So, like I said, this season was overly complicated. It kept me from caring about anything too much. This carries over from last season, but this was handled so poorly as far as the characters go. The anime essentially gives you a bunch of characters, tells you you have to care about them, and then doesn't tell you WHY you have to care about them. It doesn't even SHOW why you have to care about them. So, basically, I spent this season watching fights and developments and epiphanies and conclusions happen for every character under the sun when the series should've stuck with what gave it its charm in the first place: Kaneki.
The story was done awfully as well. I couldn't really follow it because it jumped around way too much. Even if there wasn't a big time skip, there was a lot of character development that was just glossed over. The anime would give you point A and point Z without anything in between. I'd get hooked on part of the story developing, and then it would just fizzle out or reveal its conclusion right away. There was no suspense or excitement when I was watching this. The one thing I was waiting for finally happened in this season, which is why I didn't rate it lower, but they still kind of botched the whole thing because it was way too rushed.
Somehow the season managed to have touching end despite me not giving a damn about most of the characters, but overall this season was a big disappointment. It kind of feels like you can't watch it unless you already know what's going on beforehand, but even the people that do know what's going on and have read the manga don't like the anime, so Tokyo Ghoul is kind of just a flop. No offense.
Everything else was pretty average. The art was fine, the sound was fine, I didn't have to force myself to sit through the episodes, but I didn't have a good time watching it. I will say that the story slowed down and became enjoyable toward the end, but that's about the only good thing I can say about the anime overall. My advice: give up on the Tokyo Ghoul anime.
