I don’t see a discussion thread for the recently concluded Attack on Titan anime series, so here it is. Mods, feel free to delete if inappropriate.

  • odium@programming.dev
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    8 months ago
    code geass spoilers

    Wasn’t expecting Eren to go the lelouch route.

    Also the Schindler’s list moment was great.

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        8 months ago

        Tbf Lelouch was portrayed as a political/strategic genius, and Eren as a suicidal idiot, so it makes sense Lelouch’d pull it off better

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          8 months ago

          It’s not about the characters pulling it off better but the story. Justifying all the plot holes by calling Eren an idiot doesn’t mean the plot holes weren’t there.

          Best example of a pathetic breakdown from protagonist done well is actually the Death Note manga. They foreshadowed it from the get go and the story was fairly logical.

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            8 months ago

            Yeah, fair enough. I personally am just happy that we got an ending that works and sticks to its themes. Could it have been better? Absolutely, but after Game of Thrones, I’m happy AoT was able to give us an ending that works as a bow tie. On the foreshadowing bit though, Eren was always shown to be prone to hatred and violence, so I dont feel like any of his decisions ever seemed out of character

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              8 months ago

              Does it? Does the AoT ending work? It left massive gaps and stuff that made little sense.

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                8 months ago

                It wrapped enough of the story threads up to be a complete story, and it made its statement on the cycle of war and hatred. Not all loose ends need to be tied up for a story to reach a satisfying conclusion

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      8 months ago

      It was the only logical solution if you ask me, Lelouch did that to redeem his mates/friends, so did Eren, he was not a full asshole, he was just so fucking stupid, and I think Isayama put that very clear.