I hated everything about this. I hate the writing, the characters, the world(after season one), the plot, the action, the mystery and the themes. All of them were all rubbish. I enjoyed

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Marcos

death scene and I guess I liked the start of season 4 part one because the new characters had depth(for like 2 scenes). However, past episode 5 of season 4 part one, the new cast just blurred and went to trash again. It was painful to even sit through the first season but all the following seasons and manga still managed to go downhill from there. There are so many poor decisions with the writing that not just make all of the characters flat and boring but also make all of their actions nonsensical. For people that loved everything but the ending, I feel like you can't distinguish good writing from poor writing as all of the flaws that are often pointed out are prevalent throughout the entire story and not just the end. When listening to dedicated fans of the show/manga, I feel like I read some bootleg copy of what they are describing. Speaking of poor writing throughout, just because there are call backs to previous chapters does NOT mean that an idea was thought through all the way. "It's crazy how everything is connected" MY ASS. Lot's of the ideas feel half baked and should've been left on the drawing board. Others were set up very early on but should have just stayed forgotten about like "see you later Eren".

Apparently I have to write more that 2200 characters to submit this review so I'm going to have a rant about the characters in AOT. On first watch, none of the characters feel unique or interesting and so none of them are worth caring for. It seems like people made up character traits for fan-favorites just so fans could believe their characters are greater than they are. Take Armin for example. He makes a couple plans that anyone could make plus he introduces Eren to the outside world. That is IT. He shows no real personality or unique attributes other than those two things. He is even forgotten about for most of the show since he is not necessary. Fans however, believe him to have gone "from crybaby to hero" which I will claim as simply untrue. Just because he doesn't literally cry anymore, his emotions still get the better of him nine times out of ten - even by the end of the manga. Don't even get me started about Mikasa, Levi, Connie, Historia, Reiner, Annie, Berthold etc etc. While reading, the ONLY character from the main cast to be given a personality was Hange. And what does she get in return?

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A POINTLESS DEATH OVER NOTHING!

In conclusion, I think that people are giving AOT more credit than it's worth with perfect scores and saying that it is the GOAT. I personally think it deserves a 13/100 (because that's how long titan shifters have to live) but I can understand a 50/100 since there are some scenes that alright if taken out of context where the writer got lucky. HOWEVER, you are lying to yourself if you truly believe that Attack on Titan deserves a score above 80/100. From my perspective this manga and show were AWFUL.