Tokyo Ghoul:re

Tokyo Ghoul:Re wasn't ground-breaking like it's prequel.
Instead,it was tired,messy and boring.Initially,it's hard to understand what's going on but it gets worse.
Now,hear me out.The prequel didn't have a reliable narrator to it,and did just fine through it's use of symbolism instead.Tokyo Ghoul:Re doesn't use much of a narrator as well,but expects you to understand what is going on right off the bat all while covering grounds you have not yet seen.
The pace is messy,the new characters are uninteresting,some plot aspects are overused and the art got worse.

Don't get me wrong,I've loved Tokyo Ghoul for years,i'm a fan!Just not of the sequel.I personally recommend checking out the both of them for perspective.

Before I start, I want to tell that I really like original Tokyo Ghoul manga and it is probably 8/10 read for me. And this is probably why I am so disappointed in Re. In two words, story is nonexistent, filler characters you don't care about, disappointing ending.
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS

Story
As I said, it's nonexistent. Things appear and disappear really fast having very little logic behind them. Auction, manga's first major event, has zero value behind it. It gives us some time with otherwise filler heroes to maybe build some affection to them, but thats it. Yes, Hinami was captured, which leads us to the Cochlea raid, but it could be done literally anywhere else, it feels like an afterthought.
Then the Rose event, featuring plenty of filler oneshot characters you couldn't care less about. As an outcome of this event, Haise partially recovered his memories, which again, has no relation to the event itself and just happened randomly during one of the fights.
Here I want to mention that everything goes in a large scale now, quite similar to what we see in a final battle of the original manga. How is it bad? Large scale means more serious opponent. Small fries die like ants, nobody even cares anymore, important characters now made almost invincible, surviving many fatal blows like nothing. Was Shirazu's death this necessary then? Or was it just a forced drama?
After what happened during the Rose event, we have almost no time seeing Haise and it is while he changed so much. But I'll write about it later in a character section. Cochlea prison raid is where all the bullshit starts popping out. Kaneki defeating Arima and regaining his memory is fine more or less, but what happened with Eto isn't. What was her purpose in all this? It's, again, more of a character talk, but plot-wise her appearance was unnecessary and she was removed from the story with no valid reason till the very end.
I don't even want to talk about anything that happened after. The end of Aogiri, the Goat operation, the Dragon - it is all so bad it'd take an eternity do describe what is wrong. So instead I want to talk about fighting sides. Antagonists of Re are clowns. They don't have real goals and only seek for fun. Theres also V, a powerful and mysterious organisation that controls everything, which FOR SOME REASON was defeated in no time just to resolve this part ot a """"story"""". It was supposed to be Aogiri vs V, but in the end we have shonen-tier garbage when everyone works TOGETHER to defeat a nonexistent evil. To say I am disappointed is to say nothing.

Characters
ALL the good characters, and I mean it, ALL of them are from the original series. New characters are poorly made. Urie and Shirazu were somewhat interesting, was really "wise" to lowkey kill one of them huh. Urie indeed has some development, but I find it rather sudden and uncalled. Characters like Mutsuki and Yonebayashi has no bones and bend just for the sake of occurring events. Tons of filler characters being made just to be killed later in the most absurd ways. Yet, important ones never die, Kuroiwa's dad is a great example. They also just removed Shachi and Eto and these two were most interesting characters. In epilogue we won't hear anything important about Takezawa, Amon, Akira, Yoshimura or Eto, but we will hear A LOT about new quinx or Arima's nobody-cares-about squad :))))
I also promised to talk more about Haise and what happened to him after the Rose event. He was in his most interesing state of being half Haise half Kaneki and yet we barely have a chapter or two of him just doing some routine. At least they could pay attention to the MC huh...

Style
I want to talk about the reader's experience for a bit. It is awful. Having like 4 or 5 different actions running simultaneously with constant jumping between each, also a flashback would appear out of nowhere so not only you are confused about the location, but about time as well. Was way better in original ghoul.

Conclusion
It was really fun to read, but the fun is subjective. Objectively this manga is hot garbage and I hope now you see why. Story could be implemented way better, it could rely on old characters way more than it does instead of filling the void with new ones. After I cooled down emotionally I was really disappointed of what I've read. It's nothing like the original Tokyo ghoul, in a bad way.

First of all, read Tokyo Ghoul before ':re' you will be confused on whats going on if you don't.

Story:10
:re takes place two years after Tokyo Ghoul. At this part of the Tokyo Ghoul series we follow Sasaki Haise ,who is a CCG investigator, who tries to defeat the ghouls who have been told are his enemies by the ones closest to him. However deep down in his twisted mind lies Kaneki Ken. Once again we sit and watch the path the protagonist has chosen to go down not knowing if he will survive or if everything really for was nothing.

Art:10
Fantastic. You'll be provided with great detail sometimes on the unclear side but nothing to really complain about.

Characters:10
You really do form a soft spot for all the characters. For the majority of characters we are given a deeper look into their past and how they gradually gained a reason to fight in this final battle.

Enjoyment: 9
I can't even lie. I'm still vexed at some turning points and once again Tokyo ghoul gains a nine at this section.:)

Overall:10
No sequel is ever better than what it proceeds. But :re was a good ending for this roller coaster of emotions. Some of the best characters ever developed were taken away during this finale and your going to think 'ugh but if that happened-' . The ending was rushed and a bit sloppy but tbh i don't think any other ending could be more suited for this story at this current moment of time.

Well, I'm off to reread this whole series again and reminisce on the highs. The Tokyo Ghoul series has truly been a phenomenal story and I'm so bittersweetttt that it's came to an end.

My first review, so it might be not exactly what you are expecting. And sorry for grammar mistakes. Anyways: Tokyo Ghoul:re. After reading first 143 chapters I had quite a high expectations for the second part. And. Oh. My. God. How. Disappointed. I. Am. I cant express even a bit of what I'm feeling.

You liked Kaneki? Well author surely didnt care, cuz starting now there's another Kaneki who sees past himself as "evil". 143 chapters, long hours of character development, and now all I get is awfully not reasonable and annoying another Kaneki, who has a new friends, new life, and guess what - there is some kind of progress in his relationship with em. Everything before was thrown away. Lots of new typical characters, not funny jokes, dialogs got worse, it is simply boring to watch as Kaneki works for CCG. I really want to believe there's more, at least smth like in the 1st episode of Code Geass R2, but i cant wait anymore.

To sum up: awfully awful continuation of the story, awful character development, awfully annoying protagonist, lots of awfully not necessary characters, and most importanly getting rid of Kaneki, which is awful. I dont recommend this at all. At lest 30 chapters didnt give me any reasons to keep reading.

A mercy 1/10 because it offers a glimpse of a story that could work, if it had the right characters leading it, and if you cut out the previous manga in it's entirety. Re is what the first incarnation of Tokyo Ghoul should have been from the start. Too little too late though, and the few good characters from before have been replaced by bad ones.

An elite team of ghouls, humans, anything, engaging in what Tokyo Ghoul has to offer was always the right course of action. The suspense, gore, whatever the series wanted to show could work so long as it’s based around a great cast. Feel the disappointment when, like the first series, the wrong characters were focused on, and instead of this investigator team being fascinating characters (thinking of either Kaneki, Amon, guy Mado, Rize and Hide) the focus is instead on some bland quinx squad, generic police members and those with sparse likeability (Juuzou's just not interesting, Akira's drab, everyone really). They could still appear of course (this world demands demises after all) so long as the best characters are focused on.
The ones from the past that do appear are the banal ones like Touka, Nishio, of which they have been whitewashed of all personality and development. The only new person of note is Mutsuki who is the only non cliché one, and likely an editors suggestion to the author to include considering the unusually potent homophobic magnum opus the first manga was, it was good step to attempt to alleviate this.
Even with Mutsuki, this band-aid of a new character can’t cover the lack of presence we feel thinking of the potentially great characters. Who could look at this generic squad and not wonder back to fascinating, interesting people, like Amon – great fighter and investigator, one of the few to see Kaneki as not a monster. A natural born leader and would have loved to see him handle the extreme situations that would come his way, rather than disappear and replaced with non tier character whoever. Hide – charismatic, witty, an incredibly insightful best friend, indeed the only one considering the two faced nature of the ghouls. Hide fights indirectly, like leading ghouls to something that can beat them - other investigators, and unconventional fighting like using human food, why the heck Hide isn't centre stage, alongside his best friend Kaneki I have no idea. Even cooler if he could wield quinx weapons and have his impressive deductive abilities on show throughout the plot. Rize – clever, attractive, clearly should have been the female lead, definitely over bland, uninteresting Touka. To be able to explore the dynamics between Kaneki and the ghoul who was responsible for his fate would have been fascinating, not to mention that Rize battling, like against Yamori, Nutcracker or anyone would have been incredible to behold. Rize is the perfect ghoul as an antithesis to everyone. Guy Mado – could have carried the entire premise, specifically the humans can be just as bad as ghouls point, to see development and change so late in his life and to such a high ranking member would have been literary significant. Guy Mado being the ultimate mind to change for Kaneki’s purpose of having ghouls and humans live in peace, Mado was the one and the best key for the job. Yomo – he’s cool, wanted to see more, and Mutsuki – sure definitely get involved with this dream team.
How can people enjoy this series, considering who we could have had, and who we end up with: Touka, Hinami, Uta, Akira, everyone at the café, quinx squad, heck even Arima appear to be deliberately engineered to be as boring, and uninteresting as possible, and for some inexplicable reason it is these side bit characters that get the most focus. Whose head is turned for the trials and tribulations of wooden props?
The author may have thought to reset the series, though repeated the same mistakes in Re, and the inferior retcon characters can never replace the real stars briefly seen at the beginning. Still, nothing invested here, not dedication or interest, and so easy to move on and find something good, only the worst manga can generate these views.

Story wise, and unfortunately, the first manga dropped the ball on purpose and so 'Re'-set manga (essentially the same story, just told from the humans point of view) can’t even redeem it. In terms of plot there is nothing remarkable here, it’s also challenging to invest yourself in a narrative that continues to follow the lacklustre paths over the potential good ones. The arcs are banal, and what effect does it have on the cast? Even if there was anything interesting to note, who is tripping over themselves when Re once again consists of third-rate characters taking part in subpar story paths.
The greatest disappointment is the long seinen manga chapters should be creating gripping, something, anything, but it isn’t. This is not exactly a strenuous thing to achieve, and yet the fact of the matter is, the most striking feature of the non-existent story is how clichéd and monotonous it is.

Prejudice wise, this allegory for LBGT people and the supposed culture has carried over from the first manga, even with the toning down with the introduction of Mutsuki (though the concentrated poison is still secure in the first manga, and spills out here). The crude LBGT stereotypes have broadened, Tsukiyama and Nico are still present, but now we have the added Souta and Naki. Tsukiyama and Naki are naturally the drooling puppy dogs revolving everything round the straight protagonist; the ghouls/gays must know their place, see. And naturally they only want to be around Kaneki so they can eat him/hurt him/come onto him because that’s of course what those yucky gays/ghouls do, is the implication behind it all. Still so nice and tolerant for him to put up with the ghouls/gays, this is the other condescending message to everyone.
Meanwhile the straight people can be happily together, Kaneki/Touka, Amon/Akira, but all the homosexuals will not be having any of it. The LGBT equivalent of blackface and those old racist cartoons, and even present-day scenarios where black people come second to white people, and where they’re treated inferior has had its sorry day. It’s just quite intriguing noticing ancient history with this manga and seeing it the same way we look at old racist stereotypes. The out-dated LGBT stereotypes and their goals/motives should be rejected for the exact same reason we would dismiss a coin grabbing Jewish stereotype, who was jut around Kaneki for his money, and a magical N word person who picks the cotton in Kaneki’s garden whilst singing about how thrilled he is for the privilege. The same applies to a Tsukiyama, Nico, Naki, Souta, Nutcracker (the man hating lesbian, have to get them all in) and Big Madam and all their awful “yuck, look at the yucky ghouls/gays and how they act” preconceptions on full gracious display here.

Not even the art style can bring what could be good back, manga drawings which hint at something pleasant to be suddenly changed into sketches of planks of wood, and how remarkable the grooves are in the wood just does nothing to stir the imagination. An actual food turns to ash in the mouth, cheers Tokyo Ghoul, really appreciate it.

The only hunch is that the author deliberately tantalised readers with suggestions of promising characters, and stories in what should be an interesting environment, but then pulled the rug out from under leaving us on the ground looking at the opposite. An effective troll concept I guess, looks like it snared some people. Invest your time and interest into something that matters, this series cannot be it.

The forgettable plot can fade from our minds no problem, the bland uninspired drawings on paper (they’re not characters, characters make us feel something) immediately blanked out, and the sketches all replaced with a good manga. But presenting a glimpse of what was available character wise…

The bitter taste will forever be the ‘what could have been’ character and plot wise; ultimately that renders any enjoyment of this series impossible.

A warning that this review contains spoilers, as it's kind of impossible to talk about what I hated about this manga without talking about the specific plot points that ruined it for me.






I wanted to love Tokyo Ghoul. For a while I did, I loved the first series and the first season of the anime. Unfortunately this manga is just kind of bad. The best part of it is the various side characters, my personal favorites being Saiko, Juuzo, and Karren. Unfortunately the main character, despite starting out interesting, eventually transforms into a boring hypercompetent badass who impregnates a girl that completely forgot about her dreams of studying biology in order to wait around for a man she doesn't even know that well and who is, to the best of her knowledge, dead.

The worldbuilding also goes off the rails. Instead of having the long hard process of ghouls fighting for equality and finding a way to sate their hunger without killing people the author takes the easy way out. They introduce a common enemy for human and ghouls to fight that, conveniently enough, don't have any sort of sentience or pathos the way ghouls do. They also introduce an artificial food that ghouls can feed on so say goodbye to any moral questions about needing to kill to survive. There were plenty of ways that humans and ghouls could have made peace without this. Human die all the time, and they can lose a lot of blood without dying. Inventing artificial food feels like a cheap cop-out.

The worst part of the worldbuilding in my opinion is that instead of exploring the relationship between humans and ghouls more in depth, the author instead decides to just give people more powers like their kagune breathing fire and other bullshit like that. There is some interesting stuff about RC cells becoming cancerous and Eto's revelation leading to the formation of human ghoul's rights groups, but for the most part they just have dumb conspiracy stuff. There's also almost zero exploration of the state of ghoulkind outside Tokyo. We get some German characters and a guy who lived in the countryside but there's nothing about the ghoul-hunting organizations outside of Tokyo.

The final and worst part of this series that I'm going to talk about is the fact that the author clearly hates LGBT people. There's Nico, the okama caricature who shows attraction to a fourteen year old boy. There's Big Madam, the trans woman who sexually abused a child. There's Matsuri, who is portrayed as a creepy comedic relief pervert. Finally and worst of all there's Mutsuki, who is revealed to be afab through having his shirt forcibly torn open by a rapist, and who clearly experiences incredibly intense social dysphoria when he's forced to dress like a girl, and who continues living as a man after the series ends, and who is revealed to only be "pretending" to be a man because he was abused as a child and doesn't like feeling sexualized by men staring at him. He also mutilates animals. He's basically the tragic traumatized female that every terf thinks trans men are combined with the mentally ill yandere serial killer stereotypes that more often get associated with trans women.

There's a lot of things I loved about Tokyo Ghoul. The original anime will always hold a special place in my heart. There are clearly a lot of people who enjoyed this manga and you might too, but for me it is one of the most disappointing sequels that I have ever read.

Quoting Sui Ishida from his afterword, "It's a clumsy manga, but I like it".

I have finally had the time to finish this series in one go, and I must say I'm a bit disappointed. I really love the first Tokyo Ghoul but :re is pretty bad I feel like I have to express my disappointment on it.

I had high hopes for :re since the prequel ended on a cliffhanger. But as you keep reading you probably can feel Sui Ishida is getting bored of Tokyo Ghoul. Instead of utilizing his base characters, he keeps introducing us to new ones that either you will forget or don't care enough to remember them because they're really mediocre at best. A lot of wasted potential of those supposedly strong characters that are being killed off to make room for those characters.

And the plot is clearly being rushed because there are so many time jumps and unnecessary action and the ending? Trash. I feel like the story could be expanded to another couple of volumes before being concluded but I guess this is all we got.

Tokyo Ghoul is a decent manga that could've been done better. It provides you with enough entertainment and characters to attach yourself to, maybe just not deep enough to be remembered.

keeping this short this is a good follow up of the Tokyo ghoul manga which is much better than the anime (coming from a huge fan of the anime), more details more scenes and more emotion it was nicely balanced however if your going to get into this manga make sure you read with proper focus, it can be hard to follow the transition between scenes and locations so be patience and make sure to double read what you don't understand, maybe its because I'm knew to manga but I didn't struggle as much with the Tokyo ghoul manga when reading it, RE is good in terms of plot but you may find yourself wanting more kaneki Ken then Haise Sasaki, overall the manga is good but the transitions and battle scenes can be hard to follow.

personally I liked the character design of the original characters from the first manga, they had been nicely developed and aged, the characters personality also had developed showing that over the course of the manga they have grown and have become more wise.

my only issues with this Manga really was trying to follow some of the action scenes such as the auction arc and throughout the read of the manga so far, I found that while reading I couldn't distinguish the location of each characters and who they were with and WHERE they were, I found myself having to focus and backtrack to understand certain scenes as character seem to move into different scenes without me realising so more attention had to be paid.

to summarise, I recommend this Manga but while I do recommend it I also suggest that those who decide to read this manga take their time and focus when reading so they have a clear understanding of what's going on.

I reached chapter 50 before dropping the manga for a while, at the moment I am re-reading the manga from the start to develop a better understanding of the plot, I may end up editing this review as I carry on reading.

Alright.....so, first of all I read the Tokyo Ghoul manga even before the anime and I sure consider the original series a masterpiece!!!!!!!

Getting a sequel was amazing considering that Season 2 of the anime is trash.

To me, Tokyo Ghoul:re lived up RIGHT to my expectations. For me, the art hella improved. Like for real, the art was just very good. Now, why I do think that Tokyo Ghoul:re is as good as the original series or maybe even better by its ending is I TRUST IN ISHIDA.

Also, it's just the story itself can only be interpreted by few. All the foreshadowing that has been done in this story IS OF A GENIUS MIND LEVEL.
The titles are hella creative. I love wondering what a chapter title could mean every week. In Tokyo Ghoul:re, every panel matters. I usually read other quite faster than I read Tokyo Ghoul:re. Why? Because I keep focusing on every panel staying aware and minding that there might be some kind of hint or foreshadowing. Coz this is how Ishida does his stuff.

Foreshadowing and art aside, character development is JUST AMAZING. Like really, Kaneki transformed a lot and I love every transformation he goes through. It's just this is the tragedy he's going through. i try to understand this kinda stuff from other point of views as well. Kaneki, tbh, is the best example of character development of an MC ever. He keeps deciding but as a human being, keeps doing mistakes. He is in the search of his salvation. He doesn't know what to save. He's lost. And so, to experience all the stuff he's going through with him, it's really wonderful and is a masterpiece.

Now, the fights as well. I know the fights aren't all SPECTACULAR and is sometimes hard to follow, but if you re-read every panel and slowly, you'll get it.

The world of Tokyo Ghoul is a mystery and is environment is also crazy good. We already got the ghoul side of things in "Tokyo Ghoul". But Ishida did the humans justice as well and showed this story from their side as well so we can be as unbiased as we can.

Sure, Plot holes are a lot but am sure Ishida will reveal them due time! I believe in that.

Also, villains of Tokyo Ghoul:re are just WONDERFUL. From Torso, to Noro, to Tatara, to Eto and Arima (he ain't a villain tho..lol) and finally to FURUTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

Many characters got depressing back stories and amazing character development with those back stories and Ishida does justice by showing his "tragedy" side to the story.

It's still a Seinen to me and not a Shonen.
To end this, I HIGHLY recommend you to read this

It's hard to get your feelings and thoughts totally straight on Tokyo Ghoul:re because the brevity of it's cast and narrative is large. Furthermore, the story is amass of different storylines threading and weaving between each other. But, like it's predecessor, Tokyo Ghoul:re gets the moments right. There are no end of disturbing, dramatic and beautiful moments throughout this story. Insanity rendered in gorgeous, brooding art and shown with great attention to the non-verbal component. The screaming confusion.

So, inspite of the weightless physical conflict in the latter half and the questionable way in which many plot strings are tied, Tokyo Ghoul:re leaves me feeling amazed.

As an aside, Furuta deserves a specific mention for just how comically evil he is. The flailing flamboyancy was deeply entertaining. High camp in the making!

The story is pretty awesome. Everyone struggles, and that opens up better character development and more plot. However, many tropes are used over and over, perhaps mirroring, perhaps lack of ingenuity. However, I must admit, I can't sympathize for character's pain anymore, possibly due to the ridiculous amount of messed up stuff that has gone on. A stab in the stomach is nothing. Lost fingers, nothing. It has light-hearted moments, and that's nice. Everything set up in TG gets an explanation in :Re. It does, however, have some amazing characters. Kaneki has a ton of development, and has many interpretations, real good fun. The Qs squad too. But there are a lot of un-relatable characters, and you lose sympathy for them. That's not necessarily surprising. But Kaneki's torture still takes the cake. Haise learning about his mother's beatings is also horrible. And there are definitely epic moments. But Kaneki's development is done at this point, so I believe that it's all tapering off after he hits White-Hair Version 2 One-eyed king. At this point, the endgame is near. The art is a drastic change from TG, and it looks a lot neater and prettier, a lot less gritty than that of the original. However, it looks crazy from time to time. The fight scenes are funky, you can barely tell what;s going on with so much movement, since everyone has super-speed, blurs, or tentacle's flying everywhere. But I love it. I've poured hours into it. It has a lot of depth. And maybe I'm just a stupid angsty teenager, but epic is good, and this manga is epic.

This review is based on what I've read in the 53 chapters that are out so far so everything should be taken within context,

Art: The art is decent. It definitely saw some improvement from the original series. it's difficult to understand sometimes but after reading it some time it becomes tolerable. Ishida picks his spots on where to show off his skills and you can tell in certain chapters. Not expecting quality like One Punch Man type because thats crazy to ask for but it's quite obvious Ishida picks his spots. 7/10

Story: I was quite skeptical about Tokyo Ghoul Re. In fact I held off of reading it for about a year since it came out. I was disappointed in not seeing the main Protagonist Kaneki instead we see someone else. But, after returning, Sasaki has grown on me quite alot. The story itself is done very well. Amazing foreshadowing. We see content that is foreshadowed in part 1 even in the early stages of part 1 taking fruition in the current story. The planning is God tier level and it's what makes TG great in general. Each chapter may require several readings in order to fully understand whats going on. For other manga I find it tedious and annoying having to read a chapter over again. Tokyo Ghoul is actually fun to research about and to see fellow fans theory craft. Nothing is spoon-fed. Ishida really understands how to make a series great without the need of constant action. The Dialogue between characters always has meaning. Even if it's not obvious the first time reading the dialogue between characters a few weeks or months down the line or even years down the line it will make sense.


Characters: The Characters are very realistic and they're not what you see in typical manga. They are complex and they all have goals and desires. There is no Black or White with characters. Even the main Characters is quite grey. The characters are written in such a way that it's highly possible to meet a character like this on the street. I wouldn't put it in Doestoyevsky's level of characterization but for a weekly series it's top notch. Each character is relatable and even the ones we dislike are humanized further emphasizing the gray aspect of the series. The characters are evolving and don't remain Flat and stagnant and the development in each character is a joy to behold.

Overall TG is about to join my list of GOAT tier manga. It's quite amazing. The fans on the internet are all curious and are always finding things that go unnoticed. If the Story or Chapter or series in general is confusing, the forum is always available and there are some good reviewers on youtube that do a good job on delivering the knowledge. It's definitely a must read!

Tokyo ghoul: re is the official sequel to the well claimed and popular Tokyo ghoul, & well after that ending that blew our minds with chapter 143, we were left with a great cliffhanger, gladly the sequel continues the series just after a short period of time.
So yeah, Spoiler alert! if you didn't finish TG yet!
So now we're introduced to Haise Sasaki, a rank 1 ghoul investigator, that is a half-ghoul & his squad the Quinx that consist of other half-ghouls, whom are: Tooru Mutsuki, Kuki Urie, Ginshi Shirazu & Saiko Yonebayashi. well, this quinx squad was formed to make a ghoul investigator that could surpass Kishou Arima (Wish is a godamn god for fuck's sake).
Anyways, we later know, after a couple of chapters that Haise is actually Ken Kaneki, but for some reason, he doesn't wanna be his old self even tho he knows about it, & he struggles to fight it when he's is in tough situations.
Well, all the other characters from the first part get their screen time like: Hinami, Ayato, Naki, Touka (even if she's kinda useless, at this point), Suzuya...
I totally recommend this manga (even if it's kinda slow at times), it's a rare gem, & the readers of the first part will sure love it

"Long time ago there was a man to which was given wings by his father in order to flee from their exile, warned however that he should never fly too close to the sun with them since such would result in the wings melting and ultimatly his dead. Despite the warning, drived by greed and feeling of empowerment he flew higher and higher wich was ultimalty his downfall.
The man name in greek mythology is Icarus; and in mordern time this tale can be applied to the author Ishida Sui whos wings represent his fallen series Tokyo Ghoul."

Before diving into the Tokyo Ghoul:Re manga, wich for the sake of keeping things easier i will just be refering as "Re" from now on, we need to first understand what made this series so popular in the first place. Tokyo Ghoul gather quite a good amount of attention primarily due to its central theme being something that can resonate with a lot of people in this day and age.
Is a story focus around two species (humans and ghouls) that despite presenting similarities they are both biologicaly unable to coexist together. Set in a world filled with oppression and injustice as our main character experienced both sides of the conflict tries to make a stand and change the world, making it a better place to where both groups can stand in equale terms. A nice premises, that saddly gets butchered completly as the series moves along as the author didnt know if it wanted to presente the story itself as a commentary on society or a character analyze or a full on battle centred story about defeating the main baddy.
Re tries to be all the above and fails miserably, prioritizing certain aspects of its narrative but failing to come with anything substantially coherent in the process.
So with that introduction and without further ado, let's go down the rabbit hole that is Re and how the series failed as a continuation of the, while flawed, decent prequel. As you would expect this review will contain a few minor spoilers, but i will try to not give much away.



**Story (1/10)**


Re is set 2 years after the events at the end of the original where we follow Haise Sasaki, a Ghoul investigator with a lot of physical resembles to Ken Kaneki and his mannerisms. He is the leader of a CCG squad named Quinx, that consist of human investigators with built-in quinques in their bodies.

The squad members are the following: Kuki Urie a very ambitious individual guided by nothing more then his own desires to get promoted and be recognized by others; Ginshi Shirazu a scary looking but kind hearted guy with a very straight foward attitude however at the same time with a weak mind; Mutsuki Tooru a very altruistic individual that lacks a lot of confidence in terms of personal strength and as such is always second guessing himself; and finally Saiko Yonebayashi a bubbly, carefree and humorous short girl that is pretty much the happiness of the group and comic relif character. In addition to this character's there were also some other CCG members and ghouls that got introduced in re, but nothing really worth mention for now.

So the story will be focused on the Quinx squad and each members as they progress as individuals throughout everything, right? Well not exactly. Sure they all go through their own character arcs (wich is someting i will dive into more so later), but the problem isn't entirely with the way that happens. The main glaring issue that this series has is that it tries to present itself with a character driven type premises but rapidly switchs to a battle manga whenever the plots demands it, and all philosophical themes are left rotting on the side. Now i wouldn't have had that much of a problem with it if the series at least had some nice fights to complement it, but that isnt the case. From power scales change for the sake of plot convenience, to battles that were built up chapters in advance with no real pay off since they either get off-screen or the fight themself are just a few pages in length, ending everything in a anticlimatic and dull manner.

It felt like the fights were just used as a way to catalyze the plot points rather than being part of the actual narrative and honestly at that point why even bother if all you care about is showing is the result? Discarding two or three fights where both sides had their highlights, all the rest are simply bland and/or one sided.

The story itself is nothing that impressive either, as it suffers from a identity crisis and doesn't know what it fully wants to do and simply walks around in circles while it rehashs a lot of the same basic ideas.
Did you like when Kaneki broke his emotional chains, created a different person and his hair changed colors? MORE of that; Do you remember when characters went completely berserk? MORE of that; Did you like when in the end of part 1 characters were being slaughter left and right? MORE of that; Do you like last minute savings? A TON MORE of that; Do you like fake last panel character's deads? MORE of that.

More and more because more is better right? Is not.

When you reused the same tropes and consepts over and over again all the original impact starts to fade. For example when Kaneki had his first change in personality it was a iconic moment for the series as well as what that implied, but when you repeat it multiple times it becomes nonsencial and this is where Re fails in a storytelling stand point. Re tries to capitalize so much on certain aspects that made its prequel popular without even bothering trying to present new ideas, trying to be its own thing and without even understanding what made those scenes so impactful in the first place. But hey if this type of format is selling well why bother with how repeative the story gets right?
The same can be said about last minute saving. Multiple times throughout the series you will get a character appearing and saving another one that is in distress, which wouldn't be so bad if it happened sporadically. But Re takes a step further and uses this trope all the time to create a false sense of tension.

Lastly, still on the topic of story, i like to address this false idea that everything is justifiable because it is ultimately supported under the notion that "this is a tragedy". Multiple times in Re you have it where certain actions and decisions come out as forced because the story is just revolved around this dramatic narrative but that lacks the most basic fundamentals of how one should be establish.
In a tragedy you need to make everything unfold in a way that is both not only believable but also that gives the characters present in it room to breath, wich is something that Re fails to do.
There is rarely any pause to anything to make us connect with the cast or appreciate the light moments since one moment to the next you will get bombarded by a tragic outcome or revelation. You may think this might make the story more engaging however that is the furthest from the truth, as the story comes off as more jarring and shortsighted more so than anything else.



**Characters (2/10)**


The first thing you will notice while reading the manga is that there are a lot of characters being introduced in re as well as a good number of side characters from the previous series reappearing. This doesn't have to be a bad thing per say, since it could give the author more room to work with them.. the problem however is that they all end up falling under the exact same character story structure.

"X character is introduced > after a good amount of time X character becomes prevalent to the plot > X character gets a flashback that 99,9% of times is related to him/her having some sort of parenting or family problem > X character gets killed off or we almost never heard from him/her again"

Discarding my personal question regarding what the hell happened to the author that made him have such a big complex when it comes to parent figures, the most important one however is - why apply this to almost every single one of your diverse cast of characters? You dont need to kill off or shove every one of them to the side as soon as their story arcs ends, they can still play a role in your story so dont limit yourself to a single way of storytelling. This does not create a sense of dread and mortality, rather it just ends up making most of them be viewed as discartable toilet paper.

The only character that was actual well written and developed was Urie, wich progression throughout the series was both apparent and without ever feeling oversaturated in oppose to what is the case with some character such as the main protagonist of re. Shirazu also recived some nice characterization much like Arima, but apart from those everyone else got the short end of the stick.

Speaking more so on the main character however.. the mc is, to put it bluntly, the worst part about this manga. He is depicted as nothing more than a sacrificial lamb where every single decision he takes will ultimately result in a tragic outcome of him or his friends getting hurted, while at the same time we as readers are forced to belive that he didnt learn anything from his past experiences and is forever stuck in his own stagnant mental purgatory until the author dictates otherwise.
Not only that but this results in him ending up never really growing as a individual due to the fact that he constantly resets and creates a different persona as a form of escapismin.. all in a writting attempt of making us, readers, try to constantly empathise with his struggles. And when a story is focus on just presenting a character misery without any type of progression or anything additional to complement it, you are honestly pretty much just gonna be reading this manga for the torture porn at that point.

Lastly still on the topic of character i would like to talk about the villain. Because yes apparently instead of focus on the idea that neither side is truly in the right and no party was fully innocent, this manga picks the easy route and inserts a clear villain to try create a scenario where both groups have to put aside their differences and work together to defeat a common threat.
You may find him to be humorous with his references and how he projects himself as a troll in a for the most part mostly serious series. Or in the opposite end you may find him obnoxious in that regard, it is ultimately subjective. The problem however does not lie so much there, rather with his role in the story as the villain for two reasons:

1)Everything goes accordingly to his plans despite all the innumerous variables and conditioning factors outside of his control; and 2) he is presented as big threat only because of not only how he coincidentally has ties with most organizations prevalent to the story, but also the fact that he himself is considered a force to be reckoned with in terms of strength due to a concept that was only introduced midway through the series in a poor attempt to make him out to be this all powerfull "final boss" because apparently the concept of ghouls and RC-cells was growing so stale that no one would be able to take him seriously otherwise.

This doesn't make for a compelling villain, just one that is fun to poke fun off. Wich is a shame because the revelation and build-up to him being this mastermind orchestrating everything behind the scenes was actually well done.

In conclusion the characters shown a lot of promising features, but by keeping everything so formulated and giving too much the exposition to a main character that constatly defaults to his initial state.. it made all the possible character analyze and emotional investment to become non existence.



**Art-style (5/10)**



Tokyo Ghoul:re has some amazing art. The usage of dark tones to paint the gruesome dark atmosphere is outstanding, illustrating well a world abstant of light both figuratively and literally. It as some nice illustration panels and cover pages that showcase well the author full drawing capabilities.
So why give such a relatively low score you may ask? Well starting with the most prevalent reason it as to do with the action. The way the action and movement, wich is usually depicted in a very rough manner and with a good amount of heavy dark lining. Now like i said previously this may fit well with the the series, but in contrast it makes most action scenes difficult to interpret the sequence of events and what is happening. Is not a light read to the likes of lets say Yusuke Murata or Takehiko Inoue wich art manage to not only make their action scenes easy to follow but also captivating to look at. With re you will end up re-reading most of the chapters over and over again just in hope to understand what is happening in the panels.

The other reason for giving it a five, is when it comes to the character design department. Some of the characters have some distinct features that makes them stand out like Urie signals close to his left eye or Nobu big lips. But more often than not you will end up confuding some characters (normaly the females) with another one since the way their facial features are drawn out is not that distinct whatsoever.
Is Ishida Sui a talented artist? Definitely, but that much isn't shown in full view when it comes the full ledge of this manga and that is a big shame.



**Symbolism & Presentation**

Since this is something very prevalent and referred by many like indispensable features that are prevalent in the story, i decided to create this additional segment for the review.

Starting off with symbolism. Symbolism is suppose to be both expressive and subtle when it comes to its usage, either as a way to represent a character state of mind; depick na idea and/or to comunicate with the reader.
There is some really good usage of symbolism in TG:Re, like the incorporations of butterflies and centupies in the initial or last page of some chapters, it was nice. The problem however comes when talking about the rest... so lets address the elephant in the room: Tarrot Cards is one of the worst and laziest forms of convaying symbolism if it can even be considered as such. This is not a problem exclusive too re but also the original, nevertheless is still worth pointing out since they are used mainly in steady in-between arcs chapters and are treated like the illuminati symbol on breakfast cereals.
This is not inovative, the author is pretty much forcing you (the reader) too look at pages upon pages in hope to find some hidden meaning to what a character is feeling or foreshadow what is gonna happen to him/her. Is lazy plain and simple.

The other problem is with parallelism, which while not the best form of convaying a idea of how past events tie with present ones, is still fine for the most part if used in either one or two instances. Re however exploits this concept so much to the point that it makes it seem like the entire story is nothing more than a carbon-copy of the original.

Finally the last thing i would like to talk about is regarding shock value… Re has this habit of giving this chapters without any real substance which sole objective is striving to keep the reader's attention while at the same time trying its hardest to maintain this facade of it "being different".
From chapters filled with black panels, referencing Hunter X Hunter to a tee, characters that become infatuated with another one in a blink of an eye, to an whole chapter focus on two character having intercourse. There is no justification to what happens apart from wanting to provoke a reaction out of the readers. And the final arc is the culmination of it all, in which all the sense of story progression is abandoned all together in favor of this type of writing.



**The Final Arc**


If Re was a walking corpse, the final arc of this manga would be the final bullet that put it out of its misery. In which all sense of pacing was set aside, wrapping up all the final plot points left in the most convinient way imaginable.
Prevalent organizations, Clowns and "V", became cannon folder by the end with the prominent figures in both organizations partaking in momentarily last minute fights just to close their stories as fast as possible and move to the "main event"; Characters conveniently receiving power-ups, others acting out of character; obnoxious inner monologue and/or narration that just scream pretentious writing, repeating much of what was already stated beforehand; and so on.



***Final thoughts***

Tokyo Ghoul:re is far from being a good series. It lacks the general basis of how a story should progressing when it comes to the hadling of the main characters, the writing is sloppy ending up repeating the same tropes and ideas, the characters wich could be the best aspect about this manga are not given much room to grow because it focus to much on the so called “tragedy” life of the main character that all the rest is left ignored, constant last minute savings and fake deaths to try shock its readers, the list goes on.
What started as a series that was trying to convey a message of accepting others and more important yourself, got reduced to a convoluted mess with nothing remarkable to tell.

Would i recommend reading re? I would whole-heartedly say no. Even if you were once a big fan of the main series i am incline to say to not bother with re, but i doubt it would serve any diference. If you really like a series than you will untimatly just read it to know how it all concluded no matter how horrible the ride itself may be.
But to those that are unsure whatever or not to start the series, to those i say: Go to a cafe relax, drink some coffee, and if a woman/guy ever approach you asking to read Tokyo Ghoul:re with him/her just run as far away as you can.

A wise man said ''it’s better to burn out than to fade away’’, and this is exactly what sprang to mind throughout this sequel, especially during the last few arcs.

:Re is the continuation of TG, a prequel that offered an intense journey, delving deep in the characters’ psyche. Kaneki, Shuu, Touka, Suzuya, Amon-- they all got a fair share of character development, making the audience care about them, their backstory and struggles. Since the ending of the prequel, :re’s task was to wrap up all the loose ends and offer another side to the story, the CCG’s, ultimately ending in a non tragic way.

While I certainly enjoyed reading up until Rose Extermination, it soon became apparent that :re had some fatal flaws. For one, the characters stopped getting any attention. They only served as plot points, vehicles that will move the story forward successfully. Touka was shown fleetingly before becoming Kaneki’s woman, Suzuya is just CCG’s fight tool, Hide is just a person that comes in handy for Kaneki and the CCG. Their rushed treatment erased any kind of nuance and originality they used to have.

A second mistake was Ishida’s obsession with parallels. Foreshadowing and parallels do not necessarily equal good writing. Making parallel arcs in :re that mirror TG’s means ultimately nothing if it seems forced, rushed, inconsequential or involves overused plot devices.

Thirdly, while TG has always had fight scenes, :re was filled to the brim with them-- to the extent of sacrificing character growth and reflection. New characters, new battles, new missions. All of those would be cool as long as you were getting a glimpse of the characters' struggles, thoughts and emotions. That's the only way you can care about whether a character lives or dies. If you don't have that, the battle arcs seem pointless and dull. TG’s brand and originality stem from Ishida’s masterful psychological writing. If you add a really large cast of characters and just put them in fight sequences then, even if you cared about said characters, you will disconnect from them precisely because you’ve stopped seeing what you used to love about them.

Truth be told, there were a few glimpses of excitement in :re, however it winded up a huge let-down for the aforementioned reasons. I can’t help but look back to my 16 year-old self, who was begging for a sequel announcement after TG ch.144 was released. Back then, the story was still vibrant and immersing, full of potential that :re could seamlessly explore. But now, all I see is that this sequel has come at the cost of indifference. As painful as it is, it’s better to see something you love end quickly than to slowly stop caring about everything you used to love about it.

So it has finally ended, what a ride it has been. This review will contain minor spoilers but will not refer to any specifics.

In the later half of the original Tokyo Ghoul, Ishida had begun to explore the maddening, fracturing psyche of Ken Kaneki. Tokyo Ghoul:Re is the natural continuation of this exploration and delivers an extremely satisfying resolution about halfway in.

However, things deteriorate after this. The second half of the Manga is sadly lacking in my opinion, delving into a long, uninteresting and poorly plotted arc (with a few standout sequences) which ultimately only leads to a sort of doubling down on the conclusion reached midway through the manga. This is a shame, and even the ending feels somewhat bland. It is almost as if Ishida reached the conclusion he had been building towards midway through and was then forced to keep on writing.

However, it must not be understated how truly fantastic the first half of this manga is. If the second half of the original TG and the first half of :Re where one piece, it would be a clean 10 for me, a masterpiece.

The exploration of Kaneki's psyche is alluring and intimate, punctuated by Ishida's fantastic art which can be both haunting and insane as well as loving and beautiful. It always manages to retain a poetic and calligraphic quality, dipping into the hellish and soaring into the serene, but never losing its cohesion in style.

Tokyo Ghoul:Re was a spectacular conclusion to probably my favorite Manga, offering a truly mature story of living with the horrors of the world, the cruelty one must embrace and an intangible, fractured self. I wish that conclusion had also been its ending, but it does not bother me anyway near enough for it to sway my recommendation.

Read Tokyo Ghoul, read Tokyo Ghoul:Re.

"If lets say, you were to write a story with me as the main character, it would certainly be a tragedy" What an amazing ride this manga has been for the last seven years from the first one to the sequel. In this review i will try to cover only the sequel.

Story: 9
I feel like the story is not the strongest part of what makes the manga that much enjoyable but is the characters and their development as well, but after a certain point of this manga we finally saw what the true purpose of this story is about, as we saw what characters were the actual main villains and who were eventually the savours. I won't say much more so I don't spoil anything else, but after 60-70 chapters we learn so much about all this untold story which sounds like a completely different take which was awesome and actually made sense!!

Art:10
At the first 1/3 of the manga the art was a bit difficult to understand at some points mostly because there were so many new characters introduced, plus that the old cast came back and we could a lot of times get confused(mostly in the fights) and also because Kanekis' hair as with his personality chanegd so many times sometimes you could get confused of who is fighting who especially at the Rose arc, but after we got used to the characters and Kaneki finally had a more stabilized haircut , it was easier to understand. Other than that the art is just outstanding i would even say that it was better than the anime graphics at least at the first season of :re, Ishida's art is just unbelievable beautiful.

Character:10+++
The strong part of this manga is their characters and the development that happens. Almost every single character gets his own "screentime" with his own background past story(which a lot of times included fights and confrotations with other characters in the show), which builds such a heavy tension if i could say on these characters. It feels like the author makes you feel the same for every character in this show as everyone has his own tragic story, so even when the worst character dies and his past gets revealed we could all feel something for him. The strongest character development is obviously on the main protagonist of the show Kaneki Ken himself, and outstanding development from the first manga up to this one.

Enjoyment:10
I feel like this is a modern classic at this point, it has been on the top 5 best selling mangas for a while and there is a reason behind it. It is because the manga is so full of character building and action that you never get bored, even if a chapter will be short, or will only have discussion, it will still keep your interest to see what is going to happen next. Especially from like 140 chapter to the end the tension was so big that waiting a week for a new chapter was almost like a tortute haha. I would only give a 9 to the first arc of the manga as it is building up the universe almost from start again, until the old cast gets in to it as well and everyones' fate collapses.

Overall:10

It was honestly an amazing ride, for me i really hoped for a third part, as I thought the author Mr Ishida Sui would go for a trilogy but unfortunately he decided to close the story there, but that was definitely fine because the finale is actually satisfying and closed up every hole that he has left open, so I don't think a lot of people will get disappointed from this manga, but obviously there will be a lot of haters.

For me just don't read any negative review but you don't have to believe every positive as well, if you want to find out if the manga is eventually good or not you should give it a chance and I can assure you that if you liked the first one just be a bit patient with this one as after a couple of arcs it shows its greatness.

Tokyo Ghoul is one of the more prominent figures in the Anime/Manga industry as of late. With the two anime shows showing in the last year, and the original story ending late last year. Tokyo Ghoul:re is the second manga by the author, Sui Ishida, and the continuation of the story which takes place a few years after the first. It is full of everything the first manga series brought to the table. The author certainly has not lost an edge in the years.


Story: 8/10.

The original story was an absolute masterpiece. Everything tying together, with certain what if moments and twists sprawled out throughout every single chapter. The developments and maturing of characters seemed to run off the page and made you experience something that is real. These characters bloomed with life and vivid details. :re takes this concept and continues it seamlessly through the time skip, and notably brings forth some really interesting changes in characters we came to love in the first manga, as well as new characters that we come to enjoy that were not previously involved. The reason why this rating is in an 8 range is because the story itself hasn't had that much happen in it, with only the real "IT'S HAPPENING" moment starting around the recent chapters I have read at this time (27-29). This isn't to say the story itself isn't impeccable already with plenty of really intriguing moments. Even recently a character we saw in the previous manga, coming back in a way I don't think anyone even anticipated. There just isn't enough of the story to rate accurately yet. In the future this could be subject to change as more moments and broader arches come into play, with character developments of course.


Art: 10/10.

Ishida is one of those manga artists that know how to portray emotion and passion into the paper he draws on. As mangaka, they tell their story not just through the words and spoken dialogue, but the images being presented. This allows the reader to construct a story within their mind, much like novels do. The difference being, novels are done with words, manga is done with images. The story is beautifully drawn, and absolutely mesmerizing at certain high points. The characters all seem to have their own aura when watching them go about this crazy world Ishida is painting. Each one with their own unique characteristics and styles. Their own images, set apart from others. Furthering the relation the reader can express while glancing across the black and white surface. The art makes the characters come alive.


Characters: 8/10.

Much like the story portion, we simply do not know enough about the characters at this point to make any real judgement calls. The characters we do know about however, have really come a huge way from the first series. The developments that now span two different series, tie together in a way that are so satisfying for the reader with their own new quirks. The uniqueness of even the "throwaway" characters really comes to mind, especially in the recent Nutcracker portion of the story. Ishida being the master he is, paints this character in a unique light and puts so much mood and feelings into the short amount of time the character is in the spotlight, all done on a few short pages. Many other stories in a lot of other mediums seem to always have a copy paste method of characters. The whole "seen it all before" stereotype that we all come to expect from certain stories. But Ishida is adept at not falling victim to this ploy in his works. Even if you think you know the character through and through, something surprises you about them. And to that I give so much credit to the story as a whole. Hopefully this trend continues into the later chapters.


Enjoyment: 10/10.

Tokyo Ghoul is one of the only series of mangas I have actually sat down and read through and through. The hook of the story in the first few chapters of the first manga really packed a huge punch into my interests, a typical non-manga reader. Even today, the only manga I look forward to every week for release is :re. The story here in :re like the original knows how to appeal to the person's life. Their feelings. Their struggles. Because let's be honest, many of us don't have perfect lives. We all experience some bad. Some tragedy. And Tokyo Ghoul plays onto this fact. It shows you tragedy. It lets you know that people are out there. We are all out there. Living a life. One life. And in that fact, we all have some weight to bear. It brings a huge down to earth feeling to the reader, that many can really relate to. Life isn't always a shounen after all.


Overall: 8/10.

It's hard to rate a story fully without seeing it in it's completion. At the time of making this, I am currently up to chapter 29. With a lot more story and chapters awaiting in the coming weeks, months, possibly years, I will edit this review as it sees fit. Much of the perception of this is hinged on the fact that the person has read the prequel to this story. Highly recommend doing such, because you cannot truly grasp everything in this story without the background and the perception the first series gave to the reader. For now, the story cannot be perfect or close to it. Too much needs to be done before rating it that high. For now though, an 8 is a good place to put it for all that we have now. Looking forward to the future of this series.

I absolutely love this sequel. In my opinion, it's one of the best, no, it's THE best manga out there right now. If you're wondering if you should read this - if you liked Tokyo Ghoul, you'll LOVE Tokyo Ghoul:re.



Story: (10/10)

When the first Tokyo Ghoul manga ended, there was a TON of unanswered questions. At first, what many people here said is true - we see a lot of the CCG and not much gets answered...

The main character doesn't remember who he is. He's surrounded by new people, it feels like an entirely new series.
That's because the author is a troll.

When the ball gets rolling all hell breaks loose.
The plot is my favorite part of Tokyo Ghoul - the author has been planning everything SINCE CHAPTER 1. You'll get answers to questions you didn't even think to ask. Trust me, everything will make sense.


Art: (10/10)

Ishida's art has improved dramatically. Nothing more to say here (except that whenever he releases a two-page spread in the manga, I immediately make it my wallpaper). In fact, he's redrawn chapter 1!


Characters: (10/10)

Even those who give TG:re low reviews agree that the characters are awesome.
The new characters are also just as awesome! As long as you keep in mind that THEY AREN'T REPLACING ANYONE, you'll find that characters you thought you hated are now your favorite ones.

And the old characters... Well, during the time skip they've also grown and you can see them from a new perspective. Basically, it's awesome.


Enjoyment: (10/10)

I'll just leave that old Harry Potter quote here:
"You'll suffer, but you'll be happy about it."
If you like TG, you'll fall in love with TG:Re.


Overall: (10/10)

It's an amazing series. A lot of people are put off by the fact that it starts out with the CCG and the old characters have seemingly vanished. I myself was wary of starting it for this reason, and I only regretted that once I caught up with the series. Everything you loved about Tokyo Ghoul WILL be in here, especially the later chapters... They'll absolutely break your heart, it's amazing.

I am not going to give a very detailed review of this manga because one, it is still ongoing and two, I don't quite remember everything so clearly. Around chapter 40 I stopped keeping up with each new chapter week after week. There are 80+ chapters out now so that means I didn't read the manga for 40 weeks. That is 10 months. I don't know if I am doing the math right here, but anyways I just recently picked up the manga again and got up to chapter 67 before dropping the it. My memory isn't so fresh but I do have my complaints.

Tokyo Ghoul was good until it ended so ambiguously. Fortunately, there was going to be a sequel so that would clear all of the confusion up, right? Wrong. Ever since Tokyo Ghoul ended, the story has only gone downhill in Tokyo Ghoul:Re.

In Tokyo Ghoul, I skipped over most of the chapters where the story would go to the CCG's point of view. I've always found the organization quite boring compared to the ghoul side of the story. I've never found any of the CCG characters interesting and I have never sympathized with any of them, even when they have died. I only feel irritated by them.

They are boring. There is endless bubbles of dialogue about their plans to take down the ghouls and it takes forever to wade through it all to get to what actually happens. I know it is necessary to talks about tactics sometimes, but it just gets ridiculous. Has this manga ever heard of show don't tell when it comes to the CCG?

So when I realized that the story was basically going to permanently be from the point of view of the CCG, firmly moving away from the ghoul side for good, I was distraught and disappointed. Again, endless bubbles of text were thrown at me as I painstakingly read through each chapter. Random new characters were introduced that I could hardly care about, even when they died.

Suddenly all sorts of new weapons and grades and ranks are introduced (or elaborated on, either way). Everyone just keeps getting more and more upgrades and more and more angsty and the story just gets further and further away from what we all once knew it to be. When something interesting finally starts to happen, it is dropped and not returned to for another 10 chapters. Just when the big climax happens in one of the arcs, the next one starts, killing all of the excitement and making the new arc even worse than the last. I just couldn't read it anymore.

The story sucks. What story is there even? Kaneki has lost his memories and isn't Kaneki anymore and now he is just getting missions and killing ghouls and trying to take down Aogiri as a member of the CCG. Interesting.

While people think that the art for this manga is good, I disagree. Half the time I have no idea what I'm looking at and I have trouble distinguishing between characters and who is killing who in fighting scenes. I feel half blind as twenty different things happen all on one page.

The characters were bad. I disliked all of them. I even grew less attached to Kaneki even though I thought he was a cool character before. This sequel managed to change that.

Honestly I can't bring myself to read this manga anymore. There is nothing good about it. Just when you think it is going to get good, it gets bad again. I apologize if this review seems jumbled, but this basically covers all my problems with the manga. If you disagree with my review, message me as I'd love to see if this manga can redeem itself in some way.