I did say I would try to update this blog more often but laziness got the better of me. Well I do have something to post about finally I have caught up with Attack On titan, not only caught up with it but finished it as far the anime goes, and also read the last manga chapters to know the end (I couldn’t wait).

I’m not sure what I’m going to write below so be aware there may be spoilers from here on.

What an excellent show, as I previously mentioned I am an anime/manga virgin and this show was really my entry into the genre and I think I spoiled myself. I seem to have started with the best and possibly downhill from here. Well it was certainly a fun and enjoyable experience and changed my perceptions, I haven’t been this into a show of any kind for a real long time. It just grabbed me and never let go. It still hasn’t as I’m left wondering about things and questioning things. I’m very much looking forward to watching the series through again and picking up the foreshadowing and easter eggs I missed the first time around.

As for anime, up to this point it is nice to see how the Paradis Eldians put aside their differences to work with the Marley General and the Marley Titans – to fight against the common enemy and try to put a stop to the Rumbling and Eren’s plan. I had an inclination this would be the case. Despite Eren’s reasons for doing it it would just confirm the bias of the outside World that the Island Devils would do what they did. For me the choking moment was when the plane was atop the founding titan and the Marley Eldians saw the Paradis Eldians and the Marley titans fighting against one of their own in Eren’s Founding Titan.

Also Eren allowing them freedom of abilities means he wants them to fight and to win, which harks back to the start where he wants to kill them all – the Titans. In order to do this his friends must also kill him. The ending and what is to come will make for a thrilling piece of animation and I’m excited to see it. It will be an incredible fight.

The show leaves me with lots of questions and I’m looking forward to watching deep dives on the show and learning more. One for instance is was Eren in control and manipulated his mother getting eaten? It would be a perfect motive to destroy the outside World.

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As for the end I have to say I’m somewhat disappointed the fighting and Titan twist was excellent along with the killing of Zeke and Eren but after that it leaves me flat.

The original surviving 104^th Cadets now are envoys of Marley to show the World the Paradis Eldians are not the Island Devils they are believed to be. It seems a tentative World peace is achieved but through the decades as the Yeagerists push their political and military agenda War is inevitable and a modern day Paradis is bombed. So all the Rumbling to prevent a conflict was somewhat in vain, although with Paradis reaching modern era, it would be a fair fight.

The very end though gives me CJ GTA San Andreas vibes “Oh shit, here we go again!” with the child and dog stumbling upon Erens tree with the opening to go through. A parallel to Ymir and the start of this cycle of Titans. Does Eren’s power live on through the tree? Does the context of the child exploring contrast with the life/death of Ymir’s situation? It certainly leaves food for thought and who knows maybe a sequel in the future?

Whether the anime will be different but I would have liked to see more of the aftermath and how life altered post rumbling. It could have been better and on the flip side could have been worse.

It didn’t spoil the experience though and I’m still looking forward to the anime this Autumn. I am very happy Floch is dead, oh and fuck the Yeagerists!

So now I’m going to have a little break and then I may rewatch the show from the start along with the OVAs. I also plan to try Vinland Saga and Death Note and maybe something random on Crunchyroll.