SnK first half. 10/10. Honorably-stellar works.
Eren goes full titan. Just as this happens the writer(s) go full children's shonen and never go back.
SnK second half. 5.5/10. Shamelessly follows shonen and generic anime baseline scripts. Attempts to use a little kids' surf board to ride the beautiful wave left over from it's predecessor episodes.
Story--
The world building was a secluded partition physically, yet it was borderline-flawless.
The main characters' backstories were captivatingly weaved together to make something powerfully emotional and did the kick off for a strong story.
The themes. The gruesomeness. The realism. The motivation. The fear. The necessity. The loss. All of these things gave SnK a strong 10/10 story.
(Aside from gore,) None of these things remain effective when the focus of the show can-be-and-is-no-longer-humans fighting and attempting to Survive together against titans. The characters don't even die when they are killed after that point. Now the titans can be seen as just a soon-to-be-tool, and which using tools is human specialty. Say GoodByebye to the mountain of unique adventure. Hello giant robo cheering ons.
Art & Sound -- 10/10. Strong, show-raising factor.
Character -- 5/10. Was strong early on, but character development past very initial occurrences were imposingly non-existent. The characters also progress to not at all interact in ANY non-simple ways(like normal/realistic peoples would), as good writing would have. This is more exceedingly true after episode 16~.
Enjoyment -- 9/10. First 12~ episodes were some of the best I've seen.
Overall --
Even if I loved the 12 episodes of story, the fact of how it drove it'self into fodder for half of the series forces me to pick the middle score of the two sides. I give this a "From greatness to poop out of Potential" or in other words. 7 outta 10. I would actually think a fanfiction that picks up right when Eren dies and does actually die is likely to be much better than the animated and voice acted second half.
