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I like how everyone else has typically had to injure themselves with a dagger or something to transform. Eren and Frieda have enough resolve to bite the hell out of their hands.
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Nov 8, 2014 09:46
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Ugh it's behind a paywall now. Renumeration for creative work 
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Nov 8, 2014 10:04
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Can I just say that I am loving stoked for the next issue? Because I am. Also, that power-up experience that Mikasa, Levi and Kenny had. Maybe certain bloodlines are just very susceptible to Command abilities, and someone yelled at Levi and Kenny as well? Mostly I just want Eren Commanding Mikasa into swoleness to be true. Although I think it now runs into the problem of Eren not actually having any abilities until post-Reiss massacre. Unless Command is genetic, and latently passed on from Grisha? I don't know.
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Nov 8, 2014 12:07
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To give you an idea how dangerous he is, imagine me, but on the enemy side. Someone is being  as gently caress.
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Nov 8, 2014 12:07
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Hodgepodge posted:Ugh it's behind a paywall now. Renumeration for creative work It's... not? I can access it right now. The paywall goes up once it stops being the latest chapter.
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Nov 8, 2014 13:55
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GhostofJohnMuir posted:Looks like Grisha had some words with the Reiss family before he killed most of them. Not buying this whole 'Reiss family were a happy, harmless bunch before Grisha swooped in and stole the Titan powers'. Also Reiss suggests his daughter lost because she had less experience. Does this suggest Grisha somehow had experience fighting as a titan, or is it an excuse for bad luck in the fight? With all the talk about how power is passed down through bloodlines, it's actually hereditary monarchist apologia!
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Nov 8, 2014 15:23
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Kyte posted:It's... not? I can access it right now. Maybe it's just something with my phone/forums app? I've never had that problem before though. I'll check it at home.
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Nov 8, 2014 15:31
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Yeah, worked fine at home. If the King injects Historia anyways, he will be an epic dick. Which I suspect means he will; when has the series shied away from the Worst Possible Thing happening? (Alternatively, she could inject herself, not knowing that she won't have control over herself. I wonder if Isayama has the balls to have her eat Eren. Even he's probably competent enough to beat an uncontrolled titan. Then again, maybe it's possible to control yourself as a titan if you know what's going on when you first transform and have strongish willpower. It's possible that the serum is different from Monkey Trouble transformations as well. People who change using the serum seem to have a distinctive form upon transformation, for example. We also saw one of Monkey Trouble's titans attack another, so it's safe to say that we (and the characters) still have a lot to learn about this whole titan business. Speaking of Monkey Trouble, Grisha's titan looks a bit like him. So all the hyper-competent people also have semi-magic powers. Well, essentially genetically engineered humans aren't implausible in a world with bio-tech-ish things like titans. At least he dodged the Asian (Japanese) = ubermensh bullet and instead made... literal German ubermensh. Also the revolution instantly disintegrated into Kafkaesque torture, so I'm going to call that at worst a conservative take on revolutionary violence.
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Nov 8, 2014 17:30
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If Eren got eaten people would flip out, and it would be great.
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Nov 8, 2014 17:38
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Hodgepodge posted:Yeah, worked fine at home. Eren wont be able to transform, he is chained. Im betting that Historia will be injected, and then cavalry will arrive just in time to save Eren from being eaten. Historia will be killed, and Kenny will fight Mikasa (and then be killed by her)
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Nov 8, 2014 17:41
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Hodgepodge posted:Speaking of Monkey Trouble, Grisha's titan looks a bit like him. I thought Grisha looked more like the beardo titan that ate Eren at the beginning of the series. Elias_Maluco posted:
But where would the series go from there? That would wrap up most of the current plotlines, which has never happened in AoT. Something unexpected has to happen next chapter involving a third party. tap my mountain fucked around with this message at 18:45 on Nov 8, 2014 |
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Nov 8, 2014 18:41
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Broseph Brostar posted:But where would the series go from there? That would wrap up most of the current plotlines, which has never happened in AoT. Something unexpected has to happen next chapter involving a third party. Its almost like there is a third party titan wandering around who was introduced some time ago that needs resolving on top of the titan village
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Nov 8, 2014 18:48
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It's not most of the current plotlines, there are a still a ton of things unaccounted for.
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Nov 8, 2014 18:53
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I hope everyone completely discards all of Zackly's characterization from here on and he just becomes the enema guy, the same way Sasha became the potato girl.
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Nov 8, 2014 19:06
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The Ron Paul option; Historia eats her dad 
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Nov 8, 2014 19:55
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Please don't eat Eren, he's a nice boy.
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Nov 8, 2014 20:11
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I had to check the wiki for who Zackley was because I didn't recognize him at all. I Only read the manga after the anime ran out of episodes. Was he seen post anime at all before now?
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Nov 8, 2014 20:27
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Krinkle posted:I had to check the wiki for who Zackley was because I didn't recognize him at all. I Only read the manga after the anime ran out of episodes. Was he seen post anime at all before now? He was presiding over Eren's trial.
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Nov 8, 2014 20:30
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Zackley hasn't been around a lot so I don't blame you. I hope he sticks around though because he's loving hilarious.
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Nov 8, 2014 20:30
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Kraus posted:He was presiding over Eren's trial. Yeah that's where I stopped reading the wiki and was too lazy to reopen it before I asked my question. I'm pretty sure he hasn't said anything important since. And the opening of this episode made me feel like I missed one because the last cliff hanger was the cave bondage scene with erin and then this happens and who the gently caress is Zackley did I open the wrong comic?
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Nov 8, 2014 20:32
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Uh, yeah, you probably missed the last chapter then.
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Nov 8, 2014 20:38
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Zackly was shown being put in charge after they overthrew the king. Also he was talking with Erwin at the end of the last chapter.
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Nov 8, 2014 20:42
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Elias_Maluco posted:[/spoiler] But first Kenny kills Levi
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Nov 8, 2014 21:54
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Krinkle posted:who the gently caress is Zackley 
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Nov 8, 2014 21:59
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Definitely would never have predicted an upsidedown enema torture scene in a manga I was reading.
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Nov 8, 2014 22:05
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who hasn't performed an upside down enema torture play in their sex dungeon?
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Nov 8, 2014 22:14
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plz dont kinkshame
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Nov 8, 2014 22:23
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I am a child for laughing when Zackley was like "Hahaha, I'm gonna make you eat your own poop."
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Nov 8, 2014 22:37
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Captain Candiru posted:Definitely would never have predicted an upsidedown enema torture scene in a manga I was reading. You don't read the right mangas! So, the Ackerman family has some powers. I don't know how I feel about it. Before it was kind of silly the whole hyper-competent soldier way above others, even crushing the wood floor as a littler girl, but it was the type of thing you could ignore because hyper-competence is a plague in manga/anime!; now we have an explanation at least... but the special bloodline explanation feels tired. Though I suppose it will be tied later to the entire backstory (gene experimentation?) so maybe it will be acceptable.
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Nov 8, 2014 22:39
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Yeah, I'm wary of passing judgement right now considering that I had such an averse reaction to Eren being a titan but enjoyed how it played out more than the intitial premise, so Isayama's shown that he can salvage bad plot twists, but this Ackerman subplot so far continues to be dumb and boring. There's no intrigue in it, it's the only mystery in this series that I can think of where I don't even care about learning the answers. Levi's connection feels shoehorned and poorly foreshadowed as well.
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Nov 9, 2014 01:25
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yellowyams posted:Yeah, I'm wary of passing judgement right now considering that I had such an averse reaction to Eren being a titan but enjoyed how it played out more than the intitial premise, so Isayama's shown that he can salvage bad plot twists, but this Ackerman subplot so far continues to be dumb and boring. There's no intrigue in it, it's the only mystery in this series that I can think of where I don't even care about learning the answers. Levi's connection feels shoehorned and poorly foreshadowed as well. Levi Ackerman's connection to Mikasa is poorly foreshadowed?
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Nov 9, 2014 01:57
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The fact that he has a connection to her is poorly foreshadowed, which it is. That reveal was made recently, we didn't know that was his name until like four chapters ago.
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Nov 9, 2014 01:59
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I'm very interested to see where Eren and Historia's characters will go if they survive this. Eren's on the cusp of some big development; since he recognized the parallels between Rod manipulating Historia with Frieda's death and Grisha doing the same with his mother's death, he must have realized how his father was just using him as a tool for revenge. So will he be less vengeful in the future? How will he deal with his dad being The Biggest rear end in a top hat and the fact that he was given this huge role by a murderer with what appears to be such shady intentions? He has a lot on his plate right now that could make him undergo some serious changes, and that's why I'd rather he lives through this and grows as a character instead of a shock death 2/3 through the story (that, and I really don't want this to become the Levi Power Hour again). I thought I'd be frustrated with Historia when I read the chapter summary but I feel a lot of pity for her. There's no one more gullible than a person who's vulnerable and looking for acceptance. It would be great if Eren could stop her from going through all the poo poo he had to but I don't see how he could at this point and I know Isayama likes to end his arcs on downers, but I'd be disappointed if Ymir's wish for her to live for herself is ignored by the story. Historia is a character that I feel had an extremely interesting concept but consistently flubbed execution since Ymir left, however I don't think she's beyond redemption so I hope she survives too. I'm not sure what to think about Rod. I know Isayama loves moral ambiguity so I figured he'd at least get some poorly conceived justification for his actions, but this chapter made it clear that he's as much of an rear end in a top hat as Grisha. Although his story may be true, he's being incredibly manipulative about it and omitting key information. Even if her anger is very misguided and irrational right now I wonder if Historia would really agree to eat Eren if she knew that's what her father wanted. I hope something happens to open her eyes to all the poo poo he's about to put her through. Also, something interesting: Grisha attacked the chapel the night the wall fell, which means it was before he would be able to confirm Carla's death, but when he stabs his hand in the flashback he looks like he wants revenge for something. Was Rod being truthful when he said he just wanted Frieda's ability? I'm sure that was part of it but there must have been something else as well. my dad posted:
I meant the reveal that he was an Ackerman. I don't doubt that Isayama came up with the idea well in advance of executing it, but if I go back through the story for hints, the only stuff I can find is too vague or general, the best I come up with is "they're both super strong" which isn't out of place in a shounen and Mike was strong as well. It's especially glaring when we have such great foreshadowing for Reiner and Bertolt's reveal, and at least passable foreshadowing that Eren ate his dad. yellowyams fucked around with this message at 02:19 on Nov 9, 2014 |
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Nov 9, 2014 02:11
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Beef Waifu posted:The fact that he has a connection to her is poorly foreshadowed, which it is. That reveal was made recently, we didn't know that was his name until like four chapters ago. The connection was established back when Levi was first introduced because aside from her mom, they were literally the only two Asian people we had seen.
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Nov 9, 2014 02:19
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Kegslayer posted:The connection was established back when Levi was first introduced because aside from her mom, they were literally the only two Asian people we had seen. The Ackerman name(/bloodline) comes from Mikasa's father. Her Asian mother has nothing to do with it (so far as we know). Besides, Levi isn't Asian.
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Nov 9, 2014 02:23
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In It For The Tank posted:The Ackerman name(/bloodline) comes from Mikasa's father. Her Asian mother has nothing to do with it (so far as we know). Besides, Levi isn't Asian. That's what you think. All glory to the ubermensch and the Fatherland/Motherland  Seriously though the whole Ackerman subplot seems to be a thinly veiled attempt to stretch out the story. Unless the Ackermans turn out to be monkey titans, I don't really see the point of introducing another set of super powers. If there was something special with the Ackerman bloodline you would have figured that Kenny or Levi would have picked it up the minute they saw Mikasa's full name.
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Nov 9, 2014 02:56
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Posted in the wrong thread, but Eren has to be just completely hosed up from realizing how he and Historia were/are being manipulated the same way by their parents.
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Nov 9, 2014 03:09
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Emron posted:Posted in the wrong thread, but Eren has to be just completely hosed up from realizing how he and Historia were/are being manipulated the same way by their parents. i too had this an the ncaa thread open and i was p confused pays to be osu
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Jymmybob posted:i too had this an the ncaa thread open and i was p confused I was basically in a panic when I saw what I had done.
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