By the end of the first episode I was like, damn...not bad, not bad...main character seems a little extra with his anger...but what a WICKED score!
By the end of the second episode...DAMN. DAMN. DAAAMN.
By the - you see where this is going? For me personally, it hits all the buttons of what I'm looking for in an amazing anime and more importantly, an incredible and captivating story. The only other show to really keep my heart pounding and keep me captivated -for almost 10 years now- was and is Avatar: The Last Airbender...Shingeki no Kyojin is making me feel a lot of those "feels" again.
Yes, there are little things that irk me in the anime. For instance, there is way too much dialogue during dire situations. The pacing is sometimes uneven between the dialogue and following action. However, somehow at the end of each episode, it makes up for it quite well. It allows me to trust the story and to allow me to have a little faith in where its going. I've been "betrayed" by animes before where romance has completely dominated the plot and ruined a potentially amazing tale...but so far there is little to zero romance in the anime and I can just focus on the story and have the choice to make up a romance in my head if I so wish to.
Let me just put this out there, in high-action shounen animes where death is on the line with humanity...ROMANCE KILLS. Seriously. It's a massive turn-off.
Ultimately, an amazing show that I have yet to feel bored from watching and reading. Captivating, captivating, fast-paced action, an emotional lead (non-stereotypical shounen male), realistic and bad-ass female characters, fantastic background art and a mind-blowing soundtrack and the list goes on...It goes up there in the top and most unique animes out there.
One word: QUALITY.
