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I don't want to link to the full piece because it contains THE spoiler for practically all of Attack on Titan. But this quote from a high-profile review of this week's episode should illustrate a bit of why I think AoT is good, and a bit of why I would desperately like to see more reviewers who are familiar with sf engaging with it:

It's just really weird for me to consider that the Eldians of this universe have at different times occupied the positions of the ruthless conquerors of the world as well as the marginalized and dehumanized minorities.

(This is not a white person being surprised that the world is complicated, BTW. The author has identified themself more than once as nonwhite.)

Fans of the Attack on Titan anime are used to waiting.

The first season ran in 2013. After that, we waited four whole years for another installment, and it ran only 11 episodes (the usual would be 12-13 if running 3 months, 24-26 if running for 6).

Season 3 started in 2017, and was announced ahead of time as a split cour (3 months, then a 3-month hiatus, then 3 more months). The break in the middle wound up being 6 months instead, and led to permanent differences in how the second half was labeled. Some people call it season 3 part 2, some call it season 4.

To dodge the numerical arguments, the next season was branded Attack on Titan the Final Season (yes, no colon) and pitched as the conclusion to the story. Except it became clear these last few weeks that there was going to be a bunch more manga left to adapt at the end of March.

So the last episode came with an announcement that there will, in fact, be some more episodes.

In January 2022.

Aaaaaaaaaargh.