Reviews

Tokyo Ghoul had the potential to be something great but instead fails to met its own expectations and leaves the viewer with more questions then answers in it's 12 episode run. Tokyo Ghoul has a dark theme, good art and a creepy concept which was excellently presented in the first 2 episodes but poor characters/relationships and terrible setting establishment ultimately waters down a lot of the experience throughout the series leaving subsequent episodes feeling boring and mundane.The conclusion sets itself open for a second season but was ultimately undeserving considering the motivations and reasons for main protagonist Kaneki and the antagonist to confront in the end. Although the story didn't hold up, the action scenes are fun to watch from time to time and the art did give off the ominous vibe that it hoped to convoy to the audience which did help remedy the boring dialogue at most points of the series. In conclusion Tokyo Ghoul is a good action show with good art but wasted characters and questionable relationships ruin an otherwise great story, which is sad to see considering how well the elements were mixed in the first 2 episodes.