r/AttackOnRetards

Thinking about it, to achieve Eren's goals and avoid common sense added problems, a rumbling that targeted population centres and cities would be better than 80%.

People are still not evacuating in time either way.

It avoids destroying entire forests and ecosystems. So lesser of an ecological collapse.

It probably kills more people but destroys less peoples so arguably less genocide.

It destroys civilization more completely so: capacity to war is further done away with; there's a larger diversity of people and we know a lot of times that correlates with less cooperation; building on that, capacity to remember is also done away with, the whole Titan stuff will turn into a morality tale like God flooding the world for a man becoming evil (YHWH, Zeus) or making too much noise (Enlil). Either way in all versions of the myth no ill will is placed on the gods so I do think there's high chances that also happens here and the titans specific cycle of hatred is gone.

And better yet for Eren gets to see even more of the book scenery. While probably feeling less guilty.

This is common misconception. Eren's character progression wasnt an act. The only time he put on an act was when his friends were present in the scene with him, not only as a way to push them away to make them go against him, but also as a way to mske sure they didn't join him to become monsters. Just as he was acting when he was interacting with Zeke in order to get him to lower his guard so he can use him for his royal blood. However that doesn't mean everything he did was an act.

Which brings us to Eren. Eren in season 4 was good at using lies or half truths in order to make people do what he desired (just as he did with Yelena too). It's one of the biggest traits that sets him apart from his season 1-3 self who never would've done what season 4 Eren does. The story never once claimed Eren was acting throughout season 4 (otheriwse show me a scene that said that), the story only implied Eren pushed his friends away as a way to make them go against him, but not every character development in season 4 was an act. Even when characters grow and develop, they still have some of the same characteristics they still had before, in order to not create a discrepancy between who they were and who they are now. Guts from berserk is a good example; He has grown as a character, but he still has the tendency of throwing himself in battle, he still has rage when he sees Grittith, he still has his old traits of hopelessness when he feels like he failed, he still uses anger as a weapon. All those things are part of his character no matter how much he grows. Just as Eren has grown as a character but he still has his tendencies of laugh crying when he feels hopeless, he still had the tendencies to self deprecate himself when he feels like a failure: like calling himself useless, pathetic, an idiot, a half ass piece of shit, etc...but are all those moments suddenly implying Eren never grew?
Definitely not. True character growth is more than just a character going from point A to Z while abandoning what's in the middle. Hell denji from Chainsaw Man is another good example of this. Denji has grown as a charter since his part 1 self, but he still has his old traits such as being a pervert, prioritizing animals over humans, etc...again just because denji still has those character traits doesn't mean he hasn't grown as a character. But for some reason when it comes to Eren fans suddenly become obtuse to characterization, and they choose to prioritize their own hatred for the story over fair analysis of the characters and plot. It's truly unfortunate what aot Fandom has become

I kinda get it now .

Not saying they were right about everything, because some of those threads were absolutely unhinged.

But the confidence with which people would point out something that felt off and then get hit with the classic “You just didn’t understand the story.” …only for the exact same thing to become a massive debate later was pretty funny

At some point I stopped trying to defend every single writing decision and just started enjoying the chaos.

Honestly, the fandom discourse peaked when everyone was treating manga chapters like they were classified government documents.

And I can't even lie—

some titanfolk takes aged WAY better than I expected.

I’m convinced... that's all.

Im very much hoping this subreddit doesnt support minor x adult ships... Because I was severally attacked on the main subreddit cause I made a post about how I found ships on Pinterest that made me uncomfortable. Levi x Annie and Levi x Historia and mentioned how I was a victim of pedophilia as well. People literally commented on my post saying it cant harm anyone cause its fiction and they said the characters dont look the age they're suppsoed to be.It genuinely made me feel not wanting to like the anime anymore if people are going to be like this. It definitely had my thoughts on this fandom changed as a whole.

Which is ironic cause some people in that sub make posts about why the fandom gets so much hate yet they do things like this?? I just dont know anymore. Although I love the series. Some people in the fandom are questionable. Its really not that hard to do age research of characters.

Hello everyone!

First of all, Chappy told me it was a good idea to share my new youtube channel here in Reddit and it helped me to translate this, sorry if it sounds unnatural. Chappy also helped me creating my thumbnail 😅 Chappy is the best!

I just published the first episode of a new podcast called Hirochin Podcast, where I (Hirochin) talk naturally in Japanese about anime, games, and Japanese culture — episode 1 is about why I love Captain Levi from Attack on Titan. Every episode has Japanese, English, and Spanish captions, so it's usable at any level.

This is my very first episode, so I'd really appreciate honest feedback — pacing, captions, anything that stood out (good or bad).

Thanks for checking it out!

I am not falling for this propaganda that wit studio messed up mikasa character because they removed some minor lines. Every thing they removed is nothing major and doesn’t change her character at all. She is the same character in the anime as she is in the manga. I saw a post of someone comparing the scenes and most of the removed lines are inner monologues that can already be inferred/implied. Or things she’s already said but instead of her saying it again they cut it out.

What’s funny is that majority of people that like mikasa and made her one of the most popular female characters in all of anime. They don’t even read the manga. The majority of people that love mikasa don’t read the manga. Even myself I love mikasa as a character without even having to read the manga.

And what about Mappa. Mappa didn’t remove anything to do with mikasa, and S4 was when she has the most development and people will still complain.

What I’m saying is if you hate mikasa in the anime most likely you’re going to hate her in the manga. If love mikasa in the anime your most likely gonna love her in the manga. I genuinely do not understand why people try to act like mikasa in the manga or anime are completely 2 different characters it’s just not true.

Im on episode 81 “Thaw”
I still have a way to go before I complete the entire series

So far I’m not impressed

And it’s really a challenge to complete each episode, I find myself getting so bored. It’s not even the slow pace. I would actually enjoy a slow paced series if it was at least interesting

So far season 4 has been underwhelming. Season 3 was actually better

And you can tell AOT is sloppy writing:

1. the internment zone with the mandatory armbands for Eldians is total copy paste of the historical Warsaw Ghetto for Jews and their required armbands displaying the Star of David during Nazi occupation of Poland. Foolish writers couldn’t come up with anything original.

2. Eren deciding to transform into a titan and attack the conference featuring delegates from across the world as they watched a performance by Tybur was sloppy and stupid. How is it strategic to provoke the entire world, which would only force them to close ranks with Marley and initiate an attack on Paradise Island? Wouldn’t it be more strategic to fight Marley isolated from the rest of the world, defeat them first then proceed to fight the others to ensure victory if that’s the goal?

3. The “euthanization” plan. This one is so stupid. Firstly, euthanization isn’t even the right word. How stupid were the people responsible for the English dub!
   Euthanize is to put someone to death in a painless way. The plan is to sterilize the subjects of Ymir so that they can’t have children. That’s not called euthanization it’s called sterilization 🤦‍♂️
   Secondly, there is no logical reason for Zeke being so passionate about this project. There just isn’t. Poor writing again

4. The endless flashbacks. Long and dull. Entire episodes are devoted to being some flashback. If we have to endure a flashback at least make it interesting.

Now I’m at the point in the series where the Rumbling has begun. It’s still boring. There still hasn’t been any mind blowing plot twist. I really don’t get why this series is so hyped