Anime 51535 Shingeki No Kyojin The Final Season - Kanketsu-hen Reviews Filter Check 3

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.

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."

""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.

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.

Now this is what I call a dumpster fire.

Don’t know how anyone can recommend this finale other than dwelling on pure sentimental values; I was seriously wondering whether I was watching a different show in a parallel universe. Isayama spent an entire season building Eren’s manipulative and dark persona only to squash it in the last 25 minutes of the show with a wimpy meltdown. Eren, who never displayed a single ounce of romantic interest towards anyone in the series, did a 180 at the end as a cheap fan service just to check the box. Needless to say, my jaw dropped to the floor. ... Character assassination at its finest - not cool.

To be fair, ever since the ability to transcend time was revealed I had an inkling that this anime was going to turn to shit, and it did, as evidenced by what REALLY went down with Eren’s mom. I’m sorry but this is just sloppy writing; when you can change anything past/present/future incoherence is bound to happen. Seasons 1-3 were phenomenal and should have concluded then, instead we got another season of unnecessary drama with Gabi/Falco and the alliances (who in my opinion added zero value to the story but that’s a rant for another day). However I’m glad this journey is finally over, because when attack on titan becomes an attack on logic you know it’s beyond salvage.

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.

When did this series go bad?

I can exactly pinpoint the moment the series went down the Mariana Trench. Episode 81 "Thaw". From then on dumb shit became the norm for this series, including but not limited to: every shot projectile will miss the target without fail and a new unheard of ability of the titans, that most likely not even Eren or THE FOUNDER know about, was unlocked when the plot needed it most, completely out of the blue. I agree with Annie, I also didn't know titans would really be able to fly, HOW CONVINIENT! TRULY A MIRACLE! Also, wasn't Ymir's intention to ... kill them all? Then why when she had Pieck completely stuck she didn't finish her off? Or just straight up tell them to stop since she is THE FOUNDER, they would have had no choice but to listen. Why didn't she just yeet Armin 10 km away if she saw him as a great danger or, once again, just tell him to stop. What happened to the archer warhammer titans and beast titans after they landed? I think it would have been so easy to just summon thousands of them and shoot our protagonists into oblivion, but I guess since the projectile guaranteed miss rule is active it wouldn't have made sense to do that. XD.

The most infuriating thing in this series, surprisingly, is not the level of plot armor that is making "Demon Slayer" jealous, it is, in fact, the characters. So, let me get this straight, you were invaded by some evil people that LITERALLY KILLED YOUR FAMILIES, and then you suddenly become best friends who look out for each other. These people ACTUALLY killed their childhood friends, people that they knew for years and grew up with, shot them in the fucking head without much hesitation, in order to help their mortal enemies. One revolting instance of this happening is when Jean is holding Reiner so he doesn't fall and get trampled and says to him: "We're Scout Regiment"-TO FUCKING REINER, the one who killed Marco, a memeber of the "Scout Regiment" and many many others. XDD.

Yeah this series is trash now which is really sad. I am currently at the 26 minute mark of the 2nd episode seeing if I can endure the finale, so pray for me! I need it!

In my review, I won't delve into every plot hole or flaw; that would take far too long, given the disappointing finale of the series. Instead, I'll concentrate on what I believe is the series' most egregious writing misstep: the character development of Eren.

Many argue, following the series conclusion, that Eren's character was consistent throughout—that he was always destined to be the character we see in the end. However, even assuming this was actually the intended trajectory, it does not equate to it being a well-executed narrative choice.

Eren's journey throughout the series is marked by significant change. He evolves from an emotional crybaby, somewhat naive ... youngster into a symbol of freedom—a stoic warrior prepared to make grave sacrifices for his people's sake. This transformation is central to the story and to Eren's role within it.

However, the abrupt reversal in Eren's character in the final chapter is jarring and unsatisfying. Author Hajime Isayama had carefully crafted Eren's image as a determined, unyielding leader, only to dismantle this perception abruptly at the series' climax. Eren reverts to his earlier, more vulnerable self, which feels like a regression rather than a progression of his character. This change is so drastic that some fans speculate that Eren's previously depicted stoicism was merely a facade, suggesting that his internal monologues were a form of self-deception. However, this interpretation seems implausible and contradicts the depth and complexity of Eren's character development up to that point.

Compounding this issue is the introduction of a romantic subplot involving Eren and his childhood friend Mikasa, despite there being no previous indication of romantic interest between them other than two or maybe three act of normal brotherly love. In fact, Isayama himself has stated in various interviews that he viewed their relationship as exclusively familial, stating that he would find any romantic development extremely weird, thus making the sudden romantic turn feel more like unplanned fan service than a thoughtfully developed story element.

While subverting expectations can be a powerful storytelling tool, the effectiveness of such a twist depends on how well it aligns with the established narrative and character arcs. In the case of Eren, the last-minute revelation is forced and inconsistent.

Although Isayama has the creative freedom to take his characters in unexpected directions, the lack of foreshadowing or subtle build-up to Eren's final emotional state detracts from the impact of this twist. The abrupt change from a determined warrior to a tearful, conflicted figure creates a sense of dissonance that seems more like a narrative oversight than a deliberate, meaningful choice in storytelling.

This lack of convincing writing stems from a flawed premise: that the series' conclusion inherently justifies the journey leading up to it. The idea that the end result is a validation of the entire narrative process is a fallacy, especially when the path to that conclusion lacks coherency and fails to resonate with the character developments previously established. In the case of Eren, the final chapters unravel the intricately built character arc, leaving fans with a sense of betrayal rather than closure. It's not just about the destination but also about the journey, and in this journey, the seams of rushed and inconsistent storytelling become glaringly evident.

The only reason why I gave it a 7 is because the action scenes were phenomenal. There you go. Watch at your own risk. This anime made me feel not well. I had to watch this because this anime was my favorite until Eren became the Antichrist. Isayama the creator believes and talks about the Darwin's theory of evolution and he also believes there is a hell. In the last episode he mentioned both. He wants us to love the Antichrist Eren and worship him. Eren and Armin hug and say they will both be together in hell like it's some good thing. The truth ... is far from that. There is no way you could love one another in that horrible place of destruction.

I wish I never watched Attack On Titan. I wish I could erase it from my memory. This man Isayama destroyed me. He hurt me and so many fans who paid for his manga and watched his anime. I paid for his manga. Why did he hurt me so? I loved Eren. I loved this anime so much the characters gave me joy and happiness with them fighting for what's right. I thought about selling my manga because every time I see it on my shelf it makes me sick. But why would I make anyone else get into this story which hurt me so? The only right thing would be to burn it. I have thought about burning the volumes. But that's what nazis did so Im not going to. Do you think this manga deserves to be burnt?
Something so beautiful can turn into something so ugly.

Hajime Isayama said :" If I had one final wish in this lifetime, I would hope that this adaptation will bring happiness to the long-time fans who have enjoyed Attack on Titan."

This mangaka has said how Eren represents himself. This story can represent many things:
1. You can know and love a person for let's say 3 years this person is your friend and loved one. Suddenly he changes. Hurting you.
2. The mangaka is a neo Nazi
3. Satanic agenda.

"The story was planned this way from the start" - this is just a complete lie. It is very clear that the author sold his soul and signed a contract with the globalist satanist who made him change the story because they saw the popularity it got. They don't miss a chance like this.
If you go to this man's blog you will see he is happy. He has lots of money, he is married. And you?
Why would you stress and suffer in pain and depression because of this horrible ending, while he is enjoying his life. You should just move on and be happy because you aren't as empty as this person who will be judged for his actions. God sees everything. The Satanic agenda making you think how everything is pointless, making you feel depressed. Don't fall for this scam.

To celebrate the end of this phenomenally exhausting series, i would take this chance to finally explain some of the plot points on why i think this series, overall, just isn't good fiction!

Firstly, let me just say this: Attack On Titan works wonderfully as a thriller-survival anime. The first three seasons are some of the best and the most original concepts of horror i've ever seen in this medium. But when the infamous "Final Season" starts, then suddenly there's this huge shift of tone: from a grounded, very tactical and scientific approach, into a grandiose, very political and eldritch perspective, this series just falls apart.

My ... main criticism is mostly on how Isayama constructed the lore and world building of this series. You could defend it whatever you want, all I'm gonna say is: try to watch the timeline explanation of this series on YouTube, and imagine if Isayama actually started this series from the very beginning of that timeline. There's really no need for that huge shift of tone in the middle of the show, because it is truly just two different stories prematurely stitched together. I would not have as much of an issue with it, if from the very start it was just consistently all about politics. But we all know the main appeal of why we started watching this series, right? and we all know which element is the key to why it became so successful in the first place, right?!!

Once we step into the greater picture of the lore and world-building, things get really sucky and shallow!. Because it's basically just: "Any conveniences that Isayama wants, he will create."

What is the explanation behind the decision of a specific ancient creature, a Hallucigenia, could create Giants?

Why did this fictional giant race suddenly get the privilege of having an "ancestral plain"?

Why Ymir suddenly could decide everything? I mean yeah, it's her body parts. But limiting the age of the titan successor, choosing a specific line of family to get the privilege of controlling, and touching her descendants would lead to activate her grand plans? There's a limit to how much convenience is accepted as a logical thing, even in a fiction!

Why does the so-called "Founding Titan" have the ability of seeing past and the future?

Why the ability of seeing the past and the future, suddenly including the ability to be there physically, not just accessing the memory through a first person POV?

So it's not just seeing anymore then, it's also time travel? Because Eren, if all of this is consistent, should not be able to influence anything to anyone through a mf memory!!!!

Oh, you want the Giants to be easily duplicated? Sure, it could be done through Zeke's bodily fluids.

Oh, you want the giants to be easily summoned? Sure, they're sensitive to your voice, so you just have to shout really loud.

Oh, you want a massive army of Giants to trample the world? Sure, these giant walls actually have giants inside of them. Yeah! Giants could freeze and create a perfect clean concrete!

They also could crystallize some of their body parts, in case you want to trap somebody.

They can also be controlled remotely. As long as it's connected, you actually don't have to be in the main body.

They also could be revived after death. Are you familiar with a particular ninja story who uses a specific jutsu called "Edo-Tensei", to bring back temporary images of all the famous death characters? Sure, the Giants could also do that!

Oh wait, the chosen giant could erase memory as well! Well screw me, they seemed could do practically anything at this point!

All I'm trying to say is: The Final Season, or just the story outside of Paradis Island, is the part when Attack On Titan basically threw all the logical and scientific thinking out of the frickin window!

I don't fucking care anymore! Just take this rumbling of a frustration with a grain of salt!

Alright, so let's talk about the ending of Attack on Titan. Honestly, I was pumped for it, but it left me feeling kinda meh. The pacing was like a race to the finish line, and I couldn't shake the feeling that they were just trying to tie up all the loose ends in a hurry. It's like they hit fast-forward and skipped over the emotional build-up we'd been craving.

And the characters, oh boy. They took some turns that left me scratching my head. I mean, we've seen these guys grow and evolve throughout the series, and suddenly, it's like they pulled a 180 on us. ... Some choices were cool, but others felt out of left field and didn't quite click with what we knew about them.

Can we talk about the comparisons to Game of Thrones? It's hard not to. Both started strong, and we were all hoping for a jaw-dropping finale. Unfortunately, Attack on Titan stumbled a bit in that department. It's like they had this incredible world and story, but the ending felt more like a "let's get this over with" than a grand finale.

Look, I get it, endings are tough. But when you've invested so much time in a series, you want the payoff to be worth it. Attack on Titan had its moments of brilliance, for sure, but the ending might leave you with a mix of emotions. The journey was wild, but the destination might not be everyone's cup of tea.

Well.... here we are, my work of heart, the one I cherished for years! the one that made me like mangas!

Destroyed by an end worthy of the greatest disaster.... a catastrophic and completely illogical development dismantling the best character of the work!

An end that could have been original but that in the end is so simple and unitile... Years of loyal service so that the author unfortunately makes an average ending that resembles enormously for purposes of other works!

The work will remain a masterclass until the big terassement unfortunately this end will haunt me and I will follow the project "SNK Reqiuem" of person thinking ... like me! So I can have at least a little less disgust!

I speak of course of these two episodes which seems really illogical compared to the stakes of the eouvre since the beginning!

Isayama sabotaged Attack on Titan's story with predeterminism, there's not much else to say. The conclusion fails at being conclusive in pretty much every aspect except for the themes and message I guess, the rest is either unsatisfying, flawed, rushed, lazy or predictable. If I only cared so much about the themes and the message, I would be reading La Fontaine's Fables instead.
The ending is “good enough”. I expected better than “good enough” for a series of such quality.

In the end, I guess I was stupid to become so passionate about AoT, to theorize for years, and even more stupid to hope for an ... ending that meets my expectations.

But in a way I am even more sad for the people who managed to enjoy the ending, for they must have had so little expectations. This is partly due to the fact that the final season was delayed and segmented so much over the course of three years and that Anime onlies had been hearing that the ending was going to be dogshit from manga readers for years.
Congratulations to Isayama and Mappa for being able to sweeten the pill as much as they did with the Anime ending, for the normies.

I hate this ending. I'm here to give you the reasons why. If you want to you can go hate on me inside my profile page, I'm not here to appease the fanboys. I want to provide my opinion on this, this is not a hate piece on Attack on Titan just the ending please let me be clear this bad ending does not ruin the show for me and should not ruin the show for others however it is bittersweet. This is not a Game of Thrones Season 8 situation where one season ruins the entire show it's just these last 10 chapters.

"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 her life! Even after I die...I want her to be hung up on me for a while! Ten years at least!" This is actual dialogue from the show now I'm no expert in romance my pyscho mentally insane first wife left me in about a year after getting together. I'm still depressed does this ruin my credibility on making rationale critical reviews perhaps. But goddamn, in all the time Eren had he never had a care in the world for any romance with Mikasa. She has made repeated advances since they were children even after learning he had 13 years to live for a damn long time, this man still did not care. I get the author wanted to play into the EreMikasa fandom (even though Historia and Eren is a way better couple and isn't incest and yes banging your adopted siblings is incest get over it you miscreants). The dialogue is terrible and makes no sense. Maybe Isayama was voicing his own opinions on this kind of thing ( I relate heavily) but it’s so out of left field and makes no damn sense. Now he's worried about being cucked? You never even kissed her ffs. Now that we've taken a look at Eren let's analyze some other major let downs. Mikasa being able to free Ymir by killing Eren due to Ymir loving her rapist genocidal pedophile husband so much so that she wanted to kill herself but still serve him after she died? Fine. But how is this incredibly shocking and heavy plot development portrayed to us? It's hard to believe, but The Founder Ymir was in love with Karl Fritz. That's why Ymir's restriction has persisted for the last 2000 years. With no additional context of how such a contrived situation developed. What an asspull. In all fairness maybe this plot point deserves a pass because of the Stockholm syndrome Ymir gained from being with her husband from the time of 10.

Armin wanting to express his condemnation of Eren's actions while also reassuring him as a friend? Fine. But how is this incredibly complex series of statements and emotions shown to us? Eren. Thank you. You became a mass murderer for our sake. This is genocide apologia. He made a quote on quote terrible mistake HE KILLED BILLIONS and wiped 80% of the Earth wtf. YEAH GREAT BUT CAN WE TALK ABOUT HOW ELDIA WAS TURNED TO RUBBLE LATER WHAT WAS THE POINT IN STOPPING EREN?. Some other picks: Jean and his fellow corps having extremely emotional goodbyes only to become titans for a a few days only to be then instantly reverted back as if nothing happened. Yelena literally vanishing from the story this is not a case of Araki forgot which is an urban legend the great Hirohiko Araki would never forget Isayama would. Falco being able to fly and save the alliance just because of a memory. The alliance managing to fend off an assault by dozens of organized titan shifters with the only casualty being Levi's leg with unlimited thunder spears and gas for assurance.

Again I would like to reiterate my thank you to Isayama for all the hard work and great storytelling he made for the first 130 chapters of AOT the ending was terrible and I am allowed to say that. AOT is still one of the best anime in existence but the ending was bad.

Wait, is this real? Wait wait wait wait wait. Am I actually watched an end of Attack on 3D Titan right now? This is not a dream, it's actually adaptation by studio MOPPA(AKA the studio that steals good series from studio that ACTUALLY KNOW what adaptation is. A studio that gives their animators life time burnout and goal to become as big as Kyoto Animation in a short time but at the same time releasing a quality product and blah blah blah good luck with that.) and not a adaptation by some series fans youtube animators and fan writers that only wrote fanfics of twilight ... and harry potta. Nah nah nah is that real? Am I really watched it 10 minutes ago? HAHAHAHAHA.

Daym it's bad. This shounen writers love to just forget what logic is what good writing is what character development is what is conflict between interesting characters that have different idiologies is. That they have to pave the way for all characters to the final point of their story but we have Reiner that looove to smell Historia's letters.

*SPOILERS*
We have Annie and she gets nothing for her sins, everyone just forgave her, Reiner is forgiven too. Eren that did a little bit of genocide, wiped out 80% of human population created an ecological catastrophe because he is dumb and can't find another future he tried a lot of times btw. Well, I'll give him that he did what his character was made to do - save his loved ones and destroy enemies behind the wall. Isayama just decided to reset Eren's settings to his 10 year old self. Daym it's good, some new character reverse development.
If the explanation for Eren's actions was that that was THE ONLY future where his loved ones are happily lived their entire lifes it would leave less questions about Eren's actions. But if future paths are endless that means that there is a future somewhere where it could be done without genocide.

Mikasa isn't a character - she is an plot-armor-tool-for-the-story Ackerman undefeated soldier archetype. No interesting conflict, no development. And she is this importand character that Ymir waited for the whole time. Truly great choice.

Animation
I hate MOPPA's style. It's low frame, 3D titans weird decisions in 4th season when Zeke and little guy that looked like Hanji mooved like puppets, they added a lot of filters on top of the picture, contrast, chromatic aberration, made flares glow like in the Witcher 3 trailer at E3 and showed us beautiful slide show. No creative ideas and talanted animators like in Wit studio that truly showed us something out of this world when they animate ODM action scenes. They knew how to use music, they knew how to show us memorable scenes an THEY KNEW THAT ISAYAMA's ART IS BAD, so they changed it.

And oh boy this last shounen style big fight with j-pop playing in the background. MOPPA really nailed it! This studio was born to adapt this trully genius ending. I'm glad than Wit studio never touched it. It could've been better to leave just sad piano or nothing in the background and show us interesting dialogue between interesting character. But this feels like I'm watching the last episodes of My Hero Academia.

Wait, am I actually watched It? Is this really adaptation really exist? Wait wait wait, some people liked it? It had 8.94 score on MAL? DAYM WHAT A GREAT SERIES. HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA.

I think the feeling of disappointment made me give this anime a 1. To begin with, there will be no spoilers in this review, but the feeling is worse than that of Game of Thrones, the construction of the characters grew with each season and even with their difficulties, we viewers could understand, even when catastrophic and totally unethical decisions are made. We, although we didn't agree, understood. From the penultimate and final season onwards, the creator of the work begins to play between the lines of the characters' motivations, with their decisions becoming increasingly confusing and inconsistent with what was presented before. This is ... definitely the part that frustrates me, as if he didn't even know the characters themselves. Finally, I can't recommend anyone to watch this, it's a great journey that deteriorates more and more, the animation is 10, but it takes a complete backseat in an anime where the focus has always been the story, the despair caused by not being predictable at all. Finally, to end this review, I think the most incredible thing is that the anime manages to literally throw itself into the trash in the credits, and I think they are the perfect demonstration of what not to do in a work, the inconsistency is all evident there, it's very sad because it was one of my favorite animes, and unfortunately it ended the way it did.