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The series is starting to get better, but they keep making major mistakes. I really want to like Attack on Titan, yet it keeps disappointing me.

Bad

• After watching season two and three episodes of season three, I realized that I am not too fond of the short piss-stained hair chick. Her voice is unpleasant; she is a Mary Sue, some other characters see her as a goddess, and she only gets attention because she is what the series is fundamentally about (which is not a good thing).

• Why do they balance the weight of the series on two characters? Main character does not mean most important character.

• It took 44 episodes for the short piss-stained hair chick to turn into a real character. I understand why she was a mindless doll, but not really. Having gained what she gained made no difference in her mentality. The writer(s) changed the character to keep the plot moving. Therefore, the short piss-stained hair chick is most definitely the worst Attack On Titan character written so far.

• The pacing is still poor. I had to skip through a few episodes filled with unnecessary scenes and stories.

• The CGI was bearable before, but now it looks horrendous — especially on a certain individual.

• Mikasa is the real threat to humanity. Everything she does is for Eren. If Eren wants to sacrifice himself for the good of humanity, Mikasa would disagree with his decision. Not because she thinks it is a bad idea for humanity, yet because Eren’s life is in danger. At this point, Mikasa is not her own character — she only lives for Eren. She is like a pimple or parasite.

• Spoiler: In a coup d’etat, why would you replace a defective leader with the child of that defective leader? Put the candidate, who is most fit to lead, in charge, goddammit! Why do they have to have a continuing line of royal blood? If Erwin, Levi, Armin, et cetera stayed true to their characters, they would turn the kingdom into a democracy instead of continuing a stupid monarchy.

• There are crazy oxygen machines and auto-titan killers, and no one can develop a working prosthetic arm? Sigh.

Good

• I am so happy that they fixed Mikasa’s art design. I roasted the hell out of her in my season two review. The main problem was her horrible lipstick/lip color and the inconsistency of her eyes, head, hair, face, and body.

• People are underestimating Zoe and Erwin’s intelligence. They deserve to be treated as smarter characters than Levi and Armine — at least on the same level as Armine. Levi has a high battle IQ. Armine has a general high IQ. On the other hand, Zoe and Erwin have an exceedingly high general and battle IQ.

• In the beginning, there are a few action sequences with Levi in them. I could die complacent knowing that something as beautiful as that action animation exists.

• I am extremely thrilled that food girl got a lot less screen time. Also, her scene with the meat was pretty funny.

This is how I see the characters at this point (from Best to Worst)

1. Erwin>

2. Levi>

3. Reiner>

4. Annie>

5. Zoe>

6. Eren>

7. Armin>

8. Jean>

9. Ymir>

10. Krillin>

11. Mikasa>

12. Food Girl>

13. Short Piss-Stained Hair Chick