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Attack on Titan 21

by Hajime Isayama

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Series: Attack on Titan (21)

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In this post-apocalyptic sci-fi story, humanity has been devastated by the bizarre, giant humanoids known as The Titans. Little is known about where they came from or why they are bent on consuming mankind. Seemingly unintelligent, they have roamed the world for years, killing everyone they see. For the past century, what's left of the human race has hidden in a giant, three-walled city.… (more)
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So close and yet so far. So many are dead, trying to (did they succeed after all) to take down the Beast Titan. And now they have a choice. Theoretically, they can steal one of the Titan's abilities and save one of their own...

But who?

Man, it's getting intense ramping up to the last run of the story.

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I guess it's true enough, but it's still a hard choice.



Man. That's kind of terrifying. I mean, they have Eren still, but even that shouldn't possibly be enough.



Whoa. So... there's so much more to the world than we'd heard about. I mean, we figured this. But getting it spelled out like this is crazy. How's it all work?



Oooh backstory. True? Myth? Interesting! ( )
  jpv0 | Jul 21, 2021 |
This serves as my review for the whole Attack on Titan series

This is one of my favourite animes and series of all time. It's also one of the highly acclaimed anime series ever so if you don't even know about Attack on Titan at this point... you are missing out. I'm updated with the manga since it's still ongoing but it is going to be ending very soon. I do think you should watch the series first before reading the manga :)

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED !!! Especially if you are into fantasy with high paced action sequences, surprising twists, and mystery.

plot→ It's basically set in this world wherein the last of the human race are forced to live behind this circular walled city called Paradis because titans who devour humans suddenly started appearing on Earth. The story begins when, after 300 years I think... or is it 30??, a titan suddenly breaks into the walled city. The story revolves around Eren (and friends) who has always dreamed of being part of the Survey Corps as they were previously regarded as the heroes of the city. However, they have since been looked down on by the residents because their expeditions outside the walls in the past years have always resulted in mass slaughter.

There are 3 branches in the city's military body: the Survey Corps, the Garrison, and the Military Police Brigade. Survey Corps go outside the wall to scout areas for expansion and most of the skilled ODM (this is the gear that they use to kill the titans) users are in this branch since they fight the titans most frequently. Garrison patrol the walls of the city and are in charge of protecting the walls from titan invasions. Military Police Brigade stay in the innermost city to protect the royal family and whoever else is rich and powerful enough to live there. There is also a side branch that takes care of the new recruits and trains them before they are placed in the actual military body.

I didn't know this had a military thing going on and to be honest it's one of favourite sub themes in fantasy so that was a pleasant for me.

One of the interesting sociopolitical points in this series is that the city itself is subdivided into 3 walls: Wall Maria, Wall Rose, and Wall Sina. The poorest in the city are forced to live on the outermost wall since they are the ones that titans would most likely get to first in case the city is breached. The richest are in Wall Sina like the royal family. This raised a lot of points to think about especially when the wall gets breached and they need to move towards the inner parts of the city.

I'm not going to go too much else in depth because it is partly a mystery series but one of the main things that made this series standout to me is the looming idea that they don't really know who the enemy is. Honestly, this series raises a lot of political issues and discussions that I like to talk about with other people who have also read/watched it. Another aspect that I like here, is what is really considered good or bad, if there even is such a thing in a person's motives. You'll see this more on the later sides of the series because the first part is more on action scenes and build up since it's meant to pull you into the world. But the later arcs just add up to it and make it seriously one of the most phenomenal stories I have come across.

If you haven't realized: I love this series TO DEATHHH.

I consider this a must watch and must read for basically everyone who just wants a good story with characters that you won't get tired of. The manga art does get better throughout the series. I also just want you guys to meet my man Levi basically hehe

This is Levi btw^^ *heart eyes*

WARNING: the manga is definitely on the gory side but the anime not much so (but still intense). it didn't really bother me though but you have been warned. ( )
  themoonwholistens | Aug 31, 2020 |
The first half of the volume actually continued the improvement to the storytelling that started last volume, but then the creator messed it up again in the second half. I only find this book engaging when it focuses on the three main characters: Eren, Mikasa and Armin. Whenever it goes off with other characters or engages in flashbacks it just becomes nearly unreadable. Basically, I want to see the three kids fighting giants.

What I don't want to see is page after page of Eren's father living in some stupid steampunk world. What I don't want to see is the creator ripping off M. Night Shyamalan's The Village. (And of all things to rip off!! Why not a good movie?) ( )
  villemezbrown | Jul 28, 2018 |
We've defeated the Beast Titan, the Armored Titan, and the Colossus Titan! However, Horse Titan has whisked away all their human titan counterparts except Bertolt. Oh and everyone's dead...including Armin and Erwin. But! with the special titan juice Levi has, we might be able to bring one back...so long as we feed it Bertolt.

And our wish was granted! We finally get to see the basement! ( )
  Rhydion | Oct 31, 2017 |
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In this post-apocalyptic sci-fi story, humanity has been devastated by the bizarre, giant humanoids known as The Titans. Little is known about where they came from or why they are bent on consuming mankind. Seemingly unintelligent, they have roamed the world for years, killing everyone they see. For the past century, what's left of the human race has hidden in a giant, three-walled city.

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