I don’t want to spoil too much about Tokyo Ghoul:re, but it’s hard to find a way to talk about the things that make this show so great without getting into spoilers; still, I’ll avoid it for as long as I can. That said, if you haven’t yet, watch it, come back, and read the rest of the review. You already saw the number, so you already knew that’s what I was gonna say.
The treatment of the main cast in this show is stellar. I think the original had some great characters, but it also spent a lot of time on people that the show clearly just does NOT want you to care about. Again, there are so many characters in the original Tokyo Ghoul and √A that just... they just don’t matter. It’s actually quite annoying, many of them being thrown away like orange peels, the show spending so much time peeling away at them just to get to the more juicy center cast.
That is where Tokyo Ghoul:re shines the most, but pretty much everything else surrounding the show is 10x more stellar than the original. The world of Tokyo Ghoul has always been its strongest aspect, and we get to see that explored more here, because we see it from the side of humans. The ghoul stuff is fine, but predictable, and honestly kind of lazy. Seeing what us average every day humans would be up to is far more intriguing.
And thus music, don’t get me started on the music. I can’t even put into words just how good the songs surrounding this season are. Pure perfection.
Look, all I’m trying to say is that come at this show with an open mind because it may surprise you - even if you’ve seen it before, try to remove the original from your head for a moment and treat Tokyo Ghoul:re as its own thing. It takes the most interesting parts of the original Tokyo Ghoul whilst spinning it on its head, creating a perfect storm of chaos and cleverness, and I think it’s safe to say that Tokyo Ghoul:re is one of my most outstanding recommendations!
