🔴Quick correction: 25:25 I said Levi is charging to get Eren, Erwin and Hange out, while he was only talking about Eren & Erwin. He asked about Hange earlier (and Erwin said he has no clue what's going on with their squad), but now he said they'd use whatever remains of Hange's squad as distractions while Erwin yoinks Eren. Think those 2 things jumbled in my brain. 😅
In Spanish, Connie's joke is just perfect. He says: "Si yo fuera Eren, podría decir que mi casa está que arde". It translates to "if I was Eren I could say that my house is on fire" but "mi casa" (my house) sounds the same as "Mikasa" and "está que arde" is also used to describe someone atractive. Basically, it sounds like "if I was Eren I could say Mikasa is hot".
Perfect game is a term in baseball for when a pitcher plays perfectly and doesn't let a single person on base. For Zeke I assume a perfect game would be pitching until all of the scouts are dead
@@metzger5850yes it is, literally a perfect game in baseball is defined as when one or more pitchers complete a minimum of 9 innings without allowing a single runner to reach a base.
@@Natediggetydog no, it can still be a perfect game if the batters hit the ball, they just can’t reach a base if they do it (ground out, tag out, etc). I think what you’re thinking of is a no-hitter.
When I first saw the title I thought, that’s odd to use a baseball term in a show where that doesn’t exist. Then I saw Zeke pitch those rocks and I’m like oh shit, there’s an outside world.
The craziest thing is that erwin made his plan with no knowledge of armin's plan to handle the colossal. He really did make a suicide charge not knowing if the colossal would just kill them from behind or not
I have to applaud Isayama for being able to write his characters into a corner that seems to be impossible to get out of, then making a realistic scenario where they have a chance to win. I can’t explain how hopeless I felt for the "protagonists" watching this arc, yet when Hero ended I was stunned that it all worked. Erwin’s sacrifice was the perfect plan though, and without it Levi likely would’ve never gotten the serum to Armin. All time great writing, and I can’t wait for your season 4 breakdowns! Keep up the good work
29:50 There is one more thing about this scene, here unlike all of the series Levi is the one giving an order, previously he was asking Erwin to give order and now he is forcing his choice on him. What I see on Erwins face is relief from making decision and that is why he is thanking Levi
It is also a callback to the OVA telling levi not to regret his decisions because when you do, all thats left is to die. Erwin regrets not seeing the basement, so now he dies.
I think you can excuse the shrapnel around 17:00 because while yes some might hit her, the colossal is pumping out massive amounts of steam pushing the spears away and in doing so pushing the shrapnel away
Erwin is such a great leader. His troops went from trembling in fear with zero morale to riding into the gates of hell knowing full well they would die and not A. SINGLE. ONE. FOLDED. The best part is not that the writing makes the situation believable (which of course it does), but that we the audience would likely follow this man, too. I will die on the hill that this show is the GOAT.
Funfact!!!!! Connie's pun has a meaning in Jp. He says "Eren no ie ga" which means "Eren's house" but it is heard as "Eren no yeager" (the original pronunciation in japanese of yeager and "ie ga" is very similar)
eng sub’s “your house is eavesdropping” is insanely bad translation. iirc the dub improved from the sub by use the joke “how does it feel to have a roof of your house over your head again” which is miles better
Levi always followed Ervin in the hope it would lead them to greatness. But his speech in the end tells him that levi doent have to follow him to acheive their dreams. He forced him to become his replacment in a more emotional and less direct way than Hange and Armin. Hange is his heart, Armin is his brain and Levi is his soul.
and jean in his (i cant come up with a clever word i spent too long crying over this video but basically how jean rises up to the leadership position and rallies his comrades and their morales to the battle, knowing what sacrifices must be made in the heat of combat (im biased))
My headcanon for the disconnect in the speech is that Erwin is repeating the My Soldiers lines once they begin charging, until he dies. The rule of cool still gives me goosebumps regardless of how its cut. Dub Erwin's speech is so fucking good man.
I'd say sub is still better tho. My main reason with the dub is the translation. Having it end with "RAGE" instead of "FIGHT" (TATAKAE) is such a symbolically and thematically bad decision. "Fight" has a symbolic value in this show from Eren's quote of "if u dont fight u cant win so fight, fight, fight", it represent constantly moving forward, which erwin's speech and charge were all about. Changing it into "rage" because it *fits better phonetically* is a horrible decision
Fun fact: Erwin's speech and Levi's last words are paralleled and the jp VAs talked about it. Erwin says in his speech, "We die trusting the living who follow to find meaning of our lives" In the end, Levi says, "I guess this is what you dedicated your hearts for." Ono Daisuke (Erwin's VA) said that Erwin was happy to hear those words and to know that Levi found the meaning of their lives.
The scout's charge is the perfect final act for my favorite character and still to this day one of the single most dramatic and exciting moments I've ever seen in a show, I was floating off the edge of my seat even though I knew there was no escape only for Erwin's speech to just blow me straight back into the chair with the final line, I feel the same way you do where I can't even begin to articulate the way it makes me feel
So Zeke woke up one morning and said to himself "I think I'm just gonna throw things at tiny people....I'll probably use that titan controlling ability sometimes too"
Isayama uses laughter to create contrast. In dark situations he’ll have characters laugh. Like when Hannes died and Eren started laughing. It’s a very human thing to cope by laughing or joking which I think is very genius.
Ive been rewatching the show at the speed as your uploads and its crazy how lany of the little details i miss, thank you for helping me appreciate the show even more
I always considered the “how little shrapnel hit Mikasa” thing made sense. Thinking about how the pressure exerted by expelling that steam pushed back the thunder spears rocketing towards him, it makes sense that a lot of the shrapnel would also be blown back away from Mikasa.
the title "Perfect game" could also be a reference to the short story "The most dangerous game" and one ups it. In the short story people are the most dangerous game(game as in animal to hunt) due to their ability to use logic and reasoning, so one up-ing that to the perfect game would be the hunt of the beast titan, that is it's self a siege weapon. pretty much calling the beast titan the hardest thing to kill.
Erwin’s VA never finishing the story IS touching, but it’s also kinda funny if you consider that Erwin and all the other dead scouts are canonically watching everything happen from scout heaven (probably the paths). 😂😂😂
Oh hey the first of many aot episodes that made me cry like a baby. I’ll never forget how incredible Erwins final speech was when I heard it, it’s sooooo good and knowing the English VA for Erwin actually never continued after his character died is something I respect but I know I’d never be able to do that if I voiced a character lol.
Koroto struggled through to make the best possible video talking about the greatest episodes ever. Words can hardly describe the appreciation for the effort he's making in overanalysing my favourite series amidst all the copyright issues TH-cam keeps breathing down his neck. Thank you
I really love Erwin, probably because of his parallels with Ataturk, one of my favourite historical figures. If you know the life story of the man I'm talking about, you can easily make the resemblance, which is amazing. There is also a very famous speech of Ataturk, at the Battle of Gallipoli, which is very similar to Erwin's words. "I am not ordering you to attack, I am ordering you to die. In the time that will pass until we die, other forces and other commanders may take our place."
Erwin cemented himself as one of the best characters in all of fiction. His final monologue and the suicide charge gives me chills EVERY SINGLE TIME and I have watched the scene at least 50 times at this point. Truly PEAK fiction and another reason why I love Attack on Titan.
An interpretation for Eren’s titan being smaller than the buildings: Someone said that the entire story was narrated by Mikasa and/or Armin. But, because it’s been so long since the events take place, they misremember details (like the color of Eren’s eyes occasionally changing). Maybe, with his size constantly changing, it’s reflecting the scale of Eren when compared to the Colossal Titan, and he changes sized based on their perspective. Just an interpretation, not a fully fledged idea, just something cool.
I love the thematic exploration bit at the end. The juxtaposition of nihilism and anti-nihilism sits at the crux of AoT's overall extremely human and grounded message. "Give up on your dreams and die" followed by Erwin embodying that literally but also showcasing in his speech how we can rebel against the cruelty of the world. Only people who can acknowledge and cope with the reality of the world, thus being prepared to give up on their dreams and goals if life forces them to, and find beauty despite this are able to be truly free. Everything's going to be okay, because we are special for no other reason than the fact that we were born into the world. It saddens me to think sometimes how esoteric the show can be with stuff like this because this sort of message is unfortunately completely glossed over by majority of viewers, or even worse flattened into a doomerist nihilistic outlook that helps no one, specifically because the impact of the juxtaposition only works so well imo when you stress test the opposing view, i.e. emphasizing the shitty aspects of AoT's world and its characters, which often gives false impressions to readers and viewers.
"I'm making the choice. Give up on your dreams and die." This scene holds so much damn weight, dude. As you pointed out, Levi hid his face because he didnt want the visible shock on his face to be shown. Erwin didn't need to see that. He needed that stone cold face to give him the impossible order. The same impossible order Erwin has given his men time and time again and is was prepping to give for the last time. Erwins initial gasp followed by a smile means a lot too. I think he was seeing the irony of suddenly being the one that needed to be pushed over the ledge into the abyss of war, when hes been the one doing the pushing for so many years. I also think there was a level of pride in knowing that Levi was actively filling in the shoes Erwin was prepared to leave behind. Of the leader who would do whatever was required for the betterment of the mission. Thats why Erwin subtly refused the power of the Colossal Titan at Levi later on. That death - that monumental sacrifice he made along side the dozens of terrified soldiers accompanying him - was the purest ticket out of the hell that was war he could have ever had. To revoke that honorable retirement and place him back into the front of it all over again would have been a unique type of cruelty.
This scene is one of the best, most gripping, harrowing, and emotional media I've ever experienced. AOT is a masterpiece and one of the best story and action ever
A subtle change in Erwin's speech in the dub has way more meaning in English than the transcription of the sub. In the dub Erwin says his soldiers push forward as opposed to rage in the sub. The push forward is a very American military ideology. If you look at an American soldier's uniform there is a flag on the right shoulder. However, if you look at it you will notice the blue plane with the stars are on the right side of the flag, and the flag is "backwards." That is very much intentional. The soldier's arm is the flag pole lofting the Stars and Stripes, and the soldier is advancing, pushing forwards so that the flag billows to the back of the soldier. That flag is being moved forwards as the soldier advances and it is shown by that flag patch forever in the billowing on the soldier's arm. That is why in the dub hits a little harder for English speakers. It is so subtle since it draws on an esoteric American military tradition that the vast majority of people whom never served in the American Armed Forces would over look.
35:45 in my head I always saw that Erwin gave his speech in full and then when they were in the final charge he repeated the last “my soldiers” as a final war cry
Thank you for your amazing work Koroto! Genuinely one of my favourite TH-camrs, been waiting for this episode since I found your channel a year ago! Keep up the hard work and dedicate your heart(which you already have)!
Absolutely goated analysis, also finally someone acknowledges Tatum's performance. While many of the dub choices were questionable he knocked it out of the park to the point of surpassing the original which is incredible
One of my favorite episodes of all time One of my favorite songs of all time The culmination of the arc of my favorite character of all time In my favorite scene of all time In my favorite show of all time I adore s4 and every little thing about it but man I will never get over that last monologue My soldiers rage is burned into my subconscious
“Tactics means doing what you can with what you have,” what a loss for humanity. What a great general Erwin was. I still sometimes mourn his death because I was enamored by his character
one of the few series that I genuinely look forward to, thank you for your solid overanalysis! you give me so much more to appreciate about this masterpiece of a show
First video of this series I've watched for a bit - love the introduction of the face cam. Really helps hit home the comedic bits far better than the cartoon character does! Was used at a nice ratio too. Great addition, great video.
I love this whole arc its peak aot. The titan stand off is cool don't get me wrong. But could you imagine if they get to Shingansina and there are trenches, barbed wire, machines guns, aertillery and airships waiting for them. Thats what Zeke should have gone with. Use military tech that the eldians have never even seen. I know they get around it by saying Marley was fighting another war but you couldn't set up a few machine gun squads on the wall? Imagine the scouts just getting cut down by machine guns instead of rocks
Levi never says that they need to get out Eren, Hange and Erwin. He literally suggests to sacrifice Hange to get out Eren and Erwin alive, because the two of them are their only hope.
@@fa.s.h925 yes, but Levi said, if there are any survivors in the Hange's squad, let's use them as a bait, so that you and Eren can escape and survive. What's the point of retelling if there are factual mistakes like that?
Series peaked with Erwin's charge. This series was great at making you invested through the death's of so many characters which really made the viewer as shell-shocked as the characters thenselves.
I like that there is someone on the internet that can make videos explaining why AoT is basically the greatest story in human history. I seriously felt like a mad lad talking about it over the years to my friends, they never seemed to get it despite being intrigued, I felt like that meme from always sunny in Philadelphia where Charlie has the crazy hair and red string connecting the dots on the wall.
Thank you for making these analysis videos. By making them you perform the same action that I write about down below. Sacrificing your time to spread the message of AoT and this speech. I argue that this speech is the greatest speech ever given, due to it's attempt to solve the human condition. The show comes to the same conclusion most world religions come to "life is suffering." Erwin argues that life is the most valuable commodity there is and that it's value is not decreased by the inherent suffering. He argues that these soldiers will not die to nihilism. They must sacrifice these few lives for the utilitarian purpose of saving the lives of the living. They sacrifice the most valuable commodity in order to save people they do not know, whose wellbeing these soldiers do not benefit from. And yet they do so. By definition, this is an act of unconditional love. Erwin (and for that matter Isayama) argues in favour of the existence of the highest virtue within this cycle of hatred and perpetual war. The message for the viewer is: - to be grateful to be alive - that by enduring the suffering of life one may find meaning in the perpetual incremental improvement of life for all of us. - That both nihilism and the human condition are incorrect. - That we ought to love the people around us unconditionally. I hope we can all suffer a little less.
Ok I can see the dub va is amazing. But I have to point to a moment in Japanese that absolutely destroyed me (disclaimer, I'm not Japanese. Feel free to correct). Erwin always refers to himself as 私 (watashi), which can be seen as professional speech. During his sitdown with Levi when he says he wanted to see the basement however, he switches to 俺 (ore), which in this context is a lot more personal. His professional mask finally drops and he speaks from the heart to the one person he trusts above any other. It is him finally being true with himself and also him giving up on that dream. Watching that mask drop and the way OnoD voiced that is just beyond gorgeous. It's like we get to see just Erwin for the first time, as opposed to Commander Erwin Smith. I'm very sorry to the admittedly amazing English va, he is an absolute legend, but to me the Japanese just hits so much harder. The speech he gives as well. Absolutely beautiful. And the fact Levi tells him to die here is also a callback to No Regrets. He finally fulfills that promise. He did end up choosing when and where Erwin died. He may not have directly killed him (debatable considering the next episodes), but he chose for Erwin to die, just as he originally set out to do when he joined the scouts. It's beautifully tragic
0:36 Birth control is already taller than the walls while crouching, and slumped down When he stands up straight, that would make him at least 100m tall, maybe that’s why eren didn’t reach his knees like the scale said he should
Man, I have such a visceral memory of sitting on the couch, mainlining these episodes and sobbing my heart out. MY EMOTIONS!!! This, combined with Armin's sacrifice and that heartwrenching CHOICE they had to make, i was a wreck afterwards. This is just peak fiction IMHO.
brother when i tell you i cry every time i watch this speech. aot is full of powerful moments like this and thats why its my favorite show. the entire thing is powerful
The biggest problem with the 3D Collosal titan from Madbox (the outsourcing studio for 3D for S1-3) is that its not rendered in a way that looks like its hand drawn, with cel shading and a linework filter but instead with a weird gradient, which just looks like a blurry PS2 game texture. Its a very strange decision, since it really isn't that hard to make it look like Mappas 3D titans, my only guess is that they wanted to make the collosal titan have a bit more "texture", like with the subtle texture they put over the 2D titans, but im not sure
i love miche zacharius, and i didnt cry during his death. I loved and kin sasha and i didn't cry during her death. I BAWLED MY DAMN EYES OUT WITH ERWINS DEATH. the way this story built his vulnerability and acceptance, the only time he wanted to back down out of selfishness only to give up and continue fighting. AHHHH its so heart wrenching. I always cry like a damn baby with this episode and the episode after it.
I don't care if it's a 10 hour video with multiple ad breaks, I would love to see an overanalyzing break down of "My Soldiers Rage" by you if you ever decide to make it!
The lack of music in the beginning, almost gives you room to fill in with your own panic- there’s no music to tell you how scary this is and for a moment you are as helpless and unsure as every other man seeing this
Yeah this episode set the bar so high that I just could not handle most of what came next. I seriously don't understand most of what came next after they reveal the truth abt the world. I do understand it logically ofc. But I think they seriously messed up most of the characters +new ones. I am rly eager to see what u have to say abt it. In like 3 years once u finish this series xd
I Feel the same way, still it's difficult to rewatch what comes in S4. It's kinda rushed and somtimes it seems a moral message is intended to be forced upon audience.
You said it. S4 isn't good and I stand by that. It is still good for general "anime standards", but those are really not something we should go by. Ruined character arcs, confusing pacing and gigantic plot holes filled with "ugh, you're just too stupid to understand deep storytelling!!1!1!1". Yeah no, unexplained contradictions aren't "deep". S3 is peak.
@@akamered4483I undrestand, it is kinda the curse of brilliant story and intriguing worldbuilding where writer struggles to conclude everything at the end, look what happened to GOT. However as you said AOT ending is generally good but not what is deserving of this epic journey. As much as I appreciate complicated stories and leaving something to audience to figure out themselves, too much ambiguity and bad pacing is bad writing at the end.
With Zekes extreme intelect and control over the Beast Yeah barring the Founding and Warhammer titan (and the warhammer literally just because zeke has to come into ground spike through chest range to pull out the crystal with the user) Zeke is the strongest titan The only reason Zeke lost to Levi is because of the surprise factor as well as kevi being a monster in his own right
Many thanks for this series!!! I resonate with the idea that sometimes words are just not enough to convey the meaning of our experiences, especially the ones deeply rooted into our sensibility. So I feel you did a great job at "simply" trying to put your thoughts and observations into words. Also, I really like the new additions in the format, it looks cool to me and makes it more personal. I'm looking foward to watching it evolve! 😁
Im so grateful for your page bro I don't have enough friends that appreciate aot like I do so when I watch your videos it's like I'm finslly getting to talk about the episodes in deep detail with someone. Keep doing your thing man love these videos especially if I'm about to eat💯😂
the fact that zeke’s throw has 2 sonic boom rings implies that the animators also did the math so they could visually show us that the rocks were moving at mach 2…my god this anime is good
I dont get upset watching stuff very often. I acknowledge stuff or feel sadness or joy or those "Thor showing up in Wakanda" moments that make you cheer. That being said I legit cried when Erwin died. Crazy. A totally fictional 2D rendering of a person touched me to the point where his death deeply hurt. Its nothing short of briliant.
Can't wait for next episode. Mine and probably many other people's favourite one of the entire anime. Sure the is Levi slaying the beast and Erwin's sacrifice, Floch's miracle-like survival and Marlo's death, but my highlight in the episode is Armin's sacrifice, Eren taking down the colossal and Hanji returning to help Mikasa finish Reiner off, BUT the music is insane there!
I saw this episode several times, and it hits me every time... our sense of existence is synthesized in Erwin's speech. Give meaning to the sacrifice of the people who also fought and are no longer here.
So in Japanese inflections, it is very subtle but Erwin spits out words as if every one is hard to say but could he his last as he talks to Levi. Like he is forcing himself to talk though his tongue is stiff, his face feeling tight and like he has no energy to move any muscle he doesn't explicitly need to form words. He is stiff and robotic, the last of his energy a fire trapped within him keeping his core warm like a trains heart of fire...until his speech to the troops where it explodes out. He needed Levi to tell him it was ok to let go and use that strength for the charge, that it was ok to give up on the dream for the reality...that Levi can and will shoulder the burden, take the weight from Erwin's shoulders hardening his movements and allow him to release the energy he trapped inside...all for the last charge. The pure rage that burned, the last energy trapped inside, all released, the cold/iron of his body, all released after years of war, all gone, as he leads the charge and gives up his dreams to allow others the opportunity continue dreaming.
Connie laughed cuz he said "bertold might destroy Eren Yeager's house", house in japanese is "yeager" so in the japanese dub he said "bertold might destroy eren yeager's yeager" which is kinda funny
Korotos, what do you think would happen if Erwin got the colossal? I’ve heard a lot of discourse about how he’d be a Jaegerist and I think that kind of is a moot point because with Erwin’s leadership present I don’t think the Jaegerists even come into existence. But I don’t think Erwin would be down for genocide. I think he is all about the greater good (especially since by the time the rumbling is a question they already know the secret of the basement/his dad was right)
🔴Quick correction:
25:25 I said Levi is charging to get Eren, Erwin and Hange out, while he was only talking about Eren & Erwin. He asked about Hange earlier (and Erwin said he has no clue what's going on with their squad), but now he said they'd use whatever remains of Hange's squad as distractions while Erwin yoinks Eren.
Think those 2 things jumbled in my brain. 😅
In Spanish, Connie's joke is just perfect. He says: "Si yo fuera Eren, podría decir que mi casa está que arde". It translates to "if I was Eren I could say that my house is on fire" but "mi casa" (my house) sounds the same as "Mikasa" and "está que arde" is also used to describe someone atractive. Basically, it sounds like "if I was Eren I could say Mikasa is hot".
😂😂 I gotta watch the Spanish dub
BRO!!! Thank you SO much for sharing this, that's so damn cool!! That's freaking hilarious lmao 😂
Fr thanks for sharing i love reading shit like this
En algún momento tendré que ver el doblaje español al completo. Este tipo de cosas me dan curiosidad para saber como adaptaron otras escenas.
In the German dub, Connie asks how it feels for Eren to have his roof over his head again.
Perfect game is a term in baseball for when a pitcher plays perfectly and doesn't let a single person on base. For Zeke I assume a perfect game would be pitching until all of the scouts are dead
Doesn't let a person on base and what else? That's not the whole thing
@@metzger5850yes it is, literally a perfect game in baseball is defined as when one or more pitchers complete a minimum of 9 innings without allowing a single runner to reach a base.
@@goldbucketboysI thought a perfect game required that every out be a strikeout, as in they don’t even allow a single batter to put the ball in play
@@Natediggetydog no, it can still be a perfect game if the batters hit the ball, they just can’t reach a base if they do it (ground out, tag out, etc). I think what you’re thinking of is a no-hitter.
I remember how angered and confused he was when he saw more of them charge
Crazy thing about this scene is that this is insane foreshadowing for Marley, as the Paradise citizens know NOTHING about baseball.
When I first saw the title I thought, that’s odd to use a baseball term in a show where that doesn’t exist. Then I saw Zeke pitch those rocks and I’m like oh shit, there’s an outside world.
and ?
This is my favorite scene from all of AOT
The craziest thing is that erwin made his plan with no knowledge of armin's plan to handle the colossal. He really did make a suicide charge not knowing if the colossal would just kill them from behind or not
I also didn’t have baseball knowledge so it totally went over my head
I have to applaud Isayama for being able to write his characters into a corner that seems to be impossible to get out of, then making a realistic scenario where they have a chance to win. I can’t explain how hopeless I felt for the "protagonists" watching this arc, yet when Hero ended I was stunned that it all worked. Erwin’s sacrifice was the perfect plan though, and without it Levi likely would’ve never gotten the serum to Armin. All time great writing, and I can’t wait for your season 4 breakdowns! Keep up the good work
Isayama is a geniuos
@@YoRezzi like Reiner transferring his conchussnuss
you're missing the fact that Eren decided everything, he even manipulated Isayama into writing that, give credit where it's due
@@Britosedgar Sure buddy
Erwin was actually born with 8 balls he removed 6 of them to make the infinity stones 🔥🔥🔥
BRO 💀💀💀💀
A Y O O O 💀
Explains a lot
this is a subtle reference to how magic 8-balls always have the answer just like erwin "8-ball" smith. bravo isayama
@@Korotofinished the actual episode now dude you gave me chills and I’m crying at work thank you for the series dude
29:50 There is one more thing about this scene, here unlike all of the series Levi is the one giving an order, previously he was asking Erwin to give order and now he is forcing his choice on him. What I see on Erwins face is relief from making decision and that is why he is thanking Levi
It is also a callback to the OVA telling levi not to regret his decisions because when you do, all thats left is to die. Erwin regrets not seeing the basement, so now he dies.
I think you can excuse the shrapnel around 17:00 because while yes some might hit her, the colossal is pumping out massive amounts of steam pushing the spears away and in doing so pushing the shrapnel away
i scrolled to find this comment at 17minutes lmao
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Erwin is such a great leader.
His troops went from trembling in fear with zero morale to riding into the gates of hell knowing full well they would die and not A. SINGLE. ONE. FOLDED.
The best part is not that the writing makes the situation believable (which of course it does), but that we the audience would likely follow this man, too.
I will die on the hill that this show is the GOAT.
Just look at Floch post-Erwin. Total Chad
Funfact!!!!! Connie's pun has a meaning in Jp. He says "Eren no ie ga" which means "Eren's house" but it is heard as "Eren no yeager" (the original pronunciation in japanese of yeager and "ie ga" is very similar)
That’s funny
eng sub’s “your house is eavesdropping” is insanely bad translation.
iirc the dub improved from the sub by use the joke “how does it feel to have a roof of your house over your head again” which is miles better
Levi always followed Ervin in the hope it would lead them to greatness. But his speech in the end tells him that levi doent have to follow him to acheive their dreams. He forced him to become his replacment in a more emotional and less direct way than Hange and Armin. Hange is his heart, Armin is his brain and Levi is his soul.
Levi is his muscle, Erwin is his soul
and jean in his (i cant come up with a clever word i spent too long crying over this video but basically how jean rises up to the leadership position and rallies his comrades and their morales to the battle, knowing what sacrifices must be made in the heat of combat (im biased))
WE ARE SO BACK
Heck yeah!
Ong got my ass dedicating my heart
Yo I love that my algorithm is so good I didn’t even get a yt notification
same same
yep they know what i want
My headcanon for the disconnect in the speech is that Erwin is repeating the My Soldiers lines once they begin charging, until he dies. The rule of cool still gives me goosebumps regardless of how its cut. Dub Erwin's speech is so fucking good man.
my thought was they kept chanting the last 3 lines of the speech, kinda like a war cry
I am a sub purist, but I agree Erwins dub speech was the peak of the entire series.
Try listening it in Italian, you won’t regret it, it’ll give you goosebumps
German is nice too:) ive watched a erwin speech in multiple languages vid - can recommend
I'd say sub is still better tho.
My main reason with the dub is the translation. Having it end with "RAGE" instead of "FIGHT" (TATAKAE) is such a symbolically and thematically bad decision.
"Fight" has a symbolic value in this show from Eren's quote of "if u dont fight u cant win so fight, fight, fight",
it represent constantly moving forward, which erwin's speech and charge were all about. Changing it into "rage" because it *fits better phonetically* is a horrible decision
Erwin speech makes me want to charge to hell too. When I have bad mornings I play it and get pumped to kick the days ass
Fuck yeah, I listen to it before a night of work that I’d rather sleep through, and it works better than coffee.
I laughed so hard when Bertokdt punted Eren like a football. 😂
Fun fact: Erwin's speech and Levi's last words are paralleled and the jp VAs talked about it.
Erwin says in his speech, "We die trusting the living who follow to find meaning of our lives"
In the end, Levi says, "I guess this is what you dedicated your hearts for."
Ono Daisuke (Erwin's VA) said that Erwin was happy to hear those words and to know that Levi found the meaning of their lives.
The scout's charge is the perfect final act for my favorite character and still to this day one of the single most dramatic and exciting moments I've ever seen in a show, I was floating off the edge of my seat even though I knew there was no escape only for Erwin's speech to just blow me straight back into the chair with the final line, I feel the same way you do where I can't even begin to articulate the way it makes me feel
So Zeke woke up one morning and said to himself "I think I'm just gonna throw things at tiny people....I'll probably use that titan controlling ability sometimes too"
Isayama uses laughter to create contrast. In dark situations he’ll have characters laugh. Like when Hannes died and Eren started laughing. It’s a very human thing to cope by laughing or joking which I think is very genius.
It would be funny if Tatum were told to watch part of the final chapters, but just the scenes where Erwin is implied to be watching.
LMAO YES
Ive been rewatching the show at the speed as your uploads and its crazy how lany of the little details i miss, thank you for helping me appreciate the show even more
Korotos uploading during your lunch break >>>>>
It’s always a good day when koroto uploads
This series is what i live for. The world is a cruel place, but this series is so very beautiful.
Airin' out Eren's house is a much better translation than "Having your roof over your head again". Keeps the pun they made
Every translation I've seen has a different localized pun in that scene and I love it
If you had published 10 minutes later, I would have had time to put on my suit for this work of art and special occasion.
I always considered the “how little shrapnel hit Mikasa” thing made sense. Thinking about how the pressure exerted by expelling that steam pushed back the thunder spears rocketing towards him, it makes sense that a lot of the shrapnel would also be blown back away from Mikasa.
the title "Perfect game" could also be a reference to the short story "The most dangerous game" and one ups it. In the short story people are the most dangerous game(game as in animal to hunt) due to their ability to use logic and reasoning, so one up-ing that to the perfect game would be the hunt of the beast titan, that is it's self a siege weapon. pretty much calling the beast titan the hardest thing to kill.
Erwin’s VA never finishing the story IS touching, but it’s also kinda funny if you consider that Erwin and all the other dead scouts are canonically watching everything happen from scout heaven (probably the paths). 😂😂😂
Favorite days of the year are always the attack on titan analyzes
Oh hey the first of many aot episodes that made me cry like a baby. I’ll never forget how incredible Erwins final speech was when I heard it, it’s sooooo good and knowing the English VA for Erwin actually never continued after his character died is something I respect but I know I’d never be able to do that if I voiced a character lol.
Koroto struggled through to make the best possible video talking about the greatest episodes ever.
Words can hardly describe the appreciation for the effort he's making in overanalysing my favourite series amidst all the copyright issues TH-cam keeps breathing down his neck.
Thank you
I ALWAYS get major goosebumps hearing this speech
I clicked this video so damn fast. THANK YOU. Watching these is almost like watching AOT for the first time again.
Best video series on TH-cam.
I really love Erwin, probably because of his parallels with Ataturk, one of my favourite historical figures. If you know the life story of the man I'm talking about, you can easily make the resemblance, which is amazing. There is also a very famous speech of Ataturk, at the Battle of Gallipoli, which is very similar to Erwin's words.
"I am not ordering you to attack, I am ordering you to die. In the time that will pass until we die, other forces and other commanders may take our place."
Erwin cemented himself as one of the best characters in all of fiction. His final monologue and the suicide charge gives me chills EVERY SINGLE TIME and I have watched the scene at least 50 times at this point. Truly PEAK fiction and another reason why I love Attack on Titan.
The english VA for Erwin did an insane job. The german and JP VA's were great too
An interpretation for Eren’s titan being smaller than the buildings:
Someone said that the entire story was narrated by Mikasa and/or Armin. But, because it’s been so long since the events take place, they misremember details (like the color of Eren’s eyes occasionally changing). Maybe, with his size constantly changing, it’s reflecting the scale of Eren when compared to the Colossal Titan, and he changes sized based on their perspective.
Just an interpretation, not a fully fledged idea, just something cool.
Nah, it was probably a mistake.
You have no idea how long I waited for this ❤
I look forward to these videos so much and watching a tiny Koroto coming down the wall had me dying 😂
I get chills from Erwins speech every single time. He's the main reason why I watch the dubs.
I love the thematic exploration bit at the end. The juxtaposition of nihilism and anti-nihilism sits at the crux of AoT's overall extremely human and grounded message. "Give up on your dreams and die" followed by Erwin embodying that literally but also showcasing in his speech how we can rebel against the cruelty of the world. Only people who can acknowledge and cope with the reality of the world, thus being prepared to give up on their dreams and goals if life forces them to, and find beauty despite this are able to be truly free. Everything's going to be okay, because we are special for no other reason than the fact that we were born into the world.
It saddens me to think sometimes how esoteric the show can be with stuff like this because this sort of message is unfortunately completely glossed over by majority of viewers, or even worse flattened into a doomerist nihilistic outlook that helps no one, specifically because the impact of the juxtaposition only works so well imo when you stress test the opposing view, i.e. emphasizing the shitty aspects of AoT's world and its characters, which often gives false impressions to readers and viewers.
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"I'm making the choice. Give up on your dreams and die."
This scene holds so much damn weight, dude. As you pointed out, Levi hid his face because he didnt want the visible shock on his face to be shown.
Erwin didn't need to see that. He needed that stone cold face to give him the impossible order. The same impossible order Erwin has given his men time and time again and is was prepping to give for the last time.
Erwins initial gasp followed by a smile means a lot too. I think he was seeing the irony of suddenly being the one that needed to be pushed over the ledge into the abyss of war, when hes been the one doing the pushing for so many years.
I also think there was a level of pride in knowing that Levi was actively filling in the shoes Erwin was prepared to leave behind. Of the leader who would do whatever was required for the betterment of the mission.
Thats why Erwin subtly refused the power of the Colossal Titan at Levi later on. That death - that monumental sacrifice he made along side the dozens of terrified soldiers accompanying him - was the purest ticket out of the hell that was war he could have ever had. To revoke that honorable retirement and place him back into the front of it all over again would have been a unique type of cruelty.
This scene is one of the best, most gripping, harrowing, and emotional media I've ever experienced. AOT is a masterpiece and one of the best story and action ever
A subtle change in Erwin's speech in the dub has way more meaning in English than the transcription of the sub. In the dub Erwin says his soldiers push forward as opposed to rage in the sub. The push forward is a very American military ideology. If you look at an American soldier's uniform there is a flag on the right shoulder. However, if you look at it you will notice the blue plane with the stars are on the right side of the flag, and the flag is "backwards." That is very much intentional. The soldier's arm is the flag pole lofting the Stars and Stripes, and the soldier is advancing, pushing forwards so that the flag billows to the back of the soldier. That flag is being moved forwards as the soldier advances and it is shown by that flag patch forever in the billowing on the soldier's arm. That is why in the dub hits a little harder for English speakers. It is so subtle since it draws on an esoteric American military tradition that the vast majority of people whom never served in the American Armed Forces would over look.
He says "My soldiers rage" in the English dub, making this entire post an interesting read, but objectively wrong. 36:00
@@Alan-jk1yi The Dub has Rage at the end of the speech, while the Sub it is at the beginning.
35:45 in my head I always saw that Erwin gave his speech in full and then when they were in the final charge he repeated the last “my soldiers” as a final war cry
Thank you for your amazing work Koroto! Genuinely one of my favourite TH-camrs, been waiting for this episode since I found your channel a year ago! Keep up the hard work and dedicate your heart(which you already have)!
Absolutely goated analysis, also finally someone acknowledges Tatum's performance. While many of the dub choices were questionable he knocked it out of the park to the point of surpassing the original which is incredible
You may have struggled, but this was the episode I was waiting for! And I am not disappointed in the slightest. Great work!
One of my favorite episodes of all time
One of my favorite songs of all time
The culmination of the arc of my favorite character of all time
In my favorite scene of all time
In my favorite show of all time
I adore s4 and every little thing about it but man
I will never get over that last monologue
My soldiers rage is burned into my subconscious
“Tactics means doing what you can with what you have,” what a loss for humanity. What a great general Erwin was. I still sometimes mourn his death because I was enamored by his character
Right? He was the obvious choice over Armin, plot armor be plot armoring though
one of the few series that I genuinely look forward to, thank you for your solid overanalysis! you give me so much more to appreciate about this masterpiece of a show
First video of this series I've watched for a bit - love the introduction of the face cam. Really helps hit home the comedic bits far better than the cartoon character does! Was used at a nice ratio too. Great addition, great video.
GOBLIN MODE GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER.
Since I started following your channel, this is the episode I was awaiting your analysis. You did not disappoint one bit. Continue the great work!
That one pause on Levi made him look like Hitler.💀
I love this whole arc its peak aot. The titan stand off is cool don't get me wrong. But could you imagine if they get to Shingansina and there are trenches, barbed wire, machines guns, aertillery and airships waiting for them. Thats what Zeke should have gone with. Use military tech that the eldians have never even seen. I know they get around it by saying Marley was fighting another war but you couldn't set up a few machine gun squads on the wall? Imagine the scouts just getting cut down by machine guns instead of rocks
My soldiers RAGE, my soldiers SCREAM, my soldiers FIGHT!!!
Do we also rage against the face of this cruel world
Close enough
Levi never says that they need to get out Eren, Hange and Erwin. He literally suggests to sacrifice Hange to get out Eren and Erwin alive, because the two of them are their only hope.
Well they only can be sure of Eren's survival on the other side.
@@fa.s.h925 yes, but Levi said, if there are any survivors in the Hange's squad, let's use them as a bait, so that you and Eren can escape and survive. What's the point of retelling if there are factual mistakes like that?
glad someone pointed this out 🙏🙏
he did pin a comment pointing out that he made this mistake and corrected it
Series peaked with Erwin's charge. This series was great at making you invested through the death's of so many characters which really made the viewer as shell-shocked as the characters thenselves.
I like that there is someone on the internet that can make videos explaining why AoT is basically the greatest story in human history. I seriously felt like a mad lad talking about it over the years to my friends, they never seemed to get it despite being intrigued, I felt like that meme from always sunny in Philadelphia where Charlie has the crazy hair and red string connecting the dots on the wall.
Thank you for making these analysis videos. By making them you perform the same action that I write about down below. Sacrificing your time to spread the message of AoT and this speech.
I argue that this speech is the greatest speech ever given, due to it's attempt to solve the human condition.
The show comes to the same conclusion most world religions come to "life is suffering."
Erwin argues that life is the most valuable commodity there is and that it's value is not decreased by the inherent suffering.
He argues that these soldiers will not die to nihilism.
They must sacrifice these few lives for the utilitarian purpose of saving the lives of the living.
They sacrifice the most valuable commodity in order to save people they do not know, whose wellbeing these soldiers do not benefit from.
And yet they do so.
By definition, this is an act of unconditional love.
Erwin (and for that matter Isayama) argues in favour of the existence of the highest virtue within this cycle of hatred and perpetual war.
The message for the viewer is:
- to be grateful to be alive
- that by enduring the suffering of life one may find meaning in the perpetual incremental improvement of life for all of us.
- That both nihilism and the human condition are incorrect.
- That we ought to love the people around us unconditionally.
I hope we can all suffer a little less.
Ok I can see the dub va is amazing. But I have to point to a moment in Japanese that absolutely destroyed me (disclaimer, I'm not Japanese. Feel free to correct). Erwin always refers to himself as 私 (watashi), which can be seen as professional speech. During his sitdown with Levi when he says he wanted to see the basement however, he switches to 俺 (ore), which in this context is a lot more personal. His professional mask finally drops and he speaks from the heart to the one person he trusts above any other. It is him finally being true with himself and also him giving up on that dream. Watching that mask drop and the way OnoD voiced that is just beyond gorgeous. It's like we get to see just Erwin for the first time, as opposed to Commander Erwin Smith. I'm very sorry to the admittedly amazing English va, he is an absolute legend, but to me the Japanese just hits so much harder. The speech he gives as well. Absolutely beautiful.
And the fact Levi tells him to die here is also a callback to No Regrets. He finally fulfills that promise. He did end up choosing when and where Erwin died. He may not have directly killed him (debatable considering the next episodes), but he chose for Erwin to die, just as he originally set out to do when he joined the scouts. It's beautifully tragic
Yes an overanalyzing attack on titan video day made this has to be one of my favorite episodes the initial watch goes so crazy
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Birth control is already taller than the walls while crouching, and slumped down
When he stands up straight, that would make him at least 100m tall, maybe that’s why eren didn’t reach his knees like the scale said he should
Man, I have such a visceral memory of sitting on the couch, mainlining these episodes and sobbing my heart out. MY EMOTIONS!!! This, combined with Armin's sacrifice and that heartwrenching CHOICE they had to make, i was a wreck afterwards. This is just peak fiction IMHO.
Audio sounds better, I think. I appreciate that you are experimenting andnlook forward to what you settle on!
Amazing videos as always
brother when i tell you i cry every time i watch this speech. aot is full of powerful moments like this and thats why its my favorite show. the entire thing is powerful
The biggest problem with the 3D Collosal titan from Madbox (the outsourcing studio for 3D for S1-3) is that its not rendered in a way that looks like its hand drawn, with cel shading and a linework filter but instead with a weird gradient, which just looks like a blurry PS2 game texture. Its a very strange decision, since it really isn't that hard to make it look like Mappas 3D titans, my only guess is that they wanted to make the collosal titan have a bit more "texture", like with the subtle texture they put over the 2D titans, but im not sure
Can’t tell you how hype your vids get me
i love miche zacharius, and i didnt cry during his death. I loved and kin sasha and i didn't cry during her death. I BAWLED MY DAMN EYES OUT WITH ERWINS DEATH. the way this story built his vulnerability and acceptance, the only time he wanted to back down out of selfishness only to give up and continue fighting. AHHHH its so heart wrenching. I always cry like a damn baby with this episode and the episode after it.
I don't care if it's a 10 hour video with multiple ad breaks, I would love to see an overanalyzing break down of "My Soldiers Rage" by you if you ever decide to make it!
The lack of music in the beginning, almost gives you room to fill in with your own panic- there’s no music to tell you how scary this is and for a moment you are as helpless and unsure as every other man seeing this
Yeah this episode set the bar so high that I just could not handle most of what came next. I seriously don't understand most of what came next after they reveal the truth abt the world. I do understand it logically ofc. But I think they seriously messed up most of the characters +new ones. I am rly eager to see what u have to say abt it. In like 3 years once u finish this series xd
I Feel the same way, still it's difficult to rewatch what comes in S4.
It's kinda rushed and somtimes it seems a moral message is intended to be forced upon audience.
You said it. S4 isn't good and I stand by that. It is still good for general "anime standards", but those are really not something we should go by. Ruined character arcs, confusing pacing and gigantic plot holes filled with "ugh, you're just too stupid to understand deep storytelling!!1!1!1". Yeah no, unexplained contradictions aren't "deep".
S3 is peak.
@@akamered4483I undrestand, it is kinda the curse of brilliant story and intriguing worldbuilding where writer struggles to conclude everything at the end, look what happened to GOT.
However as you said AOT ending is generally good but not what is deserving of this epic journey.
As much as I appreciate complicated stories and leaving something to audience to figure out themselves, too much ambiguity and bad pacing is bad writing at the end.
Is it weird that I always laugh whenever i see the sub of le big monke throwing rocks because of his english when he be saying "pafecto gaymu"?
Yeah but the dubs (no matter the language) are kinda ‘cringier’ xd
With Zekes extreme intelect and control over the Beast
Yeah barring the Founding and Warhammer titan (and the warhammer literally just because zeke has to come into ground spike through chest range to pull out the crystal with the user) Zeke is the strongest titan
The only reason Zeke lost to Levi is because of the surprise factor as well as kevi being a monster in his own right
Many thanks for this series!!! I resonate with the idea that sometimes words are just not enough to convey the meaning of our experiences, especially the ones deeply rooted into our sensibility. So I feel you did a great job at "simply" trying to put your thoughts and observations into words. Also, I really like the new additions in the format, it looks cool to me and makes it more personal. I'm looking foward to watching it evolve! 😁
Love the horns for the intro to the video
Im so grateful for your page bro I don't have enough friends that appreciate aot like I do so when I watch your videos it's like I'm finslly getting to talk about the episodes in deep detail with someone. Keep doing your thing man love these videos especially if I'm about to eat💯😂
the fact that zeke’s throw has 2 sonic boom rings implies that the animators also did the math so they could visually show us that the rocks were moving at mach 2…my god this anime is good
Absolutely beautiful commentary on Erwin’s death, no doubt your best work
I don't have any idea how, or when I found and started watching your content. But I am ever so glad I did, you're a wonderful narrator my dude.
I dont get upset watching stuff very often. I acknowledge stuff or feel sadness or joy or those "Thor showing up in Wakanda" moments that make you cheer. That being said I legit cried when Erwin died. Crazy. A totally fictional 2D rendering of a person touched me to the point where his death deeply hurt. Its nothing short of briliant.
Love the new direction with your face and such!! So hype we're finally nearing the Marley sections finally. Finish strong brotha
i have been really anticipated for this one 🔥🔥
Can't wait for next episode. Mine and probably many other people's favourite one of the entire anime. Sure the is Levi slaying the beast and Erwin's sacrifice, Floch's miracle-like survival and Marlo's death, but my highlight in the episode is Armin's sacrifice, Eren taking down the colossal and Hanji returning to help Mikasa finish Reiner off, BUT the music is insane there!
I saw this episode several times, and it hits me every time... our sense of existence is synthesized in Erwin's speech. Give meaning to the sacrifice of the people who also fought and are no longer here.
So in Japanese inflections, it is very subtle but Erwin spits out words as if every one is hard to say but could he his last as he talks to Levi. Like he is forcing himself to talk though his tongue is stiff, his face feeling tight and like he has no energy to move any muscle he doesn't explicitly need to form words. He is stiff and robotic, the last of his energy a fire trapped within him keeping his core warm like a trains heart of fire...until his speech to the troops where it explodes out. He needed Levi to tell him it was ok to let go and use that strength for the charge, that it was ok to give up on the dream for the reality...that Levi can and will shoulder the burden, take the weight from Erwin's shoulders hardening his movements and allow him to release the energy he trapped inside...all for the last charge. The pure rage that burned, the last energy trapped inside, all released, the cold/iron of his body, all released after years of war, all gone, as he leads the charge and gives up his dreams to allow others the opportunity continue dreaming.
Okay, now I'm sad again. This is one of my favorite "Graveyard of the Fireflies" moment in all of fiction.
So I just binged this entire series in like, a week? And now I need more. Love your content!
Welcome aboard! Next one is coming very soon! 🙌
@@Koroto Hell Yes. The overanalysis, especially now with the strategy and tactics just scratches an itch in my brain. I look forward to more :)
Connie laughed cuz he said "bertold might destroy Eren Yeager's house", house in japanese is "yeager" so in the japanese dub he said "bertold might destroy eren yeager's yeager" which is kinda funny
Amazing video analysing an amazing episode. The new style of video looks really quite nice as well!
Woke up to a Koroto Video in my feed. Good day indeed
Korotos, what do you think would happen if Erwin got the colossal? I’ve heard a lot of discourse about how he’d be a Jaegerist and I think that kind of is a moot point because with Erwin’s leadership present I don’t think the Jaegerists even come into existence. But I don’t think Erwin would be down for genocide. I think he is all about the greater good (especially since by the time the rumbling is a question they already know the secret of the basement/his dad was right)
That lemmino soundtrack works wonders. Man of culture