a manga/anime series i really like.
i prefer the manga over the anime and frequently read all of the books
again.
it is a pretty dark story about a young man who lives in a world that is split between humans and ghouls; human-like monsters that can only survive by eating human flesh. ken, the protagonist, is unwillingly turned into a ghoul and has to find out why as well as deal with the consequences of this development.
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i love the characters in this story so much. some of them have so much depth and lore, it's really refreshing to see. there are so many different dynamics and relations -- i enjoy seeing all of the characters interact with each other. the best part is that as a reader, you can change your opinion on the characters in this story so much. my opinion on some of the characters like furuta oder mado changed so much while i read through the story. it feels like sui ishida cares, which makes me care. you can see how much fun he has with these characters in the last pages of every book with the little short stories and jokes he does. my favorite characters:
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i read the total end of :re for the first time. and man, it sure is a lot.
if someone told me all those years back when i bought my first tokyo ghoul
manga that "ken turns into a giant worm and this background character
slaughters all of the ghouls with an army of 100 kid clones of ken on
bikes" i would not have believed them. yeah, i think sui ishida put some
pretty wild ideas in there. but i like the overall solution to the main
plotlines! i like it that humans and ghouls have to unite and fight
against a bigger evil, that is a good solution in my opinion. but i think
there should have been more of an explanation to this mysterious evil
force ??
also, some elements are introduced just to be completely useless ... like
the whole ken-aging thing: okay?? it did not develop the plot too much??
but my biggest critique point is the last fight was pretty whack - we
never see furuta fight in the first place, we just need to believe that he
is strong because he beat the owl (which we saw in like 1 panel). and ken
got his ass kicked by juuzou and hanbe so he also kind lost his status as
the unbeatable fighter ... idk, it just did not feel to exciting.
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