Tokyo Ghoul: re

Too many characters...

To many plot points...

Story happens without any explanation. Is there a story anymore? Just characters added into the mix without resolving the previous character's story. Mindless death and slaughter. Ideas without any sense turned into philosophy.

No, this is not what Tokyo Ghoul is. And I've watched it until the end. In the final 2 episodes, there are some redeeming qualities, but why season 3 exists if it doesn't make any sense?

First, compared to the other anime based on manga, Tokyo Ghoul :RE is not stretched to the extent that single page of manga will cover whole 20 minutes episode (yes, i am talking about you, Black Clover). It's actually quite the opposite. I feel that the content of the 12 episodes is a bit too compressed and it does not do much favors to the characters, or fluidity of the story. But it's hard to claim that the original manga is flawless as it can be quite confusing, especially with the amount of characters involved in the story at this point.

This sequel is a bit worst than the previous ones. It uses the same elements, same sound bites, same mind flops, but it is mixed weirdly together and the action is fairly full compared to the creativity of the first 2 seasons where every action seems to be more impactful.

Still, it's Tokyo Ghoul, and in 12 episodes, it has a lot of great moments, especially the first half.

There isn't any real storyline. There are way too many characters to follow any one of them not to mind their intersecting stories.

That's not to mention the groups and their motivation.

I liked the first season of Tokyo ghoul, the second completed the story but it was a bit of a tangled up storyline. This... this just seems like they took a massive amount of source material, threw it in a mincer and didn't really care about the end product.

I honestly gave this series a shot because of an image i found online of the main character, Kaneki Ken. The first 2 seasons were an absolute masterpiece if you ask me, i enjoyed every minute of it, even tho the endings felt a bit rushed, it was still pretty enjoyable and different than the rest... People seem not to enjoy the ROOT A though i liked it, maybe even more than the first season, although, here, things slowly start getting out of hand. Throughout the whole season 1 of RE i was completly lost and confused on whats going on, all these sudden introductions, plot twists, no background, even the names were hard to remember... there was so much going on but yet no explaination what so ever, pure mess. Without some background coming from the manga, i dont think i'd be able to fully understand the show without the fandom wiki. Though, the second half made up for it, it cleared most of the confusion,Lots of scenarios i was hoping for came true and, yes, Kaneki did it ;). I feel like the first half should get revamped to say the least. The changes in the artwork dont bother me, theyre barely even noticable. Overall 8.5/10, the season "3 and 4" 7/10.

The first seasons / original "Tokyo Ghoul" is exceptional, but the two additions to the series fall short, each one feeling more hollow then the one before it, between issues with the characters and holes in the plot it does not do the first season justice.