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    Nice. Introducing a new boss titan right off the bat. And he talks and everything!

    From the intro, looks like we're probably getting a lot of Armored Titan this season as well.

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    Only this show and HxH have ever given me chills like I got when the Beast Titan began speaking. I'm back in.

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    Great first episode. Although I´m totally lost on the "12 hours ago" thing. So ... while Eren and co. celebrated their important victory over Annie-titan, the others actually found out that despite the "happy end" of season 1, mankind is already fucked, because 300 miles away the most inner wall was breached and titans are approaching? wtf

    The hairy titan also confused me. From the way he told the poor chap that he´s aware of people´s knowledge about them being inside the titan´s nape, it sounded as if the hairy titan is definitely controlled by a human, too. But he´s so completely distanced from the mankind we know, being surprised by technology. Getting a feeling as if there´s "another mankind" that for whatever reasons has a grudge against the mankind we know and use their titan-"technology" to fight.

    Weird!

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    The commercial break information is, as usual, some of the most important.

    The Wall Titans actually generate the walls, creating a substance similar to what the Female Titan created. Which is why her claws were able to make a hole in it.

    Quote Originally Posted by MFauli View Post
    because 300 miles away the most inner wall was breached and titans are approaching?
    Wall Rose is the middle wall, not the inner wall.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DarthEnderX View Post

    Wall Rose is the middle wall, not the inner wall.
    Mea culpa. But from what we´ve seen, the inner most part is so small that it´s impossible for mankind to survive inside. It´s pretty much just a delusional fake-protection for the king.

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    1) Titans in the wall must be covered from sunlight

    -so perhaps the wall wasn't built by some voluntary band of titans after all. They got themselves trapped and were used as walls. Read: they're not friendly. Come to think of it, we've never seen a nocturnal titan attack yet.

    2) Beast titan:

    -Doesn't know shit about the current humanity. It's as if he's been asleep for some time and just woke up. Or he's been camping somewhere happily eating stuff. He isn't even sure they were speaking the same language. He knows what swords are though. That all points to him coming from a different age.

    3) The ED animation:

    -So much there that seemingly talks about the history and origins of Titans. The segment depicting cannibalism was particularly interesting. I'm not sure what to make of it though.

    4) Annie: She's still hot.

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    Lets not forget that the zealous church of the walls apparently knows more than its sermons let on... knowledge they are willing to die to protect!

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    Still a major let down in the development department. Going to be another season of random characters repeating same crap for 26 episodes with a character being cornered and dying in order to advance the plot and possibly story since there is not much of a story here. You can't expect much from one of the worst anime ever. Maybe I'm just being spoiled from the other better action kill/be killed anime like Claymore.

    If this second season continues like this, it's just going to be season 1 all over again with the main and side characters telling the viewer "The Titans eat us, we fight them with 3D maneuver gear that does not really work or make sense. We are going to die so we need to fight as best we can to 'SLOW' them down." -Yawn-

    If these Titans are anything like Erin is it? How do we know they don't regenerate either? You can already see the ending if Annie and Erin can regenerate over and over. The creator most likely has some Deus Ex Machina planned for the Titan to either kill all the humans or Erin will end up as the Deus Ex Machina plot device. Shitty anime and anyone with a brain can already see the end game.

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    The fuck?

    AoT is way better than Claymore.

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    The last few episodes of Claymore were meh, but overall I liked Claymore. The lore and characters were better. AoT definitely relies on shock factor a lot more.

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    Kinda agree with Buff (although I want to make clear: only the final battle in the Claymore-anime sucked. Claire vs the lion guy was awesome). AoT is too choppy in terms of story telling. Here´s a bit. Now here´s another bit. And here´s the next bit. Always from shocking twist to shocking twist. It works as a weekly format and obviously keeps people curious. But it doesn´t flow at all. Claymore had a much better flow and is nicer to watch continuously.

    Also, I cant shake off the feeling that AoT will get worse with time, because the author will keep up the shockign twists for shocking twists´ sake.

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    I never much cared for Claymore. To me, Claymore feels the way the first 7 episodes of AoT felt. But then episode 8 of AoT happens and it becomes a completely different kind of show that's awesome.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DarthEnderX View Post
    I never much cared for Claymore. To me, Claymore feels the way the first 7 episodes of AoT felt. But then episode 8 of AoT happens and it becomes a completely different kind of show that's awesome.
    How I see it is that AoT spent the first 7 episodes building an air of general hopelessness with some small relief in episodes 3-4 to prevent fatigue, and then cashed it in brilliantly in episode 8 (Erin titan reveal), effectively blowing the lid off of the scope of the story, but not in a ham-fisted way (to me). That nurturing of despair into hope is the single best element of AoT, in my opinion. The story beats are essentially "we have to fight the titans", followed by "the reality is we can't really fight the titans on even terms", and then "things are getting really bad because the titans are engaging us on their terms", until the climax of "this new development changes the rules a bit and gives us a chance against the titans". The characters persevere and succeed, but at great cost. I love the formula.

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    I needed to read your post before being reminded of what happened during episode 08. Suffice to say, that particular episode must not have had much impact on me at all.

    Eren being a POS kinda does that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Buffalobiian View Post
    I needed to read your post before being reminded of what happened during episode 08. Suffice to say, that particular episode must not have had much impact on me at all.
    I've been saying Ep. 8, but I guess I technically mean the end of Ep. 7.

    For me, my reaction to this series was:

    Episode 1-4: "Meh..."

    Episode 5: "...huh."

    Episode 7: "FUUUCK YEAH!"

    Quote Originally Posted by Buffalobiian View Post
    Eren being a POS kinda does that.
    I didn't like Eren as a character at first either. But the fact is, after Ep. 5, he kind of stops being a character at all. He just becomes this living plot device, and everyone around him becomes the characters just using him to make the plot happen.

    Is he still a PoS? Fuck if I know. Cause he doesn't really weigh in on anything anymore. He just does what people tell him to do.

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    All I want from season 2 is some answers. Some real answers. Right now, we´ve got even more questions.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MFauli View Post
    All I want from season 2 is some answers. Some real answers. Right now, we´ve got even more questions.

    This, I have been saying this and asking for this for 4 years. I am not going to read the Manga for answers. After 26 episodes, you would think we could know something of the Titans by now. So far every episode is "I will sacrifice my life and slow down the Titan. You/You all must live to sacrifice your lives for another 24 episodes so this story can go on." I really hoped Season 2 would have changed that way of story telling. They keep repeating the same stuff. Titans eat us and are 10 stories tall. I am starting to think the creator himself does not know how to tell the viewer how the giants came to be. Was it genetic altering gone wrong? Some sort of mutation from a biological war? We the viewer still don't know anything.

    I will admit that this new talking Titan is new. As for if it has any merit for the season will be seen in hopefully the next 4-5 episodes and not forgotten about until the 20th episode. Wait and see. I know some are fan of this show but I honestly don't see one defining point of this entire series.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shadow Skill View Post
    I know some are fan of this show but I honestly don't see one defining point of this entire series.
    Then why the fuck are you still watching it? Jesus Christ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by DarthEnderX View Post
    Then why the fuck are you still watching it? Jesus Christ...
    I am a completionist. I started this shit storm of an anime and I have to finish it even though its fucking terrible. The fact you feel the need to not only validate the fact you watch this shit show by actually asking why someone is watching it, must mean you either know it's shitty and are forcing yourself to watch it as well. I honestly can't see why you would care one way or another as to why someone finishes watching a show they started. Kind of an ironic moot point eh?

    If you need to validate your existence by asking someone else for answers and questioning someone else questions without offering an answer of your own, then I suspect you are either a troll or a person who wants everyone to love a shit show that you think is the best thing since grilled cheese. We both know it's shit from your replies.

    AGAIN, there is not one defining point of this entire series. Even the live action movie is total crap. I haven't even watched that but from what I hear it no better than the anime or the manga and total shit. So are you going to keep this façade going of Attack of Titan being a mediocre anime even though it's not even in the must watch list? Are you?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shadow Skill View Post
    I am a completionist. I started this shit storm of an anime and I have to finish it even though its fucking terrible. The fact you feel the need to not only validate the fact you watch this shit show by actually asking why someone is watching it, must mean you either know it's shitty and are forcing yourself to watch it as well. I honestly can't see why you would care one way or another as to why someone finishes watching a show they started. Kind of an ironic moot point eh?

    If you need to validate your existence by asking someone else for answers and questioning someone else questions without offering an answer of your own, then I suspect you are either a troll or a person who wants everyone to love a shit show that you think is the best thing since grilled cheese. We both know it's shit from your replies.

    AGAIN, there is not one defining point of this entire series. Even the live action movie is total crap. I haven't even watched that but from what I hear it no better than the anime or the manga and total shit. So are you going to keep this façade going of Attack of Titan being a mediocre anime even though it's not even in the must watch list? Are you?
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