I guess it was this year that I realized a serious dichotomy exists in relation to my genre preference. I really enjoy light-hearted, sentimental anime such as Kimi no Todoke (first season only!) but I also love deep dark supernatural series such as this one. Within the first three episodes we meet the Titans, as well as our main characters Eren, Mikasa, and their loser buddy Armin. These Titans are creepy as heck, but I like that they give me real chills. They are so close to human form, balancing on what is a fine line between humans and monsters - it is way too close to comfort. From their small sharp teeth to their beady eyes and an unshapely human form, Hajime Isayama has created a true masterpiece.
Our friends live in a world where the Titans, a human-type monster equipped with insurmountable strength and an insatiable thirst for human meat, terrorize the lives of regular sized homo-sapiens. As a result, the human population have been reduced to a dangerously low number after the invasion of these titans around a century ago. Since then they have protected themselves only by building three layers of walls around human civilization: Wall Maria, Rose and Sina.
Our protagonist and his friends live behind the outermost wall, the Wall Maria, which is 50 meters tall. The three friends meet and start criticizing the ignorance of their fellow peeps. As the three discus the possibility of an invasion at any moment, a Behemoth Titan appears, peering over wall, and swiftly creates a hole in the massive fortitude. Then other smaller (but still gigantic) titans to invade and devour our lovely protagonist’s mother, which fuels the fire to his fiery vengeance.
Rapt with determination, Eren joins the cadets in order to become a soldier, vowing to exterminate the titans who so mercilessly killed his mother. With hard work, he becomes one (obviously), along with his adopted sister/bffl Mikasa, and he is one step closer to his goal.
Until next time! Hasta la Vista.
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