Tokyo Ghoul Episode 8 Discussion

NeutralSide said:
My two Gripes about this episode.
Its really apparent that Kaneki shifted back to his Episode 2 self when he was still struggling with his Hunger urges.It would have make much more sense and Kaneki being a wimp more understandable if Dove arc was first before Gourmet arc.Because he's still fresh from turning into a ghoul in that time frame.

I'm a bit pissy that they are pushing That Rize is inside Kaneki's body..Which she isn't By the way.
She's just a fiction of kaneki's imagination and a Metaphor for Kaneki accepting his Ghoul side..But in the anime they are clearly Implying that She's inside Kaneki..

Episode wise..This is a 9/10 I really enjoyed it despite my gripes but It would have helped if they didn't bother Switching arcs around.The animation was top notch and Finally they took it seriously compared to the previous episodes Where OST were out of synch..I just hope they do the same for the Most important character development which is the "Chair" scene.
Also More Kaneki inner monologue,He was more calculative in the manga and Inner monologue shows it.And Amon Mistook Kaneki for a human parading around as a Ghoul because He's punches doesn't do Sh**.

Xayoz said:
Meh. So, after the first few episodes, I figured I would stick with this series a little longer in fain hope that the main character would outgrow hes shoneny wimpiness and rip some people apart.
Guess it's not that kind of a show tho.

Nisx said:

didnt touka and kankei worked on some plan
on the last episode to end this situation and thats
why he get the mask?
on this episode it only mention that touka go
somewhere but nothing more.
from there everything done on such a rush and
any 1 could have see this.

the fight between Touka and Mado felt
like touka plan it from the beginning when medo
weapon stop working bcuz he reach is limits on
the forest trees then suddenly is second weapon
catch her by surprise.
it like she plan get him to the forest to get advantage on him.
but how she knew Hinami will run there.

Amon were so strong and then so weak and is weapon so shitty and useless.

and Kaneki were almost like watching a old naruto episode
somewhere on the begining fights of zabuza and haku.
even is ghoul looks like 9 tailed fox get over naruto buddy.

when i start watching the series i were so amaze by the story,art,
chars,op and ed songs........ now i feel kinda bad for it.

going start the manga when the anime will end hope it will be better.

Gantsz said:
This episodes pacing was so masterful!

Hannah_Ana said:
That ass had a wife at home? He was probably a lousy excuse of a husband just like he was a lousy excuse of a human. I'm sure she's glad that he won't be coming home anymore.

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Onbuu said:
I really dont have problem with Kaneki having identity crisis being half ghoul and half human, but why he has to be "possessed"by Rize everytime his ghoul side kicks in?
PS. imo it's kinda sad that anime's only purpose is to boost manga sells. That's the picture i have,when i've read comments on forums of previous episodes.

NeutralSide said:

Are you a manga reader?
No he's not possessed by Rize.The anime is implying that Rize is inside kaneki so Clearly that its palpable.
In the manga there weren't none of those its just Kaneki accepting his ghoul side and Rize only appeared as a fiction of Kaneki's Imagination and a representation of Kaneki's frustration that everything that happened to him is due to him being weak.She was a metaphor for kaneki accepting his Ghoul side.

Which would be seen and the last arc for this anime.

The manga is infinitely better since its subtle and each chapter has references to previous and hints to future chapters.Ishida (Author) is a genius.

RaininChocolate said:
Pretty good episode. I could really feel that despair coming from Hinami ;_; Unlike some of the other scenes that lost impact due to censorship before. Though I wtfed at Kaneki becoming a punching bag in the anime. But after giving it some thought, it fits Kaneki's

I still have to prefer the manga's version of the fight despite that. I liked how they put the 2 fights side by side and let us see how Touka and Amon's thoughts are similar. That was pretty neat. Some other small changes were made this episode but I'm alright with them mostly. Btw, anyone else feel like the rain scene was animated say, oddly? Or lazily maybe. They didn't give me the impression of being 'wet' for example. Some of the movements in previous episodes felt strange to me as well. I guess it's true that Pierrot really isn't the best with animation. The Kagunes and Quinques do look awesome though. And the other complaint I have is how they've removed the aspect of Kaneki who knows how to

It seems unlikely to me that they'll add this in until season 2 (or it might not get added in still/there might not be a s2 at all)...



The mask is just used to hide a ghoul's identity from investigators.

Touka leaked false information about Hinami being there before (through the phone call in ep 7 I think) because she knew it would be difficult for Mado to use his weapon there.

She didn't plan for Hinami to be there as well. Mado lured her out with her mom's scent. That bag is supposed to contain a part of her mother's body (it was an arm in the manga but idk about here). If your asking how Touka found her there, she heard her scream, remember?

Well, that's probably because Tokyo Ghoul is being done by the same studio who did Naruto.

Please do start the manga from chapter 1 ^^ A lot of stuff was cut out/changed in the anime.

Defective_Minus said:

Hey If I wanted to start the manga from this episode on, what chapter would I start on?

Defective_Minus said:

Hey If I wanted to start the manga from this episode on, what chapter would I start on?

Defective_Minus said:



Not sure if this is a spoiler though because he did say it as he died, i think.

Onbuu said:

No,im not a manga reader,which prolly explains why i thought Rize was on charge of Kaneki's ghoul side. It seems,that manga handled that aspect way better than anime. Waaaaay better.

generalmartacus said:
Like most manga readers, I do feel it was somewhat rushed. HOWEVER - this was easily the best episode of the season thus far. The animation hit an epic high that i didn't know Studio Pierrot was fully capable of, and DAT SOUNDTRACK especially.

The directing is good overall, though not astounding (see Zankyou no Terror for that). I'm hoping - praying, really - that they do the next arc justice. There's only 4 episodes left in the season, which is a lot to introduce. I can only wonder where they'll end it at...