Paulo Seabra

Having recently finished this tale I realized I had quite a few things to say about it, both about its rather unsatisfying ending but also just some of my criticisms of the story overall, which more or less tie together to explain why I couldn't love it quite as much as I wanted to. It was just a constant tug of war for me, this strange feeling of loving certain aspects of Isayama's creation, such as its mystery and unfailing spirit, while also really hating other aspects, such as unresolved plot threads or the ultimate direction the story took. But it don't make much sense now to get too deep into it, I've said my piece and I don't aim to repeat it, at least not at this point, and not to mention how it might prove differently when the anime ends and all this stuff resurfaces once again... We'll climb over that wall when we get to it, I suppose... For now I have a more laudatory essay in mind, which would be a little compilation of my three favorite moments in ...

Now that this whole story is finally over, though it might prove a little different in the upcoming anime version, and now seeing as quite a lot of people are divided on the ending, I finally feel comfortable enough to confess that I don't love Attack on Titan. I know, shocking, right? A lot of people, even those who absolutely hated the ending, might claim that this is an absolute masterpiece of storytelling but that it has been sadly ruined by a terrible ending, so even with them I might not find much support. Then again I don't find much support even with myself because my relationship with this world Isayama created really is a battle of love and hate. Some aspects of it I really, really love and they've made me very intrigued over the years, intrigued enough to watch the anime all the way through twice and to read the manga cover to cover in just a few days, but on the other hand I've also found myself thoroughly disappointed by quite a lot of moments, twists and...

This much is no secret – quite a lot of people aren't all that happy with how Attack on Titan ended. I try to measure my words when speaking in such general terms but I think that's a fair assessment. The community appears divided, with some people absolutely hating it and arguing it ruined an otherwise stellar work, other people are absolutely loving it and finding in it some kind of deeper meaning, and others still, perhaps more reasonably, are working to find a good middle ground between the aspects they enjoyed and the aspects they didn't enjoy. I for one would like to say I'm part of that third category, but then again I really don't know, and that is because my relationship with this story has been one of love-hate ever since the summer of 2013 when I first came across it. Good times... Anyway, I obviously wouldn't say that the ending completely ruined the show's otherwise great writing because, at the risk of completely burning all bridges before I e...