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half of the people who wrote a review for vampire holmes ironically praised it for being a revolutionary masterpiece to the industry, which somehow got pretty old, don't you agree? and let's be real, that kind of thing never really WAS funny.

the other half consists out of seemingly endless reasoning as to why it's a pretty bad show, allow me to congratulate all of you. partly for lacking the playfulness to approach this show with sarcasm like the rest did, but mainly for mistaking said lack for logic and the ability to criticise. like there is any point in possessing all of these characteristics when ... even my baby brother would know that this show is total bs. there is no other way but to say negative things about vampire holmes. once again, thanks for pointing out the obvious.

for now, i don't see any point in discussing the features of the show. the story is bad, the characters are bad, the art and animation are totally horrible and the only reason for you to watch this show would be that you either hate yourself or you are able to regard this subject as entertainment matter, because let's be real you can do nothing but laugh about this. anyways, the people who watch this and seriously EXPECT SOMETHING before being met with utter disappointment; why did you even watch this show. and why do you complain. we get it, its a bad show, we all know that by now. but why is there still. a serious review about this. on my main screen. every day. please tell me ya'll have better things to do.

Okay, so literally almost everyone on MAL already wrote a review for Tokyo Ghoul √A, but for some reason I wanted to write one as well. And a very short one as that, simply because of the fact that most things have already been said a lot of times.

A friend of mine and I were talking about overrated anime, as Tokyo Ghoul came into discussion and she asked "But don't you think the hype surrounding it is kind of justified?" No, I don't think it is. At that point I have to say that said friend did only watch the anime adaptation, she did never ... read the manga. Which already brings me to my main questions: Was it enough for an anime like Tokyo Ghoul to have two seasons with only 12 episodes each? No. Did they at least make good use of the limited screen time given? Not exactly.
Could a person who has only seen the anime walk out of this without any questions left unanswered? Not at all. Is it possible for anyone who read the manga to not detect possible plot holes, because they are small enough to forget about? Hardly so.

Needless to say, I was a little bit more than disappointed. The people who produced both series made great use of the hype that already clung to Tokyo Ghoul, not to mention how EVERYONE was looking forward to the second season, that none of the producers broke out in a cold sweat: fatality at its finest.

People really tend to fall in love with the main concept of a show, where i have to say that the underlying idea of a world where ghouls and humans coexist is rather neat. BUT you also have to take into account what they actually made out of it.

To sum it up with that, Tokyo Ghoul √A is NOTHING but a great basic idea, any potential was simply wasted. If this really is one of your favorite anime, I assume you have never read the manga and you must be okay with all the flaws, maybe because you have not seen enough anime yet. If that's the case, I'd like for you to stop by in 6 months again, reading through the reviews of this show once more, maybe understanding why most of the ratings above literally scream "mediocre" right into my face.