With my Kindle Scribe in hand, I checked out all 8 volumes of Attack on Titan that were available on Kindle Unlimited. With the title, I expected a science fiction story about attacking a civilization on Titan, that moon of Jupiter. Instead, it's a fantasy story about a human civilization that lives inside huge walled enclosures. The area outside the enclosure is too dangerous, as they are populated by "Titans", giant humanoid creatures that have only one weak spot and will just regenerate even if their heads are blown off by canons. These Titans like to eat humans.
Manga stories move slowly on a per volume basis --- the medium is serialized weekly, and most of the comic books are devoted to action without words rather than plot exposition, etc. The story revolves around Eren and Misako, both orphans. Misako's parents were killed and Eren helped rescue her, and when the first giant Titans manage to smash one of the protective walls, Eren's mother was crushed under their house while Eren's father has disappeared.
Beyond that, the plot and story starts getting wonky and strange. If you're willing to accept the fantasy I'm sure it all works, but I got impatient and read the plot summary on wikipedia and decided it was too silly to keep reading.
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