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Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin) |OT| MMA Ultra(spider)man (NO MANGA SPOILERS)
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Horse Detective
Why the long case?
I love how this show kills off lovable characters in violent and impulsive ways. That is probably more thanks to the manga, but it makes the whole experience feel exciting.
It's like no one is safe. That being said, I really miss
. I was getting used to them.
It's like no one is safe. That being said, I really miss
Levi's crew.
The last two times though it ended up feeling more like a tantrum, I feel like she's ruining things instead of helping. Understandable why she's so angry, though.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Episode 23. Those last 5 minutes....
SolidusDave
Member
Ep23/speculation
So based on the comments of the MP guys, not much time has passed since the Battle of Trost (along the lines of "give Annie some rest, she was actually in a fight"). That would indicate that Annie was not transformed&trained as a titan after her MP recruitment, but way before. Her advanced skills and knowledge make more sense then. So MP has no clue, makes me wonder now if Annie was actually acting by herself. Maybe she thought she was the only one and that's why she wanted Eren and was crying when they took him away again. Basically feeling lonely?
I wonder if her father knew, it would make sense to teach her hand-to-hand combat skills as she will need them in titan form. Infiltrating the MP is also a good way go get around, based on what Armin said about needing the MP to cross the walls etc.
I wonder if her father knew, it would make sense to teach her hand-to-hand combat skills as she will need them in titan form. Infiltrating the MP is also a good way go get around, based on what Armin said about needing the MP to cross the walls etc.
That would be one month (I believe it's said in that scene, actually).
The One and Done
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Any gifs or memes?
SolidusDave
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At least in my subs they only say "she just came back from hell. It'll take her a while to recover". Anyway, it's a rather short time.
Ep23:
http://www.apload.de/images-i251056btuqzi.gif
(Creepy laughing gif)
Horse Detective no good at investigating human relationships... Myself as well apparently lol
My bad: it wasn't in that scene. But it's mentioned in the episode (and at least another before that).
I think the combat training she received is a pretty big indicator that her titan powers were known by others and specifically developed. Although the far bigger indication of this are the colossal and armored titans who have both been speculated to be human/titans, suggesting there is some kind of faction with titan powers.
Masked Man
I said wow
Could
also have had something to do with
?
Annie's unwillingness to enter the dark tunnels
the fact that titans are (to a certain extent) dependent upon sunlight
The thought crossed my mind, but I shrugged it. Annie is a human that can turn into the titan, not the other way around. It's probably because she doesn't want to be cornered underground where she can't transform. It takes some time for titans to exhaust their energy supply in the dark so that wasn't a problem and Eren transformed inside a titan so they don't need sunlight or air to trigger their transformation.
SolidusDave
Member
Yeah, basically it was a call back to when they tried to make Eren transform in that well to be able to handle him w/o killing. Same strategy.
tensuke
Member
I don't think that would matter in human form, at least. I think
she was unwilling because she couldn't reliably transform down there and she thought it could be a trap.
Fourth Storm
Member
I'm with you on that. Haven't enjoyed an anime like this in a long time.
tensuke
Member
I definitely think that
her father knows, she mentioned before that he taught her how to fight, I have to imagine that's the only reason he'd do that, so that she could get in the top 10 and move to military police for whatever reason they have, and to fight as a titan, since humans have no real need for fighting techniques themselves. She also mentioned during the training fight with Eren/Reiner about how the best fighters are moved the furthest from the titans, and how much of a farce it all is. My guess is their "faction" has some kind of beef with the government/higher-ups. She also talks about humans as if she's not one a lot so I don't think she's all there.
Attack On 23
That was a very solid episode.
That was a very solid episode.
Everybody knew episodes ago who the Female Titan truly is and yet they still managed to create a excellent and convincing reveal in my opinion. It kind of reminded me of Breaking Bad S5E9 where - at least - two characters in the same room knew a secret about the other one.
I think Annie's reaction was fantastic and creepy - the way she laughed and giggled like a little girl getting caught doing something bad was really unsettling; especially the way the tone of her voice completely changed. I saw the manga pic a few pages ago and like that style as well, but the anime version seemed more frightening. The change of her personality reminded me of characters from Capcom's Ace Attorney videogame series.
And then that fucking ring. Really love to see where they'll go after this!
I think Annie's reaction was fantastic and creepy - the way she laughed and giggled like a little girl getting caught doing something bad was really unsettling; especially the way the tone of her voice completely changed. I saw the manga pic a few pages ago and like that style as well, but the anime version seemed more frightening. The change of her personality reminded me of characters from Capcom's Ace Attorney videogame series.
And then that fucking ring. Really love to see where they'll go after this!
Bad.Ass
I like how Mikasa's been getting a lot more impulsive over time... it seems like the thought of repeatedly losing Eren is beginning to take its toll on her. Also, Armin looks like quite the chessmaster as of late, weaving plots behind the audience's back (I guess most of the survey corps knew about it, though). I like the way some characters are getting developed as of late.
Based on the preview, I'd say ep24 will
set up the fight between titan Eren and Annie, since it seems Eren will spend most of the episode not willing to fight a former colleague while Annie wrecks shit up, possibly until she does something that makes him snap or Mikasa/Armin manage to convince him
cover their fight and its conclusion. Given the show's tendency to subvert viewer spectations, I'd say things could end with Annie about to get captured, only to be killed by someone else or by herself
Also, about the whole Coros/Koros/Qoros thing, I'm partial towards Koros(u) since that's the way it'd be written in japanese, even though I'm not used to romanization systems.
Collete
Member
Romars202129
Member
Dude, I like Mikasa, but she's basically a human golden retriever. ie, Erin's pet.
My favorite female character is annie, until
if and when we find out she's secretly dick whipped by a bishi sociopath.
Romars202129
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And if you don't, we have a really strong 25 episode show.
I mean, honestly every part that's been pointed out to be filler by you guys has been one of my favorite parts. I'm starting to think the filler is better than the canon stuff.
There is no filler, or at least not enough to justify missing an episode. If anything just don't watch the recap episode. Everything else is great and is close enough to the manga that it makes no difference.
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
Kind of keeping it related to my previous post two weeks ago. It was impossible to miss that nose. Now that they confirmed that titans look very much alike the person is easy to infer who are the other especial titans (as long as they keep some flesh in their faces, that is).
So now I wonder if the colossal titan was made the way it is to make it less clear for the audience.
So now I wonder if the colossal titan was made the way it is to make it less clear for the audience.
Jex
Member
Perhaps you misunderstand what I mean by 'filler'.
Filler is useless deadtime where nothing happens and I don't particularly care whether that material comes from the manga directly or it's anime original. Filler is: three minutes re-caps to start every episode, filler is one minute of flashbacks to stuff that happened very recently, filler is four characters flatly stating that something happened which we all saw happen, filler is a nine episode Trost Arc.
It's plagued the show for sometime which, admittedly, isn't that unusual for shounen adaptations, but it still sucks. They have an episode count to reach because that's how these contracts work.
To Erigu's point, perhaps 13 episodes would be too short and I can certainly concede that. I'd have to go back and examine the series as a whole to examine what could be excised on a case by case basis but nearly every episode has fat which needs to be trimmed.
Romars202129
Member
Dude, recaps are near universal. Breaking bad freakin has em. What losing war are you fighting?
Though from my perspective, it's absolutely nothing compared to One Piece, which is absolutely nothing compared to DBZ, which is what I got used to on my way into anime, so it's all chill for me.
Edit- Also, I just checked, and Titan has a good 20 minutes after you cut the opener, the ender, and the re cap, and the preview[internal flashbacks withheld[though I didn't notice too many of these myself during my viewing]. Regular half hour tv programs have a run time of 22/21 minutes, including the opener and or closer. So, your problem may be with all televised media, not just Attack on Titan sir, lol. I used episode 15 as my test, which clocks in at about 20 min, 10 sec of original material.
It's not us who misunderstands what filler means, lol.
Oh, right. This week's episode made me forget about those... Heeeh.
Probably would help to have longer episodes, too (even if the overall running time and airing period of the series is the same in the end), and not just for Shingeki no Kyojin either... Spend more time working on merging those manga episodes rather than thinking of new ways to fill airtime until the next manga cliffhanger.
Agreed.
There wasn't, the artist said it was a representation of their dreams. (Marco = MP Officer, Petra = getting married)
Mockingbird
Member
There isn't. They've likely never met each other. It's just a depiction of two characters in heaven.
I feel you, Bro. Everyone's forgotten the pain we suffered at Trost.
Let's get married
and write our own show.
Gintoki313
Banned
Attack On Titan - Episode 23
I had to go back an episode because they just jumped right into a new part, I thought I may have skipped an episode but I guess not. Except for that weird jump to the
it was a decent dramatic episode.
I had to go back an episode because they just jumped right into a new part, I thought I may have skipped an episode but I guess not. Except for that weird jump to the
Annie and the Military Police new characters
EvilKatarn
Member
I FACE OUT
I HOLD OUT
I REACH OUT TO THE TRUTH
23 done. Loved that it focused on
who was also one of my fave characters on the show. And my guess was also correct but I loved how they revealed it.
Is it me or is every shot just gorgeous in this ep? Especially he close-ups of
. I took so many goddamn screenshots. XD
i took this exact same screenshot as well XD
Annie
Is it me or is every shot just gorgeous in this ep? Especially he close-ups of
Annie
Bad.Ass
i took this exact same screenshot as well XD
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