Let's Review! Tokyo Ghoul

Welcome! Today I am going to review one of the most over hyped summer anime of 2014, Tokyo Ghoul! As usual, it is based on the manga by Sui Ishida. It currently has two seasons--the other entitled Root A--and they are both under the studio Pierrot (Flame of Recca, Clamp School Detectives, Naruto, The Legend of Korra, Midori Days, and wow, let's say they've done a lot of notable TV series). To be honest, I had no idea what this show was going to be about until I actually watched it. My first impression towards it was that it was going to be a seriously dark anime. And is it? Let's see.

The following review is spoiler free.

Plot

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Okay, let me break it down for you; Kaneki Ken was this depressed introvert with a very stale life until suddenly he gets attacked by a binge-eating ghoul who he briefly had a crush on. However, this attack led to an accident that nearly cost them their lives. In order for Kaneki to live, some random insane doctor decided to transplant most of the ghoul's organs into Kaneki's body. Of course, this comes with a side effect and that is him becoming part-ghoul. Here, Kaneki is introduced to the other ghouls and to their world, which he always thought were just mere threats to the security of Tokyo.