Here’s what I don’t know: what the relationship of this ending to the manga is.
After I tweeted that I started reading some of the reaction in the usual places, and lo and behold – almost universal derision and snark. And my first comment (on Twitter) after it was over was “Whatever you may think of the story choices, that was one of the most artistically beautiful anime episodes ever.” Now it so happens that I liked the story choices, but I’ll get to that shortly. I hadn’t read a word of reaction to the finale when I watched it – watched it half a day later than normal due to RL commitments, as it happens. It’s a vexing, confusing, irritating, enigma of a show and it seems only right that it should end with such a spectacular disconnect – between the audience and the series, and between myself and most of the audience. Fitting, because Tokyo Ghoul (all the more so “Root A”) has been all over the map. Fitting, because it seems rarer and rarer that I agree with the mainstream on anything anime-related. This feels like a fitting moment to me in so many ways.
TOKYO GHOUL UNRAVEL ACOUSTIC DAILY FULL
Many of us plan to read it in full later. I don’t know what stunned me more – that final episode, or the reaction to it.Īuthor’s Note: Given the obvious gap between anime and manga events, please refrain from posting manga spoilers in the comments even if the anime has concluded.
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