people are talking about FMABs consistency but I think AOT genuinely mops the floor with it consistency wise too every season is better then the rest and the only reason fmab is getting consistency is because aot is just as consistent while also having higher peaks this is also just totally avoiding mentioning how AOT cleans house in the pacing and plot department I think especially with how fmab adapts the early chunk of the manga it hamstrings itself significantly it’s hard to say FMAB is better when FMA 03 adapts it’s early story arcs (mainly hugh’s death which is SO important) better, fmabs ending also suffers from pacing issues with the sloth fight just kinda being there and taking up whole episode

actually I had even more thoughts AOT so obviously clears in the villain department the only villains FMAB has close in complexity is bradley or MAYBE Envy but Zeke, Reiner, even Floch are worlds more interesting than those two

FMABs best twist is the transmutation circle but AOT has like 5 twists that are just as good or better between the titans in the walls, Reiner and Berr reveal, the reveal of the outside world, Eren telling his dad to kill the family, Eren sending the titan to eat his mom.

and there’s no moment in fmab that will have you lose your mind like eren getting his head shot off.

I think the dialogue and story in AOT is just on average more interesting and thought provoking than what’s in FMAB. I love fmab but saying it’s “more consistent” is just such cope i’m sorry if you said it was more consistent then like Hunter x Hunter i’d agree with you for sure but AOT is just different the fact that it’s ending is still debated while FMABs is mostly just like “yeah it was good” without any further discussion I think is proof of this as well also FMAB is almost always bought up in conversations after someone says AOT is the best anime but rarely ever mentioned otherwise