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comedyblissoption posted:is it bad that the manga thread isn't clearly named for anime watchers What are you talking about? It has a MANGA icon right next to it.
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Schwarzwald posted:Maybe he's legitimately hoping to fulfill his father's wish of using it's power to free his people.
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May 12, 2017 03:06
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Watching the episode again I'm wishing they did more with Bertholdt in the end. I mean he had his cool "gently caress all yall" moment when he nuked the scouts but other than that, he's more of an observer when in human form; Reiner obv. takes command of most things, and beyond him it's Monkey Trouble. I guess it's to add to the irony that the biggest baddest cover art titan just so happens to be the of the shyest nondescript characters in the show. Still, seeing the utter dread and hesitation crawl over his face when Reiner starts blabbing, I felt for the guy a little, especially when Reiner said they were only kids and such. Oh and the expression he had mid-transformation where it looks like the colossal titan is crying, fuuuck, someone posted that I think right?
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May 12, 2017 07:32
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You did realize you posted in the manga thread, right?
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May 12, 2017 07:40
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Do yall not watch the anime? I'm up to date with the manga so I didn't really want to participate in the anime thread convo.
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May 12, 2017 08:49
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This is basically just the spoiler friendly thread. There's been a lot of both manga and anime discussion.
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May 12, 2017 08:52
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HoneyBoy posted:Watching the episode again I'm wishing they did more with Bertholdt in the end. I mean he had his cool "gently caress all yall" moment when he nuked the scouts but other than that, he's more of an observer when in human form; Reiner obv. takes command of most things, and beyond him it's Monkey Trouble. I guess it's to add to the irony that the biggest baddest cover art titan just so happens to be the of the shyest nondescript characters in the show. Agreed, I think Bertolt deserved a bigger last hurrah than what he got. He was an intriguing character because he was the iconic antagonist of the series but we only got a few glimpses of his character before he got eaten by Armin. The fact that the Colossal Titan turned out to be a perpetually sweating, pitiful milquetoast was such a great story beat because, despite that, he never stopped being a threat. After all, he stayed true to the mission rather than "go native" like Reiner and, for the brief period in Shiganshima where he finally finds his resolve, he becomes so dangerous that he goes toe to toe with Mikasa, trashes Eren's titan, and temporarily breaks Armin's brain. It's not every day you see a villain overcome his fear and gain an anime power up from self actualization but drat is it cool to see. It's just too bad that nothing Bertolt did really stuck other than killing the Survey Corps red shirts. Armin's survival especially made Bertolt's defeat feel unearned.
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Yeah I really liked how he was ridiculously strong once he got his resolve. Anyway it seems like shifters inherit the memories of their predecessors so maybe we'll see some more Bert in Armin.
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May 12, 2017 09:16
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More stuff like this? Crying titans are creepy
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May 12, 2017 09:48
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HoneyBoy posted:Do yall not watch the anime? I was just not sure, didn't want you to get spoiled accidentally!
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May 12, 2017 10:07
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Could I have a link to the point in this thread where the basement's contents were revealed? Just caught up on the manga after stopping during the political drama arc and sheesh e. NVM Found Chapter 86, the beginning of the Grisha infodump, on page 277. net cafe scandal fucked around with this message at 19:31 on May 12, 2017 |
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May 12, 2017 18:21
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quote not edit
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May 12, 2017 19:31
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Do you think bertholdt was partly chosen as the colossal titan because your own physical features determine the power of the transformation and he was tall? If so, armin is gonna be a tiny colossal titan.
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May 13, 2017 07:37
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comedyblissoption posted:Do you think bertholdt was partly chosen as the colossal titan because your own physical features determine the power of the transformation and he was tall? If so, armin is gonna be a tiny colossal titan. Maybe it's the other way around. The user takes on some characteristics of their titan.
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May 13, 2017 11:27
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We didn't see that with Eren. Eren had an Eren looking Titan, then when he ate Grisha, his titan look changed quite a bit. Though he does have two titan powers within him.
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May 14, 2017 02:04
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comedyblissoption posted:Do you think bertholdt was partly chosen as the colossal titan because your own physical features determine the power of the transformation and he was tall? If so, armin is gonna be a tiny colossal titan. Perhaps the host's subconscious affects how a titan will look, and Armin really, really wants to be tall. A colossal colossal titan.
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Not Keyser Soze posted:I haven't watched many anime after having read the manga first (or so extensively), is it typical for shows derived from manga for the openings to have so many spoilers crammed in them? I was just watching the ones from the first season and they will have all the Shifters constantly appearing together in shots or juxtaposed in really obvious ways. This season's opening has a quick shot of a bunch of titans dragging down another Titan which seems to obviously be the Coordinate ability. The Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei anime had spoilers for the manga's big twist ending that was years away from happening. So, yeah, some do. trucutru fucked around with this message at 18:17 on May 14, 2017 |
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May 14, 2017 18:14
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Happy Mother's Day! Two-in-one special!
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Terper posted:Happy Mother's Day! Two-in-one special! That was quite the twist.
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May 15, 2017 00:07
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It was so easy for it to just not happen too, like it just so happens to be Grisha's wife because it adds another layer of edgy irony lol
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HoneyBoy posted:It was so easy for it to just not happen too, like it just so happens to be Grisha's wife because it adds another layer of edgy irony lol I think she was actually looking for Grisha.
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AtheistMantis posted:I think she was actually looking for Grisha. Holy poo poo what if Deviant type titans are ones chasing after family
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I think it's that there are as many types of mindless titan as there are types of titan shifter. Deviants are a result of the fact that Marley has primarily used a single strand of titan serum, and so titans made from an other strands behave in a manner against the norm. It's already been outright stated that titans made from Zeke's spinal fluid have the traits of being functional in moonlight and being partly subservient to Zeke. Presumably most other mindless titans put on Paradise Island were made from the spinal fluid of a different type of shifter.
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Schwarzwald posted:I think it's that there are as many types of mindless titan as there are types of titan shifter. Deviants are a result of the fact that Marley has primarily used a single strand of titan serum, and so titans made from an other strands behave in a manner against the norm. yea but it was also said that nobody's ever done that before, so presumably what zeke does is because he's a descendant of the royal family. controlling the mindless titans is their shtick after all, so it's plausible his limited control comes from being one of the special titans but not the coordinator
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Looking at the enemy is great and all, but I really want to see Paradis Island. I imagine they have been on total war footing for 4 years and have been unmolested, beyond those delicious destroyer nugget of technology that was so helpfully sent to them. Let's see, what can a destroyer provide technology wise? -Botes. Real seagoing vessels, not that flat bottom river ferries they have. -Advanced metallurgy. While destroyers don't have much armor, that armor joining and steel composition can be researched. -Combustion engines. Coal, oil, gas and diesel I would suspect. What nation has a ton of gas? - Better artillery. Not huge mind you, but rifling, shells, better distance etc. - blasting caps. - Radio, possibly. (They may just use flag and light signalling though) - Better handheld weaponry from Marlian Marines (I am assuming you have marines on an expedition like this). - Military intelligence. A lot of those sailors were taken prisoner. That's just from the ships. They also have the entire island now, plus population controls have been lifted. Frankly the Marlians are going into this underestimating what kind of fight Paradis is going to put up. In addition you have a large population that will be sympathetic or may uprise? The captive Eldians don't revolt because they are utterly outmatched and can't go to a foreign power for aid. Finally, Marley just came out of a massive war. They have war exhaustion. Paradis is ready and eager.
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May 21, 2017 18:20
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This is just speculation, but what if we never get back to Paradise at all? Maybe the Marleyans will get all set to launch an expedition to send Zeke and pals over, only to have the colossal titan show up at their harbor.
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May 21, 2017 18:33
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What kind of damage would result if the colossal titan attacked while being half submerged in water? Would he last longer? Would he be able to cover a larger area in steam?
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May 21, 2017 19:10
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Donkringel posted:That's just from the ships. They also have the entire island now, plus population controls have been lifted. I'm not sure a bunch of ten year olds are going to make a huge difference in war
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May 21, 2017 19:17
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Schwarzwald posted:This is just speculation, but what if we never get back to Paradise at all? Maybe the Marleyans will get all set to launch an expedition to send Zeke and pals over, only to have the colossal titan show up at their harbor. There's a theory going around that Eren, Armin, and the rest of Paradis crew have already infiltrated Marley and are going to launch an attack very soon... like next chapter soon. There's a strange panel in the latest chapter where someone who looks suspiciously like Eren as we last saw him is seen from behind watching Reiner and the other junior Eldians. Although the person is wearing an Eldian badge, he's wearing it on the wrong arm. Perhaps the reason we've spent the last few chapters developing the characters in Marley is to capture their horror when the Attack Titan and the Colossal Titan suddenly attack, in a reversal of the beginning of the series.
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I hadn't noticed that! The manga has consistently focused on the people being attacked rather than the people attacking, so the fact that we're now following this new group of people is enough to make me suspicious that the old crew is now on the aggressive. Now that you've pointed out those panels, I'm all but convinced.
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May 21, 2017 19:37
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it'd be a pretty cool turnaround to have the people of marley attacked in the same way as they've been assaulting other places, specifically the island where most of this has taken place wonder if they did anything with annie in the time since we last saw them. is she still a crystal? if not, is she still in the dungeon? if they found any more of the titan making stuff, they could even have fed her to someone else
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May 21, 2017 20:42
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Oh man, I was kinda thinking how interesting it would be to flip the story like that, with Marley being subtly invaded by Paradis and it might be true!? Sweet.
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In It For The Tank posted:There's a theory going around that Eren, Armin, and the rest of Paradis crew have already infiltrated Marley and are going to launch an attack very soon... like next chapter soon. There's a strange panel in the latest chapter where someone who looks suspiciously like Eren as we last saw him is seen from behind watching Reiner and the other junior Eldians. Although the person is wearing an Eldian badge, he's wearing it on the wrong arm. Oda does it again
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I get the impression Marley would be kinda boned if the Eldians managed to attack in a way that quickly defeated some/all of their own titans, since (as others have mentioned) Marley is probably uniquely poorly equipped to face Titans itself. Right now Marley still has an advantage Titan-wise (Beast + Armor + Jaw + Mule vs. Colossal + Attack + maybe Female), but that could turn around if just one or two of those opposing titans were defeated (not to mention the fact that if they attack a city/the capital when the titans aren't there they wouldn't do any good). There's one thing that makes me unsure about that guy in the picture being Eren, though; aren't Reiner (etc) in the recently captured Middle Eastern Union city right now? It seems like it would make more sense to infiltrate the Marleyan capital or something. Also, I imagine that Marley must have some sort of Nazi-quality identification/paperwork system set up, which would make it tough to just slip in and imitate a (captive) Eldian.
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Ytlaya posted:Also, I imagine that Marley must have some sort of Nazi-quality identification/paperwork system set up, which would make it tough to just slip in and imitate a (captive) Eldian. They can fly over any checkpoints with 3d gear.
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Eren may have figured out how to use the Coordinate after 4 years, so Marley having more titan shifters may not matter at all. He doesn't even necessarily have to have the power to control titan shifters. He could just control Chekov's wall titans.
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comedyblissoption posted:Eren may have figured out how to use the Coordinate after 4 years, so Marley having more titan shifters may not matter at all. a saddle for christa shouldn't need that long to make
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May 21, 2017 22:31
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A boat smacks into a weird boulder. The boulder grows bigger and reveals itself to be the head of the colossal titan. Everyone in the boat panics. Further off in the distance, there's dozens more weird boulders.
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comedyblissoption posted:A boat smacks into a weird boulder. The boulder grows bigger and reveals itself to be the head of the colossal titan. Everyone in the boat panics. Further off in the distance, there's dozens more weird boulders. That sounds like a chapter of Jojo's.
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Schwarzwald posted:That sounds like a chapter of Jojo's. 「THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS」
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