It’s crazy to me how people think AOT is gonna have a happy ending

I think anyone who has read the manga will agree with me.<br><br>SPOILER IF YOU HAVEN’T READ THE MANGA:<br><br>From the beginning you see a cycle of abuse and trauma in the story, and it only gets more clear towards the end.<br><br>The ending isn’t happy, I see people say it’s a good ending, just a sad one. But it’s not, most characters are left to deal with intense trauma, and some don’t even survive. <br><br>The ending is so bleak it’s hard to find any comfort in it.<br><br>Eren and Zeke die, but not before killing half of humanity, destroying the world and causing the survivors immense trauma. <br><br>Armin is left broken and alone, with a world to rebuild, with the knowledge that the Earth will be destroyed in 100 years anyway due to the absence of the titans. <br><br>Mikasa (who has been a stone cold killing machine with a dead inside stare for the last 2 arcs, unable to feel any emotions due to her trauma) is left alone as well, with no comfort or peace.<br><br>Levi is left broken and crippled.<br><br>Hange is heartbroken.<br><br>Sasha, Erwin, Hange, Bertolt, Annie, Falco, Gabi, Porco, Ymir, Floch. And many more. All dead.<br><br>It’s a really bleak ending.<br><br>So yeah, I don’t really get the people who say the ending is ‘good’, it’s a very bleak ending in my opinion.<br><br>The world is left in shambles, the characters are all broken, many died. <br><br>There isn’t really something to be happy about in my opinion.