Attack on Titan. An anime i watched 3 years ago and never finished. I probably reached at least 20 episodes until i decided to drop it since at the time (around 20 eps) mostly because of my laziness. But after actually rewatching the first 20 eps I've watched years ago and continued on, i have to say i don't regret a single thing in finishing it.

Attack on Titan really is deserving of the hype and praise it has. The story is hardcore, as well as the anime openings. The opening song for this season really does get stuck in your head for a while too. I was literally knocked off my seat at the first episode because of the intense and emotional feelings i had from watching Erens mom die because the titans have attacked. What broke my heart the most in this scene is the fact that she didn't really wanted to be left behind.. but of course had to make the necessary sacrifice (since Hannes was too weak to fight against the smiling titan). The other episodes built up adequately, going through training, backstory, more characters introduced etc. and then skipping to when Eren and the crew are about to graduate from their military training as the top of the class. The fast-paced buildup was great, leaving no room for fillers, and everything exploded again in episode 5. By the time episode 5 came around, I was completely hooked. I, like everyone else, usually skip anime openings after watching once or twice just because it gets tedious, but I've seen the opening to this anime every single new episode that came out because A) it has a great soundtrack and B) it hypes me up lol. But yeah, episode 5 gave the audience a sense of, "Eren and these guys are going to completely kick some Titan ass and shit's gonna go down." To be honest, I was completely expecting him to. Then out of nowhere, like in episode 1, AGAIN the enemies seem impossible to beat. When Eren rushed into that Grandpa Titan's mouth to save useless Armin, I didn't feel like he was actually in any danger despite losing a leg and w/e just because the protagonist always winning has become the accepted norm. But NOPE!@%! When Grandpa closed his mouth it was gg. That was by far the best anime moment of 2013, probably even 2012 just because it felt so unexpected. Props to the original creator for not being afraid to be different and step out of the bubble. At the same time, I was worried for how the series would progress from such a dramatic change but some people who have read the manga told me they either loved the progression or hated it so we'll see...

Overall, the first season was great. The main character was kind of meh in my opinion but other supporting characters really help in making the story interesting. You could see the different character developments they all go through as the episodes go on and the action scenes really . This is surely a season i will re-watch someday.