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Flawless masterpiece.

Shakugan no Shana is the perfect example of how to write a story with beginning, middle and end, a story that doesn't throw away its themes and ideas and commits to them to the very end.

The third season of this show is not only one of the best anime ever made, it also makes the two previous seasons better in retrospect. What seemed like a regular paranormal anime is now the first step in a fullfiling journey.

A masterpiece is not something that is perfect but something in which the good overshadows the bad and Takahashi's-san writing accomplishes that like a really hot, burning ... flame.

Picture Ellen Ripley in the movie Aliens. Now imagine if, instead of trying to save Newt, she said "Nah, screw the kid, I'm outta here" in the middle of the final fight. To add salt to the wound, remember that Ripley risked her life to save a cat from an Alien in the previous film.

That is exactly the kind of assassination to which Attack on Titan submits its characters in the span of a single chapter (Or 45 pages).

Sadly, there isn't a really good cut-off point (Like volume 48 of Bleach or volume 7 of Death Note, etc) unless you don't mind ending your reading ... in one of the massive cliffhangers. Though none of them pay-off in the long run, so it's a "Pick your poison" kind of deal.

The fact that it goes downhill at the last possible moment only makes it the more infuriating.

This manga will only leave you unfulfilled or in denial at the thought of the massive wasted potential.