Tokyo Ghoul √A Episode 3 東京喰種√A Anime Review

THE SYMBOLISM 

Before I dive into this episode, I would like add something that I forgot to mention in my last review. As we all know, this whole season is set in an alternate universe or based on original manuscripts of Ishia'-Sensei but, (Don't worry, no spoilers ahead) some parts are exactly similar to the manga. For instance the way Akira is introduced to us etc so it's gonna be really interesting to see how much of such similarity this season will have to the manga and will the ending be same as well? 

So with that off my chest, lets move on to the actual episode. What a big story progression we had in this episode like whoa! Still it didn't feel like it was rushed at all, that's a sign of good directing. Like I predicted in the last episode, Kaneki along with his fellow Aogiri members were going to ambush those police vehicles to rescue some ghoul, and it was Naki, Jason's right hand man. A quick note before I go any further, all my Tokyo Ghoul √A reviews will be completely based on this season's point of view and not the manga to avoid anyone getting spoiled who have yet to read that masterpiece. Naki is shown as someone who was very deeply attached to Jason and his death has just made him an emotional wreck. As Aogiri tree ambush those vehicles, Kaneki along with Ayato rescue Naki. Suddenly, Kurano and Nashiro attack Kankei from what looked like something just to check his abilities. As revealed in their very short appearance in this episode, they're both one-eyed ghouls like Kaneki. Later Hinami is shown going alone to the Takatsuki's book signing oppose to what actually was planned. Touka and Hinami were to suppose to go together but from what it look like, Hinami is trying to become independent. Later Nishio takes Touka to Kimi university so that she could have a look at it as she is going to apply for it. This is where Touka meets Hide, who was taking down all Kaneki's wanted posters.

Symbolism is one of the best things about this season, from the snow fall that took place in the first episode symbolising loneliness and so on. In this episode Hide tells that Kaneki once took part in a play and had a main character role and he was superb in it. He reveals that when Kaneki is lying or hiding something, he puts his hand under his chin as shown in this pic, remember this, trust me. Hinami meets Takatsuki during the book signing where she is getting her autograph on one of her books as a present for Kaneki. Takatsuki seems really interested in Kaneki from how she reacted in this scene. Strikingly similar to how Eto was, really interesting. 


Moving on, Takizawa is shown talking to Hide about this Ghoul prison called Cochlea, a isolation chamber for S and SS rated ghouls. Also an interesting note that there used to be more of such groups like Aogiri in the past. They are soon interrupted by Akira who by the looks of it had some intuition about Hide. Other than that Shuzuya gets her new quinque made from Jason at Ghoul research facility. Later we get to see Naki again, going all crazy and crying over Jason's death, trying to write Yamori with crayons but he could't. That's when Kaneki helps him and shows him how to write it. He later thanks Kaneki by saying "You're a good guy", oh the irony here. 

Just when I thought we haven't seen Tsukiyama lately he appears outta nowhere disguised as one of the Aogiri members who were discussing a rumor about Kaneki being an cannibal. Tsukiyama always wanted to eat Kaneki and now that he is a cannibal, Kaneki has even more ''flavour'' and is ''spicier'', basically he can't wait to eat him. Banjo and his group are also present with Tsukiyama and it looks like they're searching for Kaneki or trying to get some info related to him. Coming towards the end of this episode, it is shown that CCG have come to an conclusion that one of their targets ''Eye-patch'' is somehow related to that incident that took place a couple of months back where some organs from the girl who died in that accident were transplanted into him without his consent and both that boy and the doctor who performed that operation are missing. 


Symbolism strikes yet again after that scene. Touka tells Hinami at the start of this episode that not to discuss anything about Kaneki as he is no longer a part of Anteiku knowing how deeply Hinami is attached to him. Now this is the best part, this is entirely my point of view and I can be wrong, she says he doesn't fit to be a star of the play as Hide told her before maybe because as we all know Kaneki's whole life up till now has been constantly filled with pain and tragedy. I don't know if I'm correct but this really is sad to see how things turn up for Kaneki. Before the awesome credits' video hits (which again has beautiful new sketches) we are shown that Kaneki and Ayato staring over the Cochlea, that ghoul isolation chamber, in what looks like another ghoul rescue mission. Amazing episode, I'm really starting to like this plot more than the manga's plot! This episode didn't feel like a 24 min episode at all not to mention that superb background music. Thank you for reading this anime review, have a wonderful day or night wherever you live! Links to this episode are available in download section. Thoughts? let me know in the comments below.