I can't believe I'm saying this, but I actually liked this show

I’m not a fan of anime, and that’s because I used to like it when I was a teenager and ended up with a group of “otaku” friends—which I don’t recommend, at least not extreme otaku (which is what they were). It was a pretty messed-up and toxic environment, and that made me come to really hate anime. Something I used to love so much got ruined because I met the wrong people, hahaha. Since then, I haven’t liked watching anime. I feel like it somehow influences your personality and sometimes makes you act like an idiot. Maybe it’s just my mind defending itself by remembering that terrible phase, but anyway, the point is that my husband practically forced me to watch Attack on Titan, and unfortunately, I liked it.

It's funny because when you start watching the series, you think it's going to be your typical anime where the weak protagonist becomes strong and invincible, and while that was partly true, Eren was basically a total disaster, hahaha. So many people die in such horrible and unexpected ways that you're left thinking, “WTF?”.

I'll be honest with you, the first few episodes really took me out of the story; I didn't pay much attention to them—just enough to get by. I didn't have much faith in it either; at one point, I even thought I wouldn't finish it because I was getting bored. But I stuck with it, and I started to like it little by little. The later seasons were much more interesting, and the thing is, the Titans storyline takes a back seat once you dig deeper and analyze the story more closely. It’s really incredible, and you have to pay close attention because it can get confusing at times—suddenly they throw in themes about the future, the past, destiny, and time. It’s actually pretty good, to be honest.

It does have some clichés, but most of them are minor; overall, it deals with some pretty deep themes and has some really shocking plot twists. And the most striking thing is that you end up hating someone, but then in another episode they show you that person’s reasons, and you end up empathizing with the person you hated—there are no good guys or bad guys; everyone has their purpose.

I didn't know how to feel about the ending; it was a mix of very strange emotions—pretty depressing, if you ask me. But the most important thing is that it shows us how history repeats itself, that it will always repeat itself, and that humans will always find a way to destroy the world.
