Attack on Titan: Shingeki no Kyojin

[Buffalobiian]

if they are humans, how did they get their powers though?

They're part of some group that Eren's father is also a researcher of. Perhaps they're some dark underground society that is bent on destroying mankind, but Eren's dad opposed it somehow. It sounds something like that anyway. I can't imagine someone high-up in society wanting this type of shit though, they're better off sitting on top of their hill of peasants. It sounds more like some lower-class revolutionaries got their hands on some long-lost samples and true history of how the titans came about.

Does that mean the walls were built by "good" titans before they died out? Ideally, Eren should stay within the walls and act as the absolute guard against titans. If all the colossal wants to do is kick a hole for the normal ones, then Eren should just stand at the bottleneck with some weapon that Armin devises.

Or, you know.. don't cover those pits near the entrance that you humans took so long to dig.

[Killa-Eyez]

Kuchiyose no Jutsu!

Awesome stuff. Now we know that and how Eren becomes a Titan, I wonder what makes Mikasa so special. They made her look like she also has got some kind of enhancement. Kids around the age of 10 normally don't make holes in wooden floors while pivoting their foot for running.

I'm going for the alchemy theory.

[Kraco]

Awesome stuff. Now we know that and how Eren becomes a Titan, I wonder what makes Mikasa so special. They made her look like she also has got some kind of enhancement. Kids around the age of 10 normally don't make holes in wooden floors while pivoting their foot for running.

I'm going for the alchemy theory.

Duh. She's of Asian descent. She was born with vast kung fu skills, so it would be strange if a floor plank wasn't broken when she gets serious. Nothing more is needed.

[Killa-Eyez]

Of course, wtf was I thinking. It is common knowledge Asians are the most suped-up 1337 human beings from the awesome lands of the oriental in the whole wide of the universe, 3var.

Forgive my foolishness
I'll no longer have any future questions regarding Mikasa's awesomeness.

Thank you Kraco. :3

[shinta|hikari]

Before she is an Asian, she is hot.

Hot girls break everything, floors or giants or whatever, just by being hot.

[Buffalobiian]

Mikasa is a genius when she lost her hesitation (and hence inhibition) when she moves. It's the whole "unlocking 100% of your potential" thing. She no longer subconsciously pulls her punches and everything comes out at max human potential. There's no real answer to "why is her potential above others (if at all)", the answer to that is the same as the one to "Why is Armin so smart?" -> just because.

[DarthEnderX]

For as obsessed as they've been on gathering information on the Titans in the past, they sure are eager to blow up the most important discovery they've made in...ever.

Kuchiyose no Jutsu!

Gear...Third!

[Archangel]

Did we really need half a fucking hour of exposition just to reach such a predictable conclusion?

[FelixZeroAlastor]

Kuchiyose no Jutsu!

Awesome stuff. Now we know that and how Eren becomes a Titan, I wonder what makes Mikasa so special. They made her look like she also has got some kind of enhancement. Kids around the age of 10 normally don't make holes in wooden floors while pivoting their foot for running.

I'm going for the alchemy theory.

She is Asian and clearly related to Soujiro from Ruruoni Kenshin hence the floor board breaking.

[Buffalobiian]

gg - Episode 10




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Did we really need half a fucking hour of exposition just to reach such a predictable conclusion?

Some good Armin-guts-building, so why not? I'll expect the balls he grew here to evaporate soon enough, but hopefully this is enough to build his confidence up, so that when he does (inevitably) fall into a rut, he remembers this and charges forward.

I wonder how the boulder thing would work, since if Eren can move it as a 15m titan, wouldn't the others be able to move it out of the way as well? Eren titan seems physically superior, but the others aren't exactly weaklings - especially when there's a bunch of them.

[MFauli]

I assumed he´d make it stuck firmly somehow. A single human can also build a wall that other humans cannot easily destroy, after all.

Good episode. We need such episodes without fighting, too. Watching Armin defend Eren somehow felt like watching Phoenix Wright, though, lol.

I hated how blindly everyone followed that captain´s orders. And it´s rather dumb of Pixis to drink alcohol all the time. Just because it makes him look "cool" doesnt mean that it enhances his abilities in battle lol.

Btw something I thought about last week´s episode: We´re running into the problem of Titans being too easily killed now. Why do we even need Eren to retake a town, when we can just send that elite squad? They aren´t scared at all, quite the contrary, they enjoy it. Don´t know how I feel about that.

[MasterOfMoogles]

You still lose people even if you have an elite squad, and every time you lose someone, humanity's power decreases.

[Kraco]

A boring episode. I was really close to skipping parts of it. I think this show spends a bit too much time building the desperation both on population and individual level, especially outside of fighting. It's getting repetitive and forced. Armin's character has had easily enough exposition to know what he's like so the long periods in this episode were 80% unnecessary. The weakest part was how scripted it felt Eren turned to Armin for a solution to the situation, right after telling how he's going to get to the basement alone, leaving the others out of his personal problems. As annoying as the cowardly officer was, at least I'm happy he remained stupid till the end and wasn't miraculously cured from his foolishness by Armin's speech.

I hated how blindly everyone followed that captain´s orders. And it´s rather dumb of Pixis to drink alcohol all the time. Just because it makes him look "cool" doesnt mean that it enhances his abilities in battle lol.

Dunno. I might be drinking in his position as well. A hopeless war with corrupt superiors, stupid subordinates, and completely demoralised troops. Being a little drunk might be the only way to get motivated to do anything.

[Inazuma]

The drinking feels like PTSD² after looking at his behavior and eyes.

[FelixZeroAlastor]

Did anyone else laugh a little when they showed the animation of Armin hitting his chest? It seemed needlessly, epically drawn.

[lelouch]

Why do we even need Eren to retake a town, when we can just send that elite squad? They aren´t scared at all, quite the contrary, they enjoy it. Don´t know how I feel about that.

You need Eren to block the hole with the rock in order to kill off the remaining titans. Otherwise more and more Titans would just keep flooding in.

[Buffalobiian]

Did anyone else laugh a little when they showed the animation of Armin hitting his chest? It seemed needlessly, epically drawn.

I thought it was brilliantly epically drawn. Like the whole potato-chip-and-eat-it thing.

[DarthEnderX]

Boring episode.

Like the whole potato-chip-and-eat-it thing.

That is EXACTLY what it made me think of.

[MFauli]

Horrible Subs - Episode 11

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Surprisingly fast

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Ha, great episode. Pacing was a bit too slow, since I expected the episode to end with the hole in the wall being filled. But seeing how it actually ended, the pacing made sense.
Just when things seemed to go smoothly, another twist for the worse. Love it.

I guess that Eren will eventually regain control, however, I have no idea how he´ll move that boulder. As Mikasa thought, even at his Titan-size, Eren is way too small to lift that rock. Which really only leaves two outcomes: Either, Eren gains the ability to become an even bigger Titan, OR the whole situation turns into a disaster where almost everyone dies and Eren is forced to flee.

[Archangel]

Another episode for talking, wonderful.

The ending was funny though. I also liked how the animation was persistently shitty through the whole thing so they could blow their budget on that 30 second wire parkour scene.