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Review: Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 1

Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 1 Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 1 by Sui Ishida
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

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I had recently finished watching both seasons of the Tokyo Ghoul anime, and was properly mentally messed up because of that. This show affected me like no other media has ever affected me before. I started searching it up online and watching videos and listening to the soundtrack on repeat, and one thing I saw consistently everywhere I looked: read the manga, it's so much better. When the time came I didn't hesitate to buy not just the first volume, but also the second volume which were (and as of writing this review still are) the only volumes out in english. All this happened over the span of the last few months and I've only now read this first volume because I'm so busssyyyyyyy noooooooo.

So yeah, Tokyo Ghoul is love, Tokyo Ghoul is life, I'm anime trash, yadda yadda.

For some reason I was expecting this to be at least somewhat different from the anime, but they were pretty much identical (minus like one scene). I feel like a lot of parts might have been confusing if I hadn't already watched the anime. Like, parts weren't explained very well, and fight scenes were confusing as hell.

One of the things that really fuled my obsession for the anime was the artwork. (Not to be confused with animation.) I looved the art in the anime, and especially loved the artwork in the ending credits.
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Look at that. LOOK AT IT. IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL!!!!! Oh my god I'm obsessed with this art style. Here's another one:
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God Jesus Christ it's beautiful. And here's a review that has some gifs of the actual anime that are also wonderful looking.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My point is that I was used to art I really liked, and then when I read the manga I was... disappointed.

The art wasn't like super bad or anything... it just wasn't as good as the anime. I liked how Touka was drawn, though. I never really liked how she looks in the anime, but in the manga she looks cute. So that was a plus.

My general thoughts on this was that it was okay. I dunno, it's just that I already know what's going to happen, so it's just like rereading a book I've already read. I'm going to read the next volume because I already have it, but who knows if I'll continue reading them after that.

Bonus:
Did anyone else read all the dialogue in the character's voices from the anime, cuz I sure did! #ENGLISHDUBMASTERRACE

1/27/2016 Re-Read Mini Review
I think my main problem when I read this the first time was that I read it way too soon after I finished watching the anime. Everything was still too fresh. I have now gotten to the point where I actually want to rewatch the anime, so instead of doing that I'm going to read the manga.

I feel like I did enjoy this more the second time around, now that I've had some time away from the story. I thought this volume was quite good and intense, and I feel like a looottt happened.


Click to read all of my Tokyo Ghoul Reviews :
Volumes: 1 ★ 2 ★ 3 ★ 4 ★ 5 ★ 6 ★ 7 ★ 8 ★ 9 ★ 10
Light Novels: Days, Void
Other: One-shot, School of Ghoul

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