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diff --git a/content/brain-rot/anime/attack_on_titan_anime.md b/content/brain-rot/anime/attack_on_titan_anime.md deleted file mode 100644 index 74954f9..0000000 --- a/content/brain-rot/anime/attack_on_titan_anime.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,86 +0,0 @@ -+++ -title = "Attack on Titan (2013-2023)" -author = ["MichaĆ Sapka"] -date = 2024-06-09T17:10:00+02:00 -categories = ["brainrot"] -draft = false -weight = 3002 -primary_menu = "brain-rot-anime" -abstract = "My review of the anime" -rating = 3.5 -[menu] - [menu.brain-rot-anime] - weight = 3002 - identifier = "attack-on-titan-2013-2023" -+++ - -_Attack on Titan_ may very well be the defining anime of this decade. -It started as a huge hit, then it faded into obscurity, just to return with a huge bang and end with huge disappointment. - -The premise is quite interesting: -pre-industrial age; humanity is close to extension, locked behind gigantic walls. -Outside lives the biggest threat man has ever faced - Titans. -Race of gigantic, humanoid beasts whose only purpose in life is to attack and devour humans. -We meet our main heroes - Eren, Mikasa, and Armin, just before the Titans breach one of the walls. - -The following 4 seasons differ in quality. - -The first one is interesting, but suffers from terrible narration where we are constantly interrupted by internal monologues. -We either learn what we already know, or random ideas are thrown at us. -The second one has no idea what it wants to be, and this is where viewership dropped sharply. -Then came the third one. -It seems to continue to downward trend from s2, but halfway through everything changes. -Without spoiling anything, _AoT_ stops being dumb fun and seems to become an intelligent commentary on human condition. -Before that, I was watching the series because I had nothing better to do. -After _this_ scene I instantly became invested and shocked. -Then the fourth came out, developing on what made the third great. -I was close to calling this a great series, but unfortunately it's all thrown out the window with the 2.5 hours long finale, which is almost entirerly one, long fight. -So much potential, such great buildup. -All wasted in the name of a boring action scene. -I don't remember when was the last time I felt so betrayed. - -The great part of _AoT_ takes a lot from history and great fiction like Dune. -We're seeing great idea one after another. -The story is full of interesting twists. -By the end, it's all meaningless. - -{{< rating 3.5 "attack-on-titan.jpg" >}} -Cover -{{< /rating >}} - -Story-wise, the only two redeeming qualities of this series are personal journeys of Eren and Gabi (introduced in S4). -Only their stories interest me. -Not that there is anything bad about the rest of the characters, they are ok[^fn:1]. -Run-of-the-mill anime characters. - -Yes, the series looks and sound pretty. -It's full of nicely animated action scenes. -But I can't stop comparing it to _Evangelion_. - -Both series start cool, but are not memorable. -Then they develop into marvels, pure greatest. -But _NGE_ never stopped being great. -After it gained actual meat, it developed it culminating in the greatest movie I've ever experienced. -Full of story, drama, meaning, and emotions. - -_AoT_ ends in _Iron Man 3_ - a prolonged, boring fight scene. - -And while the scenes shown during end credits return the series on its track, it changes nothing. -They nicely connect and develop the great ideas behind the _golden era of AoT_, but they should not be the one good part! -The ending should be it, as the way it happened is I wasted 2.5 hours filled with boredom. - -_AoT_ could have been great, but it is not. -It's an ok action series with huge unresolved ambitions. -If it was just a dumb action show, then ok - I would have some fun, then forget it. -It would fail in comparison of other shows we see now, like Jujtsu Kaisen, but it would be very much ok. -Unfortunately with added ambition, it ends in a huge disappointment. - -It was very close, everything was going great. -And then it hits a wall. - -[^fn:1]: Except of Armin who single handely ruins the first few seasons. - He is the character who is able to calculate probability to 4 decimal places. - I see this kind of characters all around modern anime, and every time I have to roll my eyes. - Remember how _Big Bang Theory_ was often describes at how "dumb people think smart people are"? - Yeah, that's Armin. - The same kind of bullshit ruined shows like Kaji or Code Geass for me. |