Does anyone else find Attack on Titan/Shingeki no Kyojiin boring?

[nekosync]

There's going to be controversy over this but I don't care~

My opinion {sort of a rant - feel free to skip}:

There's too much unnecessary dialogue of stuff I already know, so the cliff-hangers pretty much build up my
excitement but the boring chit-chatter of the cast just decreases it tenfold. All the characters are too busy doing their dramatic gasps and monologues whilst titans are smashing buildings around them.

This unnecessary dialogue also adds to the unbearably long pace of the anime. The characters have an objective, yet it takes about five episodes before they complete it.

Also, I don't even like the characters. Eren seems like the cliche determined protagonist, Armin is the easy-going one who's trying to calm him down, and Mikasa has no personality; she just lives for Eren. Mikasa is such a Mary-Sue, too. In the early episodes, generals refer to her as "an invaluable soldier" who is "worth more than 1,000 soldiers". On top of that, she just happened to be top of her class during the training for military. Ugh.


What do you guys think of SnK/AoT?

 

[Mariah]

Yes, I found it extremely boring. It takes quite a few episodes for them to actually do anything. I stopped watching after episode fifteen.

 

[epona]

yeah, i hate the way mikasa has absolutely no substance at all

 

[nekosync]

Yes, I found it extremely boring. It takes quite a few episodes for them to actually do anything. I stopped watching after episode fifteen.

I'm on episode 20 at the moment - I was actually pretty excited because things looked as if they were picking up, but they're just dragging on. I think I'm going to drop this one.

- - - Post Merge - - -

yeah, i hate the way mikasa has absolutely no substance at all

I know, right? I really don't understand when people go on about her as if she's inspiring and all.

 

[Capella]

Some episodes yes

 

[Nkosazana]

Im too scared to watch it ._.
I watched corpse party and nearly had a heart attack e.e

 

[Stevey Queen]

Never watched the anime but I seen the abridged version on YouTube and that was indeed not boring.

No idea how similar they are though

 

[Mariah]

Im too scared to watch it ._.
I watched corpse party and nearly had a heart attack e.e

It's far from scary.

 

[Cazqui]

I just like watching people get killed by titans.

 

[Capella]

Im too scared to watch it ._.
I watched corpse party and nearly had a heart attack e.e

It's not scary at all

 

[debinoresu]

hmm, admittedly the first few episodes were dull but I REALLY got into it once the female titan came along.

I found I got more into the manga than the anime. I really love the manga, though I do prefer titan arcs such as the female titan and the dancing titan. its starting to focus more on the actual government currently in the manga, but its still managing to keep me plenty invested. Id like for there to be more titan arcs,though. I mean it is called attack on titan so I, came for titans, being attacked

 

[Kildor]

Mikasa has feelings. She just doesn't like to show them very much

 

[Bowie]

I find it depressing.

 

[Glaed]

Yeah, I couldn't get past episode 3 or 4, can't remember. It was just boring to me I guess, I couldn't get into it. But I get bored of a lot of series, I'm too picky I guess LOL.

 

[Mewmewmewm]

I liked it *shrugs* but i suppose because its popular a lot of people are going to think its the spawn of satan because of it. I liked mikasa because she actually DID **** XD most female anime characters are just there to look cute and be like OH SAVE ME STRONG MANNNN. I like how there are a lot of strong female characters in it, its almost kinda rare to see in TV now and days. The pacing in the show is a little off, so i understand why some people can't really get into it. One minute it's like ZOMGTITANSEVERYWHERE OMG OMG OMG ACTIONNNNN which were my favorite parts of the show because i'm a total action junkie. But the next its like HEY GUYS, LETS TAKE A WHOLE EPISODE TO TALK ABOUT A BOULDER. . .KEEP TALKING. . . .KEEP TALKING. . .TUNE IN NEXT WEEK-
But i still feel like its worth a watch from anyone who enjoys action and or horror elements. Its still an interesting concept and i personally really enjoyed it.

 

[radical6]

i liked it at first but when i got to around ch 50 in the manga i got bored
the anime i stopped at like ep 12

 

[debinoresu]

w8 I also have something to say about mikasa

Spoiler: wow ok i repeat myself a lot and maybe spoilers

i agree shes definitely overpowered but thats partly because of her obsession with eren. shed probably sacrifice every other soldier including herself to save him. her obsession with him is sort of a problem, and its a little bothersome. shes usually blinded by it and ends up causing more harm than good trying to defend him so I think its intended to be a character flaw.

she isnt a completely perfect soldier, shes just devoted to protecting eren, mainly. she said shed follow eren wherever he went to protect him and thats what she did. if he hadnt opted to be a soldier she wouldnt have. she got as skilled as possible in order to protect him. she seems to care somewhat about the people of the town and her duty as a soldier but shell toss them all aside if erens in trouble, which is something he happens to find himself in quite a lot.

shes actually horribly selfish because her top goal is to protect one person she knows instead of many she doesnt. she was this way before eren was actually considered more important than those several people, so its just convenient to her now that their assigned mission is to protect eren, though she will disregard orders in moments of desperation.

shes an obsessed, selfish person, and not necessarily a good soldier, just a good fighter. eren is worth the world to her and that is not a good thing. I definitely wouldnt consider her perfect because shes actually sort of a bad person if you think about it. shes still way too op tho. I just thought id point out how the eren thing seems to also be intended to be a huge character flaw.

also i dont really think shes obsessed with him for romantic reasons, moreso because he sort of brought her up to be who she is today, and she probably redirected the feelings she felt for her parents to him to avoid being so distraught about their death.

big reptetitive character analysis
tho fyi I honestly dont like her that much ymir is my favorite girl chara in attack on titan lol

 

[puppy]

i feel like they're getting nowhere at the moment
like,

Spoiler

does anyone even remember the basement
who the heckie is that ape titan
what are bertholdt annie and reiner even trying to do
whats the deal with ymir
is eren going to do anything useful

im caught up with the manga andthere are too many questions that havent been answered yet and im not even sure whats happening??

 

[Lady Timpani]

I read the first volume or so at my friends' suggestion and haven't really thought about it since. My biggest fault was with Eren tbh.

 

[Leanne]

It was one of the few action anime I enjoyed a lot. I usually don't like anime with blood and violence, but Shingeki was really different.

It kept on me suspense from beginning to end. And the soundtrack was fantastic. Every single track is beautiful. I think the soundtrack made a lot for me to like this anime, and probably wouldn't have liked it as much as I did if it wasn't for it.