I should've known you fellow overanalyzers wouldn't let it slip - this video was way too long, so I moved the Burrito screaming for help scenes to next episode with all the nightmares Armin has. Fret not, we'll talk plenty about all of that! 👍
Another depressing detail/interpretation of mine: when Burrito is about to be eaten by Armin, he turns to the gang and cries out for them to help him. Which seeems weird until you remember that they were friends and comrades for 3 years, and enemies for only a couple months. In this moment he wakes up, doesn't know whats happening except for the fact that he's about to be eaten, and thinks "Those are my friends! They'll save me!" And then the realization dawns on him, and he can't do anything but cry out for the last two people still by his side, as he is eaten. Felt so bad for ol Burrito when i realized this.
@@matthewsteele99 it hurts more because he was the only one out of the 3 that since the first day of the mision new that what they were doing was horrible and that there isnt a justification to what they are doing unlike reiner and annie, both of them tried to find a way to justify what they were doing or to scape from reallity but burrito always accepted the reallity of what they were doing, he was the best out of the 3 for me and its sad that he was the only one that had to die
@@ariamh823 ngl I called him Burrito because I didn't want to check my spelling and knew people would know what I meant haha. Suppose I could've just called him Bert
8:20 Isayama changed the inheritor of the cart titan because all of the marleyan titan shifters were kids and he thought it didn't really make sense for the cart titan to be the only one who's a grown adult (whose name was Oliver by the way) so he changed him to Peak and made us all happier.
I mean, it makes perfect sense to me that not only Armi, but actually everyone, is ripped. The core/abdominal strength you would need to have to do all the ODM gear shenanigans...
About the title "Midnight Sun", in March 2018 Isayama himself answered what he meant by it: ***** "Midnight Sun refers to the phenomenon where the sun doesn't set and it remains light even at night. The idea is that with Erwin's death, the sun may have set… or rather, it hasn't set, carrying the meaning that even after Erwin's death, his influence lingers on. (In other words, the sun doesn't set.)" ***** So, originally Erwin is meant to be the sun, but the sun doesn't set, with Armin carrying his ideas.
11:37 Worth mentioning that in the Ilse Langnar OVA, Hange almost gets Oluo killed by a Titan just because she wants to capture it, thinking that it would be a great asset to humanity if they could research on the titans instead of just killing them on the spot. Contrast that with what happens here; Hange not wanting to take any chances with Reiner. So Jean's right, It IS pretty out of character for her and shows just how much Moblit's death affected her. On one hand, R.I.P. my boy, but on the other it's good to see that Hange really did care about him because she sure as hell didn't listen to the poor guy at all when he was still alive. On that note, I hope you cover the OVAs someday too. I really love your videos, especially the overanalyzing AoT ones, so an extra one or two would be just uhh... chef's keess.
The bit about Armin at 3:26 reminds me so much of Captain America. He was weak physically but always had a pure heart and the courage to do what’s right. When Steve and Armin are literally given the power of the gods, they wield it with humility and restraint. THAT is what makes them heroes!
Reminds me of that time captain america betrayed tony stark and genocided everyone in america because he found out russia was still upset that they lost a war against them one time. Iron man was all like "cap, think about what youre doing, this doesnt make any sense! you swore to protect these people and now you want them all dead?!" and captain america, of course is all "tony, you dont get it, if I dont kill our people, then they will kill our people, and if they kill our people, then we will have to kill them, and they dont want that, so I have to kill our people to save the people that are not ours who are trying to kill us" Its poetic, I wish writers like tolkien and herbert would stop being pussies and write good stories like this, actually achieving victory takes too much effort, the best stories are about helping the bad guys win so you dont have to risk anything. Aragorn should have turned around and said "for sauron" and stabbed that racist orc genociding gandalf in the dick.
37:10 I think those frames of Levi with a shadow over his eyes are for the moments when he gets closer and closer to losing Erwin. He tried to stop him from going, knowing he might die, but Erwin rejected. Then, on the rooftop it's the moment of him finally making the decision and letting him go. It's personal, and we hear his soft sob, knowing that he hides his tears. In the next episode he corrects himself from "I chose you" to "No, due to my personal feelings I chose Erwin's death to be here and now." It's of course both, and Levi saving Armin's dream is a big deal, but he himself makes this accent on letting Erwin rest. Loved the video, thank you! It's my favourite episode, so I like listening to all kinds of interpretations, when they are reasonable.
Oooh that's why? I swore I rewinded like 4 times to make sure I didn't miss it. I like that intro sound. I need to start watching the corresponding episode before each video release now lol
Love that you brought up Hange's priority for vengeance - how Moblit's death caused her to choose her emotions over logic which she rarely does. RIP Moblit - the GOAT. This episode introduced my favorite OST of all time, ThanksAT. "Levi...arigato." My favorite episode of all time.
the reading of Erwin's last line as him living his last conscious moment with his father and dying with a dream yet to be reached is incredible, i'm so glad i have this new vision to think and cry about thank you so much
Is the argument that he wouldnt be a jagerist, or that he wouldnt genocide his own people as a favor to some douchebags across the sea? Because you're an actual drooling idiot if you think him turning against eldians like everyone else would be in character or good writing. I can only believe the other betrayals because they have been nothing but stupid up until that point to begin with, Erwin doing a complete 180 and saying "actually, we should all die and I'm glad the titans are being used to kill us" is peak armin, not erwin.
The problem wouldn't be Erwin becoming jagerist; the jagerists would be erwinists (because smithists just sounds bad). Erwin standing on a pile of corpses for a decade learning that there are people outside the walls, that they are a major if not the reason he stands on that pile of corpses then being giving a near godly power to fight back with the damage that a nothing left to lose Erwin would cause in 13 years of pure strategy and charisma at his back would make the rumbling look like a tea party and the jagerists look like a peace core. This is why the timeline is fixed why armin had to take the colossal because armin would allow peace but also armin would fight Eren. Erens plan needed him to devastate the world but also to lose in order to break the cycle.
@@josemexicanmexican7602He is kinda right about some things. Do you remember the meme: You're not wrong, you are just an a******? He should be the face of the meme.
33:30 You left out one of my favorite details about this flashback scene. We start on a shot Eren's face, fade into the flashback, and see Armin from Eren's perspective. It then cuts to Levi's perspective in the flashback, then fades back out to a shot of Levi's face at the current time, showing that Levi is thinking of the exact same memory that Eren is.
I think you maybe missed the parallel between Levi being the one to call Eren a monster, not because he can transform into a Titan, but because he can never be caged or stopped, way back in season one. It is interesting then that Levi is called a monster, even if he owes his powers to the Ackerman bloodline, it’s his heart that makes him never stop chasing Zeke. It’s a really interesting parallel between Eren and Levi and the false dichotomy between what is human and what is monstrous. Levi flies into these rages a lot, where his eyes turn white which is interesting as well. Anyway, I think it’s a cool point or detail added by Isayama to perhaps highlight the similarities and differences between Eren and Levi. Because in the end there’s no difference between a human and a Titan heart. Under the right conditions anyone can become a monster or a god.
you forgot to touch down on the part where bombloclatt was being grabbed by armins pure titan and the last thing he does is smile and looks at his allies for help, in parallel to reiner's "am i a warrior or am i a soldier" persona. when bathbomb looked at eren, jean, connie, sasha, mikasa, he looked at them expecting to be saved and completely forgot they were enemies, damn this show is truamatizing.
Just imagine... You've been in paradis for 5 years at this point and you have adapted. You wake up and you see you're being eaten while you see your comrades whom you've been for 3 years with. Just to remember you betrayed them 2 month ago
Did you know that on the day Midnight Sun chapter was released, Isayama wrote a long post in his blog about how much he loves Life is Strange, how it influenced him to start writing School Castes and how its ending (the choice between Chloe and the bay) heavily influenced Midnight Sun?
Even if I don't think Levi had some romantic feelings towards Erwin, it's interesting to guess what those tiny bits of information from Isayama really meant for this episode xddd
@@dominicpizano887 I don’t like the 2x option on all the time but having the ability to 2x certain parts is “addicting” for lack of a better word. Sad to hear I’m lowering watch time by doing it though
I mean, if you're a girl stuck in an endless desert for eternity, forced to rebuild bodies over and over again, what type of bodies would YOU choose to make...
One thing about killing Reiner that's problematic; If a shofter doesnt transfer their power before they die, a random Eldian will get it (born with it IIRC), resulting in either Marley sacrificing them for a candidate, or a Paradisian is born wirh it, and will randomly transform upon having the trigger activated.
You mean about Jean's decision? Yeah, that's true, but 1) They don't know about the "respawning" process 2) Even if they did, it's still better to remove a experienced soldier from the battlefield 3) It'd take years for Marley to find the new titan shifter as it's literally just some random Eldian somewhere in the world.
@@KorotoI’m sure the baby would transform and then it would be big news and whichever government has the kid would then find the baby and likely sacrifice it.
Armin and all scouts intrinsically get good body definitions because the ODM gear is heavy and zipping around those is already workout enough. edit: you need a strong core to move omni-directionally.
Yep, this shouldn't be a surprise. In one of the very first episodes of season 1 when they are part of the cadet corps, the mid cards explaining ODM gear specifically state that using it requires intense physical conditioning.
Two observations about some things said toward the end. The first is Armins gains. It makes perfect sense in retrospect. Even military members have beer guts. Hell, I had one when I was in. But my job was maintenance. I had all my muscle in my arms and legs. Considering how ODM gear works, I imagine anyone who could use it for more than thirty seconds and survive would have to be ripped like that. And on to his surviving the fall, it never even registered with me the first time I watched. Strange things happen in war, and that's nowhere near as strange as some stuff that's happened in real life. For an example, in WWII a B-17 gunner (I think he was the tail or ball gunner) was blown from the aircraft without a chute and fell nearly 20k feet to the ground, and survived. Just a wild thing that randomly happens.
34:35 i like to think of this scene is like Erwin given up of his dream like you talked about, he raised his hand to actually tackle and given up, and then it hit with his caution and remembering the think that started it, the think he believed, the the he dreamed on, asking to his father. in other hand Levi catches of what is happening and then he respected Erwin decision and injected it to Armin.
22:15 When Levi seems weaker than usual, couldn't it be because he remembers the time when he went mad at Erwin during his first expedition after the death of Isabelle and Furlan ? Erwin was able to calm him with his charisma at the time. I always thought that during this scene, Levi was remembering what it meant for a soldier to threaten his superior and getting himself a callback of who he was. This shows again how many thoughts at the time Levi had during the whole episode
Thank you for what you do man, I love listening to you absolutely go deep on these episodes. And here's to one of the best episodes in the history of television 🍻
I always thought of Armin being ripped after being brought back as his body still recovering from being burnt to a crisp, with all of his fat being melted away
Something you seem to be missing is that titan shifters CAN transform after an extreme injury. They just can't transform if they are injured shortly after a transformation. You can see this with reiner losing his hand and having the blade logged in his arm, and the best example is eren transforming after getting BOTH of his legs chomped off by porco in the final episode of s4 part 1. We can see eren has pants but then when he later leaves his titan he has "shorts" because he lost his legs. Anyways I love this series and you've helped me see somethings in a new light and I can't wait for you to start over analyzing season 4!
Well it's because injuries are what allows the transformation to occur. Once you're regenerating it's off the table until you're good to go again. It's an either/or thing. Either heal from your booboo or turn into a fucking monster
It makes sense for Armin to have a ton of abs but still a pretty slim body. He doesn’t take part much in the combat directly, and as we seen in season 1 when Reiner carries his bag in training, he’s not very strong. But the thing about ODM gear is that it’s super intense to use, even in the early stages, just using the little training setups in camp takes insane core strength, and flying about with them in combat literally leaves the soldiers with skid marks from the g-force. Given the scouts aren’t exactly well fed, it makes sense for him to be pretty skinny while still having a ripped core
I think the answer to the question of whether Erwin will side with the Yeager or the Alliance lies in the morality of the characters. Armin has a gray morality. He does not divide people into good and bad, "a good person is someone who is convenient for you." The line between enemy and friend is very thin, and after receiving Berthold's memories, he strengthened his beliefs more strongly. Now the question is, what is Erwin's moral? Grey or black and white?
Bertholdt yelling out "guys!" and smiling as he's being eaten is a momentary lapse as his first instinct when seeing them is that they're his friends and they'll save him but then reality checks in
This is my favourite episode in the entire attack on titan series, just the aftermath of a brutal battle and just the atmosphere of this entire episode is haunting to me, and they gut punched me by making me witness the characters fight over who to save between Armin and Erwin two characters I love. I swear this anime is the only piece of media that can make me feel physical pain by crying so much and I still love it because of how good it is.
Responded to this in another comment, so I'll copy paste here. Yeah, I wrote that in the original script, but the next frame she's back to a normal grip, so there's definitely a bit of continuity weirdness there. I just opted for a slightly more goofy slice and dice 😄
This episode is my favorite in the series. I love when you can put a few characters in a room (or on a rooftop) and have it be just as if not more compelling than an action sequence. Also an underrated part of this episode I don’t see a lot is that it is almost completely devoid of music. It’s brilliant when a composer realizes that not having any music is even more powerful sometimes. A masterpiece of an episode.
I would argue that narratively, it is not that tough a decision to choose armin over erwin, as erwin represents the idea of being the devil they see you as to survive, which is pretty antithetical to a big theme of the series. That being valuing compassion and understanding and this is armin's whole thing. I dont think that Erwin would have sided with Eren by any means, but I do think he would perpetuate the cycles of violence in the world more than armin would.
Minor correction at 5:50 - Eren tells Mikasa to cut her hair in season 1 to get under Jean's skin as he commented about her hair earlier in that scene. Jean then rubs his faith in humanity on Connie's back. It's meant to be a gag scene
I think it's coincidence that Jean compliments her hair before Eren tells her to cut it. I dont think Eren cared enough about Jean at that point to do something like that.
my favorite part of this episode is that either mikasa or eren gave armin their jacket so he wouldn't be cold. i always thought it was kinda cute lmao also i always assumed that armin was ripped the whole time. also paradis doesn't exactly have an abundance of food so maybe armin looks chiseled due to low body fat to begin with
Hey K I wanna say I really appreciate your videos, can’t even begin to image how the production of these videos take and what not but thank you for the S tier content here on YT, much love and thanks from Texas 🙏
Excellent analysis on one of the best pivotal moments in all of AoT, Koroto. PD: I saw one redditor say unironically that this was ''the worst episode of TV ever released'' just because Levi didn't chose Erwin. My amount of love for this work of art is sometimes, sadly, comparable to my disgust over some of the things people say about it.
This is just a theory but- I don’t know if you remember the scene with grisha and Eren Kruger at the wall on Paradise Island. One of the guards said that they could make a prisoner into a 3-4 class titan, which is like half of the full inject (MAYBE) but. My theory is..what if they used half on armin and half on Erwin ? Theoretically if my theory is correct both of them will turn into 4-5 class meter titans. Then that means we could save both armin and Erwin. Giving them the powers of the colossal titan and the armored titan. But Reiner is such a good character I wouldn’t want him to die either 😔
This was one of the most emotionally draining episodes ever. And probably my 2nd favorite after Hero And I have a friend who REFUSES to watch this series simply because "It's full of naked giants.. that's just preposterous.."
I have been following all of your episodes on AoT and I love it. Loved your analytsis for this episode. It made me as emotional as how I felt when I saw this episode for the first time.
My biggest dream is to have iseyama watch all of these videos and have like a 2-3hr video of both of you just talking about different theories and different potential outcomes that could have been considered. In the same way that attack on titan is a masterpiece, these videos are a masterpiece on their own. Thank you for allowing me to re-live attack on titan from a new perspective with theories I had never thought of before
Hey man, just wanted to say I really really enjoy this series and have finally caught up with every episode so far. I also love how you integrate points/clips of other series you analyze like atla and twd into this series. Very enjoyable. Have a good one!
One small detail that was missed. When Birth-hole was grabbed by Armon's titan he briefly looks over and smiles seeing his "friends", that glimmer of hope in his eyes before he starts screaming for anyone and everyone to come save him. Hes supposed to be the enemy, but this scene is heartbreaking
Another interpretation of the midnight sun is the difference between Erwin and Armin and how Erwin's past is built on the sacrifices he's made and the people he has had killed in order to carry out his mission (the scene prior to his speech conversing with Levi). which with Armin is not the case at all. He is a beaming light of innocence and tries to solve the problems without harming anyone completely juxtaposing Erwin.
@@nosa_c3907Erwin is the commander operating within military organization, in any operation there would be sacrifices no matter how carefully it had been planned. Armin never evolved as a leader, his true identity was supposed to be someone who negotiates for peace and thrives for mutual understanding, but imo it did not fully pay of in S4.
Y'all really need to stop demonizing Erwin, lol. He made the long-distance formation to decrease the casualty rate and did everything a commander should do. As Levi said, he fought well and they only got so far thanks to him.
@@krtkjkr I agree with Erwin's plan fully in that situation there wasn't anything else to do, I was just trying to say that Erwin is prepared to make that decision, unlike Armin where he would have spent time to come up with another plan possibly leading to more casualties indirectly (from Zeke's onslaught). Both of them (would/did) struggle to make the decision I'm just comparing how Erwin was eventually came to the conclusion that there is no other way and prepared to make the sacrifice. Which Armin could not.
Man I love these videos I love to see someone who shares the same love for this series. I hope you make a video of Jeans development one day a lot of ppl don’t give him much attention as he deserves he’s such a good character🙏
Finally cathced up with your series. Just finished watching watching aot 2 months ago and you were delivering those goosebumps again and again. Rhanks for that! You mad me an even bigger fan of aot!
man, I have to say it, going through the whole series again with you is almost like god gifted me a rewatch of AoT with wiped memories. so much to love about your series, I'm awaiting new Episodes more impatiently than the new One Piece Episodes. Theres nothing I would change about this series, very fucking good job :)
I tought this was about Levi being damned by the same leson he taught Eren. He relied over and over again on other's plans instead of killing Zeke immediately. The rumbling would have never happened if he has just trusted himself.
19:36 I'm a bit surprised you went with the thought of using the serum as a power up for a current shifter instead of the thought of giving half the serum to each of them (before Reiner gets taken away). I've always found that the idea of needing to inject a certain amount of the serum to be much more vague and never really touched on to be a more common question than the idea of using it to give Eren a full heal mid-fight. Fun to speculate either way though!
I always thought from the jump that zeke was somehow erens brother because when we first see him outside of the monkey titan he's got the circle glasses on, and the only other character with circle glasses like that was erens dad. Honestly kind of a shot in the dark but I felt so smart when it was revealed 😂
Love this episode. I never gave much thought to Flock (aka Buzzsaw hair) than he wanted vengance on Ervin but you gave it so much more. Looking forward to your next episodes
I love as well, just how much the new generation theme is drilled into the decision to hammer home that Erwin has reached his limit. Obviously, on surface level, Armin is the face of the younger generation, with so many parallels to Erwin that we knew for so long already that it was implied he would replace him, or be put in the position to. But, down to their thoughts before their sacrifices, Erwin is thinking about his lost comrades, while Armin thinks of those who will live on. Or even their dreams, Erwin seeks to understand the past while Armin wants to discover something new. There's a reason nobody can imagine Erwin in season 4, he would have had nothing of himself driving him, and solely be existing to carry on the wishes of his fallen comrades
I gotta say, you could over explain aot for like 12 hours straight n I'd be there every minute lol this is good stuff n I'm really excited to see the basement episode
This episode really had me very conflicted inside my head the first time i watched it. I don't remember any others show making me anxious like aot did.
28:00 When Flock is stepping toward Mikasa she isn't going for the slice. She is going to whack him with the back of the blade. Backhand strike with a reversed grip. EDIT: Rewatched the scene to make sure I was right and found a few frames of her swapping grip too.
Yeah, I wrote that in the original script, but the next frame she's back to a normal grip, so there's definitely a bit of continuity weirdness there. I just opted for a slightly more goofy slice and dice 😄
i think it is a bit sad that you didnt really talk about bertholds death and him calling out to his old friends but all in all this is one of the episodes which will forever be embedded in my brain. my children and their children will know about this dilemma.
I don't think Floch thinks he is a chosen Hero actually, its the opposite. Floch has survivors guilt. He worships those above him because he has no self worth, its why he is still a follower until much later in the story. At this point in time, he finds himself as the only person to survive and cannot comprehend why. He is angry at Erwin for causing all thier deaths, but at the same time... if his the only other person thats just about alive, then the only reason Floch survived must have been to save Erwin. And thats where his whole twisted mindset in that moment comes from. His whole obsession with needing a devil comes from this moment and is a result of his survivors guilt in my opinion. Also in terms of Armin being ripped, I originally thought it must be Titan stuff before realising that no, his a scout. ODM gear would require you to basically have insane core strength really, so if they are constantly training on that, even without specific gym work you'd be mad ripped.
I finally caught up to your series. Sometimes you genuinely cook, and I'm like "Yeah, you're pointing out stuff many ignore", and other times I'm like "Man, I shouldn't have let him cook" since some interpretations are usually just reaches such as interpretations over titles and similar. Still a quality video however, and probably the best so far.
Armin's role is the moral compass of the show and the one who plants the seed of hope to Eren. Because he sees a life beyond the ocean, he moves forward for the future instead of being held back by the past. You see time and time again irl revolution where people use violence to overthrow a corrupt government, only for it to fall into the same cycle. Most people are too caught up in the chase, but failed to plan for how things should be. I'm not saying that Erwin's incompetent, but my guy has been completely burned out already ❤️🔥. While Erwin is willing to sacrifice for the bigger picture, Armin always tries to minimize the loss in order to save the most lives. It's his empathy that makes him a kind leader and a great negotiator. That is probably the most important weapon in a war.
I think all the Scouts are ripped like we see with Eren/Armin etc. The amount of core strength you'd need to use ODM Gear must be insane, so it makes perfect sense.
Man, this series (AOT) never gets easier to watch. But your videos make it easier. That said, I cannot express how infuriating Floch is…. Like, him and that one girl from S4 yes we all know we collectively thought of “her” are the ones who get under my skin the most.
Heres something I never thought of before, Ymir has absolute power over Eldians, right? So if she wants to look into any one of their minds thats no issue. Mikasa isnt an Eldian, her dad was an Ackerman and her mom was from Hizuru, so, how does Ymir have any ability to interact with MIkasa at all? Was that something explained that I overlooked or simply dont remember?
The Ackermans are titan experiments, so while they resist Ymir's influence, they are still subjects of Ymir. So Mikasa can be pulled into the paths like all other subjects of Ymir, but she cannot be controlled (hence the headaches, Ymir is forcefully trying to get into her head. She still doesn't control Mikasa in any way, she just wants to see through her eyes)
loved the vid, i just wish you talked about bertoldts death and how sad it ends up being learning the context of his past in the next couple episodes and season 4
FACT: Moblit was the Realest One ™🙏🏽💐 Theory: Floch's unbearable hair MAY be more enjoyable if you randomly swap out the buzz saw for pinwheels, pinwheel-shaped pastries, hurricanes, a bouquet of flowers that look like that (tiger lilies, lol!), etcetera, just to take the edge off. I feel you, bro 🥲💕
btw, being ripped is more about starvation and dehydration, so it makes sense that shifters look ripped after spending all their energy to move a massive body
I should've known you fellow overanalyzers wouldn't let it slip - this video was way too long, so I moved the Burrito screaming for help scenes to next episode with all the nightmares Armin has. Fret not, we'll talk plenty about all of that! 👍
Yes I was a bit sad you didn't talk about that, these screams have always terrified me. I can't wait to see what you have to say !
You also didn't talk about the parallel between Levi and Mikasa freeing Erwin and Eren from what enslaved them by killing them
What about Armin surviving the fall? 😂😂😂😂
@@jip5889 he talked about it in last episode
These videos are never long enough dude give more analysis
Erwin could never have been the Colossal Titan, it’s impossible for him to have no balls😞
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I've always loved the detail of Levi clutching the syringe box close to his chest when he finds out Erwin is still alive.
Yeah, definitely seems like an almost involuntary reaction to "keep it safe".
@@Koroto keep it safe and warm for Erwin's veins lmao
To his heart haha
@@hhdbhn302 gotta get erwin that giant titan bod in case of emergency
Another depressing detail/interpretation of mine: when Burrito is about to be eaten by Armin, he turns to the gang and cries out for them to help him. Which seeems weird until you remember that they were friends and comrades for 3 years, and enemies for only a couple months.
In this moment he wakes up, doesn't know whats happening except for the fact that he's about to be eaten, and thinks "Those are my friends! They'll save me!" And then the realization dawns on him, and he can't do anything but cry out for the last two people still by his side, as he is eaten. Felt so bad for ol Burrito when i realized this.
makes my heart hurt every time
@@matthewsteele99 it hurts more because he was the only one out of the 3 that since the first day of the mision new that what they were doing was horrible and that there isnt a justification to what they are doing unlike reiner and annie, both of them tried to find a way to justify what they were doing or to scape from reallity but burrito always accepted the reallity of what they were doing, he was the best out of the 3 for me and its sad that he was the only one that had to die
Burrito? You mean berthold?
@@ariamh823 yeah thats what I said burrito... welcome to the español where we call batman bruno dias and the kamekameha onda vital
@@ariamh823 ngl I called him Burrito because I didn't want to check my spelling and knew people would know what I meant haha. Suppose I could've just called him Bert
the smallest detail you missed were the tears of all the fans on their screens when they saw this episode for the first time
For the first time and pretty much all other times anyone watches it, I imagine. This is like super advanced artistic tear generator! 🥲
I still remember the first time I watched, ir took more than ano hours to watch the whole episode because I was bawling my eyes out.
It hits on every rewatch
I was UGLY crying 😂
8:20 Isayama changed the inheritor of the cart titan because all of the marleyan titan shifters were kids and he thought it didn't really make sense for the cart titan to be the only one who's a grown adult (whose name was Oliver by the way) so he changed him to Peak and made us all happier.
"and made us all happier" 😂😂😂😂
@@Koroto 😂😂😂😂 I mean who do like more ? Goofs aside excellent video, made me very emotional, thank you for your incredible work please never stop.
she ain't that hot
@@LiterallyUnlovable719lie...lie everywhere
@@rizzaiilecheum9655i've never been more honest in my entire life
I mean, it makes perfect sense to me that not only Armi, but actually everyone, is ripped. The core/abdominal strength you would need to have to do all the ODM gear shenanigans...
Also, the fact that the appearance of abs depends more on your nutrition than training. They eat almost no fat and only what they need.
There is also the scene of one of the kidnappers touching Armin's body thinking he is Historia and commenting on it being unexpectedly muscular ☠️
About the title "Midnight Sun", in March 2018 Isayama himself answered what he meant by it:
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"Midnight Sun refers to the phenomenon where the sun doesn't set and it remains light even at night. The idea is that with Erwin's death, the sun may have set… or rather, it hasn't set, carrying the meaning that even after Erwin's death, his influence lingers on. (In other words, the sun doesn't set.)"
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So, originally Erwin is meant to be the sun, but the sun doesn't set, with Armin carrying his ideas.
We keep bumping into each other. Can't for the life of me figure out why 🤣
Let it be known, that you mimicing the silent title card opening, has not gone unnoticed.
Very nice detail.
11:37 Worth mentioning that in the Ilse Langnar OVA, Hange almost gets Oluo killed by a Titan just because she wants to capture it, thinking that it would be a great asset to humanity if they could research on the titans instead of just killing them on the spot.
Contrast that with what happens here; Hange not wanting to take any chances with Reiner. So Jean's right, It IS pretty out of character for her and shows just how much Moblit's death affected her. On one hand, R.I.P. my boy, but on the other it's good to see that Hange really did care about him because she sure as hell didn't listen to the poor guy at all when he was still alive.
On that note, I hope you cover the OVAs someday too. I really love your videos, especially the overanalyzing AoT ones, so an extra one or two would be just uhh... chef's keess.
The bit about Armin at 3:26 reminds me so much of Captain America. He was weak physically but always had a pure heart and the courage to do what’s right. When Steve and Armin are literally given the power of the gods, they wield it with humility and restraint. THAT is what makes them heroes!
This is a great comparison!
Reminds me of that time captain america betrayed tony stark and genocided everyone in america because he found out russia was still upset that they lost a war against them one time.
Iron man was all like "cap, think about what youre doing, this doesnt make any sense! you swore to protect these people and now you want them all dead?!"
and captain america, of course is all "tony, you dont get it, if I dont kill our people, then they will kill our people, and if they kill our people, then we will have to kill them, and they dont want that, so I have to kill our people to save the people that are not ours who are trying to kill us"
Its poetic, I wish writers like tolkien and herbert would stop being pussies and write good stories like this, actually achieving victory takes too much effort, the best stories are about helping the bad guys win so you dont have to risk anything. Aragorn should have turned around and said "for sauron" and stabbed that racist orc genociding gandalf in the dick.
37:10 I think those frames of Levi with a shadow over his eyes are for the moments when he gets closer and closer to losing Erwin. He tried to stop him from going, knowing he might die, but Erwin rejected. Then, on the rooftop it's the moment of him finally making the decision and letting him go. It's personal, and we hear his soft sob, knowing that he hides his tears.
In the next episode he corrects himself from "I chose you" to "No, due to my personal feelings I chose Erwin's death to be here and now."
It's of course both, and Levi saving Armin's dream is a big deal, but he himself makes this accent on letting Erwin rest.
Loved the video, thank you! It's my favourite episode, so I like listening to all kinds of interpretations, when they are reasonable.
haha, the opening doesn't have the music referencing the episode itself haha. clever you Overanalyzing man
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Oooh that's why? I swore I rewinded like 4 times to make sure I didn't miss it. I like that intro sound.
I need to start watching the corresponding episode before each video release now lol
Love that you brought up Hange's priority for vengeance - how Moblit's death caused her to choose her emotions over logic which she rarely does. RIP Moblit - the GOAT.
This episode introduced my favorite OST of all time, ThanksAT. "Levi...arigato."
My favorite episode of all time.
the reading of Erwin's last line as him living his last conscious moment with his father and dying with a dream yet to be reached is incredible, i'm so glad i have this new vision to think and cry about thank you so much
A video breaking down why Erwin wouldn’t be a Jagerist would be great actually
Yes, this has been a huge topic of debate.
Is the argument that he wouldnt be a jagerist, or that he wouldnt genocide his own people as a favor to some douchebags across the sea?
Because you're an actual drooling idiot if you think him turning against eldians like everyone else would be in character or good writing. I can only believe the other betrayals because they have been nothing but stupid up until that point to begin with, Erwin doing a complete 180 and saying "actually, we should all die and I'm glad the titans are being used to kill us" is peak armin, not erwin.
The problem wouldn't be Erwin becoming jagerist; the jagerists would be erwinists (because smithists just sounds bad). Erwin standing on a pile of corpses for a decade learning that there are people outside the walls, that they are a major if not the reason he stands on that pile of corpses then being giving a near godly power to fight back with the damage that a nothing left to lose Erwin would cause in 13 years of pure strategy and charisma at his back would make the rumbling look like a tea party and the jagerists look like a peace core. This is why the timeline is fixed why armin had to take the colossal because armin would allow peace but also armin would fight Eren. Erens plan needed him to devastate the world but also to lose in order to break the cycle.
@@cryptochronos4099 I agree completely. I need to know how anybody could think that Erwin would show mercy to a world that doesn't deserve it.
@@cryptochronos4099 Based, someone who actually paid attention.
After being traumatized by Floch fans online for months now, your interpretation of him was chef's kiss. I watched that part twice 😁
I love Floch! I completely agree with this analysis of him and I still think his lost, hateful, and vengeful BS is 100% on point.
@@josemexicanmexican7602He is kinda right about some things. Do you remember the meme: You're not wrong, you are just an a******? He should be the face of the meme.
33:30 You left out one of my favorite details about this flashback scene. We start on a shot Eren's face, fade into the flashback, and see Armin from Eren's perspective. It then cuts to Levi's perspective in the flashback, then fades back out to a shot of Levi's face at the current time, showing that Levi is thinking of the exact same memory that Eren is.
I think you maybe missed the parallel between Levi being the one to call Eren a monster, not because he can transform into a Titan, but because he can never be caged or stopped, way back in season one. It is interesting then that Levi is called a monster, even if he owes his powers to the Ackerman bloodline, it’s his heart that makes him never stop chasing Zeke. It’s a really interesting parallel between Eren and Levi and the false dichotomy between what is human and what is monstrous. Levi flies into these rages a lot, where his eyes turn white which is interesting as well. Anyway, I think it’s a cool point or detail added by Isayama to perhaps highlight the similarities and differences between Eren and Levi. Because in the end there’s no difference between a human and a Titan heart. Under the right conditions anyone can become a monster or a god.
Lol wonderful nuanced touch skipping your introductory theme the first few seconds of this episode. (Just like "Midnight Sun" Skipping the intro theme
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you forgot to touch down on the part where bombloclatt was being grabbed by armins pure titan and the last thing he does is smile and looks at his allies for help, in parallel to reiner's "am i a warrior or am i a soldier" persona. when bathbomb looked at eren, jean, connie, sasha, mikasa, he looked at them expecting to be saved and completely forgot they were enemies, damn this show is truamatizing.
Just imagine... You've been in paradis for 5 years at this point and you have adapted. You wake up and you see you're being eaten while you see your comrades whom you've been for 3 years with. Just to remember you betrayed them 2 month ago
Did you know that on the day Midnight Sun chapter was released, Isayama wrote a long post in his blog about how much he loves Life is Strange, how it influenced him to start writing School Castes and how its ending (the choice between Chloe and the bay) heavily influenced Midnight Sun?
So thats why the ending was god awful.
@@zeus28frenzy why?
Even if I don't think Levi had some romantic feelings towards Erwin, it's interesting to guess what those tiny bits of information from Isayama really meant for this episode xddd
Source pls?
Brooo thats awesome, I love Life is Strange. I wonder how much Isayama has developed the scenario of choosing for Erwin in his mind
Great video, highly recommend and watched it at 0.5x speed to make sure I increased watch time!
Do it. 🗿
Yorkshire tea man would be proud.
Wait, so when I do the 2x tap-hold on mobile it hurts channels? That’s diabolical.
@@DipolarApathybeyond diabolical its stinkmeaner level of sinister
@@DipolarApathy I watch everything else at 2x
@@dominicpizano887 I don’t like the 2x option on all the time but having the ability to 2x certain parts is “addicting” for lack of a better word. Sad to hear I’m lowering watch time by doing it though
Armin knew this was his only shirtless scene and did sit-ups before to get that pump
The way that ODM gear works everyone's gotta have 8 pack abs. Scouts earn extra money by subbing in for the cheese graters in restaurants.
Very respectable ngl, bro did NOT fumble his one opportunity
@@JohnSmith-tt3goDoes that mean females like Historia also had abs?
@@jaipandey7142 probably
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I mean, if you're a girl stuck in an endless desert for eternity, forced to rebuild bodies over and over again, what type of bodies would YOU choose to make...
One thing about killing Reiner that's problematic;
If a shofter doesnt transfer their power before they die, a random Eldian will get it (born with it IIRC), resulting in either Marley sacrificing them for a candidate, or a Paradisian is born wirh it, and will randomly transform upon having the trigger activated.
You mean about Jean's decision? Yeah, that's true, but
1) They don't know about the "respawning" process
2) Even if they did, it's still better to remove a experienced soldier from the battlefield
3) It'd take years for Marley to find the new titan shifter as it's literally just some random Eldian somewhere in the world.
@@KorotoI’m sure the baby would transform and then it would be big news and whichever government has the kid would then find the baby and likely sacrifice it.
Your videos always feel 10 minutes long and they’re always incredible and worth the half hour to the full hour
Armin and all scouts intrinsically get good body definitions because the ODM gear is heavy and zipping around those is already workout enough.
edit: you need a strong core to move omni-directionally.
Yep, this shouldn't be a surprise. In one of the very first episodes of season 1 when they are part of the cadet corps, the mid cards explaining ODM gear specifically state that using it requires intense physical conditioning.
Two observations about some things said toward the end. The first is Armins gains. It makes perfect sense in retrospect. Even military members have beer guts. Hell, I had one when I was in. But my job was maintenance. I had all my muscle in my arms and legs.
Considering how ODM gear works, I imagine anyone who could use it for more than thirty seconds and survive would have to be ripped like that.
And on to his surviving the fall, it never even registered with me the first time I watched. Strange things happen in war, and that's nowhere near as strange as some stuff that's happened in real life.
For an example, in WWII a B-17 gunner (I think he was the tail or ball gunner) was blown from the aircraft without a chute and fell nearly 20k feet to the ground, and survived. Just a wild thing that randomly happens.
34:35 i like to think of this scene is like Erwin given up of his dream like you talked about, he raised his hand to actually tackle and given up, and then it hit with his caution and remembering the think that started it, the think he believed, the the he dreamed on, asking to his father. in other hand Levi catches of what is happening and then he respected Erwin decision and injected it to Armin.
22:15 When Levi seems weaker than usual, couldn't it be because he remembers the time when he went mad at Erwin during his first expedition after the death of Isabelle and Furlan ?
Erwin was able to calm him with his charisma at the time. I always thought that during this scene, Levi was remembering what it meant for a soldier to threaten his superior and getting himself a callback of who he was.
This shows again how many thoughts at the time Levi had during the whole episode
I speak for all of us when i say, we **need** that Erwin video
The amount of people misunderstanding his statement is crazy so is Isayama sensei for writing it so beautifully
Thank you for what you do man, I love listening to you absolutely go deep on these episodes.
And here's to one of the best episodes in the history of television 🍻
I always thought of Armin being ripped after being brought back as his body still recovering from being burnt to a crisp, with all of his fat being melted away
Bowl-cut went through some R.U.E. (Rapid Unplanned Exercise) while the rest of Shiganshina underwent R.U.D. (Rapid Unplanned Disassembly)
Armin has never been fat
Something you seem to be missing is that titan shifters CAN transform after an extreme injury. They just can't transform if they are injured shortly after a transformation. You can see this with reiner losing his hand and having the blade logged in his arm, and the best example is eren transforming after getting BOTH of his legs chomped off by porco in the final episode of s4 part 1. We can see eren has pants but then when he later leaves his titan he has "shorts" because he lost his legs. Anyways I love this series and you've helped me see somethings in a new light and I can't wait for you to start over analyzing season 4!
Well it's because injuries are what allows the transformation to occur. Once you're regenerating it's off the table until you're good to go again. It's an either/or thing. Either heal from your booboo or turn into a fucking monster
i love you for posting this right as i get my lunch
Enjoy! 🙇♂️
My favorite episode. Imma save this for a bit later when my heart is ready.💔
I was waiting for this episode since he started his over-analysis series.
Season 3 was peak AOT, and this was a gorgeous episode. Awesome job as usual Korotos ❤
It makes sense for Armin to have a ton of abs but still a pretty slim body. He doesn’t take part much in the combat directly, and as we seen in season 1 when Reiner carries his bag in training, he’s not very strong. But the thing about ODM gear is that it’s super intense to use, even in the early stages, just using the little training setups in camp takes insane core strength, and flying about with them in combat literally leaves the soldiers with skid marks from the g-force. Given the scouts aren’t exactly well fed, it makes sense for him to be pretty skinny while still having a ripped core
I think the answer to the question of whether Erwin will side with the Yeager or the Alliance lies in the morality of the characters.
Armin has a gray morality. He does not divide people into good and bad, "a good person is someone who is convenient for you." The line between enemy and friend is very thin, and after receiving Berthold's memories, he strengthened his beliefs more strongly.
Now the question is, what is Erwin's moral? Grey or black and white?
I think Erwin would appreciate the need to genocide the world outside the walls for a guaranteed victory.
@@josemexicanmexican7602However, Erwin has always been interested only in the truth about the Titans, and not in the victory of mankind.
Calling Burrito everything but his real name is one of my favorite parts of these videos
refreshing my youtube home page and finding a new upload of yours is the best feeling
The tragic beauty of Levi's choice?
Bro Levi's whole life is a tragic beauty. Or just a tragedy
Bertholdt yelling out "guys!" and smiling as he's being eaten is a momentary lapse as his first instinct when seeing them is that they're his friends and they'll save him but then reality checks in
This is my favourite episode in the entire attack on titan series, just the aftermath of a brutal battle and just the atmosphere of this entire episode is haunting to me, and they gut punched me by making me witness the characters fight over who to save between Armin and Erwin two characters I love. I swear this anime is the only piece of media that can make me feel physical pain by crying so much and I still love it because of how good it is.
28:02 A small detail, but Mikasa actually flips the blades there to knock Floch out instead of dicing him.
Responded to this in another comment, so I'll copy paste here.
Yeah, I wrote that in the original script, but the next frame she's back to a normal grip, so there's definitely a bit of continuity weirdness there.
I just opted for a slightly more goofy slice and dice 😄
@@Koroto@Koroto Oh, I didn't catch that. Thanks.
This episode is my favorite in the series. I love when you can put a few characters in a room (or on a rooftop) and have it be just as if not more compelling than an action sequence. Also an underrated part of this episode I don’t see a lot is that it is almost completely devoid of music. It’s brilliant when a composer realizes that not having any music is even more powerful sometimes. A masterpiece of an episode.
Yes, please, make a video on why Erwin would never follow Eren's plan. The humanity needs it.
Eren would have followed Erwin's plan instead
watched your entire series and will watch it to the end :)
I would argue that narratively, it is not that tough a decision to choose armin over erwin, as erwin represents the idea of being the devil they see you as to survive, which is pretty antithetical to a big theme of the series. That being valuing compassion and understanding and this is armin's whole thing. I dont think that Erwin would have sided with Eren by any means, but I do think he would perpetuate the cycles of violence in the world more than armin would.
HYYYYYYYPE. I'm so here for this. Thanks for continuing your analysis.
we made it. The combination of this episode with the two previous ones is absolute peak Attack on Titan for me, and you did them more than justice.
bro, your nuanced interpretation of Levi's decision made me cry
Minor correction at 5:50 - Eren tells Mikasa to cut her hair in season 1 to get under Jean's skin as he commented about her hair earlier in that scene. Jean then rubs his faith in humanity on Connie's back. It's meant to be a gag scene
I think it's coincidence that Jean compliments her hair before Eren tells her to cut it. I dont think Eren cared enough about Jean at that point to do something like that.
my favorite part of this episode is that either mikasa or eren gave armin their jacket so he wouldn't be cold. i always thought it was kinda cute lmao
also i always assumed that armin was ripped the whole time. also paradis doesn't exactly have an abundance of food so maybe armin looks chiseled due to low body fat to begin with
Hey K I wanna say I really appreciate your videos, can’t even begin to image how the production of these videos take and what not but thank you for the S tier content here on YT, much love and thanks from Texas 🙏
I love how you chose to omit the sound in the intro, a nice homage to the episode
Who cares how long these videos are. Second by second of pure talent and worth as many rewatches as the show itself. Our hearts for the cause 🫡
Excellent analysis on one of the best pivotal moments in all of AoT, Koroto.
PD: I saw one redditor say unironically that this was ''the worst episode of TV ever released'' just because Levi didn't chose Erwin. My amount of love for this work of art is sometimes, sadly, comparable to my disgust over some of the things people say about it.
This is just a theory but- I don’t know if you remember the scene with grisha and Eren Kruger at the wall on Paradise Island. One of the guards said that they could make a prisoner into a 3-4 class titan, which is like half of the full inject (MAYBE) but. My theory is..what if they used half on armin and half on Erwin ? Theoretically if my theory is correct both of them will turn into 4-5 class meter titans. Then that means we could save both armin and Erwin. Giving them the powers of the colossal titan and the armored titan. But Reiner is such a good character I wouldn’t want him to die either 😔
This was one of the most emotionally draining episodes ever. And probably my 2nd favorite after Hero
And I have a friend who REFUSES to watch this series simply because "It's full of naked giants.. that's just preposterous.."
I like this deep dive a lot. Keep it up man!
I have been following all of your episodes on AoT and I love it. Loved your analytsis for this episode. It made me as emotional as how I felt when I saw this episode for the first time.
My biggest dream is to have iseyama watch all of these videos and have like a 2-3hr video of both of you just talking about different theories and different potential outcomes that could have been considered. In the same way that attack on titan is a masterpiece, these videos are a masterpiece on their own. Thank you for allowing me to re-live attack on titan from a new perspective with theories I had never thought of before
Hey man, just wanted to say I really really enjoy this series and have finally caught up with every episode so far. I also love how you integrate points/clips of other series you analyze like atla and twd into this series. Very enjoyable. Have a good one!
One small detail that was missed.
When Birth-hole was grabbed by Armon's titan he briefly looks over and smiles seeing his "friends",
that glimmer of hope in his eyes before he starts screaming for anyone and everyone to come save him.
Hes supposed to be the enemy, but this scene is heartbreaking
Another interpretation of the midnight sun is the difference between Erwin and Armin and how Erwin's past is built on the sacrifices he's made and the people he has had killed in order to carry out his mission (the scene prior to his speech conversing with Levi). which with Armin is not the case at all. He is a beaming light of innocence and tries to solve the problems without harming anyone completely juxtaposing Erwin.
Not harming anybody?! Impossible...
@@fa.s.h925 He Tries not succeeds, whereas Erwin will sacrifice people/ do anything to win
@@nosa_c3907Erwin is the commander operating within military organization, in any operation there would be sacrifices no matter how carefully it had been planned. Armin never evolved as a leader, his true identity was supposed to be someone who negotiates for peace and thrives for mutual understanding, but imo it did not fully pay of in S4.
Y'all really need to stop demonizing Erwin, lol. He made the long-distance formation to decrease the casualty rate and did everything a commander should do. As Levi said, he fought well and they only got so far thanks to him.
@@krtkjkr I agree with Erwin's plan fully in that situation there wasn't anything else to do, I was just trying to say that Erwin is prepared to make that decision, unlike Armin where he would have spent time to come up with another plan possibly leading to more casualties indirectly (from Zeke's onslaught). Both of them (would/did) struggle to make the decision I'm just comparing how Erwin was eventually came to the conclusion that there is no other way and prepared to make the sacrifice. Which Armin could not.
man this epsisode reallly touches my soul everytime I watch it
Man I love these videos I love to see someone who shares the same love for this series. I hope you make a video of Jeans development one day a lot of ppl don’t give him much attention as he deserves he’s such a good character🙏
Finally cathced up with your series. Just finished watching watching aot 2 months ago and you were delivering those goosebumps again and again. Rhanks for that! You mad me an even bigger fan of aot!
Just wanted to say I absolutely love this channel! Your voice and accent and choice of words is excellent! And your mind! Just Peak!
Many thanks for the kind words, glad you're enjoying it! :)
man, I have to say it, going through the whole series again with you is almost like god gifted me a rewatch of AoT with wiped memories. so much to love about your series, I'm awaiting new Episodes more impatiently than the new One Piece Episodes. Theres nothing I would change about this series, very fucking good job :)
I tought this was about Levi being damned by the same leson he taught Eren. He relied over and over again on other's plans instead of killing Zeke immediately. The rumbling would have never happened if he has just trusted himself.
I am using your videos as a background while doing something, and oh boy I just witnessed your new video dropped. The feeling is amazing
19:36 I'm a bit surprised you went with the thought of using the serum as a power up for a current shifter instead of the thought of giving half the serum to each of them (before Reiner gets taken away). I've always found that the idea of needing to inject a certain amount of the serum to be much more vague and never really touched on to be a more common question than the idea of using it to give Eren a full heal mid-fight. Fun to speculate either way though!
I always thought from the jump that zeke was somehow erens brother because when we first see him outside of the monkey titan he's got the circle glasses on, and the only other character with circle glasses like that was erens dad. Honestly kind of a shot in the dark but I felt so smart when it was revealed 😂
That's even funnier because those glasses were from the previous beast titan and had nothing to do with Grisha.
Armin definitely had abs before. ODM gear requires good physics.
Just want to let you know that these videos are always the highlight of my day when they are uploaded. Please do this forever.
Love this episode. I never gave much thought to Flock (aka Buzzsaw hair) than he wanted vengance on Ervin but you gave it so much more. Looking forward to your next episodes
I love as well, just how much the new generation theme is drilled into the decision to hammer home that Erwin has reached his limit.
Obviously, on surface level, Armin is the face of the younger generation, with so many parallels to Erwin that we knew for so long already that it was implied he would replace him, or be put in the position to.
But, down to their thoughts before their sacrifices, Erwin is thinking about his lost comrades, while Armin thinks of those who will live on. Or even their dreams, Erwin seeks to understand the past while Armin wants to discover something new.
There's a reason nobody can imagine Erwin in season 4, he would have had nothing of himself driving him, and solely be existing to carry on the wishes of his fallen comrades
I gotta say, you could over explain aot for like 12 hours straight n I'd be there every minute lol this is good stuff n I'm really excited to see the basement episode
Logging in to RUclips and finding out you dropped another aot video is the highlight of my month every time
0:46 “…even if their very life is !snuffled! out” made me giggle :)
This episode really had me very conflicted inside my head the first time i watched it. I don't remember any others show making me anxious like aot did.
28:00 When Flock is stepping toward Mikasa she isn't going for the slice. She is going to whack him with the back of the blade. Backhand strike with a reversed grip.
EDIT: Rewatched the scene to make sure I was right and found a few frames of her swapping grip too.
Yeah, I wrote that in the original script, but the next frame she's back to a normal grip, so there's definitely a bit of continuity weirdness there.
I just opted for a slightly more goofy slice and dice 😄
@@Koroto Damn. Thought I had you on one. Foiled by a rapid cut, the very weapon I sought to wield.
I liked the idea of her just whacking Floch into submission while Levi, Eren, and her actually work it out.
i think it is a bit sad that you didnt really talk about bertholds death and him calling out to his old friends
but all in all this is one of the episodes which will forever be embedded in my brain. my children and their children will know about this dilemma.
I don't think Floch thinks he is a chosen Hero actually, its the opposite.
Floch has survivors guilt. He worships those above him because he has no self worth, its why he is still a follower until much later in the story. At this point in time, he finds himself as the only person to survive and cannot comprehend why. He is angry at Erwin for causing all thier deaths, but at the same time... if his the only other person thats just about alive, then the only reason Floch survived must have been to save Erwin. And thats where his whole twisted mindset in that moment comes from.
His whole obsession with needing a devil comes from this moment and is a result of his survivors guilt in my opinion.
Also in terms of Armin being ripped, I originally thought it must be Titan stuff before realising that no, his a scout. ODM gear would require you to basically have insane core strength really, so if they are constantly training on that, even without specific gym work you'd be mad ripped.
Best episode in the entire show in my opinion. I've been looking forward to this video
I love how u honoured the "no intro" ep by not having one in ur vedio as well..... Great overanalyzing btw love it!
I finally caught up to your series. Sometimes you genuinely cook, and I'm like "Yeah, you're pointing out stuff many ignore", and other times I'm like "Man, I shouldn't have let him cook" since some interpretations are usually just reaches such as interpretations over titles and similar. Still a quality video however, and probably the best so far.
Phenomenal episode! Still soul crushing no matter how many times I watch it. Greatest anime ever created.
Armin's role is the moral compass of the show and the one who plants the seed of hope to Eren. Because he sees a life beyond the ocean, he moves forward for the future instead of being held back by the past. You see time and time again irl revolution where people use violence to overthrow a corrupt government, only for it to fall into the same cycle. Most people are too caught up in the chase, but failed to plan for how things should be.
I'm not saying that Erwin's incompetent, but my guy has been completely burned out already ❤️🔥.
While Erwin is willing to sacrifice for the bigger picture, Armin always tries to minimize the loss in order to save the most lives. It's his empathy that makes him a kind leader and a great negotiator. That is probably the most important weapon in a war.
I think all the Scouts are ripped like we see with Eren/Armin etc.
The amount of core strength you'd need to use ODM Gear must be insane, so it makes perfect sense.
Man, this series (AOT) never gets easier to watch. But your videos make it easier. That said, I cannot express how infuriating Floch is…. Like, him and that one girl from S4 yes we all know we collectively thought of “her” are the ones who get under my skin the most.
Heres something I never thought of before, Ymir has absolute power over Eldians, right? So if she wants to look into any one of their minds thats no issue. Mikasa isnt an Eldian, her dad was an Ackerman and her mom was from Hizuru, so, how does Ymir have any ability to interact with MIkasa at all? Was that something explained that I overlooked or simply dont remember?
The Ackermans are titan experiments, so while they resist Ymir's influence, they are still subjects of Ymir.
So Mikasa can be pulled into the paths like all other subjects of Ymir, but she cannot be controlled (hence the headaches, Ymir is forcefully trying to get into her head. She still doesn't control Mikasa in any way, she just wants to see through her eyes)
@@Koroto I completely forgot she ends up in the paths XD. I retract my original statement.
Great video! Can't wait til next time
loved the vid, i just wish you talked about bertoldts death and how sad it ends up being learning the context of his past in the next couple episodes and season 4
FACT: Moblit was the Realest One ™🙏🏽💐
Theory: Floch's unbearable hair MAY be more enjoyable if you randomly swap out the buzz saw for pinwheels, pinwheel-shaped pastries, hurricanes, a bouquet of flowers that look like that (tiger lilies, lol!), etcetera, just to take the edge off. I feel you, bro 🥲💕
btw, being ripped is more about starvation and dehydration, so it makes sense that shifters look ripped after spending all their energy to move a massive body