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I'm not exagerating giving a 10/10 in almost every aspect of this manga.
Art is not really the forte of Isayama, even thought his style evolved over the years.
But when we talk about story and characters, Shingeki no Kyojin has a really rich universe, that transforms completely over its progression.

The final arc is completely the opposite of the feeling you get reading the first arc. You will begin loving/hating Eren Yaegar and will end hating/loving him.

It's totally worth it to keep reading, even if the begining feels a little like a cliché zombie manga. Every story note is gray, there's no evil, ... good or condemnable choice made by the characters, like in any other shonen, which makes the story more mature and grim.

If you're feeling a little hard to understand the action scenes, the anime adaptation is excellent.

I must say that my impressions are a little bit biased, because I'm from a culture of soap operas and telenovelas, thus, I don't see the dramatic points of the plot like a con.

That's a spoiler free review, feel free to read.

The story is a real dumpster fire, the plot could very well be from a random hentai from PornHub, but the author manages to work on a deeper and serious level about social taboos, relationships, growth, building up a carreer, depression, drugs and college. There's always a slice of life comedy tone sprinkled in the middle of it, and even though it ... breaks the tension, it prevents the story from being a dense and 100% mature work (like Oyasumi Punpun).

The plot twists and the melodrama are so over the top that instead of getting on the nerves for the absurdity, makes it even enjoyable, because they are the most predictable and most visceral outcome the narrative can take. You get yourself laughing and crying from plausible yet outrageous situations, cheers on and against characters, which made me read nearly 150 in one night.

And besides the art not being so distinct (actually, I think is pretty mediocre if isolated from the context), the panneling and composing of the scenes convey drama and emotions from the characters very well. Even bland characters can express a lot without the text.

It's not a piece of art, it won't change your point of view, or change your life perspective drastically, but when you read, is a pleasant, enjoyable time. With some really good sex scenes.

So far, so good.

I wasn't very excited for this remake for the start, because there would be some changes that I judge essential to the plot, like genderbent Shun and the amazons not wearing masks anymore. More so, the english dub went full Funanimation and changed the characters japanese names. Since I watched the br-portuguese dub, I didn't get the chance to get angry.

But despite that, the other changes were made not only to make the show more dynamic (resuming nearly 20 episodes from the original run to 6), and to cover some plotholes (like the adjusting the age of the characters and changing ... the motivation behind the Sanctuary hunting Saori).

Even though this changes for younger audiences were nice, others still bother a little. The soundtrack is poor in comparison to the original, and the fights are so short and with little tension that they lack the emotion from the manga and the 80s show.

Still, it's not such a disaster like older people claim. Let's clear this out: The new show is NOT for a nostalgic audience. The remake is a new presentation for younger audiences, and must be seen without nostalgic googles. The previous show wasn't destroyed because of this, it's even available at Crunchyroll, and soon at Netflix.

Even with its flaws, I'm eager to see the rest of the show when the last 6 episodes will be released.