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attack on titian review

In the early 2000s, a college student named Hajime Isayama was working in a café when suddenly someone grabbed him by the collar violently. It was this, “the fear of meeting a person I can't communicate with,” that inspired a brilliant idea of writing what now would be the best anime of the decade. Attack on Titan is a dark fantasy manga (Japanese comic) that got turned into an anime. The anime gained a lot of popularity very rapidly and for a good reason. The show hurt me, it broke me in the most beautiful way, every episode left me with so many unanswered questions, every episode left a big impact on me as a person, it changed my sense of morality, the way I view life, it truly took me the whole new perspective.

Now theirs a lot of reason A.O.T is good but some of the main ones are:

The main storyline:

The anime/manga is set in a world where humanity lives peacefully inside cities surrounded by three enormous worshiped walls that have been built for a century, these walls protect them from a gigantic man eating creatures called titans, one day unexpectedly a titan larger than the 3rd outer wall (wall Maria) breaks it causing chaos destruction and fear leaving other titans to enter, titans start devouring humans at high rates as the main character Eren Jagear and his friends try to find his mother so they can enter the second wall and seek coverage but it’s too late, he watches as his own mother gets eaten alive, her shoe drooping symbolizing her leaving her son behind, in that very moment Eren swears that he’ll take revenge and slaughter all titans and give humanity hope for freedom since he’s always looked at the walls as if they are cages blocking him from the outer world ( it’s pretty ironic since the walls are what used to protect them ) then the real story begins following him entering the scouts regiment building relationships with other characters, and very unexpected plots that will change the whole course of the story.

  The well written characters:

Attack on titan by far has the best written characters. each character has their own unique personality, different interest, different point of views, a motive and a dream, weaknesses and strengths, yet they all are relatable and have one thing in common; they all are trying to survive or save their loved ones at least. We always see them learning and improving from each other, even balancing each other.  For example Armin lacks physical strength yet he has a good head on his shoulder while Eren is the opposite, he tends to let his emotions and humanity take over him. And in one scene Eren was refusing to kill Annie even if it was self defense thinking it was inhumane as he heard those words “To surpass monsters, you must be willing to abandon your humanity.” – Armin Alert. The story is also shown from every character point of view and that left us wondering if maybe Eren is in the wrong, maybe he’s the bad guy . Yet in the same time he’s the hero? The story is the same yet the point of views are changed and the audience are left to think for themselves, and the change of him from being the oppressed to being the oppressor was brilliant. The whole story was a big example of ‘’I can’t blame you nor you can blame me’’.              

As Armin once said “A good person? Well… I don’t really like that term. Because to me, it just seems to mean someone who’s good for you. And I don’t think there’s any one person who’s good for everyone.”

Diversity and awareness:

growing up it was hard for me to relate to characters, there wasn’t any diversity whatsoever. Male characters were superior while female characters were never taken seriously, not mention they always had to live up to the white beauty standards that were limiting to so many children. In attack on titan  they empowered all genders, personalities, bodies, races , and they did it in a proper way to show awareness for example every female character wasn’t sexualized nor objectified like most shows do and were written as proper humans with feeling and motives they were also respected an seen as equals with the male characters sometimes even stronger , as for appearance we see both woman and men with different unique features , a lot of the characters have a hooked/roman  noses, the strongest character is also the shortest,  Onyankopon is a dark-skinned man with black hair styled in a short crew cut and when someone asked him why his skin was dark showing ignores he simply answered by saying: because our creator thought it would be interesting if there was a mix of people, we got created cause we were wanted. The anime also explores other issues like parental abuse, in one seen a character was screaming calling out to her father apologizing while getting eaten by a titan and screaming this was a sign of trauma caused by her father’s abuse in the past. In other scenes we see parents manipulating their children or guilt tripping them into doing what they want for example historia and annie, Another thing the show raised awareness towards governmental corruption the show showed people abusing their authority multiple times and in one seen a  we see a soldier with access to governmental equipment selling them illegally. The government also had a history of lying to the citizens and hurting those who were brave enough speak the truth (Erwin’s father was killed) In season 2 the government falsely accused the 104 cadets by committing crimes against the crown and they sent people to kill them illegally just because they were discovering the truth. The list goes on and on of the governments greediness.                                                                                                                

The dark themes and mixed emotions:

“The world is merciless, and it's also very beautiful.”- Mikasa.  as I said before the show showed some serious problems and the dark realistic sides  the world in general and with these situations we are bound to get a lot of emotions like regret , feeling used, hopelessness, feeling stuck, losing touch with humanity, losing sight of you goals , betrayal, and more yet in the same time the show showed that in darkness there’s always some light , you see people stuck in a conflict find that they’re actually very similar to each other and becoming lovers, we see Armin achieving his long dream of wanting to see the ocean in with his own eyes , we see characters improving to the best version of themselves . The anime ended with our lovable main character dying and getting buried under the same tree he would sit under with the person he loved the most before the war, which was truly a bittersweet ending.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

Attack on titian was very bittersweet and an emotional roller-coaster and it hurt me in the most beautiful way possible, it changed my morals, my views on life, it helped me learn valuable lessons. The anime is a masterpiece and I recommend it for everyone Possible.

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Mikasa, hange annie and levi with an s/o who they thought had sacrificed themselves but they later turn up alive thanks

(Sorry If Annie's is a bit short, she may be ooc cause I've never written for her before)

Mikasa

It had been months and everyone, including Mikasa was convinced you were dead despite the hope that came with not seeing you eaten or flesh torn to pieces. She threw herself into training, rarely stopping and oftentimes the only sleep she got was when she passed out from exhaustion. So, it was shocking for everyone when your unconscious body turned up outside Wall Sina battered, bruised, and bloody but otherwise unharmed for someone who was supposed to be dead. Mikasa wasn’t informed of your reappearance until about a week later, after you’d been awake and speaking for two days ready to go back home. Everyone left the two of you alone after everyone in the camp had witnessed her sprint in your direction after Connie had accidentally let it slip that you were back. She wanted to know everything, where you were, what happened, how’d you get back, etc. But wasn’t about to pressure you about it. She plays it pretty cool but you can tell she’s relieved and so is everyone else because now there was no fear that she was gonna work herself to death.

Levi

He knew it was a horrible idea. From the very beginning he tried to talk you out of it up until you had dashed into that forest full of titans effectively getting the giants to chase you as you lead them away from the rest of the team. Poor man didn’t have time to grieve properly as he tried to keep everyone else alive. Nobody had expected you to come back, Levi was even in the middle of selecting a burial vessel for your body when you bound through the doors looking dead on your feet and with the amount of blood that covered you you managed to look mere minutes from death's doorstep but that didn’t matter to him, he was simply glad you were back in some-what one piece.

Hange

Man bestie already has to deal with Levi’s grumpy ass but adding on your reckless ass? She’s goin crazy thinking about you going out there amongst the titans having already lost so many friends and comrades to them. But you insisted you’d be fine, that you’d come back to her so she let you go. She waited weeks and slowly those weeks turned into months and they were just about to declare you dead when you barged into the room and crooked, beat up grin on your face before you collapsed finally safe to rest.She was overjoyed at your return and knew it would happen eventually despite everyone else believing you had died.

Annie

She wasn’t a fool, she knew there was a higher chance of you dying then returning. She absolutely blew up when you’d suggested using yourself as bait which led to fighting between the two of you before you left and made the fact that you indeed hadn’t returned with the others much more painful. An entire year passed before your barely conscious body turned up bruised and bloody and the argument long forgotten as she all but threw people out of the way to see you.

hi valmendy! i love your art! have you ever thought of drawing marlowe? 🥺

Marlo +annie and jean

IM SCREAMING!! TIKTOK IS SO FUNNY

Not Annie’s parents dropping her off like thissss

They could’ve at least put her in a basket or something

OH MY GOD 💀💀💀

If Eren announced late.

(I’m very proud of my last panel) Full glory of Jean’s butt available on twitter here.

Capa para a fanfic “Para meu querido Armin” escrito por Saky para a seção de Shingeki no Kyojin (nossa, tô fazendo muita capa de SNK ultimamente né? fiquei até feliz OINDAWOINDAOWIN) com foco nos personagens Armin e Annie.

Fazer capas de recorte e colagem para mim são extremamente divertidos, acho que acabou se tornando minha categoria preferida depois das manipuladas (sim, eu amo fazer capa manipulada, masoquista talvez? -qq) ai tipo acabou sendo extremamente relaxante, eu nem reclamei na TL como normalmente eu reclamo para tudo que eu edito OINDAWOINDAODWIN

E gente, olha aquele Armin no caderno, fui eu gente fui eu que “desenhei” DBAIUWDBIAUWDB será que existe um espírito de artista dentro de mim? porque é a segunda vez que sigo esse estilo e ficou tão mimosinho o Armin ali no caderno, tô toda bobinha olhando até agora (mas finge que quem desenhou foi a Annie nessa fanfic, não eu -qq)

E é isso, se inspire! Não copie! Artes Oficiais utilizadas na edição e créditos aos donos de todos os recursos utilizados, como o stock, psd’s e png’s.

Yoooo the girls are kisning REAL! HAPPY PRIDE!!! (requests are from r/okbuddyreiner lol)

Here's a random, quick, and not completely thought through anime take:

Okay, so I'm rewatching AoT (for like, at least the 8th time), and I'm on S3 Ep 15. If you forget which one that is, it's in the reclaiming of Wall Maria arc, and it begins with a flashback to the reclaiming of Trost arc showing us how Marco actually died. **Spoiler alert if you haven't seen it yet: He overhears Reiner and Bertholdt talking abt their titan forms, and they tackle him onto a roof/front door overhead, have Annie strip him of his ODM gear, and leave him there for a titan to eat.

Now, while I do blame Reiner, Annie, and I guess Bertholdt (though he didn't do much), I can't help but feel like Marco could've survived at least a bit longer. Why? Well, unless they broke his legs and the anime just skipped over that, I thought of a couple of ways off the top of my head:

Way 1 – the window: If he turned his head to the left, he would notice a window, which Annie threw his ODM gear through, which created a hole big enough for his arm to fit through and which very clearly had the ability to open. He could've easily put his arm through and opened the window from the inside and crawled in before the titan got to him OR if he didn't have enough time, he had boots, so just kick the window in and crawl through.

Way 2 – the door: He coulda just rolled his ass off the roof (yes, it's sorta high, but not THAT high) and kicked in the door or any nearby door.

Again, that is unless, of course, they broke his legs, and the anime just skipped over that part, but even then, the window is a valid option.

Not finishing but it’s good enough to post lol.

Missed her 😭