Board Thread:Manga/@comment-27321453-20191008222936/@comment-8458738-20191015010008

Neetaku wrote: I don't even disagree that this final arc is the worst in the series, but your reasons for thinking so don't seem to be very clear to me. I think this time loop element that Isayama has introduced is completely unnecessary too, but it does not break the story in the way you seem to be implying. The only huge issue with the Attack Titan's ability to see the future is that it seems like a staggeringly redundant ability to have since the future cannot be changed, and it seems like the ability only ever works when the Attack's user is in contact with a member of the royal family. That, and there was absolutely no foreshadowing of the Attacker having such an ability, so this ability well and truly feels like something Isayama made up on the spot. It does not really hurt the series in any other way. The timeloop only exists as a plot twist to surprise readers (I agree that it is completely unneeded and convoluted plot twist), and it really does not have any bearing on the plot besides that. Unless you just see into the future, past wise. But other than that, it does seem like a massive plot hole. I kinda hope the anime fixes that issue, or at least explain it better.