Anime 36511 Tokyo Ghoul Re Reviews Filter Check 3

Tokyo Ghoul except everything that was good is bad.

As a fan of the first two seasons I can't see this season as anything other than a massive failure and disappointment.

Story-5
Very tiny spoiler: Haise is Kaneki. Wow this show is boring. I'm not sure that a single interesting thing has happened in 12 episodes. Basically it's just 12 episodes of Haise and his new buddies fighting ghouls. Not a single fight is cool, interesting, or well animated, and not a single character is as good as a character from season one.

One thing I found so great about the original is that the man-eating ghouls who ... couldn't possibly seen as good people were constantly and effectively humanized through the folks at Anteiku. It presented an incredibly difficult and interesting conflict where ghouls and humans desperately want peace but simply cannot coexist. Kaneki and friends constantly tried to balance peace and protecting their friends and that's part of what made the show great.
Well no more Anteiku. No more of Kaneki's old friends. And no more ghouls that are worth caring about. They're all gone and replaced with Haise's boring crew of half ghoul investigators and a bunch of ghouls who's most interesting and human trait is that they don't want to die.

Art-6
Significantly uglier than the original. The drop in animation quality is actually both astounding and depressing. A show that could be praised for it's stellar animation and dark edgy art has fallen so so low. It's production budget is likely close to half of the original and it shows. Not one fight sequence is cool or impressive and the art can also be incredibly inconsistent at times.

Sound-6
Also a big step down. The opening is good but not nearly as good as the original. The ending is also fine but kind of weird and not worth adding to any kind of playlist. All the background music is mediocre and totally forgettable. The sound does almost nothing to improve this adaptation.

Character-4
This is actually the worst part of the show. Haise has to be the most boring main character I've seen all season, maybe all year. His only character trait is that he cares about his friends and his current lifestyle. It's essentially impossible to get anything more than that out of his character. Every time he speaks it's something about how much he loves his life or how he doesn't want to be Kaneki again because he loves his life so much right now. I was constantly wanting him to return to being Kaneki against his will because I was so damn tired of Haise's babbling.

No side character is worth me mentioning with the exception of Urie (half ghoul investigator who works under Haise) who has untapped potential as of now. All the new ghouls are boring. All of Haise's new friends are a bore. They add nothing to the show whatsoever. The biggest internal conflict seen in a side character is "Damn killing ghouls is kind of sad." Really groundbreaking stuff. Massive failure in character writing.

Enjoyment-5
Obviously I did not enjoy this show and my expectations were shattered. This show has almost no redeeming qualities, and I never once looked forward to the next episode.

Overall-5
I don't understand how anyone can watch the all three seasons of Tokyo Ghoul and say that this one stands up to the first two. It's clearly a massively overambitious failure of a project.
I haven't read the manga and I don't plan to. This is a review of the anime only.

Tokyo Kushu Re is bad excuse for a sequel. The story starts off as a complete mess, directly jumping into action without any build-up and focusing around characters that have not even been introduced. Somehow the series assumes that it doens't have to put any efford into explaining any of these new things because it's part of already existing franchise.This makes it very hard to actually care about anything that is happening.


Soon after, it becomes clear that our main character has gone thru some trauma and now suffers from amnesia. Great, isn't this just perfectly cliche writing and also a way to turn all the ... character development seen in season 1 and 2 back to zero. I am not exactly sure what type of author hates their characters so much to go and do something like this. I disliked Kaneki Ken in the beginning of S01, but still came to like him because of his character development. And now I am supposed to see the same shite again? How about no. Alternative version in the same universe would have been a much better idea.


I admit, I was never a big fan of Tokyo Kushu. I did see S01 twice, S02 once and read the manga once, but still this 3rd season is inferior in every way. All the good things were removed, the director was changed and now the OST - which made the first seasons seem better than they actually were, is now garbage, too. Thus far, there has only been one good scene in the whole show in episode 2 and even that was lend from S02. It's very hard to recommend this to anyone. Especially those who liked the original series for its characters should stay far away.

This show is a hot mess. It is confusing due to its poor execution of plot; the animation becomes lazy and sloppy after episode 3; the soundtrack was disappointing and did not live up to the high expectations set up by the priors series and what was well developed characters were turned into archetypal and flat characters. After watching this train wreck I didn't even feel anger, as if at that point I was numb to the disappointment. All I could say was "Well that sucked". A few day later I have decide to write a review, because I'm just so bitter.

S T O R ... Y 3/10
Tokyo Ghoul:Re's plot is carefully constructed, into a smart and clever story, leaving you desperately anxious and on the end of your seat as you watch the characters tragic tales overlap...- if only I could say the same for the anime. I was talking about the manga UwU The anime takes all these amazing things aND THROWS THEM OUT THE BLOODY WINDOW. It rushes important events and sometimes even pretends they dont happen. When these important events are ignored future events don't make sense, because they are meant to be a consequence of that past important event????? that you just cut out for no reason???? Also, since this show hadn't adapted the end of the first series, Tokyo ghoul, the whole plot makes no sense, because that is what triggered Tokyo Ghoul:Re to occur in the first place.

A R T 3/10
This really upsets me to give it such a low score, this is because at the start of the series the animation was pretty solid and nice to look at. However after episode 3 its just crashes right down into the mud. The animation looks lazy, boring, ugly, flat, silly and downright offensive. While most people for some reason praised the art style I thought it was generic and looked like any average low-budget anime.

S O U N D 4/10
The Tokyo Ghoul anime adaptations are famous for having its surprisingly good soundtracks that truly manipulate the viewer emotions, such as "Licht Und Schatten" plus "Unravel" from Tokyo Ghoul and "Glassy Sky" also with "On my own" from Tokyo Ghoul Root A. With the standard set so high you'd naturally expect :Re to be the same. Well... ehhhhh. I Mean, its not bad, its far from bad... but nothing was good. There was no song that made you go like "Holy crap that is amazing", it was all forgettable and just meh but with the bar set so high for the music in the TG franchise, "meh" isnt good enough. Thus it having a low score of 4, even if it would be forgivable with any other show.

C H A R A C T E R S 2/10
The characters were bland and left a nasty aftertase. In the Tokyo Ghoul:Re manga, at first these characters still do look bland and generic, but what saves them from staying this way is the amazing and well thought out backstorys and future character development. Annoyingly, the anime fails again to make a solid stride and doesn't give any of these characters the proper stoplight they deserve. Apart from Haise and Urie all of the developments and backstories are rushed. Instead of them spending a good episode length on the development (like I think they should be) some of them are mushed into a dreadful 5 minutes. I think that Urie's execution and portrayal of his personality traits, inner monologue and backstory were wonderfully done; so was Haise's. If only I could say the same for the rest of the cast, then it would have a much higher score.


E N J O Y M E N T + O V E R A L L 1/10
I think that what annoys me so much is the potential this show has, this show could be truly amazing if it wanted to be, it has the right material to do so. Unfortunately the studio behind it is too lazy to care and just wants to squeeze as much as the can get from the manga, instead of treasuring it and understanding how to correctly adapt the work. I have to be extremely harsh on this series because believe it or not; I WANT IT TO DO WELL!! So when it doesn't I'm going to be very mad. I do not recommend this show to anyone, even if your an anime only just don't bother because the show wont make sense anyway and you'll just be confused. If you're a manga reader while it is nice to hear the characters voices and see the fights moving I still don't advise it, as it just is painfully frustrating to watch. Overall I have to give it a 1... Thank you for reading my review ( •⌄• ू )✧

Don't watch this anime.

Whether or not you've read the manga, you'll be extremely disappointed by this mess of an adaptation. As someone who's been with :re from chapter one, I'm actually appalled by how horrible this anime is.

The story, although enjoyable in this part of the anime, is extremely rushed. I've heard a lot of complaints about the pacing, and at first I excused it, thinking they'd fix it by episode two, since the first episode tends to have weird pacing. But no, we're at episode five now and nothing has changed. Nothing is fleshed out, the interactions are rushed, and because of this, the ... relationships between characters seem forced and fake.

The animation is what you'd come to expect by a Tokyo Ghoul anime. I didn't mind the original's animation as much, but I have to point out that the animation is as boring and tasteless as A1 Pictures's. No fluid movement, rushed, boring, and so many frames look dumb and wonky, I can't help but rush.

I enjoy the ending song a lot, considering I'm already a huge Queen Bee fan, and have mixed feelings about the opening. The music in the show is nothing to write home about- mostly just some weird synth beats that were made with no inspiration. It feels lackluster and boring and it really is. I feel like the performances of the voice actors are amongst the worst they've done, especially Natsuki Hanae's portrayal of Haise, which sounds stiff and really forced. I'm also extremely angry they decided to use a higher-pitched female voice actor for Mutsuki.

Characters are the same as the manga, but are, as mentioned before, much less fleshed out. Can't say much here.

I've been with :re since the beginning of its serialization, and what a shitfest it's been. These first three books are my favorite, and have a special place within my heart (yes, the anime got through volumes one through three in five episodes). But I can't say I enjoy this anime at all. I love Haise, so I enjoy seeing him, but other than that, I can't find myself looking forward to the episodes every week.

Overall, a three out of a ten. I'll most likely lower it.

Compared to the prequels, be it the anime or the manga, this is nothing alike. The story just doesn't keep me entertained anymore, the action is mediocre and everything is just messed up. I tried to continue watching the series, but everything that made TG special was broken in TG:re. There is NO consistency and no intelligence. I feel like a foolish child watching this, not because I am one, but because the anime makes me feel so. The art and sound is average, but everything that makes the anime enjoyable is not there. That's all, I had to drop it.

-Tokyo Ghoul:re (anime)-
-Episode Watched: 4-
-Tokyo Ghoul:re (anime) (Season 3) Score: 3/10-
-Status: DROPPED-
(Seriously, Citrus was a MUCH better anime than whatever this is)

So.....Tokyo Ghoul:re actually has gotten an anime series.....well.......that was a thing.....right anyways....I've been a fan of Tokyo Ghoul ever since I started reading the manga back in high school in 2015 and ever since then I was hooked by its characters, story, world and neat little lore and everything and it pretty much became my 2nd favorite manga series of all time (All time favorite being Berserk, of course) and so when I saw the previous 2 Seasons of the anime I was beyond ... disappointed with the whole thing.....

-Season 1 adapted 7 Volumes of the manga into 12 Episodes which pretty much felt the whole thing to be a rush job and it also changed story elements both major and minor that didn't need changing in the 1st place. But the most damaging flaw was that it focused more on action than the story, world and characters.
-Tokyo Ghoul (anime) (Season 1) Score: 3/10-

-Season 2 titled "Tokyo Ghoul √A" (Pronounced: Root A), on the other hand, was an anime-original storyline that featured some story elements from the manga but painted in a different light. All of which was spun the original creator of Tokyo Ghoul: Sui Ishida. So what went wrong here? The answer was simple, the story was beyond disjointed, confusing and made no sense, the characters were basically pointless and the whole thing overall felt like a bastardization and betrayal of Tokyo Ghoul and worst of all, remember when I said Sui Ishida made the entirety of √A story? well the worst thing was that Studio Pierrot (The studio making T.G to begin with) pretty much threw Ishida's storyboards and drafts into the dirt and outright disrespected his work, granted they also did that with Season 1 but it's much more noticeable here and overall though, Tokyo Ghoul √A was REALLY BAD and no one, whether Manga Reader or Anime Watcher, should EVER waste their time with this at all.
-Tokyo Ghoul √A (Season 2) Score: 1/10-

So then, when I heard that Tokyo Ghoul was getting a 3rd Season was never looking forward to this whatsoever. Later on, witnessed more and more of the anime being showcase I was still never impressed but what I saw and even though it was sticking to the manga this time, like Season 1, but with no recap or anything didn't make matters any better and it seemed like Studio Clown didn't learn their lesson after all. Tokyo Ghoul:re (anime) gave me the impression that it was going to be on autopilot for the entire stay and you know, THAT'S a perfect description for it.

Tokyo Ghoul:re (anime) is the official 3rd Season of the Tokyo Ghoul anime series, "adapted" (adapted in Massive Quotes there and use that term very, VERY loosely) from the manga of the same name: Tokyo Ghoul:re (manga) which is a sequel series to the original series: Tokyo Ghoul (manga) which all done by the mangaka: Sui Ishida.

---Story: 3/10---
----DISCLAIMER: In order to avoid confusion for Anime Only Watchers, Listen up. This season is not connected to Season 2 whatsoever in anyway, shape or form. It is a continuation of the events that transpired in the manga. So in other words, Tokyo Ghoul √A IS COMPLETELY WORTHLESS!!!!----
Set 2 years after the events of the original manga (Read the manga, the light novels and [Jack] to fully understand those said events), Tokyo has changed drastically due the influence of the CCG (Commission of Counter Ghoul), however ghouls themselves still pose has a problem to them especially the terrorist organization: Aogiri Tree (Read the manga to know who they are) as such, the CCG has decided to start up a brand new project by created their own set of Ghoul Investigators comprised of Half-Human, Half-Ghoul Hybrids (Well, more human than ghoul to be honest, but again read the manga to fully understand) known as the "Quinx Squad" (or "Quinx" or just "Qs" for short) in order to fight off the ghouls while being led by their mentor, Rank 1 Ghoul Investigator: Haise Sasaki (Who is EXACTLY who you think he is) who has mysteriously suffered from amnesia as he can't seem to remember 20 years of his past life. (Again. He is EXACTLY who you think he is).
-Anyways, despite the fact that this show is "adapting" Volumes 1-5 of the manga into 12 Episodes (Just like Season 1), it doesn't excuse the fact that the story and overall writing for the was just straight-up flimsy, unlike its original source material, this isn't a deep story and there's literally nothing here. A MASSIVE amount of story felt like it was removed (and that's because it is). A lot of moments and element from the manga have been completely removed and changed and what was "adapted" from the manga even I knew they would screw up at, so any tension, character development, lasting impact and even symbolism is entirely removed. But on top of that, for Anime Only Watchers, they're going to get EXTREMELY confused when they watch this show because they won't know what's going on here and to make things even worse the show starts off as if everyone knows about what happened previously....NOT A GOOD SIGN and also LITERALLY NOTHING is ever explained and the whole thing feel completely rushed, even more so than Season 1. Seriously, though did the writer just fall asleep or just not give a shit?.....But anyways, I'm not gonna put too much energy into this simply because not much energy felt like it was placed into this. Tokyo Ghoul........could be enjoyable as its on anime series but with an anime series like this you can never really tell sometimes. However, if we're allowed to go back to that early comment I made about Tokyo Ghoul:re (anime) feeling like it's on autopilot....I wasn't just talking about the story....-

---Characters: 3/10---
The characters are mostly comprised of returning characters like Kishou Arima, Akira Mado, Touka Kirishima, Juzou Suyuza, Hinami Fueguchi, Ayato Kirishima, so on and so forth and new characters like Karao Saeki, Miza Kusakari and of course, the Ouinx Squad: Rank 2 Investigator: Kuki Urie, Rank 3 Investigator: Ginshi Shirazu, Rank 3 Investigator: Tooru Mutsuki, Rank 3 Investigator: Saiko Yonebayashi and finally our protagonist: the amnesic Rank 1 Investigator: Haise Sasaki (Who is EXACTLY who you think he is). While all of this may sound like good idea on paper, it's terribly executed in practice because none of the characters both old and new aren't really that interesting most of them are either undermined, uninteresting or just flat out unlikable with no rhyme or reason. Most of the character's personal motivations make absolutely no sense and it leave you scratching your head wondering why any of what they're doing is happening in the 1st place and none of their actions at all make any sense. Which is left a very empty feeling. In fact, the characters are just there for the sake of being there. (Seriously, the manga got the characters right so what's this show's excuse?). Also, one more THE OPENING SPOILED THE ENTIRE SHOW'S PLOT. I MEAN, WTF!?!?!

---Art & Animation: 2/10---
Studio Pierrot is once again making Tokyo Ghoul and this time around they're not even trying. The art and visual style is a massive downgrade compared to Season 1, √A and even the manga for the matter. Everything looked extremely cheap from the environments to the character design everything just looks half-assed and color palette looked completely muted, almost like the studio's ink cartridges ran out of ink and forgot to go resupply at the office depot. Seriously, Season 1 at least looked like it had some effort placed into it. The animation is some of the worse the series has ever produced it's completely stiff, unnatural and empty and overall nothing is really impressive in anyway, I mean, Good God even the action scenes suck, the action in the show in is barely any actual movement but it instead a bunch of still frames and slideshows that you can easily make in Mircosoft Powerpoint as a mid-term project. Sometimes there are a few times where the visual are pretty nice but still though overall, this is just not a pretty show to look at. Also, Touka once again has Purple Hair when in the manga she has Black Hair and later in early :re she has Light Blue Hair.....I mean, WTF!!!

---Sound:9/10---
If there's always one actual good thing about the previous 2 Seasons was the GORGEOUS Soundtrack and Tokyo Ghoul:re (anime) is no different. Yutaka Yamada once again returns as the composer for Tokyo Ghoul (anime)'s soundtrack and it's just as amazing as ever and it's overall fits the overall themes of Tokyo Ghoul, sporting some great piano and techno pieces and some amazing vocal tracks. As for the Opening and Ending Songs, Tokyo Ghoul (anime) has always had amazing songs as Unravel by TK from Ling Tosite Sigure, Munou (Incompetence) by österreich (which I'm might by the only one who actually did like the song) and Seasons Die One After Another by amazarashi (The only song I did like was The Saints by People in the Box because I thought it was pretty dull). For Tokyo Ghoul:re (anime) the songs this time around are: asphyxia by Cö shu Nie and HALF by queen bee and both songs are really incredible and fit very well with the early stages of Tokyo Ghoul:re.

In terms of Voice Acting, the Japanese Voice Acting and the fit their individual characters quite I especially did like the performances of Natsuki Hanae, Kaito Ishikawa, Yuma Uchida, Natsumi Fujiwara, Ayane Sakura, Yu Kobayashi, Daisuke Namikawa, Takahiro Sakurai and Mamoru Miyano as Haise Sasaki/Ken Kaneki, Kuki Urie, Ginshi Shirazu, Tooru Mutsuki, Saiko Yonebayashi, Karren/Kanae von Rosewald, Kishou Arima, Uta and Shu Tsukiyama respectively. Overall, the Japanese Voice Acting is overall really good.

The English Voice Acting, on the other hand, was pretty weak none of the performances impressed me in anyway and voices themselves range from just fine, to boring or in the case of Daman Mills as Ginshi Shirazu just plain awful. On top of the almost none voices don't fit very well the characters themselves with only 3 expectations: J. Micheal Tatum as Shu Tsukiyama, Brittany Lauda as Miza Kusakari and Jeannie Tirado as Karren/Kanae von Rosewald, while I could've gone without the German accent but I think it kinda works. But still, I never did watched the previous 2 Seasons in English beforehand but if this seasons English Dub is anything to go by then I dodged a bullet I suppose.

Overall, The soundtrack is once again absolutely amazing as ever and it's easily the single good thing from this show. As for the voice acting, this is the very 1st anime series where I prefer the Japanese over the English, so I really won't recommend the English Dub.

---Verdict---
Tokyo Ghoul:re (anime) just its predecessors is the living definition of misused potential, like I said earlier, Tokyo Ghoul:re (anime) is basically on autopilot from beginning, middle to end. This show is going back to "adapting" the manga like the 1st Season but like that Season Pierrot's means of doing so are means of subtraction of designs, themes, characters, core mechanics, story elements everything feels lesser here. If anyone are fans of the manga or otherwise DO NOT watch Tokyo Ghoul:re (anime) and the previous 2 Seasons, there's no excuse for such a sloppy execution as an adaptation of the manga: it fails, as an anime series on its own: there are so many better options. If you like anime as much as the next guy or girl, Don't bother wasting your time with this series (and read the manga). Black Clover offered a better experience than this although I'd easily recommend My Hero Academia, Full Metal Alchemist, DARLING in the FRANXX and Citrus way above that show.

~HERE'S HOPING TO A REBOOT FOR THE ANIME!!!~

You're probably wondering whether or not I'm being serious about such a low score. Long story short, yes this show is really that bad. Frankly, at times I couldn't believe my eyes while watching this. I hope that after reading this review you'll see just how bad this show is yourself.

STORY

Now, at that point most reviewers would recap the plot of the show, albeit in very broad terms to avoid spoilers and such. But here's the problem: this show has no plot. None. A thing happens, the characters respond to it, then they fight it out. Rinse and repeat. This has been a formula ... for the second season as well, and surely enough it's back this season with no changes to it being done.
It doesn't go anywhere, and even if character arcs are present, there's still no sign of an overarching narrative to tie them all together. Any story, in its essence can be divided into the beginning, the middle and the end. While Tokyo Ghoul certenaly had a beginning, we don't have a slightest idea if it progresses anywhere. The episodes feel disjointed and abrupt, pacing is all over the place. That is, however, the least of my problems with the series and this season in particular. Moving on to the

CHARACTERS

Unlike the previous section I can at least say something about the characters of this show. While many of them are underdeveloped and bare-bones, it's definately the strongest aspect of the show. And by strongest I mean it's not completely abscent or all around terrible.
Before talking about individual characters I want to adress by far the most outrageous aspect of the show. A lot of the episodes feature characters that were never introduced, but treated by the show like they have been, or like they matter. An episode can literally start with characters framed like we're supposed to care about them or at the very least know them. A lot of them end up dying dramatically, even though the viewer couldn't possibly have cared. I even ended up rewatching the previous episodes' endings to make extra sure I didn't miss an episode or two on accident. I didn't. I don't know if that's because half of the episodes got cut out from the show, or because the writers expect the viewers to be familliar with the source material or any other reason, it's simply unforgivable. With that out the way, let's talk about some of the more prominent characters.
The Main Protagonist -- Is it even a spoiler to just call him Kaneki rather than Haise? I mean it was obvious from the start. And yet I don't feel like calling him by his real name. Why? Because Ken Kaneki is not even a character. They change him up, seemingly at will every single season, to the point where his name doesn't belong to any character. Kaneki from season one and Haise from season 3 are two completely diffirent characters, no matter what the writers want you to believe. Haise himself is incredibly dull, he lacks a character arc and prominent traits, unless caring for his friends a lot counts as one. You knew what was gonna happen to him, I knew what was gonna happen to him, so he really lacks any sort of hook. This guy is really hard to care about on any level.
Urie -- he's the best character this season, but once again, "the best" as in not entirely dull or boring. He has a character arc, complete with a motivation and a goal. Sure, it's all basic, but it exists and I have to commend the effort. His only gimminck of being an egoistical hypocrite still gets old very fast.
Saiko -- the token loli. She's listed as the main character in on the title page, but doesn't do anything. She can usually be found playing vidya or running around aimlessly with that big goofy-looking hammer. She's hinted to have an amazing power, but when she does it, it's kinda meh.
Tooru -- no idea if it's a guy or a gal, either way had a lot of time devoted to him in the beginning of the season, only to be entirely forgotten about in the end.
Shirazu -- the opposite of Tooru. Had nothing going for him at the beginning, only to rapidly develop a storyarc near the end. His only piece of characterization is having shark teeth.
Juuzou -- I'm only talking about him because he was my favorite character of the second season by far. Not only was he the only character to feature a proper arc and any sort of nuance to him, he also wasn't too boring in a fight. However, that was the last season (whitch was almost as bad as this one by the way). Here, Juuzou is a dissapointment, honestly. They skipped his character development to its conclusion, and so this season nothing happens to him. Even his fights have gotten boring.
Shuu -- absolutely irrelevant as a character, despite having a hude arc of his own. I don't really get why I'm supposed to care about anything that's happening to him, he was never even likable to begin with. Since his very first appearance in season one, he wasn't shown to have a single redeeming quality as a character.
Well, that about covers most of the relevant ones, now onto the reason I can't see anyone ever enjoying this show:

FIGHTS AND ANIMATION

Every action-driven anime lives and dies by the execution of its fight scenes. And by execution I mean everything in them, not just choreography and animation. Nontheless, if I had to start somewhere, I'd start with animation in general. It's all over the place, ranging from being legitimately not bad in some fighting scenes to being insulting in more somber moments. The low point to me was in episode 3 or 4, where, durning a conversation, animators used shot-reverse shot in such a way, that the speaking characters' mouth would not be visible. When it was their turn to talk, we'd only see their back, and not their face. I wish I was kidding. That being said, when the action heated up, the animation sometimes followed suit, for the more important battles. And that would even be sort of fun to watch, if not for two reasons:
Firstly, I had a hard time caring about any of the characters because of the reasons described in the previous section. And even without that, I couldn't enjoy the action at the most basic level because, secondly, there was no stakes. Let me elaborate. The ghoul powers are basically never put in any sort of easy to understand but concrete enough to follow bounds. Because of that, the viewer is never sure what's dangerous and what's not. At the writer's whim any hit can hurt the characters badly, or be completely ignored by them.
Is a gaping hole in your abdomen bad? What about being sliced in half? There are no answers to that. It's unknown just how much can the characters endure before going down, so you can't even follow the battles from that perspective. Some can die from a fairly normal looking wound, some can withstand being dismembered. You never know, so naturally, you never care.

With all that being said, I couldn't even enjoy watching this show just to laugh at how bad it was, like I can with some other ones. It was a chore all the way through. I can't, with good faith, recommend this show to anyone.

Oh, and the sound was kind of alright, the OP was even good at times.

The show pretends that it is going to be something fresh, then yanks the rug from under you. More of the same, but less enjoyable. It brings back old characters who maybe play a larger role later, but at the beginning seem to be there because they already existed in the first 2 seasons.
Certain elements are very apparent immediately from the start, making me care less about the main character. Speaking of caring less, I care even less about the tensions between humans and ghouls since most of the main cast is some form of in-between, which just displays to the viewer that the tensions ... are less than they were, when really they were supposed to be more.

In general, less enjoyable than the first 2 seasons. Don't bother.

I cannot believe this, it is worse than the second season. Yeah, they somehow managed to do the unthinkable.

Story-2/10
Half the episodes are over and I am yet to find something resembling a story. It is just a series of disjointed events.

Art-3/10
It just keeps getting worse with time.

Sound-4/10
Opening is skippable and the osts are not that special. Ending completely ruins the mood of the anime.
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Characters-1/10
By far the worst part of the anime(which is saying something). The new mc feels like a pussy compared to Kaneki(I hope I was kidding,but that's the truth).Not a single character whom you can root for.Most of the people do things just because they are crazy.One loli has been inserted into the show and she does nothing but irritate everyone and waste time.


In conclusion,this anime is horror for anime-onlys and comedy for manga readers.

I have no idea what is going on in this anime. I didn't read the manga. I watched the first two anime seasons and enjoyed them (gave them both a score of 8). But, re: makes no sense to me. I cannot follow the plot whatsoever. I cannot assess the characters, their relationships, their power levels and the reasoning behind such power levels, the hierarchy at CCG and how the many characters attained such positions, etc. It's UTTERLY confusing. I feel no emotional attachment with any of them. I don't even get a sense of Ken Kaneki from Haise. I understand that he has some ... form of amnesia, but we all know he is Kaneki. I loved Kaneki as a character, but I cannot say the same for Haise. I feel nothing for him. I don't care about his plight. I don't understand his power. I'm not particularly interested in his amnesia except that I wish he'd just quickly sort it out and turn back into Kaneki.

His half-ghoul squad of losers are lame and rather uninteresting. I don't understand why or how they became half-ghouls/half-human. I don't understand Aogiri Tree's intentions, strategies, or reasons for doing what they're doing. I don't understand why the show seems to be trying to make me feel some emotional connection with the Aogiri ghouls. I don't understand new weapons like "Detached" kagune. I don't understand how or why the ghouls are being found so easily...almost like they want to be found. I don't understand the ranking of ghouls in terms of their power nor why CCG is so effective at defeating even some of the most powerful of them like Mama and Nutcracker.

There's no backstory for a non-manga reader to follow. So, I just don't get it, and I'm surprised I've watched this many episodes tbh. I'll finish it because I want to see Kaneki come back to the forefront. I don't see how I could continue with this anime after this season. It's like being thrown into the last few episodes of Game of Thrones but with a far less interesting plot and zero character development for so many characters. Re: would be better off if it used flashback as a device to catch its audience up to speed. It should be extended by 12 episodes so that the story can breathe life into these characters and into its own plot.

I like the art and sound in general. 4 is the best I could give this anime purely based on art and sound. It will be painful finishing this one most likely. When watching it I feel like I've never known the Tokyo Ghoul universe whatsoever. Very disappointing.

--There is no Tokyo Ghoul:re spoilers below--

What the hell was this season. Ok so first off how can an anime which was goated in the first two seasons go from being goated to being absolute trash? Like when i was watching it i was always waiting for the episodes to be over and hoping that whenever i finished an episode, the next one would be better. But no, this season was just not it. It sucked in so many ways that i cannot describe. Tokyo Ghoul:re season 1 and season 2 were definitely absolute trash. I don't even know anyone who acually likes TG:re. It ... has a very bad story, very bad character development, enjoyment was a 3/10. The only good thing in it was the animation. Let's not even talk about the final fight. Like in the first two seasons the final fights were FIRE. The final fight in this seasons was so trash that it made me believe that it was one of the worst fights in all of anime. Heck i even enjoyed Darling in the FranXX more than this (no offense to DITF fans but the ending ruined it for me).

I had no idea who green lit this anime but they should have atleast tried to fixed root a before jumping into re. I haven't read the manga but I get the gist why "season 2" was a hot garbage. And to be honest even without reading the manga there are a lot of things I can see that the studio who animated this have skipped.

The story 2: So kaneki just jumps from one group to the other? At first he denied being a half ghoul but quickly jumps into anteiku... ok fair enough because they treat him well and taught him how ghouls fit ... in society. Then he joined the group that tortured him to protect the people in anteiku... what?! Wouldn't it be better if he just stayed in anteiku so if things turns south he'd be there to protect them? And now he is in the ccg because....reasons, I guess? The story to me seems basic enough in a good way. Finding a place/society you will fit in despite being different, great. But the anime just want to capitalize on the action fights thus making the story a complete mess especially to those who just wants to watch the anime and not read the manga. And that's the biggest problem right there, if someone who isn't an avid manga reader but enjoys anime saw this adaptation of tokyo ghoul it failed to convince it's new audience to read the manga since the anime is a mess.

Art 5: at least the censored scenes were not that off putting but I can tell what they're censoring. Nice try.

Sound 3: I know unravel is masterpiece but can't they at least think of something new? As much as I hated root a at least the music was good. In here I couldn't think of a memorable song from the op, ed or even on the ost.

Character 3: So after under developing the characters from season 1&2 you'd really expect me to care about these quinx? Whatever happened to rize? They told the audience she's this big deal for being a bindge eater but we never see her again other than from kaneki's head. The anime just keeps on shoving in new characters and sets them aside like they never exists after a couple of episodes.

Enjoyment 3: The action is sometimes cool and other times underwhelming. Not knowing what's going on is leaving me little to no care whatever happens to the characters. Anyone could die and I would completely forget them after an episode or two. And that's not right, the story and characters must be the strongest selling point of an anime and keeps the audience invested. Root A did not end but just stops and decided to tell a new story and expects it's new audience to read the manga before watching the anime. That's also wrong since I heard from some friends that read the manga didn't liked the anime because of skipping too much important details.

Overall 3: Season 1 was somehow good season 2&3 was just confusing and I didn't know what happened.

Short review, the anime is pretty boring, the manga isn't bad but comparing the anime to the manga is such a big insult, 80% of the time, people are just having conversations and when there is a battle, it lasted shorter than Jake Paul on the bed. with no character back story, I don't see how you can understand the anime without reading the manga.

Sure if you've watched S1 and S2, you should "probably" just watch the third season( or you could just read the manga ;)

If you're about to start watching the Tokyo ghoul series, you should read the manga first.

after all, it's called ... Tokyo ghoul re:ad the manga ;)

I am absolutely appalled at how much they have ruined this series.

The manga is fantastic and so much more better than this trash. I'm quite angry and disappointed at a lot of things for the anime adaption.

First off the animation is very lazy. Everything seems so bland and tasteless that it becomes boring to look at. Which is sad considering Tokyo ghoul's art is one of the best things about the series. Another problem I have is HOW MUCH STILLFRAMES THERE ARE!!! It's like they didn't even bother to animate but just draw a scene and leave it for a minute.

The pacing and ... storyline is very rushed compared to the manga. They cramed about 100+ chapters into 12 episodes which left out a lot of character development/backstories, arcs, and fights/etc. I dislike the fact that they toned down the darkness of the world of Tokyo Ghoul, and the atmosphere for some scenes in the story. A very big thing in Tokyo ghoul is that it is largely CHARACTER-DRIVEN and not action-driven which disappointed me a lot. There are a lot of scenes I would've liked to see like Mutsuki/Torso backstory, Karren and Eto or Kaneki as Number 240. Scene's like that is what makes Tokyo Ghoul great!

I'm also largely disappointed at how they handled characters in the anime. They want Kaneki to be a edgy emo boy so badly it's not even funny. Like how can you skip all of the dialouge and development he went through to put him in a mediocre adaption, or other characters for that matter. Characters like the quinx, Amon, Takizawa, Kanou. Rize or Kaneki's group were not expanded on like in the manga. (Although that's with literally everyone too) They made everyone so very bland and unenjoyable compared to how they are handled in the manga. Like how it's explained why Saiko is the way she is, or the relationship between Juuzou and Big madam, etc. You have no idea (Except if you have read the manga) who characters are or how they are there. Like Naki or Eto or Furuta and the washuu clan, etc.

Another thing is how they decided to just skip season 2 and go to re. I understand that Tg root A was anime original and I was quite excited to see the au version in the anime. Untilt the studio decided to completely not follow the scripts that Sui Ishida laid out and thought they could handle it better than the own author. What bugs me is how they made an anime original season 2 and then skipped the middle to Re. YOU WILL NOT UNDERSTAND ANYTHING UNLESS YOU HAVE READ SEASON 2 WHICH IS LARGELY DIFFERENT IN THE MANGA. Like how Rize was still alive at Kanou's lab, or the Yasuhisa sisters or how Naki is connected to Jason. Or Eto and Yoshimura, Rize and Sachi, or Juuzou and Shinohara. That's a big problem because anime onlys are put way far ahead of what the story was supposed to be. Like I don't blame them for being confused because I would've been so if I wasn't already reading the manga. It's frustrating to think about.

Maybe I'm biased because I'm a manga reader but tbh I only have one thing to say. Just READ THE MANGA.

After 24 episodes of following Kaneki's story line, they completely dropped it and focused on something else. This is not a sequel, and I don't recommend it. They also chenged the art, which I found was ok.

The sounds were a lot better than the other two, considering its newer. Not such a good anime, and I found it pretty boring for a tokyo ghoul "sequel". Story line is pretty basic, but not complex and too hard to understand.

They at least included Kaneki in some parts, but made him look like a bad guy, just like when Rize was trying to take over Kaneki in the ... past 2 Tokyo Ghouls.

WARNING! POSSIBLE SPOILERS IN THE REVIEW!
I will try my best to avoid any spoilers, but they are unavoidable at some parts. If you dont want to be spoiled with anything, please GO WATCH THE SHOW FIRST!

This review is solely based on the anime, i didnt read the manga, and im not planning to do anytime soon. So.. where do i start? Oh boy, it's hard indeed. Why? Because this show is just a big mess. First episode throws an audience into an ocean of confusion, not even trying to explain a single bit of what's actually happening, and why it's happening. I did ... deduce everything pretty quickly, but i didnt like how it was done at all, just completely unnecesary. And with this magnificent start, we're moving to the actual plot.

STORY: 3/10

A few words: ALL. OVER. THE. PLACE. I was really confused what is the actual main plot there. It was bouncing from one to another all the time, without any real conclusion. Don't get me wrong, i like complex plots in my shows, but this one was made so badly i couldn't get hooked in any of it. Too many meaningless characters thrown just to fill the plot hole and make as much story compressed in 12 episodes as possible. Once again, i didnt read the manga, but i have a feeling, that the show should have twice as many episodes to make any sense at all, and hook you up in the story. The transitions in-between were not smooth, not even one bit. This makes you bored just after a few episodes, and there's nothing that can stop it.

ART: 5/10

A seriously big downgrade in the animation. Especially noticeable within the fighting scenes. I dont know why is that, considering it's the 3rd season already, just.. why? It feels clunky, not smooth and sometimes just ugly. Alot of some smaller studios can do a better work with not so big amount of money. I dont know who's to blame, but nevertheless, it's super average.

SOUND: 4/10

Tokyo Ghoul series always had some very good openings in my opinion. This one is still very solid, and i really enjoyed it (nothing beats the 1st season opening though, it was godlike). The ending is very forgettable, besides the first few seconds, where the riff starts. Its okay, but the rest, always skip. The same goes for the whole music in this show. Its super forgettable. I tried to pay attention for a few episodes, but it just didnt matter, i stopped and didnt even care about it later. Just some average stuff thrown in to play in the background, like it was done without any effort whatsoever.

CHARACTERS: 2/10

This is an abomination of a character design. This is the reason why this show is such a letdown for me. And im gonna be clear, i'll be VERY ANGRY on this part.

The main character, Kaneki K... i mean, HAISE SASAKI. Dear god. We're back to the most average character design in the history of anime. Boring, naive, and of course always super nice and altruistic for NO FUCKING REASON. You thought that he was the worst in the 1st season? NOPE. This is way worse. It's like he's just a walking mannequin without any personality at all.

Almost all the secondary characters dont matter at all, besides just a few in my opinion, and they're not even in the team with a main character. And im gonna be honest, i need to look at their names to describe them, because i just forgot most of them an hour after watching the show. That should say how forgettable everyone in this show is.

Haise's team was also just the most average group of people you could imagine in an anime show, and the only kinda likable person was Ginshi. Kuki was the stereotypical type of a douchebag with power-hungry complex, and Tooru just a weaker link in the team, there always must be one, right? Right. Wait, there's one more.. yeah. Saiko. Just tell me please. Who is she? Why is she there? You wont know ANYTHING. She is just there for the 'comedic' purposes, being annoying and trying to be cute, and failing miserably in it, just to relieve some stress between some situations i suppose? There is nothing said about her IN THE ENTIRE FUCKING SHOW! She just walks around, and complains, doing ABSOLUTELY NOTHING I SHIT YOU NOT. Ill never get why does she exist there.

Another problem with portraying anyone here is that there's VERY little story said about anyone. The most hilarious ways they do it here is when you're in the last episodes, and there is some memory retrospect section for about 30 seconds in the middle of a fight for a character that you dont care for, because they didnt say a single word about his life, feelings, desires, family. Just absolutely nothing. How am i supposed to feel any sympathy to anyone at this point? This is just a GIANT trainwreck of a character design. The only enjoyable characters were some of the Rose family, because there was some kind of a plot, and passion between the family and the servants. Not the best one, but it was pretty okay. And that's it.

ENJOYMENT: 4/10

I have a feeling that this season had way more fights thrown in than the other ones. Im not a big fighting scene freak myself, i prefer the story-driven, character building anime shows, but i get that people enjoy some good action. Good action in this one isnt a good word to describe anything though. The clunky animation and the poorly made story was the nail to the coffin, and left this show without almost nothing to offer to me. I was bored and annoyed for the 3/4 of the show.

OVERALL: 4/10

I really wish this show was made well, but its just empty, lifeless and confusing. The combination of horrible character writing and the story that feels always unfinnished makes all of this a disaster. It is possible that it's made in a rush to squeeze in the manga in just 12 episodes for some reason, but i cant really tell. I would recommend this only to a die-hard Tokyo Ghoul fans, otherwise, dont waste your time. It's not worth it.

I have been reading the Tokyo ghoul:re manga since the beginning and, so far, I really enjoyed it, mostly because of the Tsukiyama Arc. Subsequently, my excitement with the adaptation announcement was expected, but, when the time came, the anime gave me a single impression: pathetic.
The disappointment began when the PV's were released, and here is where I start.

ART: 1
My eyes are still hurting from this stupid animation, it is exacly like those fan animations and I'm not even joking (I don't mean to offend anyone who does fan animations, it is only that I expected more than a beginner's work from a big studio). ...

STORY: 4
Once again, the problem with a Tokyo Ghoul adaptation is the small amount of episodes for a large number of chapters, but this time the solution was quite different and really worse. Instead of cutting some parts, they decided to put everything, however, they reduced the amount of time per scene, leaving an impression of lack of development and resulting in odd rushed passages. Honestly, I couldn't take anything seriously, because it all seemed so ridiculous. Even the parts in the manga that were precious to me and made me so emotional were completely laughable. Another thing is, if you hadn't read the manga, it's impossible to understand it. They put too much information in a short time.

SOUND: 6
I liked both opening and ending. At least this they made it right. Even so, the rest of the soundtrack was kind of "meh" and that one moment that Unravel started to play was very cringey. After all, I think the time was inappropriate and the song was put only to create emotion over a poorly executed scene.

CHARACTER: 3
I really like the Tokyo Ghoul:re characters, but, just like I said on the story part, you can't absorve it with such a rushed timeline. There's no real development whatsoever and the ones who only watched the anime can't remember anyone.

ENJOYMENT: 2
In a short explanation, it only made me angry and cringe a lot.

OVERALL: 2
When all these thing I talked about come together, it results in a big mess and I seriously can't see how anyone enjoyed it.

Tokyo Ghoul:re is the sequel to the original Tokyo Ghoul manga and the anime fails on many fronts to capture what makes the manga great.

Story- 3
The story introduces us to Quinx Squad, a group of half human/ half ghouls who work for the CCG to hunt down criminal ghouls.

Having a squad of characters as the typical "main focus" is a nice change from the original series that had Kaneki as our MC. The problem here is that the squad never really gets any time for themselves to feel fleshed out. The source material here is rushed as it is made by none other ... than Studio Pierrot. There are too many plotlines at the start of :Re and it sure can make those watching it confused.

With all the info dump that the original source had, the anime sacrifices this in hopes that us the viewers can understand all that happens but it's just not enough. There are many new characters that are introduced and killed off easily, serving no purpose whatsoever. It's because of this that makes the show very hard to recommend, the multiple plot lines hurt it and does the show no favors since much content gets axed.

Animation- 3
Studio Pierrot rarely ever has any sort of show that can be said it has "good animation." Where the first two seasons of TG look ok at best, the production values of :Re are much much lower. From the first episode onward character models are very inconsistent. Much of the anime involves stills and the fights are as bland and cheap with no sort effort to be put in.

Sound- 3
It's ok. OST of the show is nothing great, it does it job at complimenting certain scenes as it needs to. The OP "Asphyxia" by Cö shu Nie is pretty damn nice while ED "HALF" by Ziyoou-vachi is a decent but awkward closer given the content of the series.

Character- 3
Really the only likable new character for me was Saiko. She's just one of those "one dimensional" waifu bait characters. She's cute, lazy, likes to eat and play games. Everyone else besides her, Haise and Shuu are forgettable.

Enjoyment- 8
As horrid of an adaptation this may be i cant deny I liked it. It's hard for me to bash it since i love the original source so much but really the anime couldn't fully kill it. My enjoyment would be a 1000 times higher if it was a actual decent or even good adaptation.

Overall- 3
My personal enjoyment aside, this adaptation is a waste of time. Please do yourself a favor and read the manga. If you are looking for a good story and wonderful character development then you won't find it here as it doesn't exist. The second cour is slated in October and I highly doubt it'll be any better than this under Pierrot's supervision.

Tokyo Ghoul:re is what I expected but definitely not what I wanted.
A poorly adapted anime.

After Studio Pierrot decided to take the story into their own hands with the previous season Root A, fans were already disappointed. Tokyo Ghoul:re just adds to that disappointment.

Story : 5/10

TG:re occurs after a time skip of two years after the events of the raid on Anteiku. It features the investigator's side of the story, hoping to stress on the fact that there are losses on both sides of the war between the Ghouls and Humans. Unfortunately, the anime just doesn't add enough depth or assertion to the story. With a ... lot of the backstories feeling repetitive, TG:re just reuses stuff from the original season, which was already sub-par when compared with the original work of Ishida Sui.

Art : 3/10

The art is despicable. I was hopeful when I watched the first episode, but it all went downhill from there. The studio hasn't yet realised that Tokyo Ghoul is not a generic shounen and should not be treated so. The fight scenes have no lustre to the point that all the action seems childish. There's generic shounen tropes like landing multiple hits at once, or that the seemingly harmless character is actually extremely powerful. Also, this is a series which should not be driven by action because the depth gets lost due to a change of focus.

Sound : 6/10

The opening, "asphyxia" by Cö shu Nie is amazing, almost as perfect a fit as "unravel" was for the first season. Chaotic music, all jumbled up, kind of highlights the messed up mental state of the protagonist. The ending, "HALF" by Ziyoou-vachi is also great which is a bit of a break from the general theme of the series showing some light-hearted moments of the members of the Chateau.
Apart from this, the anime offers nothing else. The music is not a focus during action, which just leads to awkward music-less fighting, and takes away any remaining feelings of enjoyment.
The producers reused "unravel" again, which could have had a great nostalgia effect if it was not almost completely muted when it played.
Moments where the OST reflects the setting of the episode are rare.

Character : 5/10

The anime doesn't give equal priorities to characters, with some just showing up when they're useful and then exiting for the rest of the episode.
The main characters aren't very well developed and even though it's been only six episodes, my hopes aren't high.
Sasaki Haise : Sasaki is the leader of the members of the chateau, who takes care of them and trains them in fighting. He himself was mentored by Arima Kishou and Mado Akira. The anime doesn't show any of his own ideology, or how he thinks. Rather, his main goal is projected to be to protect his mental state by keeping Kaneki suppressed. Character development is non existent.
Urie Kuki : Urie is perhaps the only character who really got some development. He is portrayed as a person with a superiority complex who deceives others just to get his way. He has potential, but let's his judgement get clouded by his envy for others.
Shirazu Ginshi : It feels like some details were just skipped upon and Shirazu hasn't just been developed as a character. So far he is just the side kick.
Mutsuki Tooru : I must say, Tooru is an extremely interesting and complex character in the manga. The anime doesn't give the same vibe.
Yonebayashi Saiko : So far her screentime has been limited, so no comments.

Enjoyment : 1/10
Mid-way between watching TG:re, I realised why I was so critical of everything. The main reason is that it's boring. The only agenda of the production seems to be merchandising by creating cool characters. In other words, making money. And it's garnering success because it's previous seasons were very successful anime. It does seem that everything is being rushed, with the production committee barely meeting deadlines which results in poor animation. I also don't have a lot of hopes for Tokyo Ghoul:re Season 2, which airs in October 2018.

All in all, with skipped details and a lot less focus on the story than is required, it is barely a shadow of what the anime could have been.

Man, I haven't written one of these in a while but allow me to just get back into the swing of things in order to vent my frustration on this absolutely disgusting insult of an anime. Remember: This is only regarding the anime. The manga has nothing to do with this and I trust that it had a good follow-up to boot.

So, why am I frustrated? Well, simples. It's because this anime is literally UNWATCHABLE if you have not read the manga. There are just so many plot points that have been skipped over since the last available prequel, Tokyo Ghoul Season 1. (Yes, Root ... A doesn't count because it was it's own thing), that you would give up trying to care about what's going on after a certain point. Like seriously, new characters get introduced and hurt and killed so on so forth, and I'm just sitting there going: "Well, that happened. Who was that again?" Not to mention, if we' just talk about the many ghouls in this show, the anime is trying to tell me to care about their plight and symphatise with them. But just like some bad guys in Attack on Titan S2, I couldn't give a hoot about these "characters: let alone two. But to AOT S2's credit, it only lasted about 3 to 5 episodes. This was a whole 12 episode season.

And don't get me started on Shu!!! Just Shu Shu Go Away I Swear. You expect me to somehow feel for this character... who tried to kill Kaneki and the gang in S1... and somehow forgive him for some reason without any prior evidence as to why I should?! GTFOOH!!! It was laughable to be honest.

And even if you don't understand what's going on, is it worth watching just to see the visual spectacles? Haha. In your dreams. You seriously believe that visuals by Studio Pierrot are that transcendent? This show is average at best when it comes to animation, as usual by a crappy animation studio.

As an anime-only, this was just disgusting. And to all you mofos out there who counteract with: "Read the manga, man!", I have this argument to make:

IF I HAVE TO READ THE MANGA JUST SO I CAN WATCH YOUR GODDAMN ANIME, THEN THIS ANIME MIGHT AS WELL NOT EXIST IN THE FIRST PLACE, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S NOT SPECTACULARLY ANIMATED IN THE FIRST PLACE.

It is safe to say that I have pretty much had it with Studio Pierrot and all their mediocrities. If this is how they are gonna treat their audience, then I might as well just stop putting trust on them. This show was a huge waste of time. SCREW YOU, STUDIO PIERROT. I AM DONE!!!