A review by feedingbrett
Attack on Titan: Colossal Edition 5 by Hajime Isayama

dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

A clear transition point that certainly challenges our biases towards our familiar characters. Sympathy swings like a pendulum but with it come depth through context. Moving forward from the internal turmoil that its previous volumes have repeatedly served, now the bigger picture has been offered, but with it a logical anchor that gives greater meaning to such tragedies that we have previously witnessed. While the abstract philosophies that once hypothesised the repetitive chaos have begun to dwindle, I think the continuous search for meaning and a solution has kept my interest throughout this period of the story. I can only hope all of this contextualising will pay off.