Haha, that was indeed funny.
The transformation scenes were flipping awesome.
I can't help but always feel sad for Bertholdt somewhat. He's like a "gentle giant" in both form and essence and he seems weird and a little dense... as if he's "going along" just because Reiner is his best friend and he never really wanted to leave their "hometown".
These episodes feel so shortDoesnt help that they repeat so much stuff at the beginning of each episode. This season will end with so little revealed ;(
Anyway, yeah, super lol at the casual revelation of Rainer and Berthold. "Yo, btw!"
Kinda hard to believe that Mikasa failed to sliced away 2 human-shaped targets, but itīs for the drama, yeah.
I hope this season AT LEAST reveals WHY titans are trying to wipe out mankind. Like, what do those few humans inside the walls matter?
"She's the only non-loli girl in the show, your honor!" will be my defense in court
I didn't remember how hopelessly stupid Eren is because he has had so little screen time yet this season.
I actually took Eren's stupidity as acting.
I KNOW RIGHT! I did the exact same thing!Originally Posted by Buffalobiian
Rainer you are magnificent.
I couldn't understand why Erin was so calm hearing that at first, but then the flashback explained that nicely.
Last edited by DarthEnderX; Sat, 05-06-2017 at 06:47 PM.
It explained maybe 20% of it. The rest was up to Eren being such a doofus.
I don't understand what you mean or what you are getting at.
It's partially acting, partially disbelief and partially denial. Eren really hopes that Reiner isn't a villain. It's not that he didn't "get" what Reiner was saying.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
It seemed to me he only accepted those two could be enemies when he was being squeezed and taken down from the wall. Even then he still had to recall one flashback first. Before that Mikasa had already attacked once, as stated before for plot convenience's sake unsuccessfully, yet Eren still was hesitating. So, yeah, most of his behavior wasn't acting when they were still conversing.
Considering Mikasa's attack, it's pretty funny how a few eps ago the potato girl was hacking the tiny titan's neck with the axe for a good long while without getting through, yet the swords easily cut the neck with a single hit most of the time. But now Mikasa could only scratch a human form's neck with the super sword. I guess the makers of this anime haven't actually watched this show. I don't read the manga, so I don't know if the mangaka doesn't read his own manga.
The whole scene was very surreal in a good way for me. One thing, though. If that guy is the collosall Titan, how was he knocked off the wall at it's second appearance to be saved by Sasha?
Link/Timestamp?
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
It happened at the end of the 4th episode in season 1. Right before Erin landed in front of it on the wall and said "it's been awhile".
That was a no-name... or actually, he had a name, Connie called him Samuel in that episode.
what?Considering Mikasa's attack, it's pretty funny how a few eps ago the potato girl was hacking the tiny titan's neck with the axe for a good long while without getting through, yet the swords easily cut the neck with a single hit most of the time. But now Mikasa could only scratch a human form's neck with the super sword. I guess the makers of this anime haven't actually watched this show. I don't read the manga, so I don't know if the mangaka doesn't read his own manga.
when did any of that happen.
I saw her slicing through reiner's bone and tissue... and I'm seeing them destroy a sword every two titans or so because they can barely reach the vital point, which is nothing but flesh and they need all the momentum and strength they have to even get the kill.
she certainly didn't just "scratch" them there.
Last edited by KrayZ33; Tue, 05-09-2017 at 12:10 PM.
It's only a scratch if it didn't kill them. If it can cut easily (even if it breaks in the process) something that a big axe can't get through no matter what, then it should have beheaded a human easily enough.
"This is only a fleshwound" - Kraco the Black Knight.
I have yet to understand why you think it couldn't cut or behead them, but... okay.
I must have missed the part where the sword bounced back when it hit Bertholdt.
On top of that, a axe behaves completely different from a sword.
No reason to compare the two. And bones are still different from flesh.
If you want to nitpick, why don't you nitpick on the fact that Reiner regrew his hand when he pushed away Mikasa? That would at least be worth some lulz.
Last edited by KrayZ33; Tue, 05-09-2017 at 12:13 PM.
Felt like a total asspull to me to just blurt it out like that. Even with the explanation after, which they've been sort of annoying with these time jumps all over the place. That's gotten old super fast. I mean I don't want only a linear story by any means, but it's just being flat out overused now.
Beyond that, I agree a bit with Kray that Mikasa charging in like that when the other two weren't even really ready or dodging the attacks should have been able to behead them instantly unless it was just poorly animated. I'm sure her reaction to not delivering a killing blow immediately would've been more apparent than just telling Eren to run. However, if they did make at least a dodge to the deathblows, the Titan ability would easily explain their added resilience.
And even barring that the guy falling off the wall was indeed a no-name, we already know Titans don't transform on wounds alone. Meaning that one trained on their condition could be injured and still not transform. Like Reiner and Bertholdt, they didn't transform immediately after the cuts, but when they were ready.
Asspull and bad flashback storytelling aside, I am curious to see Eren vs them because hell, we already know they are far more experienced with their Titan abilities on top of that he is outnumbered, outarmored, and outsized. That's already a setup for a loss where Mikasa will have to chase them down.
Which some of the flashbacks reminded me of something. For Eren to suddenly have the key when he was a child, I find it hard to believe Mikasa would have left him. She might actually know his father did something. Which means she might have something as well, considering her abilities... with Eren's father being a doctor that travels everywhere, it's not unreasonable to believe he was experimenting on other people.
Curious also to why Ymir was a reject, which I'm suspecting has something to do with her runt Titan size. And nice to know I was right about Reiner always keeping an eye on Annie. Their motives interest me as to why if they intended to destroy humanity when they were children, they decided to join the "idiots" and try to live their lives. I think they also have a united curiosity about Eren, probably because they either know he's an artificially made Titan and want to find how the process works, or they want to rescue him from humanity and possibly others (maybe that was their motive, to find and retrieve other Titans inside the walls), OR they took notice of his strength and are bringing him into some kind of Titan clan. Sounds like their hometown was where they were all created so guessing Eren's father is going to be making a reappearance there.
Especially those swords, which are specifically designed for cutting Titans.
The axe is just a tool for cutting down trees.
I've chopped an immeasurable amount of firewood with an axe, and I can tell you that there's a very good reason why an axe remained a weapon as well until firearms started to replace everything else, apart from ceremonial use. If you need to get through something tough and resilient, and stabbing isn't an option, I'd take an axe any day. There's also a reason beheading executions were performed with an axe, unless something like a guillotine was used.
This show sticks to swords because of that fancy replacement blade system and because the Japanese worship swords like no other people on Earth.
As far as these two bring "natural" Titans, in their flashback with Ymir, neither were likely able to transform to save their friend, so the likelihood of there being some artificial titan-ification is strong for them, too.
This is a completely ridiculous statement, because you assume that an axe is just an axe.
There's a huge difference between a woodsman's axe, a battle axe, and an executioner's axe. They have different weights, different balances, and even different edge types. Yes, any one of them COULD be used for the other in a pinch, but it's not ideal.
Point is, humans have been designing weapons specifically to kill titans for seemingly centuries, and for whatever reason, they've determined that overgrown box cutters, and not axes, are the best way to do it.
That, or they simply weren't aware of what they were yet. Since transformation requires a very specific set of circumstances.
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