![]() ![]() Some viewers defended the series as a condemnation of those ideas and a meditation on moral ambiguity, but others said the plot’s condemnation of fascism was too weak. ![]() Fans debated the meaning on Twitter and Reddit as think pieces pointed to the show’s “fascist subtext” and possible antisemitism as ratings and viewership climbed. The implications that a race meant to represent Jews had made “a deal with the devil” to achieve power were too much for some to bear. Political prisoners were injected with a serum that turns them into the terrifying Titans. ![]() A group called the Marleyans later overthrew the Eldian empire and forced them into ghettoes, forcing them to wear armbands that identified their race with a symbol similar to the Star of David. In the third season, the Titans’ origins are revealed as a group called the Eldians, a group that made a deal with the devil to gain Titan powers with which they subjugated humanity for years. In the world of “Attack on Titan” - an extremely popular Japanese anime series now in its final season, which started in March and does not have a known end date - humanity has been trapped within a walled city on the island of Paradis, surrounded by Titans, grotesque giants who mindlessly eat any person who gets in their way. TAIPEI (JTA) - When the Season 3 plot twist of “Attack on Titan” aired in 2019, viewers wasted no time in jumping online to discuss what they saw. ![]()
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