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Zogundar posted:Wasn't it explicitly stated somewhere that this takes place 2000 years in the future? Or did I imagine that? First chapter, yes, but 2000 years in the future relevant to what time exactly? Regardless I think it's high time the Cylons finally show up.
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The first chapter is "To you, 2000 years in the future". Make of that what you will, but there's really no reason to discuss it or come up with theories because a) there's not enough evidence to support one claim over another and b) it doesn't really matter at all.
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May 11, 2014 11:01
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Vincent Valentine posted:Well, the similarities between this and battlestar are already abundant and precise, may as well go whole hog on it. It's obvious now. The secret in the basement is a recording of All Along the Watchtower.
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May 11, 2014 11:09
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Kassad posted:It's obvious now. The secret in the basement is a recording of All Along the Watchtower. And then everyone was a titan all along.
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May 11, 2014 14:29
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Can I say I really like the design of the anti-human MG? With the reinforced upper arms, they're designed for pure agility and stability, zipping from point to point. Anti-titan MG puts all the force at the hips leaving the arms to swing, and the purpose of that is to allow the user the build up momentum for an attack run on a titan's neck.
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May 12, 2014 07:18
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terrordactle posted:Am I the only one with the theory that this all takes place in the past, and the titan battles will become the inspiration for different mythologies in the future? 
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May 12, 2014 07:57
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Can't wait for Anti-Personnel 3DMG to be cosplayed at conventions and show watchers will be confused as hell as to what's going on.
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May 12, 2014 08:47
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I never really thought about cospoilers before.
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May 13, 2014 03:09
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I've finally caught up after taking a break for a few months (and will probably take another break for a few months so I can power through the story arcs). Great stuff overall, albeit kind of slow burning. Although this stuff reminds me too much of Full Metal Alchemist. That said, I do have a soft spot for the little man bringing down the corrupt regime. But I must say the creator really hates humanity, doesn't he? I'm half expecting the story to conclude in the confines of the setting he created then have the world get hit by a meteor, destroying the entire world and killing everything followed by a black page with huge white words "gently caress everyone and everything. Humanity is poo poo and everything you do is meaningless!"
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May 13, 2014 03:22
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I think you missed the Gantz or Wolfsmund threads.
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change my name posted:And then everyone was a titan all along.
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Traveller posted:I think you missed the Gantz or Wolfsmund threads.
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Jimbot posted:I've finally caught up after taking a break for a few months (and will probably take another break for a few months so I can power through the story arcs). Great stuff overall, albeit kind of slow burning. Although this stuff reminds me too much of Full Metal Alchemist. That said, I do have a soft spot for the little man bringing down the corrupt regime. But I must say the creator really hates humanity, doesn't he? I'm half expecting the story to conclude in the confines of the setting he created then have the world get hit by a meteor, destroying the entire world and killing everything followed by a black page with huge white words "gently caress everyone and everything. Humanity is poo poo and everything you do is meaningless!" The thing I like about AoT is that for all its grimdarkness, it has hope in equal measure too. Eren's an impotently furious teenager, but he's really trying his best to protect everyone. Mikasa is an obsessive, broken woman, but her commitment to her remaining family is noble. Armin's quest to dehumanize himself and face to bloodshed is understandable, but is not shown as being unquestionably the right choice. Jean is the everyman stand-in for all of humanity, and he's shown to be selfish by instinct, but noble by experience. Even the villains in the manga are shown to be sympathetic and deeply scarred by their sins. The starving titans, the faceless corrupt authorities - these are the alien enemy, but humanity itself is shown fairly kindly.
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Jimbot posted:But I must say the creator really hates humanity, doesn't he? I'm half expecting the story to conclude in the confines of the setting he created then have the world get hit by a meteor, destroying the entire world and killing everything followed by a black page with huge white words "gently caress everyone and everything. Humanity is poo poo and everything you do is meaningless!" Squidster got it right. But let's go a step further. If this were true, significant effort wouldn't be done to humanize and give sympathy to the villains. Every villain so far has completely justifiable or at the very least understandable reasons to do what they do. Berthold and Reiner believe they're too far gone and mission is too important to turn back now. They were deceiving the 104th but being their friends wasn't a lie. Annie couldn't kill Armin, Mikasa couldn't bring herself to kill Reiner and Berthold. Berthold and Reiner try to get Ymir to leave in 50.5's epilogue. Berthold cried out of gratitude when Ymir revealed her reasons for helping them in Shiganshina. Djel Sannes truly believed in his duty. Sannes even got it 110% right when he called out Hanji during torture- just saying justice is on your side for comfort doesn't excuse immoral actions. http://imgur.com/a/RXkmj What is more human than having empathy for and understanding of someone you have to fight for your own reasons? You better believe the remaining conspirators are gonna be given the same treatment. Only the hidden antagonist of the series is going to potentially be truly unsympathetic. We don't really have a backstory to Kaney yet but he kept Levi under his wing- if he was just a simple psychopathic mass murderer why would he attempt to raise a child? Nelson Mandingo fucked around with this message at 07:19 on May 13, 2014 |
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May 13, 2014 07:10
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Nelson Mandingo posted:Only the hidden antagonist of the series 
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May 13, 2014 07:14
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I won't say the villains are sympathetic, they have too much blood on their hands and have abused their powers far too much. I will say that they are noticably human, all their actions take place on the natural spectrum of the human condition, they have done nothing that has not been replicated in the real world. Even the SS camp guards or the soldiers who raped and murdered infants in Nanjing were human, with human thoughts running through their heads.
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May 13, 2014 07:25
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The events of this arc honestly remind me of that point in FMA where Mustang gets played by Raven and is stripped of his subordinates, now that someone brought it up.
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May 13, 2014 17:40
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Cardboard Box A posted:All of this has happened before, and all of it will happen again I can see all spans of time, not very clearly mind you.
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May 13, 2014 17:41
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I'm just copying this wholesale: Fans of the Attack on Titan manga have discovered that while the in-world text appears to be gibberish, it's actually pretty easy to decipher. All you have to do is flip the page upside-down, and voilą, a message appears in sloppily-scrawled katakana. Here's a panel from the most recent chapter of Attack on Titan.   Mouseover the spoilers for some mind-rending information.  Rock scissors paper, rock scissors paper, rock scissors paper So, what should I make, what should I make In my right hand, a wiener, in my left hand, a pussy Sex sex Raw barley, raw rice, raw eggs Talking dirty all day, all right!' Thanks ANN!
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a kitten posted:I'm just copying this wholesale: We've known this since way back when with the can of herring and the description of what happened in the before times on the volume covers, haven't we?
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AnonSpore posted:We've known this since way back when with the can of herring and the description of what happened in the before times on the volume covers, haven't we? It's news to me. That was my first question on reading this- what was on the herring? Isayama- corruptor of children.
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Squidster posted:The official translation is up, and it seems pretty identical to the earlier leak. But Kenny The Ripper? That's not really a fear-inspiring name. Every month I get punched in the gut, only to crawl back and say, "May I have some more, please?" terrordactle posted:Am I the only one with the theory that this all takes place in the past, and the titan battles will become the inspiration for different mythologies in the future? What really bugs me is that the first time in the manga we're introduced to Mikasa and Eren, Eren is having a dream-vision about Mikasa saying Goodbye to him, and the first thing Eren says when he wakes up is, "Mikasa, your hair's gotten long again, hasn't it?"
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Catalina posted:What really bugs me is that the first time in the manga we're introduced to Mikasa and Eren, Eren is having a dream-vision about Mikasa saying Goodbye to him, and the first thing Eren says when he wakes up is, "Mikasa, your hair's gotten long again, hasn't it?" Eren couldn't remember the dream. The woman he was talking to is probably http://www.onemanga.me/Attack_on_Titan/54/4/ her.
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Nelson Mandingo posted:Eren couldn't remember the dream. The woman he was talking to is probably http://www.onemanga.me/Attack_on_Titan/54/4/ her. Hm, yeah, I can see that as a distinct possibility. (Though I don't know why Eren would comment on Mikasa's hair immediately afterwards). I think it's possible she and Eren are related, too. Actually, when Eren was thinking about his dad and saw Christa's Creepy Big Sister Figure in a vision, I immediately thought, "Oh that's why we haven't seen Grisha; he got a sex change to hide himself."
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May 14, 2014 02:07
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Does the artist of SoT want Sasha and Connie together in their *cringe* headcannon?
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Sasha/Food is my only OTP.
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Missing Name posted:Does the artist of SoT want Sasha and Connie together in their *cringe* headcannon?
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Catalina posted:I immediately thought, "Oh that's why we haven't seen Grisha; he got a sex change to hide himself."
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Jackard posted:No that only happens in historical intrigue animes about French knights. Hahah what? What's this about?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Chevalier_D%27Eon
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It's kinda boring and the ending will make you  harder than Darker than Black's.
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Nelson Mandingo posted:It's news to me. That was my first question on reading this- what was on the herring? The tin said "nishin" or herring. Here's a post from a year ago laying it out--it's in Japanese but it has images showing the flipped volume covers and herring can.
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Toadsniff posted:It's kinda boring and the ending will make you
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May 15, 2014 18:43
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This is much better than planking!       
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AradoBalanga posted:You'd be surprised at how often that pairing comes up. Like, I think it's the next step down after Sasha/Food in terms of fandom popularity. I don't think it's too much of a stretch to pair the comic relief characters up.
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There is absolutely no relationship teasing in this episode of SoT.
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You know this would be cute and all but when you actually THINK about it, Christ. 
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May 20, 2014 21:25
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... I totally just realized these comics have more than one page to them. Well, time to read them all for reals!
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Maybe this got explained at some point and I wasn't paying attention, but is it ever said what happened to the other three wall-cities on the outer wall once the first one fell? Were they similarly compromised or did they become isolated and sealed on both ends?
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