Hell, no. This is barely above the gray matter for me. There are some things that annoy me in this series, but not enough to make me lose interest. However, I still watch plenty of anime and I'm not the most difficult person to please, all in all. I mean, sometimes I have struggled through whole pitiful shows because I liked one character (for example Morgiana in Magi).Originally Posted by Pandadice
But spoons are silverware!!
I agree totally with Hanji. Pain + Goal = Transformation.. though it seems that "Become a Titan" isn't good enough for a "goal". It might be a global requirement or just an Eren-specific one because his control is unreliable. The problem with having a goal prior to transformation is whether or not you have enough reason to change it. Annie seems to have full control over hers, so perhaps it's only a matter of practice.
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please die, annie. bitch killed dozens of brave soldiers :/
Only noticed just now that the mural in the ED shows humanity fighting itself.
Annie, are you okay? Annie, are you okay? Are you okay, Annie?
zOMG! Only for Wii U?! I see some Z.O.E. inspired stuff there.
Now... we can click as warriors... button to button, it is the basis of all internet.
Only a fool trusts his life to a virus.
She'll be saved by Reiner, that's my bet.
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More like the endless, baseless arrogance of the humans. They can barely capture the smaller, witless kind of titans under the best of circumstances, yet now they suddenly think they have this one under control.
Annie doesnŽt need saving. SheŽll shake off her current titan-body like a snake/Orochimaru and ascend as a smaller, barely bigger than human titian with enormous agility.
GOTY for 2014, mark my words!
HS - Episode 20
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lol at making Sasha into Mikasa's pet complete with intuition. It goes hand in hand with the guy who can identify titans by smell. It's an interesting skill, just kinda weird.
Erwin Smith.. it's not so much his calculating mind that I'm impressed with, but the fire underneath. Armin was completely right about Erwin being a monster - not because he is cold, but because he can be cold if the situation asks for it. The rage in his voice when he ordered the first volley was awesome.
Well done for tripping me up with the whole Annie/Krista thing again during the first half of this episode.
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These folks aren't interested in killing titans in the least, are they? In the beginning Eren was, but now he's just a coward and a fool to boot. Even when the female abnormal was being eaten, they suddenly stopped killing the titans even though it was the best situation imaginable: The titans were all in a circle, facing inward, totally oblivious to any attacks from the outside. If they had slaughtered them, they could have also potentially caught the human inside, trying to flee the scene. But no, since they have no intention whatsoever to kill titans (not counting when it's hopeless to attack, which is when they gleefully throw their lives away, like earlier against the still free abnormal). Even the ones guarding the forest borders were only concerned about sitting on their hands when perfect opportunities were right in front of their eyes. As a result there was a huge crowd of titans ready to storm the forest at a moment's notice. Naturally none among them, not even Armin, had the wits to realise how dangerous that is.
Now I remember why I eventually stopped reading the manga: This story is just too forced.
It'd be too instinct-driven if all they did was try to kill titans. It'll be like a hunt. Their current objective is to recapture land, learn more about the titans or lure out the traitors. I'd say it's "all of the above" if they had their way. It's certainly not a "let's just go outside and cut titans for a day".
They want to win against the titans, not just take a few down. First and foremost however, they need to find the guys who keep knocking down their walls.
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Doesn't seem to me they are doing awfully lot on that front. Unless you count wasting their time giving lectures to the enemy in the enemy territory.
They were wondering how they will be received upon their return after this fiasco. I hope very harshly indeed. Not that the people inside were any better, but still. This was a reckless and costly operation they plainly failed to carry out till the end. Unless Eren saves the day like a real shounen hero before the end.
Erwin's decisions and plans made sense. They just didn't know the female titan can summon.
Peace.
Indeed they didn't. Because, in fact, they don't know anything at all, really. Too bad none among them could guess a titan might attract another titan to the scene, even though titans seem to attack in hordes and they have seen Eren in the titan form seems to be a magnet for normal titans.
Attracting several titans is one thing, but summoning a crap ton of them who ignore anything else is another.
You mean you actually expected the female titan to do that? If so, kudos. I honestly didn't.
Peace.
I can only imagine the design meeting around the female titan's power.
" Guys, she's female, so it's logical her special ability should be an uncanny thing that manipulates men into doing something that defy logic reason and self preservation. " Wink wink wink.
Oh Japan ... Sometimes, you are my weird crush.
Only they didn't know the fish that would take the bait is female until she actually showed up.
Peace.
No, I didn't. But then again, I'm not a battle scarred veteran of fighting titan wars, and a highly respected officer in addition to that. Nor did I spend days planning a big operation with trusted underlings, brainstorming responses to all kinds of unexpected events. Due to the fact they know so little, especially taking into account the (relatively) recent events when they have been seeing so many kinds of abnormals, they should recognize they don't know shit. I don't know if it was just bad direction in these couple of eps, but they became far too relaxed after they seemingly captured the abnormal female.
If you ask me, far too many lives were lost just to learn a female abnormal can scream...
But not killing all those titans in that situation in no way hinders any of those objectives, and could possibly further them.
I'm with Kraco. It was free attacks on a huge pack of Aberrants, and possibly preventing the female's escape as well. There was no reason NOT to do it.
I expected another intelligent titan like the Armored one to show up and free her, especially once she screamed.
I was pretty close.
And also diamond hands. Don't forget diamond hands.
Speaking of which, if she can turn part of her body super hard, why not just do the back of her neck?
Seemed like it was temporary. Diamond skin should also impact on flexibility, something that the female titan seems to use with her cqc. Batman in The Dark Knight requested a suit that allowed him to turn his head at the expense of overall defence.
They weren't really Aberrants. They were normal guys who responded to the female titan's scream. My understanding is that they all respond that way.But not killing all those titans in that situation in no way hinders any of those objectives, and could possibly further them.
I'm with Kraco. It was free attacks on a huge pack of Aberrants, and possibly preventing the female's escape as well. There was no reason NOT to do it.
And as for the reason not to kill those things, they said before that the key to fighting titans is to NOT fight them. The soldiers were bait, just like in the mission where they tried attracting all the titans to the corner of the wall so Eren could move the boulder - they don't want unnecessary casualties. Killing titans, as far as they knew, didn't help their cause, but increases the chance of people dying while doing so.
Keeping the titans at the edge of the forest enhanced their visibility of the titans while leaving no trees for them to use for offence. If they wanted to kill them they would have had to bring them into the forest some more. Reducing visibility meant a higher possibility for a titan to have walked past them undetected, sabotaging the plan.
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