I'm reading the Manga right now (just finished volume 10 of 14) and watching the corresponding anime episodes as I go. The first half of the anime follows the manga fairly closely and has some stuff I liked more but does skip in some other places such as character development and pacing. The second half of the anime however makes some very large changes and while I still have a few volume/episodes to go it overall feels inferior to the manga.

The only good thing about TG anime is that opening made by gods, the rest is just meh, the manga is way better

It’s a lot better than the anime, I’d recommend getting the box set

They skip a lot in the first season and the second season is mostly filler

Oooo yes, absolutely. Especially RE. The RE anime is borderline incomprehensible.

The anime mixes up the ordering of events and leaves out information. Also suffers from lack of development in certain characters. First season of anime is still good but the show quickly goes down hill in season 2 (and 3/4 for RE). If you’re a fan of the anime read the manga for sure.

Please read the manga. Ishida's art draws out every emotion felt to their extreme. Notably, the Jason torture scene in the anime is much less impactful (crazy I know) when compared side by side to Ishida's original composition. The manga is truly art, art that the anime was not able to fully replicate.

For reference, Season 1 adapts 7 Volumes, Season 2 adapts 7 Volumes, RE Part 1 is 6 Volumes, and RE Part 2 is 10 Volumes...

Season 2 is entirely anime-original, Season 1 cuts out many character scenes, Season 3 adapts the least, and STILL needed to cut major plot relevant scenes which makes Part 2 a mess, which speaking of, Part 2 is 10 VOLUMES. The final volume is also the size of 2 Volumes, so it's more like 11. They couldn't fully adapt 6, and added an extra 5 on top of that for Part 2.

There is so much missing...

>I'm very interested in the character

Then you definitely need to read the manga. Take it from someone who fell in love with him in in Root A having not even read the manga at the time. There's so much that the anime left out...and the :Re anime REALLY did him dirty (it was worse than Root A's changes).

> but felt like the anime didn't really show everything with Noro capturing him during the raid

While the manga is more detailed in many regards and does explore this issue more fully, I do have to say this point is shown in a flashback in the :Re anime, but due to the breakneck pace it probably wasn't memorable. That said, the conversion is one of those plot points that didn't need a explicit exposition as a watcher or reader should have been able to infer what happened from the visuals alone. Without too many spoilers, I'd say that while there are significant divergences between the manga and anime versions of events of the raid, the way it's presented is similar.

Yeah I'm on the last few episodes to and just don't wanna finish it because I love it so much

Yeah season 2 is completely different and is anime original.

I highly recommend reading the manga from start to end. Since even season 1 which is the considered the most faithful to the manga sacrifices a chunk of the story to stay within the 12 episodes. The manga does cover his transformation.

Anime is abysmal dogshit, the manga is 100 million times better.

s2,3,4 are all basically fan fiction. Did not even follow the manga. and s1 while followed the manga, did so bad at adapting it.

TG and TG:re's manga are literally peak of animanga i have ever watched/read

Cause they tried writing it themselves. And the whole manga is better just trust. People who watch the anime only hate :re when it’s the best part of the story

> I am curious to see what's different in the Tokyo Ghoul:re manga.

Story wise, nothing. It's the same story, however the anime removed a lot of scenes that give context to the story and explain what is hapening. The anime was basically a summary of the manga.

> Also can someone explain why it's so different?

The differences in season 2 are due to the manga author wanting the anime to be different from the manga. He even wrote a full script for the new story, however the higher ups didn't let the anime staff deviate too much from the manga, so they mixed the new story with various things from the manga, which led to a story that has an identity crisis of not knowing if it's the manga or a new story, and it makes no sense.

They should have just sticked to the manga once the higher ups didn't let them go fully original.

horrendous adaptation, manga is too good.

If you are intrigued by tokyo Ghoul and tokyo Ghoul;re then read the manga. It got great art style too.

The first season was good but later seasons they rushed it very much. Reading manga is way better

Bad adaptation, peak manga. Read the manga and ignore the existence of the anime

Terrible adaptation. We need a reboot

Bad adaptation. Season 1 was pretty good everything went down the drain after that. It was too rushed and everyone I know into Tokyo ghoul has said just read the manga the anime doesn’t do it justice

The anime only gets worse over time and personally, I don't recommend going further to watch it. Meanwhile, objectively, the manga will get better as you continue reading at least till half of :re

I'd say continue simultaneously enjoying the manga and anime until you reach the end of Season 1 of the anime (I believe that's around the mid 60's mark of the manga? You'll know when you get there)

From there, just stick exclusively to the manga

gets worse, just drop it and continue the manga

Gets insanely worse

The anime gets worse...but...if the videos I seen or anything to go by, the DBD gameplay appears to be heavily influenced by the anime in terms of presentation, so you may not want to abandon the anime at least until after the first 12 episodes.

I feel like I can answer this because I just did the same thing. I am also not a big reader but it’s pretty easy reading. I’m a big Tokyo Ghoul fan and I’ve also watched the anime a handful of times. I just bought and read through all the manga. Finished it 2 days ago. It’s is 100% worth it. It only improves upon the anime. Imo It’s just a better telling of the story. It has more detail, expands on different points, and shows characters in a different light. The changes from the anime to manga are all better than what’s in the anime imo. Which is partly why people say it’s so much better. It doesn’t ruin the anime for me, but I’d rather now reread it than watch it. I hope you go for it, if you’re that big a fan you’ll love it.

The manga is 100 times better than the anime

The manga is much better than the anime, besides being my favorite, it's one of the best I've ever read.

Definitely worth it. I never watched the anime in its entirety myself (just episode 1 + a few others just to hear Akira and see Maris Stella).

Fake. Maybe ai, but that’d be kinda surprising.

Main issue is it gets very confusing for anime-only viewers in later seasons. Season 2 in particular made some major changes to the story and skipped some important plot points which set up the plot for season 3, and then season 3 doesn't adjust events to fit the changes season 2 made and doesn't explain anything. The pacing is also quite rushed, it's hard to keep track of things later on when there are so many characters and events happening (on top of the actual continuity issues making things confusing).

Despite the issues though, if it's a choice between watching the anime and not checking out the series at all, then I'd say watch it. While I strongly recommend the manga over the anime, if you absolutely refuse to read the manga then give the anime a watch.

Side note: For the anime-only watch order I recommend: Season 1 -> Tokyo Ghoul Jack -> Season 2 -> Tokyo Ghoul Pinto -> Season 3 (keep in mind unofficial sites split season 3 into two separate seasons). Jack and Pinto are OVA episodes, they might be listed as their own season depending on the website.

The OVAs are prequels to the main story, but they introduce characters that appear in the main story and watching them at those points should help things more enjoyable when they do appear. Plus it also helps space out the seasons enough so you feel a bit of the break between events that viewers had when they were airing without actual taking a break from watching.

Yes. The reasons?

S1 is fine.

Season 2 was meant to develop the main plotline and the main characters and build the correct bonds. None of that happened and essentially nothing really happened in s2 except a load of overly dramatic and non-emotional scenes.

Then season 3 assumes you learnt all that and a bit more and assumes the mangas timeline again despite season 2 changing so many original event. Theres literally a flashback scene to a major plotline that only happened in the manga.

And then s3 cuts so much content anyway. The main plotline isnt even told to you and you dont understand what the main plotline even was or why things happened or people were alive.

Do NOT watch the anime. It's just a bunch of animation with no story.

It’s pretty damn bad in comparison to manga like entire seasons worth of chapters were left out and they said screw the source material let’s do our own thing yet tie into endgame situations without the build up of the manga but you could enjoy it as it’s own thing if you’d like.

The anime gets a bit edgy at times however.

The anime is bad from a manga perspective, the anime is okay in my opinion. I was OBSESSED with it when I was younger

Season one is pretty solid, most fans will agree on that. You lose some of the nuance from the manga, but not too much. Season 2 they changed a major plot beat but still did all the events from the manga. It's very weird and frankly pretty garbage. The fights are still neat, but the story is barely comprehensible. Season 3 picks back up, but it's not pretty out there in terms of content. Lots of new plots beats come and go so fast you sometimes end up wondering what any of it was for. If you want to experience the story of Tokyo Ghoul, the manga is probably the way to go, just be warned that the manga art is...busy.

The manga is way better and the only way to know the full story.

Season 2 is anime original and season 3 ignored that and followed the manga, but they never adapted the real story that should have been season 2 despite following various plot points from that. You're expected to read the manga to know what happened. Also, season 1 and 3 rushed the whole story and removed a lot of stuff to the point I don't think it's possible to understand what was happening. The anime is a shit show, I recommend to just drop it and read the whole manga.

Manga is always better! 😀 sometimes/more than half the time- the anime plots don’t follow through so you’ll miss out on a lot.

The manga is much better than the anime.

Manga, easy

I feel like the anime is so incomplete that at the end it doesn't make any sense. It was also rushed because the prod agency wanted to quit and spend time on other animes. Tokyo Ghoul first two seasons of the anime were kinda okay I guess (thanks to the animation and the ost) but Tokyo Ghoul:re was (I have to be honest) irrevelant and unsatisfying..

The manga is, to me, a true masterpiece. The story is complete and every chapter answer readers' awaited questions. The panels are incredible (because the art style is) and each character has their own personality development. I completely recommend the manga to anyone who liked the anime because it's way better. And lately I've been reading it again listening to the anime ost !

It will take longer but you should read the manga. It way more detailed, the anime misses a lot.

Manga the anime is all over the place missing plot points and details and is very different from the manga

Manga, the anime doesn't follow the original story

short and sweet answer manga

The manga is great. It comes in two parts: Tokyo Ghoul and its continuation Tokyo Ghoul RE. Would recommend reading both series before watching the anime. This is because the manga series remains at a good to godlike consistency while the anime starts off great and then drops of the chart into shit. And thats just Tokyo ghoul season 1 and two. The anime adaptation for RE is soooo shit it genuinely is one of the worst anime’s ever. So just read the manga and if its for you keep reading it and then read RE for the full story. Then if you want watch the anime. The manga is so so so much better. Hope this helps :)