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The ending of Attack on Titan leaves viewers without much explanation, which is the main reason I read negative reviews among people.

It's only natural that there are these two opposing viewpoints: some people like to be able to reason about what happened and reflect to figure out what the true message of the series was, with their own interpretation, while others want to be guided to the underlying message by the viewing experience itself.

So I decided to illustrate my point of view, constructed by reasoning with multiple people and observing various perspectives:

Eren dies when he kisses Historia's hand in season 3. From that moment, he sees the massacre that will happen, and he asks to himself...how is it possible for me to do such a thing? At the end of season 3 we see him pointing his finger across the sea and wondering if that is the solution. There we already had the clue about the character's evolution, with his gaze lost in the void and the future. When talking to Armin, we see that Eren tries to explain to him how he reasoned about his actions. He tried to change things, but everything converged there, and so he wondered what was the purpose, the reason for everything.

The answer? There isn't one. He didn't do it for his friends because some died, he didn't do it for an everlasting peace because there is no such thing, it is a utopia. He then wonders if he is just a fool with divine power...but that is not the case too.

Since he knew the future, he no longer had any freedom of choice.

This is the cornerstone of the argument! He lost his freedom. And it is not a justification for the atrocities he did, but an indictment of war itself, the cause of all evil. Eren became a puppet of hatred and war.... And all that for a kiss on a hand.

There was never any plan by Eren, because what ruled his actions were not his choices, and this from the very beginning of season 4! The author made us believe in a plan...which was really just fate itself. A "dark fate" we might say.

I find this ending brilliant, a poem of horror and fatalism.

Having finished the reasoning part, I would like to mention the wonderful animation, music and dubbing of the characters (original version). There were some truly breathtaking and tremendously emotional scenes: Armin scolding himself by looking at his motionless body, the baby in the crowd, the team-up of Levi and Mikasa, all the scenes in the credits, ...

If you have read this far, I would like to thank you for your time and hope that this review helped you to better understand one of the perspectives of this complex and colossal episode.

When I first started Attack on Titan I was unaware of what was to come. I begun watching with low expectation, only knowing a lot of people liked it.

The show captured my attention almost immediately, and Season 1 came by in an instant. The first 25 episode were mostly a buildup of the huge world I was about to explore, with many mysteries, open questions and great characters.

With Season 2 everything reached higher levels, and the first memorable episodes arrived, like "Warrior".

But with Season 3 Attack on Titan entered my list of best tv shows ever and got my total and unquestionable attention. Part 2 of the season was pure perfection, with amazing action, animation and a lot of emotions. This season brought my feelings to levels I never imagined could be reached. And there I thought, will Season 4 even come close to the quality of this one?

Well, Season 4 did even better, depicting war, the human nature and different emotions masterfully. There were a lot of meaningful scenes, a lot of fights, a great music all along, the animation was fantastic, everything was on point. Plus, the ending being divided into two long episodes makes it even more pleasing to watch.

In the end, what makes this show a masterpiece is the unbelievable high level of storytelling and worldbuilding, packed with very strong emotional scenes and a great animation. Each episode is important, and they are all connected, past-present-future. Watching the first episode before and after knowing everything makes it all a very different experience. This is simply greatness.

What left me Attack on Titan? Emotions. Such strong emotions, that I think about this show almost every day now, using what I learned to try to explain myself why the world runs like this. It is a lesson for life.

Thorfinn's character development in this season has been extraordinay. I hated him in season 1, he was full of rage, anger, and I couldn't stand his violent behaviour.

But in last 22 episodes everything changed! There really was a long prologue leading to this incredible season up to this episode.

He is a true warrior now. Fighting violence and war itself.

His father would be so proud.

Canute on the other hand became the worst picture of himself. Relentless on his choice to get more power in order to beat even the most sacred force in the universe.

Between the two sides stands a choice, violence to stop violence, or let violence unfold to avoid persecuting evil.

What an incredible episode...I've never experienced such a feeling. I spent 40 minutes laughing in front of the screen at every character choice.

Choices that make no logical sense. Some characters die in the most random way possible, others petrify in front of the battle, as if in stasis from the ugliness of this episode, still others ask for forgiveness and then leave the scene, or decide to go places for no reason other than the choice of the directors/screenwriters.

The few battles are also good to see, although, as usual, the good guys are left alive by the bad guys for no reason (Geralt...he was just better off disappearing for good from a series that does not deserve him).

Let's not even talk about Stregobor, who attacks enemies and then...does nothing? The same enemies come out of a cave in the next scene and he disappears into thin air (figuratively...we are not explained what happens to him).

From this episode I was left with...a good feeling strangely enough! The series has collapsed, and I take it as pure comedy. It's the only way to go on and see the last moments of Geralt, the authentic one.

It's all about Rocket. That was a thing I never expected from this movie and I'm so happy about it. It was the most emotional and sad Marvel movie ever! Rocket's backstory is so dark and cruel that it's impossible not to cry buckets. From the start this movie felt defferent, with a threat never so high of characters dieing.

In the end...nobody from the og team died. But is this a bad thing? No. The ending works fine exactly because of this. Instead of a funeral, similar to the second movie, we get a family "split". The child going out of home to live it's own life.

This is such a beautiful message.

I don't even have to talk about the music score...come on...it's magnificent.

And the movie itself feels so organic, with drama alternating to comedy alternating to action.

Such a great movie!!

One last thing, the best quote from the movie: "You didn't want to make things perfect, you just hated things the way they are." ~Rocket Raccoon.

This is a just a recap episode, but you know what? It's among my favorite episodes of the anime.

There are literally the best scenes of season 2 in this one (last spoiler warning!!!): the battle with Hinata, the legend of the little girl and the dragon, the battle in Tempest, the birth of the demon lord, Veldora coming back!

All of this narrated by the unique perspective of Veldora. We even get new information, like confirming that the little girl in the dragon legend was indeed Milim!

Saying that a recap episode is among my favorites might seem odd, but really, the best scenes, with a new perspective and a good music, what can I ask more?

Whole Season 6 review: A howl in the dark. That's how season 6 starts. Ghost crying through a snowy blizzard. A sign of loss, a sign of despair, because the world lost its greatest warrior. But this season did not lead to defeat. Jon rose again from the snow, Daenerys rose again from the dragon fire, Cersei rose from the green fire, the Night King rose from the dark snow. Four unstoppable forces, ready to chaos.

On the night, a cry can be heard from the distance: "Hold the door!" it says, for some though, it's "Hodor!", which reminds us of an ancient season 1, which reminds us of the greatness this show is.

The stories grew with such ease, that each episode felt like the best one, or just a classic one, which is the soul of GOT, having such a rigid and clear structure.

But what is this season without its primary pillars, the Battle of the Bastards and The Winds of Winter? It was an emotional ride, from the visuals to the music.

Jon Snow, Daenerys Targaryen and Cersei Lannister all had tremendously good and satisfying developments.

And the truth about Jon...was shocking; but for us all, he's still a Stark. The White Wolf.

Micheal Giacchino's first work is beyond fine. Jack and Elsa steal the show, the action is violent and well done, and it really feels like an old horror movie. The werewolf design is good enough, I would have preferred him to be a little bit more "wolfish", but I was still satisfied.

In the whole movie I could see references and a clear link to music, that was really a nice touch of Giacchino.

I would like to see more Marvel short movies like this one, it really felt refreshing and atypical. Also the CGI was actually good, maybe due to the fact that the movie is in black and white.

I'll rewatch it for sure.

My favorite characters just died...most of them! What?! This episode was so hard to watch! I had tears falling for half the episode!

Now I am in a strange position: I have zero hype for season 3 because I won't probably see these characters again, but I can't wait to see it to know what happens next.

What I can tell is that I enjoyed this season more than season 1, and I hope the next one will be even better, even if I'll miss Marci and Winter Wyvern.

Spoilers ahead: The best part of this movie is Wanda. She is creepy, scary, dark and powerful. The violence of her actions is carried out by her desire of peace, which leads to more death. The visuals are incredible and there was never a time where I felt bored.

Now, talking about Strange, he is my favorite character, and one again I am not disappointed with him. The battle between the two Strange with the musical notes was one of the best fights I have ever seen.

Plus, one scene I also particularly liked was Wanda behind the mirrors.

The story is simple but efficient, making the characters grow and evolve with the flow of events.

This is my favorite Marvel movie and one of the best movies I have ever seen.

I am blown away by the fact that this episode started with a backstory that we didn't even know we needed!

The evolution of Eren's character is now full, and his fury has come.

The last scene of this episode is one of the best of the show, they ended perfectly a very good season 4 part 2.

Now starts the wait for part 3, which could become the best part of the whole series!

What an emotional episode!

This is my absolute favorite episode of doc up to now, followed by the second one of season two.

The ending part is so good and the last scene with "Doc" is an instant classic.

This series keeps delivering incredible episodes, I never thought that I needed this kind of backstory...but here I am, witnessing something incredible.

Eren manages to get exactly what he wanted, the power to destroy the world.

This episode in my opinion is the best (visually speaking) of the whole series. "Hero" is still the top for now, but this one comes extremely near it.

And I can't wait to see how it goes on. This is one of the best TV show and anime I have ever seen.

Heavy Spoilers Warning:

Reiner and Bertholdt will change everything in this show and their secret unfolds in this incredible episode. They are the titans that destroyed the wall in the first episode. What a plot twist!

In the future episodes (heavy spoilers!!!) you will see that this event changes the general plot of the show, leading to something unexpected and dark.

What an amazing show.

This episode deserves a 9.9/10!

This...is the best episode I have ever seen in a tv show. Nothing beats it.

Armin...I always knew you were the Hero of this story. I never doubted you. I never stopped believing.

You...

This is the 10/10.