Review of Attack on Titan

I really didnt expect to like Attack on Titan this much. One of my cousins and my sister both have watched this anime. My cousin who is kind of critical like me thought the show was good, but not great. And while my sister loved it, I am not sure if it was for the anime or the yaoi, so I didnt keep my expectation as high as I would have for a series of this popularity and ratings, and it pleasantly surprised me The opening arc of AoT is perhaps the best opening arc I have seen in any anime or manga ( maybe barringPromised Neverland). It was short fast, emotional, horrifying and effectively told me what I was getting into.
Normally this would also get my expectations high, but I had just come off SAO, so...

It was for the better as the best part of the season was the 1st two episodes imo. There were other good episodes, but not upto the mark of the 1st two. There are no awful episodes. Some parts were slow, but as I
binged it, I didnt feel it much. The twists and turns of the show were entetaining though no particularly exceptional.

The weakest part of the show was the character. I liked Sasha, Jean, Mikas, Levi, Hange, Pixis etc characters and after watching the Levi OVAs, I really liked the character. But except for that no other character except Jean has a well defined character arc. So my enjoyment of the characters came from their characterizations and sometimes from the character writing, even though except for Jean, there was little character progression. Some have complained that Eren is annoying. I watched this just after SAO. I really liked him.

Also the female characters in this show are written as characters and not as plot points, which given the number of female characters, is a pretty unique thing in shonen series.

Apart of all this criticism though, my enjoyment of this show is off the charts. So yeah, gonna rate this one high