Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan) - Manga discussion

[The Small One]

Somehow I really miss the first part of this series, when Titans were still the big threat and there were those mysteries surrounding them. All those politics and scheming lately feels like a completely different story.

[Anh_Minh]

Originally Posted by Kanon

I thought about poison but not spinal fluid. I don't think they had the opportunity to obtain some, unless they prepared it well in advance, which I guess is possible. Either way, I'm pretty sure those guys are done for.

I really have to question the logic of "We can't trust them, we'll take them hostage. Also, we'll leave our food and drink to them."

[The Small One]

Originally Posted by Anh_Minh

I really have to question the logic of "We can't trust them, we'll take them hostage. Also, we'll leave our food and drink to them."

As I read it, they were only questioning the motives of the military personel. Not of civilians and other non-fighters.
Well, maybe they should.

[Anh_Minh]

Originally Posted by Kanon

I can't really blame Connie here. He just lost Sasha, and when you look at the way Eren behaved a year ago and how he behaves now, he really does seem like a different person. It doesn't help that he's been keeping his thoughts to himself. I hope they'll be able to clear things up.

I wonder if something broke in Eren, and if so, what and why. Is it simply time running out? Something else?

There's also Historia. Niles was talking about some kind of self-indulgent happy romance, but Historia didn't look happy when we last saw her.

[Mad Pierrot]

My only theory for Eren's change is that he was running out of time for living and decided to kill as many enemies as possible while accepting he is going to die.

Edit: I mean, the flashback made it look like Eren doesn't want the others reduce their lifespans by inheriting the Titans powers

[Wandering Soul]

Originally Posted by Anh_Minh

There's also Historia. Niles was talking about some kind of self-indulgent happy romance, but Historia didn't look happy when we last saw her.

Dude doesnot seem to have a high opinion of Historia so he probably would dismiss what happened between her and farmer boy as a happy little fling., It's also possible that she pretended to be happy about her pregnancy when she first presented herself as pregnant to them.

[GDB]

It definitely seems to be Eren that told Historia what to do. That's also likely his objective now; to save her from her fate. That would explain why he started acting differently and working with Zeke after the Corps decided that Historia becoming the Beast Titan was the way they were going to go. Timeline matches up.

[durack]

Originally Posted by The Small One

Somehow I really miss the first part of this series, when Titans were still the big threat and there were those mysteries surrounding them. All those politics and scheming lately feels like a completely different story.

Yeah but you have to evolve the story, otherwise you'll end with something like the Walking Dead which just pointlessly drags on in circles.

Also obviously it is personal taste but I think AoT has given me one of the best explanation of mysteries that it's been developing, at least so far (better than Lost or X-files for sure).

[Solace]

Yeah, I'm at that point again with this story. The author really loves creating this massive web of plot threads that carry on and on, working toward a big climax that ultimately pushes the story further by connecting them all at once. It's sort of like every arc is a game of Tetris where the board becomes more and more full except for one or two crucial pieces that would clear all the lines at once.

[Ruki0089]

Wow, everyone in Paradis supports Eren... Now, what are his old friends gonna do? Since they planning to have someone eat him.

[Diluc]

Just give me Eren x Historie dose already.

[Wandering Soul]

Originally Posted by Ruki0089

Wow, everyone in Paradis supports Eren... Now, what are his old friends gonna do? Since they planning to have someone eat him.

While I'm disappointed that we didn't get the talk with Eren, this chapter did set up some threads which sets up not only future plot points, but set up characters like Gabi and Mikasa to through their own character arcs.

The plane especially is no doubt going to be important sometime down the line.

[MK-95-]

Originally Posted by Oberstein

Just give me Eren x Historie dose already.

This. This is exactly what I'm waiting for tbh. Author has been teasing Eren x Historia so hard that it's starting to get a bit irritating waiting each month and they still haven't come into contact since his return.

I've been shipping them ever since they had that moment in ch 70, only to have it cut short by Mikasa...

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Anyway, as for my thoughts on the latest ch: Gabi is starting to rub me the wrong way. She's hella annoying and it makes it hard for me to like her. While I do understand what the author's going for by having her behave like a zealot, the portrayal of her fanaticism(loyalty) to Marley feels forced and it's insufferable tbh.

This plot point needs to end asap. Just break her spirit/shatter her beliefs a little faster so that we can move on from her and then quickly change focus to another character plz Isayama...

Oh the irony. Getting help from the parents of the girl you killed. Man oh man, I wonder what Kaya's reaction would be if/when she finds out that Gabi was the one who killed Sasha?

[Kanon]

The Gabi parts in this chapter weren't very interesting (basically going through the same thing Reiner and the others did), but I'm looking forward to what Ishiyama has planned for her.

[Twi]

Originally Posted by MK-95-

Gabi is starting to rub me the wrong way.

Oh the irony. Getting help from the parents of the girl you killed. Man oh man, I wonder what Kaya's reaction would be if/when she finds out that Gabi was the one who killed Sasha?

Only starting to? She was on my nerves for ages. Falco is what I'm reading her parts for because he's the one who gets it. I really hope the kid makes it out of this alive, but this feels like a knife in the heart that Sasha's family is the one who they're helping out.

[grecefar]

Well I loved it how kaya was telling her off for why her mother die, poor falco falling for a girl like that.

[MK-95-]

Originally Posted by Twi

Only starting to? She was on my nerves for ages. Falco is what I'm reading her parts for because he's the one who gets it. I really hope the kid makes it out of this alive, but this feels like a knife in the heart that Sasha's family is the one who they're helping out.

Yea, I didn't really have any issues with her during her initial and early appearances, but she became an eyesore around the time of Eren's assault on Marley. That's when I couldn't help but notice the annoying things she says and does.

Falco is the only reason I can put up with any panels that she's present in. If he weren't such a likeable and relatable character, I'd probably just skip or speed read through any pages/panels that focus on/feature Gabi...

Ik what you mean tho. I feel kinda bitter when I see Sasha's parents show kindness and hospitality to her. Ik that she doesn't know any better, but man, Sasha was my 3rd fave character, so it hurts regardless and these feelings of frustration far outweigh my logical reasoning.

[Tormenk]

So many good callbacks to the previous chapters. Aside the high stakes twists and turns, AoT really does good storytelling through the experiences of the characters. Gabi confronting the beliefs of her life through Mia was great.

[DemonneoPT]

Finally we got our titans back. I was not really a fan about this human focused arc. Which is strange since i usually enjoy politics stuff. At least we got some cool revelations regarding the mysteries of that world.

[Mad Pierrot]

Man, Eren didn't appear in this chapter but his recent actions have left a huge impact. Almost every character mentions him but the situation stopped being black and white years ago. I keep expecting betrayals but not sure from who.