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pu7pl3:
Okay, i salute you putting yourself in the line of fire for our sakes

oyaskii:
Attack on Titan S4 (2013 - 2023)

"I still think about how the human brain can create this level of fiction."

I saw the above line in a tweet one time, and it stuck with me. It made me commit to a second watch and truly grasp the scale of this all timer. You'd be surprised how much a second watch can change your perspective. Not being burdened with weekly episode drops, you begin to notice things you missed before. Your attention isn't stretched, so you're much better prepared to deconstruct it.

This is probably one of the hardest reviews I've had to write because... where do I even begin? 😩 It is so multilayered with intent. It's the kind of show where your perspective probably changes with each rewatch.

We used to chide Baddestguyp whenever he talked about it all the time, and it became his whole persona on here. But I totally get it now, because how genuinely can you watch this monster of a show and not want to talk about it at every slightest chance?

Eren Yeager is one of the most fascinating protagonists I've ever watched... and protagonist? Am I even sure he is that? He begins as a boy chasing freedom and ends as someone willing to take freedom from almost everyone else to achieve it. Hero. Villain. Victim. Monster. Personally, before the final two specials, he was simply a genocidal maniac in my view.

That's why this show is special. There are no easy answers. You decide. It perfectly captures what Eren told his friends: "I will not take away your freedom. If you think I'm wrong... come fight me."

The final stretch is emotionally relentless. Hange's sacrifice. Levi finally fulfilling his promise to Erwin. Armin proving that hope isn't weakness. Mikasa making the hardest decision of all. None of it felt cheap. It was a fitting payoff for four seasons of masterful storytelling.

I also appreciate how it doesn't pretend violence can solve violence. Even after everything, the cycle continues. New generations inherit old conflicts. The Titans disappear, but humanity remains... human.

Perhaps my only criticism, if I can even call it that, is just how ultra-dense the finale was. Paths, memories, Ymir, destiny, freedom... it's incredibly dense, and I can see why so many people finished it confused. This is definitely a series that rewards a second watch.

I don't know if I can commit to a third watch. This one took a heavy toll. But it's the kind of show where your perspective shifts with every rewatch.

I can't pretend to be well-versed in anime lore, but I genuinely believe this transcends anime!. This is one of the best shows ever made, across genres and across mediums. It's just so, so far up there, and I don't say that lightly.

I finished it last night, and I still feel this strange void. I keep going back to that tweet

"I still think about how the human brain can create this level of fiction."


An all timer of all timers. ✨

9/10

Beorn:
See the way you're making me consider watching this anime. If only I liked anime
.. If only.

DieRich5:
The East Palace 7/10

Cinematography 8/10
Storyline 6/10
Acting and casts 8/10


I hope this is not a spoiler……….the other side looks similar to “The stranger things” upside down

oyaskii:
Never Fully Trust a Charismatic Leader/Hero



Adolf Hitler is a real life example. He successfully convinced the whole of Germany that the Jews were holding them back, and genocide was the only solution. It's a stretch to compare Eren directly to Hitler because their worlds, motives, and circumstances are fundamentally different. But they do share one disturbing pattern, the ability of a charismatic figure to convince followers that unimaginable violence is not only acceptable, but necessary.



There is a certain Nigerian politician who is on this path currently...cult like and headless mob following that doesn't bold well.

oyaskii:
Attack on Titan S4 (2013 - 2023)

"I still think about how the human brain can create this level of fiction."

I saw the above line in a tweet one time, and it stuck with me. It made me commit to a second watch and truly grasp the scale of this all timer. You'd be surprised how much a second watch can change your perspective. Not being burdened with weekly episode drops, you begin to notice things you missed before. Your attention isn't stretched, so you're much better prepared to deconstruct it.

This is probably one of the hardest reviews I've had to write because... where do I even begin? 😩 It is so multilayered with intent. It's the kind of show where your perspective probably changes with each rewatch.

We used to chide Baddestguyp whenever he talked about it all the time, and it became his whole persona on here. But I totally get it now, because how genuinely can you watch this monster of a show and not want to talk about it at every slightest chance?

Eren Yeager is one of the most fascinating protagonists I've ever watched... and protagonist? Am I even sure he is that? He begins as a boy chasing freedom and ends as someone willing to take freedom from almost everyone else to achieve it. Hero. Villain. Victim. Monster. Personally, before the final two specials, he was simply a genocidal maniac in my view.

That's why this show is special. There are no easy answers. You decide. It perfectly captures what Eren told his friends: "I will not take away your freedom. If you think I'm wrong... come fight me."

The final stretch is emotionally relentless. Hange's sacrifice. Levi finally fulfilling his promise to Erwin. Armin proving that hope isn't weakness. Mikasa making the hardest decision of all. None of it felt cheap. It was a fitting payoff for four seasons of masterful storytelling.

I also appreciate how it doesn't pretend violence can solve violence. Even after everything, the cycle continues. New generations inherit old conflicts. The Titans disappear, but humanity remains... human.

Perhaps my only criticism, if I can even call it that, is just how ultra-dense the finale was. Paths, memories, Ymir, destiny, freedom... it's incredibly dense, and I can see why so many people finished it confused. This is definitely a series that rewards a second watch.

I don't know if I can commit to a third watch. This one took a heavy toll. But it's the kind of show where your perspective shifts with every rewatch.

I can't pretend to be well-versed in anime lore, but I genuinely believe this transcends anime!. This is one of the best shows ever made, across genres and across mediums. It's just so, so far up there, and I don't say that lightly.

I finished it last night, and I still feel this strange void. I keep going back to that tweet

"I still think about how the human brain can create this level of fiction."


An all timer of all timers. ✨

9/10

Beorn:
See the way you're making me consider watching this anime. If only I liked anime
.. If only.

Achilles100:
I know this will be an unpopular opinion but Hitler was right about the Jews. As he said in his many now translated speeches, these Jews who aren't Germans sought to take over German from within by taken up key positions of power, turning Germany into depravity. They introduced transgenderism in the then Germany amongst other things.

There is a reason Jews have been expelled from over 100places that they have been in as is there character to try and take over authority and perverse life.

Also, the saying "History is written by those in power " lots of lies have been told about the 'concentration camps' and the number of deaths and how they died have been greatly exaggerated.

As for the Nigerian politician, he is the only beacon of hope in a failed system or nation that we call our own or can't be brided or corrupt. Do you know how insane to rule a state for 8years and they cant find one corruption case against you?

I know the system won't allow him to win, but if he does, will he do worse than what we as the populace are already suffering?

Baddestguyp:
This middle-episode info card in the port battle against the Yeagerists tells it best :

“When Titans were the greatest threat, Titans were the enemy. When countries were the greatest threat, countries were the enemy. For as long as people hold firm to different beliefs, there will always be an enemy.”

oyaskii:
Bruhhhh...I wanted to even ask, is there a place, i can possibly get all the middle episode info card in English?, my dub from S1 - S3 are in Japanese.

Baddestguyp:
An underrated final moment between these side characters in AOT by the way

Beorn:
See the way you're making me consider watching this anime. If only I liked anime
.. If only.

DieRich5:
If your really into storytelling film, anime is the best place for that because Hollywood movies are more interested in money than something good.


My friends that called me a child are now the ones addicted to anime now…………still some people laugh me cus of kdrama i dy watch.

TemporaryHansel:
Which story telling? Maybe the pioneers of the 80,90s, and early 2000s sha. Almost all the anime in the past two decades are very predictable. Different characters and plot, but at their core, they're fundamentally the same.

At a point you get tired of this hero going from place to place to save the day stuff, it's unrealistic and some of us don't bother with unrealistic stuff anymore, that is the reason I couldn't stomach Kdrama again.

There are some Kdrama I've seen that were quite thought provoking. They found a way to blend different subset of genres easily, not the love and prince/secretary slops with predictable storylines they're producing now.

CrystalTiger:
This HOTD is just boring AF..

Too many unnecessary conversations, little continuation of the violence from episode one.. This season is looking mid..

oyaskii:
I have all but read up everything about Hitler's beef with the Jews, am this close to reading Mein Kampf, but am thinking it's a bridge too far, and this your opinion might not so be unpopular but I don think genocide was the answer.

But then again, the jews state have been holding that guilt trip over the whole world since then, they are but commiting the same genocide now, and the whole world is unlooking.

As for the Nigerian politician, you guessed right. I personally like his ideology and what he represents but i think their is a huge gap, in what his core base of supporters think he represents. The "hero" or "Saviour" burden on him is too much, there is no way he can keep up, they have basically left him no room for failure, and they actually think he is infallible, which might not be such a good thing.

But i get it sha, if you have been stewing in bad governance for years, somebody like him aspiring to be president, would seem like a very good dream come true...but then again, i personally don't think this country can be saved, it is far too rotten, it would take years and a monumental shift, which he can not pull off, but is always good to start somewhere.

DieRich5:
If your really into storytelling film, anime is the best place for that because Hollywood movies are more interested in money than something good.


My friends that called me a child are now the ones addicted to anime now…………still some people laugh me cus of kdrama i dy watch.

Kaczynski:
Modern anime are one massive forking pile of turd. Utterly slop and out of context narratives.


Anime was very good pre 90s.

Gidah:
As much as I loved AOT the ending part got too complex for me I actually lost the plot ,the timing of the last season didnt help ccos it was done in part I think. Might have to re watch

Baddestguyp:
Compare that to how many people watch aura farming slop like Solo Levelling.

HeatSeeker:

From your mouth?!

Baddestguyp:
I enjoyed Solo Levelling...
But it had no plot or good side character...

It was power fantasy taken to the extreme