Review of Attack on Titan: Final Season - The Final Chapters

Now this is what I call a dumpster fire. Don’t know how anyone can recommend this finale other than dwelling on pure sentimental values; I was seriously wondering whether I was watching a different show in a parallel universe. Isayama spent an entire season building Eren’s manipulative and dark persona only to squash it in the last 25 minutes of the show with a wimpy meltdown. Eren, who never displayed a single ounce of romantic interest towards anyone in the series, did a 180 at the end as a cheap fan service just to check the box. Needless to say, my jaw dropped to the floor.Character assassination at its finest - not cool.

To be fair, ever since the ability to transcend time was revealed I had an inkling that this anime was going to turn to shit, and it did, as evidenced by what REALLY went down with Eren’s mom. I’m sorry but this is just sloppy writing; when you can change anything past/present/future incoherence is bound to happen. Seasons 1-3 were phenomenal and should have concluded then, instead we got another season of unnecessary drama with Gabi/Falco and the alliances (who in my opinion added zero value to the story but that’s a rant for another day). However I’m glad this journey is finally over, because when attack on titan becomes an attack on logic you know it’s beyond salvage.