ohh yeah Pierrot did Bleach too...huh. Nonetheless the animation wasn't that bad to be honest, LA saw it as Pierrot last hoorah in ending the series. Voice acting was decent to, with Natsuki Hanae as Kaneki, Sora Amamiya as Touka, Ayane Sakura as Saiko and Maaya Sakamoto as Eto on the top of LA's head. Look, Tokyo Ghoul:re 2nd Season has a HUGE roster so LA won't go through them all, but if LA had to pick an MVP in all this....Natsuki Hanae, he kinda just had to be for LA, mainly and obviously due him voicing the central focus of it all, Kaneki. The Tokyo Ghoul series for LA felt like the opposite to what LA feels about the Sword Art Online franchise in some sense, they both have their ups and downs but Tokyo Ghoul's adaptations just made bad decisions and didn't learn from it with LA squarely blaming Studio Pierrot and the director Odahiro Watanabe with it's erratic pacing and outright confusing, hard to keep plotlines, where Sword Art Online from their failures LEARNED from it. LA really didn't wanted to compare to very popular animes in two very different genres but it's just what LA sees. Now is it horrible?...actually yes, LA can't ignore it or sugar coat it any other way, erratic pacing, nothing characters, rushed plotlines, characters with way too much plot armour while characters get hit with plot poison wanting us to care for them...but their dead, so why bother?. Tokyo Ghoul:re's second season has it's small gem of moments but they are just that, moments and because of that the flaws seriously outweighs the strengths Tokyo Ghoul accumulated and maybe LA was struck with Stockholm syndrome but LA kinda wanted Tokyo Ghoul to succeed, but this was NOT how it should hade been executed and LA can't give the anime a free pass because of a few characters and moments. Tokyo Ghoul:read the manga... just read the manga.... And the clown laughs again.

This anime was an experience that completely overwhelmed me in the best possible way. From the very first episode, I was pulled straight into its dark, tragic, and beautifully painful world. I watched both the first and second season, and honestly, I was amazed by how deeply it affected me. Every sad scene hit me so hard that I ended up crying almost every single time. The emotions were just impossible to hold back. Kaneki’s journey especially broke me. Watching him struggle, change, and suffer felt so real and heartbreaking that I couldn’t look away even when it hurt. The atmosphere, the music, the intensity of the story just everything worked together to create something incredibly powerful. Even though it’s dark and heavy, I was completely obsessed with it. It’s one of those anime that stays with you long after you finish it, and I’m honestly so glad I watched it.

I really don't understand the hate for this season. I haven't read too much of the manga, but purely from an anime stand point, I couldn't be happier with how this season ended, aside from a few minor points. That may be a little overexaggerated, but it really met most of my expectations. If anything, part 1 gave me more trouble than 2 did. We at least are back with the characters that made season 1 and 2 good, and though I wish they would have spent more time with the Anteiku crew, rather than drudging from one crisis to the next, the ending made me happy and was what I had hoped for. I'm not sure what the other reviewers were wanting as the climax for the series, but you can't really get any more climactic (at least I don't think?). The story starts out a little awkward with a war happening between the ghouls and humans (in a flashback). I am not sure how the ending would have been if they did not change the current state of affairs in Tokyo. With doom and gloom on the horizon, I was definitely invested not just for the story, but to see the characters I've grown to love through to the end/their end. The main "villain" could have been better, and less predictable, but he does a good job of making each good moment feel worthwhile and every bad moment feel hopeless. I went from liking certain characters, to hating them, back to liking them again. This, to me, is a sign that both humans and ghouls are not good or evil, but have the potential to be both or neither. Basically we're complex. In a real world analogy, it's basically 4 seasons of "Do unto others as you would have them do to you.". But the show also does a great job of blurring the lines of good and evil, trust and distrust, reasoning, intentions, and the meaning of relationships. I started out disappointed with part 1 due to the veer in direction and perceived abandonment of the character arcs that season 1 and 2 had so delicately cultivated. But now that I've completed the series several times now, I'm more than happy with how it turned out. If nothing else, Tokyo Ghoul is a great series for re-watch. That being said, I'm curious. Would I have wanted 4 seasons of the same blueprint season 1 and 2 took, aka Kaneki getting stronger and stronger until he beats the main villains? Or do I prefer the direction of stopping the arcs completely and switching up my expectations altogether? Obviously the answer is a good balance of keeping things fresh while maintaining what made the show good to begin with. Re: as a whole does a good job of tempering expectations, while bringing back the characters and design that make the show so great (in my opinion). However a little is abandoned in the process in the attempt to keep things interesting, such as the halt in character development to make time for a change in plot. I really love how they approached the relationships in the show and how they executed the ending. I'm sure most people reading this that have already seen the series are baffled by my review, but I am equally confused at their distaste for this season. By no means is this season a 1 rating (or anything less than a 5). If fair credit was given, the art, action, and ending are worth more than that, let alone the other aspects like story and character design. Additionally, as far as I can tell, Re: stuck to the manga pretty close, and the manga was reviewed positively. So if it sticks to the manga, why wasn't it reviewed as favorably? I didn't read much, but it followed along well in my opinion. So again, I don't understand what the people who hated this season wanted. Personally, I think giving this series anything less than a 4 is unfair and dramatic. Episode 19 (or 7 of part 2) was what really brought the show home for me. Without spoilers, this episode and the last were all I wanted for the main characters still living, and I am very happy leaving this series in the condition it's in. On top of that, there was plenty of innovation when it comes to the CCG's equipment and the Ghouls abilities. The story's unanswered arcs are resolved and the characters are each given their own time to grow/fall. If I had one complaint, it would be that too much time is given to all the bad things happening, and not much is given to the good moments. I'd say 80% of the season is hectic or negative, 15% good/positive, and 5% filler. If you loved the show up to this point, or at least until season 2, it's worth finishing and worth given a chance. Don't listen to all the negative reviews because you may feel differently like me, and we all have different tastes. Nothing wrong with that. The animation clearly was handled with care and the designs and voice acting are mostly flawless. The story could have been better, but not by much. And lastly, the resolution of the character arcs were handled beautifully. I'll agree, the series as a whole was choppy, but that doesn't change the fact that this series - as a whole - was a very positive experience for me. Again I'd highly recommend finishing this series to the end. I read the reviews prior to watching and almost didn't finish it myself, but am so glad I did.

Why Studio Pierrot, why? Such a good show with rich story and characters just for it to be rushed and make totally no sense. Tokyo ghoul anime was one of the biggest letdowns in the anime history. The first season of the anime was really good and I enjoyed it a lot but ever since they split from manga in season 2, everything just stopped making sense and became like a candy without sugar. After that the 3rd season eventually continued with the manga but skipped so many things it just totally stopped making sense, totally. No explanation as to what happened after the events of season 2 and the whole thing was just messed up without any explaining. No character development, too many new characters, random fights without any reason and many more. And finally, the last season of the Tokyo Ghoul anime. Oh man, this was a total shitshow, nothing else. So many random things happening, the art and quality slowly getting worse and the story just making no sense. The manga had 120 chapters of this season but they did only 12 episodes, out of 120 chapters. WHAT THE FUCK????? This whole anime adaption was just one of the worst things I saw in a while and I hope some random studio will make a reboot out of this because the manga compared to the anime is just painful.

Could have extended the middle, put in more, continue the show. The story 6 Why 6? ended too soon and mutsuki stuffed it a bit for me. art 4 why 4? kept using gif type things and the budget for it wasn't too good. Sound 8 why 8? just is. Character 9 why 9? Mutsuki stuffed up Ken's part quite a bit. Enjoyment 8 why 8? Could have extended it more. Overall 7 why 7? best anime (including 1,2 re 1) I've seen 100% will rewatch, feels emotional. I really don't get why people hate this? guess it's the opinions and the alright art type.

The adaptation of Tokyo Ghoul is extremely poor expecially in RE. I only enjoyed the series after reading the manga and trying to fill in the countless missing key scenarios from the anime. I didnt mind that they changed certain things in TG root A(S2) but the ending still doesnt make sense in terms of why they decided to conclude it like that. This would have been one of the best animes if it was not heavily rushed and no holes were left. In RE, the amount of characters introduced with no real backstory just made it all confusing. Furthermore, why are there so much key info missing. To fully understand the story i had to read the manga and search for threads and such to explain.