Hey, great video again! The horror is defintely well done in Attack on Titan, I can especially remember the first few episodes of the second Season, where they were going around the wall to check if there was a hole somewhere. Even though I kind of expected that they wouldn't find anything, the suspense was absolutely great and it even became one of my favourite episodes just because of the whole atmosphere. But personally, I'm a bit more engaged in the mystery, especially since they do such a great job at giving the viewer enough hints to come up with own theories. Anyway, I'm really grateful you did this video. Attack on Titan is among my favourite anime ever and although I know that it is insanely popular, it doesn't get nearly enough critical acclaim in my opinion and is considered by many people to be something for "casuals", thats why I'm very happy if someone takes his time to analyze it.
Random Username The first few episodes of Season 2 were actually one of the biggest reasons why I made the video. There’s this level of uneasiness you get out of it that really makes Attack on Titan feel special and different. From a creative viewpoint, I’ve always thought that the mystery and horror is intrinsically tied. Stories that tap into the unknown like death, or life beyond Earth, or mysticism can at times be terrifying. It’s our own way of finding answers to a nagging question we may never get answers to. Attack on Titan just pushes the envelope on that mystery aspect and that alone has me invested!
I take that what is most engaging in attack on titan are actually it's mysteries. The horror in not knowing anything about the titans works greatly in favor of the mystery vibe, but this one aspect lasts until season 2 only. By the 2nd half of the first season you can already see that humans are the ones behind this and those people from outside the walls are the enemies, but I don't think that makes the story any less fascinating. Also, it was great touch to add that ost at end of the video.
クソナード I agree with you on so many levels. First half of season one definitely taps into the ideas of the video more so than the second half. The second half has that at some level, but different elements are added to change the landscape completely. Then, the first half of the second season recaptures that same uneasy energy. What I will say too that many great apocalyptic tension filled stories do is study what people do. Books like “The Road” or comics like “The Walking Dead” create a situation of scarcity and out of it, the greatest horror becomes people. A cautionary tale of what we’re capable of when push comes to shove. Perhaps Attack on Titan is going for a similar aspect in its own way. Albeit, they’re a tad more explosive about it lol
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love your work, i am actually writing an essay on attack on titans, what makes it great, and the use of shock, mystery and horror throughout your story. Your video really made me see more about what is horor and whats makes us watch horror. Thanks keep it up
Hey John, I've been following you since your Kimi no Na wa video and I have to say, you're getting better with each new analysis. (However, the Kimi no Na wa is my personal favorite since I loved the movie so much). With each new video, your editing is becoming smoother and your transitions into your next talking points have become more organic as well. There's much less fluff, and you're using less examples when drawing from other works, all of which is a great improvement as it lends more credibility to your own opinions while still keeping the well researched and fitting quotes. I truly hope you're able to gain more subscribers, because your videos are continually informative and entertaining. If you've read this far, I'd like to ask a few questions before your channel does (hopefully) blow up: 1) You mentioned you work full time, so what got you interested in making anime/Western entertainment analysis videos in the first place? 2) Do you have any prior experience in research (like from school or work?) Because the way you use sources is a little more on the scholarly side and reminds me of when I wrote research papers in university. 3) Are there any anime TH-camrs you get inspiration from? Similarly, any you would recommend watching? 4) Finally, other than the ones you've made videos about, what are some of your favorite anime? (Better yet, if you have a mal, I'd love to see your rankings) Congratulations on the recent surge in subscribers, and I'll be looking forward to your next video!
Smartjedi hey there! Great seeing you on here again! ^^ I've taken your critical feedback in the earlier videos it's stuck with me since! Great questions by the way! 1) I've always had an interest in anime/western entertainment analysis. It was just something I did in conversation with friends. So I figured why not take something I do anyways and turn it into videos. I do video production full time in corporate business styles, so TH-cam is a creative outlet for me to experiment and try out new ideas stylistically when I normally wouldn't. 2) My experience in research comes from college and at some level from work. As you can probably tell from my videos, I love videos that bridges the psychology of how we think and feel when we watch an anime, show, or movie. 3) My most favorite anime TH-camrs has to be Pause and Select, Super Eyepatch Wolf, and Under the Scope Reviews. They don't upload frequently, but my god their production quality is off the roof! You could just tell they put just as much love in their editing as well as their writing. In terms of style and slickness, I resonate quite a bit with how Vox, Captain Kristian, and Nerdwriter1 do their videos. I want to see more anime analysis videos done in this sort of style, and few I feel manage to pull off this sort of style as effectively. 4) Oh gosh there's so many! Gurren Lagann, FMA Brotherhood, Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, Spirited Away, Code Geass, The Boy and the Beast, and Mob Psycho 100 just to name a few off the top of my head!
The improvements have been great to witness! Your background context helps make sense of the way you structure your videos. I can definitely see how you'd like Pause and Select haha. Joe has to be the most scholarly TH-camr I watch, and that isn't limited to anime analysis creators either. Thanks for answering the questions, and hopefully we'll see a video on one of your favorites sometime soon.
Just discovered your channel and it's amazing. The content and the quality of your videos are great. And a great series right now that uses horror elements to enhance the narrative is The Promised Neverland.
So that's why Attack on Titan is qualified as a horror anime/manga. Now I understand. By knowing this, it reminds me of Walking Dead in terms of post apocalyptic setting and the mix of horror with action and drama
Since you talked about "shock value" I would really like one video of yours about Gen Urobuchi (Psycho Pass, Madoka Magica, Fate/zero), what do you think about his writing in his series? BTW thank you for another amazing video, keep it up :)
Early to middle season one spoilers here. The thing that sold me on AoT was the presentation of the titans. The titans aren’t just powerful-mowing down humans at will without opposition in the first few episodes-they’re terrifying. A long-ago analysis on the AnimeSuki forum pointed out that the titans break the spirits of the people they’re about to eat. Hannes initially intended to kill the Smiling Titan, but Hannes’ spirit broke when he confronted the titan, so Hannes grabbed Eren and Mikasa and ran. Eren’s mother urged her children to abandon her, but once the titan actually grabbed Eren’s mom she had to stop herself from begging Eren and Mikasa to stay. (Maybe that example doesn’t hold up, but...) I find it’s a theme that shows up repeatedly, from the terrified citizens of Eren’s town to the desperate begging and helplessness and curbstomp of Eren’s squad on their first mission, and beyond that to the panic among the surviving military rank-and-file when Trost is breached. I’ve seen antagonists comparable to the titans in power who are far less threatening. Going off the DCAU I’ve got Mongul, Giganta, Kalibak, Lobo. Those are all capable villains who challenge our heroes, but none of them dominate a scene the way the titans do. For all his strength and toughness, Mongul never inspires the sheer despairing horror that the titans do when they attack the towns inside the walls. Because, for all Mongul’s power he never becomes as threatening as the titans who wantonly slaughter defenseless and terrified people.
Would love to see an analysis of how they make waifus appealig and why the best waifus are underage. On a more serious note I enjoyed this video and you seem like a really nice guy so I will throw in a like as well.
In general I don't like horror, at least Western horror films? Where it's terrifying to be terrifying, rather than to amplify the story and emotions. I love Tokyo Ghoul and Parasyte in addition to Attack on Titan, and the horror, especially the tension, as you've mentioned absolutely adds to the emotions and relatability of the characters. Which seems ridiculous in some ways that we emphathize more with characters because of the supernatural causes they are fighting. Also, awesome videos, started watching with your Kimi No Na Wa analysis, and I love these formal analysis of anime as the depth of many shows are often overlooked.
Salocin097 thanks for checking out the AoT video! Tokyo Ghoul would've been another really great example when it comes to how horror can be used to amplify a world and narrative! I always appreciate how horror techniques is used in stories that don't necessarily lean so heavily on horror. Many directors I admire actually come from horror!
When I watch Titans (cough cough) eating the humans I feel disturb. More disturb than watching a boring corny cliche horror movie. Not only this anime is part of action but it's also really fits on the Horror genre category
Sol I'm using After Effects to create those effects. It's a mix of color keying the base colors, flipping the tint, and adding the flourishes like scribble or create turbulence to give it that sketching look. ^^
My problem with Attack on Titan's horror is that it shattered its suspension of disbelief the moment Eren was revealed to be part titan. I used to be terrified of the titans. They seemed like a legitimate threat that had overpowered humanities elite Survey Corps and were even capable of killing the main protagonist. But with Eren becoming a super titan and with Levi treating them like grass under a lawn mower, how can I see them as nothing but league of legends minions that kill any character that just sucks at the game if they're lucky. Does anyone really care about whether the walls crumble and the main cast dies or not? Does anyone care about what secret potion is hidden in the basement? Or are people more concerned about the theatrics of the show when it flexes it's epic soundtrack and dynamic animation every chance it gets. If Attack on Titan's horror relies solely on instinctual fear rather than accompanying it with skillful writing, then it certainly didn't help me believe that I was watching a show about humanities survival.
[SPOILERS ALERT] First of all, I apologise in antecipation for my rusty english, I'm not a native speaker. But coming to the matter, I don't know if you read the mangá, if you don't, stop reading to avoid spoilers. The intrincacy of the horror and suspense in the manga, comes from the brillhant writing with absolute realistical features delivered by the autor. The vibe and atmosphere that involves, for example, the arc of recovery of the mary wall, is a tension that relies on the actual iminent extermination of the whole humanity in the case of failure. Right at the beginning of the confront, all their antecipated plans fails and the Survey cops have to improvise. In the moment that the shitstorm starts to go down, is easy to see the despair taking the heart of every recruit, and all hope ending to every man, even Comandant Erwin, when facing an inescapable death. And then again, bcuz of the brilhant writring, he abandon all hope and face his fear to lose all his dreams to deliver one of the most inspiring speeches of war that I ever read, convincing all the recruits to follow him as bait and charge directly to death, and even in this part all you can see in the recruits eyes is terror, some of them start to cry like kids, other start to puke. Anyway, I have to say that I feel absolutly imersed in this situations, to me this manga is topclass suspension/drama material speaking of graphic content.
Slight spoilers for the manga : Love how the true enemy isn't just titans, in wall humans, the shifters, or the governments of the world. It is a combination of all to make the heroes' situation feel hopeless whenever they get a leg up. Even when a bigger enemy is shown, there isa darkness behind the new foe, with the current big bad being the underdog in a war far beyond the scope of anything the heroes have seen thus far. The escalation and mystery makes the story seem so different from the start, but still retains the feeling of despair and oddly fitting optimism
Even if attack on Titan doesn't scare you the people in it really are it's what stops eran's mom from being saved because Hannes is very determined to save all 3 and take on the Titan then he just stops in full fear witch I can't falt him for I'd be terrified to but he's a grown man witch lives in a world were they exist so he should alest know how they look we wouldn't be ready but he should have been he's had to have seen one guess he just heard about there appearance and just thought they were being ridiculous but hadn't seen one before so he just got completely terrified seeing it's creepyness witch I get but he just had to fly behind and slash it's neck them save eran's mom the asshole makes me so sick but alest eran got revenge on the Titan that killed his mother but I'll never forgive Hannes humphh
Horror is ABSOLUTELY an element of Attack on Titan. An existentialist horror. The horror of what mankind/human nature is capable of and pursues. The symbolism of the human form literally transforming into these ineffable monsters who cannot speak for themselves. The horror of what we resort to for survival and freedom...
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Hey, great video again! The horror is defintely well done in Attack on Titan, I can especially remember the first few episodes of the second Season, where they were going around the wall to check if there was a hole somewhere. Even though I kind of expected that they wouldn't find anything, the suspense was absolutely great and it even became one of my favourite episodes just because of the whole atmosphere. But personally, I'm a bit more engaged in the mystery, especially since they do such a great job at giving the viewer enough hints to come up with own theories.
Anyway, I'm really grateful you did this video. Attack on Titan is among my favourite anime ever and although I know that it is insanely popular, it doesn't get nearly enough critical acclaim in my opinion and is considered by many people to be something for "casuals", thats why I'm very happy if someone takes his time to analyze it.
Random Username The first few episodes of Season 2 were actually one of the biggest reasons why I made the video. There’s this level of uneasiness you get out of it that really makes Attack on Titan feel special and different. From a creative viewpoint, I’ve always thought that the mystery and horror is intrinsically tied. Stories that tap into the unknown like death, or life beyond Earth, or mysticism can at times be terrifying. It’s our own way of finding answers to a nagging question we may never get answers to. Attack on Titan just pushes the envelope on that mystery aspect and that alone has me invested!
Honestly, it was an amazing analysis and it kept me focused on your commentary. Keep up the great work, you got yourself another subscriber!
I take that what is most engaging in attack on titan are actually it's mysteries.
The horror in not knowing anything about the titans works greatly in favor of the mystery vibe, but this one aspect lasts until season 2 only. By the 2nd half of the first season you can already see that humans are the ones behind this and those people from outside the walls are the enemies, but I don't think that makes the story any less fascinating. Also, it was great touch to add that ost at end of the video.
クソナード I agree with you on so many levels. First half of season one definitely taps into the ideas of the video more so than the second half. The second half has that at some level, but different elements are added to change the landscape completely. Then, the first half of the second season recaptures that same uneasy energy.
What I will say too that many great apocalyptic tension filled stories do is study what people do. Books like “The Road” or comics like “The Walking Dead” create a situation of scarcity and out of it, the greatest horror becomes people. A cautionary tale of what we’re capable of when push comes to shove. Perhaps Attack on Titan is going for a similar aspect in its own way. Albeit, they’re a tad more explosive about it lol
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Patrick Vinches glad you enjoyed the video editing! :)
You blew my mind. I'll be sure to follow you from now on to the day your channel brings joy to millions of suscribers. Keep going. I want to hear more from your head. Show me everything you have and I'll be there giving all I can to support you.
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You're gonna get big dude. How do you only have 1.3k subs. keep up the good work. Excellent editing style.
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Andres Teyes thanks for watching! ^^
love your work, i am actually writing an essay on attack on titans, what makes it great, and the use of shock, mystery and horror throughout your story. Your video really made me see more about what is horor and whats makes us watch horror. Thanks keep it up
Lol 3 years later I’d love to read it
great video man thanks !
Hey John, I've been following you since your Kimi no Na wa video and I have to say, you're getting better with each new analysis. (However, the Kimi no Na wa is my personal favorite since I loved the movie so much).
With each new video, your editing is becoming smoother and your transitions into your next talking points have become more organic as well.
There's much less fluff, and you're using less examples when drawing from other works, all of which is a great improvement as it lends more credibility to your own opinions while still keeping the well researched and fitting quotes.
I truly hope you're able to gain more subscribers, because your videos are continually informative and entertaining.
If you've read this far, I'd like to ask a few questions before your channel does (hopefully) blow up:
1) You mentioned you work full time, so what got you interested in making anime/Western entertainment analysis videos in the first place?
2) Do you have any prior experience in research (like from school or work?) Because the way you use sources is a little more on the scholarly side and reminds me of when I wrote research papers in university.
3) Are there any anime TH-camrs you get inspiration from? Similarly, any you would recommend watching?
4) Finally, other than the ones you've made videos about, what are some of your favorite anime? (Better yet, if you have a mal, I'd love to see your rankings)
Congratulations on the recent surge in subscribers, and I'll be looking forward to your next video!
Smartjedi hey there! Great seeing you on here again! ^^ I've taken your critical feedback in the earlier videos it's stuck with me since!
Great questions by the way!
1) I've always had an interest in anime/western entertainment analysis. It was just something I did in conversation with friends. So I figured why not take something I do anyways and turn it into videos. I do video production full time in corporate business styles, so TH-cam is a creative outlet for me to experiment and try out new ideas stylistically when I normally wouldn't.
2) My experience in research comes from college and at some level from work. As you can probably tell from my videos, I love videos that bridges the psychology of how we think and feel when we watch an anime, show, or movie.
3) My most favorite anime TH-camrs has to be Pause and Select, Super Eyepatch Wolf, and Under the Scope Reviews. They don't upload frequently, but my god their production quality is off the roof! You could just tell they put just as much love in their editing as well as their writing. In terms of style and slickness, I resonate quite a bit with how Vox, Captain Kristian, and Nerdwriter1 do their videos. I want to see more anime analysis videos done in this sort of style, and few I feel manage to pull off this sort of style as effectively.
4) Oh gosh there's so many! Gurren Lagann, FMA Brotherhood, Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, Spirited Away, Code Geass, The Boy and the Beast, and Mob Psycho 100 just to name a few off the top of my head!
The improvements have been great to witness! Your background context helps make sense of the way you structure your videos.
I can definitely see how you'd like Pause and Select haha. Joe has to be the most scholarly TH-camr I watch, and that isn't limited to anime analysis creators either.
Thanks for answering the questions, and hopefully we'll see a video on one of your favorites sometime soon.
I am new to this channel and the quality of these videos are magnificent.
Kai Yan welcome to the channel and thank you for checking out the video! To be fair, I'm kinda new too! So let's see where this all goes!
Nerdy Shenanigans I am glad you have had a good start.
also, I am European so I think you might have a fan base over the globe!
Really great video! Keep up the good work!
ruben ortiz thank you! I will do my best! :)
Just discovered your channel and it's amazing. The content and the quality of your videos are great. And a great series right now that uses horror elements to enhance the narrative is The Promised Neverland.
You'll be big someday, just keep doing this great work and in one or two years you'll have the million for shure
So that's why Attack on Titan is qualified as a horror anime/manga. Now I understand. By knowing this, it reminds me of Walking Dead in terms of post apocalyptic setting and the mix of horror with action and drama
Since you talked about "shock value" I would really like one video of yours about Gen Urobuchi (Psycho Pass, Madoka Magica, Fate/zero), what do you think about his writing in his series?
BTW thank you for another amazing video, keep it up :)
Lalala holy moly that would be an interesting topic to analyze! ^^.
Early to middle season one spoilers here.
The thing that sold me on AoT was the presentation of the titans. The titans aren’t just powerful-mowing down humans at will without opposition in the first few episodes-they’re terrifying.
A long-ago analysis on the AnimeSuki forum pointed out that the titans break the spirits of the people they’re about to eat. Hannes initially intended to kill the Smiling Titan, but Hannes’ spirit broke when he confronted the titan, so Hannes grabbed Eren and Mikasa and ran. Eren’s mother urged her children to abandon her, but once the titan actually grabbed Eren’s mom she had to stop herself from begging Eren and Mikasa to stay. (Maybe that example doesn’t hold up, but...)
I find it’s a theme that shows up repeatedly, from the terrified citizens of Eren’s town to the desperate begging and helplessness and curbstomp of Eren’s squad on their first mission, and beyond that to the panic among the surviving military rank-and-file when Trost is breached.
I’ve seen antagonists comparable to the titans in power who are far less threatening. Going off the DCAU I’ve got Mongul, Giganta, Kalibak, Lobo. Those are all capable villains who challenge our heroes, but none of them dominate a scene the way the titans do. For all his strength and toughness, Mongul never inspires the sheer despairing horror that the titans do when they attack the towns inside the walls. Because, for all Mongul’s power he never becomes as threatening as the titans who wantonly slaughter defenseless and terrified people.
When i first read Attack on Titan i was shaking from fear!
Excellent videos. Can you make one on Samurai Jack? Especially the 5th and final season?
Would love to see an analysis of how they make waifus appealig and why the best waifus are underage. On a more serious note I enjoyed this video and you seem like a really nice guy so I will throw in a like as well.
TubeBazz Color me intrigued on making that analysis....
You're going to jail also not all the good one's are underage
great video. and also all your other videos. what writing program so you use?
Jean Sen writing program? Do you mean something like celtx or even word doc?
good stuff
In general I don't like horror, at least Western horror films? Where it's terrifying to be terrifying, rather than to amplify the story and emotions. I love Tokyo Ghoul and Parasyte in addition to Attack on Titan, and the horror, especially the tension, as you've mentioned absolutely adds to the emotions and relatability of the characters. Which seems ridiculous in some ways that we emphathize more with characters because of the supernatural causes they are fighting.
Also, awesome videos, started watching with your Kimi No Na Wa analysis, and I love these formal analysis of anime as the depth of many shows are often overlooked.
Salocin097 thanks for checking out the AoT video! Tokyo Ghoul would've been another really great example when it comes to how horror can be used to amplify a world and narrative! I always appreciate how horror techniques is used in stories that don't necessarily lean so heavily on horror. Many directors I admire actually come from horror!
2:46 MOODY BLUES CLOCK MOODY BLUES CLOCK
When I watch Titans (cough cough) eating the humans I feel disturb.
More disturb than watching a boring corny cliche horror movie.
Not only this anime is part of action but it's also really fits on the Horror genre category
Them looking like humans makes it even worse
fucking spoilers.
cmon man, spoilers
Arj217 I think he was talking about the physiognomy of the titans
Arj217 spoiler
Bliink i was talking about them looking like humans
Funny part is you guys saying spoilers actually spoiled it
EDIT: i changed it
What effects do you use when you are showing pictures?
Sol I'm using After Effects to create those effects. It's a mix of color keying the base colors, flipping the tint, and adding the flourishes like scribble or create turbulence to give it that sketching look. ^^
Nerdy Shenanigans Hmmmm, vool trick. Thanks for explaining how it works ^-^
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My problem with Attack on Titan's horror is that it shattered its suspension of disbelief the moment Eren was revealed to be part titan.
I used to be terrified of the titans. They seemed like a legitimate threat that had overpowered humanities elite Survey Corps and were even capable of killing the main protagonist.
But with Eren becoming a super titan and with Levi treating them like grass under a lawn mower, how can I see them as nothing but league of legends minions that kill any character that just sucks at the game if they're lucky.
Does anyone really care about whether the walls crumble and the main cast dies or not? Does anyone care about what secret potion is hidden in the basement? Or are people more concerned about the theatrics of the show when it flexes it's epic soundtrack and dynamic animation every chance it gets.
If Attack on Titan's horror relies solely on instinctual fear rather than accompanying it with skillful writing, then it certainly didn't help me believe that I was watching a show about humanities survival.
Oh, great video nonetheless.
[SPOILERS ALERT]
First of all, I apologise in antecipation for my rusty english, I'm not a native speaker. But coming to the matter, I don't know if you read the mangá, if you don't, stop reading to avoid spoilers. The intrincacy of the horror and suspense in the manga, comes from the brillhant writing with absolute realistical features delivered by the autor. The vibe and atmosphere that involves, for example, the arc of recovery of the mary wall, is a tension that relies on the actual iminent extermination of the whole humanity in the case of failure. Right at the beginning of the confront, all their antecipated plans fails and the Survey cops have to improvise. In the moment that the shitstorm starts to go down, is easy to see the despair taking the heart of every recruit, and all hope ending to every man, even Comandant Erwin, when facing an inescapable death. And then again, bcuz of the brilhant writring, he abandon all hope and face his fear to lose all his dreams to deliver one of the most inspiring speeches of war that I ever read, convincing all the recruits to follow him as bait and charge directly to death, and even in this part all you can see in the recruits eyes is terror, some of them start to cry like kids, other start to puke. Anyway, I have to say that I feel absolutly imersed in this situations, to me this manga is topclass suspension/drama material speaking of graphic content.
Slight spoilers for the manga :
Love how the true enemy isn't just titans, in wall humans, the shifters, or the governments of the world. It is a combination of all to make the heroes' situation feel hopeless whenever they get a leg up. Even when a bigger enemy is shown, there isa darkness behind the new foe, with the current big bad being the underdog in a war far beyond the scope of anything the heroes have seen thus far. The escalation and mystery makes the story seem so different from the start, but still retains the feeling of despair and oddly fitting optimism
instead of optimism, I'll say courage based on thirst to survival and knowledge.
re zero analysis
Abdel Nasser oh that'll be awesome! ^^
Mid anime. But W pfp
Even if attack on Titan doesn't scare you the people in it really are it's what stops eran's mom from being saved because Hannes is very determined to save all 3 and take on the Titan then he just stops in full fear witch I can't falt him for I'd be terrified to but he's a grown man witch lives in a world were they exist so he should alest know how they look we wouldn't be ready but he should have been he's had to have seen one guess he just heard about there appearance and just thought they were being ridiculous but hadn't seen one before so he just got completely terrified seeing it's creepyness witch I get but he just had to fly behind and slash it's neck them save eran's mom the asshole makes me so sick but alest eran got revenge on the Titan that killed his mother but I'll never forgive Hannes humphh
lame shit
Horror is ABSOLUTELY an element of Attack on Titan.
An existentialist horror.
The horror of what mankind/human nature is capable of and pursues.
The symbolism of the human form literally transforming into these ineffable monsters who cannot speak for themselves.
The horror of what we resort to for survival and freedom...