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A true classic.

Possibly the greatest shonen of all time.

The story is both unique and incredibly generic, and it blends these two opposites into something amazing.

The art style evolves amazingly and beautifully, with countless iconic panels.

The characters are all also unique and generic, they have manga paradigms, but they are writter in extra detail and complexity.

... This manga proves that you don't need deep Shakespearean-level concerning the basics of human suffering to be amazing, just hot blooded action, over the top fun, dumb humor, extreme suspension of disbelief, and the ability to not take yourself seriously to the be the absolute greatest.

And most importantly, this manga taught me the importance of PP training.

Attack on Titan is without a doubt my second favorite manga of all time, trailing only behind the godly masterpiece Berserk.

The final chapter was a near-masterpiece if you give it enough thought.

Eren killed his mom to avoid making an alternate timeline. It seems time in Attack on Titan works similarly to Steins;Gate. A fixed timeline where what's happened, happened, and the actions you take cant change what Eren saw. The endgame was always a world without titans. Eren saw the future and could only act in a way to make the future happen the way it did.

Ymir was waiting for Mikasa to show her love. ... Mikasa showed her love for Eren by killing him. A prerequisite for love. Ymir thought she loved King Fritz, but she was a slave and couldn't love him, love requires free will. A robot cant love because it has no free will, even if it's programmed to say it loves you.

Mikasa showed Ymir that she loved Eren, and had free will by killing Eren, even though she was to protect him as an Ackerman, breaking the idea of the Ackerman bloodline, and proving she had free will, sticking a finger up to destiny. Ymir then created a world where people were free and got rid of the titans.

The rumbling and Mikasa killing Eren were required to create a world without the titans. The events were set when Eren saw it.

Eren claimed he wouldn't let faith determine the future. The tragedy is that Eren's drive for freedom was probably predetermined in itself. Bringing up concepts of free will vs determinism. Like how Kenny said, "everyone is a slave to something."

If he didn't kill his mom through Dina, the Smiling Titan would have eaten Bertholt, and Armin wouldn't become the armored titan. It already happened so Eren resigned to his destiny.

But without the power of the founding titan, the ability to see through time, there's nothing to be observed, and thus humans are free to make their own destiny. Eren sacrificed his life and humanity for everyone.

Eren's character wasn't butchered. The ending showed that a person can be selfless and selfish at the same time before they die, Eren being the latter.

For chapters, Eren seemed like an alpha chad, but in the end, he was revealed to be a regular person. I find this better than making him completely nonhuman, makes him more believable. Eren was putting up a facade to make his eventual death not hurt the ones he loved even more. He knew what was coming.

Well-written characters are nearly never perfect unless you're writing a comedy. Eren had flaws and that's what's great about him. Not wanting to die is a normal human reaction to being faced with death. You'd cry if you were in his position, stop lying.

It's blatantly obvious that Ymir had Stockholm Syndrome, which is a real thing, her love for the king is entirely understandable and plausible, although sick and disheartening.

Eren made a future for Historia's child, while she was pregnant she was still not free, as she was furthering the cycle of titans, but when Eren rid the world of titans her baby was free. Even if there was still an impending war, her baby wasn't going to be a slave in a sense.

The ending was incredibly rushed and should have been spread out over chapters and explained more, but it was good. It was realistic and open in a way that lets you finish the story for yourself. In most anime we'd get a more fantastic and illogical ending, I enjoy the fact that Isayama wrote such a plausible one.

There are errors, such as how Eren didn't try to fight the future, as it's not in Eren's character to submit to fate, or anything really. It's possible that the timeline kept repeating and Eren was tired of trying again and again, but that's a long stretch based on arguably faulty reasoning.

9.5/10.

Thank you Isayama.