
That's not to imply that all of AoT's flaws have been erased.

But a second season? A third? Would it still be exciting, or would people begin to tire of it? I was in the latter camp, and so I find myself glad the goalposts were changed altogether. To be sure, Eren and crew killing (and conversely being killed) is a formula that proved moderately entertaining in the first season, if only mindlessly so. There exists a story with a direction, which is exactly why it will disappoint fans who were expecting it to perpetually wander amidst blood and steel. The world the characters inhabit possesses some It trims away its grimy, cacophonous exterior and presents something, somewhat, more refined.


It was loud, its presence ever more so, and so I distanced myself from what seemed standard action movie cuisine.Īfter over three years of silence, its second season comes as something a bit more surprising. A series more interested in cinematics (orchestrals, screaming aplenty) than it did in conveying a message or allowing its audience to care for the characters beyond whatever grisly death they inevitably succumb to. Attack on Titan's first season never really sat right with me.
