I honestly don’t get why people keep calling Attack on Titan a “masterpiece of storytelling.” It’s not. It’s edgy nationalism fanfiction with a grim aesthetic and just enough philosophical buzzwords to make you think it’s profound. People say “it’s about the cycle of hatred” or “it’s morally gray,” but the truth is that it simplifies complex real-world issues into cartoonish trauma p o r n and revenge logic.

Eren’s entire “freedom” arc is just incoherent rage repackaged as destiny. And don’t even get me started on the ending — it’s not tragic or poetic, it’s just lazy moral relativism. The show builds up this huge ideological tension and then refuses to actually say anything meaningful. “Everyone’s a victim.” Yeah, cool, that’s not insight, that’s a cop-out.

The fandom treats AoT like it’s the next 1984 or The Brothers Karamazov, when it’s really a well-animated revenge fantasy that dips into fascist imagery without having the guts to challenge it. It’s shock value pretending to be depth.

If you actually want a series that handles trauma, ideology, and generational violence with maturity, go watch Made in Abyss or Vinland Saga. Attack on Titan is just “edgy Naruto for adults.”