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Good fight scenes, characters are questioning their resolve for the imminent character development, and seeing Yomo shrug off that point blank impale like it was nothing.  R.I.P Nutty Professor you were a interesting antagonist. |
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| Animation was top quality, hated that they once again removed plot details (Amon was supposed to think that kaneki was a human at first but they changed it to kaneki getting hit for home runs over and over????) Studio parrot at its finest. Also right hand being chopped is way too gory right???? compared to anything from corpse party or mirrai nikki. Just look at that natural black light that happened to be covering mado. Whoever is directing this needs to get their head out of their ass and quit with the censoring. |
| This felt like a last episode even though it wasn't. |
| MAL: A community that thinks every anime is bad, but rates everything a 7/10. |
| The way that Kaneki was getting beat up was pissing me off. Thank god he did some cool stuff after that. The censoring is still crap. And poor Hinami :( |
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| Kaneki was more Calculative in the manga and him being Pathetic here is Overkill. The inner monologue was awesome,They definitely need more of that for "Chair" Scene to have much more impact to the viewers. Honestly I really don't give a S*** if they rush it or End it in a cliff hanger as long as the Most important Character development is done right and true to its sources. |
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| pretty good episode. i didnt notice too much difference from the manga... i think amon thought ken was a normal human being pretending to be a ghoul, i think they omitted that. yeah, pretty good. |
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| So tired of the unfair power balance between protagonists and antagonists.....But finally Mado the disgusting prick died. Why is Kaneki the only one who can't control his ghoul shit? Touka seems to have no problem?? Also annoying hoW Kaneki doesn't wanna hurt or kill anyone.. |
StrawberryRain said: This felt like a last episode even though it wasn't. LOL yeah they could totally end it right here. |
| There's two kinds of people you can't win an argument against: One - Too dumb to tell right from wrong. Two - Too stubborn to admit they are wrong. |
| Good thing Mado died, just like he killed Hinam's mother for no reason, Touka also has the right to kill him for no reason :( ninjastarforcex said: i dont want season 2 because enough with butchering tokyo ghoul What a fan folks, would rather have no anime just because they changed 2 small arcs around and TV censorship (even thou it'll be in Blu Ray) |
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Pangeaa said: So tired of the unfair power balance between protagonists and antagonists.....But finally Mado the disgusting prick died. Why is Kaneki the only one who can't control his ghoul shit? Touka seems to have no problem?? Also annoying hoW Kaneki doesn't wanna hurt or kill anyone.. If he doesn't hurt or kill that's fine.. In the manga he still beat Amon and gave him time to escape.. If he wanted to kill him it would've been providing the Doves more fuel for their already existing hatred of ghouls.. I saw nothing about his actions that were annoying |
| I celebrated every ounce of blood that evil, sadistic fuck Mado bled this episode, and was glad he was finally slain. I give him no slack, I don't care what his tragic backstory was. The way he murdered Hinami's parents and taunted her with their remains, the guy deserved to die in a much slower and agonizing manner. Maybe eaten by Gourmand limb by limb. Was even kinda pissed when his partner was mourning his death; someone that evil doesn't deserve to have a single tear shed for them, by anyone. At least he went to Hell in the end. I was just sad that Hinami passed up the opportunity to kill Mado herself. With that badass power she's got, she could have made it nice and slow and painful, too. She is just a little girl though, so maybe it's good she's not as sadistic as I would've been. Plus, Kaneki finally did something! I guess he wasn't able to manifest his powers because he'd been resisting his hunger up until he took a bite out of the one-eyed man's shoulder. After that he was pretty damn effective, so effective he had to try really hard not to kill the Dove. I'm betting this draws more attention from the Doves on the local ghouls, though. Evil and worthless of an asshole as Mado was, he had allies who are going to want revenge. |
Blind_GuardianAug 21, 2014 7:01 PM
| If it wasn't already stated that there's an ever growing grey area between ghouls and humans, this episode explicitly states that (via Kaneki's internal dialogue). Although I would say that they statement was to explicit to the point of being dumbed down for the audience. My brain kinda hurts thinking about the ghoul-on-human struggle and trying to find a middle ground, there maybe isn't any, but It would certainly break the "chain of grief" pointed out by Kaneki. Finally, I like the motif (which is true) that sometimes the only way we distinguish good from bad is our point of view. |
| "I only studied a little bit of history and I have learned there are two current thoughts in human history. The opinion that there are things worth more than human life and the opinion that there is nothing preferable to life. When the war begins, it is on the pretext of the former type of people and it justify the latter when the war ends" |
| Oh man that was the best episode so far. A good amount of action, drama, suspense, blood, and epicness. Censoring still ruined some parts though, like honestly can we not see a guy with a handless arm? Sheesh. Dat Mado death too :O I am still gonna read the manga though when I get the chance! |
Mr_HayabusaAug 21, 2014 7:21 PM
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jdinh said: Hmm I think I prefer the manga's version of Kaneki's fight over the adaption. I mean just look at the badassness of kaneki at his pubescent stage. Yes he becomes even more badass later.. http://www.mangahere.co/manga/toukyou_kushu/c025/18.html. Thanks for the link. I was wanting to show anime only viewers how Kaneki's "revelation" was handled, but I wasn't sure what chapter it was in. Not sure what it is, but I really like this panel: http://www.mangahere.co/manga/toukyou_kushu/c025/15.html |
| "Yes, I have been deprived of emotion. But not completely. Whoever did it, botched the job." - Geralt of Rivia |
Blind_Guardian said: I celebrated every ounce of blood that evil, sadistic fuck Mado bled this episode, and was glad he was finally slain. I give him no slack, I don't care what his tragic backstory was. The way he murdered Hinami's parents and taunted her with their remains, the guy deserved to die in a much slower and agonizing manner. Maybe eaten by Gourmand limb by limb. Was even kinda pissed when his partner was mourning his death; someone that evil doesn't deserve to have a single tear shed for them, by anyone. At least he went to Hell in the end. I was just sad that Hinami passed up the opportunity to kill Mado herself. With that badass power she's got, she could have made it nice and slow and painful, too. She is just a little girl though, so maybe it's good she's not as sadistic as I would've been. Plus, Kaneki finally did something! I guess he wasn't able to manifest his powers because he'd been resisting his hunger up until he took a bite out of the one-eyed man's shoulder. After that he was pretty damn effective, so effective he had to try really hard not to kill the Dove. I'm betting this draws more attention from the Doves on the local ghouls, though. Evil and worthless of an asshole as Mado was, he had allies who are going to want revenge. Yeah I agree. But I really like hinami for not killing him. It just shows how much of a "human" she is despite being a ghoul. |
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| im hating kaneki even more. just once please be a badass turn into that grey haired dude already |
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iWishTifaWasReal said: im hating kaneki even more. just once please be a badass turn into that grey haired dude already Hahaha *from a manga readers perspective* |
| Didn't expect Mado to go down so early. Welp we all know Amon-kun is coming back with a vengeance. |
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Shiyu said: me too still don't think Ken has earned the right to wear such a badass mask yet though.From someone who hasn't read the manga, I really liked this episode.  ending short was both funny and sad at the same time |
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| Please tell me this is going to have a second season lol can u even imagine what'll happen if they do kanekis metamorphisis (cough) in the next few episodes |
| Why oh why did Mado's death feel so weird. I mean...I was never a fan of the guy so feeling something for the way he died or the fact he was married or the fact that Touka and Amon reacted so strongly to his death. The censoring ((he got his legs cut off right?)) combined with everything else...I couldn't even be happy that he died it was just too strange of a scene overall. Looking forward to saint Kaneki unite humans and ghouls. |
| Best episode so far. |
Blind_Guardian said: I celebrated every ounce of blood that evil, sadistic fuck Mado bled this episode, and was glad he was finally slain. I give him no slack, I don't care what his tragic backstory was. The way he murdered Hinami's parents and taunted her with their remains, the guy deserved to die in a much slower and agonizing manner. Maybe eaten by Gourmand limb by limb. Was even kinda pissed when his partner was mourning his death; someone that evil doesn't deserve to have a single tear shed for them, by anyone. At least he went to Hell in the end. I was just sad that Hinami passed up the opportunity to kill Mado herself. With that badass power she's got, she could have made it nice and slow and painful, too. She is just a little girl though, so maybe it's good she's not as sadistic as I would've been. Plus, Kaneki finally did something! I guess he wasn't able to manifest his powers because he'd been resisting his hunger up until he took a bite out of the one-eyed man's shoulder. After that he was pretty damn effective, so effective he had to try really hard not to kill the Dove. I'm betting this draws more attention from the Doves on the local ghouls, though. Evil and worthless of an asshole as Mado was, he had allies who are going to want revenge. I don't know about that lol. I think he's much more justified in his actions than say, Touka, who killed random people in a blind act of vengeance. If you knew his backstory you wouldn't say what you did, I think. |
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iWishTifaWasReal said: im hating kaneki even more. just once please be a badass turn into that grey haired dude already Please be a badass? Hahhahahaha - Manga reader |
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| At least the action didn't suck as much as the previous episodes. 5.5/10 for this episode. |
| Isayama Hajime should be awarded The Manga with The Highest Inconsistencies of Characters' Appearances. He keeps performing multiple plastic surgeries on those Shingeki No Kyojin characters in a SINGLE chapter. Yes, I've read up to the latest chapter of Shingeki No Kyojin manga. Forced myself to read through the kidsketching chapters after the anime's ended. At least from now on, I only have to go through the hell once a month. Patiently awaiting SNK TV/movie/OVA anime-sequel. The 2015 SNK live-action movie would probably suck. |
| I thought we would get some more of Kaneki's power... but he is still kind of pathetic... it was interesting to see that there are other one eyed ghouls there. |
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| I haven't read the manga yet (though I plan to), so I actually really enjoyed this episode. I've heard of all the censorship they've been doing, and that kind of disappoints me because censorship is something that I really can't stand. Regardless, since I have no personal experience with anything else, I thought this was a nice episode. I do kind of wish Kaneki fought a little more. I've seen some comments about the point that Kaneki is supposed to be the gateway between humans and ghouls and how it probably went over the heads of most anime-only people, but I understood it just fine myself. Perhaps not everyone will, I don't know. Also, Amon's scream at the end gave me chills. |
| The irony portrayed within the human and ghoul's side was great. Need to know Mado's backstory. He never seemed to have a motive, until now. Also it looks like Amon is going to be motivated for revenge. His scream at the end was important, it showed that even the doves have feelings and arent just heartless b&#tards. But its sad since, ghouls are the same. |
HuaXueAug 21, 2014 8:36 PM
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| I found it.... Stunningly good |
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| The thing is that I'm not sure there can be a middle ground when one side depends on the other for food. I'm also reading the manga and a solution to remedy this problem hasn't been addressed yet. Maybe synthetic human meat? Though I don't really think they'll go that route. All that said, as a human, It's hard to sympathize with the ghouls. They're intelligent, but they are also our predators. If they continued to reproduce and their population grows, they can really be a threat to humanity. If a alternative to human meat isn't found, I would be in favor of wiping out the species. |
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| wow great episode, this yes did justice to the manga series, great fights and a lot of determination, Kaneki is starting to show its strength, hope the anime gets even better .. |
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simonprasad said: iWishTifaWasReal said: im hating kaneki even more. just once please be a badass turn into that grey haired dude already Please be a badass? Hahhahahaha - Manga reader Ikr Hahaha *manga readers perspective* |
| I quite liked this episode, a big step up from the last few. But argh, the edge is too much. |
| Powerful eyebrows. |
| The episode was, again, OK. Touka vs Madou wasn't bad, felt kinda sorry for Hinami, hard to believe she doesn't want revenge. More human than the doves for sure. But, that doesn't mean i wasn't rooting for Madou to just kill off Touka. Instead, she gets saved and kills him... Now 1 of the 2 reasons for me to still watch this is dead. White-haired Kaneki better be as badass as the Manga readers describe him to be, because both his strength and personality suck right now. |
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| Great episode. Script was trite and cheesy, but I was still emotionally involved. Poor Hinami. |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
| Best episode so far. The old guy is dead. The past few weeks,I was annoyed with Hinami but she really good in this episode. Saving Touka and even let go of her grudge. |
But it's important to remember that a movie review is subjective;it only gives you one person's opinion. http://www.classzone.com/books/lnetwork_gr08/page_build.cfm?content=analyz_media&ch=30 It doesn't matter if you like LoGH,Monster etc.If you are a jobless or college/school dropout living in your mom basement, you are still an unintelligent loser. Taste in anime does not make you a better person.If elitist don't exist, casual pleb and shit taste also don't exist. |
| Get wrecked Mado I enjoyed the ep, Hinami's Kagune was pretty legit too |
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| I want to give Hinami a hug :( She's going to be really scary if she ever decides to fight. |
"May those who accept their fate be granted happiness." "May those who defy their fate be granted glory." |
| ... Wow again. This episode was just amazing. Hinami > every other poverty ass character in this series What was the significance of the ring towards the end when Touka removed that old dude's glove? I didn't understand that really. |
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ZaldiuntheGerman said: What was the significance of the ring towards the end when Touka removed that old dude's glove? I didn't understand that really. Touka was guilty because she realized that the old dude is a married man and probably has a family. |
| Powerful eyebrows. |
| animation was really good this episode, also when touka got hurt and hinami was crying was really pulling on my feels ;-; I guess the censoring wasn't as bad as it usually is. I wanna see the un-inverted version of kaneki stabbing ... Yoyo? I can't remember his name. Although I think the inverted is the best censorship since I actually can see things. |
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| Kaneki needs to freaking stop being a pussy, and Kill people, its inevitable dude, at some point your gonna have to. |
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| Kaneki really needs some training so he can control himself in a fight. Great episode!!! |
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| I hope Kaneki awakens his powers soon because he's really useless and wimpy. |
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DoctorWasabi said: Kaneki needs to freaking stop being a pussy, and Kill people, its inevitable dude, at some point your gonna have to. Oh dear if Only you knew. |
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| So Mado is gone. I am seriously going to miss him. He was incredibly fun and interesting for me. The other detective he's working with (the one that fought with Kaneki) is ok, but Mado was my favorite. Oh well, it was inevitable he's going to die the moment he saw Touka without a mask. |
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