Phoenix_XIII said: I'm gunna probably come off as super pretentious in this, but I don't really care, just fair warning:
I HAAAATED this episode. Don't get me wrong, the voice actors were great, the animation was crisp, and they finally got rid of the stupid censoring; but hoooooooly shit, why is it so much to ask that an anime series follow it's manga source material?
I absolutely love the Tokyo Ghoul manga. The storytelling is beautiful, the responses to situations are realistic and the lore and mystery behind everything kept me reading right into constantly refreshing the page in hopes of seeing the new chapter of :re.
This episode single handedly destroyed all of what Tokyo Ghoul was going to evolve into. To cover my tracks, I did like Season 1; there were some changes made that were understandable, some that were unnecessary, and some that actually hindered the characters and their development (specifically the fact that Touka and Kaneki trained fairly often and Kaneki was becoming pretty good at fighting before being kidnapped by Aogiri, and the details of how cannibalism would make ghouls stronger and develop their kakuja), but all in all, it was passable.
Season 2 so far has completely destroyed what could be.
::Spoilers Ahead::
1) Yamori was still alive. Suzuya killed him, earning Suzuya his first Quinque and a promotion. This episode underplayed how sadistic and badass Suzuya is by eliminating that brief fight.
2) Kaneki's fight with Ayato was UNDERWHELMINGLY performed. He was supposed to "half kill" Ayato by breaking 103 of his 206 bones, showing that Kaneki had become much more dulled to the idea of harming another person. This was also the first display of his new level of badassery and a revealing factor that Ayato still wanted to protect Touka
3) Kaneki Joinin Aogiri instead of banding together with Banjou, Tsukiyama and Hinami in order to bring down Aogiri. Not even dipping into the impact this has on Kaneki's relationship with his crew and the implications that has on his own personality when it comes to balancing his friendships with his much darker side, this new change of story has uprooted everything that could happen with Tokyo Ghoul
4) This one is minor, but Kaneki was the one who freed Banjou and company from the prison, making Banjou feel even more indebted to Kaneki, and all the more willing to join his campaign against Aogiri. Instead, Tsukiyama breaks them out with one flimsy line that could possibly be reasoning behind Banjou and Tsukiyama joining up with Kaneki later in the season ("Are you one of Kaneki's friends?" "Yes.")
::End Spoilers::
I am heartbroken by the changes that were made and this new direction they seem to be going in. All I can hope is that Tokyo Ghoul ends and a few years later we get a new series that will actually follow the story the manga has laid out, similarly to how we had Fullmetal Alchemist, and then the supremely better (and actually canon) Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.
All I know is that if they take away Kaneki's mental breakdowns, I might have a mental breakdown.
1) Sui Ishida didn't like how the compressed first season caused his story to suffer. So instead of risking the same fate of the 2nd half of TG, Ishida is using this new story specifically for the anime. Seeing as it's still Ishida writing, and not the studio, you should calm about anything ruining anything.
2) Yeah, Suzuya's "fight" with Yamori was skipped, but it could be revealed in a flashback. Even if it isn't shown, it's not that impressive of a feat; he eviscerated a Yamori who was practically already in the grave. His fight against Kuro and Shiro is much more impressive.
3) The 103 bones scene is epic (even if it does indirectly downplay Ayato's power), but isn't warranted with this new direction. He's supposed to work with Ayato now, if the "lesson" took place how would that even be possible?
4) "Kaneki Joinin Aogiri instead of banding together with Banjou, Tsukiyama and Hinami in order to bring down Aogiri. Not even dipping into the impact this has on Kaneki's relationship with his crew and the implications that has on his own personality when it comes to balancing his friendships with his much darker side, this new change of story has uprooted everything that could happen with Tokyo Ghoul."
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Are you serious? This is just fanboy rage, as literally all of that can easily still happen with Kaneki joining Aogiri. It's just now he's interacting with different characters.
5) Kaneki not freeing Banjou is literally completely off people's radar lol, and it's minor and unwarranted for THIS story. You gotta get the fact that this is a new TG story by the author, for the anime.
You CAN'T compare the plot of the two anymore. Just treat it as another story by the same author.
6) Brotherhood is NOT "supremely better" than the original FMA anime. Both are great, and plenty of people (of which, I admit, I am one of) prefer the original anime to the canon adaptation.
You sound like one of those "anything anime original is lame cuz reasons"-type guys. Not saying there's a lot of amazing anime originals and/or deviations, but, jeez, your bias is even blinding you from the fact that THE AUTHOR, SUI ISHIDA, is writing the story for this season; NOT the studio. |