to put it bluntly: HOW THE FUCK DID YOU LET THIS HAPPEN? Dammit Pierrot you had a winner! I'm the kind of guy that gives SAO a 9/10 to 10/10 to put how disappointed I am with this show into perspective. they RUSHED THE HELL out of the 2nd half to the point the story is literally non-existent. so therefore by extension the character is non-existent too. what happened to all those Urie internal monologues? guess we don't have time for those anymore! art is passable and the soundtrack somehow manages to remains stellar as always despite being part of this mediocrity. The 2nd season has it's moments (like about 3) that remind you of what this could have been... but then it gets swept away by this is utter bastardization of the source material that happens like the other 80% of the time! I honestly have conflicted feelings, while I was fine with watching it I was also very disappointed with it, I do not have the heart to rate it a 4 so it's a 5. this is the first anime I have watched that I genuinely have to give below a 6 for. (you probably think I haven't watched anime much based on that but that's due to me looking up and only watching shows with serviceable ratings such as not to waste my time.)
Tokyo ghoul re: season 2 was a waste of my time. It will most certainly be a waste of yours. I feel sorry for all the manga readers that had to watch this. your best bet if you're interested in re: is to watch the first season of re: stop right the hell there and read the manga from that point onward. I think it's best we all just pretend this never happened.
