Attack on Titan / Shingeki No Kyojin

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Read the recent manga chapter (Spoiler Alert)

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It's kinda glad that Reiner even refuse to slap his comrades with his hand and vice versa.
Either I should view Irvin's usage of Royal Police as cruel or a great thing (Their "best" skill should be put into good use).

[LaZodiac]

My cousins and I rewatched all of Attack on Titan in a weekend and came up with some interesting theories and questions.

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Based on all of the available evidence, it seems most likely that the Titans and the wall are some kind of bizarre human technology, and the world of AoT is post-apocolypse Earth.

Eren's father... working alone, he was able to reverse engineer the Titans from a smaller specimen he kept in his basement.

Question: What is inside the necks of wild titans? Perhaps the absorbed essence of the humans they were created from?

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I can't confirm or deny the bizarre human technology thing, but it being post apocalypse Earth is basically canon.

Eren's Dad is something special, that's for sure.

I'm guessing there are people inside the necks of wild titans. Same as the "regular" titans.

[John Cribati]

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I can't confirm or deny the bizarre human technology thing, but it being post apocalypse Earth is basically canon.

Eren's Dad is something special, that's for sure.

I'm guessing there are people inside the necks of wild titans. Same as the "regular" titans.

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I think it's more like the regular humans have become fully integrated and absorbed into the "wild" titans. Otherwise there would be human bodies left over after the titan body disintegrates.

[LaZodiac]

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I think it's more like the regular humans have become fully integrated and absorbed into the "wild" titans. Otherwise there would be human bodies left over after the titan body disintegrates.

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Well, the thing is, the area that "kills" a titan is where the pilot would be. I think that the attack that kills the titan, so destroys the pilot, that they cannot be seen afterwards.

Either that or, since they died inside the titan body, they count as "part of the titan body" so they get turned to steam as well.

[t209]

http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=324
Guess who made a comic on Attack on Titan? Seriously, what would be in

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Eren's basement in former Wall Maria. My Money on his former affiliation with wall cult (unlikely) or some form of secret on the titans.

[John Cribati]

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Well, the thing is, the area that "kills" a titan is where the pilot would be. I think that the attack that kills the titan, so destroys the pilot, that they cannot be seen afterwards.

Either that or, since they died inside the titan body, they count as "part of the titan body" so they get turned to steam as well.

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That could very well be; it just makes more sense in my head that the person inside eventually got turned into some kind of proto-brain.

[LaZodiac]

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That could very well be; it just makes more sense in my head that the person inside eventually got turned into some kind of proto-brain.

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Well, look at what Erin and Ymir look like when they are inside the Titan. They don't need to "become fused with the titan" since it's...fairly clear that they already are XP. So yha, you're totally right, wild titan's are probably people in titan's who have lost themselves to it.

[Wolf_Haley]

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Well, look at what Erin and Ymir look like when they are inside the Titan. They don't need to "become fused with the titan" since it's...fairly clear that they already are XP. So yha, you're totally right, wild titan's are probably people in titan's who have lost themselves to it.

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From what Ymir was saying it seems like she was a Titan first then somehow became a human in the latest chapter

Thinking about the next chapter

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Anyone think Mikasa is going to kill Christa? I get the feeling she's about ready to do something thats gonna cost her bad when it comes to her relationship with everyone to try and get Eren

[LaZodiac]

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From what Ymir was saying it seems like she was a Titan first then somehow became a human in the latest chapter

Thinking about the next chapter

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Anyone think Mikasa is going to kill Christa? I get the feeling she's about ready to do something thats gonna cost her bad when it comes to her relationship with everyone to try and get Eren

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My guess is that Ymir just doesn't remember being a human previously, be it due to being too young or the process messing with her brain.

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Mikasa is probably going to try to kill every single person between her and Eren, until Eren tells her it's okay. Then she'll turn her blade on everyone else, with just as good results.

[Kato]

Ah, guess who finally caught up with the manga?

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Geez, this show has a higher body count than ASOIAF.

Wow, there's some weird **** going on.... I think most shocking was when Reiner quite nonchalantly told Eren who they are. I guess he kind of had his reasons as it was a good chance to escape but... what the hell?


I guess we still know kind of little about the Titans to say anything for sure which hasn't been revealed yet. Well, we can be pretty sure humans can turn into Titans for... reasons. Maybe its coincidence, maybe its heritage, maybe its crazy people going around injecting their children with funny stuff.
Ah, maybe it's just the... monkey titan... I'd prefer sasquatch, to be honest, going around and transforming people. I guess this would make sense if he did something like that in Connie's village. And he can command them. Maybe he's like... Titan God?! Whatever....

Er, yeah, I'm curious if we will find out where they were heading... quite confident they won't make it, though. I hope they don't die/get away and Hanji or whoever can torture the information out of them...

We'll see. I'm definitely curious.

[t209]

Ah, guess who finally caught up with the manga?

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Geez, this show has a higher body count than ASOIAF.

Wow, there's some weird **** going on.... I think most shocking was when Reiner quite nonchalantly told Eren who they are. I guess he kind of had his reasons as it was a good chance to escape but... what the hell?


I guess we still know kind of little about the Titans to say anything for sure which hasn't been revealed yet. Well, we can be pretty sure humans can turn into Titans for... reasons. Maybe its coincidence, maybe its heritage, maybe its crazy people going around injecting their children with funny stuff.
Ah, maybe it's just the... monkey titan... I'd prefer sasquatch, to be honest, going around and transforming people. I guess this would make sense if he did something like that in Connie's village. And he can command them. Maybe he's like... Titan God?! Whatever....

Er, yeah, I'm curious if we will find out where they were heading... quite confident they won't make it, though. I hope they don't die/get away and Hanji or whoever can torture the information out of them...

We'll see. I'm definitely curious.

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They managed to clean up corruption by letting the Police get eaten. Hope Marlo isn't dead yet . I wonder if Beast Titan is also a Spore carrier since one village wasn't destroyed but no occupants and horses are still in the stable.

[Emperor Ing]

So as someone who's looking at this from a distance, is this show worth watching, or would it be best to wait for the English dub?

[Cobalt]

I think that if it looks like something you'd want to watch, then you should go for it now. Aside from the annoyingly inconsistent translations and the respelling of character names every so often, the Japanese with subtitles is doing an outstanding job at keeping this enjoyable. The subtitles have not one time gotten in the way of me following the action, and for a lot of people the action is the big selling point. Definitely a get-hyped show, and I feel like part of the enjoyment may come from watching it while it's still being made. Also, you'll be able to wildly guess at what's happening with the rest of us, so +1.

[Esprit15]

So as someone who's looking at this from a distance, is this show worth watching, or would it be best to wait for the English dub?

In addition to what Cobalt said, I tend to hate how dubs sound if I have heard the original.

[John Cribati]

In addition to what Cobalt said, I tend to hate how dubs sound if I have heard the original.

I know that feel, bro. The only dub I liked just as much as the sub was Gurren Lagann.

[Cobalt]

So, the recent episode was one of the best episodes, and I am beyond excited for this final stretch of the season. It's really building up to a head, and seeing it coming, I think they'll stop the season at the perfect spot. The suspense between now and then is killing me. I can't even imagine what it'll feel like to not have new AoT episodes coming for a while. Probably torture.

There's a live action film coming next year or something, right? I read that they were looking for extras to run from Titans. Hopefully the movie won't look ridiculous; some of the Titans look a little dumb even in the anime. Still, I'm excited. It's supposed to show before humanity was pushed to the walls. Crazy~

EDIT: Oh yeah. I watched that special episode that has Eren, Mikasa, and Armin in chibi at the training camp. It was hilariously jarring to have such ridiculousness set to the same soundtrack as the dramatic moments of the main show. I love the gimmick of the Colossal Titan every scene. Although, going from those jokes to episode 21 was, ha, different.

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So have you guys heard about Pixis controversy? In my opinion, he's awesome commander, second to General Sturnn from Winter Assault and General Tulius from Skyrim.

[Flickerdart]

So have you guys heard about Pixis controversy? In my opinion, he's awesome commander, second to General Sturnn from Winter Assault and General Tulius from Skyrim.

How is General Tulius a good commander? The only thing he ever does is let Ulfric escape by not executing the most dangerous guy in the entire rebellion first, instead choosing to go for a random flunky and then the innocent bystander.

[t209]

How is General Tulius a good commander? The only thing he ever does is let Ulfric escape by not executing the most dangerous guy in the entire rebellion first, instead choosing to go for a random flunky and then the innocent bystander.

Let's not go into Skyrim,

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Plus if he's executed wouldn't it be more boring if he was executed first, albeit left with terrible questline until Dragonborn Emperor came out.

[LaZodiac]

So have you guys heard about Pixis controversy? In my opinion, he's awesome commander, second to General Sturnn from Winter Assault and General Tulius from Skyrim.

...what do you mean exactly by Pixis controversy? Is it something to due with the fact that he lost men to horrific, building tall monstrosities?

ALSO! Everyone best keep in mind, Attack on Titan: Before the Fall is a side story manga coming out soon. The idea from the teaser is that it takes place 70 years before the series starts. And it also reveals that, 70 years ago, the cool 3D Manouver Devices? Yha, we didn't have those.

So it's gonna be REALLY interesting.

[Tectonic Robot]

About the earlier discussion on Japanese suprecism:

Before you go and accuse them of that, bear in mind that Asians are widely considered to be extinct in Attack on Titan, wiped out by the titans. So they can't be that special, eh?


Regarding soldier skill level: I believe this show is refreshingly realistic with the difficulties of fighting giant sized, fast, extremely strong men would be for an average sized person. The casualty rates are excessively high because it's dangerous and it should be that high.

[LaZodiac]

Regarding soldier skill level: I believe this show is refreshingly realistic with the difficulties of fighting giant sized, fast, extremely strong men would be for an average sized person. The casualty rates are excessively high because it's dangerous and it should be that high.

Don't forget that all the really skilled ones (and thus the ones that get to choose where they work) choose the safer, inner wall areas. The scouting legion is full of people who weren't good enough to choose to be useless. Which is the entire point. And I love it.

[Tectonic Robot]

Don't forget that all the really skilled ones (and thus the ones that get to choose where they work) choose the safer, inner wall areas. The scouting legion is full of people who weren't good enough to choose to be useless. Which is the entire point. And I love it.

Hah! The ones that are 'skilled' are the ones who showed the most promise as recruits... but they have zero experience with actually, y'know, fighting titans. The recon corps, the ones who actually go out and fight? They're the real elites of the show. Ya feel me, hombre?

[LaZodiac]

Hah! The ones that are 'skilled' are the ones who showed the most promise as recruits... but they have zero experience with actually, y'know, fighting titans. The recon corps, the ones who actually go out and fight? They're the real elites of the show. Ya feel me, hombre?

Well yes that's the idea. But if the ones who were skilled enough to choose where to go, choose to go to the recon corps, the Titans would be slightly less of a problem since they'd have much more people who would be successful a the whole titan fighting thing.

Sure, after all is said and done this'll just even out to just a handful more people saved, but it's the thought that counts.

[t209]

...what do you mean exactly by Pixis controversy? Is it something to due with the fact that he lost men to horrific, building tall monstrosities?

ALSO! Everyone best keep in mind, Attack on Titan: Before the Fall is a side story manga coming out soon. The idea from the teaser is that it takes place 70 years before the series starts. And it also reveals that, 70 years ago, the cool 3D Manouver Devices? Yha, we didn't have those.

So it's gonna be REALLY interesting.

I mean the one about Artist inspiration for Pixis.

[thubby]

...what do you mean exactly by Pixis controversy? Is it something to due with the fact that he lost men to horrific, building tall monstrosities?

ALSO! Everyone best keep in mind, Attack on Titan: Before the Fall is a side story manga coming out soon. The idea from the teaser is that it takes place 70 years before the series starts. And it also reveals that, 70 years ago, the cool 3D Manouver Devices? Yha, we didn't have those.

So it's gonna be REALLY interesting.

he is inspired by an officer in the japanese army that was at some level involved in a massacre.

[LaZodiac]

he is inspired by an officer in the japanese army that was at some level involved in a massacre.

Aaaah, okay. I don't think people should really care, but okay.

[Tectonic Robot]

Woo, I just powered through the manga on this website. Is the part where

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Eren and Ymir are sitting on a tree and chatting with Reiner and Bertholt

caught up with the story?

[LaZodiac]

Woo, I just powered through the manga on this website. Is the part where

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Eren and Ymir are sitting on a tree and chatting with Reiner and Bertholt

caught up with the story?

Nope you're still twoish chapters behind.

[Tectonic Robot]

Aha, thank you, La Zodiac! Now, I'm completely caught up, and can offer my opinions on the manga thus far!

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I wish there were more of this to read at the moment. Maybe because thing cut off during this ultra-tense chase scene. But yeah, it's pretty good.

To tell you the truth, the smaller titans freak me out more than the big titans, if only because when I'm trying to go to bed late at night, I can look up at the door and imagine one of the tinier titans walking in. It's very unnerving. Especially considering the fact that my entire family probably couldn't take a single titan.

I've gotten pretty good at telling when people are going to die, although I was fairly sure Ymir was gunna bite it at the battle of Castle Utgard. If I hadn't spoiled myself to twists beforehand, Reiner and Bertholt being titan shifters would have punched me out of left field.

Problems with the show? Nothing comes to mind at the moment. I generally have trouble finding problems with works of media, anyway.