Tokyo Ghoul:re

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English: Tokyo Ghoul:re

Synonyms: Tokyo Kushu:re, Toukyou Kuushu:re, Tokyo Ghoul: "Joker"

Japanese: 東京喰種-トーキョーグール-:re

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 16

Chapters: 181

Status: Finished

Published: Oct 16, 2014 to Jul 5, 2018

Genres: Action, Mystery, Drama, Horror, Supernatural, Psychological, Seinen

Authors: Ishida, Sui (Story & Art)

Serialization: Young Jump

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Score: 8.44¹ (scored by 54221 users)

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Ranked: #185²

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Popularity: #16

Members: 121,538

Favorites: 13,014

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MangaYoung JumpIshida, Sui (Story & Art)

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Synopsis

Two years have passed since the CCG's raid on Anteiku. Although the atmosphere in Tokyo has changed drastically due to the increased influence of the CCG, ghouls continue to pose a problem as they have begun taking caution, especially the terrorist organization Aogiri Tree, who acknowledge the CCG's growing threat to their existence.

The creation of a special team, known as the Quinx Squad, may provide the CCG with the push they need to exterminate Tokyo's unwanted residents. As humans who have undergone surgery in order to make use of the special abilities of ghouls, they participate in operations to eradicate the dangerous creatures. The leader of this group, Haise Sasaki, is a half-ghoul, half-human who has been trained by famed special class investigator, Kishou Arima. However, there's more to this young man than meets the eye, as unknown memories claw at his mind, slowly reminding him of the person he used to be.

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Tokyo Ghoul:re was the 10th best-selling manga series in Japan in 2015 with an estimated sales of 3,758,541 copies sold.

The series has been published in English by VIZ Media since October 17, 2017. It is also published in Spanish by Norma Editorial since June 23, 2016; in German by Kazé since September 1, 2016; in Polish by Waneko since August 14, 2017; and in Portuguese by Panini Editorial since December 15, 2017.

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Prequel:	Tokyo Ghoul
Adaptation:	Tokyo Ghoul:re, Tokyo Ghoul:re 2nd Season

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Characters

Kaneki, Ken

Main

Kirishima, Touka

Main

Sasaki, Haise

Main

Yonebayashi, Saiko

Main

Urie, Kuki

Main

Mutsuki, Tooru

Main

Shirazu, Ginshi

Main

Suzuya, Juuzou

Supporting

Tsukiyama, Shuu

Supporting

Uta

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Jul 5, 2018

181 of 181 chapters read

Overall Rating: 4

Frostbytes (All reviews)

81 people found this review helpful

A sequel to any series is tricky, and especially for a successful series, there is a burden of expectations that needs to be fulfilled. Despite its flaws, the original manga Tokyo ghoul delivered some interesting ideas and concepts by drawing the conflict between humans and ghouls, and thereafter promised the answers to the loose ends in its sequel. Did it succeed, or at least, was able to keep the quality of its prequel? Sadly the answer is no, even though it looked like the first half of the manga is heading towards a specific direction.

Some spoilers ahead for the following review, mostly from the prequel and Re.

Story:- Tokyo ghoul re starts in a promising manner, after the reveal of the clowns in its prequel, with even more mystery surrounding it. The first 60-70 chapters are decent in that regard, main reason being the focus of the story seemed to move in a particular order, with narrowed focus on characters like Tsukiyama, Sasaki, or the members of the Quinx squad. However after a major event in the Cochlea arc, the story suddenly loses coherence, and the narrative quickly devolves into a mess. The worst thing about re is that the story has so many fake deaths that it becomes Fairy tail levels of ridiculousness at some points. It takes away any sort of lasting narrative impact, has zero purpose and value, but still are used with characters just to provide a temporary shock.

The plot armours of characters are bound to be annoying too, and the main cast, especially the Kirishima siblings show the worst side of this. Here I would also like to point out that the romantic subplot lacks any sort of proper buildup, especially considering there is a time skip of two years. The cast on the antagonist side is either fodderized after getting hyped up so much, or used as a plot device after fake deaths, and results of the fights don't follow any power levels, sometimes they are rushed too(chapter 143, just for the sake of drawing parallel). Characters remain popping up alive, no matter if they get beaten to death, or there are supposed hints of death. The pacing remains inconsistent, like Mutsuki's arc which has a weak payoff considering to what extent it is dragged. Needless to say, the story is full of holes, but the last part is by far the worst portion of the series, which is addressed below in a separate section.

Characters- An amnesiac character is always going a step back for any sort of character, as it negates any sort of previous buildup. However if the card is pulled right, the returning of memories can always be a trigger for a huge character development. In this regard, Kaneki simply fails as a whole. After 300+ chapters, the proof that he still remains the same as the beginning are the events of chapter 144. He gives in to the same tendencies, realizes his mistakes again, rinse and repeat. Basically a stagnant character until the very end when he finally realizes how to move forward.

One of the main antagonist of the series who took a central figure in the later portion of the manga, had the potential to be a great antagonist at first but quickly turns into a character who simply couldn't be taken seriously. Since the readers had no idea about his thought process, background or anything, the cliche of foolproof plans always working out no matter what quickly breaks any suspense of disbelief. You hardly get to see his side of working out things, and at the end of everything you always get to see classic "it all proceeded according to plan", which makes nothing but a gary stu villain who has everything and everyone controlled, all situations and scenarios working out no matter what until the ending. And the other antagonists from the original series like Eto, Tatara aren't even worth mentioning considering how their characters were butchered.

The quinx squad are perhaps better characters of tg re in this regard, since at least they get some sort of development, Urie is probably the best example of this. The problem with the cast is that it's so bloated since they brought almost every character alive and keep on adding new investigators, that the focus on the characters go wayward, like some promising characters of the prequel are forgotten after becoming relevant for a while like Tsukiyama, or barely receive any focus or development of their own, like Nishio, Ayato, Hide etc.

Art- Inconsistent. Some of the early volumes have decent art, but in some of the arcs like Rue Island, it's just messy and you barely have any idea of what's going on in the fights. Just a point in case here that the scans definitely carry some of the blame for that dark, blurry sketches since it looks a bit better for the high quality scans.

Now to conclude, let's talk about the final portion of the manga, or the last 20-30 chapters. Worst part of the series by far, the quality goes down by another level. Characters magically coming back alive after that same trope of fake deaths just so that you can destroy their relevance in the series, or absolutely quick or no almost resolutions to the fate of the characters, rushed endings to the plotlines, everything making up a full fledged train wreck ending. In the last chapter, we get a happy fairytale ending for the prominent characters after a few miraculous survivals that the readers have no idea of, just so the fans can be satisfied.

Story- 4/10
Characters- 3/10
Art- 5.5/10

Thanks for reading.

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Jul 5, 2018

179 of 181 chapters read

Overall Rating: 10

Kanashi335 (All reviews)

54 people found this review helpful

"If lets say, you were to write a story with me as the main character, it would certainly be a tragedy" What an amazing ride this manga has been for the last seven years from the first one to the sequel. In this review i will try to cover only the sequel.

Story: 9
I feel like the story is not the strongest part of what makes the manga that much enjoyable but is the characters and their development as well, but after a certain point of this manga we finally saw what the true purpose of this story is about, as we saw what characters were the actual main villains and who were eventually the savours. I won't say much more so I don't spoil anything else, but after 60-70 chapters we learn so much about all this untold story which sounds like a completely different take which was awesome and actually made sense!!

Art:10
At the first 1/3 of the manga the art was a bit difficult to understand at some points mostly because there were so many new characters introduced, plus that the old cast came back and we could a lot of times get confused(mostly in the fights) and also because Kanekis' hair as with his personality chanegd so many times sometimes you could get confused of who is fighting who especially at the Rose arc, but after we got used to the characters and Kaneki finally had a more stabilized haircut , it was easier to understand. Other than that the art is just outstanding i would even say that it was better than the anime graphics at least at the first season of :re, Ishida's art is just unbelievable beautiful.

Character:10+++
The strong part of this manga is their characters and the development that happens. Almost every single character gets his own "screentime" with his own background past story(which a lot of times included fights and confrotations with other characters in the show), which builds such a heavy tension if i could say on these characters. It feels like the author makes you feel the same for every character in this show as everyone has his own tragic story, so even when the worst character dies and his past gets revealed we could all feel something for him. The strongest character development is obviously on the main protagonist of the show Kaneki Ken himself, and outstanding development from the first manga up to this one.

Enjoyment:10
I feel like this is a modern classic at this point, it has been on the top 5 best selling mangas for a while and there is a reason behind it. It is because the manga is so full of character building and action that you never get bored, even if a chapter will be short, or will only have discussion, it will still keep your interest to see what is going to happen next. Especially from like 140 chapter to the end the tension was so big that waiting a week for a new chapter was almost like a tortute haha. I would only give a 9 to the first arc of the manga as it is building up the universe almost from start again, until the old cast gets in to it as well and everyones' fate collapses.

Overall:10

It was honestly an amazing ride, for me i really hoped for a third part, as I thought the author Mr Ishida Sui would go for a trilogy but unfortunately he decided to close the story there, but that was definitely fine because the finale is actually satisfying and closed up every hole that he has left open, so I don't think a lot of people will get disappointed from this manga, but obviously there will be a lot of haters.

For me just don't read any negative review but you don't have to believe every positive as well, if you want to find out if the manga is eventually good or not you should give it a chance and I can assure you that if you liked the first one just be a bit patient with this one as after a couple of arcs it shows its greatness.

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Jul 5, 2018

181 of 181 chapters read

Overall Rating: 2

SeidouTZ (All reviews)

52 people found this review helpful

"Long time ago there was a man to which was given wings by his father in order to flee from their exile, warned however that he should never fly too close to the sun with them since such would result in the wings melting and ultimatly his dead. Despite the warning, drived by greed and feeling of empowerment he flew higher and higher wich was ultimalty his downfall.

The man name in greek mythology is Icarus; and in mordern time this tale can be applied to the author Ishida Sui whos wings represent his fallen series Tokyo Ghoul."

Before diving into the Tokyo Ghoul:Re manga, wich for read more

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Jul 5, 2018

179 of 181 chapters read

Overall Rating: 8

Pretenseboy (All reviews)

22 people found this review helpful

So it has finally ended, what a ride it has been. This review will contain minor spoilers but will not refer to any specifics.

In the later half of the original Tokyo Ghoul, Ishida had begun to explore the maddening, fracturing psyche of Ken Kaneki. Tokyo Ghoul:Re is the natural continuation of this exploration and delivers an extremely satisfying resolution about halfway in.

However, things deteriorate after this. The second half of the Manga is sadly lacking in my opinion, delving into a long, uninteresting and poorly plotted arc (with a few standout sequences) which ultimately only leads to a sort of doubling down on the read more

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