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The Attack on Titan manga is close to my heart since it was the first manga I ever read. I had the whole series stuffed onto my bookshelf and was so excited as each new volume came out.
There’s not much left to unpack in this story. The manga is complete and the anime series is nearly finished. No major changes or exciting new storyarcs to comment on. Regarding the anime as a whole,it feels as though the animation and character design changed every season of the anime- most obviously in season 3 and again in season 4 when it changed from Wit studios to Mappa. Mappa’s characters seemed older and darker, and the studio seems to not have a problem with more adult centered visuals (completely naked zeke getting out of his titan and copious amounts of blood during titan fights).
But this isn’t about the show, as I already wrote on it a few posts ago. When it comes to the manga…it was not my favorite. The storyline, plot and characters were exquisite- but the art in this manga wasn’t quite for me. It seems scratchy and messy and I’m much more a fan of clean lines and easy to follow action panels.
Is the manga worth reading? Of course. I only had one qualm with the story in general- the ending. As many manga readers have said, is not quite what was expected. I know the author got some shade for it, even saying it was politically motivated. I cant comment on if the ending is political commentary of some sort, but I am interested in seeing if the anime is true to the ending of the manga, or if it will be revised to better fit the arc of the show.
There are other books in the same universe, like No Regrets (Levi’s origin story) and the Lost Girls (Mikasa and Annie’s stories) and I am pleased these have been made into OVA’s. Another standalone series exists, “Before the Fall”, which takes place before the events of main series. I am wondering if this will get any screen time, even in the form of an OVA.
I am extremely happy with the manga to anime visually speaking. It has been a great series and I’m sad that it will soon be wrapping up.
Did you read the attack on titan manga? How did you feel about the ending?
A Tiny Ray Of Light 
Yeah that art is quite different, though I appreciate the anime took the time to design some of the scenes from the manga. You managed to finish the entire anime parts that were covered in the manga volumes I presume?
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