Comment on Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2024, Week 49]
Endmaker@ani.social 5 weeks ago
Completed the rest of Attack on Titan: final season, part 2, special 1, special 2
This series is so Gundam-like that I don’t think I deserve a pat on my back for correct predictions.
I’m kind of disappointed that Historia did not play a bigger role. In fact, Zeke’s role was diminished towards the end too IMO. By the way, the Female Titan reminds me of the trope where an ensemble cast in a shounen series (doesn’t have to be anime) have guys with different personality archetypes, then there’s the girl whose only role is there to be the female character. This concept is too dumb and I’m glad others on the internet have questioned what happens if a dude ate the Female Titan.
Just like with the earlier seasons - except season 1 - I’m rating the final parts 10 / 10.
In fact, it’s so good that it is the exception to my heuristic: that a series must be 10/10 for all of its seasons to enter my top favourite - i.e. it is part of my top favourites despite season 1 being 8/10.
it is among my best anime despite season 1 being an 8/10.
Ah.
I’ve seen the acclaim surrounding AoT, and never really understood it. I watched the first season back in the day and thought it was pretty meh really, and mostly stopped paying attention, only occasionally wondering why so many people thought the series was so good.
Now I get it.
Yes, season 1 is easily the worst season. I now look back on it favourably though, because upon a rewatch I could see them building up to what it would become. It was really interesting.
IMO the story has been good since season 1, hence my score of 8/10. It’s just the various annoyances it gave me that prevented it from getting a perfect score.
Oh yeah, not saying season 1 is bad, but if you compare it to the other seasons… I can also understand why people dropped it after S1. I nearly did too.
Regarding the Marco thing. Both can still be true. The titans don’t eat because they need nutrition and as such don’t really disolve or chew anything. He had likely been spat/puked out after having been eaten, like many others had been when Marco’s body was found. I think that behaviour was explained then as well.
From the list left to watch, none of them are pre-2000 right?
From the list left to watch, none of them are pre-2000 right?
Yeah, these should be released in the 2000s.
mo_lave@reddthat.com 5 weeks ago
Titans are biological mechas, so…