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View Poll Results: Attack on Titan - Episode 5 Rating | |||
Perfect 10 | 70 | 44.59% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent | 51 | 32.48% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good | 16 | 10.19% | |
7 out of 10 : Good | 12 | 7.64% | |
6 out of 10 : Average | 3 | 1.91% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average | 2 | 1.27% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor | 0 | 0% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad | 1 | 0.64% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad | 0 | 0% | |
1 out of 10 : Painful | 2 | 1.27% | |
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2013-05-08, 01:16 | Link #381 | |
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2013-05-08, 04:31 | Link #382 |
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Actually, remember in episode 5, it was explained that apparently, the Titans don't have to eat. At all, they completely ignore other forms of life, they literally eat Humans just for the evulz. A 100 years with no food is probably like the period between breakfast and lunch time to them, maybe. Except they never ate and never even had to eat breakfast or lunchtime. They just do it anyway.
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2013-05-08, 05:33 | Link #383 | |
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2013-05-08, 05:54 | Link #384 | |
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= edit = actually it's slightly bigger than borneo
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2013-05-08, 07:18 | Link #386 | ||
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They still need to evacuate the civilians out from the bait city even if they prevent the second gate from falling. Quote:
That's what really screws everything up. As strong as an enemy is, when you know how to deal with it you have a chance to fight back, but when that enemy starts acting in a completely unpredictable way, or show unpredictable skills, well everything falls apart, your army will fall in disarray because they are not prepared to face that contingency, adds to that the terror of seeing your companions being devoured before they could even have a chance to defend themselves, panic spreads and that's the end. Eren's squad was trained to fight titans, but they were never prepared to fight a kangaroo titan. That sudden event, plus the abrupt end of their companion, and their inexperience did the rest.
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2013-05-08, 08:34 | Link #387 | ||
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Personally I did find it somewhat amusing that Eren was unable to make good on his boasts (so far at least) as his claims seemed completely unrealistic & more over the top than most shounen lead mouthiness/trash talking. Not to mention annoying. The biggest hole in "relative realism" or "consistency" to me right now (given the information available to an anime veiwer anyway), would be the way Eren was able to (without some of his leg mind you) suddenly cross tons of space & get down the titan's throat to save Armin, before it swallows! This seems completely backwards from the way the Titans moved 10x+ faster than Eren mere seconds prior. He also at least temporarily held back its mouth from closing, which seems like an impossible feat of strength based on previous Titan interactions. I hope they'll come up with a way to explain this so it's not just done for effect. I have seen a few posters hint at a way he could survive, so I suppose it could explain both at once ... maybe. I don't want to speculate too much there, as it will invite spoiler comments. |
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2013-05-08, 09:05 | Link #388 | |
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Also, it's possible that Armin could have resisted for a minute inside his mouth.
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2013-05-08, 09:06 | Link #389 |
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Well the fact that they have a name for it - abnormal - means that the soldiers already know about these deviant types. In addition the naming itself suggests that titans with "special abilities" (etc... jumping like a kangaroo) are rare and the common titan is the one we already seen dozens of...slow and stupid.
I can accept that Eren's team got really unlucky. In addition I believe the titan chopping of his leg was an abnormal too. But apart from their squad and this one incident humanity is losing badly in general. And as I stated above after all this setup this shouldn't be the case. I must have missed the 500km radius but I agree. You hardly need such a huge place to accomodate 1 million people. |
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I think they refer it as abnormal because it acted abnormally compared to other titan (normal titan walk, one from episode 5 jump), not because some sort of exact definition/classification about titan. Quote:
they put barricade in front of the gate (preventing the boulders causing damage like in episode 1). the fact that no one died from colossal titan kick is already great achievement they stationed soldiers as vanguard, middle and rear to fasten evacuation and prevent titan from advancing they created a gutter to entrap the titan (which fail miserably) they tried to close the hole using some sort of rope (again, fail because the vanguard team were wiped out before they even finished)
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2013-05-08, 10:31 | Link #394 | |||
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Still, if he does survive, I hope there's a plausible reason for it. Maybe the serum his father injected him with is some kind of emetic that forces titans to throw up. Yeah, lame, but that is a remote possibility. In any case, don't forget that Eren's missing an arm and a leg now. Even if he does survive, he'd be a cripple. How is he going to keep fighting as a soldier? Would that be the new direction of his character development? Learning to cope with the humility of being under Mikasa's permanent protection? We'll know soon enough. Quote:
I expect the question will eventually be answered. For now, though, I think it's just another case of anime logic. It's not without precedent, though. The frozen Wall of The Game of Thrones has never been adequately explained, either. It just exists. Characters in that saga speculate that The Wall was created by immensely powerful sorcery. Maybe that was the case in Shingeki no Kyojin's universe as well. Of course, I would prefer a more rational explanation but, again, only time will tell. |
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2013-05-08, 11:16 | Link #395 | |
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In this anime they finished the construction of the walls about 100 years ago. I am pretty sure if something fishy happened back then people would remember. Considering thats the most important thing in their history like..........ever? |
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2013-05-08, 11:29 | Link #396 |
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Isn't it fishy that they do not know anything about how the world was before the titans?
They don't even know that there are seas, deserts and snowfields. And apparently people can get arrested if they possess books that describe those things. In EP1 there's even a guy who claims that walls are the work of God.
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2013-05-08, 11:31 | Link #397 | |
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The records go back 100 years for the appearance of Giants. There is no info on when or how the walls were built. What you stated is speculation, not actual given information. Remember in the beginning of episode one, a monk is trying to preach how God is responsible for the creation of The Wall? That is the sole information we have of anything about the wall in the anime so far.
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2013-05-08, 11:42 | Link #398 |
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Well I don't speak japanese so i have to use the material the translator team gives me.
At the beginning of episode 2 it translated something like this: "The survivors built three walls - Maria, Rose and Sina. They spent the next 100 years in peace." Based on this I made the assumption that it was finished 100 years ago. But articuzwolf is right - there is much to see. Hopefully all my questions will be answered (and it wont be a clusterfuck of incoherent stupidity). |
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