Tokyo Ghoul √A Episode 6 東京喰種√A Anime Review

Akira & Amon

Hello everyone! I was really glad to see Shinohara alive and well as it was revealed that Kaneki was actually eating Shinohara's Arata and not his flesh. We also get to see the back story of Shuzuya as to why he has that psychotic nature and heart bonding scene of Akira and Amon.

Basically Shuzuya was like a scraper who would kill other humans for viewers or ghoul's pleasure pretty much similar to that monster Kaneki had to face in previous season's gourmet arc. While doing so, not only his physical abilities improved but he also lost all his morality and got detached from human society not to mention all the tortures his Big Madame did on him. There were a lot of censors during this scene but for those who didn't get that one particular scene where Big madame uses those piers on him which causes him to scream and his eyes dilates, basically Big Madame crushes his balls. Yep that's screwed up so anyway moving on, Shinohara pretty much took him under his wings as he described him as a victim who had to change under circumstances. 

Also Touka is shown preparing for her exams and trying her best to not to think about all the buzz going around about 23rd ward and ghouls. So coming towards my favorite scene, It was revealed that the Owl killed Akira's mother or Mado's wife and ever since then, it was Mado's aim to avenge her death. Akira on the other worked hard to so that she could grow up and help her father but then her father was killed and she pretty much blamed it all on Amon as he was not by his side when he needed him the most. And Amon accepted it which shows the maturity of his character. I really loved this whole heart bonding scene, I mean we all knew that she had some kind of hatred towards him and so it was nice they finally showed what it was. The soundtrack they used in this scene was beautiful. Oh and that grumpy cat who welcomed them, that was really funny.

Besides that we are shown that Kankei is pretty much breaking down like he can't control his half kakuja and all but again, it's really sad they haven't been showing a lot about him lately, they are completely ripping off his inner monologue and stuff and I really hope they show all his flashbacks cause for anime only watchers it's just like a character who can't control his powers but there's a lot more to it which they've been skipping and it's really starting to make us feel disconnected from him. Towards the end of the episode we are shown that CCG are mobilizing and preparing for mission, Owl extermination. So overall, a good episode, it had a lot of character developments like that of Shuzuya and Akira both of which were executed superbly with excellent soundtracks. And that ending credits, beautiful. Thank you for reading this anime review, what do you think about this episode? let me know in the comments below and have a wonderful day or night wherever you live! Links to this episode are available in download section.