Eren isn't stuck in a predetermined path because of some outside force. He explicitly states that everything that happened up to that point was something he personally wanted. However, that's precisely why it couldn't have ended any other way. Eren has always been himself, and his strife for freedom was ultimately what bound him to act exactly as he saw in his memories of the future. Whenever he tried to change said future, like when he tried to walk away from Ramzi getting beaten up, he always ended up acting as his memories told him. This isn't because he succumbed to them, but because the future set before Eren is the only future Eren himself would've ever accepted. AoT's timeline is predestined because people will always be slaves to what they want, and if their will doesn't bend to accommodate others, then the only solution left is for them to fight. Also, Eren wanted the rumbling. Saving his friends and the island were definitely reasons for him to act upon his desires, but he explicitly states that those were just excuses to indulge in his desire to eradicate humanity outside the walls due to his disappointment. When Eren tells Reiner they're the same, he means precisely that. Reiner admitted to Eren that saving the world wasn't the reason he kept going with the plan to breach the wall. What he actually wanted was to fulfill his childish desire to be respected by others and be considered a hero. Eren knows that what he's doing is wrong, and tries to cover up his selfish desires behind more noble ones that he also cares about, which is why he could only enjoy the rumbling by regressing to his child self. Also, just to be clear, Eren didn't plan on being stopped from the get go. When he realized he would've been stopped, he still decided that he would've tried the full scale rumbling anyway, as he explains to the others in paths. He wasn't lying when he told them that he was hell-bent on destroying the world, and the only way to stop him was to kill him. He knew that their beliefs couldn't be reconciled, and that even if he got killed, he would've still managed to protect his friends and ensure peace for paradise for a lot of time. However, he admits that if nobody came to stop him he would've simply continued with the genocide. Not only that, but he's aware that his desire to complete said genocide is what brought about the deaths of Sasha and Hange in the first place.
After reading your essay, i have a few things to say: 1. (Of least importance but i find it interesting) the correct word is strive, not strife. Google the definitions of both 2. Although what you say is indeed backed up by what is said in the manga, it's all from the last few chapters, in which eren acts in a brain dead way contradicting everything he stood for, his mindset, values, and just the entirety of his character. No fucking person does the rumbling because he finds it funny to watch. The reasons he did it were clearly stated beforehand. He wants to save his people and resolve somehow the conflict between his and the other nations. At NO POINT before the ending is his reasoning "wouldnt it be cool if..". Thats not what aot has been at any point before the last chapter. The story has always ben about the paradoxes of war, not eren retardedly simping for a woman he hasnt ever shown romantic intentions towards. Which isnt something you have stated in your comment but its still connected to the main point
@@itram99 didnt he said to ramzi 'to save paradise BUT THERE IS MORE TO THAT when i realised that outisde world wasnt the same as armins book I WAS DISAPPOINTED' ????
While on the subject of names with this episode: Our dear MC is Eren Yeager. Yeager is German for "Hunter". The first lyric of first OP is "Are we the prey? No, we are the hunters". And Yeager has Attack Titan that goes for the hunt to exterminate everything outside the walls. I'm just saying.
I just came up with a theory: the idea that a newborn inherits the power of a Titan from a holder must be predestined. What if the baby destined to inherit Eren's powers was Historia's child, but he was saved because the curse ended with Eren?
Im gonna stay up late to watch this :3 Btw the title of the series can be read as "attack on, titan" as in "contuining to attack, titan" continuing that double meaning. Which is pretty cool
When I first watched the scene with Grisa and Kruger, I thought Eren was just sending memories to Kruger, but he's also doing it to his dad at the same time. He's literally having a conversation with himself through two people. Mind blown.
Yoooo wait that makes sense, Kruger and Eren being one and the same. He totally could have intervened BEFORE Dina was changed into a titan, but he chose not to. He allowed her to be changed because she was the titan to eat Eren’s mother.
Man does this show just hit me in all the feels. I hold onto this show with both hands and I cannot wait until the next video drops. Keep trucking, my friend!
"Shingeki no Kyojin" translates into English as either "Attack of the Titans" or "The Attack Titan". Japanese audiences assumed the former meaning, initially, but the plot twist in this episode is that the latter meaning was always the proper one. Also, the japanese word "Shingeki" is made of the kanjis for "attack" and "advance". If the English title just had a hyphen in the middle, it would be the literal translation of "Shingeki no Kyojin", as in "(the) Attack-on Titan". Although, it would have spoiled the plot twist, so I guess the hyphen-less "Attack on Titan" was the best possible solution for that...
I think the "save Mikasa and Armin" line comes from the loop; Eren Y heard that same line from Grisha when he was inyecting him, so he send that line to Eren K so Grisha can hear those tow names, and that way make sure Grisha stayed in Shiganshina (otherwise, since Grisha was a respected doctor within the walls, he would probably move closer to the center, and the entire episode one would not happen)
32:09 that pose looks like the one where Kruger is picking up the syringe and speaking to Grisha in the end, although he is not holding his wrist 🤔 Yeah, I just looked at the scene again. It is the same pose as Kruger when he says “love someone inside the wall” to Grisha. He is facing the opposite side while filling that syringe. That’s the dialogue just before he says “to save mikasa and armin” 41:06
Ymir was one titan, her body was eaten by her three daughters, now there are the Nine Titans. At some point there must have been just three, right? Like, a primordial Colossal-Female-Founding Titan, Armored-Warhammer-Attack Titan, and Jaw-Cart-Beast Titan. I wonder how early that happened, and how intentional it was. Did they try to split off into more shifters, but weren't able to, or it started to weaken them somehow? Did they start similar, then each generation prioritized different things, like size vs endurance, armor and weaponry vs flexibility and adaptation? Or did they spontaneously change form when they split off? And are those differences related to the different types of basic titans we see? The size classes, the Abnormals, the Wall Titans?
no way, 1 hour late?! i was just rewatching the series. MAN that first transformation really was insane, still shivering with that scene where mikasa just gets ready to fight two 15 meter titans with half a sword, then Eren's just... BANG!!
The extent to which I'm invested in these overanalyzing series has me thinking "damn i gotta put them on my resume".... and btw i was here for a 50 min series like you posted you gotta account for the missing 4 min man, time is of the essence
I still remember watched that scene when he mentioned Armin and Mikasa. I remember having to playback and thinking I misinterpreted everything and that it wasn’t actually a flashback.
I'll leave the only thing I have to say in your own words "10/10, no notes". I simply love this series, so thanks for keep your awesome work going!!! 😁
One thing that was changed in the anime from the manga is that the Ymir flashbacks are dropped right at the letter sequence. Since they hadn't gotten anywhere near that part in the anime, they had to censor things like the syringe to avoid blatent spoilers. You can imagine what it was like for manger readers like myself getting blasted by Ymir's story out of nowhere
Mikasa lost weight because of Ackerman genes. Ackerman have a titan’s qualities and as we know titans often depends on sunlight. That’s why being locked up in dangerous takes tall on her. For very same reason Levi is so short, because he grew up in underworld
Speaking of that Attack on Titan name thing. Transformers did something similar. Dark of the moon makes zero sense as a title. But the film is about the space race and the moon, mainly the dark side of the moon. So Dark of the moon is a more catchy and stylised way of saying Dark side of the moon.
They never paid it off so I may have been wrong but I had theorized that Mikasa losing weight was actually a hint to her being nourished by the sun much like the Titans, possibly hinting how their biology worked
Another strange hypothetical, if Dina or Historia ate Eren in season 2/3 and the Attack Titan is immune to the founder a) Would holding the Attack Titan also allow royals to bypass the will of 145 KF, b)would say if Eren had the Armoured Titan and the Founding Titan, even with help from a Royal without the Attack Titan in play at all, all Eldians would just bow to 145KF vow of peace.
thank you for these videos, they remind me & give me more reason to love this show. this story.. just so good. I got an Annie tattoo the day the final ep came out. I really want more lol😅 like the panel of Hange & Mikasa “even so, we must move forward” ❤
40:00 i realized a plot hole. Erin does the rumbling with founding powers and gets rid of the titan curse. They literally could have did the rumbling and got rid of the titan curse using historia, and she would have survived without bearing the titan curse. Would other things go the same? No, but is it plausible? Yes. So there's really not a logical need to try and save historia if he can get rid of titans as a concept and end the royal blood and 13 years problem.
Maybe it's the naivete in me, but the idea that Armin, Mikasa and Eren never got to be happy again after the end of the story is sad. It is realistic and there is no going back after what happened, but that's part of what makes the first S3 opening such a hard hitting song to me.
You eluded to a 50 minute video in the community post. I only see 46 minutes here...I'm gonna need those 4 bonus minutes to get through this work day... lol
30:10 100% agree! It even reinforces Eren's theme of never being really free, just like every Attack Titan shifter being people whom strongly earns for freedom, stuck in the loop until some of them finally captures the Founding Titan! Amazing! 37:20 disagree! I understand that the king's choice wasnt the best but he couldnt predict the consequences 100y foward. The corruption, greed (the nobles and Marley's army) and curiosity (Scouts) nature of humanity is to be blame more than the king I think, although his decidion to prevent his descendants to act IS where the king really failed. Historia changed it by not becoming the Founding Titan, however.... what would happen if she had taken both Founding and Attack... would it change the king's will...?!
2:20 Attack on the Capital City Attack on Titan... but not the Titan, or Titans 🤔 It indeed was weird but my brain just made up an excuse until I realised... oh not exactly a one to one translation.
Well technically the name does make sense because it is a attack on the titans since the Marleyans want to attack/exterminate the Eldians, since they can transform into titans the name does make sense
Wait hold up, how did Grisham not know about the curse before Kruger told him? Mr. I decyphered the ancirnt scrolls to discover that ymir build bridges and shit? How do you not connect the dots that "Honorary marlian" contest is held in 13 years long intervals??
Eren made Eren say that, Eren was doing Eren things the whole show
AoT is kinda hilarious when you think about it lmao
did not expect to see this posted 18 seconds ago now my lunch break is elite
my midterm that I've barely studied for is in an hour but overanalyzing aot just dropped
GO STUDY. If you don't pass, this series ends. You are the main character now. 🗿
@@KorotoOur Father has given you an order, devote your heart!!
Don't you dare fail on us
AND AS WE STUDY TO CERTAIN DEATH WE TRUST OUR SUCCESSORS TO DO THE SAME FOR US
Study hard so that you may rest easily
Oh boy oh boy, I guess here goes the last of my phone battery in the middle of a blackout.
Eren isn't stuck in a predetermined path because of some outside force. He explicitly states that everything that happened up to that point was something he personally wanted. However, that's precisely why it couldn't have ended any other way.
Eren has always been himself, and his strife for freedom was ultimately what bound him to act exactly as he saw in his memories of the future. Whenever he tried to change said future, like when he tried to walk away from Ramzi getting beaten up, he always ended up acting as his memories told him. This isn't because he succumbed to them, but because the future set before Eren is the only future Eren himself would've ever accepted.
AoT's timeline is predestined because people will always be slaves to what they want, and if their will doesn't bend to accommodate others, then the only solution left is for them to fight.
Also, Eren wanted the rumbling. Saving his friends and the island were definitely reasons for him to act upon his desires, but he explicitly states that those were just excuses to indulge in his desire to eradicate humanity outside the walls due to his disappointment.
When Eren tells Reiner they're the same, he means precisely that. Reiner admitted to Eren that saving the world wasn't the reason he kept going with the plan to breach the wall. What he actually wanted was to fulfill his childish desire to be respected by others and be considered a hero.
Eren knows that what he's doing is wrong, and tries to cover up his selfish desires behind more noble ones that he also cares about, which is why he could only enjoy the rumbling by regressing to his child self.
Also, just to be clear, Eren didn't plan on being stopped from the get go. When he realized he would've been stopped, he still decided that he would've tried the full scale rumbling anyway, as he explains to the others in paths. He wasn't lying when he told them that he was hell-bent on destroying the world, and the only way to stop him was to kill him.
He knew that their beliefs couldn't be reconciled, and that even if he got killed, he would've still managed to protect his friends and ensure peace for paradise for a lot of time. However, he admits that if nobody came to stop him he would've simply continued with the genocide. Not only that, but he's aware that his desire to complete said genocide is what brought about the deaths of Sasha and Hange in the first place.
Damn that’s a lot of words
It’s a shame I’m not gonna read it
After reading your essay, i have a few things to say:
1. (Of least importance but i find it interesting) the correct word is strive, not strife. Google the definitions of both
2. Although what you say is indeed backed up by what is said in the manga, it's all from the last few chapters, in which eren acts in a brain dead way contradicting everything he stood for, his mindset, values, and just the entirety of his character. No fucking person does the rumbling because he finds it funny to watch. The reasons he did it were clearly stated beforehand. He wants to save his people and resolve somehow the conflict between his and the other nations. At NO POINT before the ending is his reasoning "wouldnt it be cool if..". Thats not what aot has been at any point before the last chapter. The story has always ben about the paradoxes of war, not eren retardedly simping for a woman he hasnt ever shown romantic intentions towards. Which isnt something you have stated in your comment but its still connected to the main point
@@itram99 didnt he said to ramzi
'to save paradise BUT THERE IS MORE TO THAT when i realised that outisde world wasnt the same as armins book I WAS DISAPPOINTED' ????
@@-yetanotherpotato- not my fault
do as you wish
While on the subject of names with this episode:
Our dear MC is Eren Yeager.
Yeager is German for "Hunter".
The first lyric of first OP is "Are we the prey? No, we are the hunters".
And Yeager has Attack Titan that goes for the hunt to exterminate everything outside the walls.
I'm just saying.
Please never stop making these, even if it’s one time every year in the future. We can’t let this legendary story die 😢
I thought “Attack On” meant like “always continues to attack” or basically the “always moving forward “ titan
I just came up with a theory: the idea that a newborn inherits the power of a Titan from a holder must be predestined. What if the baby destined to inherit Eren's powers was Historia's child, but he was saved because the curse ended with Eren?
This sounds more plausible than the theory some suggest, that he was born at the same time Eren died because he is his son.
My day always feels better when Koroto drops
Also this is one of the best episodes in Aot
I was about to eat;
checkt my subscriptions for this one...
nothing...
I take the Pizza out the furnace...
It's here
per-fec-tion
Im gonna stay up late to watch this :3
Btw the title of the series can be read as "attack on, titan" as in "contuining to attack, titan" continuing that double meaning. Which is pretty cool
When I first watched the scene with Grisa and Kruger, I thought Eren was just sending memories to Kruger, but he's also doing it to his dad at the same time. He's literally having a conversation with himself through two people. Mind blown.
I find it more interesting with the head canon that carla came up with the name Eren and grisha would’ve had a heart attack hearing that at first 😂
Honestly I never thought about the fact that if Historia and Eren ‘rumbled’, wouldn’t that start the rumbling???? 😂
Yoooo wait that makes sense, Kruger and Eren being one and the same. He totally could have intervened BEFORE Dina was changed into a titan, but he chose not to. He allowed her to be changed because she was the titan to eat Eren’s mother.
Man does this show just hit me in all the feels. I hold onto this show with both hands and I cannot wait until the next video drops. Keep trucking, my friend!
Man do i get the goosebumps every time a new overanalizing video drops
"Shingeki no Kyojin" translates into English as either "Attack of the Titans" or "The Attack Titan". Japanese audiences assumed the former meaning, initially, but the plot twist in this episode is that the latter meaning was always the proper one.
Also, the japanese word "Shingeki" is made of the kanjis for "attack" and "advance". If the English title just had a hyphen in the middle, it would be the literal translation of "Shingeki no Kyojin", as in "(the) Attack-on Titan".
Although, it would have spoiled the plot twist, so I guess the hyphen-less "Attack on Titan" was the best possible solution for that...
I am very glad this series is as long as it is
21:56 .. "when has logic ever stopped hatred?" goes hard
I think the "save Mikasa and Armin" line comes from the loop; Eren Y heard that same line from Grisha when he was inyecting him, so he send that line to Eren K so Grisha can hear those tow names, and that way make sure Grisha stayed in Shiganshina (otherwise, since Grisha was a respected doctor within the walls, he would probably move closer to the center, and the entire episode one would not happen)
About hallucigenia, I think it is just a theatrical staging for the world, just like saying "you are the hero who defeated the devil."
I now bestow this series to satistfy my medieval royalty urge to have entertainment while Im eating.
Had the most stressful weekend ever and this literally put a smile back in my face ❤❤❤ Your content is always a joy to watch!
Welp there goes my essay due today. New overanalyzing dropped
BABE WAKE UP NEW OVERANALYZING DROPPED
Yessir! I’ve been waiting, dang near rewatched your whole series last night in preparation.
I appreciate the memes you make specifically for the videos lol
You keep my love for AoT alive my man!!! Enjoy every episode you do 😌
32:09 that pose looks like the one where Kruger is picking up the syringe and speaking to Grisha in the end, although he is not holding his wrist 🤔
Yeah, I just looked at the scene again. It is the same pose as Kruger when he says “love someone inside the wall” to Grisha. He is facing the opposite side while filling that syringe. That’s the dialogue just before he says “to save mikasa and armin” 41:06
Love your stuff man
“This is the story you started…”
The best line in fiction
I've never been so early,
This will make a fine addition to accompany my dinner
Ymir was one titan, her body was eaten by her three daughters, now there are the Nine Titans. At some point there must have been just three, right? Like, a primordial Colossal-Female-Founding Titan, Armored-Warhammer-Attack Titan, and Jaw-Cart-Beast Titan.
I wonder how early that happened, and how intentional it was. Did they try to split off into more shifters, but weren't able to, or it started to weaken them somehow? Did they start similar, then each generation prioritized different things, like size vs endurance, armor and weaponry vs flexibility and adaptation? Or did they spontaneously change form when they split off?
And are those differences related to the different types of basic titans we see? The size classes, the Abnormals, the Wall Titans?
no way, 1 hour late?!
i was just rewatching the series. MAN that first transformation really was insane, still shivering with that scene where mikasa just gets ready to fight two 15 meter titans with half a sword, then Eren's just... BANG!!
YIPPEEEEEEEEE I LOVE THESE
The extent to which I'm invested in these overanalyzing series has me thinking "damn i gotta put them on my resume".... and btw i was here for a 50 min series like you posted you gotta account for the missing 4 min man, time is of the essence
Your videos are always a blessing :)
I still remember watched that scene when he mentioned Armin and Mikasa. I remember having to playback and thinking I misinterpreted everything and that it wasn’t actually a flashback.
I'll leave the only thing I have to say in your own words "10/10, no notes". I simply love this series, so thanks for keep your awesome work going!!! 😁
My essay can wait
One thing that was changed in the anime from the manga is that the Ymir flashbacks are dropped right at the letter sequence. Since they hadn't gotten anywhere near that part in the anime, they had to censor things like the syringe to avoid blatent spoilers. You can imagine what it was like for manger readers like myself getting blasted by Ymir's story out of nowhere
Mikasa lost weight because of Ackerman genes. Ackerman have a titan’s qualities and as we know titans often depends on sunlight. That’s why being locked up in dangerous takes tall on her. For very same reason Levi is so short, because he grew up in underworld
Or future Eren made her loose weight so present Eren could notice.
Excited to watch
So glad this dropped😭
WAKE UP BABE NEW KOROTO OVERANALYSING VIDEO DROPPED
BABE WAKE UP!!! KOROTOS UPLOADED ANOTHER OVERANALYISIS!!!
I would translate the title as "The titans are coming!!" with the two !!
Because that just fits all sides.
3:10
In Italian, "Attack on Titan" became "L'attacco dei giganti" (/the/ titans' attack).
Speaking of that Attack on Titan name thing. Transformers did something similar. Dark of the moon makes zero sense as a title. But the film is about the space race and the moon, mainly the dark side of the moon. So Dark of the moon is a more catchy and stylised way of saying Dark side of the moon.
Time to listen to another overanalyzing attack on titan at the gym
I’m going to have to rewatch this hahaha
They never paid it off so I may have been wrong but I had theorized that Mikasa losing weight was actually a hint to her being nourished by the sun much like the Titans, possibly hinting how their biology worked
Thank you 🙏
What if the memories Historia gets to see from (fake) Ymir's letter is the moment Ymir gets eaten by Porko.
Another strange hypothetical, if Dina or Historia ate Eren in season 2/3 and the Attack Titan is immune to the founder a) Would holding the Attack Titan also allow royals to bypass the will of 145 KF, b)would say if Eren had the Armoured Titan and the Founding Titan, even with help from a Royal without the Attack Titan in play at all, all Eldians would just bow to 145KF vow of peace.
thank you for these videos, they remind me & give me more reason to love this show. this story.. just so good.
I got an Annie tattoo the day the final ep came out. I really want more lol😅 like the panel of Hange & Mikasa “even so, we must move forward” ❤
All hands who saw the supernatural refrence
Aot megastream going back over past seasons would be hype
Crazy good video! (as usual)
I'd say you return to the first episodes after you finished the entire series
zeke wanting to euthanization plan sounds formiliar to king fritz plan to let his people die
Babe! New overanalyzing aot just dropped
ÒMÓ this is awesome, I really waited for this
I cant wait for the season 4 op 1 analysation best song
Never been this early before. Kinda vibey
Someday I will find time to watch all your videos. They're gorgeous.
Armin was so nice that he stayed the night in a jail cell. 😂
40:00 i realized a plot hole.
Erin does the rumbling with founding powers and gets rid of the titan curse. They literally could have did the rumbling and got rid of the titan curse using historia, and she would have survived without bearing the titan curse. Would other things go the same? No, but is it plausible? Yes. So there's really not a logical need to try and save historia if he can get rid of titans as a concept and end the royal blood and 13 years problem.
This should be interesting.
Babe wake up new aot retrospective episode
Maybe it's the naivete in me, but the idea that Armin, Mikasa and Eren never got to be happy again after the end of the story is sad. It is realistic and there is no going back after what happened, but that's part of what makes the first S3 opening such a hard hitting song to me.
Aizen is obviously one of the past attack titan holder.
Can't wait
One hour ago is crazy
Do the History of the Marley nation and its government and structures in attack on titan.
14:34 So does the baby that's born with a TiTAN only live till it's 13yo??🤔
Yes
Presumably so.
Wonder if there is history of random kids transforming into titans when they bash their head against something 💀💀
Lets fucking go!
We were all so hyped to become Tutan Shifters, until we learned the cost of becoming one.
You eluded to a 50 minute video in the community post. I only see 46 minutes here...I'm gonna need those 4 bonus minutes to get through this work day... lol
IN MY DEFENSE, the original draft was 51 mins. Managed to reword and restructure some sections to cut it down a bit. 😄
30:10 100% agree! It even reinforces Eren's theme of never being really free, just like every Attack Titan shifter being people whom strongly earns for freedom, stuck in the loop until some of them finally captures the Founding Titan! Amazing!
37:20 disagree! I understand that the king's choice wasnt the best but he couldnt predict the consequences 100y foward. The corruption, greed (the nobles and Marley's army) and curiosity (Scouts) nature of humanity is to be blame more than the king I think, although his decidion to prevent his descendants to act IS where the king really failed. Historia changed it by not becoming the Founding Titan, however.... what would happen if she had taken both Founding and Attack... would it change the king's will...?!
The next stage is soon uppon us
2:20 Attack on the Capital City
Attack on Titan... but not the Titan, or Titans 🤔
It indeed was weird but my brain just made up an excuse until I realised... oh not exactly a one to one translation.
Iseyama wrote the manga backwards and then released it the other way around.
Well technically the name does make sense because it is a attack on the titans since the Marleyans want to attack/exterminate the Eldians, since they can transform into titans the name does make sense
Just caught up 🕺🏾🕺🏾
LETS GO 😤😤
About the 'Attack on Titan' thing it might be foreshadowing yhe final battle where they 'Attack on a Titan'
Inject this into my veins
I actually missed you
Says 10/10 no notes after spending 44,5 minutes explaining his notes about the episode. 10/10 great video, no notes!
Wait hold up, how did Grisham not know about the curse before Kruger told him?
Mr. I decyphered the ancirnt scrolls to discover that ymir build bridges and shit? How do you not connect the dots that "Honorary marlian" contest is held in 13 years long intervals??
Eren: Shingeki no Kyojin!
Roll the credits
Woo yeah baby, timey wimey bs lets go!
Also yeah baby another over analyzing.
Broooooooooo I just went on lunch brake and just got my ihop ahhhhhhh 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹
Fun fact: Grisha named his 2nd son in honor of the Owl.
Lol sir, I have shit to do... I can't be ignoring life for these long ass well made videos... Sigh... Lemmie get some chips 😅😅
6 whole minutes I could have watch this earlier..
I clicked the video so damn fast