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I need to ask you guys a question. I've been reading up on what's developed in the manga, and the second season is coming up soon. I have to say, reading up on Isayama's, err, questionable politics has made me side eye a lot of what's been revealed. Notably the whole "Paradis Island" thing with the cowed together people forced to endure under puppet rulers and trapped inside by a controlling outside government" stuff. I don't really want to start a fight or debate anyone or say they're terrible for reading it, or even get into an argument about what the allegory may or may not be saying. I just wanted to ask a question. How... overt is all of this when you're actually reading it? Like, I enjoyed these characters before a lot of stuff came to light, and I'm wondering how much of this may or may not overtake the story. Again, not trying to lay any accusations here or start a debate. I just read some details that, based on what I know of the author, gave me pause and I wanna find out how prominent it may or may not be.
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Jan 1, 2017 05:19
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Hrm. I'll give it another look then.quote:They make it very clear that the Eldians were terrible and did a bunch of terrible stuff that lead to them being isolated on that island (and I guess that ghetto in Marlian territory as well). Huh. The summary I read was that this was either hearsay or something the Marleyans invented to make themselves sound like the heroes. That's not the case?
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Jan 1, 2017 05:31
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I acknowledge that the series should be allowed to finish, but with Isayama's political views being known to be what they are and this backstory having a not insignificant resemblance to Japanese nationalists' view of the past, I felt it was worthwhile to at least ask.
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Jan 1, 2017 15:57
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Sarcophallus posted:If Attack on Titan convinces you to become a fascist or whatever you probably didn't have a very strong political point of view in the first place. ... Well we sure took a hop skip and a jump away from what I was getting at. I wanted to see if this series was outside of my comfort zone. That's all.
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Jan 1, 2017 16:48
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I meant comfort zone in the sense of "this will probably annoy the poo poo out of me if I read it", not the sense that I could stomach it. Anyway I just wanted to ask a question. It's been answered.
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Jan 1, 2017 18:19
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TWIST FIST posted:so, are you going to read it I am going to check it out and decide for myself.
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Jan 2, 2017 02:03
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