Review: A Fitting End to Attack on Titan

Attack on Titan is ultimately an anime about what it means to be free.

Ten years after the first episode of Attack on Titan, the anime ended with a finale that did not disappoint.

The series began with the main characters—Eren Yeager, Mikasa Ackerman, and Armin Arlert—fighting from within a walled city against man-eating titans that have brought humanity to the brink of extinction. Season after season, the show used that premise as a jumping off point for exploring deep and fascinating ideas, as heroes and foes joined forces to fight censors, corrupt leaders, and other threats to individual choice.

"In what way are you free?" Armin asks Eren in the final battle to determine the fate of humanity. Beneath all the violent action, Attack on Titan is ultimately an anime about what it means to be free. Over the course of the show, freedom turns out to have a different meaning for everyone—freedom from war, freedom from repression, freedom from segregation, freedom from love.

Creator Hajime Isayama gives us a world filled with morally ambiguous battles, forcing the viewer to contend with the messy reality of politics and war. Everyone has to get their hands dirty—even Eren himself, who squares off against his closest friends after becoming a genocidal titan. Yet this dark, cruel world leaves you with a glimmer of hope that the desire for freedom will triumph, cementing its place as an anime masterpiece.

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[A Cynical Asshole]

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[Sandra (formerly OBL)]

"cementing its place as an anime masterpiece"

I haven't watched enough anime to compare AoT to the other big names like One Piece. But IMO it's equal to, or better than, many of the popular live action shows of the past couple decades.

For instance it handled the protagonist-turned-antagonist development...

"Eren himself, who squares off against his closest friends after becoming a genocidal titan"

...more skillfully than a certain T&A-fest on HBO.

#Sasageyo!

[mad.casual]

I’ve watched my share of anime along the years beginning back with Akira. I’ve only seen about half of AoT (and none of “a certain T&A-fest on HBO"). I think, thanks to the cultural divide, a lot of the ho-hum and/or niche anime gets filtered out. So that there’s anime out there that’s going to not going to be your cup of tea, but it’s still going to be well above average.

The sort of situation where your neighbor’s back yard is overgrown with crappy barely-legal tentacle porn and your yard is overgrown with crappy semi-androgynous girl-boss elves and witches so anything that survives in your yard has to be better than both barely-legal tentacle porn *and* crappy androgynous girl-boss elves and witches (and reciprocal in their yard).

[Ben of Houston]

Are you the prey? No, we are the hunters.

Flowers with their names forgotten Trampled into dust they’re fallen Birds with broken wings are crying Wind can never take them flying Waste your precious moments praying But god’s not here and nothing’s changing if you want to fix your fate then change it with determination

Pigs will sneer at the steadfast as we climb o’er the dead keep advancing ahead. Live your life in peace like you’re just a sheep but wolves will never lose their freedom

I always liked Johnathan Young's translation better than the official