Anime 51535 Shingeki No Kyojin The Final Season - Kanketsu-hen Reviews

This is what peak storytelling meet peak adaptation looks like, and I’m glad to be able to witness it. Thank you Isayama, Hayashi, and MAPPA staff.

Attack on Titan The Final Season Part 3 adapts chapters 131-134 of the manga into a 1-hour movie special, and it sure feels like one.

Story 10/10
This part contains what many considered the best chapter in the manga (chapter 131) which shows the absolute true despair of the rumbling and Eren’s true motivation. And It was adapted to perfection, with many anime original scenes to give more context to the situation.

You know you are a once-in-a-generation writer if you’re able ... to make the viewer feel empathetic toward someone who’s committing genocide against the whole of humanity, then the next second, got us to cheers for the stopping force.

Animation 10/10
The rest of the episode also contains the best MAPPA's animated sequence so far for their AOT, both in terms of their perfection in CGI blending and 2D animation. It is safe to say that the rumbling could not be done better by any other studio, given the time and scale of it. And with this latest part, “the limiter has been taken off” - the director, as he is now able to fully express his true vision for what MAPPA’s AOT should be.

Sound 10/10
Perfect placement for all the OSTs in this episode, to heighten the moment even more. Also, many sequences in particular synced the music to the action on screen perfectly right down to the second, which is something that animation alone can’t heighten it.

Overall 10/10
It has been a long and harsh journey for this team under Mr.Hayashi-san at MAPPA, throughout all the criticisms of part 1’s animation, color, CGI, and music choice, working your eyes out to save this generation-defining anime to not burn to the ground in under 8 MONTHS, just to hear harassments, and death threats, even. With the massive improvement in part 2, and now today, the team can stand proud of this achievement, in adapting what people thought is unadaptable, to the degree that no one would’ve thought to even picture or imagine it.

This review focuses on the entire series in a honest and constructive manner.

But where exactly did it all go wrong? Maybe when Eren was revealed to be a titan? During the battle of Wall Rose? Post-timeskip content maybe? The correct answer is all of these.

Attack on Titan was never really skilled at its writing, the characters are hideous with often lacklustre development. I won't deny the potential of creating memorable characters who might be remembered in history for who they are, but instead the only reason they're popular is their origin. Not to mention the bland collection of tropes and inconsistent themes and constant ... plot holes in each story arc, it's absolutely boring to watch.

It's hard to describe how terrible the story is, but what doesn't help is how the story unfolds. Attack on Titan doesn't want to tell a story consistently, instead choosing to constantly jump between story arcs. The long paths of history revolve around the local geopolitics within the walls of Maria, Rose or whatever it is called. So why aren't we talking about a coherent political ideology? Let's go back and talk about the coup arc with the incredibly superficial villains the story focuses on, but with barely any meaningful characterization other than making the audience see them as villains. In any case, the representation of politics is boring in the way it describes conflicts without any real nuance. Attack on Titan stretches this part of the story so sparsely to the point where it is a long thread with a length of several miles.
For example, secondary characters can suddenly be transformed into main characters in one or two episodes. Gabi, Reiner, Historia, Levi are examples. This takes away the charm of the main characters because not only is the conflict boring, but you don't have enough time to really get to know the character. Which is funny because in the last season it's not like that anymore, but now it suffers from a poor pace.

Back to the current season. The main reason why the majority is more critical of the last season is precisely its fast pace. Subplots are introduced and then recklessly abandoned, and low-character characters are suddenly introduced to be left out later, even though their presence is an integral part of the story. Eren undergoes a massive off-screen personality change and becomes a master of anxiety, and while his actions make sense, they're still heartbreaking. Not to mention the comedic dialogue that is rife throughout Attack on Titan and shows a lack of comic understanding of how people actually react. Eren for example serves a narrative purpose that will be explored later in the story, and it leads to a lot of incredibly stupid dialogue with characters literally screaming information or feelings toward each other.

Another problem is the mischaracterization of the main characters outside the boundaries of the story. For example, one might expect the show to be an opportunity for the characters to constantly talk to each other or just speak naturally, right? No... instead, we get several scenes where the show is too dry and lacking in character or style, flashbacks that tell us, oh look, the characters have known and cared for each other forever, which justifies their sudden connection to the story and their emotional engagement which is exactly what happened with Historia and Ymir. If you take the three childhood friends Eren, Mikasa and Armin for example you can feel the lack of any real chemistry between the trio. We have heard so many times how their relationship is stronger than steel even though we have never seen any evidence of it.

Now I think it's pretty clear how I feel about the story and its characters, but I am not done yet. Because writing takes an absolute plunge right into the deepest part of hell. Do you remember Marco? I won't judge you if you don't. He's one of many characters whose death is treated as a great tragedy, but the context behind his death is revealed later in the series, this negates any emotional investment due to his limited presence. Sasha is killed, gets a retrospective flashback in a comic book scene, and is constantly mentioned, but the only traits that define her are her eating habits and saving a village at the beginning of the story. Levi goes from a main character to a supporting character for most of the story. Historia is pregnant by choice to support Eren's plans, but first she had a love interest in Ymir, as we skip to the finale where she is now raising a baby and happily getting married off-screen, leaving her story arc unfinished. arc of the coup and a complete disaster in every imaginable way.

In my opinion, Eren Yeager is the most intriguing character in Attack on Titan. Formerly a child who despised evil, Eren has become the very monster he once despised by committing genocide. He schemed to make the world a better place for his comrades. For his terrorist attack on Marley hinged using a child to transmit endorse letters to his comrades, starting the conflict for Eldia's independence. However, Marley is portrayed as this murderous dictatorship in which Eldians are also apprehended for they inform the police that their parents are state threats. The police are too ignorant to need to do any checks of the messages. This kind of failed attempt of writing really pulls the series back so much in the end, and the final two episodes are so absurd and idiotic you can't help but laugh at its stupidity. As a result of Eren's death, the Eldian people will be free of persecution in their homeland. Eren did not only destroy the environment, but also vast areas of the world. His death is glorified because he did it for his friends. What a load of bullshit.

TDLR: As a whole, Attack on Titan is simply an absolute disaster, whose decent ideas are sadly overshadowed by horrible execution, a bland cast of characters, terrible and nonsensical theming, horrible pacing and an abysmal ending. Undoubtedly, this is one of the largest trainwrecks in anime history.

Hajime Isayama, I have no doubt that he is a philosopher with a deep view of reality and human history, and he embodied that view in his work, as well as his knowledge of some cultures and details of our world
Isayama did not tire himself with making a world and maps for his work, but rather he made only the walls because he has a realistic view and a little bit of Far fantasy, or this is what we saw in his work, and Isayama is distinguished by his ability to stir up controversy and make the followers divide into sections, just as he did, ... and this is what we saw in the Alliance fans and the Earth Deck fans, and before that, the Marley Warriors fans and the Survey Corps soldiers fans

Attack on Titan has a great and unique style in the acceleration of events. The diversity of events, their chaos, arrangement, and strength made the work a gateway to the anime world, through which those who have never watched anime enter
In the world of literature, movies, or any artistic world, persuasion is the most important means of pleasure
Surprises are the first way to raise the value of the work or increase the enthusiasm in its events, as the writer follows this method and constructs and arranges the events to pave the way for a shocking moment that takes the work to a completely different level

The character of eren Yeager is the window that Isayama created towards the human psyche in an attempt to understand it and realize its contradictions, mysteries, and desires.
Therefore, I see eren as the best character ever written by the Japanese if not in literature history. eren is a clear embodiment of good and evil, peace, selfishness, exclusivity, group, friendship, strength, weakness, freedom, slavery, dictatorship, and humility. He is that character who tells you that your rights are more important than the life and freedom of your enemy.
eren views life as a battle of life or death only and has no other meaning. The winner is the one who lives and the loser is the one who dies. There is no way for you to preserve your life except to fight and continue to move forward in this battle called life
We also see that the factor that made him enter history from its widest gates... is that the writer made us accept his fascist excuses for extermination. while I was influenced by eren and relatively agreed with his decisions against my will!.
but when I saw it animated and I saw Ramzy and his brother's story I finally refused extermination because what I saw was really a heartbreaking scene.
but it did not change the reality that imposes Eren as the greatest character in the history of graphic literature.
At the conclusion of the second section of the fourth season, it was hinted about eren's goal and view towards the freedom he seeks, (a world and a life that does not revolve around survival only).
he simply had 2 choices one is to follow his brother and the wall's king or two extermination of the others
He said in an episode of memories from the future (If someone tries to take away my freedom from me, I will never hesitate to take away his freedom).
This is eren's principle on his tongue, and he followed it since his childhood, and he remained until his death, and he followed that principle, but at the same time he hates it and hates that someone tries to take away his freedom, and he tries to regain it and live all his life in the same closed circle

Isayama initially penned the first 124 chapters of "Attack on Titan" as the epitome of peak fiction, captivating fans with its exceptional storytelling. However, as the story progressed, he seemed to take a different creative path, veering away from the axis of good writing.

The ending he delivered left many, including die-hard fans like me who had held the anime in the highest esteem, feeling a sense of betrayal, disappointment, embarrassment, and even sadness. It was disheartening to witness the butchering of something so remarkable, where every aspect of its brilliance was systematically dismantled, rendering it all meaningless.

Im not just an anime viewer; I started reading ... the manga after Season 4 part 2 concluded. The reason for this was because I encountered major spoilers and heard negative feedback about it.

My motivation to read the manga stemmed from my disappointment with the Alliance formation in Season 4 part 2, episode 7. I hold "Attack on Titan" in the highest regard, considering it the greatest piece of fiction and the best anime ever. Witnessing a decline in its writing quality, coupled with MAPPA's 3D animation, instead of Wit Studio's peak quality (which I still appreciate for its good parts), was disheartening.

At first, I thought at least the music and Eren's character remained intact. However, as I delved deeper into the manga's ending chapters, I found them to be delusional, horrendous, and full of contradictions, erasing, devaluing, and retconning the very essence of "Attack on Titan" that I cherished more than anything else. This disappointment led me to express my frustrations on Titanfolk.

Now that the anime has aired with no changes (it was likely too late for any improvements), I feel a sense of sorrow. It's disheartening to see something as great as "Attack on Titan," with a 10-year legacy and a promising future, marred by the same author who brilliantly wrote its best parts. Furthermore, Mappa's animation made the fights unwatchably boring, leaving little to appreciate aside from the music and voice acting."

As the final credits rolled on the last episode of Attack on Titan, it felt as if I were parting with a piece of myself, a fragment of my very soul that grew in tandem with the lives of Eren, Armin, and Mikasa. For a decade, this wasn’t just an anime; it was a companion through my own metamorphosis, a mirror reflecting the tumultuous journey of coming of age.

Hajime Isayama, you didn’t just create a world; you set a colossal narrative in motion that trampled the boundaries of imagination and expectation. I walked alongside these characters, my footsteps echoing in sync with theirs, through every ... victory and every heartbreak. Today, as their journey concludes, I find myself in a storm of emotions, a bittersweet cocktail of elation and sorrow.

Eren, with your fiery will, you taught me the power and the price of freedom. Armin, through your eyes, I saw the world’s cruelty and its beauty, understanding that hope is its own form of courage. Mikasa, in your unwavering strength, I learned about the enduring nature of love and loyalty.

As I bid farewell to the Scout Regiment, to the walls that have confined and defined them, I'm reminded of the walls in my own life—those I've overcome and those I've yet to conquer. This end is a tribute to the tenacity of the human spirit, a narrative that refuses to shy away from the grim realities of life, yet always finds a sliver of hope in the darkest of times.

I find myself in tears, not just for the story that’s ended, but for the years it spanned—a decade of my life where I, too, faced titans of my own. Loss, growth, fear, and courage. This anime was a constant through it all, a source of inspiration, a comfort in troubled times, and a reminder that we all have the strength to fight our battles, be they against towering monsters or the demons within.

So, thank you, Hajime Isayama. Thank you for the ink you’ve spilled, the nights you’ve toiled, the world you’ve built, and the hearts you’ve touched. Attack on Titan will stand as a colossal piece of storytelling, long after the titans have fallen, a testament to the power of narrative and a companion that helped shape who I’ve become. The journey may have ended, but the memories, like the scouts soaring into the sky, will live on, untethered and forever free.

Farewell, Eren, Armin, and Mikasa. Our parting is such sweet sorrow, yet, you will remain with me, etched into the very fabric of who I am. For in the end, we never really say goodbye to the stories that shape us. They become a part of us—forever.

""spoilers for the ending ""
so why you did the rumbling eren you did it for your freinds and people right?? no? you did it bcz you are dumb you did so ymir watch mikasa kiss a dead head. then you said mikasa saved ymir and only ymir knows... plot hole after plot hole..and then the hypocrite armin(the peace guy) saying thank you for genocide.. so why not leting him continue the rumbling.are the other 20 percent are more privleged than the others.then after time skip we've seen armin going to do some peace talkes? my guy couldn't do a ... thing even before the genocide . and know they will accepte you?? and in the credit scene the island get nuked and destroyed.the 80 percent kill did nothing. eren character is ruined. armin is a hypocrite. mikasa still a slave for eren untill the death. the main characters became worthless and achived nothing thanks to isayama.

It was a masterpiece, the animation quality, the plot, musics everything 💯 you am an anime only and I can clearly say that 1 hour just flew in seconds. I am so glad that they didn't make us wait episode every week because even one hour felt like a few minutes, I can't imagine it being less. Also the music SIM made for it didn't disappoint. I feel like it worths to wait until this point if you're also an anime only just go for it and witnesses how this masterpiece comes to an end. The real final final part scheduled for fall 2023 so ... if you don't have patience you can just wait until that part is out and watch it. Otherwise just watch it and you can rewatch before final part. Many thanks to everyone who contributed making this masterpiece 👌🏼

What a "HELL" of an episode. An hour of nothing but carnage and despair. This is the most anticipated and considered the best episode of AOT according to the fans that is, and i can presume everyone can vouch too since it's currently my favorite episode in television history. The animation is on point and a sight to behold, MAPPAs close up shots and colossal titan CGI as usual is outright magnificent, and the adaptation elevated some scenes that i liked in the manga to an unprecedented height especially Hange's sacrifice and Eren's breakdown which made me adore it more than ever.

Aside from Hange's ... heart-shattering sacrifice and Alliances epic entrance, We now see Erens perversion for freedom at full display, which I think is somewhat overlooked. There's more to it than just expressing his immense guilt infront of the child(Ramzi), He poured out his bottled up emotions by admitting the fact that he did what he did because of an unfulfilled dream and disappointment, sounds twisted isn't it? Eren is, as Kenny would say, drunk on something, an idealistic freedom of a world beyond the walls that simply doesn't exist, Eren dreamed of an empty world without people, with rivers of lava, vast seas and deserts, a world to explore and discover, and instead there were people who had taken away his freedom. He internalized that idea of freedom based through the contents of Armins book, now that it doesn't exist, He initiated the rumbling primarily for the sake of that selfish desire. To him, It's far more important than saving the island, hence recontextualising his speech that eradicating the world is merely a pretext. in short, he's just like a child throwing a tantrum because he couldn't grab what he wants despite the guilt and all. Eren is the personification of contradiction, duality, and irony, be it his actions, emotions, and the leitmotifs encompassing his character. He's a god yet a devil, a victim and a perpetrator, Selfless for sacrificing his life for his loved ones yet Selfish for trampling on others lives for his desires, desires freedom yet a slave to his unfulfilled ideal freedom and nature, he's portrayed as monster and humanized at the same time. This episode is beyond masterpiece

The greatest piece of fiction to ever exist. Honestly, I was worried but then MAPPA animators were like nah homie we ain't letting you down. They animated everything perfectly panel by panel, blending 2D and 3D perfectly to give us this masterpiece. The art style was perfect and captured everything Isayama sensei drew on his manga, and the voice acting sheesh, they all nailed it, capturing the emotions of the characters they voiced perfectly. Now I am way more excited to witness the last few chapters animated at this capacity and I soo can't wait for Fall 2023 to get here any faster. Thank you ... MAPPA animators for doing justice to the source material despite the bs you get from fake fans on Twitter. Shinzou wo Sasageyo🫡 .. Update , it's still was peak fiction at the end , gonna miss AOT

Art, animation, music are all fine to great. Story is kinda garbo. To avoid spoilers, genocide is viewed as both something that has to happen, and is a sad event for the one doing it. Characters' pasts are glossed over in favor of having a cohesive "hero" team, and somehow still the worst part is the ever increasing lore around Ymir and the Titans.

If you've been enjoying the direction that AoT has been going with a greater focus on magic and fate then chances are decent you'll enjoy this season as well (though god knows the manga readers didn't appreciate the ending). If you enjoyed ... AoT in it's early days before the introduction of Marley and genocide apologists (like me), then I don't think you'll enjoy this new season.

Tl;dr, I think it's kinda trash, but if you like the way the story is going don't let me stop you.

Attack on Titan had so many theories and mysteries on what the story wants to tell, and whilst thinking back watching the first seasons I daresay nobody thought of that time that this is going to be the closure of all the threads over the long pull.

Regardless of the understanding on how the series plot moved onwards Season three. At which point things were still unclear for the most part. You could have pictured the most sophisticated plot and the best show ever that to come. Yet, the way I imagined it was definitely way bigger and much more brighter than how boring and ... monotonous it resulted to be.

It was like WIT Studio knew something isn’t going to work out if the story stays how it performed. I believe WIT really gave all their love and passion out on each season’s. Whilst MAPPA became the: “I’ll do it, even if I don’t want to studio”. When there are nicknames to studios like the; “unlimited budget works” for Ufotable. I would give the nickname; “I’ll do, what I love” for WIT. As a hobby artist myself, if I don’t feel any inspiration in something I usually reject it, because you can’t associate with something you don’t see any potential in.

So what was that WIT saw or rather what they didn’t saw? What could have been much greater and much brighter?

I’m not a writer myself, but for me the main reason watching anime is for entertainment. I love mysteries and I also love well-thought out storytelling. My issue with this one is actually goes back to the very beginning of the series. When we see that Eren is actually a Titan himself. This fact was not only surprising, but quickly demolished a huge amount of events that the story could potentially move. Still, this fact alone wasn’t an issue though. The problems started to spread from there by a scheme, an anticlimactic chain of events evolved. Since Eren became a Titan, who he hated and promised to avenge in the future. It basically meant that he, as we clearly know now, he was the key for everything that happened from the very start. He himself killed his own mother, and everyone who have died in the story, it all started with him. Even though that people likes to believe that there wasn’t any other way or choices for him, since Eren didn’t saw a different outcome. (What if the case was that he didn’t want to see it in the first place?) I sincerely think there was other ways though. There was always choice, there was always hope.

It seems Isayama thought otherwise. What people now likes too see it as a mature and realistic approach as on how naturalistically it representing the true nature of humanity. I mean, really? Realistic? You want to tell me that killing 80% of population by not stopping the wars nor proving any point is realistic? Well honestly, the way our minds work as we clearly see 80% of population are totally satisfied with this. So yes, it proves true that our world will always love the pointless wars instead of peace. However, what Eren done is ultimately a middle finger to the whole story. You can’t save your family by sacrificing the world they live in. Code Geas 2.0? Lelounch and Eren can shake hands, both series whould have been just fine and probably 99% less people would have suffered if they used their brains instead of their ego.

I mean it’s sad.. Our neighbours are killing each other at this very moment for absolutely no reason.. Sad to see that people can also found joy in despondency.

In my perspective Shounen anime is meant to extend your fantasies. To push through boundaries. To be happy and to find joy in the slightest details.. To never give up.. Never lose hope.. I might sound soft and immature, but personally Attack on Titan failed to tell or showcase anything new that all the wars in our past did prove multiple times; People will never learn.

Just by making up this once great fiction “realistic”. What remains is a dull and hopeless documentary, rather than any enjoyable medium. If you want to tell me that this is the best you can deliver in a league of this calibre. This is the greatest anime of all time just because it represent history, reality and never ending cycle of war. Out of that logic, miracles do not exist anymore. They aren’t real. Peace is just fairy tail. You can’t fight without hurting, because reconciliation is for kids only.

“Wake up to reality! Nothing ever goes as planned in this accursed world. The longer you live, the more you realize that the only things that truly exist in this reality are merely pain. suffering and futility. Listen, everywhere you look in this world, wherever there is light, there will always be shadows to be found as well. As long as there is a concept of victors, the vanquished will also exist. The selfish intent of wanting to preserve peace, initiates war. and hatred is born in order to protect love. There are nexuses causal relationships that cannot be separated.”

- Madara Uchiha

This has to be one of the most disappointing ending to one of the greatest and most anticipated franchise I’ve seen.

Do I personally think that my favourites like Naruto has the best ending? No, but I still liked it. Do I think Violet Evergarden for example has the ending it deserved? Unfortunately not, but I still enjoyed the journey.. From this standpoint, I can see how so many people will still enjoy this one even if that oblivious thoughts arose deep inside them; it deserved better. It was undoubtedly destined to be more than just an another mirror of our false senses what comes from fear and cowardice.

That-We-Are-Weak.

Those who fight others, can’t befriend themselves.

“Those who forgive themselves, and are able to accept their true nature.. they are the strong ones.”

- Itachi Uchiha

On a final note,

Attack on Titan had every potential to be much more than just a realistic show. Since it was doing great until it doesn’t. So many contradictions happened, and even more plot holes that eventually made this a once great potential source a not-so-great forgettable experience.

Just because it is different, doesn’t mean it’s excellent.

If we look back to the first three seasons, the mood was completely different. If like season one to three and the final seasons are not even the same anime anymore. Up to season three there was myths, easter eggs. There was this impression of anything can happen what screamed immense sequels. Where all this magic went? That scream became an echo, where all the jokes and silly moments are long gone with Sasha and Historia. The hope died with Ervin and the craziness faded with Hange. As our beloved trio that fought through pain, never betrayed each other has ended by Eren’s cowardice.

It’s a real shame.

In the end, the most important factor of this show was to not give away any major clues about the main plot. So people will watch it till the end, but since there is nothing to hide anymore. It basically prove true that the idea of Eren being a Titan and everything about *(how)* he manipulated the timeline. He himself ruined the whole world and plot of the story that we have witnessed.; (Fixed timeline). In which Eren knows that there is only one way, but still himself wants to escape from. It’s crazy to comprehend how this makes sense, let alone be close to somewhat so many people calling it.

Heroes wear many faces.
Just as masterpiece has many value, I guess.

“Heroes and villains are always have the same back story, - Pain. The difference is what they choose to do about it. Villain says “the world hurt me, I'll hurt it back.” Hero says “the world hurt me, I'm not gonna let it hurt anyone else.” Heroes use pain. Villains are used by it.”

- novel

Final scores:

Season One (7/10)
Season Two (8/10)
Season Three (7/10)
Season Three part Two (8/10)
Final Season (5/10)
Final Season part Two (4/10)
Final Season part Three (3/10)

Overall 6/10 ⭐️

Tldr; This is when you overcook your favourite food and still tastes raw.

Thank you for reading!

I struggle to collect my thoughts, having just finished the final episode. I'm still confused on how exactly I feel and why. I have championed Attack on Titan as a modern masterpiece ever since Season 3, and even knowing the ending was incredibly divisive, I welcomed it with open arms, putting my full faith in Isayama-san. Ending a story in a way that is not only good, but pleases EVERYBODY is nearly impossible. But at the very least, a DECENT ending would have been an acceptable way to cap off this incredible story.

Unfortunately, the only word that fits is disappointing. I've tried writing out ... my thoughts in greater detail, but they're constantly changing and new things are constantly coming to mind. I'll try to keep it brief, but I have gripes with both the writing and the production.

MAPPA's animators actually did a pretty good job, especially with the action sequences. Many are on par with WIT's work (finally). But for some reason, whenever characters change age, clothes, etc., MAPPA's animators start making them look like aliens. I do not understand why--in AoT specifically--this has been such a huge issue ever since Part 1 of The Final Season.

The pacing feels very one dimensional, like they just wanted to adapt the source material as straight as possible. Very "next scene" with little tension or build up. It was very hard to be invested at any point because there was never time given for things to build up or create any sense of anxiety. Perhaps this could've been remedied had the two specials been edited as one larger movie, or simply adapted episodically.

The sound director just kept shoehorning tracks back to back to back to back in the 2nd special. Not a single OST had any impact whatsoever. This was incredibly annoying during the action sequences especially, as the mood kept changing constantly and it felt like they were trying to fit fan favorites wherever possible, rather than actually thinking about what songs felt good next to each other. Very distracting.

I can't believe I'm saying this, but the ending Isayama chose for AoT is shockingly similar to how Arc 1 of SAO ended. "What was it all for" and the answer is basically "nothing". A painfully shallow attempt at a realistic ending that is anything but profound, and basically invalidates everything. Which, on paper, doesn't sound bad. I can appreciate writing that doesn't give the audience everything they want, or even spits in their face. But even a spit in the face leaves an impression. This doesn't even accomplish that. It's odd, because the overarching events played out pretty much how most of us expected, but it just feels so poorly executed. No emotion. Just contrived, generic-at-best dialogue that's pretending to tie things up in a nice bow, but instead of a ribbon it's a shoelace.

The scene that is shown during the end credits felt like SUCH a middle finger. A laughably bad attempt at trying to be profound that I couldn't believe it's actually in the original manga. Isayama, what were you thinking?? I actuall pity the MAPPA employee that wasted hours of their life animating that.

Reading over what I just wrote, I definitely sound angrier than I actually am, but I'm honestly still trying to sort through my thoughts myself. I'll need to rewatch this finale a few times to get a clearer picture on how I feel, but man... I wish I had better things to say. I don't regret experiencing Attack on Titan, and will still recommend it to people. But I'll no longer have that same glimmer in my eyes when talking about it. My passion for this series has been thoroughly extinguished in it's final 90 minutes.

I've never been a huge fan of Shingeki no Kyojin but for the first few seasons, I admit it was unique. It had enjoyment value. It had an interesting story, well balanced pacing and it would leave you wondering about the next episodes. Now it doesn't have any of those qualities and it just keeps getting worse and worse. The art design, animations, and music are still top-notch quality, even getting better and better in contrast to the overall series. But what happened to that intriguing story and the storytelling?

Since when did Shingeki no Kyojin turn into a classic superhero story that we had ... to expose for nearly 20 years, that is made so cheaply to appeal to the general audience? It turned into a "there are good guys, there are bad(?) guys. So fight and save the world!" kind of story and I hate that.

Shingeki no Kyojin has always been an overrated work for me. But I hadn't really thought about it until now. It wasn't too strange for me that people liked it because of its good animations, nice music and action sequences. But if you've been a "true" fan of Shingeki no Kyojin for a long time, have been acting like a missionary of it, or if this is the best thing you've watched/read in your life over the years, and you're still thinking the same thing at this point, I recommend medication.

Shingeki no Kyojin, no matter if you hate it or if you love it, is definitely one of the most popular anime ever made. The first time it dropped it was an instant hit, being beautifully animated by Wit Studio and with the great directing of Tetsurou Araki, you could see that the people watching it were passionate about and it and even better the people working on it were too. Sadly, there was a studio change because Wit couldn't keep up with the schedule and the man behind the original story Hajime Isayama obviously didn't know how to have the story keep a momentum, ... as he didn't know how to end the series, and at the end it turned out to be one of the worst endings ever made, with people even comparing it to the absolute terrible ending of Game of Thrones for good reasons.

Telling you that I have ever at any point liked Shingeki no Kyojin would be a lie, but I have been following the series for a long time and while I wasn't a fan of the first couple of seasons, mostly because of things most people could surely ignore, once it turned into The Final Season and the studio changed from Wit Studio to MAPPA the series was no longer salvageable. I mean, even if Wit Studio adapted this part of the series with the beautiful animation and cinematography they gave to all other seasons as, unless they changed what happens after the timeskip almost completely, it would still be shit. After all, the writing of the Avengers Arc is just all over the place, Armin doesn't deserve to be called a leader in any sense of the word, as he only convinces people that were even opposed to him in the past because he mastered Talk no Jutsu to levels Naruto couldn't even imagine using, and he is in the right because every other side wants to commit genocide (as apparently you need your enemy to be Hitler). I mean, I'm sure I don't have to say this, because anyone who understand how war works must already know it: there is nothing wrong with defending your nation from other nations that want to destroy yours, what Eren does is not fully black unlike what the series tries to despict it as, even if it turned out to be pretty stupid and nonsensical on the long run.

I'm not even a fan of this series but I remember when the ending of the manga dropped a couple of years back and damn, after laughing my ass off to what I was seeing, it came to me that this is absolutely disrespectful for all the people following the series, and it almost seems like Isayama has no respect for his own work either pulling out an ending like this one. It is a complete catastrophe and people were rightfully pissed at it for doing character assasination left and right, giving us some of the worst quotes I have ever seen like "Thank you for becoming a mass murderer for our sake" or "No, I don't want that! Mikasa finding another man...?! I want her to think about me and no one else for the rest of my life! Even after I die... I want to be in the front of her head for a while! Ten years, at least!". Armin being an absolute idiot and suddenly going from "I must stop Eren!" to "Thank you for everything Eren!" is absolutely bottom tier writing, and all this happened because of the character assasination I mentioned before. Eren's plans was just nonsense since the start, "I'll commit world genocide, but I don't actually want to do it and want to be stopped halfway through", if you didn't notice it, this is dumb, specially because as the plan didn't actually get carried out it means that while his friends lived, a couple of generations later they would all be killed. Eren doing that last cry for Mikasa when he never had any romantic interest in her across the entire series where he talks as if he was an incel is also a point of character assasination, and don't get me started on the Dove Eren. There's just so much wrong that I can't, I can just wonder how Dove Eren felt when he saw Mikasa with another man I guess.

It was also clearly obvious from the level of production ever since the first part of the Final Season premiered that MAPPA didn't actually care and just got the series to have another cash cow to milk: ugly backgrounds, shoddy CGI, so many lines as shadows on the character's necks for no clear reason, bad animation, terrible color palette, everything bad you could ask in a production was there, and even if these last 2 episodes looked a little better because they took some more time doing them, it is still far below the work that Wit Studio did 10 years before, even worse, it was even less intense that the very manga they were adapting despite having the tools to make it stand out even more. People were coping for years that the ending would be changed, but MAPPA was obviously leaving it as it was no matter how bad it is, there was no way they were changing the ending.

Tell me, it doesn't matter if you are a hater or if you have been a fan of Shingeki no Kyojin for 10 years at least, this is the ending you really wanted? This is the ending one of the most popular anime ever made deserved? After some point, the ending isn't even funny, it is just completely embarassing.

Thank you for reading.

Okay, as a person who read the ending the of manga first, I believe this was a bit better than what I was expecting. That is not to say it was what I wanted to see. In both this and the manga the ending of aot felt rushed, granted this feels version explains more on Ymir, Eren, and Mikasa interactions. The anime additions make the pace feel slow, extremely slow. AOT is a slightly above average story after you read/watch it, but as you are progressing through it for the first time it's a masterpiece. This is from the large amount of information not exposed ... to the reader until a certain point in the story. The author managed to do this well do to him planning backwards. He made rough idea of what he wanted the ending to be and made the story revolving on that ending. The problem comes in when the author was not that great of a writer at the start, and as his story making abilities were getting better, his original vision constrained him into to making this kind of conclusion. I would still recommend aot to others, but not as highly as before.

Rating:
Animation: 9.5
Plot: 6 (ending only) as a whole series: 7.8
Enjoyment: 8

Attack on Titan The Final Season Part 3 completely and utterly blew my expectations out of the water. It yet again proves why it is the greatest piece of fiction of all time. This is the absolute pinnacle of peak fiction. Nothing across all forms of media will come remotely close to being in the same stratosphere as this masterpiece. Masterful storytelling and is unequivocally the most exceptional piece of literature I or anyone will ever come across.

The story picks up with the highly regarded “Rumbling” Chapter 131, and is an awe-inspiring, gut-wrenching and highly emotional passage that reflects the brutalities and nuances of the ... world that Attack on Titan is set in. This 1 hour long episode is pure bliss to look at visually as the animation and artwork is top notch like it always has been. The OST that backs the episode is absolutely incredible and manifests an emotion inside the viewer like nothing else.

I'd like to reiterate once again that this adaptation is truly awe-inspiring and will be one of the last times you see the incredible body of work that Hajime Isayama has created come to life in the form of animation.
It's all ending soon, but until then, you have to keep moving forward, even in death and after death. Keep moving forward.
Godspeed.

Wow it's over. I truly do not understand the hatred people had for this ending, without going into spoilers I absolutely think this series could not have ended up any other way. A perfectly bittersweet end to an incredibly dark and expansive story, I believe that everything in this finale carried on well from what preceded it and even if I knew deep down what was going to happen I still wasn't fully prepared for it and it still really impacted me. I still remember watching every season from s2 onwards as it aired and I cannot believe this story has finally concluded, what an ... insane ride it's been and Shingeki no Kyojin has for sure cemented itself as a classic not only within anime but also within fiction itself, what a wonderful series.

Since it's release Attack on Titan has deliver great story-telling and world-building. The first couple of seasons were much like a comedy survivalesc type of story. However, by the latest seasons it has transformed into a military internacional genocide. The story kept expanding and expanding, and it's fun to look back at certain episode and think: "That character did this because of this other thing that will happen", that's the sign of a good structured story and AoT has it.
About the movie, it's an hour long episode which adapts a couple of manga chapters and sets a continuation in "Attack on Titan: The final season: ... Part 2" a mouthful of words saying that this is not the end quite yet.
The story has some interesting points to it and there is a bit more of character development, always a good thing. MAPPA has not cut the budget with the animation, looks as good as the best episodes of the last season. with good fighting scenes and break times in between.
All in all, it's a fundamental part of the story of AoT, so if you have come into the point of having watched all previous seasons, this will not dissapoint anyone.

Kind of a let down.
What worked for this show was the spectacle, having genuinely entertaining twists and it seeming like it would have something insightful to say eventually--ultimately it didn’t. In some ways maybe it tried to have elements of something like Evangelion’s avant-garde ending, and again lacked the actual emotional insight that had.

The fighting lacked stakes and just felt empty like a bland blockbuster's climactic battle where more enemies supposedly makes it better. The addition of the political conspiracy stuff in season two did end up working by season three, but it’s gotta have the dark fantasy tragedy action to go with ... it–this was just action, and not even that well-choreographed (though there were some cool moments of course) and just felt like padding. Also Mikasa and Eren’s love story is barely developed so I don’t know why so much time is spent on it.

The best stuff this show had was the simple humanity barely surviving while looking cool as steampunk spidermen-people fighting flesh-mech titans in well-choreographed fights. That stuff rules and when this show is leaning into that and firing on all cyclinders it's phenomenal.

Ultimately it never beat its first season, had a major dip in quality in the second season, took too long to get good again (not until some time in the third season), and then didn't stick the landing in the end.

Finally this disaster is over
Good ideas, an interesting plot, ruined by a bad development of characters, a protagonist ruined by the author, and a conclusion that doesn't close the plots but raises more doubts.
It was worth it? Is it justified to approve a work if in general it was good and the ending is a disaster? No. The ending is the cherry on the dessert. It's what closes all the plots. It's the light at the end of the tunnel. If after the best banquet they feed me shit, i'm not going to give the restaurant a five.
Shingeki no Kyojin was just that. A ... promising banquet, that ended up destroying my palate with one of the most disrespectful endings to the consumer ever created.
Goodbye SNK. Never revive this work and let it die in peace.