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Yeah, echoing holy shitfuck. Titans are WAYYYY loving faster than I expected. They can really move when they want to. I really have no idea how this can proceed from here, and that's a good thing. We also got a ton of info about Titans themselves this time. I was beginning to wonder whether they paid attention to other animals or whether they needed to eat. The fact that we now definitely know they only exist for hunting down humans answers one question but raises a hundred more.
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ShardPhoenix posted:I don't mind Mikasa, but I thought it was kind of funny how the drill sergeant was all yeah, this guy has this flaw, this guy has the other flaw... Mikasa though, yeah she's pretty much a Mary Sue. Uh no she is not, she has major personality flaws. Just because she is a bad-rear end female does not make her a Mary Sue.
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Yesssssss, this is how you end an episode on a cliffhanger.  I've been reading the manga so no surprises (so far) for me. I do want to say that I think Production I.G. has done a fantastic job making the titans as horrifying in motion as I could ever hope for and I'm loving the adaptation overall.
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Is there some kind of delay for us filthy brits getting to see this? I get all excited when I see a bunch of replies on this thread only to find out crunchyroll's "simulcast" for episode 5 is tomorrow afternoon. 
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May 5, 2013 01:58
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Holy poo poo, that was amazing. I'm getting some serious Starship Troopers vibes in all of the best possible ways.
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May 5, 2013 02:05
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I love how Eren burning shonen passion caused him to charge into an ambush and get his entire team wiped out. I guess not all problems in anime can be solved by screaming really loud.
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Carnival47 posted:I love how Eren burning shonen passion caused him to charge into an ambush and get his entire team wiped out. I guess not all problems in anime can be solved by screaming really loud. And that's why this show is borderline catharsis to anyone who grew up on junk food shonen where that approach did work.
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Prison Warden posted:Is there some kind of delay for us filthy brits getting to see this? I get all excited when I see a bunch of replies on this thread only to find out crunchyroll's "simulcast" for episode 5 is tomorrow afternoon. Nope. Crunchyroll doesn't delay by region. The delay isn't regional. It's not out on Crunchyroll yet.
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May 5, 2013 03:10
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gently caress me, that was insane! I even have a buddy who has read the manga tell that was gonna happen, knowing I wouldn't believe him, and of course I didn't. drat, this show just shot past Aku No Hana as best show of the season for me.
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May 5, 2013 03:33
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That was executed about as well as I could have hoped, next episode is going to own 
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May 5, 2013 03:36
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drat, that was an amazing cliff hanger. Too bad it seems like the next episode is a flash back episode so we won't see the resolution just yet.
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The titan with the big kawaii doe eyes scared the gently caress out of me. It's just as ruthless and inhuman as the rest of the huge bastards.
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May 5, 2013 03:42
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Oh drat, there's no way I make it more than a dozen episodes before I break down and read the manga in one evening-night-morning, this is wonderfully intense and I cannot deal with how bad I wanna see what happens next.
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Soulcleaver posted:The titan with the big kawaii doe eyes scared the gently caress out of me. It's just as ruthless and inhuman as the rest of the huge bastards. The great thing about the series is that even with sugoi anime eyes titans are still sinister and unnerving.
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this allusion meant posted:Oh drat, there's no way I make it more than a dozen episodes before I break down and read the manga in one evening-night-morning, this is wonderfully intense and I cannot deal with how bad I wanna see what happens next. Yup. I'm just thankful most of the other good things this season are original or has outpaced their manga translations.
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What a loving roller coaster of an episode. I think my favorite part was Titan-claus, it's nice to see a normal-ish titan that doesn't have that one haircut, YOU KNOW THE ONE. e: I think if I didn't have to do anything tomorrow I would just stay up all night and read the whole manga
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If it's any consolation for those who are tempted by the manga, those of us who HAVE read the whole thing are, if anything, even MORE hyped because Production IG is doing such a loving INCREDIBLE HOLY poo poo job with this show. This episode was perfectly done. Like, really. I had seriously reservations on how they would handle what happened in this episode and they pulled it off almost flawlessly, exceeding my expectations in some cases. I KNEW that the bit from the original trailer where Eren was zipping really fast under and over and through stuff like Spiderman was cut off right before he got his poo poo right the hosed up. I knew it! And it was SO GOOD! Man I loving LOVE this series. Best part is: the entire thing is this good and jaw-dropping. This isn't just a strong start. The whole thing is outstanding, grim, dark, somehow manages to be humorous at just the right times(like Sasha), and then a sprinkle of occasional schadenfreude on top. Captain Invictus fucked around with this message at 03:56 on May 5, 2013 |
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Well, it's been a great show, too bad it's only 5 episodes long!  Seriously though, holy poo poo. At first I thought drat, they're killing off Armin this quickly? This show doesn't pull any punches! and then, well...
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In this episode they mentioned that they don't know how the Titans reproduce but (This is me guessing having not read the manga) there's this freeware survival horror game called "Blue Devil" and whenever he eats someone, he produces another Devil with some of the physical attributes of the victim. Thus I got the idea that the Titans reproduce by eating people which explains why they only target people and why they have individual human characteristics. It doesn't explain why there's no Titans with female attributes though.
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May 5, 2013 03:59
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That was a good episode. If Eren doesn't turn out to have titan regenerating super powers given to him by his mad scientist dad then the next episode will be even better, unless it somehow creates a battle strategy that involves Eren repeatedly feeding himself to titans.
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May 5, 2013 04:00
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I don't even know what the gently caress I just watched. Eren just took 2x pirate attribute damage. At first I was thinking "No way, this has got to be some kind of hallucination" BUT NO it seems legit. 
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May 5, 2013 04:08
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The last scene was done so well. In the manga, the squad's annihilation is a lot more gory and seems to play out in a nightmarish slow-motion. In this episode it was quick and brutal, barely giving you time to process all the deaths, letting you feel the shock the characters must be feeling. Less violent than the manga, but just as horrifying.
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This is such a loving fantastic adaptation. I just want to make that clear to anyone who wants to switch to the manga to see what happens next, the anime is way better than the manga. It's polished so many rough edges, and perfectly captured the tone. They've been adding quite a few scenes this whole time that the manga lacked, and the result is a much less disjointed story. Seriously, stick out the anime. The only thing the manga has going for it is that there's more of it. I mean, it's pretty close to being my favorite manga ever, I'm as big a fanboy of it as they come, but this anime adaptation is perfect. The movement and freedom of the 3D gear is so loving well animated. You can feel it when you watch- the weightless inertia flinging you through the air. It looks like so much fun. As Eren and his comrades flew through the city, to do battle against the monsters, to fight for humanity... it was a fantastically empowering and uplifting feeling. And then there were Titans. In no time at all you've gone from a badass superhero squad to a bunch of flies without wings. It's not just that you're helpless, that you just can't fight against them... you're helpless and terrified. Utterly pants-wettingly terrified. In broad daylight, with nothing hidden... Titans are still nothing but pure grotesque horror. Titans don't rely on jump scares, or fear of the unknown to be scary- you can see them clearly as they approach. It does nothing to lessen the terror. They're coming for you. And there's nothing you can do. They're inevitable. They've already got you. Which is the perfect time to remember... none of them have ever been outside the walls. The world is full of such vast wonders that they've never seen. It's not just that the horror of a brutal death, but the empty feeling of loss of a life unfulfilled. And then you're eaten. Such a loving good story.
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Great. As if I weren't desperate enough for Saturday to arrive all the time already. No way I can deal with this for half a year.
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Eiba posted:This is such a loving fantastic adaptation. It's say it's more that the manga really likes to do flashbacks and jump around the time line. There's a lot of stuff in the second episode that the manga doesn't cover until like 5 chapters later. Keeping it more chronological seems to be working better.
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This part, in the manga, came pretty much right after the childhood intro. Needless to say I couldn't stop reading it after that. When it comes to pacing, starting with this is certainly getting straight to the point, it hooks you immediately. I think it worked well enough for the manga while the anime did benefit from the slight lull of the previous couple of episodes. I'd like say to more, but there's no reason to speculate much on future stuff just yet. Both the source and the way they're adapting it are wonderful, is what I wanted to say.
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Eiba posted:This is such a loving fantastic adaptation. I read the manga quite a way past this point, but even still, that lecture about the titans was so well done. Just calmly presenting the fact that there are things beyond the walls which certainly aren't natural and which only exist to kill humans. It is incredibly creepy in its own way. And they are also practically invulnerable. And now they seem to have become intelligent. Mankind is so loving hosed.
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Zettace posted:It doesn't explain why there's no Titans with female attributes though.
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Did everyone miss the fact that there was a female titan in this episode?
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 N'thing what has been said, but holy loving poo poo. I was waiting for the reveal that this was all in Eren/Armin's head, but...yeah. Guess not. PunkBoy fucked around with this message at 20:18 on May 5, 2013 |
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May 5, 2013 04:47
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That was pretty impressive, especially that titan jumping up and biting Eren's leg off out of nowhere, wow.
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Whelp, guess Mikasa is the protagonist now.
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^^^ Spoiler tag that. Not everyone will have seen the episode yet, and there will be some that might not be aware a new one is available to be watched yet. It's better to be safe than sorry. It's not like everyone else isn't doing it either. tiistai posted:This part, in the manga, came pretty much right after the childhood intro. Needless to say I couldn't stop reading it after that. I think the lull only compliments this sequence. It gives you enough optimism just in time for this episode to change that dramatically. CrashScreen fucked around with this message at 05:06 on May 5, 2013 |
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Holy gently caress the motions are terrifying. They're absolutely massive, but you can't even avoid them. It's laughing at a whole generation of action adventure games that have you crawling over a giant monster so you can stab it in its weak spot, except this time good luck getting close! That loving frog titan.
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Will cliffhangers be a thing from now on? Holy poo poo this anime.
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Got to say this anime has got me on the edge of my seat, must fight the urge to read the manga. Maybe some Space Bros will give me some feel good vibes after seeing this episode.
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paragon1 posted:Whelp, guess Mikasa is the protagonist now. She should've been from the start.  Eren was a dipshit, I'm glad he's gone.This show continues to amaze. I think when this gets done I'll start on the comic.
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Personal_Nirvana posted:Will cliffhangers be a thing from now on? You don't even know.
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Kiamet posted:The last scene was done so well. In the manga, the squad's annihilation is a lot more gory and seems to play out in a nightmarish slow-motion. In this episode it was quick and brutal, barely giving you time to process all the deaths, letting you feel the shock the characters must be feeling. Less violent than the manga, but just as horrifying. It was obviously toned down for the tv airing but I you can expect to see much more blood and gore throughout when the blu rays get released.
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