Tokyo Ghoul:re

Jul 5, 2018

181 of 181 chapters read

Overall Rating: 4

Battler- (All reviews)

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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 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 story seemed to move in a particular direction, 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 turns into 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 effect.

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 characters on the antagonist side are either wasted after getting hyped up so much, or used as a plot device after fake deaths. The 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", making him 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 the manga 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 some of the scans definitely carry some of the blame for that dark, blurry sketches since it looks a bit better for the higher 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

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Jul 5, 2018

179 of 181 chapters read

Overall Rating: 10

Kanashi335 (All reviews)

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"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)

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"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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Apr 19, 2015

25 of 181 chapters read

Overall Rating: 9

connorwain (All reviews)

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Preliminary

Alright, so I read the whole manga after watching the anime and I LOVED IT. I start reading the first couple of chapters and to be honest, I had to adjust to it. I read the first chapters a couple of times to realize what's going on. After I had finally got what was going on, I now loved the story. Its great that this is around 2 years after the Anteiku Raid. So many questions still unanswered since that latest chapter was 25. This follows Haise Sasaki (who looks almost exactly like Kaneki), a CCG investigator and the supervisor of the newly formed Quinx read more

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May 21, 2015

29 of 181 chapters read

Overall Rating: 8

deadaccount33 (All reviews)

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Preliminary

Tokyo Ghoul is one of the more prominent figures in the Anime/Manga industry as of late. With the two anime shows showing in the last year, and the original story ending late last year. Tokyo Ghoul:re is the second manga by the author, Sui Ishida, and the continuation of the story which takes place a few years after the first. It is full of everything the first manga series brought to the table. The author certainly has not lost an edge in the years.

Story: 8/10.

The original story was an absolute masterpiece. Everything tying together, with certain what if moments and twists sprawled out throughout every single chapter. The developments and maturing of characters seemed to run off the page and made you experience something that is real. These characters bloomed with life and vivid details. :re takes this concept and continues it seamlessly through the time skip, and notably brings forth some really interesting changes in characters we came to love in the first manga, as well as new characters that we come to enjoy that were not previously involved. The reason why this rating is in an 8 range is because the story itself hasn't had that much happen in it, with only the real "IT'S HAPPENING" moment starting around the recent chapters I have read at this time (27-29). This isn't to say the story itself isn't impeccable already with plenty of really intriguing moments. Even recently a character we saw in the previous manga, coming back in a way I don't think anyone even anticipated. There just isn't enough of the story to rate accurately yet. In the future this could be subject to change as more moments and broader arches come into play, with character developments of course.

Art: 10/10.

Ishida is one of those manga artists that know how to portray emotion and passion into the paper he draws on. As mangaka, they tell their story not just through the words and spoken dialogue, but the images being presented. This allows the reader to construct a story within their mind, much like novels do. The difference being, novels are done with words, manga is done with images. The story is beautifully drawn, and absolutely mesmerizing at certain high points. The characters all seem to have their own aura when watching them go about this crazy world Ishida is painting. Each one with their own unique characteristics and styles. Their own images, set apart from others. Furthering the relation the reader can express while glancing across the black and white surface. The art makes the characters come alive.

Characters: 8/10.

Much like the story portion, we simply do not know enough about the characters at this point to make any real judgement calls. The characters we do know about however, have really come a huge way from the first series. The developments that now span two different series, tie together in a way that are so satisfying for the reader with their own new quirks. The uniqueness of even the "throwaway" characters really comes to mind, especially in the recent Nutcracker portion of the story. Ishida being the master he is, paints this character in a unique light and puts so much mood and feelings into the short amount of time the character is in the spotlight, all done on a few short pages. Many other stories in a lot of other mediums seem to always have a copy paste method of characters. The whole "seen it all before" stereotype that we all come to expect from certain stories. But Ishida is adept at not falling victim to this ploy in his works. Even if you think you know the character through and through, something surprises you about them. And to that I give so much credit to the story as a whole. Hopefully this trend continues into the later chapters.

Enjoyment: 10/10.

Tokyo Ghoul is one of the only series of mangas I have actually sat down and read through and through. The hook of the story in the first few chapters of the first manga really packed a huge punch into my interests, a typical non-manga reader. Even today, the only manga I look forward to every week for release is :re. The story here in :re like the original knows how to appeal to the person's life. Their feelings. Their struggles. Because let's be honest, many of us don't have perfect lives. We all experience some bad. Some tragedy. And Tokyo Ghoul plays onto this fact. It shows you tragedy. It lets you know that people are out there. We are all out there. Living a life. One life. And in that fact, we all have some weight to bear. It brings a huge down to earth feeling to the reader, that many can really relate to. Life isn't always a shounen after all.

Overall: 8/10.

It's hard to rate a story fully without seeing it in it's completion. At the time of making this, I am currently up to chapter 29. With a lot more story and chapters awaiting in the coming weeks, months, possibly years, I will edit this review as it sees fit. Much of the perception of this is hinged on the fact that the person has read the prequel to this story. Highly recommend doing such, because you cannot truly grasp everything in this story without the background and the perception the first series gave to the reader. For now, the story cannot be perfect or close to it. Too much needs to be done before rating it that high. For now though, an 8 is a good place to put it for all that we have now. Looking forward to the future of this series.

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Jul 5, 2018

179 of 181 chapters read

Overall Rating: 8

Pretenseboy (All reviews)

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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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May 10, 2015

27 of 181 chapters read

Overall Rating: 9

Neonekoe (All reviews)

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Preliminary

Tokyo ghoul: re is the official sequel to the well claimed and popular Tokyo ghoul, & well after that ending that blew our minds with chapter 143, we were left with a great cliffhanger, gladly the sequel continues the series just after a short period of time.
So yeah, Spoiler alert! if you didn't finish TG yet!
So now we're introduced to Haise Sasaki, a rank 1 ghoul investigator, that is a half-ghoul & his squad the Quinx that consist of other half-ghouls, whom are: Tooru Mutsuki, Kuki Urie, Ginshi Shirazu & Saiko Yonebayashi. well, this quinx squad was formed to make a ghoul investigator that could read more

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Jul 2, 2018

179 of 181 chapters read

Overall Rating: 4

Danae (All reviews)

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A wise man said ''it’s better to burn out than to fade away’’, and this is exactly what sprang to mind throughout this sequel, especially during the last few arcs.

:Re is the continuation of TG, a prequel that offered an intense journey, delving deep in the characters’ psyche. Kaneki, Shuu, Touka, Suzuya, Amon-- they all got a fair share of character development, making the audience care about them, their backstory and struggles. Since the ending of the prequel, :re’s task was to wrap up all the loose ends and offer another side to the story, the CCG’s, ultimately ending in a non tragic way.

While I certainly enjoyed reading up until Rose Extermination, it soon became apparent that :re had some fatal flaws. For one, the characters stopped getting any attention. They only served as plot points, vehicles that will move the story forward successfully. Touka was shown fleetingly before becoming Kaneki’s woman, Suzuya is just CCG’s fight tool, Hide is just a person that comes in handy for Kaneki and the CCG. Their rushed treatment erased any kind of nuance and originality they used to have.

A second mistake was Ishida’s obsession with parallels. Foreshadowing and parallels do not necessarily equal good writing. Making parallel arcs in :re that mirror TG’s means ultimately nothing if it seems forced, rushed, inconsequential or involves overused plot devices.

Thirdly, while TG has always had fight scenes, :re was filled to the brim with them-- to the extent of sacrificing character growth and reflection. New characters, new battles, new missions. All of those would be cool as long as you were getting a glimpse of the characters' struggles, thoughts and emotions. That's the only way you can care about whether a character lives or dies. If you don't have that, the battle arcs seem pointless and dull. TG’s brand and originality stem from Ishida’s masterful psychological writing. If you add a really large cast of characters and just put them in fight sequences then, even if you cared about said characters, you will disconnect from them precisely because you’ve stopped seeing what you used to love about them.

Truth be told, there were a few glimpses of excitement in :re, however it winded up a huge let-down for the aforementioned reasons. I can’t help but look back to my 16 year-old self, who was begging for a sequel announcement after TG ch.144 was released. Back then, the story was still vibrant and immersing, full of potential that :re could seamlessly explore. But now, all I see is that this sequel has come at the cost of indifference. As painful as it is, it’s better to see something you love end quickly than to slowly stop caring about everything you used to love about it.

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Feb 22, 2016

65 of 181 chapters read

Overall Rating: 10

physicschild (All reviews)

40 people found this review helpful

Preliminary

S P O I L E R S A H E A D

Like many people, I discovered Tokyo Ghoul after the Studio Pierrot’s adaptation. I had fallen in love with the series and started to read the manga. I’m glad I did so.

After the baffling conclusion which our main character gets "killed", we are presented 3 months later to a sequel. The premise was simple. The story would take place 3 years after the Anteiku raid.

The beginning of the manga could be a little bit out of place for old fans. The slow pacing, the environment and the new personality of our mc read more

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May 27, 2017

32 of 181 chapters read

Overall Rating: 4

Streecer (All reviews)

23 people found this review helpful

Preliminary

This is an absolute slog of a manga to read. Toyko Ghoul:re tosses out every major character that we grew to know over the previous story and complicates things with another dash of vague narrative and some very off-model characters.

We're introduced to a new cast of characters, including Ken, who is now working with the ghoul hunters in a specially created squad. What then follows is 32 (up to where I got) chapters of boring filler, with Ken playing Scooby-Doo with various ghoul characters. The new cast members are not fleshed out enough to carry this story any further than the initial premise. If anything read more

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Jan 5, 2016

179 of 181 chapters read

Overall Rating: 2

SpiralOfErebos (All reviews)

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EDIT 7/19/18: Imagine giving another chance to a series that already self destructed just because so much time was invested. The result? A tremendous loss. Yeah, I'll take this L because I was hoping that Tokyo Ghoul REEEEE would be anything but droll, but it consistently let me down and it got to the point where a chapter of porn was the highlight of the entire sequel. The characters continue to display unlikable traits, poor interactions, and just god awful dialogue. Accompany it with unclear art direction and you got Tokyo Ghoul REEEEE. The rushed ending was a secretly a blessing because readers just couldn't stand the last chapters looking like rough sketches. And the final arc was actually the most poorly constructed idea I've seen in literature. It tried to be Persona 5 so badly, but it ended up a regurgitated idea with poor execution. I really gave Tokyo Ghoul REEEEE a shot, and the 120 additional chapters I read since the initial review did not improve my opinion of this godforsaken manga. Thought Urie was bad? Toru Mutsuki takes the cake as the biggest POS in manga.

Talk about a complete farce of a sequel, RE does not live up to it's expectations that the predecessor set for it. While Tokyo Ghoul wasn't amazing, characters had distinct personalities and the action was abundant. It is what I expected Tokyo Ghoul to be. RE takes on a different tone, shifting to a new cast of characters and taking the route of delving into the other side of the faction, the CCG.

Tokyo Ghoul didn't focus heavy on one faction, equally balancing both factions of Ghoul and CCG. Some psychological elements were present which made the story feel like there was tension and had some emotional impact. RE fails to set up in what was suppose to be a coherent action/fantasy story. With the focus on a squad within the CCG, expect a lot of exposition-heavy panels which is pretty insignificant to the story as it reaches the late 40 and into the 50 chapters. Much of the story felt stagnant with the exception of the late 50 chapters where it is looking like it's following its predecessor's footsteps. Everything leading up to that point feels like a waste of time as well with the few plot twists that pop up. It's almost as if the reader was supposed to be incredibly bored to lead up to a few chapters of action and adversity. Above all, the story just isn't fun. The stagnant nature of it with lots more dialogue then the author knows what to do with makes for an incredibly boring read.

The new cast of characters feature a squad within the CCG. All of them are poorly characterized with the exception of the main protagonist who is only interesting because of his alter ego. One guy for the WHOLE story just thinks about getting promoted within the organization. That's about it for that guy, I mean talk about one of the worst motives coupled with forced reactions in other situations makes him easily the worst character in RE. The other characters are very bland as well, making it seem like RE would've been better off having high school kids save the damn world vs what RE offered. The mindboggling thing is the previous cast of characters that made Tokyo Ghoul interesting get little panel time. Reading the first 20 chapters, the reader has to wonder if this is the sequel to Tokyo Ghoul.

A bland story coupled with terrible characters made RE easily one of the worst reads in all of literature. The more I think about it, the more I would have rathered read an economics book. It's complete shift in tone is what did it in and the open ending to the first season doesn't help. Actually, it makes RE look even worse because of that. Lack of personality within characters made for a tough cast to follow and ultimately connect with. The opposing faction was more interesting and all the reader gets in RE are little snippets of the things going on behind the scenes with minimum dialogue. I can't see RE getting any worse from here on out though, but I wouldn't hold my breath. It absolutely baffles me that I can browse the internet and find that this POS can lead in manga sales. The Tokyo Ghoul franchise is on a 90 degree downhill rollercoaster and avoid this if you can.

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Jul 3, 2018

179 of 181 chapters read

Overall Rating: 5

KayB (All reviews)

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Preliminary

The original Tokyo Ghoul is, by quite a few metrics, your standard action manga. What made it particularly unique however is that it did a fantastic job humanizing the conflict it presented. Writers that tackle this theme have this tendency of making one side of the conflict comically evil while the hero’s side unbearably good. Ishida did his best to avoid this cliché entirely by making the two groups, humans and ghouls, quite literally natural enemies of each other, while also implementing a main character that was forced to represent both. Not only was this dynamic interesting, Ishida also applied the finishing touches to this theme by humanizing these characters outside of the fights themselves in a natural way. While Tokyo Ghoul didn’t always clear this hurdle every time, I would still say that it did a great job *providing* context to the fights instead of just letting them happen, utilizing its unique setting to provide conflicts instead of pulling from typical ones.

The unfortunate thing about Tokyo Ghoul: re is that it’s literally just non-stop fighting from start to finish. This is a bit of a hyperbole, but it is very telling when re manages to have almost twice the amount of fight scenes in almost the same number of chapters.
The important thing to note about the original Tokyo Ghoul is that what made it particularly emotional is that many conflicts centered around the idea that ghouls just wanted to live like normal people, and the inherent tragedy is that they often couldn’t. Anteiku was a place to call home for much of the main cast, which is why it’s destruction was contextually meaningful. The problem with Tokyo Ghoul: re is that very few of the conflicts themselves really deal with more humanizing dimension of the story. Not only does the main conflict of the story shift between fighting major groups like the Cochlea rather than tackling smaller and more personal events like the original did, re also introduces characters at an extremely haphazard rate while giving them very brief backgrounds, if any at all. Even main characters like Urie and Shirazu are given extremely brief expositions while characters like Saiko are basically given none at all, and by the first 40 or so chapters you’re introduced to dozens of doves that you can’t possibly be expected to keep track of, and frankly even less so to care about.
It seems apparent that re seemed to prioritize far more on the fights themselves then really who comprised of them, possibly to capture a sense of scale and pace, but really this can be summarized by quantity over quality. The latter half of the manga unfortunately devolves into a more basic concept of this “evil mastermind pulling the strings” which magically dissolved much of the basic contrasts between humans and ghouls. Once again, this failed to take advantage of a conflict that would be unique to Tokyo Ghoul and instead takes one that could quite literally be in any other narrative.

If the fights themselves were good then this would at least be somewhat acceptable, but the fight scenes in Tokyo Ghoul have never really been that amazing by themselves; in my opinion have only seemed so because the manga did a great job establishing the context to each one. Not only is this dimension extremely neutered in re, but the rough art that initially defined the aesthetic style of the original Tokyo Ghoul was, combined with the consistently abhorrent paneling and the frequently busy fights, far too messy, and it was often unnecessarily difficult to tell what was going on (though to give credit where credit is due, I still like Ishida’s art style and there are some scenes where it ended up working phenomenally in his favor).

The original Tokyo Ghoul isn’t some untouchable masterpiece; like I said, by many standards, it can be considered a fairly average action manga. Perhaps re can’t be completely blamed for what it came to be since the original did start some of the gears that saw its conclusion in the sloppy final arc of re. But it at least did an honest, (and I would say) successful job on trying something different, even if it had to borrow from a few ideas along the way. It tried to be a piece much more than just the fights that it had and gave personality to characters that we will now remember for years. Re is incredibly soulless in comparison, trying far too hard in making the narrative all about the fights while misunderstanding the power characters can have on them.

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Nov 11, 2017

50 of 181 chapters read

Overall Rating: 1

SliusarekI (All reviews)

15 people found this review helpful

Preliminary

This is probably the one and only time I give something 1 and I don't regret it.

Tokyo Ghoul: Re is a perfect example of a disrespectful cash-grab. Reading Re, I felt like all my humble memories were raped, no kidding. I read only 50 chapters, because I couldn't handle it anymore.

Story.
I actually wanted to praise the author for taking such a bold move and not focusing too much on the original's events and trying to tell some new story. I thought we'd spend about 20-30 chapters with CCG and then Kaneki would return to his senses. Nope. I'm at chapter 50 and everything is at the point of your typical detective movie. They solve cases, someone from the first manga appears, we get hyped up for Kaneki's return and... it doesn't happen.
The original had a perfect balance of CCG and Ghouls. Right when I started to get bored with CCG's part of the story, I'd go back to Ghouls. Every story-line and group had two sides, there was never a "Ghouls are too bad" or "CCG is too bad". Well, in this manga ghouls are pretty much your regular baddies. One side. Oh, and there's even a ghoul that takes pleasure cracking man's nuts. Her motivation was that she "wanted to be beautiful". Mother, bring a towel! I'm gonna start crying...
Even the dialogue is very strict and almost forced.

Art.
It's bad. Occasionally I'd find myself wandering who the hell is the person that is being shown and who the hell "owns" the dialogue bubble. Remember those awesome epic double-paged moments from TG? Well, now the only memorable design you get is a CCG investigator who has some ridiculously huge alien-like lips. Just great.

Character.
I really hate this part. The older characters from the original are used as a pure click-bait! I can name so many chapters that ended with someone appearing from the original, it was countless! Then they get one or two pages and dissapear for the rest of the issue.
The only character I cared about was Shuu. And mainly because his condition (he was on wheel-chair, starved, broken, unhappy, wanted to get his old Kaneki) during first 50 chapters resembled mine when I was reading this. Truly! Right when Shuu said "I don't know you, Haise" - I realized: it is time for me to drop this manga.
Kaneki's happiness was quite annoying and stupid.
The QX's cast was way off. Especially the little girl who only played video games and did absolutely nothing. I more or less liked the transgender character, but that's it. I don't even remember their names.
CCG cast... remember the amazing and vivid feel of every character from the original? Now all you have is yet another CCG investigator who looks and acts exactly the same as any other.

Enjoyment.
None. Within 50 chapters I felt like Kaneki when he was tortured by Jason. Let's imagine that my love for TG is Kaneki's set of fingers. Me (Kaneki) grows those fingers just to have them clacked away by Jason (author of the manga) over and over again... I had to drop this book to stop this torture and rape of all the enjoyment I had with the original anime and manga.

Overall.
A pure cash-grab. The originals were brilliant.

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Jun 18, 2016

81 of 181 chapters read

Overall Rating: 5

BattleHammer (All reviews)

23 people found this review helpful

Preliminary

Money is good. Money is great! Tokyo Ghoul :re is the proof of it. The proof that popularity makes the manga most of the time. Ishida Sui (the author) sold his soul to the money devil, and along with it went Tokyo Ghoul, RIP. Not that I blame him, I mean, he must definitely be wiping his tears in money right now.

Disappointing, disappointing, disappointing. That describes Tokyo Ghoul:re.
I am someone that began reading the original back in the beginning. So we have definitely come a long way. And I can say proudly that Tokyo Ghoul, the original is a masterpiece. Amazing. Fantastic. *Insert similar adjective*. read more

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Jan 8, 2016

59 of 181 chapters read

Overall Rating: 10

etione (All reviews)

21 people found this review helpful

Preliminary

(a quick outpouring of my myriad feelings after thinking about the most recent chapters of RE. aka don't expect quality)

Ishida Sui is a genius. His story is sprawling, with twists and turns and foreshadowing in every corner.
Small, maybe insignificant details you may have written off on a first read through carries new meaning afterwards. For example, a reveal in a relatively recent chapter (~mid 50s) will ensure that I will never be able to read any part of the original, beginning to end, the same way ever again. This reveal was foreshadowed everywhere, from Kaneki Ken's psychological mindset, to indications in the art, in his actions, in his words. This reveal is (hopefully, for the sake of my poor shredded heart) one of a kind, but such like it happen on a smaller scale everywhere in the story, echoing the "Black Goat's Egg" - Rize foreshadowing.

In terms of actual story, the central message seems to be that there is no bad, and there is no good. There are only people. And people can be anything at all.

The original story had what essentially amounts to cannibals, the ghouls, portrayed as the sympathetic figures, while those who were saving humans, the CCG, were not the heroes. In almost any other story, the protagonist would be saving lives, and the cannibals would be the villain. But, what seems to be the impassable dividing line between humans and ghouls is not the dividing line between good and evil. Everything is in shades of grey. If anything, Aogiri Tree would be the villain, and yet characters from Aogiri are also fleshed out and portrayed as sympathetic, such as Ayato. There is no apologizing for their "evil", their grey, either. They are acknowledged as morally reprehensible, and that is amazing.
[slight spoilers?] Even Eto, the "big bad", is portrayed in shades of grey. Abandoned by her father, belonging to neither of the two worlds, author of multiple novels that Kaneki is enamored with, slightly insane a la half-kakuja Kaneki. If anything, she needs to be sent to a therapist. (They all need to be sent to therapists, lbr) [end spoilers]
RE is showing all the good sides of CCG that we could not necessarily see just through Amon and Suzuya in the original, after ghouls were already established as sympathetic figures in Tokyo Ghoul.

The beginning seems a bit slow, especially if you're coming in straight off the Anteiku Raid, but in all honesty, looking back at the beginning of Tokyo Ghoul, RE escalates much faster. Once the tragedies start, they just never stop.

All of Ishida Sui's characters are amazing, nuanced, and flawed, all in one. The sheer diversity of characters is amazing - ghouls and humans both good and bad, both with morals and without. Male, female, nonbinary. The only romances I can think of that play a role in the story are Akira & Amon, which is peripheral, and that of Kanae, which debateably goes either way, so I won't count diversity of sexuality as something Ishida explicitly includes, though there are certainly hints. But the best part is that none of these characters are pure good or pure evil, they simply are. Not even the protagonist is some sort of fount of goodness in the world, as happens with many protags. He makes mistakes, he makes bad decisions, he has issues with morality and he hates. The best compliment you can give characters is that they're people. And Ishida Sui's characters are people.

[spoilers - you probably already know this one, tbh]
When Haise is revealed to be Kaneki without his memories, Haise is revealed to be yet another step in the tragedy of Kaneki Ken. He provides meaning to the quote from the original: "my only salvation is to sleep and have a happy dream."
Haise is the happy dream Kaneki dreamt up when he was cut down in Arima's garden of corpses. Haise is the Kaneki who has never known tragedy, who woke up one day in his twenties with a place to belong to and people to belong with.
RE is, at its heart, still a continuation of the tragedy of Kaneki Ken, and he can't dream forever.
[end spoilers]

tl;dr: RE is amazing and ingenious. It is mainly character driven, just like the original, and yet its plot is phenomenal on its own merit. Read it; you won't be disappointed.

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Jul 3, 2018

179 of 181 chapters read

Overall Rating: 9

bluecoke_ (All reviews)

10 people found this review helpful

Preliminary

Story: 8 (highest highs were way higher than lowest lows imo)
Art: 8 (fighting scenes can be hard to understand sometimes but it's still so beautiful)
Character: 9 (-1 because of the way some character arcs ended)
Enjoyment: 9 (-1 'cause final arc..)

Overall: 8.5 (bumped to 9 because of extreme character attachment)

I’m not really good at writing reviews but I thought I’d write one for Tokyo Ghoul:re, a manga that has always been one of my top favourites since I started reading manga.

If you can't be bothered to read through this review, my conclusion is that despite its flaws, TG:re more than deserves a try if you're up for some well-written moral ambiguity and character development.

It’s quite clear to me that writing-wise, TG:re has been going downhill for quite a while now (imo since about Chapter 150 it became quite obvious and went up and down for the rest of the series), so I can’t say that I was at all surprised to see that the final arc was quite rushed and lacked some of the things that made Tokyo Ghoul Tokyo Ghoul. To keep it short, I didn’t mind that Ishida took the story to a bigger, national, almost global scale, but the fact that he didn’t manage to follow up on the big premise makes it disappointing. The ‘final’ villains all went out in underwhelming ways. I wasn’t expecting shounen-esque fights but it doesn’t work logically when a super hyped up character gets taken out in a single slash. This is honestly the least of my complaints though. Poorly executed redemptions and revivals add to the flaws. One of the best things about TG has always been, for me, the attachment I feel for the cast, and the emotions that swell up in me as I read each chapter. Redemptions when done right can move the reader to the deepest but the way some of the character arcs wrapped up left a bad taste in my mouth despite me loving the characters in the first place. And no comment on what he did with Eto.

The fact that I acknowledge that :re was far from being perfect or the best doesn’t mean that I love it any less, nor does it mean that it carries less meaning for me than it did in the first place. In fact, I’ve never thought that TG, both the original and :re was bad or terrible, even during chapters that invited quite an amount of criticism from the community, or during the final arc of :re (which was my personal worst arc of :re). But I do think that the story could’ve had so much better build up and portrayal by the end. Mostly I think it could’ve done the story a lot better with just more build-up, more details and more chapters. If Ishida could do that all this time, why not do the same when the story is at its final, most important stage? Then again I have no knowledge of the stress and exhaustion a mangaka and his editing and publishing team goes through when working on a series, so I guess I can’t really complain.

Nevertheless…

I hope this doesn’t deter anyone from reading Tokyo Ghoul:re. For me it was definitely one of the best manga at least 80% into the series. The well-developed cast, intriguing moral ambiguity, intense story build-up, beautiful art and well-rounded world-building are all reasons that you should give :re a try. Being a character-driven manga, I think that Ishida was more than successful in leaving a wonderful cast of characters behind. I might have had love-hate relationships with some of them, but it’s undeniable that they were very unique, distinct and well-written.

It’s still so sad when I realize that TG:re is now coming to an end. Though the manga itself was far from perfect, I feel so attached to the characters that it’s probably impossible to let them go. I love the TG cast so much :re is going to stay on my favourites list for a long time to come, maybe forever. Honestly up until chapter 150 I was still loving :re to bits and crying over every chapter and feeling blessed whenever one comes out. In the end, I still think that I was so very blessed to have read this series, to have gotten to know Ken and Haise all his personas, and the rest of the cast. It was an emotional and inspiring ride until the very end.

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Dec 4, 2015

53 of 181 chapters read

Overall Rating: 7

FunkyNano (All reviews)

20 people found this review helpful

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From the get go, Tokyo Ghoul :re set itself up to have a mixed response-with its time skip, amnesiac protagonist, and how it seemingly forgot 90% of its cast and replaced them with a plethora of new characters with wacky designs and sudden significance to an ongoing story where before they hadn't even been mentioned. These factors, along with a major change in art style understandably lead to some fans of the original manga feeling disinterested, or at least intimidated; however with more than 70 chapters under the sequels belt, I'd have to say I'm particularly impressed with a vast number of aspects the sequel read more

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Aug 20, 2018

179 of 181 chapters read

Overall Rating: 2

hamliet (All reviews)

7 people found this review helpful

Through around chapter 60, TG:re is a solid 10 in every single aspect. It's beautiful with great characters and expands the world of Tokyo Ghoul while still keeping us tied to the themes and characters introduced in the first part. It's a masterpiece.

However, post chapter 60, little cracks start to show, and the issues in storytelling explode in the final arc, causing the story to cave in on itself. The main theme is truncated. The story relies on build up towards a thematic ending; however, all the build up goes nowhere in a clumsy rush towards an unsatisfying finish. Essentially, TG:re could be used read more

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Nov 18, 2015

53 of 181 chapters read

Overall Rating: 10

kktheman1 (All reviews)

15 people found this review helpful

Preliminary

This review is based on what I've read in the 53 chapters that are out so far so everything should be taken within context,

Art: The art is decent. It definitely saw some improvement from the original series. it's difficult to understand sometimes but after reading it some time it becomes tolerable. Ishida picks his spots on where to show off his skills and you can tell in certain chapters. Not expecting quality like One Punch Man type because thats crazy to ask for but it's quite obvious Ishida picks his spots. 7/10

Story: I was quite skeptical about Tokyo Ghoul Re. In fact I held off of reading it for about a year since it came out. I was disappointed in not seeing the main Protagonist Kaneki instead we see someone else. But, after returning, Sasaki has grown on me quite alot. The story itself is done very well. Amazing foreshadowing. We see content that is foreshadowed in part 1 even in the early stages of part 1 taking fruition in the current story. The planning is God tier level and it's what makes TG great in general. Each chapter may require several readings in order to fully understand whats going on. For other manga I find it tedious and annoying having to read a chapter over again. Tokyo Ghoul is actually fun to research about and to see fellow fans theory craft. Nothing is spoon-fed. Ishida really understands how to make a series great without the need of constant action. The Dialogue between characters always has meaning. Even if it's not obvious the first time reading the dialogue between characters a few weeks or months down the line or even years down the line it will make sense.

Characters: The Characters are very realistic and they're not what you see in typical manga. They are complex and they all have goals and desires. There is no Black or White with characters. Even the main Characters is quite grey. The characters are written in such a way that it's highly possible to meet a character like this on the street. I wouldn't put it in Doestoyevsky's level of characterization but for a weekly series it's top notch. Each character is relatable and even the ones we dislike are humanized further emphasizing the gray aspect of the series. The characters are evolving and don't remain Flat and stagnant and the development in each character is a joy to behold.

Overall TG is about to join my list of GOAT tier manga. It's quite amazing. The fans on the internet are all curious and are always finding things that go unnoticed. If the Story or Chapter or series in general is confusing, the forum is always available and there are some good reviewers on youtube that do a good job on delivering the knowledge. It's definitely a must read!

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Dec 18, 2017

147 of 181 chapters read

Overall Rating: 3

GHhost (All reviews)

9 people found this review helpful

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Ishida's predictions of a tragic end drove him into a corner.He's trying way too hard to create a tragic story,but at the same time he doesn't want to end his work so he can continue to grab cash.He keeps characters alive after near death situation(he even is bringing back from life the ones that we thought were dead for almost 200 chapters).His writing has improved(maybe that's just my impression),but the plot of his story is as weak as it can get,but i believe that he can suprise me and get the plot even weaker.The only tragic thing that will come with this manga it's your read more

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