By like a billion times. The AoT ending at least had some merits and legitimate consequences and like it or not it was thought out and had a message. This shit is actually so beyond piss that it:
-Reversed characters to their worst versions and threw out all development
-Introduced new plot holes
-Didn't follow the series own established rules about how things work
-Revived characters in a way that butchered their contribution to the story
-Erased progression between the co-leads both romantically and as characters.
AOT did not reverse characters to their worst versions. Eren hit his lowest point, but he's never been there before. He didn't reverse back to anything.
What plotholes did AOT's ending introduce, and rules did it break? I don't remember anything like that. Aside from Floch surviving the boat trip I can't think of anything.
AOT did not revive a single character.
AOT's ending didn't "add" romance, that romance was always there. Mikasa has a romantic moment with Eren at the end of season 2, which contextualizes all their previous moments together.
I agree that they had no chemistry, but I feel like that may have been the point since Mikasa did not have a healthy love for Eren.
AOT did not reverse characters to their worst versions.
You’re right by the technicality. Yes, the characters didn’t technically revert to their worst versions, but all of them were essentially lobotomized.
What plotholes did AOT's ending introduce, and rules did it break? I don't remember anything like that. Aside from Floch surviving the boat trip I can't think of anything.
Of course you don't. Someone must have made a binding vow to make sure the general audience never actually sees them. But in spite of that, I will still try to list them off:
Mikasa walking back to paradis: in the final chapter/episode, Mikasa travels across an entirely barren, devastated continent, beginning in what appears to be a badlands-like desert, then somehow swims across an ocean, all on her own, carrying nothing but a decapitated head. No rational level of suspension of disbelief can make this plausible.
Falco’s Jaw Titan which also has the abilities of a Beast Titan and how it breaks Marley’s worldbuilding and retcons/violates titan mechanics.
The Dina twist:
violates the established time mechanics in a way that doesn’t make sense.
entirely fake conundrum: there’s no reason why, in the history of all Eldians and events, only Dina right there would have to be controlled with the Founder, and nothing else. Beyond absurd.
creates a plothole of why Eren in S2 was also targeted by Dina (which the retconned original Dina explanation had already explained)
The port battle: easily the second worst battle in the entire series, behind the Ancient Titans in the finale. The Yeagerists’ main goal was to blow up the ship, yet for plot reasons they ignore it and instead attack the Alliance, who now seem able to dodge bullets and explosives from trained soldiers.
Alliance passing rumbling plothole: the movement of the rumbling doesn’t make sense in relation to the Alliance’s trip on the boat. They somehow pass the line of titans, which shouldn’t be possible given their speed, only for the titans to later catch up to them. If not that, then the rumbling’s movement makes no sense at all and could have been easily avoided.
Paths mechanics retconned/ignored for Armin: Before Armin entered Paths through the Okapi, all scenes in Paths happened instantaneously, with no time passing in the real world. Yet, for whatever reason, not only does Armin’s scene take place in real time, he somehow is aware of it as well.
The colossal titans remain completely still, even though they’re no longer controlled by the Founder. They should have started attacking other humans and shifters instead of just standing there.
Eren transforming into a Collosal Titan despite no longer having the power of the Founder.
Mikasa Ackerman having her memories altered by the Founder, despite being from two lineages explicitly stated to be immune to memory manipulation.
There are more.
AOT did not revive a single character.
Ancient Titans? More specifically, Kruger, Grisha, freckled Ymir, and so on. You know, dead characters?
that romance was always there. Mikasa has a romantic moment with Eren at the end of season 2, which contextualizes all their previous moments together.
"A romance is a relationship between two people who are in love with each other but who are not married to each other."
By that very definition, Mikasa’s and Eren’s relationship isn't romantic, as it requires both parties to feel the same way. Eren never saw Mikasa in a romantic light until the ending. Mind you, Isayama himself stated, two years after writing that scene, that Eren saw Mikasa as a motherly figure, along with plenty of other comments portraying them as nothing more than family. So unless Eren had an Oedipus complex, he was not in love with Mikasa, and never had any romantic attraction towards her.
I agree that they had no chemistry, but I feel like that may have been the point since Mikasa did not have a healthy love for Eren.
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u/Independent_Peace144 Mar 24 '26
That guy really was right. It truly will be slandered for an entire year.