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Attack on Titan creator reveals his biggest regret about the anime's controversial ending

Debopriyaa covers anime, movies, and TV at Polygon. She is a freelance film critic with a specialization in Southeast Asian cinema, sci-fi, and body horror. Her work has appeared at Inverse, Slash Film, Screen Rant, Fansided, and High on Films, among other outlets. Debopriyaa’s published chapbook, Frozen Sparks: A Rhapsodist's Tale, is available worldwide, and her poetry has also been published in literary journals like Gideon Poetry and White Noise Magazine. Hajime Isayama has mixed feelings about Eren Yeager's portrayal in the final stretch Some protagonists stay true to their desires, while others are gradually molded by the world they live in. Eren Yeager from Attack on Titan is a blend of both. Nature and nurture morph him into the complicated character that he is, with rage against an unjust world fueling his tragic journey. Eren’s leap from doomed protagonist to out-and-out villain might be one of the most compelling aspects of Hajime Isayama’s Attack on Titan. However, Isayama’s recent statement about the series’ ending brings some authorial doubts to the surface, as displayed on a block print at Attack on Titan Museum in Hita City, Oita Prefecture. Read Isayama's statement

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Attack on Titan creator reveals his biggest regret about the anime's controversial ending

Debopriyaa covers anime, movies, and TV at Polygon. She is a freelance film critic with a specialization in Southeast Asian cinema, sci-fi, and body horror. Her work has appeared at Inverse, Slash Film, Screen Rant, Fansided, and High on…

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