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Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin) manga thread of TOTAL SPOILER PANDEMONIUM
- Thread starter Branduil
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heliosRAzi
Banned
Hey bro, I'm the Colossal Titan. Let's gets some brews and play BLOPS2, dude.
Here is one BIG FAT SPOILER:
Eren is a useless fuck.
He destroyed several titans, block the hole in the wall and manage to give annie a run for her money and he is still useless? ok
He destroyed several titans, block the hole in the wall and manage to give annie a run for her money and he is still useless? ok
Is that why his face is always smashed in every page?
Hey bro, I'm the Colossal Titan. Let's gets some brews and play BLOPS2, dude.
To be fair it was Reiner who was trying to spill everything. Berthold clearly wanted no part of it, LOL.
heliosRAzi
Banned
To be fair it was Reiner who was trying to spill everything. Berthold clearly wanted no part of it, LOL.
Berthold is just trying to keep the nerdy kid from going to the frat party.
Is that why his face is always smashed in every page?
Then he rebounce back and smash their face back. See? I can play this game too.
Caught up after I watched the first episode, I'm not a huge fan of the twist though how that poster on Fox predicted it was certainly impressive.
What are Gaf's theories on the ulterior motives of the Titans acting as spies? I imagine it goes all the way up to high ranking officials.
What are Gaf's theories on the ulterior motives of the Titans acting as spies? I imagine it goes all the way up to high ranking officials.
I must be one of the few people that genuinely like the artstyle.damn
dat art looks like a high schoolers first attempt at making his own comic.
did he eat the potato tho
damn
dat art looks like a high schoolers first attempt at making his own comic.
did he eat the potato tho
It's a girl. I don't blame you if you can't tell because all the women in the manga look kinda like men anyway.
But she gave some to the guy.It's a girl. I don't blame you if you can't tell because all the women in the manga look kinda like men anyway.
Then he rebounce back and smash their face back. See? I can play this game too.
He's all talk and not worthy of Mikasa.
heliosRAzi
Banned
The art for the Titans is great. For regular folks, it looks like Picasso tried his hand at anime.
Caught up after I watched the first episode, I'm not a huge fan of the twist though how that poster on Fox predicted it was certainly impressive.
What are Gaf's theories on the ulterior motives of the Titans acting as spies? I imagine it goes all the way up to high ranking officials.
I think, at this point, a few things are obvious:
1) Every titan is a human. That's why cutting out their necks kills them, because there's a human inside of them. At the same time, it seems clear that most titans are not consciously and intelligently controlled by the human "pilots."
2) Reiner, Berthold, and Annie are doing what they do at someone else's behest, and they obviously feel the massive amount of murder they've committed is justified by whatever their goal is.
My theory is that the titans are some kind of advanced biological weapon gone horribly wrong, but we'll see.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
Member
I wonder who the monkey guy is.
Also, I noticed they never show any humans when they kill the fodder Titans. So I think it's safe to assume they are unmanned while the more powerful ones are controlled like from what we've seen so far.
Also, I noticed they never show any humans when they kill the fodder Titans. So I think it's safe to assume they are unmanned while the more powerful ones are controlled like from what we've seen so far.
Togashi do actual drawings in the volumes.Don't they usually clear it up on the volume releases too?
I wonder who the monkey guy is.
Also, I noticed they never show any humans when they kill the fodder Titans. So I think it's safe to assume they are unmanned while the more powerful ones are controlled like from what we've seen so far.
I don't see why that's safe to assume. Otherwise, why would slicing their necks kill them? And remember, we know Conny's mom turned into a regular titan.
"God's Beard!"
Member
Uggh, why does this get it's own thread. Does this mean nobody's allowed to talk about it in the manga thread now? I hope so, because this is the worst new comic since Claymore, and I'm including Wolf Guy and The Breaker in there.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
[QUOTE="God's Beard!";53358462]Uggh, why does this get it's own thread. Does this mean nobody's allowed to talk about it in the manga thread now? I hope so, because this is the worst new comic since Claymore, and I'm including Wolf Guy and The Breaker in there.[/QUOTE]
Sanctuary Sanctuary Sanctuary
Sanctuary Sanctuary Sanctuary
Passive Assassin
Member
Mikasa is going to be a Titan after some close call and whatever happened to finding the secret documents in Eren's basement?
[QUOTE="God's Beard!";53358462]Uggh, why does this get it's own thread. Does this mean nobody's allowed to talk about it in the manga thread now? I hope so, because this is the worst new comic since Claymore, and I'm including Wolf Guy and The Breaker in there.[/QUOTE]
Do you think GAF is ready for a TerraFormars thread?
Do you think GAF is ready for a TerraFormars thread?
VanillaCakeIsBurning
Member
I don't see why that's safe to assume. Otherwise, why would slicing their necks kill them? And remember, we know Conny's mom turned into a regular titan.
That's true. I'm just thinking since no human corpses have been discovered after all the Titans that have been killed in the manga. Unless humans that have awakened to the Titan ability disintegrate along with the Titan as well upon death.
Reiner, Berthold, and Annie all come from the same village and Eren's dad injected something into Eren which maybe the cause of his titan form.
Have to be some kind of experiment that was performed on Reiner's village that went wrong and now conny's village. Doesn't explain why those 3 want Eren or Ymir.
And now monkey man who doesn't seem to be part of the inside.....
Have to be some kind of experiment that was performed on Reiner's village that went wrong and now conny's village. Doesn't explain why those 3 want Eren or Ymir.
And now monkey man who doesn't seem to be part of the inside.....
cosmicblizzard
Banned
Do you think GAF is ready for a TerraFormars thread?
If we start making manga threads in general, off topic is fucked.
Reiner, Berthold, and Annie all come from the same village and Eren's dad injected something into Eren which maybe the cause of his titan form.
Have to be some kind of experiment that was performed on Reiner's village that went wrong and now conny's village. Doesn't explain why those 3 want Eren or Ymir.
And now monkey man who doesn't seem to be part of the inside.....
We know that there is a village or city of titan-people somewhere. I don't think they're related to the Ape titan who seems to be leading his own army. The Ape titan also doesn't know about the technology which the people behind the walls have been using, while those who sent Annie and the other out are totally aware of it since they were specifically meant to infiltrate into the army.
But who cares anyway, it's all going to be more garbage in the end because the author sucks at telling a compelling story at all. Fast forward, flash back, fast forward, flashback. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. I know what's inside the basement: It's the author's big fat ass asking us to pull the ending out of it for him while he keeps farting.
It's a girl. I don't blame you if you can't tell because all the women in the manga look kinda like men anyway.
I thought Armin was a girl, and Ymir a guy.
I thought Armin was a girl, and Ymir a guy.
I thought Ymir was a guy for like.... erm... actually I still think he's a guy. I refuse to believe otherwise until I see some erm... "evidence"! Yeah!
curlyfriski
Banned
You mean to tell me these fucking people can't build bigger walls because. I know this is a spoiler thread but Im not taking any chances.they don't have bigger titans?
At least, that's what I've heard.
But then the other side would just have to build a bigger titan to knock down that bigger titan wall, necessitating an even bigger titan wall, and the next thing you know your economy is collapsing because you're spending all your money on researching how to build bigger titans.
cosmicblizzard
Banned
Yeah, I thought Ymir was a guy for a while. Rarely confuse a girl for a guy in manga/anime.
We know that there is a village or city of titan-people somewhere. I don't think they're related to the Ape titan who seems to be leading his own army. The Ape titan also doesn't know about the technology which the people behind the walls have been using, while those who sent Annie and the other out are totally aware of it since they were specifically meant to infiltrate into the army.
But who cares anyway, it's all going to be more garbage in the end because the author sucks at telling a compelling story at all. Fast forward, flash back, fast forward, flashback. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. I know what's inside the basement: It's the author's big fat ass asking us to pull the ending out of it for him while he keeps farting.
LOL
Maybe it's just the incredibly low expectations I have for shounen in general, but I don't have a big problem with the storytelling in the manga. I mean just the fact that the author has a clear enough plan from the beginning to put in all that foreshadowing shows me that he has an idea of where he wants to go with the story.
heliosRAzi
Banned
But then the other side would just have to build a bigger titan to knock down that titan wall.
Escalation.
We start building bigger walls and they start making bigger Titans. We start carrying semi-automatics and they buy automatics.
heliosRAzi
Banned
The King is gonna be a Titan and stuff.
The king is a titan that controls a human
VanillaCakeIsBurning
Member
Maybe it's just me. But the titan that supposedly munched on Reiner/Berthold's family looks completely different from Titan Ymir. Maybe the artist changed Ymir's titan design later on but if I remember correctly the only thing they shared in common was black hair.
Escalation.
We start building bigger walls and they start making bigger Titans. We start carrying semi-automatics and they buy automatics.
You know what I've noticed? Nobody panics when things go "according to plan." Even if the plan is horrifying! If, tomorrow, I tell the people that, like, a farmer and his family will be murdered, or an entire squadron of scouts gets eaten by a titan, nobody panics, because it's all "part of the plan". But when I say that one little old wall will get smashed, well then everyone loses their minds!
LOL
Maybe it's just the incredibly low expectations I have for shounen in general, but I don't have a big problem with the storytelling in the manga. I mean just the fact that the author has a clear enough plan from the beginning to put in all that foreshadowing shows me that he has an idea of where he wants to go with the story.
Oh I don't have a problem with his plan. It's not a poorly planned manga. It's just awfully written. The direction of the actual narrative is just so bad, it makes the events less enjoyable and more annoying to read. All I can think of now is "oh, he's doing THAT again, lame." every single time he pulls the same formula:
- short time skip
- vague details about how the situation has changed since the timeskip to keep the reader in the dark
- show some scenes of supporting characters talking to each other about something, this might or might not be out of context
- present the new OBJECTIVE of the characters
- the characters go about on this objective
- SURPRISE THE OBJECTIVE IS A NARRATIVE FOIL, IT DOESN'T MATTER OR IT WAS A PLOY BY THE CHARACTERS ALL ALONG!
- flashback to the point just before the time skipped period
- show the main characters talking in detail about stuff the reader knew nothing about because of the shitty narrative style the author likes to use
- suck all the tension out of the events because it's not REALLY a surprise or twist, because it was planned all along!
RINSE. REPEAT. x9999999999999999999999
Oh I don't have a problem with his plan. It's not a poorly planned manga. It's just awfully written. The direction of the actual narrative is just so bad, it makes the events less enjoyable and more annoying to read. All I can think of now is "oh, he's doing THAT again, lame." every single time he pulls the same formula:
- short time skip
- vague details about how the situation has changed since the timeskip to keep the reader in the dark
- show some scenes of supporting characters talking to each other about something, this might or might not be out of context
- present the new OBJECTIVE of the characters
- the characters go about on this objective
- SURPRISE THE OBJECTIVE IS A NARRATIVE FOIL, IT DOESN'T MATTER OR IT WAS A PLOY BY THE CHARACTERS ALL ALONG!
- flashback to the point just before the time skipped period
- show the main characters talking in detail about stuff the reader knew nothing about because of the shitty narrative style the author likes to use
- suck all the tension out of the events because it's not REALLY a surprise or twist, because it was planned all along!
RINSE. REPEAT. x9999999999999999999999
I guess he hasn't abused it enough to annoy me yet. At least the recent reveal was novel, LOL.