Everyone was going to die in Attack on Titan!!

Solo · Dec 6, 2013

Shingeki no Kyojin fans may be in for a far less shocking time than they bargained for – creator Hajime Isayama has revealed he has dumped the “traumatic” ending he planned from the start and now has no idea how it will end, saying that upsetting fans of the anime version with a shocking ending where everyone dies would be “criminal.”

The recent interview with Shingeki no Kyojin mangaka Hajime Isayama was most notable for containing an admission that he is now “lost” as to how the story will end after dumping the shocking ending he has planned so as not to upset all the anime fans.

It also proved notable for providing an unusually clear photograph of the mangaka himself, and the revelation that after he started playing the eroge Muvluv and was so impressed with its SF storyline that he concedes it was a major influence on him.

Concerning the ending:

The ending – you’ve said publicly that you had a specific ending for Shingeki envisioned from the start. You’re wavering with regard to that?

The plot is pretty loose, there have been new elements added, and some characters have come to life in a really unexpected way.

So the story came to life on its own, and may now get a different ending to the one you had planned from the start?

Right.

That’s a huge change. I read all your interviews to date and I came to think you had some unbelievably traumatic mega-ending all planned out.

I’m at a loss with respect to that. At first it was going to be a traumatic ending. Like in the movie ‘Mist’ where everyone dies, I wanted to do something like that.

Looking at all the fans who have come to support Shingeki by way of the anime, doing a criminal thing like that to them is just not something I can do, so I can’t really think that was what I really wanted in the first place.

Ohhhh…

I’m really lost, aren’t I?

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Everyone was going to die in Attack on Titan... that would have been crazy as ****. I'm guessing now we're going to have a heroic ending.

Skylar Knight · Dec 6, 2013

I'd rather want them to die, or at least most of them. It would've seemed so much more realistic.

Solo · Dec 6, 2013

Skylar Knight said:
I'd rather want them to die, or at least most of them. It would've seemed so much more realistic.

It doesn't mean they're all going to live now. Probably some or most.

Aya San · Dec 6, 2013

That ending would make me stay away from these kinds of anime forever

Olorin · Dec 6, 2013

that would have sucked

Young Vongola · Dec 6, 2013

I think now only Eren will die. I hope he does. He's an annoying piece of shit anyways.

The7thHokage · Dec 6, 2013

Skylar Knight said:
I'd rather want them to die, or at least most of them. It would've seemed so much more realistic.

Though i would favor such an end, im not sure how i want the thing to end...

Third Sage · Dec 6, 2013

Mikasa is the only character whose death would deeply disappoint me and I'd then probably give up on reading the manga.

Solo · Dec 7, 2013

Third Sage said:
Mikasa is the only character whose death would deeply disappoint me and I'd then probably give up on reading the manga.

Levi's death would send me into depression. I'd probably stop reading for a couple of months.

-Punk- · Dec 7, 2013

The Survivors were going to be Eren/Mikasa & the titan shifters . That's what I read from another source .

Hajime has been evolving the story for quite some time now , that idea was probably scrapped way long time ago . I'm sure he'll make it a good one .

McKnockout · Dec 7, 2013

An ending where they all die although traumatic, would be good (well for me anyways). Im too used to a "heroic" ending.

Kurome · Dec 7, 2013

I actually would've been okay with a traumatic ending :| i personally got tired of heroic s**ts...U_U but i think i'd have a problem if levi died :sweat:

cryhwks · Dec 7, 2013

At the end I want there to be at least some hope I don't want to read a giant ongoing series where the ending is everyone dies. That's OK in series like Uzumaki where it's just 20 chapters but in something this big I would feel like I just wasted years of my life reading it.

But either way people should prepare themselves for a OK ending at best because stories rarely have amazing endings.

Ahmed1993 · Dec 7, 2013

Third Sage said:
Mikasa is the only character whose death would deeply disappoint me and I'd then probably give up on reading the manga.

If she dies , i would like the manga even more , i f*cking hate her !

Itachi75 · Dec 7, 2013

I would love it, if he did kill everyone off, i mean seriously he would probably would be given prizes and nominations for making an awesome Tragedy Manga, there are so few of them, and personnally i think one is loooonnnnggg overdue

Klad · Dec 7, 2013