The biggest Furuta hoe is Furuta himself but anyways – thank you for your question. I’m curious to hear your thoughts too – please comment below, people! 🙂

Hmmm.

I think…most of all, I want to let the chapter settle, for a long time. My perspectives on stories do tend to change after time/reflection. Still, here are my initial feelings:

I loved…

I loved Ayahina, Nakimiza, and Touken! Pleasure-chan is the best – A+, A+, A+

Banjou found himself a girl yo – A

IYO IS ALIVE AND OFF TO FIND THE WOMAN OF HER DREAMS – A

Marude is fighting for both he and Yoshitoki’s species… A+

We saw Hirako’s Shiba. A+ 

Tsukiyama’s development – A++++

 Nishikimi’s marraige and Kimi’s genius – A+++

Utaren is practically canon – A+ 

You can’t tell me Seidou and Kurona didn’t vanish together for the same activities…and not join up/fall in love – A+

Nico is alive and looking for love, which warms my soul – A+

Also: Hooguro and Shousei’s stories fascinate me! – A+

Iwao is alive?! WTF but also yay! – B+

Hide’s backstory makes a lot of sense and gives sunshine boy the right amount of shade – A

Mutsuki and Touka are friends! – A+

And my favorite panel of Tokyo Ghoul ever might be Suzuya falling to his knees, weeping for his adopted father. It’s beautiful –  >A++++++++++++

Tokage meeting a grim end – I’m worried for the student, but I’m so pleased the grandfather of Kaneki’s, Mucchy, and Suzuya’s suffering was addressed. – B

The orphan children of the previous dragon/OEK being the start of ghouls as a species! I love the idea of a species born as orphans, and tbh one of them bears a cool resemblance to Hajime, who technically helped form dragon. – A+

Someone write tol Aura Shinsanpei and smol Hogi as a ship stat! – A

But…

1. Where is Eto? 

2. Why didn’t we see closure for Yoshimura and Arata, even if they are presumably vegetables – but then why was Shinohara healed and not them? So if they’re dead, how and when and why…

3. Rio T-T

4. I wanted to see burials for Hairu, Koma, Irimi, and others.

5. I wanted to see Suzuya and Kaneki talk, as well as Touka and Yoriko.

6. Mutsurie. I just…look, the English version of TGRe makes Urie’s feelings pretty clear when he comments on Mucchy’s coat. If it’s not a mistranslation, why was there no resolution? My heartbreak is up there with Zutara. 

Ultimately…

It did feel rushed to me. Well, every chapter after Fruit’s death has felt that a bit.

But rushed is not the final feeling I have. I am more haunted. 

This chapter reminded me of the end to Lord of the Rings – bittersweet. A tad  disquieting, a lingering emptiness. Akira and Amon leaving, the Quinx remaining family but fragmenting, Hirako leaving, Hsaio suffering from rapid aging and Yusa’s hair already growing pale…

As Kaneki says, has the world really gotten better? I think the story, and its end (especially in light of the tragedy in the original TG) suggest the answer is yes, but better is far from perfect or even happy.

But it’s still better, even if incrementally. 

So thank you to Ishida for this marvelous story that’s made all of us care so much.

P.S. if you think about it…this not-quite-satisfying conclusion is probably an ending Furuta would enjoy. And that warms my soul. 😛