Tokyo Ghoul Fans Disappointed by Season 2 Need To Read the Manga
Warning: spoilers for Tokyo Ghoul Chapter 136 and Tokyo Ghoul: re Chapter 164!
While Tokyo Ghoul's anime started strong with its first season, the second season was received far less enthusiastically, with some major deviations from the manga weakening the story. One of the most significant contrasts between the manga and the second season is how both treat Hid and Kaneki’s character development throughout the series.
The dark fantasy series takes place in Tokyo where mysterious, man-eating “ghouls” blend into society as humans. In this alternate reality, there is a constant battle between ghouls — who need to eat human flesh to survive — and the authorities sworn to protect humans from being slaughtered. However, everything changes when college student Ken Kaneki is attacked by a ghoul and survives as a half-human/half-ghoul who mentally and physically suffers from this split identity.
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Tokyo Ghoul’s anime preemptively kills Hide — a huge mistake given he represents Kaneki’s hope that humans and ghouls can peacefully coexist. Disappointed anime fans will find that the manga’s storytelling retains a better flow of events by leaving Hide’s status ambiguous and Kaneki’s motivations alive. In Chapter 136 of the manga, Kaneki embraces his ghoul powers as he tries to heal, save everyone at Anteiku, and fight against Kishou Arima. Hide suddenly appears and confesses he already knew Kaneki was a ghoul, wanting to help him. When Hide asks, “Can you fight with all you’ve got just one more time? Since there is only one way into the abyss—” a splashing sound can be heard in the darkness. However, the anime instead shows Kaneki carrying a dead Hide (who
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