After 7 years, the long running manga series of Hajime Isayama "Attack on Titan" finally ends on April 9, 2021. The entire series is so successful for both anime and manga but the ending split what people should feel about it. Some people love the ending as it is and accept wholeheartedly what happened. But some are disappointed to the ending and they wanted something else. So to achieve satisfaction, a group of fans made an alternative ending for this show entitled as AoT no Requiem. It will contain the last 3 chapter of manga (137,138,139) into a single but long chapter divided into parts. Their goal is to make an ending fitting to what they think the canon ending should be. It may be a changes in story or to add new scenes to clear some questionable parts of the original manga. It may sound unnecessary and a waste of time but after I read the first part that was released a few days ago, I would say is it's interesting and it have a huge potential.
The Difference Between the Original and Fan Made
The first part of this fan made ending is really different from the canon but still it didn't stray far away as the original story should be. Some parts are still there but most of them are removed and got replaced or added by the new one. It's not that bad actually cause if you haven't read the original ending, you might actually think it is canon.
In the original story, only Armin and Zeke are talking in the place where the path of the founder titan can be seen. They are talking about how life started on earth and how this organisms trying to find what their "Meaning" is. As well as figuring out what founder Ymir trying to achieve. It is not different from the fan made one but the difference is, they added Adult Eren and Young Eren to the scene. He showed to his younger self what his true goal is and what kind and of doom will humanity suffer in the future.
I kind of get what they are trying to do here. To those who read the manga, we all know that Eren made a message to his friends before all of those unlikely events happened right. He just erased it with the power of founding titan and it can be automatically restored once he died or restore it all by himself. If you've noticed, he sent a message to his friends but not on himself cause he probably know what future will likely happen to him. And that's what the goal in this fan made ending is. He sent a message to himself so that he may have a chance to change the inevitable future set to himself. That's right they are planning to keep Eren alive at the end of Attack on Titan. It may sound stupid but that's what the unsatisfied fans wanted. But still it is just my theory. Who probably know what they are planning to do. But all I know is it has a potential.
The difference in art style is not that far too. I commend the illustrator for this fan made chapters cause it is almost the same as the original Attack on Titan art style. I am looking forward with this especially the Titan Parts cause they didn't put much Titan scenes. Maybe because it is just the first part. But the character design of Eren, Armin and Zeke is just perfectly similar to the original. Even the background design of those crazy worldbuilding part of chapter 137 is just amazing. So yeah, good job on this one.
My Thoughts About this Project
I actually like Isayama ending. It is a good ending for a good series so I don't think he needs to change it. But for this project, I find it interesting and a change of phase to the original one. Although it will never change what actually happened to the original story because it is only meant to those unsatisfied fans. The author of this project has a right to do it as long as he will not insist that this is the original ending. He has a very commendable vision and artistry in this field so it is a huge disappointment if we will not support him. Who knows maybe the fans will love this more.
If you want to read AoT no Requiem I highly suggest you to Visit AOTNOREQUIEM.COM and give support to this project. They made a great job for part 1 and I'm really looking forward to the next parts.
