User blog comment:Coquidragon/Episode 20 non review/@comment-4829046-20141118133729/@comment-4829046-20141118141434

Precisely. It isn't really a psychological horror in the sense of other series that are running like TerraForMars and Parasyte and even la fruit de la grisaia. It is an unorthodox one, but mostly just throws it in your face. Emphasis is on the action and characters.

SnK however, is a true horror through and through but yeah, very few characters to get attached to. They are distributed as 'too badass to be killed off', 'too comedic and lucky to be killed off' and 'too important to the story to be killed off' and that's basically it and that's how they are liked as well. Anyone that doesn't fall into these is carrying a constant deathflag and don't really appeal too much.