⚠️This is the second part of my review, the first is in my previous log 😅 (but you can read this one without being lost) AoT was my very first anime, and it's now my favourite work. And to think I was originally an anime hater... So for anyone reading this with preconceptions about anime, go for it, you'll never regret it ! Unfortunately, too many people miss out on this show just because it's an anime, don't be one of those people haha... I also ‘forced’ my brother and sister (who also had preconceived ideas about anime) to watch it, and in the end, they loved it ! So thank you to them for trusting me and especially for giving this masterpiece a chance, it's been a great adventure ❤️ Indeed, AoT gave me everything I expect when watching a show. And it does so to a level of near-perfection, if not perfection at times : A complex and intelligently narrated story ? yes, we feel the mastery. Traumatic mysteries and plot twists ? yes Chillingly epic moments ? yes, and lots of them Well-crafted and well-developed characters ? yes Narrative and diegetic coherence ? yes Complex and intense emotions ? one of the strengths of the show Philosophical themes that will change your outlook on life ? yes OSTs that give goosebumps ? yes Voice actors that transcend animation ? yes Good animation/directing ? yes, although not perfect Of course, everyone has their own opinion and not everyone can share mine. But from a purely objective point of view, I think we can agree that the quality of the work is well above average. In any case, I am and will be open to any debate on this subject ! ⚠️𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐓 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐒⚠️ As nothing is ever 100% perfect, not even aot, here are some things that could be improved according to me and my perception of the work (this is almost a detail, and I'm deliberately nitpicking for a more "objective" opinion) : -more scenes between Levi and Mikasa (for their family relationship) -the 3d which, at rare moments, is a bit questionable -the twist about the death of Eren's mother, which comes as a bolt from the blue, with no further explanation (if anyone has one, I'd be happy to take it). Isayama had accustomed us to better things. -Seeing the colossal titans of the Rumbling become human again at the end (because yes, they are human inside). -perhaps more explanation/context for the appearance of Falco's flying titan, which also appears a little too easily at the end -spend a little more time on Annie's redemption, which is perhaps rehabilitated too easily -The middle of S1 is good but a little slow in its pace. Compared to the other arcs, it really stands out. -I didn't quite understand how Zeke had the power to bring the primordial titans they knew back to their senses on Eren's back. Ymir's supposed to have got rid of Fritz's grip, so how do the titans act of their own free will ? Well, I don't know. Maybe she let him do it to achieve the end she wanted. In any case, it remains unclear and open to interpretation. If anyone has any ideas, I absolutely want to know ! 𝐓𝐨𝐩 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 : 𝟏𝟎. 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐨 🦅 Falco is one of the characters I respect the most. He's a child who shows remarkable maturity throughout. When we discover him at the start of S4, we realise that the world is a much more ambiguous and nuanced place than previously shown. Indeed, not everyone on the other side of the sea is bad, far from it. We understand his altruism and goodness right from the start when he decides to capture a Middle Eastern soldier instead of killing him. He is the only character throughout the show who does nothing but good deeds (except when he loses control of himself). He understands very quickly that killing serves no purpose, and that it leads to revenge and the cycle of hatred (particularly in the discussion between Eren and Reiner). This produces an instinctive attachment between him and the viewer. I don't think anyone can say they don't like Falco. We mustn't forget either that if Falco applies to become the heir to the battleship titan, it's not for selfish reasons, but out of pure love for Gabi. He absolutely wants her to have a long life and not be affected by the curse of Ymir and the war. It's just too cute... As for his flying titan, I think that the bestial titan is formed according to its host and its character. In Zeke's case, it was a monkey titan because, from childhood, we see him with a stuffed monkey. What's more, this animal would greatly enhance his baseball skills. As for Falco, his intro scene already showed us the form he would take as a beast. We see him talking to a bird. And it's all in his name, ‘Falco’, which means falcon in Italian. 𝟗. 𝐆𝐚𝐛𝐢 🌱 I will never understand the hatred that Gabi suffers from fans. Not forgiving her is fine, but not being able to understand her actions when the whole work revolves around this theme is a little more annoying. In addition, we understand perfectly through various parallels that Gabi is in fact only Eren's mirror across the sea. She is only a completely conditioned child placed in the middle of a battlefield. What is cruel is that Isayama forces us to hate her at first, especially with the death of Sasha. But it is from this same death and the interactions she will have with little Kaya that her redemption will be born. In addition, she finds herself confronted with the same phenomenon as all the warriors who went on a mission to Paradis : her extreme convictions are confronted with a much more nuanced reality. She therefore represents on her own a part of the different messages of the work. She carries within her the theme of forgiveness and evolution. Isayama clearly engages and places the viewer within the work by inviting them to forgive. And the fact that most people do not succeed in this act gives even more credibility to the universe that the author has built based on a realistic world showing the imperfections that humans sometimes hold. By carrying an eternal burden, namely the weight of resentment, Gabi has managed to evolve and find a place in my heart. People who worship Eren and hate Gabi, it is time to question themselves... 𝟖. 𝐉𝐞𝐚𝐧 🐎 Jean is a character that is too underrated in my opinion and has one of the best developments in the show. He shows us how a tragic element (the death of his best friend Marco) can make us change in the right direction. Indeed, in order not to disappoint Marco's memory and to avoid a similar situation happening again, he decides to become someone better, more responsible and more thoughtful. He is someone who has quickly matured in order to become one of the best soldiers on Paradis Island. What also touches me about him is his love for Mikasa (who doesn't pay him too much attention) and the fact that he admits in S4 that he has always been jealous of Eren. Thus, since Marco's death, he has always put the interests of others before his own, as shown so well in the scene where he decides to join the alliance to save the world in S4. 𝟕. 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐬𝐚 🧣 Mikasa is probably the most endearing character in the series given her unwavering love for Eren and her other companions. She represents in herself, the purity of a sincere love. In addition to this theme of the love she carries within her, Mikasa is also a symbol of the strong woman since in the end, she succeeds for the common good in freeing herself from the chains of her love. In addition, we must not forget that she is largely one of the characters who suffered the most during their childhood. Indeed, she witnessed the massacre of her two parents, was then kidnapped to be sold (given her Asian origins), lost her second family, then the death of many of her companions. Despite this, she is one of the best fighters in humanity with Levi and is undoubtedly one of the characters with the most presence and charisma. I don't really like people who reduce her to just Eren's guard dog, because for me, Mikasa is a much deeper and more complex character than that, that you have to try to understand to grasp all the nuances. For example, if she is so attached to Eren, it is simply because he is her last lair in life. Indeed, when she was at her lowest, he is the one who made her want to continue fighting. 𝟔. 𝐄𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐧 🧠 Erwin is written with a master's hand. What I like about him is the question of morality that constantly calls his actions into question. Are all these sacrifices worth it ? What is certain is that without the major, the scouts would never have discovered the truth about the world. A sentence from Armin describes him perfectly : to face a monster, you sometimes have to be ready to abandon your humanity. From the outside, he gives off a cold and impassive image, but we learn during season 3 that all these losses have really affected him, to the point where he sees the ghosts of his former soldiers. He imagines himself on top of a pile of corpses that he himself erected, hoping to be able to reach this coveted truth. He is also an outstanding strategist who manages to compete tactically with enemies of whom he knows almost nothing. His sacrifice as major is one of my favorite scenes in the series. His speech is also one of the best I have heard and gives me chills every time I watch it. His death is ultimately logical ; after having sacrificed so many soldiers for the sake of truth (a goal that is both collective and personal), it is his turn to sacrifice himself, at the gates of this much sought-after truth. Thus, he abandons his personal dream and finally shows his former soldiers that they did not die in vain. He decides to place his hopes, to trust the next soldiers who will come after him, just as those who died had to do. 𝟓. 𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧 🐚 Armin is my little favourite and seeing him gain charisma throughout the show is really enjoyable !! He goes from a cowardly boy, losing his cool at the slightest problem, to the 15th major of the Surey Corps and great savior of humanity. The theme I like the most about him is his curiosity about the outside world, and more specifically the sea. It's something banal for us spectators, but in the world of aot, the sea is so symbolic. It is synonymous with deliverance and horizon, something that the inhabitants of the walls have never known. This is why Armin joins the scouts : to one day reach the sea and realize his dream. His quest is noble, just like the character. Indeed, what I also really like about him is his pacifism, his search for dialogue before the blows, and his impressive capacity for analysis, which sometimes goes against his peaceful thoughts, thus reinforcing the complexity that surrounds him. Indeed, he is aware that to achieve a goal, even a noble one, you sometimes have to make sacrifices. This is how he understands that Major Erwin is not bad deep down. He has a remarkable ability to put himself in other people's shoes, and this is also what his analyses are often based on. Levi's choice to choose him rather than Erwin pays off in the end. Indeed, he is the one who manages to convince Zeke along the way to rebel one last time and cooperate with them, against Eren. This is also one of my favorite moments because finally, Armin manages to resolve the situation through dialogue, and not through blows, which Major Erwin (whom I respect a lot), probably wouldn't have managed to do. Armin was therefore the right choice in my opinion and his development in S4 should convince everyone. 𝟒. 𝐒𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐚 🥔 Sasha is for me the ray of light of the show. In such a dark and cruel world, she manages to bring back good humor and lightness that are totally welcome for me. She is not the deepest character, but we also observe interesting themes in her. When she lived in the forest with her father, we can see that her behavior was that of a person who was afraid and dreaded strangers. But this was only due to the fact that she did not know them and that she saw them only as a threat to her lands. She was not actually afraid of strangers per se, but of the unknown. Once out of the forest, she quickly changed by realizing that her thoughts were unfounded. This shows very well that Human is afraid of what he does not know, and that it is only by agreeing to discover the other that we can change things in the right direction. His death is also a crucial turning point in the work, because it determines almost all the events that follow and is a symbol of a strong message in the work : the perpetuation of the cycle of hatred ; that Sasha's father will have the intelligence to stop. He uses the metaphor of the forest, which Sasha left at his request, but who later found himself lost in an even larger jungle. Here, the forest represents a place where killings are omnipresent, filled with hunters looking for their prey. Thus, he says, I quote: “𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑑𝑜 𝑖𝑠 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡”. Ultimately, Sasha is a person like you and me, who had a death that was both realistic and symbolic. I admit that her love of food helped me a lot to become attached to her, surely through a process of identification. 𝟑. 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫 ✍️ Reiner is the best written character for me, on a par with Eren. The fact of liking him at first, then hating him deeply and then learning to appreciate him again, there is no denying that Isayama masters his characters. Season 4 deepens his development with a heartbreaking backstory where we discover Reiner's true face : that of a little boy wanting to do his utmost to be recognized, both by his family and by a State that doesn't care about him. His split personality between warrior/soldier also shows us that he can't stand what he has become, to the point of going crazy. The scene of his suicide attempt fully demonstrates all the guilt he has accumulated over the course of his life. In the end, he is a deeply human character, surely the most of all. He also has one of the best scenes in the anime when he loses his temper and reveals himself to be the armored titan in the greatest calm (this moment is written in legend). At that moment, he was like a big brother to Eren, which will give birth to a rivalry between the two, which is one of the most successful in my opinion, especially during their reunion at the beginning of S4. In the end, I really liked the different very contradictory emotions that we can feel on Reiner as the episodes go on. I saw him perhaps dying at the end during a final sacrifice, I think that would have completed his development rather well (but the fact that he survives is perfectly logical and understandable). 𝟐. 𝐄𝐫𝐞𝐧 🕊️ Eren is one of the most complete protagonists of all time. His last name, Jaeger, already defines him very well. Translated from German, Jaeger means ‘hunter’, but we see that jaeger is also a bird. The two main characteristics of the character are then shown to us from the start in his last name. Well, Isayama, I bow to you. At first, it is very easy to get attached to him following the tragedy of Shiganshina. He is then only a child but we understand perfectly his motivations, that of going beyond the walls that enclose humanity like cattle. Eren is then a classic shonen hero. But what I really like is the fact that after all the adventures we have lived alongside him, we leave his point of view from S4. He is now presented to us as a cold and calculating 'antagonist'. Isayama completely dehumanizes him to better rehumanize him later. Because the Eren that we see during S4 is not the real Eren but a mask that he decides to put on to best carry out his plan. During his final conversation with Armin, when he realizes he is about to die, his mask finally cracks and he becomes the slightly pathetic and deeply human character we were used to seeing during the first three seasons. This scene has been criticized a lot, especially by flow banders, but in fact, it is completely logical and full of meaning, which is why I find it important to go back in detail to Eren's mindset during this last season. The turning point taken by Eren's character takes place when he kisses Historia's hand : he sees himself giving orders to his own father and understands that he is in fact an actor in past events. Everything is called into question for him. He who did not like the idea that his father killed children, now finds himself confronted with reality : it is he (his future self) who pushed his father to commit this act. It is a rather frightening revelation to justify his change of personality. On the edge of omniscience, Eren becomes an enigmatic and impenetrable character for the viewer. His goal of reducing all of humanity to nothing (outside the island) seems disproportionate and a bit out of nowhere for the character of Eren. But in fact, he has never really changed his mentality. Indeed, since the beginning we are shown subtly (or not) a side of Eren who is impulsive, sensitive and uncontrollable. Levi himself says it in S1 during the chase in the forest against the female titan : "𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑔𝑢𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟，𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑏𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑘 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑐𝑎𝑔𝑒，𝑛𝑜 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒". In addition, during his fight against the female tian at the end of S1, Eren declares in anger "𝐼’𝑙𝑙 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑". In fact, we already had before our eyes Eren's madness when he succumbs to his anger. Once again, we had it before our eyes, but we did not manage to see it. So he finally becomes what could roughly be called the antagonist of the show, not by opposing only the characters we love but by opposing the entire world. And that, as human beings, we cannot tolerate. But we must understand that the tragedy of the Rumbling is not to be placed only on Eren's shoulders : it is the product of a set of acts for which each has a greater or lesser responsibility. And Armin understood this very well in their last discussion by promising to join him in hell, because he too has a greater or lesser share of responsibility in all of this. But we must not forget that the Rumbling is above all the fruit of the dictatorships imposed on each side of the sea and of the xenophobia felt away from the Eldians. Isayama then comes to alert us to the dangers that his systems could cause, to which the war could give rise. The monster that Eren becomes in the end is just the personification, materialization, and backlash of the hatred these systems provoke. Even though I roughly called him an antagonist above, I think the correct term to describe him is anti-hero : he does what he thinks is right through bad actions. In itself, his actions are clearly comparable and worse than the actions of a certain German genocidaire. But for all that, we cannot consider Eren's character only as a genocidaire, it is much more complex than that. Indeed, as we saw in the series, it is either the island or the continent. What to do when the coexistence of two species is made impossible because of a certain xenophobia ? There is no good choice here, there are only bad ones. The good one is surely to follow Armin's pacifist path, which is undoubtedly doomed to failure, but still. Eren initially wanted to follow this path too, but he was not persistent enough. He has decided to make the choice to save the island's inhabitants at the cost of the mainland's lives, even though he knows full well that it is in no way a morally right choice. So, the Rumbling presents itself to him as an obvious solution. But then why not have destroyed the military bases and established a "status quo" between the mainland and the island ? So now is the time to talk about Eren's motivations. If we summarize roughly, Eren has 3 big reasons for me : first, an altruistic reason. He knows that he doesn't have much time left to live, so he wants to do the most to protect his friends, so that they all have a long life. Thus, by triggering the Rumbling, he reduces the threat of the continent to nothing, and ensures prosperity to his friends that he loves more than anything. Then, we can talk about a much more personal reason, that of being free. When he is alone with Ramzi, Eren says it : he was disappointed to discover that there was life beyond the walls, and especially that it was still punctuated by conflict. He imagined that behind the walls, he would find the sea, expanses of sand, plains of ice ; freedom, quite simply. This is why he spreads the Rumbling over the entire world : in order to raze everything, to start a new world, without hatred and based on freedom. As for the third reason, let's go back to the character's foundation : he wants to eliminate all the titans, until the last one. And for that, he saw what he had to do. Given his discussion with Armin, I don't think he realized that this implied his death, especially coming from Mikasa's hands. In fact, he doesn't really know when and how he's going to die. He didn't ask himself all these questions before doing the Rumbling, we can see it clearly when he talks with Armin that he only realizes what his death means : he will never be able to see Mikasa and her friends again. To put an end to the titans, Ymir had to see Mikasa kill Eren with her own eyes, in order to have proof that one could free oneself from the chains of a sincere love. *The two love relationships are not really mirrors of each other, they only have in common the deliverance of a sincere love*. That's why Eren turns all his friends against him during S4, so that they'll be the ones to stop him. That's also what he puts forward as one of his reasons : sacrificing himself so that his friends are seen as heroes in the eyes of the world. But for me, it's not something he planned from the beginning, only a consequence that he realized at the end and that satisfied him. To come back to the part where he turns his friends against him, I really liked the way he goes about it, because we can clearly see that he knows them by heart. During his discussion with Armin and Mikasa, he attacks Armin with blows, because he knows that he can't destroy him from the inside, Armin being too smart. And he does the opposite with Mikasa, whom he breaks with words rather than blows, because she physically surpasses him. Eren therefore does not have a single specific reason to justify his actions, it is a set of things that pushed him to act in this way. This is why Eren is an extremely complex, deep and difficult to understand character. Like Ymir who was only a child led astray by her feelings, Eren is not a character to be elevated to the rank of god or demon, he is simply a man who received a power much too great for him, too great for anyone. Finally, Eren is buried under the tree where it all began. On his grave is inscribed the following epitaph by Mikasa : "𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟，𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦，𝑚𝑦 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑，𝑚𝑦 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑟". The fact that his name is not there is surely to avoid any desecration in view of the controversial character he has become. Thus, the anime begins under the tree, and ends under the tree ; except that this time, Mikasa is alone. Although it is much criticized by some, I find his love story with Mikasa original, poetic and deeply tragic. It is true that the first time I watched AoT I did not ask myself any questions about Eren's feelings, because as a spectator, I was too busy trying to understand the mechanics of the world around me. And it is the same for Eren. We must not forget that he is a teenager for the majority of the work and that he saw his mother being devoured by a titan when he was little. Thus since he was a child, his main goal is to avenge his mother from the titans by eradicating them to the last one, and therefore at the same time to access the truth about the mysteries that surround them. Thus, I think that Eren has never really asked himself the question of whether he was in love with Mikasa or not, despite obvious feelings. The omnipresent context of war and death did not help with this. Love is a complex feeling that Eren has always left in the background, hidden behind his hatred. But that's not why Eren doesn't like Mikasa, because by rewatching the work several times, we realize through the looks, the contacts, the words used or even the embellishment of the drawings of their faces when they look at each other, all the subtlety installed around this relationship. They each try in turn to confess their feelings to each other without succeeding, which really shows us that it's a tragic love story, without a solution. Frankly, if you didn't understand their relationship, I strongly advise you to rewatch the work, I'm sure you'll see much more clearly. The fact that we see him as a bird at the end is to be interpreted symbolically in my opinion. Eren has not really become a bird and he can't control them or anything. I don't think we should go that far. We know that the bird has been very linked to Eren since the beginning because of the symbol of freedom that he both carries. So, I really like to believe that there is a little bit of Eren's essence in each bird. The bird would then not be a total reincarnation but would act as a symbol of Eren. All this makes Eren the most tragic character I have ever seen. His evolution is just spectacular and written with a master hand. Thank you Hajime Isayama. I really like the fact that even if we don't want to, we feel a little sorry for him when he doesn't deserve it in the least if we judge him only by his actions. Like this character, my emotions towards him are deeply complex. Eren teaches us that we can judge a human being other than by his actions. Although no one should validate his actions, the fact that we follow Eren from the beginning helps us understand them better. 𝟏. 𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐢 ⚔️ Levi is therefore my favorite character from AoT. Although many see him only as the guy with aura who destroys everyone in combat, I personally find his character much deeper. Obviously, this first facet strongly contributes to my adoration for Levi but what I like much more is that Isayama goes well beyond this image of 'dark sasuke'. Indeed, Levi is a tortured character since his childhood. The least thing he has ever cared for, he lost it at some point in his life. The list is long but we can notably cite his mother, Isabelle & Furlan, Kenny, his squad (Petra), Erwin or even Hange... Thus, his own tragedy lies in the fact that he witnesses the death of all the beings they love, helpless each time. While, paradoxically, he is the most powerful character in aot. So, Levi is a character who cannot die in combat, he is destined to see the death of others, but never his own. This premise could very well have made him go crazy at many moments in the series, but Levi is, and has always been, someone altruistic and good, although the image that emerges of him is not quite that one but rather that of a cold man who does not give much importance to others. But we quickly notice his good nature : from his first action scene, he is presented to us as a maniac who does not like to get dirty (especially with blood). However, he did not hesitate for a second to grab the bloody hand that a random soldier on the verge of death was holding out to him, and to promise him that his death was not in vain (when in fact it was) in order to console him in his last moments. There are many other moments like this throughout the work. So, Levi hides his emotions from others. Indeed, on many occasions, we can notice that Levi puts his emotions and interests aside for a purely altruistic purpose. It is only during rare moments that he lets his emotions show (these moments are all cult). He then becomes towards the end an almost father figure for the rest of the scouts. The fact that he fights in the last battle with only two fingers... this guy is a legend, put some respect on him. His last flight in ODM gear is remarkable, we can really feel all his distress when he releases the last Thunder Spears he has on Eren. Thank you for everything, Humanity's strongest soldier. When everything is over he finally relaxes and cries for the very first time seeing his former comrades in front of him one last time. For him, all that mattered was that all the sacrifices he was able to witness were not made in vain. This scene is just heartbreaking, it is a pure cocktail of emotions that is very rare to witness. The sasageyo he performs at the same time as the tear that flows, I thought I was going to die. I love you Levi. Small detail that I also really like about him : his small size is actually due to his childhood that he spent in the underground city. Never seeing a ray of sunlight, his body was therefore unable to develop properly. The same goes for his cleaning mania, he has it because he grew up in unsanitary and dirty places and couldn't stand it. Characters like Zeke, Hange, Historia, Ymir, Kenny, Eren Kruger and many others would also have deserved a mention, but hey... A top 10 is limited to 10 ! 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 : 1. Eren/Armin 🤝 2. Eren/Mikasa 💘 3. Eren/Reiner 🤜🤛 4. Jean/Conny/Sasha 😂 5. Levi/Hange ⚗️ 𝐓𝐨𝐩 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 : 1. Saison 3 => 5/5 2. Saison 4 => 5/5 3. Saison 2 => 4.5/5 4. Saison 1 => 4/5 Differentiating S3 and S4 is too hard, they are equal in my heart... 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐬 : 1. Return to Shiganshina (S3 pt.2) 2. The Rumbling (S4 pt.3) 3. War for Paradis (S4 pt.2) 4. Marley (S4 pt.1) 5. Clash of Titans (S2) 6. Female Titan (S1 pt.2) 7. Uprising (S3 pt.1) 8. Battle of Trost (S1 pt.1) 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 : See my pinned list There is also an essential point that I have not yet addressed : the OSTs. Composed by Hiroyuki Sawano, the music occupies a central place within the work, it participates very strongly in the atmosphere installed and the emotions felt. To be honest, I have never seen such a soundtrack for a cinematographic work. Usually, we remember 3-4 music maximum per work, but here, there are at least thirty that are pure masterpieces. H. Sawano succeeds in a monstrous work (followed by Kohta Yamamoto in S4) by composing one of the most beautiful soundtracks ever created. Needless to say, I still listen to aot's OSTs very often, which are an integral part of my playlist. 𝐓𝐨𝐩 𝐎𝐒𝐓 : 1. T-Kt 2. Vogel Im Kagif 3. Call of Silence 4. Attack on Titan 5. You See Big Girl 6. Before Lights Out 7. Footstep of Doom 8. Ashes on The Fire 9. Bauklotze 10. The Warriors 11. Shingeki Vc -Pf20130218 Kyojin 12. So Ist Es Immer 13. Attack on D 14. Friendships (why didn't they put it in the anime ??) 15. Barricades 16. Call your name 17. Traitor 18. Eye-Water 19. Omake-Pfadlib 20. The Dogs 21. Splinter Wolf 22. Zero Eclipse 23. Guilty Hero 24. An Ordinary Day 25. The Reluctant Heroes 𝐓𝐨𝐩 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬/𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 : 1. Shinzou Wo Sasageyo (Op. S2) 2. Akuma no Ko (End. S4 Pt.2) 3. Red Swan (Op. S3 Pt.1) 4. Guren no Yumiya (Op. S1 part.1) 5. The Rumbling (Op. S4 Pt.2) 6. Shougeki (End. S4 Pt.1) 7. Itterasshai (End. S4 Pt.3) 8. Akatsuki no Requiem (End. S3 Pt.1) 9. Jiyuu no Tsubasa (Op. S1 part.2) 10. Under the Tree (End. S4 Pt.3) 11. Y uugure no Tori (End. S2) 12. Name of Love (End. S3 Pt.2) 13. Utsukushiki Zankokuna Sekai (End. S1 Pt.1) 14. My war (Op. S4 part.1) 15. Great Escape (End. S1 Pt.2) 16. Shoukei to Shikabane no Michi (Op. S3 part.2) 17. Saigo no Kyojin (Op. S4 part.3) I would also like to highlight some quotes that struck me during my viewings, but I realized that there are far too many, so I am offering you a few and you, do not hesitate to give your favorites and those that I forgot if you feel like it. "𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑟𝑢𝑒𝑙 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑢𝑙" - 𝕄𝕚𝕜𝕒𝕤𝕒 𝔸𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕣𝕞𝕒𝕟 "𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛’𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑟 𝑏𝑎𝑑 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛，𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑎𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒．" - 𝔸𝕣𝕞𝕚𝕟 𝔸𝕣𝕝𝕖𝕣𝕥 "𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛’𝑡 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑠𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑒" - 𝔸𝕣𝕞𝕚𝕟 𝔸𝕣𝕝𝕖𝕣𝕥 "𝐼𝑓 𝐼 𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑑… 𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟… 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢…" - 𝕄𝕚𝕜𝕒𝕤𝕒 𝔸𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕣𝕞𝕒𝕟 "𝐴𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑠，𝑤𝑒’𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒" - 𝔼𝕣𝕖𝕟 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕘𝕖𝕣 "𝐻𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙．𝐵𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑" - ℂ𝕒𝕣𝕝𝕒 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕘𝕖𝕣 "𝐼 𝑆𝐴𝐼𝐷 𝐴𝐷𝑉𝐴𝑁𝐶𝐸 𝐺𝑂𝐷 𝐷𝐴𝑀𝑁𝐼𝑇 ！！ 𝐷𝑂 𝑁𝑂𝑇 𝐹𝐴𝐿𝑇𝐸𝑅 ！！！" - 𝔼𝕣𝕨𝕚𝕟 𝕊𝕞𝕚𝕥𝕙 "𝑂𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑡，𝑑𝑎𝑑．𝑌𝑜𝑢’𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑦𝑒𝑡" - 𝔼𝕣𝕖𝕟 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕘𝕖𝕣 "𝑀𝑌 𝑆𝑂𝐿𝐷𝐼𝐸𝑅𝑆 𝐷𝑂 𝑁𝑂𝑇 𝐵𝑈𝐶𝐾𝐿𝐸 𝑂𝑅 𝑌𝐼𝐸𝐿𝐷 𝑊𝐻𝐸𝑁 𝐹𝐴𝐶𝐸𝐷 𝑊𝐼𝑇𝐻 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝐶𝑅𝑈𝐸𝐿𝑇𝑌 𝑂𝐹 𝑇𝐻𝐼𝑆 𝑊𝑂𝑅𝐿𝐷 ！𝑀𝑌 𝑆𝑂𝐿𝐷𝐼𝐸𝑅𝑆 𝑃𝑈𝑆𝐻 𝐹𝑂𝑅𝑊𝐴𝑅𝐷 ！𝑀𝑌 𝑆𝑂𝐿𝐷𝐼𝐸𝑅𝑆 𝑆𝐶𝑅𝐸𝐴𝑀 𝑂𝑈𝑇 ！ ！𝑀𝑌 𝑆𝑂𝐿𝐷𝐼𝐸𝑅𝑆 𝑅𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐺𝐸 ！！！ " - 𝔼𝕣𝕨𝕚𝕟 𝕊𝕞𝕚𝕥𝕙 "𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑑𝑎𝑦．𝐼𝑓 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝐼’𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑜𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑟" - ℤ𝕖𝕜𝕖 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕘𝕖𝕣 "𝐼’𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢，𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑙. " - 𝔼𝕣𝕖𝕟 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕘𝕖𝕣 "𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦… 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠… 𝑂𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟…" - 𝔼𝕣𝕖𝕟 𝕂𝕣𝕦𝕘𝕖𝕣 "𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 ，𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒’𝑠 𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑙 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑢𝑠" - ℕ𝕚𝕔𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕠 "𝑃𝑒𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑒 𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛，𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑙 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑟 𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠" - 𝔼𝕣𝕨𝕚𝕟 𝕊𝕞𝕚𝕥𝕙 "𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔" - 𝕂𝕖𝕟𝕟𝕪 𝔸𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕣𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕟 "𝐼’𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑇𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑛" - ℝ𝕖𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕣 𝔹𝕣𝕒𝕦𝕟 "𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛’𝑡 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑎 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦 𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑎 ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦" - 𝔼𝕣𝕖𝕟 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕘𝕖𝕣 "𝐷𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢’𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡" - 𝔼𝕣𝕨𝕚𝕟 𝕊𝕞𝕚𝕥𝕙 "𝐼𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑖，𝐸𝑟𝑒𝑛" - 𝕄𝕚𝕜𝕒𝕤𝕒 𝔸𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕣𝕞𝕒𝕟 And finally, let me give some thanks : First of all, 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐊 𝐘𝐎𝐔 to you, who are reading this, it means that you have finished this interminable review haha !! 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐊 𝐘𝐎𝐔 to all the people who will decide to like or comment on this review ! 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐊 𝐘𝐎𝐔 to the animators of Wit Studio and Mappa for bringing this masterpiece to life ! 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐊 𝐘𝐎𝐔 to Hiroyuki Sawano and Kohta Yamamoto for delivering one of the most beautiful soundtracks of all time ! 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐊 𝐘𝐎𝐔 to the seiyū for perfectly embodying these characters as endearing as they are complex ! A big 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐊 𝐘𝐎𝐔 to my friend Enzo for making me watch/discover this masterclass as soon as possible ! A huge 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐊 𝐘𝐎𝐔 to all the people who will continue to make this work live over time ! And finally, 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐊 𝐘𝐎𝐔 to Mr. Hajime Isayama for creating this masterpiece that changed me and my perception of seeing our world. 𝑺𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒛𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒐 𝑺𝒂𝒔𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒚𝒐 ❤️