Review of Attack on Titan

It's crazy looking back at how this show started. As of writing this review the second half of the final season has just aired its first few episodes. Thinking about where it all started feels a little surreal. This is a series that has done so much, seemingly shifted genres so many times and managed to always surprise the audience with new groundbreaking dramatic reveals. So much of the story of Shingeki no Kyojin relies on how much you don't know. Why do Titans exist? What's in the basement? How did Eren become a titan? How many other people are Titans? The craziest and mostshocking ending culminating in that shot where we see the face of a Titan inside the wall.

Amazing story, high quality animation, real stakes where characters you actually care about can actually die, what is there not to love about this series? I think there is probably value in re-watching it from the start if you want to be caught up with the new season currently airing. Even if the world loses some of it's mystique when you know how all of the twists and turns will play out from the start, it's worth it to see just how masterfully the story has been crafted from the very beginning. You can see how they laid the trail of breadcrumbs and all the little hints and clues they give and where it all leads. I used to go 9 on this one but fuck it 10/10. I think it's earned the right to masterpiece status.