When I watched the first season of "Attack on Titan" many years ago, I thought it was a hot-blooded anime that turned into a monster, and then this anime was banned and interrupted. Now that the season is coming to an end, I will go back and look at the previous one again to know how high Isayama's pattern is, how far the grass snake and gray line is laid out, and how big this game of chess is.
The reason why they were banned before was because they were trapped in their own patterns. From their own perspective, they saw some shadows that they thought were themselves, so they were more or less brought into the role. As the story progressed layer by layer, the veil of truth was slowly lifted, only to realize how narrow it was before, it turned out that it was not the enemy but himself outside the wall.
"War" is the curse of mankind, just like the power of giants possessed by the "Eldians". In the first two seasons, we, like the characters in the show, were still stuck in the thirst for freedom, the fear of the unknown, the unwillingness to fate, and the resistance. In the third season, Isayama revealed the truth little by little, and the mood of watching became heavier and heavier, because Isayama took the whole vision to a new height, and re-examined this battle from the perspective of the human race. Inside is not the enemy, but oneself. Both Eldia and Marai are mired in the quagmire of war. They are both perpetrators and victims. Captain Erwin said that this world is hell. Yes, humans who suffer from the curse of "war" are trapped in this hell. middle. Why you feel more fear, despair, depression, and discomfort when you watch giants eating people than when you watch traditional monsters eating people, because those giants who are used as weapons are also human, and inheriting the power of giants also depends on eating people who have the power of giants Come, this is a world in which people cannibalize. Aggressiveness and greed are human nature. The so-called "civilization" is also born from killing. And young people are turned into war machines after being injected with blood by political players, making those fictional histories their beliefs, and dedicating their hearts to this false everything, and then the curse of "war" will endlessly circulate in hell. So no matter what the final outcome of "Attack on Titan" is, it is destined to be a tragedy. The histories, beliefs, and ideas that he once thought were indestructible turned out not to be solid either. Sasha's father said that when Sasha left the forest, he wanted her to connect with the world and ask for war and killing, but he still did not leave the forest in the end. Yes war is the forest, and we are all in the forest.
Allen and Reiner are the protagonists inside and outside the wall respectively, and they are also destined to bear a tragic fate. In my opinion, Reiner's tragedy is stronger than Allen's. Reiner went from being the most loyal Marai warrior to a Survey Corps soldier whose personality was forcibly split by himself, to becoming Marai's hero, even if the armored giant has an indestructible body that can repair itself after being injured, it is difficult to repair the already collapsed body. Inner world. So in the final season, you can see the pain and suffering of Reiner's heart after returning to Marais. He also wanted to end his life on his own, but Reiner, who was burdened with a tragic fate, couldn't easily leave hell in this way. He should stick with Allen to the end for the "war" curse.
"Attack on Titan" has been questioned, and now it can be said that "Attack on Titan" is undoubtedly an anti-war anime, and it is also an anti-war masterpiece standing at the height of the world. Isayama has been trying to convey no- concept of war. I remember Sakamoto Ryuichi said in an interview that anti-war should not be anti-war but no-war. It's hard to imagine that Isayama had such a grand story layout when he was in his 20s. No detail is superfluous. So, Attack on Titan deserves it!
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