07/11/2019
REVIEW
Tokyo Ghoul (Sui Ishida)
by Kielah Adrielle Meneses
In a world where ghouls live among humans, they are the same as regular people in virtually every way -- other than their craving for human flesh. Shy Ken Kaneki learns that the hard way when he goes on a date with beautiful Rize, who is only interested in him to eat him. After a morally questionable rescue, Ken becomes the first half-human, half-ghoul hybrid, which draws him into the dark, violent world of ghouls that exists alongside the world of humans.
Tokyo Ghoul is a three-season show about cannibalistic mutant vampires that are in Tokyo.
Meet Kaneki, a kid who just can't seem to get a break when almost everyone he befriends either wants to eat him or they just die in general (this is seriously the plot). Shy Ken Kaneki learns that the hard way when he goes on a date with beautiful Rize, who is only interested in him to eat him. After a morally questionable rescue, Ken becomes the first half-human, half-ghoul hybrid, which draws him into the dark, violent world of ghouls that exists alongside the world of humans. He later befriends some ghouls at a coffee shop that helps him control his hunger and his powers. Until he gets kidnapped multiple times (yes, what a baby). Probably why in most of season 1 and 2 he's crying for part of the episodes (again, what a baby). During the seasons, he's being hunted down by ghouls and humans alike. He also apparently joins one faction that kidnapped him and made him go insane in the first place.
But, despite the whirlwind of events, it is a must-watch anime for anybody looking to cry or listen to the awesome opening music.
Some of the seasons are pretty amenable, like Season One but then the end happens (WHAT THE HECK JASON – spoiler alert.). Then Season Two was confusing as hell but Season Three was kinda, meh. The music is beautiful and no one says otherwise. I give Tokyo Ghoul 8 one-eyed kings out of 10.