Taking another Bite: Tokyo Ghoul Re-review
Greetings, ladies and
gentlemen! I’m back for a brand new year
and all new reviews. Well okay, this one
may not necessarily be new, but it’s new to you. You may all remember back in July, I did a
review on the brand new show Tokyo Ghoul. At the time, I had only seen four or five
episodes. So as you can see, I didn’t
get the whole picture. But after that
review, I kept watching the show and managed to watch all twelve episodes of
the first season. I also have some more
to say about it now. So now, without further delay, let’s get started on this
re-review of Tokyo Ghoul.
Much of what I said before about
the series plot wise really didn’t change.
After a near death encounter with a ghoul named Rize, Kaneki under goes
an organ transfer where Rize’s organs are put into his body. This turns Kaneki into a half-ghoul. After this incident, he joins a group of
ghouls called Anteiku who teach Kaneki how to adjust to his new life. However, when I finished the first season, I
learned that there was another part to this story. This involves the Commission of Counter
Ghouls (or CCG). In this portion of the
plot, the CCG is in pursuit of a group of ghouls called Aogiri Tree that have
been going on killing sprees throughout the city. Both conflicts come to a head by the end of
the season when Anteiku goes to save Kaneki, who has been captured by a
ruthless ghoul known as Jason and is taken to Aogiri Tree’s lair, and when the
CCG plan to attack Aogiri Tree directly.
The season ends on a bit of a cliff-hanger, but on a satisfying note
when Kaneki decides to embrace is ghoul side and fights Jason within the last
few moments of the final episode. In my
last review, this series was intriguing and had a lot going for it, and now I
can say that this show is a blood-drenched roller coaster ride that will put
you on the edge of your seat.
Now the last time I reviewed Tokyo Ghoul, I gave it four out of five
stars. Now that I’ve seen what the first
season of this show had, I was blown away and impressed beyond words. So for that, Tokyo Ghoul gets a new rating of four and a half out of five
stars. Overall, the story dominates this
show. The complexity of Kaneki’s
predicament as a half-human, half-ghoul being leaves viewers wondering when will
Kaneki get the hang of it- and more importantly, when will we see white-haired
Kaneki? Viewers finally see Kaneki
resolve this issue within himself and take on a transformation that changes him-
and turns his hair white. The ending
also leaves fans wanting more. Story
aside, animation is also good and has remained unchanged throughout. Enough said.
Now, despite what positive things I’ve
said thus far about the series, there is one issue that did concern me. I said before that this show’s biggest
downfall was content. Though the content
is pretty graphic, the animators censor as much as they can throughout the
show. Unfortunately, this censoring is
so obvious and so distracting that it’s a problem. Much of this censoring involves the use of
black or white shadows that cover the gruesome content. Most viewers have an idea of what happens, so
why try so hard to cover it up? It’s
extremely unattractive visually and again, very distracting. That aside, content is still an issue. This show is not G-rated, especially in the
final episode. Still, content and poor
censoring aside, this show is not to be missed!
I don’t know what more I can say
except that this show was incredible! I
have to admit, this show has certainly become one of my new favorites. It certainly was an excellent idea to
continue with the show, and I would recommend it to anyone interested! For those of you who are interested,
funimation.com has been airing all twelve episodes of the first season on its
site. Also, the second season is due to
be released this month- in fact I believe the first episode was released just
recently. Well, I think that’s all I
have for this week. Stay tuned for next
week’s post because I will be doing another re-review of the super hit Attack on Titan!
-Hanime
on Anime
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