Hey guys remember 2024? I’m not so sure I want to. To be fair it wasn’t all bad. It was the year I finally got around to reading the Tokyo Ghoul manga after all. It was pretty good. Yeah… Oftentimes when people watch anime, read manga, whatever, they use it as a means of escapisms. For a moment you’re taken away from whatever ails you in the real world and get wrapped up in whatever fantastical shit’s going on in the anime world instead. I wouldn’t say that’s the only reason I like weeb stuff, but it’s certainly part of the package. Usually. Not so sure it applies to Tokyo Ghoul.
Seriously, who the hell reads Tokyo Ghoul for escapism? Maybe if you’re really into the fight scenes and incurious enough to not notice the distressing real world parallels. Or maybe you like to feel better about your own mental health by seeing others in a worse spot.
To be fair to escapists, no matter how bleak a chapter in Tokyo Ghoul gets it’s still a fictional world. Any number of things could happen and the problems stay contained to the page. So don’t worry about it and think about which characters you want to see kiss instead! I’m not even knocking that, it’s part of the fun. But I’m not going to turn away from the uncomfortable things this manga reminds me of. Come join me in this blog post as I parse through my thoughts on this mammoth of a series. Or don’t, nobody’s forcing you. Either way I’m going to go ahead with it.
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