Shingeki no Kyojin

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English: Attack on Titan

Japanese: 進撃の巨人

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 34

Chapters: Unknown

Status: Finished

Published: Sep 9, 2009 to Apr 9, 2021

Genres: Action, Mystery, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Shounen, Super Power, Supernatural

Authors: Isayama, Hajime (Story & Art)

Serialization: Bessatsu Shounen Magazine

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Synopsis

Hundreds of years ago, horrifying creatures which resembled humans appeared. These mindless, towering giants, called "titans," proved to be an existential threat, as they preyed on whatever humans they could find in order to satisfy a seemingly unending appetite. Unable to effectively combat the titans, mankind was forced to barricade themselves within large walls surrounding what may very well be humanity's last safe haven in the world.

In the present day, life within the walls has finally found peace, since the residents have not dealt with titans for many years. Eren Yeager, Mikasa Ackerman, and Armin Arlert are three young children who dream of experiencing all that the world has to offer, having grown up hearing stories of the wonders beyond the walls. But when the state of tranquility is suddenly shattered by the attack of a massive 60-meter titan, they quickly learn just how cruel the world can be. On that day, Eren makes a promise to himself that he will do whatever it takes to eradicate every single titan off the face of the Earth, with the hope that one day, humanity will once again be able to live outside the walls without fear.

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Background

Shingeki no Kyojin won the Kodansha Manga Award in the shounen category in 2011 and was nominated for both the 16th and 18th annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize as well as the 4th Manga Taishou Award. The series was the second highest selling manga series of 2013, with 15,933,801 copies sold.

It has received several spin-off series—both manga and novel; two guidebooks titled Inside and Outside were released on April 9 and September 9, 2013, featuring concept art, character profiles and interviews, which were combined into one and published by Kodansha USA on September 16, 2014; a drama CD created with the anime's staff was included in the January 2014 issue of the magazine; and a two-part live-action film directed by Shinji Higuchi was released in Japanese theaters on August 1 and September 15, 2015 respectively.

Shingeki no Kyojin has been published in English as Attack on Titan by Kodansha Comics USA since June 19, 2012 and in large-size 5-in-1 omnibus editions (subtitled Colossal Edition) since May 27, 2014. Kodansha USA's English release won the 2014 Harvey Award for Best American Edition of Foreign Material. Crunchyroll simulpublishes the manga digitally. The manga has also been published in French by Pika Édition, in Italian by Planet Manga, in German by Carlsen Comics, in Spanish by Norma Editorial in Spain and by Ovni Press in Argentina, in Portuguese by Panini Comics, in Polish by Japonica Polonica Fantasica, in Chinese by Tong Li Publishing Co., Ltd., in Filipino by VIVA-PSICOM Publishing Corporation, in Finnish by Sangatsu Manga, in Russian by Azbooka, and in Turkish by GEREKLİ ŞEYLER Büyük Mavi Yayıncılık Ltd. Şti.

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Alternative version:	Shingeki no Kyojin Volume 0
Spin-off:	Shingeki no Kyojin: Before the Fall, Shingeki no Kyojin: Kuinaki Sentaku, Shingeki! Kyojin Chuugakkou, Sungeki no Kyojin, Shingeki no Kyojin: Kakuzetsu Toshi no Joou, Shingeki no Kyojin: Lost Girls
Adaptation:	Shingeki no Kyojin in the Dome: Heishi-tachi no Hoshizora, Shingeki no Kyojin Picture Drama, Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3 Specials, Shingeki no Kyojin, Shingeki no Kyojin Season 2, Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3, Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3 Part 2, Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Season, Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Season Part 2

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Ackerman, Mikasa

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Yeager, Eren

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Arlert, Armin

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Levi

Supporting

Smith, Erwin

Supporting

Zoë, Hange

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Blouse, Sasha

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Braun, Reiner

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Braun, Gabi

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Kirstein, Jean

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Apr 8, 2021

139 of ? chapters read

Overall Rating: 1

MichaelGracio (All reviews)

1232 people found this review helpful

*Some Spoilers*

Ladies and Gentlemen, Hello. My name is Hajime Isayama and today I'll teach you how to write manga.

I must begin by saying that you should not be discouraged. At first glance, it can be difficult, but you only have to write 90 chapters perfectly tied together, with great characters and mystery to the world and titans, fantastic fights that actually serve a purpose with barely any talk no Jutsu moments, and perhaps the single most important thing in all of this, Sasha being alive.

Then what you ought to do is write a time-skip. Usually, this is meant for the series' end so we can see what they are doing afterward but don't worry, there is a second one as well because we all love time skips don't we? In the first time skip the protagonist has become the evil incarnate as this is the only logical method to go about when a time skip occurs and his best friends will be the heroes to stop him from whatever he was trying to do. From this point onwards, you don't have to write anything decent because it will all depend on which character (s) is to your liking and will always make him or her achieve whatever goal. In this case, it's Armin. He's mastered the talk no Jutsu, in fact, I dare to say it's his strongest technique. Anyone he's talked to has been convinced to help him do whatever he wanted to. The second time-skip is pretty useless considering what happened with Eren but yeah, we do see the characters live their life at... whatever and I'm glad Levi is alive because you'd think he would be the first one to get off of the story but no, he survives all that.

With the power of friendship, Armin doesn't give up, not for one moment while he and co venture towards Eren to stop him but first we must go a bit before all that because you are clearly asking how all those characters have joined the Paradis side. Because of plot convenience. They ultimately were there because Eren too changed side and there was no choice but to help their enemies. The two couldn't stay in one side only since that wouldn't make sense, just like it doesn't make any sense for Reiner, Pieck and others help Armin and Mikasa, meant solely as an excuse for "redemption" for some of the characters. Armin succeeds because of course he did, Eren becomes dove because of course he did, we never learn much about the titans and the few things we get throw at us are pure nonsense in in asspull way upon the "paths" was introduced into the story which, for all intents and purposes is the main reason why the second arc of the timeskip is this bad. Historia getting sidelined from the story by getting pregnant off of some random farmer we never know anything about, which it's not the fact the child is not Eren's that pissed me off, but rather that she could've done so much that being someone's whore. To top it all, Eren Lelouch'd his ass out of and acts like he did something important or useful when all he did fight for something he himself committed. I always knew he was going to do that the moment he become evil for the greater good but never wanted to believe it as I knew it wouldn't work with the story itself. Yet, here we are. Now Mikasa can fuck a bird, assuming she hasn't done so already, obviously.

Attack on Titan pre-time-skip is a masterpiece although not entirely perfect. The pace at times is off and some of the characters don't serve the narrative all that much and die for the sake of the "development" (as aforementioned) of other characters later down the line but in the grand scheme of things it doesn't prevent it from being a wonderful story with a great cast of characters who have their own purpose in all of this, that struggle for freedom that they have been taken away from. Post-time-skip is not worth your time. If anything read up until chapter 90 and imagine the best ending you could think of and mark the manga as completed. You can give the 10 for that as well.

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Apr 8, 2021

139 of ? chapters read

Overall Rating: 3

SenbeiPan (All reviews)

1024 people found this review helpful

"Their (our fallen comrades') lives... Were they meaningless?" -Erwin Smith
Yes, Erwin, their lives were meaningless.

-THIS REVIEW CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS-

I will keep this review as short as possible, because it doesn't deserve my time. I just want to scream.

Attack on Titan was a great manga until Isayama experienced a burnout after chapter 123. I wanted to believe he will write a great ending despite the quality of writing decreased in the last arc (Ch. 124-139). And it wasn't a delusional expectation. There were some chapters that are great in the last arc, and he was saying he planned the ending from the start, which was a believable statement since there were too many foreshadowings in the early chapters. But it turned out that was a lie. Nobody can make me believe this ending was the one Isayama planned from the start. I don't know what happened. Maybe the editors made him rush the story, or he just get bored from AoT and wanted to finish it as soon as possible. Well, the reason is unimportant at this point since one of my favorite mangas get ruined by a trainwreck end game arc, and one of the worst finals in the history.

The Rumbling arc is full of asspulls, shitty writings, and Marvel moments. Eren becomes the absolute evil for saving Paradis and starts rumbling with an amazing plan in his head, or we thought like that because we learn Eren didn't have a plan in the last chapter, he just went with the flow. That's the first hit to Eren's great character in Marley and War for Paradis arcs. And the second hit comes from turning him into an incel. He says he doesn't want Mikasa to be with another man after his death. In that panel I wasn't sure whether it's a serious translation or someone is trolling me. It was a waste of a page since nothing explained in the last chapter. Where is Ymir? What happened to the hallucigenia monster? What's the point of Rumbling if he didn't have a plan, wouldn't something like he did in Liberio work for making him look like absolute evil? These questions have no answers. Oh, also don't forget the fact Eren killed his own mother (I can't watch/read the "Tell me Reiner, why did my mom had to die?" scene without laughing anymore). He could make Dina eat Berthold, so they would have a Colossal Titan with royal blood, but no. Let's make her eat his mother so he can hate titans even more, which could be done by a random titan instead of Dina. Also, the funniest part in my opinion, Paradis is still at war with other nations after Eren's death. He died and took titan powers from Eldians for nothing. Probably other nations will wipe out Eldia from existence in the next 10 years since everyone still hates them due to Rumbling killed so many families.

If you are okay with creating your head cannon and stick to it, then you can still read the first 123 chapters. It's one of the best stories I've ever read. It starts with some questionable writing because Isayama was busy with dissing to Shounen Jump series since he get rejected by the Shounen Jump. Characters were screaming how they will be hero and then suddenly die. If this isn't a shounen parody, I don't know what it is. But it starts to be good with Female Titan and Clash of Titans arcs. And with these two arc, we slowly but surely starts to learn more about AoT's world. With every new arc, a new info appears. We are trying to reach to truth with the characters, the truth behind the titans is a total mystery and when we learn the truth, everything changes. It was a mind blowing reveal, and we wondered what will be happen next. And we didn't get disappointed in the next arcs. Marley and War for Paradis arcs are full of character developments and politics. They have amazing dialogues, especially chapter 120-122. These chapters are literally peak AoT, and proves Isayama is a great writer. But then, everything falls apart. So, if you came here after watching all seasons of AoT (except for season 4 part 2, if you are reading this after March 2022) just read chapter 117-123, and stick to your head cannon. You can still read it from the start for seeing the differences between anime and manga. There are a lot of differences between them, but the most crucial ones are the differences in Uprising Arc (Season 3 Part 1 in the anime), and Mikasa's whole character. I don't know why but Wit Studio turned Mikasa into a soulless doll who is obsessed with Eren in the anime, but she is more than that in the manga. However, if you don't want to read manga but still read my review (I assume you don't care much about AoT but still watches the anime adaptation), then drop the anime after 4th episode of Season 4 Part 2 and create your own head cannon. Again, I assume they will adapt chapter 117-123 in episode 1-4 of Season 4 Part 2. If they make something different than this, I will update this part of the review.

The final conclusion destroyed all of the good things about previous arcs for me. The deaths of Survey Corps were meaningless. Everyone we knew in the first 90 chapters died for nothing. If I was a Survey Corps member who killed by titans, I would beat Eren in the afterlife. But I still want to give this manga a 3 instead of 1, because there were some characters I really liked (Ex: Erwin, Levi, and Bertolt).

In the end, Erwin died just for a blonde crybaby can f-word with the murderer of Petra. I hope I can get my vaccine as soon as possible, so I can fly to Japan and shit in Isayama's onsen.

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Apr 8, 2021

139 of ? chapters read

Overall Rating: 4

PraiseTheSun123 (All reviews)

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Attack of Titan is the prime example of how a story –no matter how good it is– can get completely and absolutely ruined in an amount of just a few chapters.

That is, if you try hard enough, of course.

Attack of Titan doesn’t need any introduction, ever since the anime debut in 2013 it has been one of the most popular and recognizable franchises out there, but in the end, it all boils down to one simple question: is it good? To avoid you all the trouble, the answer is simply no.

I have to admit that I used to like Attack on Titan, and even for a while it was one of my favorite series, and it was for a good reason. What Hajime Isayama initially presented in Attack on Titan wasn’t a run-of-the-mill shounen, but a superb story accompanied with intricate mysteries and world-building, and while Attack on Titan has never been without its issues, those could be overlooked as the good had far outweighed the bad. But what are we seeing now, however, it’s nothing but a hollow, lame and plain uninspired imitation of what AoT used to be.

What happened in Attack on Titan couldn’t be described as anything other than a huge downgrade in writing, showing signs of this as early as chapter 124, but becoming much more apparent in the last 6 chapters, culminating in what in my opinion is one of the worst end of any story I've seen so far. It’s completely nonsensical and contrived without any thematic weight, throwing away any previous build-up or foreshadowing, which it’s not only bad for itself, but also retroactively makes a lot of previous scenes as basically worthless. And not to mention how almost every character in the cast has been replaced by watered-down version of themselves, Eren being one of the worst offenders. While initially not the most developed character (though this is up to debate), Eren had one of the best character arcs in the series, just to be absolutely ruined in the exact amount of two chapters (which also are the last two), making his entire character feel like a bad joke. It's actually quite an accomplishment how much of Eren's character has been destroyed in such a short amount of time. The worst thing about this is that it doesn't only happen to Eren, but to most of the cast.

Armin, for example, is another victim of bad writing. After RtS, he remains completely stagnant and even regresses as a character, as he’s shown without any of the determination or development that took place during that arc, but rather appears as a very passive character, reminiscent of earlier parts of the story. Despite that being bad writing, that wouldn’t be so bad if it wasn’t for how much the story loves his character, despite doing nothing to deserve that. He’s always shown as some kind of messiah that every character loves for no real reason and paradoxically has the most screen time (at the expense of other characters) but the least development. It's insane how much Isayama constantly tries to portray Armin as a genius and a hero just to fails so terribly at it.

Then there’s Mikasa, who doesn’t even has any development or remarkable trait other than "Ereh" (and acting cool I guess), and has been like that for pretty much the entirety of the series. Thankfully though, she finally gets some development... but it’s only in the final two chapters. Which of course means that said development is completely rushed and contrived.

As for the other characters, they are underdeveloped by the lack of screen time due to the sheer amount of characters in the story, so just a few characters get some significant development. Another problem is how the story (and thus its characters) loves Armin, even going as far as ruining characters that aren’t even alive to begin with for the sake of Armin. The only characters that are an exception to this are the character who dares to oppose Armin, who are pretty much next to none outside of Floch (best character) and some non-characters that no one actually bothers to remember.

Anyways, I could go on with the rest of the cast, like how Levi, despite being one of the few decent character remaining, gets very few development or any moment to shine in the final arc due barely having any screen time with his character reduced to muh promise (still like I said before he’s one of better ones), or how Gabi’s characters serves no thematic purpose other than to tell us the exact same thing that Reiner’s character already did just a few chapters ago.

Story-wise, things aren’t much better. Due to what happens in the final arc, a lot (if not all) of the themes that the story initially presented are rendered as worthless. While the earlier parts of the story had been of mostly respectable quality, with a clear foreshadowing of future events and a solid theming, there’s no a reason to care about that now as Isayama didn’t seem to care either when he wrote this ending. It was as if after chapter 123 he was replaced with another writer as there is a clear lack of foresight in the following chapters regarding the development of the plot, especially in comparison with the earlier chapters. However, the worst part of this is the number of possible directions the series could have gone, only to ultimately pick the laziest and most predictable story development that the story could have gone. Laziness in particular is a recurrence during the final arc. The characters face no real threat despite the situation they’re in due to how protected they are by the plot, resulting in a lot of situations devoid of any logic no matter how unlikely these situations are and any tension being basically non-existent. Not much can be said about the ending without getting into some major spoilers, but it did its job of ruining whatever foundation the story previously had.

It’s also worth noting how unsubtle the symbolism and the """"themes""" are during the final arc. I cannot count the number of times a character has said "I am free" or also whenever a bird appears for the gorillionth time representing freedom (such deep symbolism). Like, it’s ok, we get it, but don't shove it in my face for the tenth time in a row, it's exhausting.

As for the art, it’s a mixed bag. The art initially was very mediocre and inconsistent, but with the time it got better and there was a clear improvement, it wasn’t the best of the best, but it was decent. However after a certain point the art got much more inconsistent again with a lack of effort compared to the previous improvements. Said lack of effort coincidentally happens to be reflected in the story, as the best chapters are also those with the best art, while the poorest written chapters have a mediocre art.

To say that the final arc is bad would be an understatement. Other than two chapters, there is little good to see. Any share of consistency or logic is completely erased and the attempt of making something of actual substance is left as an afterthought. It makes any previous emotional investment I had with this manga purposeless and I just can't care about anything related to it now. I think it's obvious by now, but I don't recommend Attack on Titan. If you still plan on reading Attack on Titan, then I recommend to read it until 123, then drop it and make up your own ending, as it would be much more satisfying than the ending we got, otherwise don't bother.

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Apr 8, 2021

139 of ? chapters read

Overall Rating: 8

RPWPA (All reviews)

487 people found this review helpful

"Bruh"
- Everyone that read the final chapter of AOT.

Despite the underwhelming (or I could even say horrible) ending, Attack on Titan has been one of the best manga I have ever read. The manga has amazing well-written characters with the ability to generate some of the best character interactions I have ever seen in any story. The underground scene after the timeskip, the iconic death of Marco, the ability to dive deep into the psychology of each character is way too good. The ending is horrible I agree and it kinda breaks a lot of what has been built upon it so far but imo, read more

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