Attack on Titan Had The PERFECT Ending 

What did you guys think of the ending? Did you think it was perfect?

I dont think any piece of Art will mean as much to me as Attack on Titan ever in my lifetime.. This was truly one in a lifetime series and I consider myself lucky to have witnessed it.. These memories will stay with me forever...

The talk zeke and armin had about life really hit me because I too felt like zeke for a long time and armin saying that life is about the trivial small moments that you enjoy really made me realize that I do have some kind of meaning to my existence, and I’m not just here to continue growing the world

Now that it's done, I'm gonna watch AOT again from start to finish. AOT will probably stay in my number 1 spot as the greatest anime I've watched for a long time. Great video btw!

The ending fits perfectly to what AOT is all about. I'm glad they didn't get pressured to make huge changes to the ending just to make some of the fans happier. For me, this show will go down in history as the greatest show of all time. Isayama got balls of steel to write a story like this.

I will always cherish the final scene with Reiner and his mother. ''I didn't need anymore''. At that moment, my mother and I just started crying and we hugged while watching the ending. I've never experienced such an emotional experience while watching a show.

Erens and Armins last scene together was the epidemy of the Power of friendship for me. One is sharing his sins with the other.

My favorite show of all time, thank you AOT, thank you Hajime. I can’t wait to revisit it in a year or two, I’ll never forget it.

A small detail I really like was that Eren, Mikasa, and Armin died in the same order they ran up the hill.

Honestly, so much happened with such colossal stakes that I couldn't think straight for much of the episode, I was enthralled into it and terrified for every character for the entire battle, and once the episode ended, all I could think was "This was monumental". With further analysis of the episode, I can confidently say it's a masterpiece and thank Isayama for giving us the best story I have ever seen in an anime.

AOT did what GOT couldn’t do land the ending and have majority of your fans like it. What a masterpiece.

I could not understand the vitriol online, this ending was amazing. Anything that makes me weep openly like Schindler's List did, is great cinema in my book, and it had a reference of it in there to boot! 10/10 would cry again 💔❤️

Thr vast majority of people who didnt like the ending either weren't paying attention, or are completely delusional.

Is AoT your favourite anime? It sure isn't gonna lose top spot for me for quite a while it seems.

I started watching AOT in 2015. I was 12 years old at the time (pls don't tell my parents) and I'm 20 years old now. It has always been on my mind and I will continue to think about it for many more years to come. I thought the ending was perfectly executed and I'm glad that you enjoyed it as much as I did. I'm gonna go watch your Vinland Saga video next. I love your stuff!

He's right

To me, Attack on Titan will forever be the greatest show ever created. It’s easily my favorite work of fiction. The heartache and pure cinematic bliss of what Hajime Isayama created will likely never be topped. I’ve shared this show with my friends, and it’s become incredibly meaningful to us. This terrible, bittersweet ending is absolute perfection. I love your videos, and I hope you keep posting! I would HIGHLY recommend Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, and I’d especially love to hear your thoughts on it. It’s the only ever show I’ve seen that comes close to the way Attack on Titan made me feel. If you find another show that does that for you, please make a video on it, because I want to hear about it.

I am beyond happy that my brother decided to show me AoT a couple of months ago after he got into it cause it has become my new favorite piece of media which I’m still trying to wrap my head around, I never expected an anime that isn’t connected to anything I’ve liked before to take that spot instead of something related to Sonic, Marvel, or DC, especially since I thought Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes would never be beat for that spot but god dang it if this show wasn’t so amazing on so many levels! (I also think I might be a bit traumatized when it comes to character deaths, Iron Man in Endgame is still the most upsetting to me because of how he was a character I followed and loved for basically my whole life but man, Eren, Erwin, and Sasha’s deaths especially still hurt so freaking badly 😫)

We should've gotten a moment between Connie and his mom.

How do you only have 6k subscribers? The way you put your words and thoughts together is just mesmerizing and you state your opinion in a way that it's almost cinematic!! I loved this video and I also loved the ending of attack on titan!

It was perfect. I'm on the side of it being a masterpiece. The animation was insane, and I got the feels, I was crying like the whole episode, it was so good but bittersweet.❤

I also applauded, that they made Armin ALSO condemn himself for his actions. Even though he was forced, didn't make his deed any less worse. Him aknowledging that he'd see Eren in hell felt so... satisfying. That he'd carry his sins with him and knows full well that they'd be next in line. War won't stop, but it will continue when rebellion starts. Until then they had plenty of time to life in peace without the past of other nations showing intense prejudice and hatred on eldians for now.

‪I also found a lot of similarities between Ymir and Mikasa. This episode showcases that Ymir was a slave for love, that’s why she happily did everything Fritz wanted and even after his death. For 2000 years, Ymir was waiting for someone who was brave enough to make the biggest sacrifice, the sacrifice of love, one she couldn’t make for 2000 years. And that person was Mikasa. And her wearing that scarf in the end when Eren told her to forget him, shows that she is no longer a slave to love, but continues to remember him nonetheless. Definitely the most beautiful and at the same time tragic love story I’ve ever witnessed.‬

I am glad They were able to convey the message correctly in anime . 😊

AoT was the first Anime ever for me so even that makes it special to me. But what truly touches me deep inside is the character development their past and of every single on the relationships between the characters and the further development of those relationships between them! The world and everything that happened! It was a journey where i had the feeling being one of the side characters not a particular one just myself sticking with them survived all those stuff and seeing the end being with them witnessing the change of relationships and events in the world with so many things that either where forseeable or not... AoT will always be my favourite Anime of all time...

What did they expect to happen? They all jump in erens mouth and try and talk him out of it for 20 minutes and they all live happily ever after with eren and he's forgiven for destroying nearly the entire world?

First of all, I want to say that this was a good and well-edited video despite me disagreeing with most of the points. Here's some of my counter arguments: The Walter White comparison with Eren doesn't work because Eren wasn't given any options. It was either he does a full Rumbling and kills 100% of the outside world or Paradis gets destroyed. There was no other option to accomplish his goal. Meanwhile Walter had many other options that could've achieved his goal of financially supporting his family after his death. One of the examples is when Liam offered a job to Walter with excellent pay and top-notch health insurance. Walter declined this offer out of his ego as he thought this offer was given because of pity. If his family was his #1 priority, he would've accepted this offer despite his ego because they are his number one priority. But he didn't, he chose a path of crime when he didn't need to. That's why it makes sense when he says he WANTED it for himself and he liked it. This was not the case for Eren. Also you brought up how the ending was sad, when in reality it's quite the opposite. What makes it so sad? All of the main characters lived long and peaceful lives and Paradis wasn't destroyed until hundreds of years. It's said because Paradis was destroyed anyways? Well that doesn't make sense since we aren't emotionally invested to Paradis when it was destroyed. Is it sad because 80% of the outside world was trampled? Well that can be considered sad but again, we aren't emotionally attached to the people who got killed, which makes us not be that emotional over it. People felt more Hange's death than Paradis getting destroyed and 80% of the outside world getting trampled, because they were emotionally attached to her. It's like if 20 people die in a shooting, most people reading the news won't cry about it. But if it were a family member, most would cry. So again, how is it sad? Because Eren died? He's one character. Only one. How does him dying change everything and make it sad? This dude murdered 80% of the world to "save his friends" (which is pretty stupid) and we should feel bad for him? I don't think so. You mention that the scene where Eren breaks down over Mikasa is perfect but it really isn't. Him breaking down over Mikasa is essentially him being a crybaby because why would someone whine over their sister being with another man after knowing they're going to murder 80% of the outside world? Eren should not even be THINKING about Mikasa during that scene, he should be talking about more important things in one of the last conversations he has with his best friend, like about how he's going to kill 80% of the outside world. If Mikasa more important to him than murdering innocent people, then why didn't he think of her when he was dying in multiple occasions (inside a titan, in the cave with Historia)? Also Armin is a hypocrite and makes no sense. Armin always preaches non-violence and diplomacy through talking but he punches Eren when all he did was talk (during the table scene). This is hypocritical and he is never called out for this. Also Armin punches Eren when he says something about Mikasa but not when he talks about murdering MILLIONS of innocent people. Another thing, you mention that he always wanted to be in a romantic relationship with Mikasa, but he has never wanted that. He was never romantically interested in her, until the ending, which shows how he was retconned even more. I would really like someone to name me ONE scene in which Eren showed romantic feelings for Mikasa. But yeah, those are some of my points, hopefully you can see where I'm coming from and maybe I can change your opinion a bit.

Captain Levi was amazing, I shouted when he got his revenge and I cried when he saluted his comrades after the battle. The show was amazing.

Great discussion. I also love how Mikasa got a good chunk of spotlight in the finale. She was done dirty by cutting off important character moments during WiT era. Anyway, AoT is truly a special show.

I’ll never understand what glue was these manga readers sniffing. This ending was perfect.

I loved it. It did not stray from what the show was about from the very beginning. It left as many questions as it answered, this show has been shrouded in mystery from day 1. I love how open ended it truly was after erens story had been told.

I am still waiting for the English dub to come out.

Ever since I was in elementary to now AOT was always the show that was talked about in my friend group, back then I thought anime was weird and thought it was odd to watch entertainment from another country, for years I always AOT as just another popular anime like DBZ and Naruto with weird monster people that eat humans that my friends used to talk about and I’d roll my eyes over I only started watching anime in summer 2022 when I saw recoreacts on tiktok reacting to Nagatoro a minor seasonal anime really good but no big deal. After watching it was when I realized the genre and style of Anime , after watching a few more rom com anime’s I finally decided to watch a shonen and what better way to do then with Aot , my mindset entering the show was to see what all the hype was about , after watching the first season , words can’t describe what I just watched . I never knew tv shows could be done in such a way , it was truly eye opening. I started binge watching every season up to part 3 where I was fought up with the story. I may not have been with the show since day one but I sure love the tv show and all the aspects about it ,. Even though the final episode wasn’t what I wanted , it sure was an experience watching such a legendary show unfold.

Eren knew humanity will always revert back to a cycle of violence. He understood both sides eventually but made sure his loved ones had a chance to live fulfilling lives at the cost of his sacrifice. Despite ending being so bleak it’s reflective of the world we live in today unfortunately. Humans will never change

I can’t wait to rewatch it again and again ❤️

Attack on Titan was also my first ever anime, and I went into it skeptical and with low expectations because of my preconceived notions of what anime was. It was insane how I immediately felt immersed into the show from the beginning and how much of an impact it has had on me since. It’s honestly sad to think about how many people won’t ever see this masterpiece just because of its medium.

I started watching AOT when I was 16. Attack On Titan was a story about 3 friends who live in a world seemingly perfect considering, but filled with pain and anguished caused by monsters that est people. Fast forward to current I am now 27, married and own a business with my wife. I have been an enormous consumer of media be it music, TV, books, movies and anime alike. Attack On Titan has remained the most well thought out and executed piece of fiction I've ever come across. It is so impactful even that AOT isn't even the anime I watch the most of yet I am aware of it being King of The Hill. It is such an accomplishment to create a show whose episodes become instant classics upon release. I will rewatch the entire series and recollect my past memories when this used to be all about monsters eating people and how even then it was so simple, plain and digestible. (No pun intended) Thank you Hajime Isayama.

I was introduced to this show by watching A Slap on Titan with my friends. I thought it looked interesting enough that I went back and watched the real episodes. I instantly fell in love. Fortunately this was in 2015 so I only had to wait 2 years for season 2. I can't remember what chapter I started reading the manga on but I know I went back to read through the beginning of the time skip. As someone who loves history, especially WWI and WWII, seeing this modern military while also using Titans was fascinating for me. I couldn't wait for it to be adapted. 2019 came around and Attack on Titan was one of the few things that got me through the hell of Covid. In fact, looking forward to Part 2, 3, and the last one helped me get through a lot. As pathetic as it sounds, AOT was one of the few things that kept me going in this horrible society. Unfortunately I lost my grandmother a year ago, someone I promised to never forget about as she took care of me since I was 2 years old, and called me her soul mate. I never forgot that, and when I spoke to her one last time, I told her I will always see her as my soul mate. Now seeing the ending of AOT hurts even more because I see myself as Mikasa. I promised her even when I (hopefully) find someone else I will never forget her. Now that it's over, I don't know what to do. Life still isn't easy and I don't have much to keep going, but like Eren, I need to keep moving forward.

You get to witness a LOT of pieces of entertainement in life. Books, movies, whatever. Many of these are meh, many of these are amazing. And sometimes, you get something like this, a litteral gem that goes beyond entertainement and makes you think deep about life. Something so good, that people either worship it or hate it. AoT is exactly that. It made people angry, happy, sad, it made us laugh, reflect and cry. Good art creates emotions, and the wider panel of emotions, the better the art. AoT is a masterpiece and will be remembered.

The greatest show ever created man i have never felt this empty ,how can some create a show like this ❤, truly a masterpiece.

The ending was heartbreaking and beautiful at the same time. It saddened me that war still happened after all the sacrifices that everyone made. But it gives me comfort knowing that, everyone that did survive? Well, they lived a full and peaceful life. Its just unfortunate that humanity will never be content with peace. There will always be conflict, there will always be war. Titans weren't the reason why humans fought, its cause its in our nature. We can't help but tear each other apart. Its an inevitable cycle.

Can't believe it's over what a journey it was thank you to everyone involved in this show. It will always be close to my heart and remain my favorite story. Never have I cried more watching anything before this episode. AoT was special to me.

Great analysis, this is my favorite story of all time so I am happy that anime fans loved the ending as I did when the manga ending came out

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In my personal experience, when I first read the manga I wasn't a huge fan of the ending. But seeing it animated, it was a 10/10. Even thought it was definitely improved from the manga, it was generally the same narrative ending. Idk if I've just matured over the past 2 years, but I genuinely can't believe there was a time I hated this ending.

Personally, I like the ending. It is realistic. It's just that in the manga, things were rushed. But guess what, most peoples didn't care and they still certainly do not care about that as well. You know, I never get them. The peoples who only complain for the sake of complaining alone but refuse solutions when they are offered. And now that things have been improved in the anime, some people still decided to be haters just for the sake of it. I understand why people like Cinderella's ending or even the story as a whole because it given a way out of the lives they are living at the moment. But if they came to Attack on Titan and expect such an ending as well, I said that they shouldn't have come to watch Attack on Titan in the first place. And this also leads me to have this question in my head as well. If they don't like how the long term but darkly solution that the Rumbling brought, will they still be okay with the short term but happy and still realistic ending brought by Paradis joined the Allies in the Marley Mid-East War and humiliate Marley internationally? I have a feeling that there will still be some people who are still not going to be happy with this because they wanted the happily ever after or eternal peace, which are impossible.

Mikasa got her cheeks clapped by Jean…damn Eren you lost lost!

Perfect ending and forever my favorite anime

In episode 1 of Attack on Titan, the narrator said, "On that day, mankind received a grim reminder...." it was Armin. In the last episode, Armin again narrated "The story of what we've seen. Let's tell them all of it. " Looping to the whole series of ATTACK ON TITAN, of Armin telling US the story 👏👏👏

The People who didn't like the ending were mad the Yeagerists were right, simple as

Thank you for this video, i was so speechless when i finished AoT, that i am unable to just let it go ! Awesome experience, glad to have YT to share and watch other fan reactions :))

my favorite scenes apart from the action are armin and zeke convo the cabin scene and eren and armin's convo was so emotional and the ending scene with mikasa broke me

Japan is just killing it right now and has had two of my favorite stories told across any medium end and stick the landing with numerous others currently on going. The Final Fantasy 14 arc that ended with Endwalker and now Attack on Titan. They are just telling stories studios in the West are either not creative enough to tell, unwilling to tell or both.

That was a wild ride and I'm glad I have been part of it. You are right it is special and i'm having a hard time letting this story go too, it will stay with me forever. Shinzou wo sasageyo, thank you Attack on titan

fun fact: the song in the end credits is made by the people behind the original introduction

Reasons to why it’s a terrible ending. 1 How did his friends survive the titans? They lose Sasha to 3 titan shifters and 2 kids but lose no one against 100s of titan shifters? 2. Zeke dying shouldn’t of stopped the rumbling. Ymir’s goal was to destroy the world so why didn’t Ymir just continue the rumbling after zeke died?’ 3. Zeke should of stopped the rumbling earlier because his dad telling him “ please stop Eren” didn’t give him motivation to die so he can stop it but armin showing a ball did? 4. How did mikasa free Ymir?😂 and no it isn’t because she was able to kill her lover and move on no no no she didn’t move on for crap she still had that scarf on and got buried next to Eren. 5.Ymir doesn't have Stockholm’s syndrome, if she did why did she not heal herself when a spear went through her? If she had Stockholm’s syndrome she would of had the will to live for the king. Ymir’s character is terrible. She is in the paths because she is a slave to Fritz but disobeyed him twice? 6 Eren ch139 (last 30 mins) “ I’m an idiot” “I don’t know why I did the rumbling” “ I moved forward for mikasas choice” “ I did it to portray u as heroes” 💀💀💀💀 “ I would of killed them all if u didn’t stop me” Pre ch139 “Ill keep moving forward until I destroy my enemies “ “The only way to end the cycle of hatred is to bury it”😂 7. What was the point of destroying 80%? eldia got destroyed. What did he achieve by doing that? He made the outer world hate eldians more and doomed paradises safety which he promised ( Eren only cared about Eldias safety not cycle of hatred so eldia bombing themselves is irrelevant for him) 8. What was the reason for the rumbling ? It defo wasn’t to make them look like hero’s because Eren said if u didn’t stop me I would of killed them all which is a contradiction. 9. Erens mom death was pointless. He already said he killed her because it wasn’t bertholdt time yet which means it wasn’t to fuel his hate for titans💀He already had the determination to lead him were he already is. When mikasa’s parents got killed he said “ if anyone tried to take away my freedom I won’t hesitate to take theirs” he also said to his dad that the kidnappers were scum and animals that needed to die. Eren before his moms death wanted to join the survey corps and venture outside the walls. If he found out the world wants to kill him he would of started the rumbling because they tried to take his freedom and we knew what Eren thinks about that. Erens view of freedom was killing everyone outside the walls so he 100% has the determination to do the rumbling. (Anyone who says Eren view of freedom wasn’t killing everyone u need to rewatch the last episode where he was talking to ramzi the kid 10. In ch130 ( episode where the ships get destroyed in Marley) Eren thinks about his mom getting eaten by the titan and it being his main motivation for the rumbling which makes no sense since Eren should know that he killed his mom because this is when he sent armin to paths and told him everything. This could only mean that isayama changed the ending a year before it finished. The best proof of this is that historia’s baby was born the same day as ch139 there was a fan theory of what they thought would happen which looks like this was what isyaama planned originally because the baby was born same day and all developed disappeared with historia which wouldn’t make sense if he didn’t change the ending. (Eren was meant to leave his titan crystal in paradise and touch his baby with royal blood to active the rumbling again) 11.The whole Eren at the cabin scene. How did eren interact with mikasas memories? She is an Ackerman he Shouldn't be able to do that. people who are saying this is a different timeline pls provide ur proof. If it is a different timeline why does Eren have titan marks? Why do they also grow bigger the closer Eren gets to death? They become massive when she is holding erens head representing that it was a fake memory. The bigger the titans marks the closer she gets to reality 12. Eren crying like a baby for mikasa is a retcon. When did Eren ever cry like this for mikasa? He alway pushed mikasa away from him. When Eren found out he has a 8 years to live mikasa was in jail with him, did he care about her then? No he didn’t even care about mikasa when he found out he dosnt have long left to live even isayama said mikasa is a mother figure for him so how exactly does him crying like a baby fit his character? 13. Eren said to armin he will show them the memories after he gets killed but shows it to mikasa before he gets killed? 14. How did Eren turn into the collosal titan after zeke died?😂😂😂 15. Eren in ch131 (episode with ramzi) he said “I wonder what will mom think” this is a plot hole. Eren knows he killed his mom so why is he saying that? 😊

I love the finally. Because I understood the answer to "whats the point". Armin stated it to Zeke. I watched Attack on Titan because I fell in love with its charakters. I loved Sasha, Conny, the stupid squandering between Eren and Jean. I loved seing Armin, seing the Sea for the first time and Mikasa showing unfamiliar, even clumsy cuteness in this moment of relief. I loved seing Sasha stealing meat and I loved getting to know Levis team. True, many are not there anymore. But their pasing was only such a gutpunch because we loved them. And we loved them for this small pointless moments that made us happy and laugh. Experiencing this was the point and we wouldn't follow them if we didn't like the charakters. It was always about the humans connection they shared with each other and we sympathied with them. Human connections are the point.

To me currently the greatest ANIME of all time. What a fantastic masterpiece. Glad i was alive to experience it.

Idk if you understood that in the manga, Eren also admits he wants to destroy everything and would've done it regardless.

Reiner turned on the doom music and soloed against all titans.

AOT is going to be that show that hits harder and is more relevant 10 years into the future. Hell, it's relvant now

BRO. I thought the same thing when he said "Ymir is Invincible". LOL

I cant even imagine how manga readers thought this is still bad

Loved It, What an amazing story, what an amazing ride❤

3 weeks later, people are starting to hate the ending. I don’t care what people say, this ending was good. Not perfect, but good. It shows that no matter what you do, conflict will never end.

I don't think it was perfect (but you yourself acknowledge in the comments that it wasn't meant literally), but I have actually enjoyed the ending overall but there were some plot holes and many ambiguous other things that made me too much confused (i was either stupid to not being able to understand and Isayama was a 1000 IQ 5D chess player, or indeed the story had issues; i initially was more inclined on the former, which left me confused anyway) in the end to have a complete bittersweet taste typical of when you finish a very good or deep series, if you know what i mean. The 3 major things that i found (when i watched) ambiguous or controversial were the Ability of Eren to talk to Mikasa (i wasn't too much focus about it tho, i initially allowed it before the revelation of Armin and Eren); the Eren motivation(s) (the first one was more acceptable and i was hype for that, then it become more more confused) and the ymir stuff (the spear thing was a bit confusing at first since i didn't know if it was a cannonical event or a metaphorical representation to simbolize she was freed by Fritz love; the love story in general of Ymir felt out of place/nowhere and not build up properly despite i would have actually liked the idea). To explain more in detail: 1-Mikasa should be immune to the Founding Titan Power, thus it shouldn't be able to hear Eren at the rumbling and in the final battle(in which he potentially told her off screen she was in his mouth - otherwhise how did she know he was there?- ), having her memories potentially deleted and Ymir shouldn't be able to peak in her brain. I didn't pay attention too much to this tho until the Armin - Eren part. 2- Eren gave too many motivations, which is confusing. At first, like i said, i was hype, then i started to be more and more weirded out by it. Hence some people still argue that Eren did it for his friends while other states that he did it "Just because and not for that". The two reasons are conflictual and cannot coexist as one exclude the other. Beside that, if Eren did that not because of Paradise, his friends, his family, to eliminate the people that hate eldians, etc... but simply because he wanted too beyond these reasons...then the entire build up about the hate/racisms towards eldians, Eren having nightmares/anger for that, Eren being sorry to the refugee kid, etc... become meaningless or at the very least lose important aspects of its relevance. Humanity outside the walls could have been pure and with no war and racism and Eren would have bring anyway the Smoke just because. 3- The Ymir stuff for me is mostly a problem of build up, since the theme of hate and the initial Ymir's story suggested a different direction of the general story (more focus about freedom than love). If Ymir loved that much Fritz, why she didn't regenerate when she could? Fritz didn't even show enough humanity to create a bit of foreshadowing, something that it is instead typical in Aot.

Great video and analysis

you know, It's Ironic how Eren died which In the first season of episode three when he said he would kill them all, he predicted his death and the end of titans. I absolutely loved the ending but when I heard Armin and Mikasa's cry, my ass cried a river.

I got into the show late, around season 4 part 1, so maybe i didn't have the same connection over time as prior who were there from jump. But I'm glad people are liking the ending, because even when the manga came out i was satisfied and i felt like the anime fleshed it out even better!

10 years ago my previous 5 year relationship ended and I was in the the worst mental state of my life. Desperate to find something to distract me, I came across AoT, my first of many anime. 10 years later, I'm about to have daughter with the love of my life. AoT fundamentally helped me balance myself, immersed me an epic story with characters I could relate to, and spectacle I could awe at. No other story has come close to the impact of AoT to me personally and I don't think I'll ever find another story that will affect my life as much tbh.

Yeah Attack On Titan is very special. I had heard a lot of crap about the ending and how it's horrible and was afraid that it might ruin my AoT experience. But thank God I don't read the manga and watched the Anime ending

You asked us to share how we got into AOT so I hope you’re ready to strap yourself in for a long story. I originally watched the English dub of AOT on Toonami back in 2013. I recorded it every week and slowly made my way through season 1, and while it never truly gripped me, I enjoyed it for what it was. After that, years went by with no word of a season 2, and I slowly lost interest. I started thinking that the show wasn't really all that good and that people kind of overhyped it. Before long, I honestly started to think that I wouldn't care to see the continuation of it. It certainly didn't help that a lot of manga readers during that time had also lost interest in the series, claiming it got boring and too political. However, the popularity of the show always kept it around. While I checked out other anime and made friends with people who liked anime, AOT was always a show that people were excited to talk about and see more of. It was just that popular, especially with a normie crowd who knew very little about anime in general. Naturally, when it was finally time for season 2 to release, the hype slowly started to reignite. Somehow, I even found myself starting to grow interested again. After all, if everyone else was going to be watching season 2 after all of this time, then why shouldn’t I? So, in anticipation of the new season, I invited a bunch of friends over to my house to marathon all of season 1 in a single day. We had both veterans that had seen it before and those that were completely fresh, and it was honestly a magical experience. I was suddenly reminded of all the small amazing moments that had originally blown me away, all while watching newcomers get to experience them for the first time. Eren sacrificing himself to save Armin, Eren coming back as a titan, Pixis’s amazing speech on top of the wall. Perhaps the most memorable moment though (and my favorite) was when the cadets were being offered the chance to join the scouts, and so many of them walked away in fear but a chosen few stayed behind. I felt so bad for the characters, but held such great respect for them too. They were terrified of what they were signing up for, but they realized that it was a threat that needed to be confronted, and they just couldn’t bring themselves to walk away from that. Just as they devoted their hearts to the cause, I suddenly found myself devoting my own to this show. I watched season 2 with English subs as it aired. I then watched it a second time in the dub on Toonami. And then finally a third time when I gathered all of my friends to marathon it together, just as he had with season 1. And I have to say, season 2 was so good at dropping little hints that you would only ever pick up on with repeat viewings. From the Reiner and Bertholdt reveal to the question of what titans actually are to who is the true enemy facing the people of the walls. After watching season 2 so many times, I actually consider it a masterpiece. It really pushed the series forward and forced you to start asking questions and truly wonder just how deep this mystery went. Clearly, there was a much larger narrative than what was being presented here, and the show rewarded you for noticing that. After that, I debated between reading the manga or just waiting for the next season. But considering how long it had taken for season 2 and how hyped I already was to continue the story, it didn’t take long for me to break. I dove into the manga from the beginning, refreshing myself on the entire story before making my way through the Uprising and Return to Shiganshina arcs. I have to say, that reread really made the basement reveal all the more worth it. To have something so mind blowing revealed while also having it perfectly tie into every event the story had shown us so far. It was amazing. Some of the best content I have ever read. I soon caught up with the Marley arc, right at the chapter where Eren and Reiner reunited in that basement. From there, I read each new chapter month to month, and oh what an exciting ride it was. You never knew what was going to happen next. Who you could trust. How everything would be resolved. Even after answering so many questions, the mysteries continued, and the future was uncertain. All we could surmise from the bleak struggle was that these characters probably weren’t going to get a happy ending. In the end, the conclusion was tragic, but I feel like it was exactly what it needed to be, and I was honestly satisfied with it. I’m so thankful to have become so heavily invested in AOT, especially after a time where I thought I had lost all interest in it. I’m thankful to have friends that came in with fresh perspectives and helped me reignite my own passion for the series. It's a passion that has never since died out, even after all of these years. It’s been such an incredible journey, and one that I’ll never forget. Thank you, Isayama. Thank you, Attack on Titan.

People would ask me if this is the greatest anime I would say no it is not perfect but it is the one which will have a special place in my heart and make me think about it even in the future at least for 10 years .

Tragedy is the beauty of AOT. But i will add that AOT may be tragic but it was never hopeless. The fact that the ending ED rescued my favorite childhood ship, it's all i needed. And i don't care for whatever reasons people watched this magnificent show:whether it was for the the warfare,blood, destruction,thrill or suspense..noone has the right to judge or make anyone feel less about themselves for their motives because at the end we all are watching to feel the impact of connection. Whether you've watched the series or are a manga reader there is no room for toxicity.

Screw what everyone says. all these characters deserve happiness, that's including Eren, Zeke, Grisha, and yes even you Floch

Thanks for a brilliant video!

Love the words man thank u so much❤️

The way i got into the series is kind of amusing. Back when it was just season I hated it. I didn't hate it because I thought the characters were terrible or the pacing or the animation, I hated it because I didn't understand the hype. I based my opinions on tge show strickly from the bits from the show or the tribute game. My reasoning range from understand to straight up dumb. But eventually I ended up watching it because I got spoiled something that i needed answers to. "How and why can the main character turn into a titan?" The first 2 episodes shattered my expectations on what the story was, its genra, its characters. I was originally going to watch until they gave the answers but the story bear hugged me until i couldn't look anywhere else. Suddenly finding myself rewatching the first season multiple times, getting my sister, my brother, even my mother into it. I started buying and reading the manga, and owning t shirts. Its really amazing that a hater like me suddenly be came a big fan of attack on titan.

Ending is not even close to perfect

Fr i cried when Eren said its Titan Time

It reminds me of neon genesis evangelion ending.

And Ymir choosing Mikasa was also a very big plothole that didn't made too much sense. Was Ymir in Mikasa's head from the beginning or what? How did she know that she loved Eren? Because if I'm not wrong Eren didn't know. Or he knew and she didn't and he told her? If Eren didn't told her, why did she choose her? Because she already knew the outcome? Or because she was a girl? Wtf? But if she knew she loves him or if she knew the outcome, why it was necessary for her to kill Eren? Why was she in Mikasa's head in the first place? If Eren told her that she loves him why Eren's answer was only Ymir knows? Did she tried to manipulate Mikasa or what? Did she forced her to kill Eren or what? If Ymir was able to feel Mikasa's feelings, this means she was able to feel other people's feelings too? Why wasn't Historia was the one who saved her then? She loved the Farmer, maybe she didn't and it was just a forced thing? Or Annie? Did Ymir thought that love is about killing the other? And again, how exactly the what should have she done scene was anywhere parallelistic to Mikasa's choice killing Eren in order to save the world? Maaan, this just keeps getting worse... I think even Isayama know that it was a plothole, that's why the only answer to this question is only Ymir knows. What a masterpiece!

The Only "bad looking" animation in the final episode was Eren colossal vs armins. Just looked a little weird Best thing of AOT will always be the amazing sound track. Didn't realize how awesome it was till my second time rewatching it

I too can't! I love your videos man! AoT started for me when it aired and I thought nothing special of it. Therew as some amazing stand out scenes and episodes. Like EP 6 the Mikasa backstory. EP 21 or 2 with Levi kicking annies ass but also just the insane way be brough us down really making us feel and suffer that defeat. However over all I though it was OK, I gave it a 7/10. Then it took 4 long years for the next season to come out and I didn't watch it. I had forgotten most of the plot and though I needed to rewatch the first season and just remember it being OK so why bother? However then S3 part 1 came out people said it was REALLY good. Still I didn't watch, then S3 part 2 came out and people say that it was a MUST watch and they were right. I watched it all from the start and was just WOW... WOW this is unlike anything I've ever seen before and now I'm sure I will never see anything like it ever again and it's possible I will never see anything as good ever again.

I’d have to disagree with your interpretation of Eren, Armin and the overall message of the show here. I think the ending is meant to say that the cycle of hatred will NEVER end but that this shouldn’t stop people from treasuring and striving for those temporary times of peace and freedom that can exist even if in the end it was meaningless. I never really got the notion that AOT ever even remotely proposed a solution to the cycle of hatred let alone said it was as easy as reading history books. There’s also the major flaw of Ymir and Mikasa’s whole arc where they both have to learn how to disobey abusive relationships? But the issue is AOT’s freedom was always an allegory for the cycle of hatred and he curse of fear it imposed upon the world. No one on Paradis loved the titans nor the Marleyans except for the MCs. It comes across as thematically isolated and utterly redundant to the show’s overall theme. I think the ending was good but def not perfect.

I’ve started coming more to the realization that, although I thought that the ending was rushed(the ending does not explain everything, it leaves us to be the ones to do the explaining with what we are given, and by what we are given I mean the fact that we basically have to go back through seasons 1-3 and 4, that is how circular the storytelling is), I have started feeling that Isayama made the ending the way it is on purpose, and that the ending is perfect, not saying that because of this video for anyone that might be thinking that, it is weird tho for me to get this video recommended after everything I have gone through to understand the ending.

Followed the manga and anime since 2013. The manga ending is 5/10 due it's fatal flaws along with unanswered questions and plotholes. The anime ending refined a little though still has flaws, 7/10 or 8/10. Overall Attack on Titan is still 9/10 even with that ending. Is it masterpiece? Sure.

I’m so glad the people who hated the ending are getting shit on rn

Must watch Code Geass if you haven’t already and let us know how you liked it. It has the best ending. You like AOT and Transformers, right? So it’s the best show I could recommend.

What's the name of the piece of music that plays when Armin weeps for Eren after Mikasa kills him?

I can't understand how other fans who have studied the series intensively can't see the problems with the ending on a logical and emotional level. It's not even about the ending itself, but about the "why". Compared to the whole, simply outstanding series, this ending seems like it was written by a beginner and never reviewed by an editor. If you think through this ending with all its consequences and look at the series again with this knowledge, the result is not a plot hole but a plot crater. Yeah, but ist better than the manga....

Do you think you will ever write a what if story about this show?

This video was beautiful

perfect ending for normies

worst ending ive had the dissatisfaction of seeing sadly

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All time favorite show! Thanks Yams! Enjoyed the ending! If someone would be willing, please help me understand these things: Why did Eren need the Warhammer Titan? What was the significance of Eren and Historia's conversation about the baby? Why did Ymir lend Eren her power if Mikasa was the one to free her? What happened to the hallucigina? If Eren had done nothing, would Marley have still committed genocide against Eldians? Could Eren not do 100% rumbling?

Eren should have just been left as 100% evil

If you're sure the ending makes sense or wasn't changed, i can safely say this essay will change your mind Just think about it: Isayama managed to create a silent character, with ZERO dialogue and ZERO monologue but still explore her backstory, struggles, suffering, mystery around her motivation, set such amazing parallels between her, the mc, historia, freckled Ymir, zeke and frieda only through her emotions and actions, symbolism and visuals, he connected it with aot's themes and its lore. He managed to write THIS... so she, ymir fritz, got to be destroyed by 3 gd lines ("only Ymir knows...", "ymir loved the king fritz" and "she was waiting for mikasa") Just... why? WTH? FOR WHAT? Where do I begin? Well, her love for the king... Firstly, no way it's Stockholm syndrome cuz this shit works differently. You guys read about it yourselves. So, no. Secondly, WHEN did she start to develop feelings for him? Before freeing the pigs? After their marriage? After getting pregnant? When? Thirdly, WHY does she have affection for her husband? He ruined her life in every way, he abused her physically and mentally, he did the same thing to their children but she... Uh, ok, let's see (as if we could). If she loves him, why does she disobey him by freeing the pigs and not regenerating? Why doesn't she smile or isn't happy when he's around? Why does she want him dead instead of her and regrets not letting fritz die? If she regretted this whole time, doesn't it mean she already put herself and her daughters above her husband so the titan curse could end sooner? Now, ymir and mikasa... Their connection has NO buildup. It's never hinted at something common between these two throughout the entire show. The Ackerman's headaches had no allusion to the goddess. So why mikasa? What about this woman made fritz choose her? The fact she was an Ackerman? Or the person who was able to kill the love of her life? Um, couldn't ymir find someone else, like, sooner, 282 years ago for example, among millions of people, within 2000 years? Or it's because mika killed the founder when it separated from hallucigenia? How does mikasa know her headaches are caused by ymir messing with her head if eren didn't tell her about that? Who knows, who cares... Why even show so many well-written parallels between ymir fritz, eren, historia and freckled ymir if they have no payoff? Why does Ymir find herself in mikasa but not historia whom she has much more in common with? Historia is a better version of her, so why not wait for reiss? For what reason does she pick a girl with no dignity, self-respect and ability to move on or grow up? How are her relationship with fritz and eremika bond even similar? Eren didn't treat mikasa the way fritz treated his wife. Eren saved and freed mikasa, that tyrant enslaved and turned his woman's life into a nightmare. The mc and the king are complete OPPOSITES just like mika and ymir. What would she do if mikasa suddenly changed her mind and didn't kill eren? Wait for 2000 years for someone again? How can mikasa help her move on from the king if ackerman didn't move on from eren herself? Next, if Ymir was the one to make titans in the paths, who made her titan? Was the hallucigenia a separate organism or was it connected to fritz after giving her titan powers? If it wasn't connected to her, then why did it disappear instead of trying to find a new holder? Why was it trying to find one at first but vanished after Eren's death? So the founder's death affects it? Then the hallucigenia should have died when Ymir died. But they're not connected, are they? Or the opposite? Ugh... Why did the founder split into 9 titans? Why not 6 or 27 or 3 if she had 3 daughters? If maria, rosa and shina were able to get their mom's power at the same time, does that mean both erwin and armin could eat berthold and become shifters together? And if these 3 ate the founder, shouldn't every descendant of the royal family possess it? Who's child inherited the founder? Rosa's? Maria's? Shina's? Or all simultaneously but after that it split into 9 titans? How did fritz know about the way of passing titan powers to new holders? Was Ymir dead when he fed her to their daughters? If she wasn't, then her power should have been given to a newborn eldian. If she was, then she allowed the king chip her into pieces and saw her daughters eat her? If she can rewrite her people's dna, that means she can lenthen their lifetime or make them invulnerable or immortal? Can she provide them with armor appearing out of their bodies or weapons out of the air? Or just stop them from turning into titans? About the paths... I refuse to talk about how they work. I would take one more paragraph Additionally, whose side is Ymir throughout the story on? On fritz's, who planned to build Eldian empire? Or on Zeke's and Karl's who wished to end this empire's existence and wanted her descendants to die? Or on Eren's who tried to save some of them? Is she with mikasa who stopped eren from doing it? Or is she with the alliance who did everything in their power to save the rest of humanity on the continent? Or is she on the royal family's side? WHOM does she obey? Or is it just going with the flow of events? If that's the case, then how can she wait for mikasa? But if it's still for witnessing mikasa murdering eren, then why does she listen to zeke when eren enters the paths? By this logic, she should join the mc immediately to see him get killed as soon as possible. What were those scenes with her watching everyone during the rumbling all about? Why does she join eren at first and starts the rumbling with the boy but then helps the alliance to defeat him? Why would she do that to someone who made her moved to tears for the first time after 2000 years of suffering? Who healed her by his words of kindness, who told her she's just a person, not a slave or a god, that she get to decide and choose? Why are we told in the final mikasa saved her if eren already did that? Did she need help two times? If the mc wasn't the one to free her, how could she disobey zeke? Is eren her liberator or pawn? If a liberator, why didn't she tell him what she wanted or write shit on sand, anything? If a pawn, why make a show "at your service, mr zeke" and weep after Eren's speech? Also, what exactly made titans disappear? Eren's death, his refusal to live, mikasa's choice, the fact hallucigenia separated from the mc, the fact fritz saw the kiss? What? Ymir's desire to stop? So you mean to tell me she wanted them to exist? She could refuse making them anytime? Why did she smile at the end of ch 138? Because eren got killed or because the goddess saw the kiss? To think that for more than 100000+- years (if we take into account time in the paths moves slower) she created MILLIONS of titans when shifters transformed and when eldians turned into them (dozens times a day), healed her descendants (once again, dozens times a day), changed or erased their memories, rewrote their dna, made shit from crystals, walked millions of kilometers to build titans, carried many-many pails with water and sand, climbed high to make enormous arms, heads, necks etc... for TWO THOUSAND YEARS she made her children and their children suffer, made the world endure, helped the mc start GENOCIDE, watched millions of people die and kill each other, witnessed her people eat one another and so on just because she COULDN'T MOVE ON FROM HER ABUSER! What else should I say... Either she is the stupidest human being or the most despicable and evil person ever. Either her plotline is retconned at the last moment, or the author just didn't think it out properly (which is so unlikely). Maybe, just maybe, she was the true villain of the story all along, not a victim as we thought. We were just ignorant to see it or didn't want to notice. TMM, Ymir's character gained the worst conclusion in aot, even worse than eren because we didn't even get to know about her motivation, it remained a mystery because "only she knows...". Her arc was so unresolved and so underdeveloped. What was Isayama even thinking?

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