WARNING spoilers:
Okay so, hi. Basically I created this blog because I think I was getting really annoying on twitter with all my manga/anime related tweets. Truth is, I have barely any friends that are into it and sometimes I feel starved of discussion. Hence, this blog has come to fruition. Now I can get ridiculously, out of control excited about it or bitch and moan about it to my hearts content.
I recently visited Africa, a land not really overly concerned with wifi (not to mention the whole experience was kind of distracting), so I was very behind on my manga reading and anime watching. It therefore took me a while to realise, to my and, I'm guessing, the whole fandoms dismay, that many peoples favourite summer 2014 manga, Tokyo Ghoul, ended at chapter 143.
Was anyone else super upset?
I felt there were so many things left unsaid in a way. Like Ishida Sui kind of dropped several massive bombs on us and then left us to pick up the pieces afterward. First of all, the reveal of Uta and the fact that he is actually not the cutie patooty we all came to know and love. We all wanted him to have a bigger role in the manga and then when he finally got one we all found ourselves screaming 'NO NOT LIKE THIS!'
Then there's the whole Touka thing. We got to know her as a strong female character who was stubborn and in fact went to save Kaneki from the Aogiri Tree. I wanted to see more of her relationship with Kaneki. I wanted her to help him and Yoshimura and I think it's in her character to do so. Yet she did nothing. I wanted more or her. Surely she wouldn't care about Yomos warning and go. Also, what about her and her brother?
Then there's the biggy. It was pretty obvious that something big was gonna come of the writer that Kaneki admires from the start, but it turns out that she is actually Yoshimuras daughter AND one eyed owl. That was awesome...but then that was that. Maybe Ishida is allowing us to create our own future for them, or maybe there will be a sequel but I feel like this story ended before it had even begun. I wanted to see more. Sad face.
There are so many things that I enjoyed about this manga. For example, Suzuya is my phone background. I love everything about his character. I know throughout the manga that we are meant to question who is good and who is evil and I believe Suzuya is a great monument to that question.
'They look at me with those eyes while pretending to be good people.' This resides well with me, I won't explain why. It's almost heartbreaking. Especially since he seems to see Shinohara's death as his fault.
Tsukiyama was also a REALLY awesome character, and I think I kind of like the fact that we never really knew whether or not he was on Kaneki's side at all. I personally think he was, just because of his reaction to Kaneki going to save Yoshimura.
I think Kaneki's mental breakdown was indeed a tragedy, but it still feels like it was rushed. I don't know. Maybe it's just me.
Plus, and im sorry to be a complete little fangirl here, but I loved Amon and Akira's little relationship, and I didn't want him to just be killed off, but I didn't want that to be unknown either. He was hot, okay? He was a good looking bastard. On top of that, I have a thing about enemies that should be friends. I liked that he and Kaneki had that dynamic. Kaneki having to fight him made the tragedy even more....tragic. I like that.
Seriously stop it guys!
That's my opinion on it anyway. All day I've felt like just writing this all down to get it out in some way. But I think I might post like this whenever I want to truly discuss what's happening. It's like a literature class but for manga. Haha.
Niff x
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