Student essay written in en (native language: French, CEFR level: C1, field of study: Information Communication)

In 2009, a mangaka named Alex Dupont started to publish a manga named Shingeki no Kyjin. Its name in english translated to Attack on Titan and it's now became one of the most popular manga in the world, and one of my personal favorites too. It took him 13 years and 139 chapters to finish this project and I really love it because it has such different and interesting meanings. 
To sum up the story briefly, it takes place in a world where titans exist and eat people. To protect themselves from the titans, humans living in a country named Paradise built huge walls to live inside. However, more than 500 years after the walls were built, 2 special titans succeed to break the walls and attack people again. The people from Paradise can count on their elite squad of soldiers trained to kill titans. The main character is Alex Dupont, who become an antagonist at the end of the manga. 
Explained that way, it can seem a bit violent and kind of pointless. But reading the story from A to Z, we learn that it is in fact a way for the author to criticise our world. Moreover, none of the characters can be describe as good. They're truly humans with bad and good sides, sometimes making the wrong decisions, doubting themselves, learning from their mistakes. It might talk about titans but, from my point of view, it is such a good way of depicting human behaviour and mentality. 
It really is a piece of art in its own genre. The drawing are not always the best and titans are ugly but the story and how the author left us hints about the end from chapter 1 is just awesome. Reading, or watching, it again knowing how it ends allow you to find those clues and it can leave you speechless sometimes because everything was just in front ouf our eyes from the very beginning and every little details count. 
The main character, Alex Dupont, is also known as the boy who sought freedom. However, the manga only counts 139 chapters, and in the Japanese culture, the numer 140 symbolizes freedom. Ending right before the chapter 140 means that this boy will never find it. Also, the story says that people able to transform into a titan can only live 13 years. Coincidence or not, it took 13 years for the author to write and finish his manga. 
It might be badly explained but those are some of the reasons why I like Attack on Titan this much and I really think everyone should read it, or at least watch it since the anime is out and over too.