The Breakdown

  • Levi erased; original Shikishima merges Levi/Reiner/Zeke roles
  • Eren/Mikasa motivations rewritten, Eren starts terrified
  • Practical Titan suits praised, but story diverges wildly
  • Setting Japan-ified, nine Titan types reduced to two
  • Author-approved changes still produced divisive mess (47% RT)

Side Effects

ancestors filing adaptation lawsuits, Ls in chat for levi fans

Watch Instead

Skip it. Watch the anime instead — source thesis intact, no character mergers.