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This will be my first review. I will try my best to my point across and avoid any spoilers the I can. As a fan of the Tokyo Ghoul franchise I feel the need to write a review for this anime.

I grew up in the Toonami generation, watching shows like Dragon Ball Z, Yuu Yuu Hakusho, Sailor Moon, Rurouni Kenshin, Gundam, and other shounen action anime. However, it was only until about 4 years ago, when the rebooted Toonami aired and they started showing Crunchyroll ads during commercial breaks, that I was introduced to a whole bunch of other anime ... that I wasn't unaware of at the time.

It was around this time that I stumbled upon an anime call "Tokyo Ghoul" and I fell in love with it, so much so that I also bought the first 7 volumes of the manga. While I love Tokyo Ghoul I will admit it has it's flaws, (mostly the fact that the anime cut out some scenes from the manga). However I still liked the first season.

Fast forward 4 years after the first season and we now have "Tokyo Ghoul:re 2nd Season" and while I wouldn't say it's unbearable to watch, its hard to stay engaged with this anime seeing how poorly Studio Pierrot is handling it.

Story: 3
This is the main problem with the show. I haven't read the manga for :Re yet so I don't really know what is happening at this point. However, you do not have to have read the manga or have watched a lot of anime in general to tell you that this show was rushed. Everything in this show is going by too fast, jumping from one scene to another. Because of this it is hard to get a grasp of what is going on. There is not enough time to get to know the characters or to get a grasps of the situation at the moment.

Art/Animation: 6
Compared to the original TG the art seems prettier. However when it comes to animation its a bit lacking compared to the original. It has it's moments though.

Sound: 6
The best thing I can say about the second season of :Re is that they brought back TK from Ling Toshite Shigure to do the op. "THE OP Katharsis IS FIRE", it rivals "Unravel". Other than that sound is alright, however they use various sound bits that came from online somewhere that you might have heard before.

Characters: 6
I don't really have much to say about the characters. Kaneki does seems a bit cooler than he was in the first season of :Re.

Enjoyment: 5.5
The story is not being handled well. However its still "Tokyo Ghoul" and concept is there, which is fine by me. So there is still some enjoyment to be had with this show.

Overall: 5
Tokyo Ghoul :re 2nd season could have been great, however that is not case. Maybe its because Studio Pierrot is also working on Black Clover and Boruto, so the team working on TG :re might not have had much in terms of resources and had to make do with what they had. If that's the case I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. I'm not say don't watch this anime, but if you decide to watch it, don't expect too much or you will be disappointed.