Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan) - generic discussion thread

[erdii]

Originally Posted by Metalsnakezero

Well it was her bread anyway.

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I can't believe ı skipped this part. ah I want kill myself :/

Actually I like anime Misaka a lot . in the manga she is like a male and she is definitely stronger than most of the men. in the anime I can feel " so she is a female" feeling

[Libros]

Originally Posted by Tenzen12

Lets just have her be Yandere it's more fun

Do you say this before or after she threatens to chop you in half if you so much as look at other women?

[Tenzen12]

Sorry I am just sidekick material, so I am absolutely save and can enjoy Mikasa choping other guys (Eren).

[Haak]

Before you get eaten by a Titan that is. You're just a side kick after all. XP

[GundamZZ]

From Misaka's current reaction, it's doubtful that she would chop Eren. However, she might chop other people for Eren's "sake".

[askara]

lol potato girl is really awesome XD, except her sarutobi voice kinda doesn't suit her

i guess Mikasa probably broke Eren's gear to prevent Eren passing. and whats with lipstick on every girl, i know it not really suppose to be lipstick but dam it look out of place.

[Arturia Polaris]

Just here to share this.

Arty

[Tenzen12]

WTH?! It's awesome

Originally Posted by Haak

Before you get eaten by a Titan that is. You're just a side kick after all. XP

OH CRAP!! YOU ARE RIGHT!!!!!

[Zantetsuken]

Originally Posted by Jan-Poo

Eren's hysterical fit was a bit out of character, but excluding those it's almost perfect.

I think it's perfectly in character. He wants to kill titans THAT badly. So he's not scared of titans, but he's scared of not getting a chance to take revengeance (it's a real word now lol, at least on google) on them

Originally Posted by desrtsku

I don't think they can anymore considering how faithful to manga they were with this foreshadowing heavy episode ... well, you know what I'm talking about

Taking a quote from TDKR: "It's the slow knife, the knife that takes its time, the knife that waits years without forgetting, then slips quietly between bones. That's the knife that cuts deepest."

[totoum]

Originally Posted by Zantetsuken

I think it's perfectly in character. He wants to kill titans THAT badly. So he's not scared of titans, but he's scared of not getting a chance to take revengeance (it's a real word now lol, at least on google) on them

No matter how badly he wants to kill titans,manga Eren doesn't insult his best friends like he did in the anime

[blakstealth]

Originally Posted by Arturia Polaris

Just here to share this.

Arty

oh snappadoodle

[BoyTitan]

Originally Posted by Accelolita_

I can only agree with you there.
The only flashback I think was placed okay-ish was one from the most recent chapters (manga readers will probably know which one I mean). But some others I was like "Huh, what's that" and I honestly had to reread
I like the anime version better, regarding the flashback's placing :3

The flashbacks made me think I was reading the manga out of order at first lol. Anyways finally the action starts next ep can't wait.

[NorthernFallout]

Man. I did not expect the adaption to be this big a hit for me. I'm loving the animation, music, the VAs... I'm just hoping it will keep itself going like this. I'm in a desperate need to get the OST.

[Spectacular_Insanity]

Originally Posted by Metalsnakezero

I believe this is the tenth time this video was posted.

My bad. I hardly even post on this site anymore. I saw it on one of gg's blog posts - I had no idea if people had seen it already or not.

Still scary as hell how it fits the timing of the verses so perfectly.

[TinyRedLeaf]

Originally Posted by Accelolita_

Sorry, but I'm wondering why you spell him "Alen"?
They call him "Eren" in japanese. So it could be, if at all, only "Elen/Ellen". If it was intended to call him "Alen/Allen" they'd say "Aren".

Now that makes me wonder if it should have been translated as Aaron instead.

As for "hysterical fit", I must have missed something. When did Eren insult his friends in the anime?

As for the faulty engineering and perplexing misunderstandings between Mikasa and Eren, I put it down to not-very-well-thought-out writing. But, heck, those are just minor nitpicks in a page-turner as addictive as this.

Delusional Mikasa is delusional. It's not hard to understand why Eren would be so annoyed with her. Imagine having a killjoy like her hanging around you 24/7. I'm pretty sure it would make many a teenage boy flip too (literally and figuratively, and in every sense of the word).

[Zantetsuken]

Originally Posted by totoum

No matter how badly he wants to kill titans,manga Eren doesn't insult his best friends like he did in the anime

He was, what, 10? I say it's not that far fetched for him to act that way.

[Randrak42]

Originally Posted by TinyRedLeaf

As for "hysterical fit", I must have missed something. When did Eren insult his friends in the anime?

Episode 2, after Armin got them bread and ended when Mikasa smacked him upside the head.

[Zantetsuken]

And something interesting. It's always my/your father/mother between Eren and Mikasa. Take that as you will.

[Spectacular_Insanity]

I personally also thought it was weird that it wasn't translated as "Aaron". But the fansubbers probably based it off of the manga scanlators' translations, which tend to be more literal in their interpretations of character names. A lot of the time vague names that aren't explicitly western tend to be straight-up romanization of the Japanese text.

I don't get why people are so hung-up on the relationship between Mikasa and Eren. For one thing, this isn't a romance, though everyone is obviously trying to make it one. For another, they're both traumatized kids who threw themselves into a haphazard military organization in the hope of being able to fight against an overwhelming force.

Sure, Mikasa is really clingy, but considering that Eren's her only remaining family (the father DOES NOT count at this point, since he's nowhere to be found), I would EXPECT her to be like that. Eren is (let's be honest here) hellbent on a suicidal mission. If she wasn't trying to be concerned and controlling (all in all more like an overprotective mother or older sister than a girlfriend), whether or not she actually cared about Eren would be called into question. As is, it fits her character and her motivations for joining the military perfectly.

Not sure what to think about Eren. He flips back and forth between crazy, determined, and tearful a lot, but frankly I can only pin it down to him being unable to reconcile both the hatred and utter terror he feels for the giants. Or Titans. Or.... EOTENA. Whatever the hell you wanna call 'em.

[creb]

Originally Posted by Zantetsuken

And something interesting. It's always my/your father/mother between Eren and Mikasa. Take that as you will.

I thought the anime made it fairly clear that the belief is that Eren and Mikasa are not siblings by blood, or more accurately, that Mikasa is sort of an adopted child.