I haven't read the manga for Tokyo Ghoul, but I can tell that whatever this was, was awful. It played the "cool card" too many times. Kaneki becomes a lifeless, empty main character that doesn't express his sorrows in any way, just like every other stereotypical one. Studio Perriot doesn't even find a way to incorporate the cliche better so that it isn't standalone in being so commonplace, it depreciates our overall love of what his re-birth came to be at the end of the …

Maybe I am only 15 episodes in, but I'm already seeing why this is one of the most renowned works in the anime/manga world to date.

As Tenma goes on a quest to end the life of a young man he saved a decade ago, who turns out to have been and continue to be behind multiple murders, he slowly begins to lose what makes him human. 

Feeling responsible for the lives of persons whose murders could have been prevented had he not saved the villain a decade ago, he falls into a …

Assassination Classroom is less about attempting to kill a monster than it is about having that monster serve as a catalyst to teach the value of growing up with and apart from others in order to form a stronger sense of self and deeper human bonds.

Scum’s wish reveals the most painful and depressing aspects of trying to find personal value in a world where others appraise one’s value through superficial reactions, responses and constructions of character.