Shingeki no Kyojin is, in short, "a display of epic action with exceptional animation and soundtrack to his height". It has been described in many ways: The Best series of 2013, The Best in the present, A "Before and after" in the world of anime ¿but seriously is all this ? Honestly, no. Aside from that I mentioned above, has nothing else going for
Let us begin by mentioning the good: for a series of action it is important that... action scenes are good, with good animation and an OST to give that feeling of "epicness" Shingeki no Kyojin complies with that, especially with the OST that I admit, is one of the best OST I've heard today. Still, there were relatively few action scenes for what I thought it would be (and what made me believe with so much spam when it was airing). The rest is, the "not so good" in the series
The history with the Titans and the humanity in oppression is somewhat interesting, the way in which the humanity has managed to survive gives for much. But only that, although the anime handles well, not delve into details that, along, become important. There are times where it wants to take itself so seriously that is bored and disappointing, even to me, who really enjoy series of "much blablabla and little action" as Monogatari Series or Log Horizon. Among other things, the theme of "humans don't have a chance against the Titans" is annoying, especially when they want to put in each chapter.
Another point to be discussed are the characters. No matter how good is the story, if there are not characters that appeal, it is useless. Really are few the characters who can say that they are worth:
-Eren as protagonist starts out decent, and is appreciated he has Balls and is decided, but that of "I want to kill'em all!!" seems more the whim of a child that a personal goal, aside after the second half of the anime, he goes from being a warrior to the Lady in Trouble who has to be protected and then saved. And personally, he made me understand why much people hate Yuuki Kaji as a seiyuu...
-Mikasa... She's strong, intelligent and bold ¿what's the problem? She really has no personal goal, evolution as a character, nothing. Just walk behind Eren to "protect" him... What a waste of potential
-Armin is perhaps (no, actually he is) the best character by far. Yes, the weakling who can't kill a Titan by his own is better than the rest, simply because he was the only one who showed a good development, and of the few to use his head before the Maneuver Sistem. Whenever he spoke, he said something good, enough to keep me interested in the facts. His speech in chapter 10 was the best I saw in the series until then
-Levi stood out as a great warrior and have that air of mystery around him. It had so much potential, but his little participation prevented that he developed better
-There were other characters like Jean (one that had good performance) and Hanji (this is something more personal, just liked her crazy personality xD) also stand out a bit, but nothing really relevant.
In conclusion, Shingeki no Kyojin is one of the most outstanding series at the time, although as has pretty good stuff, has other where it fails miserably. Much people turn a blind eye to these failures and there comes the exaggerated treatment they have to it. ¿It was a good serie? Yes ¿The Best of 2013 and in the present? By far... No ¿Overrated? Maybe...
