Isayama created a possibly great anime, and then destroyed it with his own hands. This may be the most difficult ending in life, but I would like to thank Isayama for the work of "Giant". Over the years, It really gave me a lot of shock and inspiration.
Updated March 31st.
"Attack on Titan" can be read opposite "The Diary of a Madman". Allen couldn't fall asleep. After reading it carefully in the middle of the night, he could see the words from the cracks. It turns out that the history of Eldia is full of writing. Two words are 'eat people'! The so-called "Giant" is the history of cannibalism and the end of cannibalism. So Allen's motives have always been very pure. The young man who yearns for freedom wants the entire nation to achieve freedom, and to truly achieve freedom, he must end this cannibalistic nightmare and rescue mankind from the nightmare of giants. So to figure out, what is giganticization, and how did the Eldians become giants. Talking about grotesque bugs and talking about Ymir are only half of the story. To be precise, it is the instinct of grotesque bugs to expand, reproduce, and fear being destroyed. After being deceived by the first king and turned into a tool of war, the combination of the grotesque worm's instinct and Ymir's despair became the initiator of the giant's nightmare. However, Ymir could have died in one go, stifling the expansion of the monstrous bug from the source, but the first generation king was fascinated by the interests, eager for the power of giants to extend to future generations, and to realize the stability of the Eldia Empire for a long time, only then did he come up with a descendant The method of eating Ymir, as a result, the power of Ymir's ancestor giant was divided into nine giants, and the power of the grotesque worm permeated the entire Eldia nation. It resided in the original giant owner's body, and each Those who have eaten Ymir, including the offspring of cannibals, are affected by the power of the grotesque. The grotesque worm is a metaphor for the reproduction and expansion of human beings, Ymir is the side of human beings who yearn for freedom and cannot, and the first king represents the continuous emergence of slave owners in human history, those who yearn to conquer, enslave and rule others. desire. Therefore, if we were young, it was the enslavement environment that cultivated cannibals, and when we grew up, the metaphor of the earth demons is human beings, especially the evil side of human nature. It is the dark side of human beings that causes cannibalism. nightmare. Because of this implication, "Giant" is not a pure hot-blooded young manga, but a work whose author carries enough ambition and discusses sociology, theology, philosophy, religion and human nature itself. The history of "Giant" is actually the history of the constant confrontation between the good and the evil of human nature, and the history of why human beings have committed so many evil deeds and still have survival significance. Of course, it is not important to the earth whether human beings exist or not, but to human beings, this is a question of existence value, and it is difficult to find a solution, but everyone who tries to ask questions is stubborn and lovely. Therefore, there will be no solution to the final outcome, because human beings have not been able to solve it until now, but what can be expected is that the author Isayama Chuang presents the proposition of "freedom" , different answers. What is freedom, how does Ellen understand it, how does Armin understand it, will Ymir be free? Alan, who sacrificed himself to end the cycle of cannibalism, did he get what he wanted and received the award of "You are free". Perhaps, when Allen spied on the memory and found that he could no longer see the memory of the next generation of attacking giants, he already knew his destiny. However, the attacking giant will continue, because the so-called attacking giant means that everyone has an equal pursuit of freedom.
Update Feb. 10, about Ellen's choice.
Readers who say Allen is a fanatical nationalist, or conclude that Allen is black, sacrificing the majority for the freedom he longs for, I think they are missing the premise that Allen's national Eldian, faced with fate. They are facing the imminent slaughter and extermination by the world coalition forces. If this is still incomprehensible, we might as well put it into a context. If our own nation is stigmatized as a demon, the world powers will slaughter us in the name of justice, but in fact, they want to plunder the resources of this land , then in this case, is it to seek peace and count on the gifts of the foreign powers, or to find a way to form a real check and balance between the nation and the foreign powers? Historically, a more accurate case is the Jews of the Nazi era in Germany. The Jews were stigmatized, and the entire German Empire, from the leaders to the civilians, initiated or acquiesced in the slaughter of Jews. In "Attack on Titan", the Marais Empire is like the mighty Nazi Empire, or, in other words, a huge empire with deep-rooted racism and an attempt to dominate the world order. The Eldians who are regarded as monsters, but there are many elites who have become important members of the military, political and business circles, are stigmatized Jews. There is one detail in the giant worth noting. There are many elites in Marais, and their ancestors were also Eldians, but in the brainwashing of generations of education, they think that Eldians are demons, and they are more willing to admit that they are honorary Marais. As a result, even the Eldians within the empire are killing their compatriots, because they think their compatriots are demons. Allen faced this situation. If you wait to die, the world coalition led by Marai will land on the island, and the Eldians will become slaves for generations even if they are not extinct. If, as Han Ji and others imagined, everyone fights a war, realizes the cruelty of the war, and then shakes hands and makes peace, it is a falsehood. Because Marai's real purpose is the power of giants on the island, if Marai wants to plunder the island's resources, how could he be willing to let the Eldians sit on an equal footing with him. For Allen to save the nation, it is not enough to remove the power of giants, but also to form a new order of checks and balances, a strategic weapon that a small country can balance against a big country. This weapon, in reality, is an atomic bomb, a hydrogen bomb. In the comics, it's the earth ringer who can summon all giants to start a war of destruction. But in the longer term, what Allen needs to think about is how to make the threat of Di Ming always exist, so that the Marais Empire does not dare to use force easily. So he decided to do it. Launch the Earthquake to make the world coalition realize its terror. But it does not restrict the freedom of the Survey Corps, nor does it restrict Armin, Reiner, Ani, and others who master the power of giants, and join forces to stop themselves. Giants are not over yet , so Allen's final solution has not yet settled. But the general logic points are two: 1. The grotesque worm, the initiator of the end of the earth demon, rescued the Eldians from the nightmare of giants; 2. Create nuclear weapons for the Eldians, or cooperate with other first Three worlds, the countries bullied by the Marais Empire united to buy time. To put it simply, it is how to make the Ai people not need to perish and break free from the nightmare of giants. Corresponding to the Norse mythology, after the Ragnarok, how is a new world established? After clarifying this point, we know that Allen is not a pure racist at all, and his purpose is not to destroy the world. It's a pity that when many readers criticize Allen, they forget that the Marais Empire is the huge evil that continues the slave order and invades weak countries, and the Eldians, they are the ones to be genocide. one side. It is impossible to expect fornication. Because Marais has already started a war. Marais maintained a never-ending stream of evil-making order—slavery, colonists, warmongers, and patriarchal societies. As long as this order exists, the evil of the whole will continue to flow. Only by ending this order and creating a new balance that eliminates slavery can the Eldia and other weak nations survive with dignity, and this is not just Allen's judgment, but also historically, the Third World is fighting for revolution and what was done in liberation. 1. The grotesque worm, the initiator of the end of the earth demon, rescued the Eldians from the nightmare of giants; 2. Created nuclear weapons for the Eldians, or in other words, with other third worlds, bullied by the Marai Empire Nations united to buy time. To put it simply, it is how to make the Ai people not need to perish and break free from the nightmare of giants. Corresponding to the Norse mythology, after the Ragnarok, how is a new world established? After clarifying this point, we know that Allen is not a pure racist at all, and his purpose is not to destroy the world. It's a pity that when many readers criticize Allen, they forget that the Marais Empire is the huge evil that continues the slave order and invades weak countries, and the Eldians, they are the ones to be genocide. one side. It is impossible to expect fornication. Because Marais has already started a war. Marais maintained a never-ending stream of evil-making order—slavery, colonists, warmongers, and patriarchal societies. As long as this order exists, the evil of the whole will continue to flow. Only by ending this order and creating a new balance that eliminates slavery can the Eldia and other weak nations survive with dignity, and this is not just Allen's judgment, but also historically, the Third World is fighting for revolution and what was done in liberation. 1. The grotesque worm, the initiator of the end of the earth demon, rescued the Eldians from the nightmare of giants; 2. Created nuclear weapons for the Eldians, or in other words, with other third worlds, bullied by the Marai Empire Nations united to buy time. To put it simply, it is how to make the Ai people not need to perish and break free from the nightmare of giants. Corresponding to the Norse mythology, after the Ragnarok, how is a new world established? After clarifying this point, we know that Allen is not a pure racist at all, and his purpose is not to destroy the world. It's a pity that when many readers criticize Allen, they forget that the Marais Empire is the huge evil that continues the slave order and invades weak countries, and the Eldians, they are the ones to be genocide. one side. It is impossible to expect fornication. Because Marais has already started a war. Marais maintained a never-ending stream of evil-making order—slavery, colonists, warmongers, and patriarchal societies. As long as this order exists, the evil of the whole will continue to flow. Only by ending this order and creating a new balance that eliminates slavery can the Eldia and other weak nations survive with dignity, and this is not just Allen's judgment, but also historically, the Third World is fighting for revolution and what was done in liberation.
Update on February 8, ending prediction.
split line.
original:
"Attack on Titan" is an animation giant that cannot be ignored in recent years. The author Isayama creates a shocking giant world through bizarre and wonderful fantasy, but this world is not a science fiction with a suspended structure, but a profound metaphor for human history and politics.
Looking back on "Attack on Titan", the Eldians are not Japanese, but Jews. The armbands worn by the Eldians are very similar to the Jewish armbands during the Nazi period. In "Giant", the Eldians are the children of Ymir's mother. From a small tribe, they suddenly relied on the power of giants to build a powerful empire. Later, they were overthrown by the Malays and other ethnic groups. The 145th king led him. The people fled to Parady Island and established a covenant of no war. For a long time, the Eldians were regarded as demons, and therefore were driven, exiled, and enslaved. In reality, according to the definition of the Jewish law "Halaka", all converts to Judaism and those born to Jewish mothers belong to Jews. They see themselves as God's chosen people, with strong nationalism and xenophobia. In the history of the Jewish people, the kingdom of Israel and the Jewish kingdom were established. Later, they were conquered by aliens, and their people were exiled and repeatedly suppressed. During World War II, when the Nazis ravaged Europe, 6 million Jews were killed as demons.
The last "Peach Blossom Land" of the Eldians in "Giant" is the "Promised Land" in Jewish mythology. The "Old Testament Genesis" records: the ancestor of the Israelites, Abraham, because of his piety to God, God made a covenant with him, and his descendants will have a "land flowing with milk and honey" - Canaan, and later Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt and drifted in the wilderness for four Ten years, came to this promised land.
In addition, "Giant" has a strong religious atmosphere, mainly referring to Judaism and Catholicism. The protagonist Alan Yerka was chosen by the power of giants. He grew up step by step and became the leader of the Eldia, a "Messiah" who came to the world and saved the suffering nation. The Messiah saves the people in the last days. In the Jewish scriptures, there is the following dialogue: "On that day, I will build the fallen tent of David, and seal up the openings in it. In the same time, the days are coming, says the LORD, when the tiller will succeed the reaper, and the one who treads the grapes will succeed the sower... I will bring back the captives of my people Israel, and they will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them..." In this section, combined with the scene in "Giant", the Malay coalition's invasion of Parady Island, to resist the rupture of the giant's city wall, and the scene of Allen launching the sound of the earth, seems to be a copy of the Messiah's coming.
It is worth noting that the name imitating the Germanic surname in "Giant", the wooden truss-style dwellings, and the details of the persecution of the Eldians by the Marais Empire and the Nazi Germany's cleansing of the Jews all deepen this contrast.
Author Isayama creates an epic national history of Eldia on the basis of Jewish history. However, Allen's significance is not just a Zionist, nor a nationalist, Allen eventually developed into a revolutionary, his ideal is to smash the old world and realize the true belonging to Eldia in the new world human freedom. In this end, bloodshed, deterrence, and revolutionary management are all his means. Regardless of whether Allen's method is correct or not, and whether his ideal can be realized, so far, the high intentions of "Attack on Titan" are unforgettable.
Attack on Titan: Make the choice you have no regrets
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The reason why "Attack on Titan" is good is that it is a rare work that has reached the height of literature and the history of political thought through comics. The world of comics is a mirror image of human history, and the conflicts of different characters reflect the fundamental contradictions of the major ideas of mankind for thousands of years. In the final season of "Giant", with Alan Yeager's "no-regret choice", the decisive battle between the world coalition and the Eldians, the ultimate question of "Giant" also surfaced, that is, in In the face of a world order in which structural violence and the weak are constantly being marginalized, stigmatized, and even killed, as the oppressed country, does it choose to end this order, even with destructive violence, or choose to accept the oppression and acquiesce to the order? Keep running. The original author Isayama uses an extreme situation to lead readers to think:
When the world coalition regarded the Eldia as demons and wanted to destroy the Eldia, as a member of this nation, did Alan Yeager choose to launch the Earthquake, destroy the world, and serve the Eldia To fight for freedom, he still accepted his brother Jike's proposal and used the euthanasia of the Eldians in exchange for world peace.
Many saw Allen as a nationalist, or a Nazi because of his annihilation choices. This is actually a kind of confusion. The birth of the Nazis was the product of a nation of extreme repression (and yearning for fanaticism), the replacement of the sacred by the nation-state as the arbiter of all mundane things (and the nation's decision itself unchecked). When the Nazis ruled Germany, there was no crisis of annihilation in Germany. But what the Eldians face is to be wiped out, to be annihilated by the hegemonic founder (the Malay Empire in the story) after thousands of years of enslavement and expulsion. Under this premise, Allen chose to activate the Earth Sound. It was because he realized that neither Jike's euthanasia plan nor Han Ji's vision of bridging the world could end this order of continuous production of slavery, not only could it not save Eldia, nor could it end the "reincarnation of slavery history". ”, to fight for the freedom of different nations to be born equal. And freedom has always been Allen's theme. If the original Allen was still a simple liberal, then the later Allen was undoubtedly a radical socialist, a man eager to end the history of slavery. Although the way he chooses is destined to break with his old friend, he has no choice but to fight.
Therefore, Allen's advice to his former friends is also to fight and make a choice that you have no regrets. In contrast to Allen, Geek is actually a conservative, a person who rejects utopia, intervenes in the secular through practical experience, and makes decisions that are most beneficial to the current order. Gek does not have Allen's utopian fantasies, no obsession with freedom, and no nationality above all else. He is an activist with a conservative background, and he doesn't even mind sacrificing himself for the sake of the existing order. A nation that seems to have carried the original sin.
As for Han Ji, Armin, and even Reiner on the other side of the sea, they are liberals of varying degrees, or nationalists with a humanitarian spirit. Their pursuit of freedom is similar to Alan's in some moments. Their cherishing of life and compassion for the situation of others make them have the light of humanity. But they have neither the courage nor the risk of moral crisis to unleash divine violence to end the existing order. Of course they oppose slavery, but if that slavery is clothed with humaneness, coupled with the illusion of freedom, will make their Faith shakes. The fundamental difference between them and Allen is that the former stops at reform, while the latter wants revolution. And this is exactly the dividing line between liberals and socialists in the long history.
Liberals are wary of post-revolutionary dictatorships, those who seek equality, smell the possibility of utopia or dictatorship. For this reason, they would rather choose the capitalist social model, even knowing the existence of disparities between the rich and the poor and structural violence. Because at the end of the day, between liberty and equality, liberals prefer liberty. While socialists love freedom, they stress that freedom is based on resistance to slavery, so socialists cannot tolerate slavery, even if it appears in a more respectable way. Socialists seek a better future. And liberals guard against a worse outcome. The final choice of "Giant" actually reflects this fundamental difference in values.
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Modern society is supported by reason. Under the dominance of rationality, human beings have established a series of normative orders to reach today's civilization. But at the end of the nineteenth century, Tolstoy questioned the decisive role of reason, saying: "If we admit that human life can be regulated by reason, the possibility of life is destroyed." (War and Peace epilogue. , Part 1, Chapter 1. In The Russian Thinker, Isaiah Berlin points out: Life here refers to the spontaneous activity that accompanies the self-consciousness of the freedom of the will.)
The conflict between free will and rational order is an enduring problem for human beings. One of the themes of the comic "Attack on Titan" is the discussion of free will. The protagonist Ellen is eager to go outside the wall and take a look at the sea; Captain Erwin gave up his life and rushed to practice his dream; and Levi, Mikasa, Armin and other people from the Survey Corps, they all interpret They are human beings yearning for free will, but the highest wall in front of them is neither the lies of the rulers nor the terror of giants, but a powerful rational order.
In "Attack on Titan", the most rational choice for a person inside the wall is to give up the yearning for freedom and live a life of lies in peace and stability, so that he can avoid the fear of premature death. The reason why the kingdom established by the royal family had to erect high walls and cleanse the memory of its subjects was also based on rational judgment—this rationality served rule and order.
"Attack on Titan" is a comic with literary value. The author Isayama creates and draws giants, but expresses the conflict of values in modern society. There are often two types of fantasy works: one is to provide situations that do not exist in reality, and to explore the changes in ethical concepts that may occur in the human world in the future. The other is to write today in the future, a metaphor for the real world, and "Attack on Titan" belongs to the latter.
"Attack on Titan" enthusiastically extols the Eldians (an oppressed race in the comics) yearning for freedom, but it also presents many paradoxical situations to reveal the cruelty that human beings face in the pursuit of freedom. Like a lyric poem, in the ashes and dust, it sings about the last remaining flame of resistance.
Captain Erwin's final charge, the resistance of the mainland's restorationists, and the Eldia people's counterattack against the great power Malays after knowing the truth, were painted by Isayama with the color of a tragic epic, as if they were bound. Prometheus, that is the original passion of the instinct of life - the search for the meaning of life.
Cruelly, the human quest for meaning is accompanied by disillusionment. What is difficult in this world is not the bloody assault dominated by black and white values, but whether a person still has the courage to devote himself after seeing the absurdity of himself, the world, and even the ideal he once recognized. In order to present this cruelty, "Attack on Titan" is full of irony and absurdity.
In the memories of the third season of the animated version, the mainland restorationists, who were eager to restore the Eldia tribe, were exiled by the ruler of the Malay Empire into an unsullied giant, causing a disaster to the Eldia people inside the wall;
In the first season, Alan, who threatened to kill all giants and save the world, discovered that he was the Eldian with the power of giants, which is the most turbulent X factor in the eyes of most people;
Allen wanted to maintain the peace of the world inside the wall and save the last hope of mankind, but found that his father was the one who broke the peace and order inside the wall. His father killed the queen who possessed the power of the primordial giant, the sister of the royal family member Hesteria, and took the power of the primordial giant.
And through the memory of Allen's father, the audience knew that if the Restorationists failed, they would be exiled to Parady Island and become an unsullied giant (losing themselves and eating people for a living), Allen's father's first wife, Dana, a member of the royal family, did not escape this fate either. Before she lost herself, Dana said to Ellen's father, "No matter what happens, I will find you. Later, the Unsullied giant ate Ellen's mother. Ironically, it was because of the contact with the unsullied giant Dana that Allen's power of coordinates was awakened for the first time. (Only the blood of royal family members can awaken the power of coordinates possessed by the ancestor giants)
In addition, the survey corps, loyal to the royal family and longing for freedom, persevered to explore the wall, but found that the royal family inside the wall already knew the secrets outside the wall, and sent them out, but to send them to death;
The Eldians have the potential to become giants. In the "now" time, they were enslaved and purged by the Malays, but thousands of years ago, after their ancestors became the rulers of the mainland, they also regarded other peoples as As a low-class race, enslaved other ethnic groups, and implemented a policy of ethnic cleansing for 170 years, bringing the Malays who have subjugated their country to shame. So, Malays are full of hatred for the Erdians.
On Parady Island, the inhabitants of the wall were taught from childhood that they are the last hope of mankind, and the world outside the wall is desolate, so they identify with themselves as normal human beings. But this is a lie passed down from generation to generation. Many years ago, when the Malay Empire was restored, King Ymir Fritz (also known as the Eldia, also known as the king of the Ymir) was defeated and led the remnants to flee to Parady Island, where he built three high walls to isolate him. The connection with the mainland, and at the same time using the ability to erase the memory of the people inside the wall, let the surviving Eldia people think that they are the last hope of mankind. In other words, the remaining people have been living in a lie.
Lies are part of cruel life. The serious part of "Attack on Titan" is that it does not deliberately smear the work with far-fetched chicken soup just because it is a comic or an animation, but mercilessly puts cruelty in front of readers, making readers realize The price of sobriety. But it is precisely because of this cruel situation that the persistence of Allen, Levi and others is so precious.
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In "Attack on Titan", there is no absolute good and bad, justice and evil, so it is inappropriate to use words such as "whitening" and "blackening" to describe the characters in it. The main characters in "Attack on Titan" are basically acting along their personalities. They have their own likes and dislikes, and their own noble aspirations. It's just that they grew up in different environments and have very different perceptions of the world, which led them to act. dislocation, resulting in a series of conflicts.
The Eldians are a good example. Some of them live in the kingdom within the walls, and because their memories are purged, they mistakenly think they are the last humans in the world. At the same time, their compatriots, another descendant of the Eldians, remained on the mainland, tamed by the rulers of the Malay Empire, and educated over generations, they were taught that "the people of the kingdom within the walls are all The idea of "devils" mistakenly thought that by killing all these "devils", the world would be at peace and the Eldians would be able to achieve redemption. As a result, people who were originally compatriots confronted each other on the battlefield, destroying other people's homes for the sake of their so-called ideals.
Isayama's storytelling technique is very skillful. He adds a lot of interludes and flashbacks to the linear narrative, and lays down a lot of foreshadowing, which subverts readers' expectations for the development of the story again and again. This story was originally only regarded as a cool text for humans to fight monsters. People thought that warriors fighting against giants was its main text. But as the story progresses, readers discover that the enemies of mankind are not giants at all, but themselves, those who fight against demons, who are regarded as demons by others. What the protagonists face is no longer the conflict of giants, but how they rebuild their collapsed values and how to regain the meaning of existence in the disillusioned emotions. For example, Alan Yelka, what he did was originally for the noble reason of "saving the world and keeping the hope of mankind", but then he found out that the world does not need to be saved, and the Eldians are not the last human beings Light, even the "devil" in the eyes of most people, he had to face this cruel truth and shatter the fantasy of the past, but even so, he still bravely climbed up and became the giant guarding the Eldia.
From fighting against giants to national wars, Isayama's purpose is not to write about how the Eldians can restore the empire, but to reflect the modern people through the debunking of political lies, the presentation of cold war, and the discussion of free will. mental predicament.
Therefore, "Attack on Titan" not only writes historical heroes, but also "people" in uppercase. Allen, Mikasa, Levi, Erwin, and even Histeria, they are all slaves of dreams, slaves of fate. They are all living in fetters and bound by their own missions, but bystanders will not be wrong. This ridicule will not send out the emotion of "why not eat minced meat", because they are people who really pursue the meaning of life, and there is precious romanticism in them.
At the same time, unlike works that fervently extol heroism, "Attack on Titan" sets aside a lot of brush and ink to depict seemingly unimportant characters. The review of Instructor Keith's life in the episode presents the first half of a middle-aged man's life. This man thought he was "different" and a "chosen son" who could participate in historical change, but in the face of the siege giant, he found himself powerless. His talent and strength were not comparable to the enemy, even Many juniors in the Survey Corps are also better than him. In order to prove his idea of being different, he was rewarded with the meaningless sacrifice of the Survey Corps. Keith was painfully aware of the mediocrity of himself, and saw that his efforts were not changing the world, but just forcing himself not to fall into a useless cave. When he saw Grisha and Erwin, he was truly different. After that, he decided to leave the Survey Corps and become a bystander. Keith's retreat is full of desolation, but his efforts are the portrayal of most people - not a superhero, unable to save the world, and fighting for the rest of his life is the meaninglessness of his own life.
"Attack on Titan" is actually anti-heroic. On the surface, it is a special person like Alan Yerka who changed history. In fact, it is the nameless people who died with Captain Erwin in the war. Survey Corps out of town and ordinary people who died in battle. It is they who have piled up the thickness of history, and then there is the sparkle of Alan Yerka. The anti-heroism of this work is also that, in the end, you will find that the actions of a single hero are meaningless in the long-term historical process. Only the change of the overall concept and the support of common strength can truly keep a generation away from the tragedy of the past. instead of going back to yesterday. After all, what heroes change is only the history of appearances, and the history that is easily changed by one person is also easy to be changed back.
There is a view that "Attack on Titan" is preaching war, on the contrary, the author is actually writing about war and the absurdity of racism. How many people have waged wars in the name of loftiness, only to lose in the end. How many people claim to be superior and purify the different, and finally become selfish devils. The former Eldia and the later Marxist-Leninist, generations of people indulged in it, and generations of people gave up their efforts in vain, and what did they get? It is endless hatred and reincarnation. There is a detail in "Attack on Titan", that is, even the greatest and most ruthless people will show instant fear when they are dying in war. That is the most intuitive reflection of human nature. There is only one creation that comes from the heart against war only to write such real details.
After three seasons, "Attack on Titan" strictly follows a spiritual main line, which is the history of a teenager's spiritual growth. Once blood boiled, he considered himself the son of heaven, and his view of the world was simple and black and white. Halfway through, I realized the cruelty of the world and the paradox of myself. It turns out that I am not that important, and the world is not what I thought. Even the fantasy of saving the abyss has become an abyss that faces the self. Should we stay away, or face the cruel world? Allen's and even Levi's choices repeat Romain Rolland's judgment on heroism. Who they will become and what choices they will make becomes the real suspense of the story. At this time, we no longer treat it as science fiction, "Attack on Titan" has become a complete realism, let us see ourselves in them. What this story makes people feel emotional is not just the confusion between lies and reality, nor the great despair of individuals facing the high wall, but the two factions that seem to be opposites are fighting for the "justice" they think they think, and both choose their own Thought it was the right way of devotion, but it has come to the cruel situation today - you are dead and alive, blood is flowing, and it is obviously no different from each other.
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