Tokyo Ghoul is up next. If I were to give Tokyo Ghoul a genre, I'd probably have to say supernatural action. The basic premise is that the world is full of humans and ghouls. Ghouls are beings that eat humans and have supernatural powers but there is no indication in the first episode of why they exist or how. However, ghouls remain hidden in the world, disguised as normal humans.
Getting into the episode, we have a young boy (again really?), Kaneki who is interested in a woman at the coffee shop he frequents. They go out on a date where he finds out that she's actually a ghoul. At this point, she attacks him and tries to kill him so she can eat him. Unfortunately for her, something happens, probably not an accident, where construction equipment falls on her, killing her. Afterwards, Kaneki, in critical condition goes to the hospital where he needs organ transplants. Thankfully, he can get organ donations from the now dead crazy ghoul who just tried to kill him. Too bad for him though, now he's half ghoul and apparently when ghouls try to eat anything that isn't human flesh, it tastes like shit, which makes Kaneki go crazy. The episode ends with a fight caused by Kaneki wandering into another ghoul as he's eating.
I actually quite liked this episode. It introduces a lot of things like the basic premise and a few main characters without going crazy. There aren't really any long ass monologues or bullshit exposition parts and I felt the episode flowed quite well. There is a bit of whiny Kaneki, but that's to be expected if you find out you're now half ghoul and all the things you once loved eating now taste like shit. There's enough left open that I honestly do want to watch more. While the animation isn't as polished as some of the other anime this season, it's definitely not too bad and the art style is a bit rougher than some of the others anyways. All in all, I'd give the first episode of Tokyo Ghoul an 8.5/10. That's all here. Until next time.
--CsMiREK
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