Tokyo Ghoul:re

Two years have passed since the CCG's raid on Anteiku. Although the atmosphere in Tokyo has changed drastically due to the increased influence of the CCG, ghouls continue to pose a problem as they have begun taking caution, especially the terrorist organization Aogiri Tree, who acknowledge the CCG's growing threat to their existence.

The creation of a special team, known as the Quinx Squad, may provide the CCG with the push they need to exterminate Tokyo's unwanted residents. As humans who have undergone surgery in order to make use of the special abilities of ghouls, they participate in operations to eradicate the dangerous creatures. The leader of this group, Haise Sasaki, is a half-ghoul, half-human who has been trained by famed special class investigator, Kishou Arima. However, there's more to this young man than meets the eye, as unknown memories claw at his mind, slowly reminding him of the person he used to be.

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Kaneki, Ken Main

Hanae, Natsuki Japanese

Sasaki, Haise Main

Hanae, Natsuki Japanese

Yonebayashi, Saiko Main

Sakura, Ayane Japanese

Urie, Kuki Main

Ishikawa, Kaito Japanese

Mutsuki, Tooru Main

Fujiwara, Natsumi Japanese

Shirazu, Ginshi Main

Uchida, Yuuma Japanese

Suzuya, Juuzou Supporting

Kugimiya, Rie Japanese

Kirishima, Touka Supporting

Amamiya, Sora Japanese

Uta Supporting

Sakurai, Takahiro Japanese

Tsukiyama, Shuu Supporting

Miyano, Mamoru Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Hagino, Ken Producer

Soga, Hidetada Producer

Danno, Yoshito Producer

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Aug 20, 2023

L01MK

Recommended

Tokyo Ghoul:re part 1 positively surprised me. I never even planned to watch it since I didn’t really care about S1 and disliked S2, but I’m very glad I did.

The biggest reason for this is that the characters in this show are likable, unlike the (borderline) psychopaths from the previous seasons. This meant that I actually cared about them and their interactions were very pleasant to watch. Even Urie, who had very harsh opinions about the actions of others, was likeable because you could actually understand his reasoning and why he felt that way. Haise is Kaneki minus the trademark ghoul psychopathy. Shirazu has to ... learn how to be a team leader and struggles with PTSD throughout the season. Saiko is my spirit animal. She’s adorable and automatically gets +100 likeability points for gaming on a PSP. We get a lot of wholesome SoL moments with the crew, which endears them to the viewer.

Some returning characters like Juuzou and especially Tsukiyama get more characterization this season, which enhances their characters and makes interactions involving them more interesting.

The story has big changes; In this season we follow the perspective of the CCG, which were until now the antagonists. This is a welcome change for me, since I rooted against the ghouls from early on in S1. S2 felt like one long constant fight scene, but thankfully that is toned down in this season and we get a better mix of fighting and story driven episodes. There are also some funny jokes, which are appropriately placed (i. e. not in the middle of a dramatic moment)

I enjoyed the change in animation style for this season. It looks very crisp. This seasons OP and ED were also the best in the series. The music/SFX in the next episode preview also made me want to watch the next episode.

Overall this was an unexpectedly great sequel to a series which had trudged in mediocrity up to this point.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Dec 11, 2024

kend9l

Mixed Feelings

TLDR at bottom:
It took me 4 years to watch this after completing the first and second season of Tokyo Ghoul. I had no interest in continuing the story as I wasn't the biggest fan of the first two seasons, but after hearing mixed reviews about this season, I decided to go ahead and give it a shot.

Story: Story follows Haise (Kaneki) working for the CCG to take down ghouls. we are introduced to some new characters that work alongside Haise as well. The first 12 episodes follow Haise as he is confused about who he really is (Kaneki, a ghoul). He wants to discover ... his true self but is constantly scared that he won't like his true self. The first 12 episodes really harp on the fact that Haise is having an internal battle while having to fight his old comrades (ghouls). It's actually a good psychological dynamic where the viewer has to choose a side. Human or ghoul? Which side is justified? Although Haise's internal battle is interesting the show takes us along the ride as the CCG runs constant raids and battles against the ghouls. It gets confusing at times. Sometimes I would be like "wait how did this fight start again?" 7/10

Characters: The characters do have some depth to them, thankfully. Characters back stories are discussed and add to the feelings you harbor toward them. Alongside some decent character depth is some pretty cool character design. I have always been a fan of the character design in this series. There is a diverse mix up of different character styles all equally badass as the other. This dynamic helps the viewer actually give a shit about the characters AND provide some cool visuals as well.

Animation/Visuals: I've always been a fan of Tokyo ghouls visuals. They're edgy. it sounds cringe but that's exactly why I enjoy it. Re carries the same edgy cool looking visuals as the first two seasons. The show also provides some pretty stunning still shot visuals that caught my eye. However, I'm not a huge fan of the animation. Fight scenes were lacking SEVERELY in animation. if you were looking for some cool fights scenes, turn away. This is not the place.

TLDR:
Story: 7/10
Characters: 8/10
Animation: 6/10

Overall: 7/10

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Jan 19, 2025

zaharded

Not Recommended

Sorry - were the people in charge of whatever this is sleeping while making it?

You start Tokyo Ghoul, get through the introductory plot points, move on to season 2 which is intentionally made to deviate from the plot of the author, then get a complete 180 BACK to the original plot after they were being explicitly told not to do it. So they then try to reverse the original things they were trying to do in the second season.

I mean surely things like this have some form of review process?? There has to be a management team or some supervisors that can point out this ... will fail. I’m sure if I was banging my head against the wall by the second episode the geniuses at the upper echelons could have clearly done a better job.

The animation is awful, Haise as a new personality or form is also awful, bland, and the classic shounen junk. It also makes no sense. Kaneki is always switching around between different hair colours like he’s some kind of mutant, here he has a MIX of all of them. There’s no symbolism to his hair whatsoever it just looks goofy and weird each time they do it.

While watching, I unironically fell asleep twice. Without joking, this was one of the first anime that put me to sleep. It has nothing going for it, and I hope that whoever was involved in its production process is promptly fired.

Reviewer’s Rating: 1

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