In recent years, many popular anime series have disappointed their audience because of their poor endings. Attack on Titan has garnered mixed feelings for how unsatisfying it was, with fans accusing Hajime Isayama of rushing the storyline, but a good portion of them also found it appropriate.
The controversial ending, combined with how dragged out the anime adaptation was, ruined the reputation of Attack on Titan. It’s still considered one of the complex and brilliant series in the anime community, a masterpiece that could potentially ruin other anime for fans, but flawed nonetheless.
Many fans blame Hajime Isayama for it, but the mangaka was only following what he planned for the storyline. Most masterpieces will not be perfect. You might not agree with some choices, and the same applies to Attack on Titan. Isayama had already decided how it ended since its inception.
Despite what fans think about Attack on Titan’s ending, Isayama planned how it would end from the start
The final events of Attack on Titan were quite chaotic. Eren triggered the Rumbling, which forced his former friends to rally against him to end the genocide before he could wipe out humanity for good. Mikasa is forced to kill him to end the Titan curse, and then kisses his decapitated head.
Years later, we witness the world in peace after Eren’s actions and the rebuilding of Paradis. Armin and Mikasa are still grieving his death. Levi, in a wheelchair, is being taken care of by Gabi and Falco. The ending scene involves Mikasa sitting at their tree as a bird approaches and wraps her scarf around her.
Many fans took this as a symbol of Eren wrapping the scarf one last time, but weren’t entirely convinced this was the best ending Hajime Isayama could’ve come up with. It felt rushed and underwhelming, a sign that the mangaka hadn’t thought it through.
However, it turns out that wasn’t the case at all. In an interview with the New York Times, he reveals:
That was pretty much there from the beginning, the story that starts with the victim who then goes through this story and becomes the aggressor. That is something I had in mind right from the get-go. Along the way, certain aspects of the story didn’t go as expected, and I adapted and fleshed out certain aspects. But I would say the ending of the story didn’t change much.
Fans took the opportunity to joke that Eren manipulated Hajime Isayama from the start, just as he did to his father in Attack on Titan.
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It does make you wonder if he ever wanted to stray from the path he chose, but now that Attack on Titan has ended, there’s no point in dwelling on it further.
Hajime Isayama had an even more brutal ending planned for Attack on Titan
For a story as ruthless and depressing as Attack on Titan, Isayama had also thought of an ending where everyone dies. It would be a doomed storyline where there’s little to no hope.
This changed when it began to rapidly become more popular with the anime adaptation. The mangaka didn’t predict how much fans would come to love Attack on Titan, and decided to go with the bittersweet ending rather than one where everyone dies.
So when you think about the alternative ending Isayama could’ve given us, perhaps we should be thankful for the one he stuck with. The bird scene might’ve been unsatisfying, but at least we didn’t see all of our beloved characters unnecessarily dying.
Attack on Titan can currently be streamed on Crunchyroll.
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