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Attack on Titan Season 2 |OT| NO MANGA TALK
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Lol I'm not really mad, I'm just laughing here. You tried to protect people from a spoiler by bringing that very spoiler to the thread. It's just... Lol.
dickroach
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I figured half of the people in this thread read the manga and know wtf that's all about
i delelted the spoiler in the spoiler -_-
im just telling people not to googs shit because that's how i read it
This episode was sooooooooo good oh my god, and the music was SO ON POINT.
I had also forgotten a lot of the Ymir backstory stuff (been a while since I read that part in the manga), so it was fun to experience it again. I love the relationship between her and Christa, too. I definitely felt my heart strings being pulled for Ymir in this, and how much she single-mindedly just cares for Christa anymore. TToTT
Damn I'm gonna be so sad when this season ends, each week is so satisfying.
I had also forgotten a lot of the Ymir backstory stuff (been a while since I read that part in the manga), so it was fun to experience it again. I love the relationship between her and Christa, too. I definitely felt my heart strings being pulled for Ymir in this, and how much she single-mindedly just cares for Christa anymore. TToTT
Damn I'm gonna be so sad when this season ends, each week is so satisfying.
shira
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tyvm for the title change
There's a whole thread for manga readers: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=537561
There's a whole thread for manga readers: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=537561
"Yo guys, Titans are dangerous, avoid them like the plague! I'll bring one over inside the walls just so you can see how dangerous they are!"
Man I can't really be mad lol, but oh well.
I wonder if we'll get some explanation regarding the human into Titan and viceversa process, I'm a lot more confused now lol.
dickroach
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as big as that is, that's like one of 50 questions that haven't been answered. who knows wtf they're gonna do with the last few eps
Raise more questions, obviously.
dickroach
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Oh wow, this episode connects to the "Notebook" OVA. Someone caught this on Reddit - https://i.redd.it/xcl53zpsrh1z.png (no manga spoilers, but if you haven't watched the Notebook OVA you probably want to do that first.)
I feel like we got some of the most info we have ever gotten in this episode.
-Confirmed that people have been turned into Titans as long as 60 yrs ago
-Reiner and B are on some kind of mission to retrieve something
-Ymir is a human turned Titan unwillingly
One of the OVA extra episodes/side stories. It's ____'s notebook, (can't remember the exact name.) There's another one which is Levi's backstory. Dunno if there's any others. They're canon and aren't spoilery, they just flesh out some of the side characters and a bit of the world.
Oh... OH!
iShouldGoPro
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i'm still confused as to what Mikasa is classified as.
she seems special.
there are titans and there are humans. does she fall under something else entirely?
she seems special.
there are titans and there are humans. does she fall under something else entirely?
Uhh, human lol
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InaSnowBoundLand
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Very interesting episode, I thought that would be the case when we first saw Connie's mom. I am torn from wanting Eren to be saved and wanting him taken away to see the hometown of Reiner and Bertholdt.
Literally nobody knows at this point.
psychowave
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God damn
Giolon
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Two I believe.
Armoured Titan
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Ok so I've been thinking, after Ymir ate Reiners friend (Marcel was his name?) she reverted back into a human.
But we've seen titans eat plenty of humans and they still remain as titans. I've seen theories posted here that perhaps it needs to be someone 'special'. So what would have made Reiner's friend special?
The only thing I'm thinking is AND THIS IS ONLY SPECULATION ON MY PART AND FROM WHAT HAS BEEN POSTED ALREADY
But we've seen titans eat plenty of humans and they still remain as titans. I've seen theories posted here that perhaps it needs to be someone 'special'. So what would have made Reiner's friend special?
The only thing I'm thinking is AND THIS IS ONLY SPECULATION ON MY PART AND FROM WHAT HAS BEEN POSTED ALREADY
Does the special person need to be a titan shifter? Now that I think about it, we saw Reiner, Bertholdt, Annie part of the same group. They are all titan shifters. Perhaps the fourth person was also a titan shifter? After all it was mentioned by Ymir that this happened 5 years ago, right around the time the walls were breached. Maybe Marcel was originally supposed to be part of this too?
Miles Quaritch
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That episode was weird as fuck.
So a cult has been turning people into Titans as punishment and all the Titan has to be do is eat someone to become human again? Or does it have to be a specific person?
And why is Eren a coordinate? What the hell does that even mean? The way Reiner and his buddy talk about her homeland, it makes it sound like it's an alternate reality or some shit. The fuck is going on?
I know even less than I did before the episode...
So a cult has been turning people into Titans as punishment and all the Titan has to be do is eat someone to become human again? Or does it have to be a specific person?
And why is Eren a coordinate? What the hell does that even mean? The way Reiner and his buddy talk about her homeland, it makes it sound like it's an alternate reality or some shit. The fuck is going on?
I know even less than I did before the episode...
Think it's the opposite. It looked like Ymir was part of a cult that was hiding underground/sealed off from everyone else. They were then found by soldiers then injected and thrown off the wall.
Well we know now that humans turn into titans by being injected by soldiers and thrown off the wall. For what reason we don't know yet (could be punishment or could be 'fighters' against something else out there). It would be a weird punishment because they are obviously quite dangerous as titans.
Looks like they can turn back to humans and have 'control' of their titan self after they eat a shifter...Which i'm not sold on, yet.
We do know there are other towns/civilizations other then the city we start off in in S1. Are they enemies?
My brain hurts...
Matt_
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I just assumed that there were titans and titan shifters and the shifters just have to eat anyone to turn back, not necessarily another shifter
Otherwise surely people would be found in back of titans necks more often?
Otherwise surely people would be found in back of titans necks more often?
I mean the cliff hanger of the first season hasn't been explained. Who put the titans in the walls? The why has been explained by speculation within the show but not truly explained by someone in the know like the priest.
Either that or we got babies riding the nape of the titans that are slightly larger than humans like the ones that invaded the castle.
titiklabingapat
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Holy shit./ So many infodrumps this episode. I need to rewatch it to understand everything.
So Ymir remembers some. What the fuck is a coordinate? Short livess? 60 years??? There are towns outside the walls, I knew it!! What the fuck was up with the scene when they threw Ymir over the wall? They transform them to titans with what/how/why??
So much questions!!
So Ymir remembers some. What the fuck is a coordinate? Short livess? 60 years??? There are towns outside the walls, I knew it!! What the fuck was up with the scene when they threw Ymir over the wall? They transform them to titans with what/how/why??
So much questions!!
LordOfChaos
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I still don't understand one thing, was the village in the Ymir flashback outside the walls entirely, or was it throwing people off the outmost wall? Either could be consistent with Titans outside the third wall.
Yeah I think so. I imagine it happened right as the four of them were heading to the wall from... somewhere
Not sure if the wall they showed people being thrown off of was one of the wall's we know or somewhere else. If its the former, the upper class of this shitty kingdom has a lot of explaining to do (also why has noone noticed..?). But I'm leaning towards the latter - the uniforms the guards were wearing was different. Granted this was 60 years ago.
iShouldGoPro
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From the landscape it looked like another place entirely, separate from walls Maria, Rose, and Sina
Armoured Titan
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Man this episode is just bringing up more questions. The more it resolves the more questions it brings up.
So I was wondering and please don't answer if you're a manga reader, I'm just thinking out aloud. So now that we know humans turn into Titans via a serum of some kind, I wonder, is it all just random chance what their Titan form will end up looking like or is there a manufactured process in this? I'm sure Reiner and Bert must have thought they had won the Ttitan lottery obtaining their forms whereas Ymir gets the short end of the stick. Or maybe Reiner, Bert and Annies' forms are manufactured as they don't look like typical Titans (skinless, armour, super tall etc) whereasYmir is just a typical generic Titan transformation. Hmm.
So I was wondering and please don't answer if you're a manga reader, I'm just thinking out aloud. So now that we know humans turn into Titans via a serum of some kind, I wonder, is it all just random chance what their Titan form will end up looking like or is there a manufactured process in this? I'm sure Reiner and Bert must have thought they had won the Ttitan lottery obtaining their forms whereas Ymir gets the short end of the stick. Or maybe Reiner, Bert and Annies' forms are manufactured as they don't look like typical Titans (skinless, armour, super tall etc) whereasYmir is just a typical generic Titan transformation. Hmm.
I'm wondering about this as well.
Four options:
-Luck of the draw
-The transformation reflects the person's innermost self in some way (like, its kind of appropriate that Reiner is an armored beast, right? Though Bert and Ymir are maybe a bit weird...)
-Skill is somehow involved
-Depends on the serum used - I think this is most likely. It would make sense that certain titans were 'engineered' to have certain abilities - otherwise how the fuck did Bert's titan form get to be so big compared to everyone else?
No idea what the answer is though.
I'm thinking, if a Titan needs to eat another Titan in human form in order to gain the power to shift at will, does that mean there are a finite amount of shifters? Or can multiple titans share a victim so all gain the power?
Still no explanations for "abnormal" titans. I'm assuming those injections only make you a standard titan. Or maybe they are random mutations?
When are we ever going to see what's in that basement? Not gonna happen this season. At this point, it'd better be good.
Did Eren eat his dad? Never considered it before, but yikes! I should probably rewatch s1.
And what is up with those fucked up outro images, old depictions of children (royal family?) being fed pieces of human (titan?) flesh. What the fuck? Raising a family of shifter titans? Is this in part how this madness started? I feel like we're only scratching the surface here.
So many questions!
Still no explanations for "abnormal" titans. I'm assuming those injections only make you a standard titan. Or maybe they are random mutations?
When are we ever going to see what's in that basement? Not gonna happen this season. At this point, it'd better be good.
Did Eren eat his dad? Never considered it before, but yikes! I should probably rewatch s1.
And what is up with those fucked up outro images, old depictions of children (royal family?) being fed pieces of human (titan?) flesh. What the fuck? Raising a family of shifter titans? Is this in part how this madness started? I feel like we're only scratching the surface here.
So many questions!
Deleted it. If you wanna know, PM.
Dusk Soldier
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iShouldGoPro
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Take into account that each of them have strengths that the others may not have.
Annie might have been the swiftest Titan and could call other titans using her scream.
Reiner is armored and is an all around brawling Titan in my opinion. He's not too slow but not super fast but he's strong.
Bert is exceptionally large and strong but he's very slow. But he can defend himself using his steam to counterbalance that weakness.
Ymir is nimble and lightweight with teeth that can rip through most things in a second. She's small in size though so that's her downfall. But she's exceptional in areas with trees.
So all in all, I don't think that one Titan is "better" than the other. It depends on their function and the environment in which they operate in.
EDIT: I can further support this with the fact that Annie was nearly captured in the forest because she doesn't operate in that environment as well as she would in an open field
If you still want to know I can PM.
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