AOT is depressing but I truly believe it is a modern day masterpiece and the best story I have ever read period its such a good anime even its quirks and low points give you a perspective that benefits parts down the road it all is just so good the music is on another level also.
To be honest I've never seen a more cleverly put together story. It's even more impressive considering (I assume) it was released chapter by chapter. It's crazy that Isyama planned all this out and had such clear, coherent world building
@@ceilingfanenthusiast6041 I kind of feel that way too The serie have clear, concise, start-middle-end kind of development With the rumbling, it just clear cut that we're on the endgame now
Annie showing up as the Female Titan was probably the wildest arc in the series for me. I remember my heart pounding through every suspenseful second 😮💨.
I'm also just gonna say it here...Levi's line about "choice" and "not knowing the right answer" is EVERYTHING about Attack on Titan. It's literally what drives the story and all it's changes in morality, perspectives, etc. Choice is the only absolute at the end of the day. Yes you can work with the Yeagerists and choose to let Eren complete the rumbling...or you can stick to the expectations of morality and fight for a humanity that wants you gone (Marley). It's all about choice, there is NO RIGHT ANSWER. It's honestly simply incredible that this one (honestly somewhat throwaway line) is in my opinion THE PINNACLE of Isayama's message in the story...TIME AND TIME again. Hell...to go deeper, the reason why there's so much controversy in arguments regarding "who should've had the titan serum? Armin or Erwin? Is the rumbling the best answer? Honestly, it just Screams (so loudly) that this show is a representation of controversy in the choices we make as people. Furthermore these choices don't always follow suit to the expectations of the choice. "Eren chooses to trust his comrades...it should lead to them stopping the female and getting closer to restoring humanity. No...it results in even more death. Killing Samuel and Daz is necessary to stopping Eren....but no it's honestly a setback in the road that once again shatters morality as a concept. It's criminally underrated and I could talk about it all day....and it's one small miniscule part for the rest of the story. I can't stress enough...Attack on Titan is all about choice.
This is a great take/interpretation. I think you're absolutely spot on. We see this theme from the very first episode. When the walls are breached in Shinganshina, young Armin is given a choice between running after his friends and getting help. He chooses to get Hannes, which was the correct choice. However, when Hannes gets to them, he is faces the choice of running away with the kids or facing a Titan head on. He decides to take the kids and run. Was that the correct choice? Probably, but in truth, we don't know. Could Hannes have taken the Titan down or could he have bought the kids enough time to get Carla out of the rubble? Who knows? It's such a simple theme, but so amazingly executed throughout the whole series.
I feel though, that the idea is more that there is a right answer; however, because our insight is limited we can't know what the right choice is. Therefore, the only thing we can do is to make a choice we won't regret based on the information we have at the moment. Which is why people always say, hindsight is 20/20.
You always say these videos are long, but frankly, they’re not long enough. I’m not sure how everyone else would feel, but I wouldn’t mind season 2 being out all into one massive video. I know that would require time, editing, resources, etc. but it would be worth the wait and I’m sure that you’d get recognition for your efforts. It’s worth thinking about
I do love longer videos but I think the current format really works for koroto, he can delve in as deep as he wants on any one or two episodes without having to worry about an overall time constraint or losing the narrative
@@DourFlower I mean season 2 is only 12 episodes long. So going by how their videos tend to be anywhere around 30-40 minutes for roughly 2 episodes, that adds up to roughly 180-240 minutes or 3-4 hours. Even giving an hour leeway for him to really delve deep, sitting at ~6 hours wouldn’t be that crazy of a video an would give him as much time as he wanted to dig deep into season 2. Not trying to really argue my point just talking about it
@@l3R0K3N8BIT That wouldn’t hurt either. But then we’d have to wait until every video is released, not that I’m impatient, but it feels like forever ago the season 1 analysis’ began
The lines the shifters get on their faces after transforming are visible in the universe too. Eren figured Zeke was the beast titan when they met because of them in season 3 he even mentions them in the dub. This is largely pertaining to your video that mentioned it.
@@ThatDragonGuy Season 3 episode 6 when Zeke (while riding the cart titan) spoke to Erend before leaving Berthold the very beginning right before levi shows up.
If so then that is a MASSIVE plothole. Because immediately after the second colossal Titan attack we see him mere seconds later standing with the squad no dead give away face lines. If that is in universe it is such a huge plothole it might retroactively change my opinion of the series.
@josephmatthews7698 we don't know the time frame there and remember they can forcefully heal things in minutes if they try, there's heaps of explanations that work but the main one is just don't over think it
@@josephmatthews7698 Eren is able to heal his entire leg while talking to Reiner on Season 4 em 10s. Do you rly think Berthold couln't heal his titan marks righ away? Besides, due to editing for us is mere seconds, for them could be a few minutes.
I wasn't expecting the AOT video to be released so soon, but it's great. Your effort and dedication in creating Attack on Titan content is greatly appreciated. Thank you for your hard work. And keep it up.
21:26 To be fair, Reiner and Bertholdt did try to rescue Annie in Shiganshina when they just came back from Marley at the end of the Season 3 Episode 10 but Zeke threw some rocks at Reiner and he forced them to get Eren first as the top priority.
Don't forget about the fact that the reason the Female Titan can both Harden and do the Titan scream is because she consumed parts from the Armored and Beast Titans as the Female's ability is to copy the other Nine's abilities but to a lesser degree.
Every leader in every society deals with this. While it's cute to say each individual matters, for leaders, that isn't true. The whole picture is always most important. I'm not saying it's right or wrong, but that's how it is.
@gamfluent2857 the yaegerists weren't looking at the bigger picture, they were only looking out for themselves. Erwin fought for humanity, not for eldia
I would say the reaction of Levi's Squad towards Eren is purely the "friend/enemy distinction" in action. Soldiers in particular need to have a clear definition of who the enemy is so they don't doubt their actions and choke in battle (think Falco vs Gabi), it is very troubling for them that Eren is both friend AND enemy so they convince him to stay in human form. Had they have overcome this and worked along side Eren's titan then they would likely have captured Annie.
This series made me suscribe, is not only the great information and retrospective you give in these videos, is the way you do it that makes it so entertaining, when im doing something else I just play these videos in the background and it makes stuff more fun. Great series!
i remember being like 9 watching this on TV late one night, and it was the scariest, coolest & weirdest shit ive ever seen. i was instantly addicted to this series and still am. i will never forgot how it felt watching the titans trying to climb & them all rushing in to eat her without having any knowledge of what i was seeing. it was incredible
Your theory about the walls and the forest is brilliant! I’ve seen aot a million times and I never caught that similarity! Thanks for another amazing video! Looking forward to the next one! 💛💛💛
Where did Annie even get the Scout uniform and Smoke Signal at the end there? From one of the soldiers that she killed from earlier? From Reiner and Bertholdt as spare?
My guess is Reiner and Bertholdt gave her a spare cloak if she needed to run away. Running around with an MP cloak would give her away if she's spotted.
Oh man, in retrospect I believe Annie being eaten by the titans is calling forward to Ymir being eaten for her titan powers by her master's children. Annie's titan is the only titan I've seen that takes the appearance of a female, even Piecks is male looking. No other titan except for the founder and beast titan can control other titans, so I believe this small control Annie has to call other titans to eat her is a part of her power. Hardening might symbolizes Ymir's wanting to have protected herself, while her "hail mary" might symbolizes what ultimately happens to her. The juxtaposition of self preservation with servitude to an unavoidable death kinda sums up how ymir lived and died. Idk kinda rambly but food for thought. I forget if Annie's lineage of female titans took a female appearance regardless of the gender of the user. If so, this appearance may be a result of one of the many ways Ymir sees herself, which we know the 7 shifters represent in some way.
@@SameedChowdhury hmm I did think that was a possibility. Founder titan prolly takes some privileges in looking like it's shifter. So that does make Annie's titan distinct, no?
@KorotosMysteryShack also in retrospect this was the first time Hange touched a titan without skin. Her burn here, as painful as it is to say, was also foreshadowing…
I remember when my buddy Josh had introduced me to AoT. He and I would only guess at the direction of where the anime/manga was going. But the episodes leading up to the Giant Forest and pinning down Annie, the word "spy" was used in translation. The word spy is very concrete. One entity utilizing an agent/individual to steal and report info on the other. When Erwin or whoever said it during the anime, made me realize that Erwin knew waaay more then what was being led on. It makes me wonder what earlier expeditions found and didn't report.
With you being so deep into symbolism im.surprised you didn't talk about how when Sasha is talking about a dying animal trapped with nothing to lose they show a lone wolf representing annie
@elywahl9520 I'm saying he didn't comment on that moment just stating was Sasha says and not the fact that they specifically chose a lone wolf to represent a dying animal. Comprehend before commenting you br'ixt'ish mf
@elywahl9520 read the comment before you comment mate he clearly doesn't talk about how the depiction in the animation is that of a wolf just simply stating what Sasha says and that it cuts to Annie. Not the connection of the wolf to Annie.
Love these retrospectives going back and seeing as these small things and learning things even now thank you for this great content. Spoon over speculation is always great. Like they say in s4 we’re here because we all have the devil in us
19:00 I think the reason it hops around so much in pov is because of the last ever episode where armin is saying that they’ll tell their story. It is literally everyone’s contributions into what happened. And, thinking back, there’s never been to many solo-eren scenes, like he’s mostly with people who survive later on to tell the story. Clever.
One of the biggest reasons I love the dub is fir Lord Matthew Mercer. He is a voice-over god. I love him as Law in One Piece as well. Another reason I choose the dub is so I can concentrate on the visuals and not reading text
I just finished reading the manga and I found your retrospectives and man I love them great shit man. I cant wait until season 2 retrospective comes out because there are sooo many hints that it is fuckin crazy. Also get why Isayama killed levi squad pretty quick after we met them but I wish that we got more time them, they were I great squad.
8:00 whenever I think about the hand bite i try to bite my hand and I cannot convince myself to draw blood so for Erin to do that so often just to attempt feels wild
Have I missed a final episode, full story, total retrospective video or is it not out yet? Happened upon this channel and I am all in on every AOT explanation episode man
I really like the spoon superstition that you mentioned, as these events occur in a flashback whilst the female titan coming capture Eren. The fact that this foreshadows Annie being the woman who comes to visit him makes this scene all the more chilling.
I’m absolutely addicted to these retrospective videos! I can’t imagine how much work you’ve had to put in to make these but it’s all deeply appreciated. Not only do these videos open my eyes to MANY things I didn’t notice myself, but they do so in an entertaining manner as well. Keep up the outstanding work!
It's also interesting to think if the titans swarming Annie was actually Path Eren's doing, just like with his mother. The scream could have very well been an alarm for Reiner and Berthold.
I wonder if more than anything, Annie’s power as the Female was tied to the relationship of parents and their children. Since the first titan was a female, it could be argued that Annie is just the most direct line to Ymir, but lacks other special abilities as they were diluted through the generations.
“I assume anyone here watching who knows how many hours of analysis of the series have watched the sub and the dub” - my guy, I haven’t even watched the show. Your media analysis skills are just that good.
I always think of this episode as the moment where Eren would become more decisive. Without his final resolve, he might have thought twice about exterminating 80% of live on Earth and betraying his friends.
Another interesting little reference while Eren is debating transforming is that it's essentially Petra saying "Believe in us" which stops him from doing so. Because that's the same thing Furlan and Isabel ask of Levi in the no regrets OVA when he initially didn't want them to join the upcoming expedition. It was them asking this of him that made Levi change his mind and, well, indirectly lead to their inevitable deaths. And here, too, it is Eren changing his mind about the choice he wants to make that indirectly ends up getting the Levi squad killed. Which then neatly ties back into what you already covered about how Erwin told Levi not to regret his choices in the ova which Levi then tells Eren here. The parallels really never stop
Erwin knew there were spies who were shifters, he sus-ed out Eren, and lured the final shifter out right into his trap. His plan worked. That is real 4D Chess
I would also argue "Bite" symbolizes the hooked bait that was caught in the trap. Granted, the trap has a fatal flaw that inevitably falls apart...BUT...Annie still took Erwin's bait, and it cost her...even if only temporarily.
21:30 they were going to try and save annie, and reiner was willing to come to blows with zeke over it. We see the aftermath of the battle briefly with reiners titsn destroyed and zeke declaring himself the victor, meaning they would follow Zeke’s plan instead
Interesting points that I missed as an old Soldier. I never questioned the Scouts actions as it was just normal that a well led, disciplined force would follow orders. A bit of speculation in the ranks, and that is shown, but ironclad discipline when it's time.
Honestly, despite how the Levi Squad didn't want Eren to transform, if he did, they probably could've beaten Annie a lot easier and without nearly as many casulties. Although, maybe that would have made the scouts too op later on against Bertolt and Reiner.
Thanks for the great content!!! It's alwasy really entertaining and shows very efficiently the richness of the series. For me, the whole story has always been one with multiple protagnoist, but putting a good deal of emphasys in Eren as he is kind of in the centre of everything. With that in mind I just love how it feels to watch this set of episodes with the perspective of Annie as the protagonist. Just think of Everything she goes through right until the end of the season, it's just crazy! She's the one who is really facing physical and intellectual duels against complete monsters (in the OP sence not the "evil" sense). 🤣
Erwin didn't need to be a prophet. His plan would have worked. If the scouts actually killed the titans as they were suppose to, instead of just distracting them.
Ooohhh ya 🎉🎉 dude no lie I stumbled on your videos by accident and I knew a bit of the series before but after it got me full blown into AOT. So thank you and keep up the good work 😝👏👏💃💃💃
Holy cow ' when you drop a spoon a woman will come to visit' - my family have been saying that for years. I never knew what the origin was. Fork is Male... I think knife is trouble or something like that
Can’t get enough of these retrospectives
Agreed.
Yeeaah mee too:)
They are so well made
Facts
Literally
Same brother
Nahh levi's best line in the entire series is: "You have gotten taller.. it's like you are sprouting up just to spite me" something along those lines
Yep that is a dub line and I love it
Sounds like something a dad would say.
AOT is depressing but I truly believe it is a modern day masterpiece and the best story I have ever read period its such a good anime even its quirks and low points give you a perspective that benefits parts down the road it all is just so good the music is on another level also.
It will become the FMA brotherhood of its decade imo, it's one of the best anime ever put to screen
@@DourFlower honestly one of the best shows I’ve ever seen, anime or not.
So depressing that I decided to watch the 2016 shera inbetween season 3 and 4 to revitalise my soul
To be honest I've never seen a more cleverly put together story. It's even more impressive considering (I assume) it was released chapter by chapter. It's crazy that Isyama planned all this out and had such clear, coherent world building
@@ceilingfanenthusiast6041 I kind of feel that way too
The serie have clear, concise, start-middle-end kind of development
With the rumbling, it just clear cut that we're on the endgame now
I feel like the title could have the fourth interpretation of Annie taking the bait or biting the hook
that’s what i’ve always thought too
Annie showing up as the Female Titan was probably the wildest arc in the series for me. I remember my heart pounding through every suspenseful second 😮💨.
Best time to be a AOT fan back then, before we knew everything
same even as im rewatching the series for like the fifth time, i still find my self on the edge of my seat😅
I'm also just gonna say it here...Levi's line about "choice" and "not knowing the right answer" is EVERYTHING about Attack on Titan. It's literally what drives the story and all it's changes in morality, perspectives, etc. Choice is the only absolute at the end of the day. Yes you can work with the Yeagerists and choose to let Eren complete the rumbling...or you can stick to the expectations of morality and fight for a humanity that wants you gone (Marley). It's all about choice, there is NO RIGHT ANSWER. It's honestly simply incredible that this one (honestly somewhat throwaway line) is in my opinion THE PINNACLE of Isayama's message in the story...TIME AND TIME again. Hell...to go deeper, the reason why there's so much controversy in arguments regarding "who should've had the titan serum? Armin or Erwin? Is the rumbling the best answer? Honestly, it just Screams (so loudly) that this show is a representation of controversy in the choices we make as people. Furthermore these choices don't always follow suit to the expectations of the choice. "Eren chooses to trust his comrades...it should lead to them stopping the female and getting closer to restoring humanity. No...it results in even more death. Killing Samuel and Daz is necessary to stopping Eren....but no it's honestly a setback in the road that once again shatters morality as a concept. It's criminally underrated and I could talk about it all day....and it's one small miniscule part for the rest of the story. I can't stress enough...Attack on Titan is all about choice.
This is a great take/interpretation. I think you're absolutely spot on. We see this theme from the very first episode. When the walls are breached in Shinganshina, young Armin is given a choice between running after his friends and getting help. He chooses to get Hannes, which was the correct choice. However, when Hannes gets to them, he is faces the choice of running away with the kids or facing a Titan head on. He decides to take the kids and run. Was that the correct choice? Probably, but in truth, we don't know. Could Hannes have taken the Titan down or could he have bought the kids enough time to get Carla out of the rubble? Who knows? It's such a simple theme, but so amazingly executed throughout the whole series.
@@veronica-mew Exactly! I'm glad others understand!
I feel though, that the idea is more that there is a right answer; however, because our insight is limited we can't know what the right choice is. Therefore, the only thing we can do is to make a choice we won't regret based on the information we have at the moment.
Which is why people always say, hindsight is 20/20.
You always say these videos are long, but frankly, they’re not long enough. I’m not sure how everyone else would feel, but I wouldn’t mind season 2 being out all into one massive video. I know that would require time, editing, resources, etc. but it would be worth the wait and I’m sure that you’d get recognition for your efforts. It’s worth thinking about
I do love longer videos but I think the current format really works for koroto, he can delve in as deep as he wants on any one or two episodes without having to worry about an overall time constraint or losing the narrative
Right. He should make them 2 hours long in average
Probably best to just make a long compilation of all episodes in a season
@@DourFlower I mean season 2 is only 12 episodes long. So going by how their videos tend to be anywhere around 30-40 minutes for roughly 2 episodes, that adds up to roughly 180-240 minutes or 3-4 hours. Even giving an hour leeway for him to really delve deep, sitting at ~6 hours wouldn’t be that crazy of a video an would give him as much time as he wanted to dig deep into season 2. Not trying to really argue my point just talking about it
@@l3R0K3N8BIT That wouldn’t hurt either. But then we’d have to wait until every video is released, not that I’m impatient, but it feels like forever ago the season 1 analysis’ began
This is by far the greatest Mecha story ever written.
Oh my god that's an extremely cursed way of framing it
My favourite Kamen Rider series
Mhh, of course, aot my favourite mecha anime.
The lines the shifters get on their faces after transforming are visible in the universe too. Eren figured Zeke was the beast titan when they met because of them in season 3 he even mentions them in the dub. This is largely pertaining to your video that mentioned it.
What episode???
@@ThatDragonGuy Season 3 episode 6 when Zeke (while riding the cart titan) spoke to Erend before leaving Berthold the very beginning right before levi shows up.
If so then that is a MASSIVE plothole. Because immediately after the second colossal Titan attack we see him mere seconds later standing with the squad no dead give away face lines.
If that is in universe it is such a huge plothole it might retroactively change my opinion of the series.
@josephmatthews7698 we don't know the time frame there and remember they can forcefully heal things in minutes if they try, there's heaps of explanations that work but the main one is just don't over think it
@@josephmatthews7698 Eren is able to heal his entire leg while talking to Reiner on Season 4 em 10s. Do you rly think Berthold couln't heal his titan marks righ away?
Besides, due to editing for us is mere seconds, for them could be a few minutes.
You could also interpret the title of "bite" as like a fish biting the bait on a fishing hook. Kinda like the female titan biting on Erwins bait
Love the in-depth analysis of the series.
I wasn't expecting the AOT video to be released so soon, but it's great. Your effort and dedication in creating Attack on Titan content is greatly appreciated. Thank you for your hard work. And keep it up.
21:26 To be fair, Reiner and Bertholdt did try to rescue Annie in Shiganshina when they just came back from Marley at the end of the Season 3 Episode 10 but Zeke threw some rocks at Reiner and he forced them to get Eren first as the top priority.
Love this show-so detailed, thoughtful, and masterfully crafted. Watched it 8 times and never get tired, and these vids are insightful. Well done
5 more and the curse of Ymir will get you. Watch out 👀
Don't forget about the fact that the reason the Female Titan can both Harden and do the Titan scream is because she consumed parts from the Armored and Beast Titans as the Female's ability is to copy the other Nine's abilities but to a lesser degree.
But the attack titan was also able to gain hardening by consuming that vial as well no?
@@Dakarai_Knight They all have this ability. The Female Titan is just really good at it.
Its crazy how similar erwin and Erin are in becoming monsters by sacrificing lives for the bigger picture
To rise above monsters, we must abandon our humanity.
- Armin Arlett
Every leader in every society deals with this. While it's cute to say each individual matters, for leaders, that isn't true. The whole picture is always most important.
I'm not saying it's right or wrong, but that's how it is.
@gamfluent2857 the yaegerists weren't looking at the bigger picture, they were only looking out for themselves. Erwin fought for humanity, not for eldia
@@nade5557When Erwin was alive unbeknownst to him, the humanity he was fighting for was eldia.
@@cake.farts.6991 You think Erwin didn't know that there were other humans outside the walls? Who do you think the enemy is
“If you drop a spoon a woman will come to visit you"
well, afterwards a woman did come to visit him, and im not talking about Ymir or Hange
A very big woman i see
I would say the reaction of Levi's Squad towards Eren is purely the "friend/enemy distinction" in action. Soldiers in particular need to have a clear definition of who the enemy is so they don't doubt their actions and choke in battle (think Falco vs Gabi), it is very troubling for them that Eren is both friend AND enemy so they convince him to stay in human form. Had they have overcome this and worked along side Eren's titan then they would likely have captured Annie.
This series made me suscribe, is not only the great information and retrospective you give in these videos, is the way you do it that makes it so entertaining, when im doing something else I just play these videos in the background and it makes stuff more fun. Great series!
i remember being like 9 watching this on TV late one night, and it was the scariest, coolest & weirdest shit ive ever seen. i was instantly addicted to this series and still am.
i will never forgot how it felt watching the titans trying to climb & them all rushing in to eat her without having any knowledge of what i was seeing. it was incredible
Deadass these videos made me decide to rewatch the entire show before the final part comes out.
“We’ve been here long enough.”
No the **** we haven’t! I’m always waiting for the next one. Your retros are amazing. Keep up the good work!
Tried to use this to fall asleep to, but it’s so dang engaging it didn’t work at all
Your theory about the walls and the forest is brilliant! I’ve seen aot a million times and I never caught that similarity! Thanks for another amazing video! Looking forward to the next one! 💛💛💛
Erwin was so cool here, as always. The Scouts were true ride-or-die's
Also Petra’s “Believe in us” line also calls back to the Levi OVA. Its the exact line his friends tell Levi on their first time outside the wall..
These are not too long. They're never too long. I love them so much.
I can’t wait for you to get to the more recent seasons!
I cant wait for him to talk about the music when Paradis first strikes at marley
26:40 YOH the look in his eyes & those words... it just clicked
Where did Annie even get the Scout uniform and Smoke Signal at the end there? From one of the soldiers that she killed from earlier? From Reiner and Bertholdt as spare?
My guess is Reiner and Bertholdt gave her a spare cloak if she needed to run away. Running around with an MP cloak would give her away if she's spotted.
That clip of the wall titans falling down a hill is hilarious. Dope videos keep going
Oh man, in retrospect I believe Annie being eaten by the titans is calling forward to Ymir being eaten for her titan powers by her master's children. Annie's titan is the only titan I've seen that takes the appearance of a female, even Piecks is male looking. No other titan except for the founder and beast titan can control other titans, so I believe this small control Annie has to call other titans to eat her is a part of her power. Hardening might symbolizes Ymir's wanting to have protected herself, while her "hail mary" might symbolizes what ultimately happens to her. The juxtaposition of self preservation with servitude to an unavoidable death kinda sums up how ymir lived and died. Idk kinda rambly but food for thought. I forget if Annie's lineage of female titans took a female appearance regardless of the gender of the user. If so, this appearance may be a result of one of the many ways Ymir sees herself, which we know the 7 shifters represent in some way.
Pieck titan looks male because pieck was supposed to be a man. Isayama turned „him“ into pieck after introducing the titan.
@@tailedbeast7829 warhammer titan also takes a male appearance
@@tailedbeast7829 ohhh but Freidas Titan did have a female appearance. Hmm that prolly debunks my theory
@@praisethesun3089Freida looks female because she's the Founding titan. The rest all have male appearances regardless of the gender of the shifter.
@@SameedChowdhury hmm I did think that was a possibility. Founder titan prolly takes some privileges in looking like it's shifter. So that does make Annie's titan distinct, no?
@KorotosMysteryShack also in retrospect this was the first time Hange touched a titan without skin. Her burn here, as painful as it is to say, was also foreshadowing…
I remember when my buddy Josh had introduced me to AoT. He and I would only guess at the direction of where the anime/manga was going. But the episodes leading up to the Giant Forest and pinning down Annie, the word "spy" was used in translation. The word spy is very concrete. One entity utilizing an agent/individual to steal and report info on the other. When Erwin or whoever said it during the anime, made me realize that Erwin knew waaay more then what was being led on. It makes me wonder what earlier expeditions found and didn't report.
I really enjoy this retrospectives, it’s so interesting and just fun to listen to you break down scenes. Keep up the good work🥰🫶🏿
cool to think that when they slaughtered the huge group of titans eating annie’s titan, that was a large chunk of the titans gone from paradis at once
True
With you being so deep into symbolism im.surprised you didn't talk about how when Sasha is talking about a dying animal trapped with nothing to lose they show a lone wolf representing annie
29:31 watch the whole video before you comment mate 😂😂
@elywahl9520 I'm saying he didn't comment on that moment just stating was Sasha says and not the fact that they specifically chose a lone wolf to represent a dying animal. Comprehend before commenting you br'ixt'ish mf
@elywahl9520 read the comment before you comment mate he clearly doesn't talk about how the depiction in the animation is that of a wolf just simply stating what Sasha says and that it cuts to Annie. Not the connection of the wolf to Annie.
Dude i really love ur overanalysis videos of aot, its super interesting to experience the series through another view, much love
Keep these coming! My
Favorite retrospective content on AoT!
Love the analysis, and the duality of knowledge about titans is great to hear about for rewatching quality. Thanks for the video 👍
Thank you so much for these amazing analysis. I love it so much, pls don’t stop doing this until the anime is over 🥲❤️
I can't believe the parallel between him choosing to transform against Annie and to use the rumbling is for the same reason
Love these retrospectives going back and seeing as these small things and learning things even now thank you for this great content. Spoon over speculation is always great. Like they say in s4 we’re here because we all have the devil in us
I’ll never forgot the amazing bloodshed scene of the Titan canablism it’s so good
i definitely look forward to your next one and i cant wait to see you cover the rest of the seasons!
19:00 I think the reason it hops around so much in pov is because of the last ever episode where armin is saying that they’ll tell their story. It is literally everyone’s contributions into what happened. And, thinking back, there’s never been to many solo-eren scenes, like he’s mostly with people who survive later on to tell the story. Clever.
this is the best series on youtube, keep it up bro. thank you
One of the biggest reasons I love the dub is fir Lord Matthew Mercer. He is a voice-over god. I love him as Law in One Piece as well. Another reason I choose the dub is so I can concentrate on the visuals and not reading text
I just finished reading the manga and I found your retrospectives and man I love them great shit man. I cant wait until season 2 retrospective comes out because there are sooo many hints that it is fuckin crazy. Also get why Isayama killed levi squad pretty quick after we met them but I wish that we got more time them, they were I great squad.
honestly to me it looks like if levi had just kept his mouth shut they might have managed to avoid annie freaking out w her scream 😅
8:00 whenever I think about the hand bite i try to bite my hand and I cannot convince myself to draw blood so for Erin to do that so often just to attempt feels wild
Keep these coming! I really love these vids and I'm enjoying your retrospectives! Binged em all
I've been waiting for the next video in this series ITS HERE RJRJVJNDKD
please never stop doing these videos!!
Annies onker kollonkers were simply too big for Erwins plan to work
I'm so excited about you explaining the last battle against annie. From a strategic aspect there will be a lot to consider for both sides of the war
Erwin is such a beast. He is totally number one , with Levi coming in as a close second !
5:08 just watched all the OVAs.
The Levi one is really good.
Also told my friends & others to watch them when they finish season 3.
Bro OMG I LOVE THESE OVER ANalysing , hell yea brooo KEEP IT UP PLEASEE , just do you ❤
Annie in this thumbnail awoken things in me
Thanks for The great work.. ! Got a tens of hours of your content
Have I missed a final episode, full story, total retrospective video or is it not out yet? Happened upon this channel and I am all in on every AOT explanation episode man
Brilliant video yet again Korotos 👍🏽
I subbed just for the fact that you pointed out the Levi and Law joke.
Been binging these for the last few days. Love these. I may not love how the series progressed but I can't pretend the foreshadowing isn't immaculate.
YEEEEEEEES I've been waiting for the next part, keep up the amazing work
I need more these are my favorite content on yt rn
"To defeat monsters, one must abandon their humanity" -armin
these videos are great man
this series is incredible
I really like the spoon superstition that you mentioned, as these events occur in a flashback whilst the female titan coming capture Eren. The fact that this foreshadows Annie being the woman who comes to visit him makes this scene all the more chilling.
I’m absolutely addicted to these retrospective videos! I can’t imagine how much work you’ve had to put in to make these but it’s all deeply appreciated. Not only do these videos open my eyes to MANY things I didn’t notice myself, but they do so in an entertaining manner as well. Keep up the outstanding work!
Damn not too often I finish a 35 minute video thinking "GODDAMN I WANT MORE" but here we are lol
It's also interesting to think if the titans swarming Annie was actually Path Eren's doing, just like with his mother.
The scream could have very well been an alarm for Reiner and Berthold.
Omfg i love these so much, AOT is one of my favorite animes of all time n this is amazing
You earned a new subscriber sir! Great job and keep up the AOT content
The title bite could also mean that, that the bait was taken. Like a fish biting the bait
I just got done binging the rest of this retrospective series a few days ago and now there’s a new episode let’s goooooo
I wonder if more than anything, Annie’s power as the Female was tied to the relationship of parents and their children. Since the first titan was a female, it could be argued that Annie is just the most direct line to Ymir, but lacks other special abilities as they were diluted through the generations.
6:18 Matthew Mercer has such range. he’s an inspiration to me :)
“I assume anyone here watching who knows how many hours of analysis of the series have watched the sub and the dub” - my guy, I haven’t even watched the show. Your media analysis skills are just that good.
Great videos, looking forward for more
I always think of this episode as the moment where Eren would become more decisive. Without his final resolve, he might have thought twice about exterminating 80% of live on Earth and betraying his friends.
Another interesting little reference while Eren is debating transforming is that it's essentially Petra saying "Believe in us" which stops him from doing so.
Because that's the same thing Furlan and Isabel ask of Levi in the no regrets OVA when he initially didn't want them to join the upcoming expedition. It was them asking this of him that made Levi change his mind and, well, indirectly lead to their inevitable deaths. And here, too, it is Eren changing his mind about the choice he wants to make that indirectly ends up getting the Levi squad killed.
Which then neatly ties back into what you already covered about how Erwin told Levi not to regret his choices in the ova which Levi then tells Eren here. The parallels really never stop
It satisfies the overthinking mind.
Erwin knew there were spies who were shifters, he sus-ed out Eren, and lured the final shifter out right into his trap. His plan worked.
That is real 4D Chess
THIS IS HOW I DISCOVERED MATT MERCER VOICES LEVI AND THIS IS A BOMBSHELL THAT MY BRAIN CANNOT HANDLE
I would also argue "Bite" symbolizes the hooked bait that was caught in the trap. Granted, the trap has a fatal flaw that inevitably falls apart...BUT...Annie still took Erwin's bait, and it cost her...even if only temporarily.
2:00 that made me immediately think about the girl that met Mikasa 💀
I wonder if she's still alive... cause I ain't sure
i love these, can't wait for the next one!!
21:30 they were going to try and save annie, and reiner was willing to come to blows with zeke over it. We see the aftermath of the battle briefly with reiners titsn destroyed and zeke declaring himself the victor, meaning they would follow Zeke’s plan instead
Yes, finally watched this. Thank you
10:30, Just being the coolest guy in the field while his comrades are out for blood
Interesting points that I missed as an old Soldier. I never questioned the Scouts actions as it was just normal that a well led, disciplined force would follow orders. A bit of speculation in the ranks, and that is shown, but ironclad discipline when it's time.
24:42 I'll have you know I screamed the "I Swear" for you.
Honestly, despite how the Levi Squad didn't want Eren to transform, if he did, they probably could've beaten Annie a lot easier and without nearly as many casulties. Although, maybe that would have made the scouts too op later on against Bertolt and Reiner.
Thanks for the great content!!! It's alwasy really entertaining and shows very efficiently the richness of the series.
For me, the whole story has always been one with multiple protagnoist, but putting a good deal of emphasys in Eren as he is kind of in the centre of everything. With that in mind I just love how it feels to watch this set of episodes with the perspective of Annie as the protagonist. Just think of Everything she goes through right until the end of the season, it's just crazy! She's the one who is really facing physical and intellectual duels against complete monsters (in the OP sence not the "evil" sense). 🤣
Erwin didn't need to be a prophet. His plan would have worked. If the scouts actually killed the titans as they were suppose to, instead of just distracting them.
12:04 the souper interesting 😂😂 nicely done
Ooohhh ya 🎉🎉 dude no lie I stumbled on your videos by accident and I knew a bit of the series before but after it got me full blown into AOT. So thank you and keep up the good work 😝👏👏💃💃💃
Holy cow ' when you drop a spoon a woman will come to visit' - my family have been saying that for years. I never knew what the origin was. Fork is Male... I think knife is trouble or something like that