進撃の巨人 33 [Shingeki no Kyojin 33]

Rating: it was amazing

I don't care what haters say.
this manga is in its own way a masterpiece! (If you look past all its flaws)

The story is controversial, yes. But its a freaking story!!
Stories are allowed to be controversial.

I personally believe, it is brave of writers to make a protagonist into an antagonist - IF it is well written . And in my opinion, Isayama did it well with Eren's twisted world view.

Yes, I know, that Eren's actions are f*cked up, and nothing can redeem this genocide.
But despite that:
Isayama managed to portray the emotions of this war, of the rumbling, of humanity's devastation amazingly and beautifully. Those panels (especially in ch. 134) are a great work of art and at the same time extremely horrifying.
It's an amazing mixture.

The end is near, and I'm really exited for it.

Rating: it was amazing

With the amount of things happening and people dying and just knowing that the series is ending in a couple of months but not knowing how. It makes every panel feel so much more intense.

Rating: really liked it

shingeki no kyojin and haikyu really are just top tier manga material

Rating: liked it

I just want this to be over please

Rating: it was amazing

This is a review of the entire series.

Attack on Titan takes place in a horrifying dystopian fantasy world that somewhat mirrors our own, like an apocalyptic Europe where the last remnants of humanity live behind massive, skyscraper-sized walls to protect themselves from the giant, man-eating monsters known as Titans lurking just beyond them. The walls have successfully protected humanity for a hundred years, yet that short era of false peace comes to an end when a colossal titan bigger and deadlier than any other of its kind brings judgement to the last survivors of the world. The story follows an ambitious and hotheaded young boy named Eren Yeager, who vows to take revenge on the titans after they break down the walls of his city, killing his mother and thousands of innocent people right before his very eyes.

The story begins with Eren having a disturbing nightmare. At first, the nightmare appears to be a senseless series of violent images that don’t seem to mean anything in particular and the images we see are quite easy to forget about when you view them without any kind of context. It’s not until a hundred chapters later that the nightmare and the events that follow it begin to come together. Incredible foreshadowing is a reoccurring thing in Attack on Titan. The most minor and seemingly insignificant characters and events always end up having major significance much later down the road. The further you get into the series, the more you begin to realize that the author had every single plot point, revelation and twist planned out before he ever even published the first chapter. Speaking of which, the name of the first chapter (to you, 2000 years from now) is a huge foreshadowing in itself, but we’ll touch on that later.

After Eren wakes up from his nightmare, we are introduced to Armin and Mikasa. Armin is Eren’s best friend and he fills Eren’s head with dreams of seeing the outside world beyond the walls, telling him stories of oceans, deserts, mountains, volcanoes and all sorts of things they could never imagine witnessing with their own eyes if they continue to spend the rest of their lives hiding in mundane safety behind the walls. Armin is frail and timid, but he’s incredibly smart and proves his worth as a brilliant tactician. He’s also very loyal and protects his friends when the going gets tough.

Mikasa is Eren’s adopted sister who watches over him and comes to the rescue whenever he’s in trouble using her superhuman combat abilities, a signature trait of the Ackerman bloodline that’s been passed down to her by her warrior ancestors. After their relatively peaceful lives are torn apart by a titan invasion, Eren, Armin and Mikasa enlist themselves in the survey corp, an organization of soldiers and tacticians that are trained in the art of killing titans and defending civilians from their wrath using a pair of swords and a device known as 3D Maneuver Gear.

The 3D Maneuver Gear was created to be able to navigate through a three dimensional space. With it, a person can travel from point to point at extremely fast speeds by firing steel wires with hooks attached on the ends so they can latch onto structures and titans. This is a very unique way of portraying tiny humans being able to stand a chance against giant titans in combat. The weakness of all titans is the nape of the neck, and the only way to reach the nape is to perform all kinds of twists and turns in midair with the maneuver gear until you can give yourself an opening.

After being put through years of brutal military training, Eren and his friends are prepared to lay their lives on the line to exterminate every last titan in the world and bring freedom to humanity once more. But Eren doesn’t yet realize that he isn’t prepared for the many horrors that lie beyond the walls he grew up in. There’s more than just titans out there that want him and his friends dead.

The biggest strengths of Attack on Titan are the numerous plot twists and the layers of mystery that are evident from the very beginning. Some of the twists are so massive, that they literally change the genre of the entire series because of the new perspectives they bring. It can go from survival horror, to psychological mystery, to political thriller at the drop of a hat and none of it is ever done just for shock value. There isn’t a single twist or plot point that wasn’t already planned out from chapter one. All the pieces of the puzzle are right in front of you the moment you begin reading, you just don’t realize they’re there until much later. Because of the amount of planning ahead at play here, Attack on Titan has a truly impressive level of re-readability. The constantly shifting genres and conflicts is what keeps it fresh and exciting. There are human vs titan conflicts, titan vs other titan conflicts, and finally, there’s the tried and true conflict of humans vs humans.

That’s always been a recurring theme in most dystopian fantasy and horror stories. Even when the world is destroyed and overrun with monsters, humans will still clash and tear each other to pieces. I’m happy to say that the human vs human conflict in Attack on Titan is extremely different from what you would normally expect from a series like this. It’s not like the average zombie apocalypse movie where people kill each other and cause havoc just because there’s no law and they’re free to do whatever the hell they want, there’s a much bigger twist behind the cruelty of the humans pulling the strings from behind the scenes. I won’t delve too deep into that because of spoilers, but let’s just say that there are no real winners or good guys here, morality is extremely gray in Attack on Titan and it only continues to get more complex and conflicted the longer it goes on. Near the very end of the series, I honestly couldn’t bring myself to root for or against anyone, I just watched helplessly from the sidelines as the chaos unfolded. There are so many good characters on every side that it was making my head spin around in circles because I couldn’t decide what the best outcome could possibly be. And I absolutely loved the ridiculous levels of tension this conflict caused.

All in all, I can’t believe how good Attack on Titan turned out to be. Let me just say that the early chapters of the series are extremely misleading and I don’t mean that in a bad way. Just like everything else in this series, the misleading nature of the early chapters is totally intentional. I went into this series expecting a straightforward, action-packed monster movie type of story like Jurassic Park or Godzilla, and it does start out that way to be perfectly fair. But it progresses into one of the most genius stories I’ve ever seen, that’s rich with psychological depth, human morality, countless twists and even quite a bit of intelligent commentary on the unspeakable tragedies of war. Don’t let the simple premise of Attack on Titan fool you, there’s so much more to it than I’m sure anyone could’ve possibly predicted when the series first started being published.

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Rating: really liked it

**chapter 131 & 132 .....
Oh god I cried my eyes out....
At this point I've lost all faith of happy ending everyone is doomed no hope left .....

Rating: really liked it

I’m reading this chapter by chapter so I’ll post mini reviews of each chapter every month.

131: They’ve come up with a plan to stop Eren. It’s risky and they’ll most likely die, but it must be done. Mikasa lets go of the item she holds dearest to her. I honestly don’t know what they’ll do with Eren. I think the only one that would have the resolve to kill him is Levi, but we’ll see.

132: Currently sobbing. Yet another one of my babies die. The end of the chapter was especially bittersweet. Seeing everyone like that made me smile, but I also wanted to scream and cry my eyes out. Everyone, watch over them.

133: Welp, looks like shit is about to get real. No negotiating here.

134: It's the final battle as Marley watches on. They make a declaration to cease the centuries old hatred between Eldians and Marleyans if they survive. Let's see if that actually holds up. Bit heavy-handed, but they needed to see up close just what their prejudice and hatred got them. I'm ready to see them fuck shit up. Levi vs. Zeke round 3. Eren vs. Everyone. Let's do this.

Rating: it was amazing

Isayama no parece saber cagarla, está a otro nivel. Aunque hay una cosa de un capítulo que no me hace mucha gracia (hay que ver cómo resuelve eso al final), el resto es 10/10. Qué triste, qué duro, qué trágico. Qué nivel de dibujo en estos últimos capítulos. Hemos llegado al audio final, parece que de verdad solo queda un tomo (4 meses más). Si Isayama no la caga con el final, la saga será un 10 de principio a fin. Crucemos los dedos para que no la cague y para que MAPPA lo adapte como se merece, menuda sobrada de historia. A tus pies.

Rating: really liked it

chapters 131-134

4.5*

Rating: it was amazing

No tengo idea, como terminará esto. !

Rating: it was amazing

MY MAN ERWIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!

Rating: it was amazing

😭😭😭

Rating: it was amazing

i am no longer hoping for a happy ending lol but i do have high expectations for a good one.

Rating: it was amazing

Shit is about to go down.

Rating: it was amazing

I need the next chapter!!!