Tokyo Ghoul:re 2nd Season

Complicated

Having Rize actually appear at the finale was crazy work. The entire story focused on her as its central presence within Kaneki's journey, so having it end with her felt amazing!!

The reveal on Kaneki's Kagune in it's final form was the highlight of this episode for me. Seeing his design compared to Furuta's makes it feel visually intentional. Kaneki's Kagune has a armor-like feel, which implicates his resolute mental state and reaffirmed sense of self.

Kaneki's final speech to Nimura was awesome. After everything he's been through, season 1 and the beginning of his journey feels like such a far cry. Across all his identities, failures and journey as a whole, it's great that he remained so caring and maintained his attitude to the otherwise cruel world despite everything.

I was a little confused on Uta's motivations with the whole clown thing at first, but the exposition and character work with Renji that he had was great. Plot-wise, his concerns feel very relevant and grounded; it's his way of coping with the sudden and constant change for Ghouls, and the uncertainty about the future.

Just when I thought the main arc was sizzling down and coming to its conclusion, the new revelation about the whole dragon thing rises the stakes yet again! This episode gears up for the finale so well, with Kaneki and Futuba's fight as a cliffhanger.

Amon and Donato's battle was so emotional. Amon finally confronts his conflicted feelings towards his former caretaker, and the nostalgic yet painful memories between the two feel so "human". Neither seem purely evil nor purely good. It made much more sense why Amon had previously harbored so much hate/prejudice for him and Ghouls in general.

Emotionally resonant and well-structured episode. It really leaves no room for plot holes or any 'incomplete' feeling towards the story's progression.

That scene with Hide had my mind blown man. I missed their relationship so much.. HIde is literally the mark of what Kaneki's life used to be? He was a primary motivation for Kaneki to keep his mental state stable during the beginning. It's incredible that the series doesn't forget and brings him back for such a great emotional payoff.

That beginning scene with Rize was so intriguing! Her appearances always keep her mysterious, but not in an "in-your face" way. It also maintains her personality and perspective shifts minimal, making it feel like she's really dead (and therefore stagnant mentally)

This episode was just building up for the main exposition and conclusion later on. The joining of the CCG and ghouls is still shocking nevertheless, but I should've seen it coming.

So many character reappearances and callbacks. It feels like the story is finally coming full circle. I feel like we haven't seen proper scenes with Hide or Kimi in a long time. Their return within the story feels like a meaningful and fitting narrative choice.

Even though there wasn't much content action-wise, the way character arcs were structured here and led up to was amazing. Specifically Mutsuki's whole guilt over Kaneki's transformation. Their contribution to locating his body will help volumes in future episodes..

Feels like everything is getting even more intense again. Why did Kaneki transform?? And what is Furuta planning???

Insane episode.. Urie's battle and its devastating results with the other special investigator was way too emotional. The link to his past is added sob fuel! His whole shield thing felt way more satisfying after, but at what cost :((

I thought Touka's and Kaneki's marriage ritual was a little out of place previously, but seeing all that happened in this episode, it makes sense and feels like amazing setup. The whole sequence with him desperately trying to save Touka makes much better sense to the audience after being shown how much she means to him.

THE ship has officially sailed, Touka and Ken, so cutee. Their relationship has been so important to the story since the beginning imo, it was so satisfying in place of other shows who leave the main couple open ended.

Not much to comment on this episode, just, why was that scene so long? Like we get it broski

This episode focused on Touka and Kaneki's relationship. It felt a little weird, like the genre suddenly switched up a ton. (Given just a few episodes ago there was an all out battle) Although the insertion of Furuta's plots helped a ton in reminding me of the high stakes. Lots of things and factions are making their move !!

Nonstop battles for the past few episodes, starting to get tiring to watch. Character arcs are underway though