Tokyo Ghoul
Gooday to all my good people, I have missed you all. no like really it’s been a while since my last post and I am ashamed about that fact…
But today I may have something that just might make it up to you. A review of an anime that just might be a tad overhyped and needs to be shot down by yours truly, now I say this because in the past certain anime get released that people (who claim they got the anime ghost) fall head over heels for and run to the hill tops of the internet screaming the messiah of anime has arrived and it is heavenly, just to find out later that that anime was complete sh*t.
#SEESWORDARTONLINE
Now for Tokyo Ghoul… you know I have to give this anime the benefit of the doubt well season one at least because I haven’t been able to watch season two yet due to a very bad year called 2015 not just for me but for anime as a whole and I will get into that later with my review of Killa kill when I can get around to try and stomach the rest of that crap.
Now back to what I was saying: I really have to give Tokyo Ghoul the benefit of the doubt because I came into this anime really hoping the worst but it kind of surprised me and in fact I only have a few if not one thing to complain about in this show but let’s get to the review.
Plot
“The story follows Ken Kaneki, a college student who barely survives a deadly encounter with Rize Kamishiro, his date who reveals herself as a ghoul, a human-like creature that hunts and devours human flesh, and is taken to the hospital in critical condition. After recovering, Kaneki discovers that somehow he underwent a surgery that transformed him into a half-ghoul by transferring some of Rize's organs into his body, as she died when she attacked him, and just like them, he must consume human flesh to survive as well. With no one else to turn to, he is taken in by the ghouls who manage the coffee shop "Anteiku", who teach him to deal with his new life as a half-human/half-ghoul, including interacting with ghoul society and its conflicting factions, while striving to keep his identity secret from other humans.”
As per Wikipedia of cause but I believe the plot is much more than just that or any other summery you will find on any other site.
The Plot starts off with Kaneki almost being eaten by some chic he wanted to bone but then shit happens she dies they take her organs, put them into Kaneki in essence making him half human half ghoul, but possessed by the hot chic that wanted to eat him.
Then he goes through normal life as per Wikipedia says, blah blah blah …
Now the plot has many twists and turns in it which really make it interesting without being to cliché at the same time. I really liked that there is no bad and good in Tokyo ghoul and they take you on an emotional roller-coaster of who you hate and love for example you start by hating the ghouls because they want to eat Kaneki then you start hating the humans because they want to kill the ghouls then you start hating the ghoul… and it just goes on and on and on like it got to a point where you like “ oh man screw you Touka for killing the main villain what did he ever do to you” but that’s what makes Tokyo ghoul unique if not one of the reasons.
The only complaint I would have in regards to the plot is character development which seems to be lackin throughout the season in Kaneki all though miraculously they made him develop 10 fold in one episode, I kid you not in just one episode Kaneki gained all his character development … it took naruto 500 of them.
But overall I would rate the plot a 8.5/10
Sound
Tokyo ghoul has the best music I’ve ever heard in any anime ever, I kept waiting for the next episode to start just so I could listen to the opening and even the ending
Rating 10/10
Animation
The overall animation is very modern and if I can say so has a brilliant art style my favorite scene from the anime is when Touka (the main female character) takes on that French guy in the church the overall art in that scene is brilliant especially the ending where Kimi (the girl that was supposed to be eaten) calls Touka pretty. The scene was really deep and beautiful.
I would give the overall anime 9/10
In conclusion
Tokyo Ghoul is a really great show and I highly recommend it to anyone who is seeking the next great thing to watch in the anime genre of cause even though the plot can slow down to a complete crawl at times, the main character is irritating in the beginning and the overall the show isn’t satisfying
I would recommend it stamp it with my good stamp (which everyone knows isn’t that easy to get)
Rating 8.7/10
Just for the first season though
