Attack on Titan: Shingeki no Kyojin

[shinta|hikari]

Well, a 2nd season is definitely coming. We are only waiting for more manga content.

[Kraco]

I thought the reverse to the usual shounen setting of an underdog main character growing progressively stronger was the cooler setting of an already strong main character facing more subtle challenges (like in Chrome Shelled Regios or Kaze no Stigma, for example), but in fact this show is the reverse: A weak main character keeps getting still weaker and stupider towards the end.

[KrayZ33]

I thought the reverse to the usual shounen setting of an underdog main character growing progressively stronger was the cooler setting of an already strong main character facing more subtle challenges (like in Chrome Shelled Regios or Kaze no Stigma, for example), but in fact this show is the reverse: A weak main character keeps getting still weaker and stupider towards the end.

"I had so high hopes for this series, but it just gets worse and worse with every new episode."

[shinta|hikari]

Hope is mankind's greatest tragedy.

[Penner]

[HorribleSubs] Shingeki no Kyojin - 25 [1080p]

[HorribleSubs] Shingeki no Kyojin - 25 [720p]

[HorribleSubs] Shingeki no Kyojin - 25 [480p]

Literally just finished watching all the eps like two hours ago, perfect timing!

edit: There's a small scene after the ending/credits, just so you don't miss it.

[darkshadow]

Well shit, I guess now we know why those ppl worship the walls.

[deadlydreamx]

Anyone have any idea when the next season might start? I wanted to ball up in a corner and cry when i found out this was the last episode.

[DarthEnderX]

Awesome season finale.

Longest pause ever when I had to stop to read all the text in the commercial cards. Interesting info there.

Not as interesting as the fact that there's titans inside the walls!!!


Anyway, sure was satisfying to see that church get smashed.


I finally realized this episode that Annie's fighting style is Muay Thai as fuck.

I wonder if Eren being on fire is, like, his Titan special ability(like Annie's diamond skin), or if he was just so worked up that he was overheating.

[Dark_n1ghtmar3]

Awesome season finale.

Longest pause ever when I had to stop to read all the text in the commercial cards. Interesting info there.

Not as interesting as the fact that there's titans inside the walls!!!


Anyway, sure was satisfying to see that church get smashed.


I finally realized this episode that Annie's fighting style is Muay Thai as fuck.

I wonder if Eren being on fire is, like, his Titan special ability(like Annie's diamond skin), or if he was just so worked up that he was overheating.

seemed like he was in rage beast mode cant wait for second season now i got 1 less thing to watch

[Buffalobiian]

Annie survives. :')

That is all that matters.

[MFauli]

ugh, worst finale for such a clifferhanger. i mean, itd be a nice ending, if only it werent for the, what, 3 years wait for its continuation.

Titans inside the walls ... i assume those werent used to actually build the wall, because we never saw them when the other walls were shattered to pieces.

and damn, i hate annie. mega-bitch.

[shinta|hikari]

The walls were not shattered before. I think those were the gates.

[DarthEnderX]

^ what he said. It was always the gates that were breached before, not the walls themselves.

So did anyone else read the commercial break story where it implied that the walls go beneath the ground like a floor as well?

[David75]

^ what he said. It was always the gates that were breached before, not the walls themselves.

So did anyone else read the commercial break story where it implied that the walls go beneath the ground like a floor as well?

Yup.
We've got intel on tunnels too, don't we?
I wonder why the walls go so deep. Would that mean that walls existed far earlier than told and with time and sedimentation, humanity continued to build them higher?
What would be the need to have walls going far under the surface? We've not yet seen a titan that is able to dig, should we anticipate that?


The other info we got from that is intel management.
For some reason, there are spies everywhere and you can't even voice once something unusual about walls or any classified topic.
But at the same time, none of those spies has been apprehended or spilled the beans for centuries.
That means everything is incredibly well structured in that world, and the truth behind Titans and all is well protected.

[Buffalobiian]

The question from me is: Did the titans within the walls become the wall willingly. We've got Eren-titan fighting for mankind, there's no reason others can't do the same.

It's entirely possible that while titans were made as either:

1) an accident
2) a way to advance the human race
3) a way to unite humans with a common enemy
4) a way to cripple the human race,

that some titans thought the last of mankind should be preserved, and used themselves to become the walls of humanity.

Perhaps it's Annie's goal to liberate these unsung heroes as the current humanity is a piece of degraded shit anyway? The titan in the wall had that peeled look, and the only 2 peeled titans we've seen are intelligent, and to all intents and purposes - human. I really do sympathise with Annie even though we know close to nothing about her still, mainly because she feels remorse about all the lives that have been sacrificed. Whatever her goals are, she sees that it's worth it in the end. Eren just rampaged like no other in his own sense of justice. I'm not going to argue that the justice is misplaced, but he's not looking around to see where it's taking him. Perhaps it's his lack of control over his titan form. Or perhaps he's just simple-minded.

[shinta|hikari]

I loved the part where the cultists were squished like no one cared.

[DarthEnderX]

I wonder why the walls go so deep.

It's not just that they go deep, it's that they go beneath the ground as well.

So it's like, rather than being three separate walls, like this: | | |

The three walls are actually one GIANT disc, with three walls built on top of it, like this: |_|_|

[MFauli]

well, its obvious, isnt it:

these walls are the last defense against the angels. below lies the central dogma. Titans are newborn angels, sent to break down mankind and reach the central dogma. Eren, Annie and Co. are the first "pilots".
Conclusion: Attack on Titan is an Evangelion-prequel.

[shinta|hikari]

Chuunibyaaaawn...

[Kraco]

Whatever her goals are, she sees that it's worth it in the end. Eren just rampaged like no other in his own sense of justice. I'm not going to argue that the justice is misplaced, but he's not looking around to see where it's taking him. Perhaps it's his lack of control over his titan form. Or perhaps he's just simple-minded.

Eren's goal, which he forgot for the middle part of the show, is to slay all the titans after he watched one eat his mother (and kill countless others around him). It's quite a simple-minded goal compared to elaborate plans, but that's why being a rampaging berserk suits it well. What's there to see about where it's taking him? It's taking him either to a world free of titans or his own death. Quite simple.