Political Thought in "Attack on Titan" Manga

Abstract

This research aims to study 1) To study and analyze political ideas that appear through characters in Attack on Titan so; 2) To analyze what kind of political ideas the author supports. In this research, the method of study was documented research. Then analyze the content through manga. "Attack on Titan" to look for political ideas or political ideology inserted in the content.

The results of the research were as follows 1) Attack on Titan manga has the following key political ideologies: liberal, feminist, socialist, conservative, fascist, and coup d'etat. The author encourages readers to have a wide range of political ideas through "Ellen", the protagonist and his ally who is the heart of the story. 2) The author supported the fundamental idea of political thought. That emphasizes the individuality of the individual in making decisions to act according to their own heart's desire to negative freedom free from harassment and ready to fight and defend freedom against that harassment and the state's underrepresentation in line with classical liberal ideas. As well as promoting the roles in women's rights to be equal to that of men in terms of occupation and education for self-development in line with liberal feminist ideas. And the author's socialist ideas are based on the principle of fraternity. Through remorse for what caused interracial hatred. Even those who were once enemies and each other fought until they were injured and lost a lot. In the end, they join together as the world's peace callers.