Tokyo Ghoul Va

 And we have arrived at the T, finally watching the second season of Tokyo Ghoul, the first one finished years ago.

Though I didn't hear much good of this series, especially as it veered way off from the manga, which I must say I didn`t read yet, so no bias on that front.

Ken Kaneki has accepted his fate, becoming a monstrous ghoul, becoming what he has so long resisted to become.  He has joined Aogiri Tree, the very militant arm of ghoul society.  Tensions are rising between the government and the ghouls, as the Comission of Counter Ghoul has intensified it's efforts to purge the ghouls from Tokyo.  An all-out battle takes place between the CCG and the Aogiri led by the One-Eyed Owl, as Touka faces her brother Ayato, getting severly hurt but saved by Kaneki.

Amon receives a new partner in the CCG in the form of Mado's daughter Akira.  When Ayato and Kaneki lead an ambush on a convoy of the CCG, two mysterious ghouls in striped masks intervene.  Amon and Akira visit the special ghoul prison of Cochlea, just as the Aogiri Tree invades it to free the ghouls.  This leaves Kaneki gravely injured, forced to devour ghoul corpses in desperation.  The One-Eyed Owl arrives, taking Ayato and Kaneki with him as the battle dwindles down.

A Taskforce is being prepared by the CCG to take out the One-Eyed Owl for good, as Amon and Akira get to know each other better.  Yoshimura tells Kaneki about the One-Eyed Owl, who is actually his child Eto, birthed from a human mother he loved greatly.  The CCG prepares for an assault on Anteiku, having discovered the identity of the One-Eyed Owl, and despite the danger Touka and Kaneki head towards the battle, where Yoshimura is impersonating as the Owl, who is defeated after a long and intense battle before the real One-Eyed owl appears.

The CCG is driven into a corner, but as the strongest investigators join the battle, Owl is forced to consume the body of Yoshimura.  But he later regurgitates a still alive Yoshimura as Hide is trying to make coffee for the wounded Kaneki.  The latter thinks of happier times in the cafe, as Hide collapses from bloodloss suffered in the battle, mortally wounded passing away in Kaneki's arms.  Carrying his body in his arms, he goes to the CCG, facing Arima.  The next morning, Kaneki, Hide and Amon have vanished along with the other CCG members, leaving only an unharmed Arima...

So this was an action packed horror series, and it was okay to watch.  Not knowing the manga story and the changes made to it might have helped indeed, as while I read the critiques, I couldn't compare.  This leaves Re and some specials to watch in the series, but that will probably be something for next year or so...