Attack on Titan's Irony
Attack on Titan has created a diverse following and is continuing to grow more. Well, the population is divided among three walls to prevent titan attacks since the Attack on Titan's name. These walls are Wall Maria (outer wall), Wall Rosa (middle wall), and Wall Sina (inner wall). Walls Maria and Rosa represent the lower and middle classes while Wall Sina is the rich, one percent in the anime. The irony starts with the option whether it is or is not safer to fight or stay in the walls. Confinement in the walls means 990,100 people living there after the beginning onslaught of 250,000 deaths by Titans in Wall Maria. Finding shelter is first priority and houses in AOT are similar to those in Nordlingen, Germany, a city in a circular meteor crater. On average, there are about 1,500 feet squared in these houses in Germany as a general comparison. A total of four people per home is a conservatively average and the minimal housing is at least 247,525 houses based on this estimate. In total, 371,287,500 feet squared is needed for houses. A rough figure for other land developments like businesses and roads we might make four times the current number of housing (1,485,150,00 feet squared or 34,000 acres for total occupy space). This is a tenth of the land occupied in the city of Los Angles, California, United States, at about 1,300 kilometers squared compared to 139.97 kilometers squared in Walls Rosa and Sina. For every squared mile, there are about two people living in the area. In addition to infrastructure, food security is a problem and the only menu we see is bread, a sliver of meat, bean soup, and steamed potato. According to the Food and Agriculture of the United Nations, food security for people “... is 0.5 of a hectare per person per year.” A hectare estimates close to 1.2 acres per person per year. The origins of AOT is rumored to either take place in the United States or Germany. Food shortages start to occur and the anime's reasoning for them are wastelands. U.S.A is about ten percent farmable and Germany is 34.1 percent farmable. In the worst-case scenario, people could survive on the ten percent estimates and we see a total of 339,000 kilometers squared of land available in this situation. Finally, if the population growth rate, then we could have 8 million-plus citizens expected in 170 or more years span of time. In conclusion, the total land in the anime for human needs is 34,039.97 kilometers squared for the current population. This leaves 304,960.03 kilometers squared left for future populations to grow in Attack on Titan anime. After all of these figures, is it safer to live in isolation from titans or live in desperation over titans? Characters in Attack On Titan could live safely in the city for many decades but the lurking danger of titans is heavier than the walls.