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Should we just tell people it's a joke? Without context it does sound totally absurd afterall.
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I think you should just not post about it.
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Jun 4, 2013 00:42
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Bit too late for that. 
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Jun 4, 2013 00:58
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To get away from anime thread spoilers talk a little, I found this amusing on a reread. Remember the drill instructor who Sasha tried to bribe with  His name is Keith Shadith, and he was the scout commander before Erwin. I wonder if he chose to go into training recruits or if he was shunted there after his public breakdown. Either way, the stress must've been pretty extreme for him to lose all his hair in just a few years. Also: 
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Jun 4, 2013 01:01
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Upon seeing that one guy ask for confirmation from manga readers, I was horribly tempted to post: "The manga isn't over, there are many things still open to speculation, and a lot of the answers we've received don't really make sense without context, or lead to more questions." But you guys are right, it's better to post nothing and just let it be.
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Jun 4, 2013 01:10
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Im thinking being a scout is the type of role in that military where there is a no question asked acceptance to switching to a different corp. Kinda like mortuary affairs in ours. vvv Its a horrible translation choice by a group. If they did it seriously then they are pretty bad, but they probably did in jest. Its basically Jotun/Titan/Kyojin. Cao Ni Ma fucked around with this message at 01:17 on Jun 4, 2013 |
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Jun 4, 2013 01:12
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Ugh, this is why I always hated manga people. What possible motivation could you have to post something about the manga in the anime thread? Just post it in the manga thread! This happens way too often and ruins the anime for months or even years for the anime-watchers. I also am in favor of a thread title update. We don't even get a pun or inside joke.  What's this "eoten" joke? Did I miss something? It is no Japanese or English word. edit: About the thread title, to be fair, it literally says "Manga" next to the thread title while the anime one has a more colorful image tag. Shadow0 fucked around with this message at 01:36 on Jun 4, 2013 |
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Jun 4, 2013 01:15
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Daler Mehndi posted:Upon seeing that one guy ask for confirmation from manga readers, I was horribly tempted to post: "The manga isn't over, there are many things still open to speculation, and a lot of the answers we've received don't really make sense without context, or lead to more questions." But you guys are right, it's better to post nothing and just let it be. That was so terrible. Even if they don't believe it, the hint will make everything seem really obvious now because there is so much foreshadowing. Some anime-only guy will "figure it out" and spoil the thread again later with correct speculation. Worst spoiler ever.
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Jun 4, 2013 01:21
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Shadow0 posted:What's this "eoten" joke? Did I miss something? It is no Japanese or English word. Even though the official localization from Kodansha USA of the manga has "Kyojin" written out as "Titan".
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Jun 4, 2013 01:24
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AradoBalanga posted:Some of the fansubs for the anime use it for the word "Kyojin". Because it's Germanic in origin and the setting references German stuff. I thought someone pointed out that eoten is not actually German but in fact old English, while the actual Germanic spelling of it would be slightly different.
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Jun 4, 2013 01:26
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I'm thinking about posting this in the animé thread. Should I? or has the damage already been done and we should all just drop this and agree to remain silent in the future? :: Me posted:
At the very least I think we need something that makes it clear that that best way for manga readers to deal with spoilers being posted is not to talk about them, and make the animé watchers aware that our silence is not confirmation or denial in and of itself.
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Jun 4, 2013 01:35
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AnonSpore posted:I thought someone pointed out that eoten is not actually German but in fact old English, while the actual Germanic spelling of it would be slightly different. It's not German, the German word for titan is just "(der) Titan" or "(der) Titane".
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Jun 4, 2013 01:39
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Pensive posted:I'm thinking about posting this in the animé thread. Should I? or has the damage already been done and we should all just drop this and agree to remain silent in the future? Just drop it totally. Maybe when the time comes for that reveal the anime-only posters will play along like it didn't happen and post  a lot, for our sake.
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Jun 4, 2013 01:49
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I think what's been posted so far has been enough. Zorak's edited the post, so it's all done.
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Jun 4, 2013 01:58
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Reading that post was like reading the Red Wedding from Game of Thrones for the first time; you're just reading along and your mind isn't quite willing to fully process that yes, this is actually happening until you've already reached the point of no return.
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Jun 4, 2013 02:07
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Seconding the request for a thread title change. I read both threads but I'm extra extra careful to check which one I'm in before replying to either of them because they're so similar and I don't want to ruin that Dumbledore is secretly the titan that ate Eren's mother or something.
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Jun 4, 2013 02:11
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Attack on Titan: Sasha kills Dumbledore
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Jun 4, 2013 02:14
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RatHat posted:Attack on Titan: Sasha kills Dumbledore Sasha eats Dumbledore
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Jun 4, 2013 02:15
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Soulcleaver posted:Seconding the request for a thread title change. I read both threads but I'm extra extra careful to check which one I'm in before replying to either of them because they're so similar and I don't want to ruin that Dumbledore is secretly the titan that ate Eren's mother or something. Could literally just swap the current title around and it'd probably be easier to tell apart, since then they wouldn't both start with "Attack on Titan!"
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Jun 4, 2013 02:15
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I missed all the drama. What were they posting in the anime thread?
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Jun 4, 2013 02:24
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Dr_Amazing posted:I missed all the drama. What were they posting in the anime thread?
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Jun 4, 2013 02:25
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Some dude just rolled right up to the thread and went "Oh wow guys, it totally blew my mind the way that Reiner and Bertolt were revealed as the armored and colossal titans, that's so cool, don't you all agree?"
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Dr_Amazing posted:I missed all the drama. What were they posting in the anime thread?
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Jun 4, 2013 02:26
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Holy poo poo, I didn't realize the drill instructor was the former scouting corps commander. Where/when was it revealed?
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Jun 4, 2013 02:29
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ZepiaEltnamOberon posted:Holy poo poo, I didn't realize the drill instructor was the former scouting corps commander. Where/when was it revealed?
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Jun 4, 2013 02:31
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It will be revealed that though a "Listen All You Zombies" time loop that Eren is every human and every titan. His oldest incarnation is the bearded Linux titan who eats the "Eren" human form, starting the cycle again. The only way to stop it is to realize that the previous sentences are complete poo poo and anything Isayama writes will probably be pretty rad. The next issue gonna own so hard... 
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ZepiaEltnamOberon posted:Holy poo poo, I didn't realize the drill instructor was the former scouting corps commander. Where/when was it revealed? It's not revealed so much as inferred. If you look at this page, Erwin, the current commander, is clearly in the scouts at the time, but on the next page the one giving the orders is Shadith, and in fact he has the authority to give orders to all the teams currently present. Also, when they come back to the city, he takes personal responsibility for the deaths during the excursion. AnonSpore fucked around with this message at 02:48 on Jun 4, 2013 |
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Jun 4, 2013 02:38
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I'm not too convinced that it's Shadis. Maybe just a similar design.
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Jun 4, 2013 02:55
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Paracelsus posted:Reading that post was like reading the Red Wedding from Game of Thrones for the first time; you're just reading along and your mind isn't quite willing to fully process that yes, this is actually happening until you've already reached the point of no return. So basically just like how the reveal happens in the manga?  
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AnonSpore posted:It's not revealed so much as inferred. If you look at this page, Erwin, the current commander, is clearly in the scouts at the time, but on the next page the one giving the orders is Shadith, and in fact he has the authority to give orders to all the teams currently present. Also, when they come back to the city, he takes personal responsibility for the deaths during the excursion. Oh, I don't doubt that the dude who came back from the failed expedition was the commander, I just didn't make the connect that it was Keith until you said so. Wikipedia says its him, too, so I don't really see any reason to doubt what you said. I'm liking this revelation quite a lot. Gives him a lot more depth.
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Jun 4, 2013 04:28
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Jackard posted:Just rename this thread back to Shingeki no Kyojin and keep Attack on Titan for the anime thread. The translation that's in stores calls it Attack on Titan.
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Jun 4, 2013 05:19
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Actually when it was revealed that Bert and Ernie were the two titans (before they actually transformed) I was like, wait, what did he say, and re read it like 3 times thinking it was a joke or something. Then they did transform into the Titans and I was like ok this is happening I guess. Which was basically exactly what happened with the Red Wedding in Game of Thrones when I read it.
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Jun 4, 2013 06:08
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Schwarzwald posted:The translation that's in stores calls it Attack on Titan.
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goldjas posted:Actually when it was revealed that Bert and Ernie were the two titans (before they actually transformed) I was like, wait, what did he say, and re read it like 3 times thinking it was a joke or something. Then they did transform into the Titans and I was like ok this is happening I guess. Same here. It was just said so nonchalantly during a more important conversation. Like a simple "Oh by the way" deal. Really seemed to lack the kind of punch you'd expect that sort of news to have.
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Jun 4, 2013 06:56
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Yeah looking at it they literally state it on the left side of a panel in smaller word balloons while the "important conversation" between other characters is going on. I don't know if that's genius or...something.
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Jun 4, 2013 06:59
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It was brilliant. It managed to make you experience the bombshell in exactly the same way Eren does, which is a pretty clever feat in a manga.
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Jun 4, 2013 07:08
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Since we're on this subject, I'm wondering how they'd do it if they did a second anime season. Was there another conversation going on at the same time? Then you'd have one conversation up top (Eren, Reiner, Bert) and one at the bottom between whoever as the main focus. I actually think that would work at least as well as the manga version. I'm thinking in terms of subs, anyway.
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Jun 4, 2013 07:14
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I just read through this whole thing in one day, and it was worth every page for INTENSE RATION EATING.
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Scruffy the janitor posted:Since we're on this subject, I'm wondering how they'd do it if they did a second anime season. Was there another conversation going on at the same time? Then you'd have one conversation up top (Eren, Reiner, Bert) and one at the bottom between whoever as the main focus. I actually think that would work at least as well as the manga version.
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You could have Reiner giving Eren the news, cut to two/three lines of dialogue from the "main" conversation, then cut back to Eren's reaction. Or cut to the others after Reiner's first line, then just show Eren reacting incredulously in the background, even if we can't make out what he's saying. To change the subject slightly, what do you all make of this screenshot?  I remember it being presented the same way in the manga. For some reason, the way the titans are juxtaposed reminds me a of mother and father. Possibly there's some theme I'm failing to detect here.
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