/skips smart introduction
For you people who have resisted the wave called Attack on Titan, the story is set in a world in which humanity has had to protect itself from the attacks of huge creatures that just happens to love eating human beings. To do so it built walls that should not have been able to be destroyed by Titans. Except one day it does and changes Eren and his friends’ lives forever.
To be completely honest, Attack on Titan was not initially part of my watching list because it did not seem like something I would fall in love with, I figured it would be at best entertaining and decided against it. Then everyone started to fall in love and I just had to follow, because I hate to be left out of fujoshi fests. (And then I felt left out anyway but that is another story.)
That being said, I still do not find the story anything special. I was spoilt to death even before it started so I will not do that to you too, but even so I found many things to be very predictable.
I still do.
The plot is easy enough to follow, young people are trapped in events that are too big for them and do their best to save themselves and the world because they are selfless like that. One more in the never-ending flow of stories about heroes trying to save the world. In the end, what I liked best about this particular story is that it is somehow intimate. See, it is not mainly an anime about a big war against titans, it is an anime about human struggles inside this war and how they deal with it and how powerless humans are against some kind of things.
I think that this is the main thing that drew me inside the story. Somehow, many things that have happened hit close to home.
The same goes with characters, I felt very close to many of them, they felt very human to me.
First is obviously Eren, he is annoying and does not change much from the very beginning until the end, but I liked to see him struggle with what he wanted to do and what is the best path to take to this goal. Mikasa’s is admirable, I do find her to be a sad character but it makes her all the more worth of admiration. Armin’s self-control and intelligence too are awesome, and somehow, he is even more awesome in the manga, he probably is one of my favorite character.
My favorite though is Erwin Smith, the commander of the Scouting legion, you can never really know what he is thinking, probably the most mysterious character of the series, thus also the most interesting.
Levi deserves a shout out as well (else I’m going to be yelled at), I found him more endearing and easy to relate to than most people made him to be. I swear he is a nice guy deep down.
That being said, I think I could keep on talking about these characters for a while, as I said they were probably the highlight of the show, everyone seems there for a reason and gives something special to the story. It is quite an achievement.
The music was awesome, as usual with Hiroyuki Sawano. The art is tolerable at best but they somehow managed to make it easier to look at than in the manga so it is fine.
A strong recommendation on my part.
