@Oikawa 13 January 2022 edited

Themes from Attack on Titan!

Date: 13th January 2022 Hello Readers! How are you all doing today? I hope you had a fantastic Wednesday, and I hope you also have a great Thursday. For the past nine years, Attack on Titan, also known as "Shingeki No Kyojin," has constantly been breaking the boundaries of the anime community, and some would even term it as the "Best Anime in the world," even if One Piece is there. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lnh--ZOPyo If not for One Piece, then I would probably say Attack on Titan is the best anime because it doesn't only focus on one theme/lesson in the story; instead, there are so many things you can get out of watching it. **Freedom!** At the beginning of Attack on Titan, we see humanity living inside 100-meter walls and have no way of going outside because of all the human-eating titans that reside outside. The first episode shows us the horrifying tragedy that happens when you allow the titans that stay outside to come inside the walls, and we see how the Titans eat up every human they see. Eren Yeager, the protagonist, vows to destroy all the titans due to his mother's death and attain the freedom that humanity has never attained due to the horrific Titans. That first episode alone made me realize how unique the story was because, in a way, our world is genuinely like that, but this time, it isn't Titans that are holding us from our freedom, but our fellow human beings. Everyone wants the freedom to do anything and go anywhere they want, but if you look at the world, we have borders and barriers that stop us from doing that, and I understand why that is needed. But why should humanity have barriers when we are all the same? Why can't we stay together as one, or are we afraid of each other?

Even if we don't have any man-eating Titans, we still have evil humans that stop us from chasing our freedom, and this is why most people end up asking themselves the question: **"What is Freedom? Is it even real"** The more walls you break down to attain your freedom, the more walls that come back up to torment you, so what do you? Everyone wants to chase freedom, but we don't even know what it is, and the same goes for happiness. **"Why does Man chase something he doesn't even understand, such as Freedom and Happiness."** I can't answer that question, but please put it in the comment box if you have the answer. **Humanity's Hatred!** Another theme I understood from Attack on Titan is how humanity genuinely hates itself.  In anime(AOT), humans have fought for centuries and committed genocide because of their hatred for themselves and unwillingness to forgive. Humans are the most intelligent form on earth, but why don't we understand the benefits of loving and supporting one another.

https://static0.cbrimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG-0945.png?q=50&fit=crop&w=740&h=555&dpr=1.5 If you look through humanity's history, you will notice that we haven't been fighting animals, aliens, or any other entity; we have only been fighting ourselves. Whether wars or ordinary disputes, we all seem to hate ourselves even when we are the same, and despite our race, religion, gender, or anything, we are all humans. **What is the point of fighting ourselves?**  **What do we gain from shedding each other's blood?** **Do you know how much we can improve our world if we all come together and help each other?**

https://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/posts/2014/07/nitti_WW1_14_AP979101710429_v1/20401d8a8.jpg If you look at history, there are more than ten genocides, and I am sure the people who were being killed weren't animals; they were humans like you and me. Most of these genocides were caused by hatred and discrimination against other humans, such as the holocaust, which I am sure everyone is familiar with. I can't begin to imagine the sort of pain, fear, and hatred those dead people must be feeling because they were killed by their fellow human beings who hated them. If only we could all sit down and talk to work out our issues, but sadly not all problems can be fixed with talking, and not everyone is willing to forgive. I hope someday humanity will be able to come together and love one another, and I am sure when that happens, so many good things will happen. Love is blinding In the story of Attack on Titan, we are introduced to a slave girl called Ymir, who, no matter what the king did to her, still loved him. Some say she had Stockholm syndrome because she still keeps loving him for centuries, even when he removes her tongue and shoots her with arrows. But her story relates to the natural world in a way because most people never want to leave a toxic partner, no matter how bad it gets.

https://preview.redd.it/mc59vwjerkt61.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=3c5b562e7cb904784137905a123c0aa918a17d00 Sometimes the feeling of love can be refreshing, and we think it is our savior because it helps us see a glimpse of happiness. But we sometimes forget that love is only a human emotion, and it can be what causes our downfall instead of saving us. I have seen so many cases of men and women who refuse to leave a toxic relationship because they still love the person.

https://preview.redd.it/4vn5sxw5a0941.jpg?width=631&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=06ad624a18c7186ba94faa0be422fb96b2d1be96 Even if the person doesn't care for them, you see them doing their best to ensure the relationship doesn't destroy, but things shouldn't be like that, and that is why so many of them end up dead. If someone doesn't seem to reciprocate your love for them, then you should find a way out of things because that person's feelings for you may never change. **Conclusion** Attack on Titan may be coming to an end, but it will always be one of the best anime in the world because it has left so many beautiful themes behind, and I am sure so many people have learned a lot from watching it. Even if the manga ending was quite scary, I am sure many anime watchers will enjoy it. Thank you for reading!