@@Eratz-ov5ys every time Reiner fought eren, eren had help. The first time mikasa cut reiners limbs to disable his movement, Reiner also wants eren alive so he holds back.
I never thought there was no canned food inside the walls. Canned food was invented in the early 1800s, which should be comparable to their level of technology. Hell, if they can produce the ODM-Gear, cans should be no problem. The herring went straight over my head though :D But I still find it odd that Reiner is not able to read and does not recognize the writing, unless his soldier personality somehow blocks that knowledge but not the existence of herring...
@@flamerobbe5972reiner definitely recognises the writing and understands it, but by then he is trying to save face and just pretends not to know it so that ymir doesn't become suspicious of him.
@@embenard Ah, I thought it was inner dialogue, but after checking it again he definitely says it out loud. So he might be trying to save his cover as you say.
@@flamerobbe5972 It's not about the canned food, as it's most likely exist within the real of paradis, but it's not the language either, as the marleyans speak the same language as paradis, and most likely share the same writing, it's about what inside, the fish (i dont remember) inside is a sea fish, not a lake fish. So it's not that she shouldn't be able to read it, it's more that she shouldn't be able to comprehend it, the same way they dont know what is coffee, or the way Eren react to ymir/reiner/bertholt talking about Zeke as the 'giant monkey' eren doesn't understand the meaning of monkey as it doesn't not exist in his world.
There's no reason to invent canned food given is a small world. Canned food was invented for Napoleons army for their march on Russia. It was chicken soup concentrated packed in glass jars sealed on high vacuum , the metal cans appeared shortly after. But if you are not planning a winter campaign far from your hubs of supply or an overseas travel you don't have may reasons to develop canned food early.
One extra "blink and you'll miss it" detail in the Utgard Tower episode : After Reiner's arm gets bit, the very next frame is Berthold gasping in horror. First time viewers would interpret this as fear for Reiner's life, but in hindsight, this is fear for everyone else's, including Berthold's own life, should Reiner fail to exert instant perfect control on his titan abilities and transform on the spot, obliterating everything or everyone. Yet another hint of Reiner's true identity after the canned herring scene.
This is the perfect red herring, because everyone is so focused on Ymir knowing the language the ignore that Reiner acknowledges the food as being canned.
I was watching Aot just chilling when suddenly reiner say "btw I am the armored Titan and he is the colossal one wanna join?" And I was like wtf the subtitle guy is crazy
Love how all these facts about how Pardis doesn't have baseball, monkeys, coffee, cans, and all other stuff just goes over the characters' heads while the audience think nothing of it. When the beast titan was doing a baseball pitch with perfect form, none of us thought "why does he know baseball?" and just assumed "monkey throws stuff". Love that about this show.
I agree, some of this stuff is even more veiled bc in a less "hard world built" fantasy series some real life stuff like that just gets thrown in there and you're not supposed to think too much about it. Blast you Iseyama!
I rmb personally being displeased about my immersion being broken back then when i saw baseball being mentioned, now i think this is one of the amazing things of aot
@@deadsoulzzz3650 we have to be fair, the last 3-5 chapters of the manga was the most complicated amount of drawing and action that has ever happened in the series. I can get that if the start of the rumbling took forever, that the penultimate conflict would take even longer to properly animate
DUDE CALLING OUT BERTHOLDT ABOUT TO BITE HIS HAND AS THE TOWER FALLS IS INSANE. I never in my life have noticed that and I’ve seen this show an embarrassing number of times
I strongly believe the two little titans fighting are connies little brothers because they have intense sibling energy that anyone who grew up with a brother can recognize immediately. Slapping each other ans pulling each others ears is day one brother stuff
Nanaba's death was the most terrifying imo. Even above Miche. Look closely and one titan already ripped her leg off. She's a veteran and a badass but in her final moments she seems to be hallucinating a traumatic childhood trauma. So scary imagine being pulled apart by giants trying to eat you. Rest in piece banana.
That’s a cool examination. Although I don’t think that was titan wine since we see later in the series in a flash back to when zeke transformed Connie’s village they used a gas to turn them into titans
@@tyreid547 they didn’t use gas… that scene was Zeke lying to the Paradis gov about how it happened… it was later shown the reason why he lied was so they wouldn’t suspect the wine he brought.
@@Starvin-Marvinhis lie was specifically the immobilization part when infected with his blood. We don't really know how they turned the whole village. I don't think it was by wine, because it was brought by the Marley troops/Zeke's vollunters for the purpose of infecting the militar higher rank. And also because all the children of Ragako also turned into titans and they wouldn't all drink wine, right? So i don't think that wine on the castle was poisoned, it was just old
I remember the hour between watching Marcel get eaten and the warrior reveal I was sitting there thinking, what were reiner and bertholt doing outside the wall to have their freind get eaten by a titan. It was a very confusing time until i got to 2x6
Their cover story is escaping narrowly from a remote area inside wall Maria after the first attack. The titans supposedly got there before any news. So for the unknowing viewer such a flashback might not be too concerning as they would have to travel for maybe a hundred miles through now titan-infested territory. Lots of opportunities to get attacked. Then Reiner simply mirrors his friends actions by saving Connie. It supposedly just gives us more insight into his character. Some might notice their clothes in the flashback, which look very uniform and adequate. Not like something they just were able to grab while the titans ate their friends and family.
1:13 some people are saying these two are Connie's little brothers. 15:37 Connie here talked about how he is going to pay Annie and Reiner back for saving him which he does later in season 4 ep 27.
You missed during the Nanaba death scene she isn’t calling for her father, she’s apologizing. She begs for forgiveness to her father as she’s being ripped apart. She says she won’t do it again and she’s sorry. This implies that she had an abusive father in the past. Someone who physically harmed her and so in this moment when she’s being killed, moments from death those past experiences are brought up in her mind and she pleads her father to stop
Hate to be that mf, but someone who has a reaction like that has more than likely been abused, its a Trauma responds because as a child growing up you associate that anger from them as borderline near death if not a life threating situation. Felt that before so it hit hard seeing it here.@@iamthewizardwhoknocks2845
15:35 I'm pretty sure at this point in time, Connie is still unaware that Annie is a shifter, neither was anyone outside Stohess district within those following days, If I remember correctly, Erwin only disclosed that information through a small circle of people who were majorly involved in the surprise raid on Annie.
Ymir's titan was actually a mistake by the author, not having a finalized design for the jaw at the time. In the manga they're even more similar, but the anime added extra details to differentiate them.
maybe it can be explained as Ymir had had her titan form for like 60 years at that point, and maybe the "look" had been finalized and all that could be changed after all that time was sharpening her teeth and claws.
@@foxiestofbuns3727 Also not as refined compared to Marcel and Porcos given she wasn't a warrior, and therefore wasn't as distinct. She only willed for the bare-minimum.
Well, unfortunately for us, Isayama loves his tragic love stories. But I am just going to pretend that Historia and Ymir ran off and lived happily in a beach house anyway.
No offense and no judgment…. But why??? I don’t understand what is with their relationship , it only makes sense if they are romantically in love. And even then, the intensity comes out of nowhere? Where did they bond?? We never really saw it…. Maybe someone can explain to me?
You could also 'activate the bell' so you get notified once a new video is out. (As the majority of TH-camr content creators will tell you in each of their videos, lol.)
i am convinced all the s2 budget went into making Ymir and Historia the most beautiful in the scene where Historia reveals her name. also, it was the perfect set up for a kiss. i am devastatedthat it didn't happen
Nanaba’s death has always haunted me. I don’t think she was calling out for her father I think her father asssaulted her in the past and is experiencing a trauma response, the begging for forgiveness always stuck with me
Thought the same ever since this episode was released. The sub translation was so creepy. In a character's final moments, I noticed Isayama will write something very deep about the character. Like you said whether it's Nanaba's trauma response asking for forgiveness Or Sasha saying she just wanted more meat.
Okay so I just thought of this, but what if Connie's mom was sick and in bed when they were transformed into titans? It would explain why her titan form would appear on it's back and possibly why her limbs arent big enough to support her idk probably just a thought but who knows
I think the two smaller titans fighting each other were actually Connie's two younger siblings because they acted like two little kids play fighting and kind of resemble Connie's siblings, too.
I always assumed that every person has a kind of Characteristic "symbiosis" thing with each of the Titans, like one person would be naturally good with one Titan and gain a lot of traits that go strong with that Titan, or they don't mesh well with that type of Titan and only get partially as strong unique traits as someone else could with that same Titan. Take for example when you said Ymir was a protector through and through, I would imagine her Armoured Titan would absolutely pop-off and be a massive powerhouse/wall. So instead of playing her potentially natural role of the team's Tank, she was given the role of Glass-Canon DPS I have a theory that can support this just a little bit more. I think that the Titan forms that are able to speak (as well as appearing the most "Human-like" compared to others who've used those Titans) are Shifters that don't mesh well with the Titan they've been given. Those being Ymir, Zeke and Pieck. Zeke's beast is an Ape, the closest "beast" you can be to a human, and if it wasn't for his Royal Blood and learning to throw well BEFORE becoming a Titan he'd just be the weakest of all the shifters. Ymir is also really basic looking and has much weaker teeth and claws than the other known Jaw Shifters and is able to speak. And then there's Pieck, I won't say anything more, just use the info I've said here and re-watch the latest teaser trailer closely, you'll work it out. I honestly don't remember why I started writing all this hahaha, I swear it was relevant to something about 12 minutes in
@@HayatoByakurai It's hard to tell, but from memory I'd say a bit yeah. I'm just gonna assume she was also not as great at wielding the power as she could have been haha
Ooh, this is a really good theory. I've heard a short summary of the compatibility theory before but didn't even think about which of the Nine Ymir would be the most compatible with, but you're right; the Armoured really fits. What's really interesting about this is that Ymir was so close to becoming the Armoured, as she lunged for Reiner right before Marcel pushed him out of the way to save him. Even more interesting when you remember that every single one of the 3 Jaw titans we've seen die have all sacrificed their lives for another, that other being Reiner, every single time.
@@lycanwoof1damn, never thought about jaws saving reiner. I feel like people, myself included underestimate what memories mean. They're not just visions
As for why yimirs' pure titan looks like her jaw titan: it would appear as if if you inherit one of the 9, then it alters your pure titan form. For instance: erens pure titan form already had its defining characteristics; green eyes and dual-level jaw. Or with armin, his pure titan was very gaunt, and even though the colossal is very different, it still inherits the how skinny armins pure titan is. When it comes to yimir, her pure titan was a normal titan, but when she gained the jaw, her titan inherited the muscular appearance, sharp teeth, and sharp claws. Just trying to add on to what you were saying
Yesss a new retrospective making the day that much better. I’ve always loved the utgard castle arc lots of what seem like small but big reveals the scouts holding of the titans and slowly becoming hopeless. The look on reiner and bertholts faces when they see ymirs Titan shows perfectly how they feel. I’m really looking forward to the next part one of the best aot moments coming up great work korotos.
thank you for making this series. I'm rewatching with my sister who is watching for the first time and getting a little refresh as well as things to watch for enhances it for me so much
That scene with whats-her-face screaming about her dad while getting ripped apart by Titans, one of the darkest scenes in the entire show in my opinion. What i got out of those few frames was that she was regularly abused by her father growing up and that she was constantly walking on eggshells trying to appease him. Seems like that scene was a subtle way of saying she was an SA victim of her father.
11:35 I would throw into that theory something we learned with Rob Rice. He didn't want to be the one to turn pure titan to eat Eren. I still don't quite know why but it fits this theory perfectly. Maybe there is either some way to know how someones pure titan form looks and/or some specific compatibility with transforming titans. Meaning either Rob Rice knew his pure titan form would be gigantic and therefore unable to even eat eren. Or he knew that even if he ate eren, the fighting titan would only change specific features e.g. a bit more muscle and would still be unusable to him.
The can of herring is one of my favourite scenes; so much reveal packed into such a short time. This is when I became 100% certain that Reiner was one of the shifter titans (and Bertolt too, by association), and that they came from a technologically advanced civilization. And then the coffee sank in further, a bit belatedly -- that meant the civilization was powerful enough to either trade with or conquer nations with a much warmer climate. Considering the titans directed at the walls, it was probably the latter and that civilization was invested in acquiring resources by war. The entire episode is a stellar example of show, don't tell. So, so good. Very cool that you caught onto Utgard and its meaning in Norse mythology. I also noticed Bertolt seemingly getting ready to bite his hand (only because I was stepping through frame by frame watching Reiner like a hawk; that frame was gone in a flash). But in retrospect I wonder whether we're seeing something we want to see. Because it would make no sense at all for Bertolt to transform (instead of Reiner); it would destroy everyone at Utgard.
Can I add about ymirs titan not looking like it transformed too much. It was said in season 4 that she had a powerfull name for fuck a weak person, essentially she was weak and not for for the jaw. There is a reason there is a brutal trial and completion in Marley to choose who are the right fits. Essentially, you need to fit the roll to maximize the effects of the special 9.
@@dumbboyalex4396 regardless of if they mentioned it in the video wyndellthespammer pointed it out in the very comment you relied to, so no u did not imply what u think u did. But u did answer my question now even though I wasn’t talking to u
Love your video. Would love if you were to explore why Ymir left with the Marley group. Of all of aot, it is the point I still cant get my head around.
You know I always thought that scene of Reiner catching Historia and him having a death grip on her leg as him being “anime stunned” after seeing Historia’s panties. But I think it also makes a lot more sense that he’s pissed off at Ymir for the whole Jaw titan fiasco😂😂
6:30 Everyone misses Ymir comparing herself to a STREET URCHIN. Urchins are as saltwater as herring, so that term would never be used within the walls.
I never really thought about it, but Eren, Mikasa, Armin and Jean aren’t in this arc at all. Sure it’s obvious, but the characters are so compelling it doesn’t feel like anything is lacking
Finally caught up to the anime, I read up to the ending of the manga after seeing the scene that plays right after the last cour started in a meme and just binge-reading it in a night
They were two of my favorite episodes of this show ever and they were my favorite chapters of the manga too thank you for doing this. I interpreted the promise scene a little differently though. When Ymir asked Historia to promise to take back her name, I thought it was then that Ymir told Historia that she was a Titan, and she trusted her to not tell anyone until the day came that she had to reveal it to everyone. That was the promise, to reveal her secret when Ymir did and take back her name. It's like a you jump, I jump kind of thing. I thought during the transformation scene, Historia was lying to everyone about not knowing about Ymir's secret. Your explanation makes way more sense, but that's the interpretation I knew until now.
Reiner asks Historia if she knew that Ymir was a titan while the castle is still standing and she responds no, so unless she lied then she did not know about Ymir's titan form. (Also makes sense why Ymir tries to make her not see when saving her and Daz.) While not canonical, your interpretation is still interesting.
I always felt those 2 titans fighting were Connie's 2 little siblings, it showed them, they came from they village the titans spawned from and they are small and acting like kids
The greatest "Holy crap" moment I ever had when thinking about clues and hints in Utgard was that Reiner outed himself by knowing what herring was even though herring is an oceanic fish.
technically the ymir in the notebook that hange read and ymir the person are the same thing / person because the titan that said ymir to the girl in the OAV was one of ymir’s followers turned titan!
It is only now, after almost a decade that I realised where Isayama got the idea to call that Castle "Utgard": Utgarda-Loki, the Jotun Giant King that tricked Thor and Loki when they travelled to Jotunheim.
1:50 considering that Paradis is the SNK equivalent of Madagascar, which we see is in the coffee belt, showing these maps isn't really helping. The Earth in SNK is a flipped version of ours, that alone would affect the climate drastically I think. But it also rotates in the other direction, as the sun rises in the west and sets in the east. For me these two factors explain why the climate is so different from our world at same latitudes. I don't know if that holds up scientifically but it's still an answer. I have a headcanon for why Ymir's titan didn't change much when she became a shifter. It would be that the longer you stay in a pure titan form, the less the shifter form will be able to change your appearance. Ymir stayed a pure titan for 60 years, so she almost didn't change and only got stronger teeth and nails, the bare minimum for a jaw titan.
I'm in my 5th viewing of AoT and currently on episode 28. Soni guess it's my concurrent 6 viewing with your videos. Thank you for the overly analytical itch I love scratching.
31:06 wait what??! You mean before he was swallowed and first transformed... he hasn't killed any titans with the ODM.... 0.0 nani the flip; that's wild
Reiner grabbing the titan is a MASSIVE risk too. He either gets exposed because his wound heals too fast, or the armored titan suddenly appears after he jumps out. Reiner was a massive liability in this mission. Also, what would've happened if they hadn't lost the Jaw? And everything snowballed big time because both Ymir and Historia revealed themselves (You are damn right about winter)
I’ll never forget the first time I saw Attack on Titan… first episode just came out and I see the armored Titan and I said to myself “Oh sweet it’s Brock Lesnar!” And then couple weeks go by and we meet Reiner and I said to myself “Oh sweet it’s Brock Lesnar!” Then when we find out Eren was that Titan killing Titans… made me realize Face Brock Lesnar was too good to be true… but it took a long while for us to get that heel turn animated that’s for sure.
Love these videos, there was one little mistake though, at 15:35 you make a remark about the morality of the soldiers on paradise, where they still see Annie as a fellow soldier. However, Connie is not yet aware of Annies reveal and therefore still has no idea of potential moles among the soldiers.
32:00 And she's correct Ymir would've gave them access to the information Erwin was searching for there basically would've been no need to even go to the basement
worth noting that this utgard castle section is *heavy* reference to the story of utgard-loki. see... basic plot summary of *that* story is that a building thor and loki try to rest in turns out to be the glove of a slumbering giant - the walls were a giant all along. following this, Thor and Loki go to Utgard, and participate in what could be best described as sisyphean challenges - With the whole castle, the people in it, and the challenges all being sorcerous deceptions on Utgard-Loki's part. Although Thor leaves the castle "nursing his wounds" in the end.. Utgard-Loki is glad to see them go, horrified at the power they had hidden within them, having shown that they were capable of taking on the forces of life and nature themselves - Loki vs a wildfire, thor wrestling old age, and also to the horror of everyone, being able to lift the world serpent. (It... could be worthwhile to note that the founding titan is practically Jormungandr) - and really, comparing it with what's happening in AoT, it hits the major story beats. Deception, horrifying levels of power hidden within those who entered the castle, a safe haven turning out to be the body of giant.
I don’t know how I didn’t realize that was coffee. I suppose I didn’t consider that they wouldn’t know what coffee smells like, so I figured it was some sort of tea. Egocentrism at its finest. That blew my mind. Awesome video. I always look forward to these.
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The look on Ymir’s face when Reiner asked how she could read it tells me she was literally contemplating killing him to silence him.
Ymir: 'Oh shit, I'mma have to turn into titan and eat this fucker.'
@@ThatDragonGuy At which point, he'd turn into a titan and fucking stomp her. XD
@@ttv_mrjack6749 i dont know about that, reiner's titan seems much better than ymir's but he does not have a good track record for winning fights
@@Eratz-ov5ys Reiner does have a good track record of surviving fights though lol.
@@Eratz-ov5ys every time Reiner fought eren, eren had help. The first time mikasa cut reiners limbs to disable his movement, Reiner also wants eren alive so he holds back.
The Can scene is one of the most genius scenes in all of fiction. The amount of information packed into that scene is unreal
I never thought there was no canned food inside the walls. Canned food was invented in the early 1800s, which should be comparable to their level of technology. Hell, if they can produce the ODM-Gear, cans should be no problem. The herring went straight over my head though :D
But I still find it odd that Reiner is not able to read and does not recognize the writing, unless his soldier personality somehow blocks that knowledge but not the existence of herring...
@@flamerobbe5972reiner definitely recognises the writing and understands it, but by then he is trying to save face and just pretends not to know it so that ymir doesn't become suspicious of him.
@@embenard Ah, I thought it was inner dialogue, but after checking it again he definitely says it out loud. So he might be trying to save his cover as you say.
@@flamerobbe5972 It's not about the canned food, as it's most likely exist within the real of paradis, but it's not the language either, as the marleyans speak the same language as paradis, and most likely share the same writing, it's about what inside, the fish (i dont remember) inside is a sea fish, not a lake fish.
So it's not that she shouldn't be able to read it, it's more that she shouldn't be able to comprehend it, the same way they dont know what is coffee, or the way Eren react to ymir/reiner/bertholt talking about Zeke as the 'giant monkey' eren doesn't understand the meaning of monkey as it doesn't not exist in his world.
There's no reason to invent canned food given is a small world. Canned food was invented for Napoleons army for their march on Russia. It was chicken soup concentrated packed in glass jars sealed on high vacuum , the metal cans appeared shortly after.
But if you are not planning a winter campaign far from your hubs of supply or an overseas travel you don't have may reasons to develop canned food early.
One extra "blink and you'll miss it" detail in the Utgard Tower episode :
After Reiner's arm gets bit, the very next frame is Berthold gasping in horror.
First time viewers would interpret this as fear for Reiner's life, but in hindsight, this is fear for everyone else's, including Berthold's own life, should Reiner fail to exert instant perfect control on his titan abilities and transform on the spot, obliterating everything or everyone. Yet another hint of Reiner's true identity after the canned herring scene.
Dang
This is the perfect red herring, because everyone is so focused on Ymir knowing the language the ignore that Reiner acknowledges the food as being canned.
Girl: All boys do is lie.
Reiner: I'm the Armored Titan and Bertoldt's the Colossal Titan.
😂😂😂😂
Lmao
31:57 it actually IS about this Ymir! The praying titan was one of her cultists, Ilse looks nearly exactly like freckles, and the titan got confused.
Holy fuck
THANKS!
wait you're a genius
and it makes sense because her and all her followers were turned into titans
I was watching Aot just chilling when suddenly reiner say "btw I am the armored Titan and he is the colossal one wanna join?" And I was like wtf the subtitle guy is crazy
Love how all these facts about how Pardis doesn't have baseball, monkeys, coffee, cans, and all other stuff just goes over the characters' heads while the audience think nothing of it. When the beast titan was doing a baseball pitch with perfect form, none of us thought "why does he know baseball?" and just assumed "monkey throws stuff". Love that about this show.
I agree, some of this stuff is even more veiled bc in a less "hard world built" fantasy series some real life stuff like that just gets thrown in there and you're not supposed to think too much about it. Blast you Iseyama!
I didn’t even know that until I read this. Wow. Makes sense in like why tf is he throwing it like that 🤣🤣 even knowing about the baseball stuff, damn
I rmb personally being displeased about my immersion being broken back then when i saw baseball being mentioned, now i think this is one of the amazing things of aot
This man is going to get through the entire Marley war arch before the actual show finishes
Pretty much.
At this point the show isn't even trying to finish...
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@@deadsoulzzz3650 we have to be fair, the last 3-5 chapters of the manga was the most complicated amount of drawing and action that has ever happened in the series. I can get that if the start of the rumbling took forever, that the penultimate conflict would take even longer to properly animate
@@roberth2833I'm shocked ATM that video just showed Bert about to bite his hand as the tower fell lmao. My mind is blown.
I hope when they release the final episode, it's subbed and dubbed at the same time, in every known language and a 4 hour movie.
DUDE CALLING OUT BERTHOLDT ABOUT TO BITE HIS HAND AS THE TOWER FALLS IS INSANE. I never in my life have noticed that and I’ve seen this show an embarrassing number of times
I strongly believe the two little titans fighting are connies little brothers because they have intense sibling energy that anyone who grew up with a brother can recognize immediately. Slapping each other ans pulling each others ears is day one brother stuff
Never thought of that. Good catch
Nanaba's death was the most terrifying imo. Even above Miche. Look closely and one titan already ripped her leg off. She's a veteran and a badass but in her final moments she seems to be hallucinating a traumatic childhood trauma. So scary imagine being pulled apart by giants trying to eat you. Rest in piece banana.
Rip banana 😢
Banana was truly a brave soldier, RIP 😢
Nanaba screaming like a child being punished by her dad was literally so dark 😭😭😭imo one of the most messed up moments in early aot
Historia using the wine on Reiner’s arm kept anyone from drinking it and turning into a Titan when Zeke yelled at the top of the wall.
That’s a cool examination. Although I don’t think that was titan wine since we see later in the series in a flash back to when zeke transformed Connie’s village they used a gas to turn them into titans
@@tyreid547 they didn’t use gas… that scene was Zeke lying to the Paradis gov about how it happened… it was later shown the reason why he lied was so they wouldn’t suspect the wine he brought.
@@Starvin-Marvinhis lie was specifically the immobilization part when infected with his blood. We don't really know how they turned the whole village. I don't think it was by wine, because it was brought by the Marley troops/Zeke's vollunters for the purpose of infecting the militar higher rank. And also because all the children of Ragako also turned into titans and they wouldn't all drink wine, right?
So i don't think that wine on the castle was poisoned, it was just old
@@elmerzcostanot to mention the hallucingenia emitted a gas that transformed people
I remember the hour between watching Marcel get eaten and the warrior reveal I was sitting there thinking, what were reiner and bertholt doing outside the wall to have their freind get eaten by a titan. It was a very confusing time until i got to 2x6
Their cover story is escaping narrowly from a remote area inside wall Maria after the first attack. The titans supposedly got there before any news. So for the unknowing viewer such a flashback might not be too concerning as they would have to travel for maybe a hundred miles through now titan-infested territory. Lots of opportunities to get attacked. Then Reiner simply mirrors his friends actions by saving Connie. It supposedly just gives us more insight into his character.
Some might notice their clothes in the flashback, which look very uniform and adequate. Not like something they just were able to grab while the titans ate their friends and family.
You also might have missed how the bottle Gelgar attempts to drink from was the same one Christa used on the cloth earlier
1:13 some people are saying these two are Connie's little brothers.
15:37 Connie here talked about how he is going to pay Annie and Reiner back for saving him which he does later in season 4 ep 27.
Yes and yes 👌🤘
Nice foreshadowing👍
You missed during the Nanaba death scene she isn’t calling for her father, she’s apologizing. She begs for forgiveness to her father as she’s being ripped apart. She says she won’t do it again and she’s sorry. This implies that she had an abusive father in the past. Someone who physically harmed her and so in this moment when she’s being killed, moments from death those past experiences are brought up in her mind and she pleads her father to stop
Thats goated
The people here are reading to much into that, you don't know her father was abusive, you just know Nanaba was punished at one point.
Hate to be that mf, but someone who has a reaction like that has more than likely been abused, its a Trauma responds because as a child growing up you associate that anger from them as borderline near death if not a life threating situation. Felt that before so it hit hard seeing it here.@@iamthewizardwhoknocks2845
@@iamthewizardwhoknocks2845brooooo whaaaatttttt
Or she was a rebel daughter that never listened to her father. Doesn't have to be abused
15:35 I'm pretty sure at this point in time, Connie is still unaware that Annie is a shifter, neither was anyone outside Stohess district within those following days, If I remember correctly, Erwin only disclosed that information through a small circle of people who were majorly involved in the surprise raid on Annie.
Ymir's titan was actually a mistake by the author, not having a finalized design for the jaw at the time. In the manga they're even more similar, but the anime added extra details to differentiate them.
maybe it can be explained as Ymir had had her titan form for like 60 years at that point, and maybe the "look" had been finalized and all that could be changed after all that time was sharpening her teeth and claws.
@@foxiestofbuns3727 Also not as refined compared to Marcel and Porcos given she wasn't a warrior, and therefore wasn't as distinct. She only willed for the bare-minimum.
No matter how many times I've watched this show, Ymir and Historia's relationship always makes me emotional. I wish they'd gotten more time together.
the only couple in the story with actual romantic chemistry
They deserved to be happy
Well, unfortunately for us, Isayama loves his tragic love stories. But I am just going to pretend that Historia and Ymir ran off and lived happily in a beach house anyway.
Ymiristoria > Korrasami
No offense and no judgment…. But why??? I don’t understand what is with their relationship , it only makes sense if they are romantically in love. And even then, the intensity comes out of nowhere? Where did they bond?? We never really saw it…. Maybe someone can explain to me?
Finally I'm loving the AoT retrospective binged the first season retrospective.
same here ! i loved this vids and the analysis
This is my favorite series on TH-cam at the moment. I always go to your channel to check if there’s a new episode. Great work 👍
Love this series because it gives me new appreciation for things I hadnt thought of. Aot is a stroke of genius👌🏾
You could also 'activate the bell' so you get notified once a new video is out.
(As the majority of TH-camr content creators will tell you in each of their videos, lol.)
I get butterflies all over again reliving these epic moments through your retrospective analysis 😁
Utgard is one of my favourite early episodes, been looking forward to you covering it.
I liked that most of Eren's enemies are Titans that he knew.
i am convinced all the s2 budget went into making Ymir and Historia the most beautiful in the scene where Historia reveals her name. also, it was the perfect set up for a kiss. i am devastatedthat it didn't happen
Ikr
@@johnfischer_2 what exactly is weird in noticing the smoother animation and acknowledging the characters' relationship
I agree, for me theire relationship was so out of place and didn’t make sense, that it maaaybe could be they love each other romantically.
Eww hell nah. They are both girls. We don't need any of that trauma induced gayness here
Nanaba’s death has always haunted me. I don’t think she was calling out for her father I think her father asssaulted her in the past and is experiencing a trauma response, the begging for forgiveness always stuck with me
Right she even says "please, im sorry daddy ill be a good *girlfriend* now" maybe hinting at a weird abusive sexual relationship with her father?
@@DaRealestJuri I think she said “girl from now on”, not girlfriend but still, I agree theres totally some sexual assault vibes there.
Agreed, it always ringed parental abuse for me 😰 when I first watched I was sick to my stomach watching her die
Sheeesh, yeah I never thought about it that way, I just thought it was a childish plea for help.... that's a whooole lot darker...😬
Thought the same ever since this episode was released. The sub translation was so creepy. In a character's final moments, I noticed Isayama will write something very deep about the character. Like you said whether it's Nanaba's trauma response asking for forgiveness Or Sasha saying she just wanted more meat.
Okay so I just thought of this, but what if Connie's mom was sick and in bed when they were transformed into titans? It would explain why her titan form would appear on it's back and possibly why her limbs arent big enough to support her idk probably just a thought but who knows
That scene were Reiner says to Berthold am not going to die here am going home is GREAT ❤😊
AoT was one of the most fun to rewatch. There are just so many hints, but they are so well done.
I think the two smaller titans fighting each other were actually Connie's two younger siblings because they acted like two little kids play fighting and kind of resemble Connie's siblings, too.
2:12 Why the hell does it continue to spin after I paused the video to read the meme. This is one of the best illusions I have ever seen
I know right!! That thing had me stun locked 😂
19:19 It also snowed at the end of Episode 3x22 when Armin was narrating of how people can go back to Shiganshina.
I always assumed that every person has a kind of Characteristic "symbiosis" thing with each of the Titans, like one person would be naturally good with one Titan and gain a lot of traits that go strong with that Titan, or they don't mesh well with that type of Titan and only get partially as strong unique traits as someone else could with that same Titan.
Take for example when you said Ymir was a protector through and through, I would imagine her Armoured Titan would absolutely pop-off and be a massive powerhouse/wall. So instead of playing her potentially natural role of the team's Tank, she was given the role of Glass-Canon DPS
I have a theory that can support this just a little bit more. I think that the Titan forms that are able to speak (as well as appearing the most "Human-like" compared to others who've used those Titans) are Shifters that don't mesh well with the Titan they've been given. Those being Ymir, Zeke and Pieck. Zeke's beast is an Ape, the closest "beast" you can be to a human, and if it wasn't for his Royal Blood and learning to throw well BEFORE becoming a Titan he'd just be the weakest of all the shifters. Ymir is also really basic looking and has much weaker teeth and claws than the other known Jaw Shifters and is able to speak. And then there's Pieck, I won't say anything more, just use the info I've said here and re-watch the latest teaser trailer closely, you'll work it out.
I honestly don't remember why I started writing all this hahaha, I swear it was relevant to something about 12 minutes in
Interesting theory, makes a surprising amount of sense
Is Lara's Titan that different from other Warhammer Titans, though?
@@HayatoByakurai It's hard to tell, but from memory I'd say a bit yeah. I'm just gonna assume she was also not as great at wielding the power as she could have been haha
Ooh, this is a really good theory. I've heard a short summary of the compatibility theory before but didn't even think about which of the Nine Ymir would be the most compatible with, but you're right; the Armoured really fits.
What's really interesting about this is that Ymir was so close to becoming the Armoured, as she lunged for Reiner right before Marcel pushed him out of the way to save him. Even more interesting when you remember that every single one of the 3 Jaw titans we've seen die have all sacrificed their lives for another, that other being Reiner, every single time.
@@lycanwoof1damn, never thought about jaws saving reiner. I feel like people, myself included underestimate what memories mean. They're not just visions
1:11 Those two small Titans are said to be Connie's siblings: Sunny and Bean.
I can see the resemblance. lol
I've watched the show, I read the Manga, and I just binge watched this whole series in 2 nights. I have nothing left...
As for why yimirs' pure titan looks like her jaw titan: it would appear as if if you inherit one of the 9, then it alters your pure titan form. For instance: erens pure titan form already had its defining characteristics; green eyes and dual-level jaw. Or with armin, his pure titan was very gaunt, and even though the colossal is very different, it still inherits the how skinny armins pure titan is. When it comes to yimir, her pure titan was a normal titan, but when she gained the jaw, her titan inherited the muscular appearance, sharp teeth, and sharp claws. Just trying to add on to what you were saying
Absolutely love this series Koroto. Keep up the amazing work, Ive literally been waiting day by day for each new episode!!
Yesss a new retrospective making the day that much better. I’ve always loved the utgard castle arc lots of what seem like small but big reveals the scouts holding of the titans and slowly becoming hopeless. The look on reiner and bertholts faces when they see ymirs Titan shows perfectly how they feel. I’m really looking forward to the next part one of the best aot moments coming up great work korotos.
thank you for making this series. I'm rewatching with my sister who is watching for the first time and getting a little refresh as well as things to watch for enhances it for me so much
My week has been really tuff recently even with my birthday being yesterday but this really helped me cheer up thank you so much man💯
That scene with whats-her-face screaming about her dad while getting ripped apart by Titans, one of the darkest scenes in the entire show in my opinion.
What i got out of those few frames was that she was regularly abused by her father growing up and that she was constantly walking on eggshells trying to appease him.
Seems like that scene was a subtle way of saying she was an SA victim of her father.
11:35 I would throw into that theory something we learned with Rob Rice.
He didn't want to be the one to turn pure titan to eat Eren. I still don't quite know why but it fits this theory perfectly. Maybe there is either some way to know how someones pure titan form looks and/or some specific compatibility with transforming titans.
Meaning either Rob Rice knew his pure titan form would be gigantic and therefore unable to even eat eren. Or he knew that even if he ate eren, the fighting titan would only change specific features e.g. a bit more muscle and would still be unusable to him.
Blink and you miss it
Aka I always miss it, everything.
Even the ending song my brain did not process
The can of herring is one of my favourite scenes; so much reveal packed into such a short time. This is when I became 100% certain that Reiner was one of the shifter titans (and Bertolt too, by association), and that they came from a technologically advanced civilization. And then the coffee sank in further, a bit belatedly -- that meant the civilization was powerful enough to either trade with or conquer nations with a much warmer climate. Considering the titans directed at the walls, it was probably the latter and that civilization was invested in acquiring resources by war. The entire episode is a stellar example of show, don't tell. So, so good.
Very cool that you caught onto Utgard and its meaning in Norse mythology.
I also noticed Bertolt seemingly getting ready to bite his hand (only because I was stepping through frame by frame watching Reiner like a hawk; that frame was gone in a flash). But in retrospect I wonder whether we're seeing something we want to see. Because it would make no sense at all for Bertolt to transform (instead of Reiner); it would destroy everyone at Utgard.
Wow I just watched all of the previous videos so I'm lucky to have a video uploaded now
Can't wait for the next retrospective. Truly one of the biggest plot twists of all time.
I believe it was confirmed in season 4 that those two little titans are connie's little brothers, which is just sad and morbid in so many ways.
I just cant believe how dense some of AoT scenes really are! Thank you for the analysis!
Can I add about ymirs titan not looking like it transformed too much. It was said in season 4 that she had a powerfull name for fuck a weak person, essentially she was weak and not for for the jaw. There is a reason there is a brutal trial and completion in Marley to choose who are the right fits. Essentially, you need to fit the roll to maximize the effects of the special 9.
Did anyone notice Bertoldt tried to transform when Ymir brought the tower down?
I didn't and I'm glad it's pointed out
When I watched it the first time I didn’t even notice 😑. After rewatching, i was slightly annoyed at myself for not noticing right away lol
Please tell me he didn’t miss that in the video
@@smallfryskilledge1550 i mean i thought it was implied that i did see it in the video, and didn't notice it before
@@dumbboyalex4396 regardless of if they mentioned it in the video wyndellthespammer pointed it out in the very comment you relied to, so no u did not imply what u think u did. But u did answer my question now even though I wasn’t talking to u
27:03 this caught me so off guard lmao
"Reiner and Burrito"
Thank you for the video! Can’t wait for the next. This is an amazingly detailed aot series, all compliments to you Mr Kotoro
Love your video. Would love if you were to explore why Ymir left with the Marley group. Of all of aot, it is the point I still cant get my head around.
You know I always thought that scene of Reiner catching Historia and him having a death grip on her leg as him being “anime stunned” after seeing Historia’s panties. But I think it also makes a lot more sense that he’s pissed off at Ymir for the whole Jaw titan fiasco😂😂
6:30 Everyone misses Ymir comparing herself to a STREET URCHIN. Urchins are as saltwater as herring, so that term would never be used within the walls.
Good point.
It's 3AM, oh well it was worth it, I seriously do enjoy these videos and I'm glad you continue to make them.
You’re one of my favorite TH-camrs at the moment. Such high quality content. Please keep this up!
I never really thought about it, but Eren, Mikasa, Armin and Jean aren’t in this arc at all. Sure it’s obvious, but the characters are so compelling it doesn’t feel like anything is lacking
I love this series so much. It makes me want to rewatch AOT for the 3rd time
Finally caught up to the anime, I read up to the ending of the manga after seeing the scene that plays right after the last cour started in a meme and just binge-reading it in a night
They were two of my favorite episodes of this show ever and they were my favorite chapters of the manga too thank you for doing this.
I interpreted the promise scene a little differently though. When Ymir asked Historia to promise to take back her name, I thought it was then that Ymir told Historia that she was a Titan, and she trusted her to not tell anyone until the day came that she had to reveal it to everyone. That was the promise, to reveal her secret when Ymir did and take back her name. It's like a you jump, I jump kind of thing. I thought during the transformation scene, Historia was lying to everyone about not knowing about Ymir's secret. Your explanation makes way more sense, but that's the interpretation I knew until now.
Reiner asks Historia if she knew that Ymir was a titan while the castle is still standing and she responds no, so unless she lied then she did not know about Ymir's titan form. (Also makes sense why Ymir tries to make her not see when saving her and Daz.)
While not canonical, your interpretation is still interesting.
The Reiner and bertholdt reveal is the greatest betrayal scene I’ve ever seen and I LOVE the soundtrack it’s perfecy
I've been waiting what feels like forever for this
Those episodes went way over my head when 1st watching, but damn that was satisfying storytelling
These retrospective videos keep me going
i always viewed the line about being sorry to her dad hinting at him being abusive towards her and being torn apart bringing up her past pain
every time you upload a new one of these, my entire evening is made
One of my favourite series on TH-cam!!
I always felt those 2 titans fighting were Connie's 2 little siblings, it showed them, they came from they village the titans spawned from and they are small and acting like kids
This is the best series on TH-cam right now.
The greatest "Holy crap" moment I ever had when thinking about clues and hints in Utgard was that Reiner outed himself by knowing what herring was even though herring is an oceanic fish.
That "Bury the Light" bit killed me ☠️
same, didn't expect vergil to come out of nowhere
Great to be finally caught up in not only this series but twd retrospective as well
Legend 🙇
@@Koroto speaks to the quality of your content my dude, love any form of retrospectives but yours have a nice flare if you will to them
Love the lofi in the back it's some of my fav lofis ever
Zeke had no idea paradise was unaware of the outside world and therefore thought nothing about leaving evidence
Historia is so beautiful when Ymir wakes up and sees her. I wish i could look the same to someone's eye
technically the ymir in the notebook that hange read and ymir the person are the same thing / person because the titan that said ymir to the girl in the OAV was one of ymir’s followers turned titan!
Mother fuckers really do be like "Historia and Ymir were just good friends" lmao.
It is only now, after almost a decade that I realised where Isayama got the idea to call that Castle "Utgard": Utgarda-Loki, the Jotun Giant King that tricked Thor and Loki when they travelled to Jotunheim.
Kratos was there too!
1:50 considering that Paradis is the SNK equivalent of Madagascar, which we see is in the coffee belt, showing these maps isn't really helping.
The Earth in SNK is a flipped version of ours, that alone would affect the climate drastically I think. But it also rotates in the other direction, as the sun rises in the west and sets in the east. For me these two factors explain why the climate is so different from our world at same latitudes. I don't know if that holds up scientifically but it's still an answer.
I have a headcanon for why Ymir's titan didn't change much when she became a shifter. It would be that the longer you stay in a pure titan form, the less the shifter form will be able to change your appearance. Ymir stayed a pure titan for 60 years, so she almost didn't change and only got stronger teeth and nails, the bare minimum for a jaw titan.
I'm in my 5th viewing of AoT and currently on episode 28. Soni guess it's my concurrent 6 viewing with your videos.
Thank you for the overly analytical itch I love scratching.
Just stumbled across your channel! Excited for a music analysis video
Awesome vídeo hás always! Thanks for the episode
31:06 wait what??! You mean before he was swallowed and first transformed... he hasn't killed any titans with the ODM.... 0.0 nani the flip; that's wild
Regarding titan marks on the face, yes, they are visible to characters. Erin remarks on them when he sees Zeek for the first time in episode 54.
I can’t be the only one who thought 27:19 Reiner’s face was from accidentally seeing up her skirt lmao
The amount of theories people were coming up with were crazy at this point.
AoT is one of those series where you could make a theory for any small detail
Reiner grabbing the titan is a MASSIVE risk too. He either gets exposed because his wound heals too fast, or the armored titan suddenly appears after he jumps out. Reiner was a massive liability in this mission. Also, what would've happened if they hadn't lost the Jaw? And everything snowballed big time because both Ymir and Historia revealed themselves
(You are damn right about winter)
Was waiting days for you to make another video of AOTs thank god
25:29 virgil's theme is amazing
yeah I LOVED this episode because of all these crazy foreshadowing LIKE the canned food lol
I’ll never forget the first time I saw Attack on Titan… first episode just came out and I see the armored Titan and I said to myself “Oh sweet it’s Brock Lesnar!” And then couple weeks go by and we meet Reiner and I said to myself “Oh sweet it’s Brock Lesnar!” Then when we find out Eren was that Titan killing Titans… made me realize Face Brock Lesnar was too good to be true… but it took a long while for us to get that heel turn animated that’s for sure.
Thank you for this new video od yours about attack on titan, I love them
Isn’t the titan about to eat historia at the end the same one from ilse’s notebook?
Love these videos, there was one little mistake though, at 15:35 you make a remark about the morality of the soldiers on paradise, where they still see Annie as a fellow soldier. However, Connie is not yet aware of Annies reveal and therefore still has no idea of potential moles among the soldiers.
32:00 And she's correct Ymir would've gave them access to the information Erwin was searching for there basically would've been no need to even go to the basement
worth noting that this utgard castle section is *heavy* reference to the story of utgard-loki. see... basic plot summary of *that* story is that a building thor and loki try to rest in turns out to be the glove of a slumbering giant - the walls were a giant all along. following this, Thor and Loki go to Utgard, and participate in what could be best described as sisyphean challenges - With the whole castle, the people in it, and the challenges all being sorcerous deceptions on Utgard-Loki's part. Although Thor leaves the castle "nursing his wounds" in the end.. Utgard-Loki is glad to see them go, horrified at the power they had hidden within them, having shown that they were capable of taking on the forces of life and nature themselves - Loki vs a wildfire, thor wrestling old age, and also to the horror of everyone, being able to lift the world serpent. (It... could be worthwhile to note that the founding titan is practically Jormungandr) - and really, comparing it with what's happening in AoT, it hits the major story beats. Deception, horrifying levels of power hidden within those who entered the castle, a safe haven turning out to be the body of giant.
I don’t know how I didn’t realize that was coffee. I suppose I didn’t consider that they wouldn’t know what coffee smells like, so I figured it was some sort of tea. Egocentrism at its finest. That blew my mind. Awesome video. I always look forward to these.