Let’s agree to disagree. I don’t think it’s a satisfying conclusion at all.

Does it? Does the AoT ending work? It left massive gaps and stuff that made little sense.

It’s not about the characters pulling it off better but the story. Justifying all the plot holes by calling Eren an idiot doesn’t mean the plot holes weren’t there.

Best example of a pathetic breakdown from protagonist done well is actually the Death Note manga. They foreshadowed it from the get go and the story was fairly logical.

Code geass executed it much better.