My New Standard for Rewrites - Attack on Titan Part 1
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OH. MY. SDFKHSBFSD.
SO THIS SPECIFIC UPLOAD IS ACTUALLY INEXPLICITLY FINE FOR COPYRIGHT. MAGICAL FREAKIN WEBSITE!
And now the section at the end is half wrong and I cant remove and reupload it cause THEN its probably going to decide to copystrike again.
I'm just going to leave things as is, I still wanted to try this method of monetisation to hopefully replace sponsors on the channel, and part 2 PROBABLY is gunna get claimed anyway, so this is still like, half way necessary.
Good to know, I'll watch now.
I didn't mind the manga ending, but this is clearly better.
Just do ads and sponsors. Make money. Secure the bag.
I didn’t mind the anime ending, but even though this feels a little drawn out for me, HOLY- forget Chekhov’s shotgun, I thought more like Chekhov’s big damn machine gun!
Tbh i thought it was very clever that marley was last in the rumbling. It would make sense that erin would save Marley for last bc they are the ones that started it all. and are responsible for most if not all his anger,hatred,suffering etc. I thought he wanted to let marley know what it would be like when the whole world crumbled around you and not being able to do anything about it but flee. That would directly link rumbling marley as last with erin's world crumbling around him, his mother dying and having to leave shinangshina(shinamshina idk) when the armoured titan collapsed the wall.
This is canon. Isayama connected with you via paths and shared his memory of proper ending with you as a proxy mouth.
Your rewrite made me realise how much i missed Hange during the final battle, and that her inclusion wouldve made more sense for the plot AND character. Like sorry Isayama youre gonna show us a hundred super weird and unique titans based on the previous nine and NOT have Hange there to completely freak out about it?? thats like her dream!!!
Having her titan knowledge and fascination be the key to a plan to defeat Eren makes so much more sense than "just blow up the head"
And it perfectly tied in with Zeke and Armin's arcs
You say that like attack on Titan has ever had a happy moments for the most part. I think it makes more sense that she doesn't see it because this world is cruel after all
@@TimothyGodHaving her miss it does not fall into making sense. It falls into the missed opportunity category.
@@jordanlang5172Yeah and Erwin being in the basement was a missed opportunity then by your standards. Erwin and Hange are my favourite character, and it just makes their deaths even more tragic for me.
@@Amarthie I guess what makes Erwin's death fine is that it wasn't contrived. When Hange dies, it feels pointless. Why not have Mikasa and Levi stay behind, kill a few wall titans, then use the maneuvering gear to make it back to the plane? Mikasa and Levi are Ackerman's, so they can make quick work.
@@jordanlang5172 Even more, why didn't she cover herself in water like they did when fighting Rod Reiss? That definitely would've kept her from burning up long enough to atleast get back on the plane, and even if she was in a state like Levi we would still get her reation to all the previous nine.
Holy shit the Zeke arc rewrite was absolutely phenomenal
Ya i wish that final levi vs zeke fight that was described animated.
gave me chills
1:51:22 most unrealistic part is Gabi missing a shot
nah thats realistic fr
@@Tsuki-Siiinconsistent.
@@jlboss_ps4751 who cares it's a shot
@@Tsuki-SiiEvery shot she took has changed the story.
@@jlboss_ps4751 That's not the point. It's the fact that it's not realistic to always land a shot especially when the target is moving. Or the weapon is heavy af. Don't think anyone cares about consistency shots. Especially from a kid. And nobody would say anything if she missed at least once.
What a man you are Uniquenameosaurus , you rewritten 80% of attack on titan for our sake ...
Let us not make his sacrifice go to waste
As a reward...
@@jupiter138 king fritz will give him...
@@csam9167 .....his seed
@@toluadejumo8596 His CUM
Just when I mentioned Uniquenameosaurus and thought "This guy still alive?" he uploads another 2 hour video.
Truly blessed... or summoned.
Same. Started seriously wondering if he's dead.
Lol been patiently checking his channel every month. I've been worried for a while.
He's pretty active on his twitter
@terrifyingtyrannosaurusturtle yeah but that's twitter so no
I hope there's a twist somewhere because I dread that Historia's entire arc becomes that she had a baby with her bully and then she died because Ymir hated everyone and everything. Historia is just as much a main character as everyone else in the Alliance and Eren. She out of everyone in the not good original ending deserved way more.
Also Eren did not want to end all conflict with the rumbling. He wanted to end this specific 2000 year old cycle of revenge that has bogged down him and everyone he has ever known ever since they were born. To take these children out of the forest that their forefathers left for them to deal with but there will always be conflict and Eren knows this. The idea that if there's two people still alive on this earth there will be conflict is an interesting philosophy to play with but having it be the end all be all message of Attack On Titan is fucking insane when there's already so many philosophies that just become meaningless because of it.
I honestly think the writers just forgot Historia lmao.
Even I forgot her. But when she was again shown briefly, I was like "Wait wtf? That's it? Yo, who's even the random bully she banged? Like what's going on here?! Why don't we see anything about her?! Does she hate all of it? Is she fine with some of it?"
It's just so detached and far away from Historia. You could say that's "the point", but... I dunno what the point is. Why a bully? What's the purpose there?
I think that bully might be more important somehow. Like if Historia marries him eventually, it's a missed political opportunity. Marrying some random farmer? Yeah no... The dude is probably a member of some great family or something, probably a descendand of... Something, anything!
Or maybe... Ymir did try to pull Historia out of her martyr complex... But maybe after she couldn't be there for Historia, she fell back into it. This could explain why Historia would basically sacrifice her own desires and life for the machinations and betterment of the world, becoming a silent martyr.
Or Historia is actually still doing all of this for Ymir somehow. I dunno, it just feels really weird.
You know not all childhood bullies stay as bullies in adulthood, right?
You are just not intelligent lol neither is anyone who thinks AoT's ending bad. Historia's whole character and a big theme of idea of lack/importance of self agency. Historia always for forced into a role, she wasn't ever able to make her own decisions and neither were her siblings. Her being forced to have a baby always plays into that YET AGAIN. Nothing regarding her character was assassinated. As for the ending you are dumb if the only message you got from AoT's ending is "War amongst humans is inevitable" LMFAO there are so many other ideas that are just as relevant, and fleshed out within AoT and it's characters.
There are many strong hints that in the original story Eren was the actual father of the baby with Historia... But a few months before AOT manga was finished, Isayama decided to change the story - including making Historia's husband to be a random character: probably to reinforce a tragic and sad relationship between Mikasa and Eren.
@centripetal6157 totally agree, Erens outburst about not wanting Mikasa to forget him was so out of character too and was pretty pathetic to have it waived off as if "this was the true eren all along" when we've hardly ever seen any signs of romance between them but then if you stop and think about historia and eren? You can immediately see why that would be a more likely pairing with everything that's going on in AoT
1. The explanation of the shifters and the mechanics of their control got admittedly hard to follow at times but damn did it do justice to that which was set up throughout the story. A++.
2. The Zeke/Grisha twist at the midway point was such a brilliant way to utilize the plot mechanic of inherited future memories to service a moment of character instead of just plot. I love it to death and is a strong contender for my favorite Zeke moment in any variation of this story.
3. Armin/Hange's realization of the Paths tree exploit made me audibly gasp and my jaw drop.
4. The malevolent twist surrounding Ym-know-who was SO diabolical and intelligent. Really cathartic as a means to invoke the price of Eren's actions and true spectacle befitting of an apocalypse that better mirrors the kind of nuclear annihilation or end times threat the Rumbling is clearly inspired by.
5. Falco's snap after Annie's choice is - well I felt that. And frankly I never felt anything for Falco in the original story aside from agreeing with his attempts to get Gabi to chill, so again, A++.
6. Nullifying regen using the existing mechanics was a great way to raise the already manic stakes of the new final battle, and I very much appreciate how much more personal this battle and its central goal is.
7. The truth of "Because I was born into this world" being represented in Eren's final form is gutsy, but frankly that's what I always expecting the ending of this story to be.
Excellent job overall, I'd personally say this is your best rewrite to date as it feels the most in-line with and at-home in the story and universe that it's a part of, and I can't wait to see the second part, and honestly, more of your writing in general.
Maybe a little lost in the weeds but damn the full picture is awesome!!!
It does the thing AoT always does and recontextualizes a preexisting mechanic or point-of-knowledge:
"Why does biting your hand / injury turn you into a titan?": because you need to grab the attention of Ymir, (also explains the instances where shifters turn without it, like Eren under the rubble: Ymir would notice that holy shit)
"Why does giving the spinal fluid to a eldian do anything at all?" Because its the one body part that can carry the will of shifter.
"Why are Ackermans OP?": Because that's what the Attack Titan's spinal fluid does.
(This one is S+ because it
1. Recontextulizes the "command" Eren gave Mikasa in the cabin. It didn't force her to do anything, it just activated her (like Zeke's shout). She is free to wield that however she wants.
2. Recontextulizes Mikasa and Levi's attachment to Eren.
There is some inate draw to the holder of the Attack Titan that they need to reconcile.
Levi with his protectiveness (it more evident in the manga) and Mikasa with the same but ++ her attraction (still her, but the spark was the pull of the AT holder)
3. Sets up UNIQUE SPINAL FLUID PROPERTIES! Beast can do the shift on command, Attack can enhance your abilities, etc. A+ world building on the magic system
4. Gives the visions/headaches all Ackermann see (a plot thread) an in-world explanation: The Attack Titan has the future sight which seems to have an effect on the Ackermann. (Might also be WHY they are so combat effective, because they subconsciously peek the next few seconds into the future )
5. Syncs up the Attack Titans ability to be able to refuse the king (ymir's orders) with the Ackermann's ability to not be effected by the kings magic (ymir's ability in the paths)
)
"Why can they still shift?" Because Ymir wants to see B L O O D. (Instead Mr Eren If-You-Take-Mine-Ill-Take-Yours Jeager, suddenly caring about other's freedoms. yeah yeah, I know about the "He wants to be stopped" bit, but that's is a step down for our protagonist, not up.)
"Why do you need a Concrete
Goal to shift?" Because to use your abilities, u need to make a request of Ymir with clear intent, so she can action it in the paths. When you get really good, you can make things yourself in the paths (Ymir herself, the king, Zeke, etc)
"Why do The Nine have abilities/ are special?" Because Ymir split her soul into them, they have the core ability of "Shape the paths"
It's great because it so naturally sets up the solution for The Rumbling: i.e. Make an "intent" in The Paths as a majority of Ymir's soul.
"The Paths Tree Exploit"
If this came out, that would have been a meme 110%
I love detailed praise like this that give me a lot to chew on... But how the fuck do I turn it into a thumbnail comment, lolol hang on.
@@Uniquenameosaurus LOL best of luck there, man.
Is it a plot hole that eren couldn't foresee ymir's betrayal? Can't wait to see uniquenameosaurus get out of this one lol.
Ymir could have been drip feeding eren information or even deceiving all iterations of the attack titan with curated visions of the future to reach the rumbling. And the attack titans defiance of the founding titan was just an illusion to manipulate them. But even then, she might not have even wanted the rumbling until she heard "you aren't a slave or a god, you're just a person" (which seems like perfect setup for a long and juicy scene of people just taking with ymir btw, sucks the original didn't have it)
But, the attack titan's special power is really hard to write around. The kind of thing that is extremely hard to execute unless you have the entire plot figured out and scrutinized before you even start writing. Ie, not a rewrite that Starts when the story is 90% told and wants to maintain multiple aspects of the original.
But based on what I have seen I'm sure part 2 will have a satisfying answer. Even though doing so seems impossibly hard to me.
"how can falco suddenly know how to fly? Falco doesn't know, plus he can't speak." The random bursts of priceless comedy and then going back to talking like you're in a meeting 😭
Dude really turned a confusing and illogical ending (specifically zekes storyline) into peak that not only fixed the ending but patched plot holes throughout the story leading up to it. Incredible work
Members of the AOT fandom who watched this rewrite: "The headcanons... The nightmares... They're... Finally... Over..."
I'm just glad I'm not alone in finding the ending confusing and dissatisfying
He really didn't though
@@donovanfaust3227Explain please
@@donovanfaust3227Explain please
Holy. Fucking. Shit. The only thing I wanted was to Eren to win, and you somehow exceeded my expectations with that Ymir plot twist and made me love this ending despite it not being what I originally wanted. This is quite possibly the best AoT alternate ending ever written, good job and well done sire.
I love the setup for the: Conflict will end when the human population reaches 1 or less.
I can feel that is what you are setting up here!
It wasnt that the rumbling just "happened to catch up to them, so Hange has to die". Hange's death was indirectly caused by Floch ruining the fuel tank
Because stopping the alliance ensured Paradis would not get genocided by the outside world
@@raidenstark4964 yeah, at least it has consequence. without casualties there'd be complaints that our heroes just "happen to have everything go their way" instead..
1:16:15, I gotta stop you there chief. This flies far too much in the face of what Hange says to Mikasa during Midnight Sun, and what Hange says to Keith Shadis during Bystander - her recognition that Erwin is invaluable to not just the Scouts, but to humanity/Paradis, her commiseration with Mikasa about having people she wants to bring back too, "hundreds of them", "but even so, we need to move forward", and finally her calling out Shadis regarding him becoming a Garrison drill instructor to hide from his inferiority complex. She understands people a GREAT deal, and was far more than her obsession with Titans. I could continue to pull examples, but these are what stand out in my mind about her right now.
I haven't finished this video yet, but so far that is the only black mark against it, but it was worth pointing out given how recently this was uploaded. Her last thoughts are of Sawney and Bean and not Moblit, the man who saved her life? Everything else has been pretty great.
EDIT: 1:29:35, fucking beautiful. Truly.
Exactly my only point against it, too, though seeing that the mindless titans are really just Eldians who's forced to feed off of humans.
I can see how or why Hange's world view strengthen significantly after the cat's out of the bag.
She's practically the only one treating Titans, Humans, and any other living beings as what they are.. Living beings.
I've seen a pre-ending theory that would have made the flying titan a bit less contrived by making it so that instead of taking him along for the rumbling, Eren would have encased Zeke in crystal and left him on Paradis. Then they would have needed Falco's jaw to break it and that would have given Falco the Beast titan which makes much more sense to be a full on bird
That interesting!
It could also force Levi to give up on his personal revenge story by never giving him a proper final confrontation with Zeke.
We could see him grapple with it, then accept.
Or if you want the drama, small skirmish where everyone is barley holding Levi back, while Falco tries to break the crystal.
Noone wants to kill each other but they all have guns, and blades etc. so it's still tense, one accident and you kill someone.
We could then also see what he decides after. His sole motivation is finishing Erwin's command, what does he do after? In the main line he dies shortly after Zeke so we don't know. What's left for him?
Could be very powerful to get an answer: "Was this always following-orders, or were you fighting something more?"
Does he leave? Does he stay? Why does he stay?
@@wezzelinator And as an addition to this addition (I'm surely going to be targeted by the fandom to be publicly burned in a campfire for saying this, but screw it), I think Levi should've died when Zeke blew that Thunderspear close to each other, it would've been better than him becoming Mikasa 2.0, focused on only wanting to kill Zeke!
@@PedroLucas-mg5je In that moment it felt like the perfect tragic end.
Levi, inches away from his singular goal, engineering the perfect failsafe to ensure Zeke's cooperation: miss reads Zeke's conviction.
I agree that would have been the place to do it. I distinctly remember being slightly disappointed when Hange escaped with Levi: I knew he was going to survive. That felt... Cheap? It didn't feel like the correct choice after what I experienced when the preceding scene played out.
Actually keeping him alive can work though.
The reason we feel like that was the perfect moment was because after this, there was no new, even better even higher point narratively.
Levi just kinda coasted after that, then died after decapitating a Zeke that literally just stood there. No finally confrontation, no grand last stand. No real stakes (if Levi wiffed, someone else would have gotten Zeke).
What I am trying to say is: as an author to do this: bring a character back from their narrative climax, implies that author has an even more climactic end-point planned for them.
If the author does not deliver, we (audience) can easily find where they should have stopped.
Off the top of my head:
Double down on the stupidity of his final promise. AoT is at its core a warning of what the cycles of violence look like.
What better way to exemplify the "For the honor of my respected superior, you must die by my hands, and ONLY my hands" by making it turn your most beloved badass into a crazy person, driven by madness.
(I just figured out why Levi survived here: Thick Audience Armor.)
@@wezzelinator And, if he actually died there, we could even get to see Levi's thoughts about he admitting that letting himself be chained by his vengeful desires and unability to fully heal from his losses and traumas and TRULY move forward from Erwin's sacrifice is what got him killed (which would bring back Kenny's line of everyone being a slave to something) and his only regret in life, before he dies, could be that he never tried to completely live for himself, which would be peak irony!
@@PedroLucas-mg5je you get it!
There is potential there, it just needs to be realised!
dude. you voiced every complaint i had, solved every single one of them exactly how i wanted, and then some, all in the face of a rabid fanbase. THANK YOU! i had so many issues with the ending and would get the most inconsistent replies from its supporters. its hard to voice complaints without offering solutions like you have here. this helps so much!
this ending would've shattered all records lol
Those perfectly added adjustments to Flock, Zeke, Armin, and ESPECIALLY Falco's character during the endgame makes the ending Isayama published even more stressful. You deserve an actual Emmy 🏆
The crazy plot armor in the end is was weird honestly so I like the switch that amir will is helping out in a way
ngl I was checked out by the 15th time they pulled a "oh no a character is about to die!!! oh wait they got saved again". Like a couple of times is fine cuz you need to build suspense and stakes but like 10+ is kinda wild ESPECIALLY for Aot.
I was expecting half the cast to die bruh. Like at least kill off someone like Connie or Pieck (someone's who's not the main character or their development depends on them living like Reiner or Armin)
@@frostman4152 Yea shit got tiring after the 10th time someone was about to die, with every cast member shouting their name and that person suddenly getting saved by some miracle. Generally the final fight did not feel like AoT at all I was expecting there to be some sort of twist explaining the plot armor lol
@@lordtourette6057 it was literally AoT’s version of The Long Night for GoT where no one died in a series known for its lack of plot armor
Pretty sure you're the only creator who consistently gets me to watch multi-hour long content and not even bat an eye at it. God damn.
I loved the AoT ending. But that was mostly because my thought process was that AoT already was the best show. All it had to do was not royally fuck up the ending. Which in my opinion it didn't. But I definitely find this so compelling and would love to see it turned into a fan manga or something so I can properly experience it.
You have no idea how much I needed exactly this video today. Thanks for all the hard work you always do!
Lol, I know that fuckin feeling. Interesting being on the other side of it for once.
@@Uniquenameosaurusas a creator (of some sort) myself I relate but I imagine not to the extent of a 2hr hyper niche topic video essay
Your rewrite of Ymir emphasizes that she is indeed the child who was not welcomed by the village, so she’ll burn it down to feel its warmth. And the village she intends to burn down? The entire world, even after all of her old abusers have died, even if the world is populated by people who haven’t done anything to her.
Omni Man would have proposed during that moment 💍😜
I love these extensive critiques and rewrites of media you do, because even if I disagree with some of your points, they're incredibly interesting and incredibly enlightening for me on writing. Thanks for the content.
As a certified ending hater who trashed the ending quite a bit ever since the manga’s conclusion and still have a very low opinion of it, this rewrite is everything I wanted. You included what the original lacked, handled all the characters in unique, interesting ways, and incorporated many aspects of the original in a splendid way as well. I was flipping out at every single twist and turn. I don’t think you perfectly fixed every issue, but your storytelling is undeniably top notch, and you did incredibly well with what you had to work with.
Ikr Peak AoT and on par with s4 quality
They had to kill off Erwin to force the rumbling to be the only choice. He was too smart, he'd come up with a plan to save both paradis and the outside world!
But that was not in Armin's plan he needed to be the Hero that stopped Eren.
Erwin would have lost all motivation since his dream would have been revealed from Bertholt's memories and the Basement.
@@Patriarch.ChadimusNope
@@ExpertContrarian Yes.
Regarding Eren wanting to do the Rumbling and this innate desire he has for freedom which involves wiping the world clean until it's a blank slate, I think it's really important to take into account Isayama's quotes about one of his favorite manga's and inspirations for AoT and Eren's character. A manga called Himeanole.
Here's what Isayama said about Himeanole in a 2017 interview:
"Ultimately, I don’t think the series passes judgment on what is “right” or “wrong.” For example, when I read Furuya Minoru’s “Himeanole,” I knew society would consider the serial killer in the story unforgivable under social norms. But when I took into account his life and background I still wondered, “If this was his nature, then who is to blame…?” I even thought, “Is it merely coincidence that I wasn’t born as a murderer?” We justify what we absolutely cannot accomplish as “a flaw due to lack of effort,” and there is bitterness within that. On the other hand, for a perpetrator, having the mindset of “It’s not because I lack effort that I became like this” is a form of solace. We cannot deny that under such circumstances, the victims’ feelings are very important. But considering the root of the issue, rather than evaluating “what is right”…to be influenced by various other works and their philosophies, and to truthfully illustrate my exact feelings during those moments - I think that’s what Shingeki no Kyojin’s ending will resemble."
Even Eren's breakdown in 131 where he breaks down and confesses his disturbing desires to Ramzi is heavily linked to Himeanole.
Himeanole, the main character is a serial killer who at the end of the story, before being caught by the police, has a dream in which he remembers the day he realized he was mentally ill
In the dream he says:
"On my way home from Highschool... the day I realized I was not "normal" ... when I found out I was "sick".... I was really disappointed.. seriously... I was so disappointed. I wanted to die on the spot... I cried..."
The tone and dialogue is nearly identical. This is the moment the main character realized he is mentally ill, and that he can't do anything about it, and so he cries.
I wish more people were aware of this fact. It cleared up a ton about Eren for me when I first learned this info
@@yuukichan12
Would probably help if the writing towards the end was good enough to make those things clear without necessitating prior knowledge of an entirely different series that never even got an anime adaptation but, eh… that requires too much effort, I guess.
Okay that doesn't make it a good fit for AoT's ending though. Or Eren.
While I love that approach Isayama took with Eren and I do think its very interesting; its just not where Eren where Eren was ever supposed to go. It works for the most part, but overall, Eren in the end does not line up well with who his character, desires, and development.
So in the end Eren becomes genocidal maniac who accomplishes nothing, falls in love with his step sister and gets also cucked. WOW. Peak fiction.
I want Isayama to watch this and give us his genuine opinion
Bro your a legend my guy! You just saved the Attack On Titan Franchise! Thank you!
Preach wabbit
Mikasa turning into eren’s enemy has always felt like it’d be a natural progression for her character and I would’ve really liked to see that ending for her but eren becoming somebody who outright wants freedom at the expense of even his friends seems unexpected since he’s been talking about ending his life and wanting to give his life for freedom of paradis from the beginning :/
That's not true. Eren made it clear he wanted to live and destroy the titans. Eren even expressed this desire to Armin after saving him from a titan's devouring.
@@jordanlang5172 yeah but during season 3 upon reflecting on his founding power and seeing that there’s no real freedom outside the walls he reflects on feeling the need to do anything to lay his life down for the sake of the freedom of paradis and specifically those of his friends, that’s even why he says he doesn’t try to stop his friends from preventing the rumbling them
Zeke rewrite was great
Mikasa’s declaration, peak
As someone who was hoping for a Re:Zero-esque exploration of intentions, you did a good job in fleshing out Eren and Ymir’s evolving purposes. Looking forward to part 2!
Part 2 has already been out for almost a month, you don't have to wait for it.
I like a lot of this, but I also have a bunch of gripes with it, starting with the magic system and the paths. AoT never really had the need to explain how it’s magic worked, and I think by going into so much depth it takes away from a lot of the intrigue. I also think that the dialogue is too wordy and there’s a bit too much trickery going on between Eren, Armin, and Ymir. My biggest problem though is that it simplifies Eren’s character too much. There’s always been a lot more to him than just choosing himself over others. His friends matter to him a lot, and I feel like although his methods weren’t perfect in the original anime ending, they didn’t abandon a lot of what made Eren Eren. He’s a very multidimensional character and boiling him down to having a single motivation that’s more important than the others just doesn’t work for me. Still gonna watch part 2 though, this was a super fun video.
The magic system was too vague and needed explaining. Also, the manga was wordy as well. And in regards to Eren, this rewrite does not simply define him. Eren even said to Zeke that if someone tried to take his freedom, he would take theirs. So would it not be logically consistent if Eren, who is about freedom, kills his friends to stay alive to be free, regardless of whether he loves his friends? This is not Bleach, where Ichigo keeps saying he is about protecting his friends. From the beginning of the series, Eren was about being free. So, of course, he would choose himself over his friends. Plus, his friends tried to kill Eren to stop the rumbling.
@@jordanlang5172forgetting the huge "if you want to save Mikasa, and Armin, and everyone else." How can key do that if he kills them?
@@TimothyGod He wouldn't kill them if they didn't try to stop him. He is doing the rumbling for them and for the Eldians in Paradis.
I was unironically worried you might be [Pokémon fainted]. Glad to see you making stuff again! You're one of my all time favorite creators! Can't wait to watch this!
Underrated in all this is how good your editing is. That’s a LOT of work getting the images to match these new character moments and plot points.
4:20 you’ve basically summed up the problem with RWBY Season 8
Ironwood’s entire plan was about how he wanted to save the most capable people from utter obliteration because he literally couldn’t save everyone from the main antagonist. As far as everyone knew it was either the peasantry or the military elites. The main characters wanted to find a way to save everyone, so as soon as it’s established that there WAS a way to save everyone, the writers turned Ironwood into a moustache twirling villain that hated the ghetto peasant species because racism, even doing acts that completely contradicted the personality that has been established for 7 seasons before it
The way to save everyone they proposed in V7 was just “give us more time” and by the time they thought of the portal plan ironwood was already firmly against him. They didnt have a super solid plan the whole time in their back pockets.
Nah Ironwood’s logic with the nuke made sense at least at first because from his point of view, those people are already good as dead.
Think of it like a trolly problem but all the people on one side of the trolly have brain cancer.
At least that’s how Ironwood saw it, and based on the recent volume 9 epilogue, he wasn’t completely wrong.
Now everything that happened with Ironwood after he got knocked out by Winter, Oscar, et al? That was the nonsensical dumb part.
bro watches rwby
@@blackroadnewcountry I got news for you friend. The literal first ever UA-cam video on this channel you’re currently watching was about RWBY.
Absolutely agreed.
I loved how they were handling Ironwood at first but then they just went the full demonization route...
I agreed wholeheartedly with Ironwoods plan in the show. Mainly because he was the only person who actually HAD a plan... if Rwby didn’t get utterly lucky with the staff and teleportation convenience. Then Atlas and Mantle would have both died alongside everyone with it. Even then most everyone did die. Unless the writers were planing on being unrealistic even more and saying two whole cities population somehow managed to get through them. (Something impossible and factually most of them would have died anyways... their people who lived in winter climate moving to the middle of a desert... most would die from heatstroke and thirst before Vacuo could have ever mounted any sort of support)
Overall just glad Rooster Teeth went under... they butchered Monty’s dream enough and I was sick of their childlike writing style. It was fine for the first seasons and fit. But as the story took a “supposedly” darker tone. They never adapted to the changing narrative.
Real shame...
Me at the start of the video: "The ending wasn't perfect, but it was still okay, I don't think it needs a re-write"
Me 55 minutes into the video: "OH MY GOD! This is so cool. I was wrong."
You were wrong from the start, the original ending is awful
Tbh not just the very end, but basically everything after the rumbling starts. It's just... So boring? Idk Eren as the villain would work better I think if we could actually follow him like Light Yagami in death note@@ddd-op5wy
@@Stratilex cmmon light is basic and one dimensional AF This video's eren is phenomenal and not a villian but a soldier of his country
@@ddd-op5wynot at all. This ending was masterpiece ngl but og end is also good if not excellent
@@amoy5657 I'm not talking about the depth of the characters, but rather how much of them we get to see. I wish we followed Eren more rather than all of s4 being from basically everyone else's perspective
I have so many ideas for rewrites but I'm scared of both sides of the fandom. Anyways amazing rewrite this truly dark i remember isayama orginally wanted to do a mist ending this seems like closest thing we'd see in his orginal ending.
I picked this show up in late March and finished late April. It was so good that I skipped classes, homework, studying, and even a test just so I could binge more! The more I watched the better it got woth me not regretting not picking it up when it first got popular because I could watch the whole thing now. I told myself this is the best anime of all time, then I reached the end...
It's been weeks now and the horrible ending sowering the whole show for me still hurts, but you somehow single-handedly helped my symptoms, thank you for this great peace of art!
I have no idea how people claim the anime's ending is satisfying after leaving us not only with plot holes but also evidence as to why Flock and the Jeagerists were right all along.
Thank you. If any fans of the original ending can explain to me how they were satisfied, please do because the only explanations I got came from people not understanding how powerful the founding titan really was, and ignoring the ending where everyone on Paredis gets nuked a few decades after the rumbling
Honestly I really don't see anything bad with the ending. Maybe Historia was underutilized, but otherwise it seems like a perfect conclusion.
The way I see it, Paradise was gonna go into war in the future no matter what happened. As long as humans live together we will fight, but what gives us humanity is trying our best to strive for peace.
We don't necessarily know what that credits scene's context was. Maybe the outside world wanted revenge, maybe Paradise got into an inevitable civil war, maybe it's so far into the future that has nothing to do with the events in the show. Either way noone's grand plan would be the definite final solution. Though that seems pessimistic, I still think the show as a whole acknowledges that everyone can play a part in making things better by empathizing with others and letting go of past grievances, and that trying is important even if the eventual outcome may be fruitless.
I feel very similarly. AoT was my favorite piece of MEDIA as a whole, and I think it still is…but I haven’t been tempted to rewatch the show because of the ending. The whole ending felt like there was something missing. Or many things missing. Which is exactly why I love this video! It fills in the cracks and gaps in the real story
I like the ending because it feels like something that could realistically occur if titans existed in our world. I initially struggled, but i think the overall message, is how many times in war, no matter who you believe is right or any good points either sides makes, its utterly horrific, terrifying and shockingly brutal.
your point about there being evidence as to why the Jeagerists were right all along is actually correct, because their point of view is understandable. the actions they commit are not justified, and neither are the actions of Marley, but from each sides own point of view they believe that they are right and they also both make very valid points, despite neither being right or wrong. Think about jean before he joined up with Hange, he was trying to justify the rumbling and his points were understandable, because the rumbling would protect paridis and most people outside the walls wanted them dead, but as hange said, there is no justification for genocide. so despite the fact that the rumbling will protect Paradis island they choose to stop it, because its the right thing. then we have the people from Marley, they worry that the rumbling will occur, and after their history with king fritz they panic, leading to the destruction of Shiganshina and wall Maria. their fear of the rumbling and titans, whilst understandable, does not justify the racism and destruction that they cause. and we see Gabi realize this when she apologizes to jean.
the very ending where paradis gets bombed hundreds of years later is showing how the cycle of war continues, the cycle of revenge and hatred continues. but then we see a boy go up to the tree, and unlike ymir he is standing with the dogs not running from them, despite the pain and hardship of the world people carry on, and even if there are setbacks, improvements can still be made, and maybe one day the cycle will stop, and peace will prevail.
I heard that observation from an amazing analysis video. I recommend the entire thing but the most important part is at 34:48. and it better explains what I put above and adds other important details that would be difficult for me to explain in a comment.
@@racool911 Which makes the original ending bad.
@@acucumbergrowingoutofthegr2223 So your point is to not defend yourself? If someone is trying to kill you, do you kill them as well? Killing is bad, just like genocide, and the moral thing is to not kill, right?
The ending showing the cycle continues ruins the story, and I should not explain why it does, but I will. It shows that Eren should have done 100% of the rumbling, because at least his people would be safe, or are you going to say it's a civil war on the island? You said, "but then we see a boy go up to the tree, and unlike ymir he is standing with the dogs not running from them, despite the pain and hardship of the world people carry on, and even if there are setbacks, improvements can still be made, and maybe one day the cycle will stop, and peace will prevail. " The bombing of Paradis shows that peace will not prevail because the cycle is cyclical. You are given too much positivity to an ending that makes the characters actions and choices meaningless.
I was rewatching this and refreshed to see the title change
Gigachad LOL
The effort that you put into this video is truly amazing, and while I love a lot of the details you added (like the Hizuru’s role and Armin’s hypocrisy), I think they would ultimately undo a lot of the moral themes that were prevalent through S1-3.
In my opinion, Eren’s death is the perfect closure to his character’s desire for freedom. Since obtaining the power of the titans, he has believed that manipulating the past would someday lead to him achieving his own freedom. He even ended up losing Mikasa because he trusted his ability to see the future more than he trusted Mikasa’s love for him (ex: her saying he was “family” to her at the refugee camp). He was such a slave to freedom that the only way for him to escape this cycle was for him to die.
Another huge aspect that this ending would have changed is his dynamic towards his friends. Eren never wanted to kill them. He states multiple times that he wants them to live long lives, which would only be possible if he accomplished the rumbling. Him allowing them to have titan powers amidst the final conflict was purposeful because it gave the Alliance everything they needed to end the rumbling and save the world from Eren.
Just some constructive criticism. I honestly really enjoyed your take, I just think the real ending matches the morals that were present throughout the whole runtime a little more fittingly.
How would these details ruin the moral themes?
Your saying that Eren's death is closure because he wanted freedom? Are you saying that if a black slave wants freedom, they should die to escape the cycle? If not, then what are you talking about? Are you talking about the idea of freedom? Eren is not a slave to freedom because he wanted to kill his enemies, which is no different than a slave wanting to kill their masters. Eren's feeling of wanting to be free from his oppressors is a universal theme. Wanting to be free does not make you a slave to freedom. Wanting to be free is the goal, the desire, and for his desire to come true, he had to rumble the world. Genocide is bad; we know that. But this is a story that focuses on a hypothetical, which the rewrite was telling you.
Your right. Eren loved his friends, but he also said to Zeke that he would fight for his freedom when others threatened to take it, which the rewrite also says.
So your saying that Eren allowing his friends to have their powers was what he wanted, because it would allow them to stop his plan? The video explains it. I'm starting to believe you didn't watch it.
You honestly think the morals of the story fit better in the original? Did you even see the second part of the rewrite?
@@jordanlang5172yea, sorry, but og all the way
I was really missing your storytelling style! welcome back!
I shudder to think how many "Final parts" the anime would have to break this story up into.
If this was the original ending, the story would have 150 to 200 chapters instead of 139!
Eren's lines in the end were insane
Please put "Part 1" on the title, half of the people watching the video don't even realize that there is a part 2.
This is so incredibly well done. Tears were shed and I cannot wait to see how this ends
Fantastic work as always. I'm sorry to hear about your depression and insomnia, plus youtube being its usual self. But the videos you put out are always excellent. I look forward to part 2!
I'm glad you're still posting! Your videos are always great.
I so happy you mentioned Serenity being an inspiration to you making this video. I’m a big fan of his content, and my god that guy triangulated all the problems with the ending and the ending defenders with surgical precision.
Great stuff!
I couldn't agree more about Serenity, it's REALLY rare to find a AOT fan with maturity, brain and common sense these days!
Love the video, looking forward to (hopefully) seeing the second part! Fingers crossed the algorithm will pick this up and youll get enough funding.
I was going to have this as background noise for my gaming session. But most of your rewrite captivated my brain. I stopped my gaming and focused my full attention on this video. It is easy to criticize, but coming up with a solution is tricky; you did a great job at both.
i do like the og ending, but this is a million times better in everyway, fixes plot holes, ties loose ends and just feels more like aot, i'd love to see this animated but that'll probably never happen, which does make me sad
"A morally grey villain is turned into a black & white villain" Reminds me a lot about Ironwood from RWBY.
Season 2 of Ranking of Kings did NOT come out. It was Season 1.5.
Overall, I really enjoyed this rewrite, the reworking of the rules for the Titan powers was really well thought out. One thing that I think would have helped in communicating more clearly the aspect of whose titan fluid was imbued into whom, and what the implications for that are, would have been to include something like hierarchy diagrams/ a family tree to denote who has been imbued with whose' shifter fluid. It would help provide a nice clear visual breakdown of how the powers were shifting.
I imagine in an animated version of this Armin and Hange would be drawing in the paths sand to demonstrate what they're saying, but even if not the dialogue delivered by the voice actors would be a lot easier to follow than a youtuber summary of a 10-15 minute scene.
58:45 Zeke not knowing doesn't mean this is a mystery that needs explaining. Everything you need to understand why Grisha gave the Attack titan to Eren is already present in the very episode it happens (3x11).
We have seen multiple times how Grisha can quickly change his mind and be influenced to do things:
1. In 3x20 he grew up and was content to live a normal life as a doctor, but Grice confirming his suspicion that Fay was killed by Sergeant Gross was enough for him to abandon that life and vow revenge.
2. In 3x21 after Zeke betrayed their cause due to Grisha's poor parenting, resulting in the restorationists being captured and turned, he lost the will to fight, saying "if i had know this was the price of freedom, i wouldn't have paid it". The Owl had to use Fay's and their deaths to guilt him into pushing onward, saying that he must keep moving until death and after death.
3. In 4x20 we see Grisha was willing to delay and risk compromising his mission, as he had again become accustomed to a normal life in the walls. He valued his new family. Even when the walls fell and he was forced to urgently go and take the founder, he couldn't bring himself to do it, valuing his morals as a doctor. Future Eren was the one who pushed him onwards this time.
Grisha immediately regrets his actions, telling Zeke to stop Eren from killing all those people.
4. Finally, in 3x11 we see it happen. Grisha, who hadn't been told by future Eren whether Carla was safe, learns that she was killed in the attack on Shiganshina. His face immediately clouds over and we see him regain his rage, and loses his ability to sympathise with the innocents who would die in the rumbling. He takes young Eren and gives him the power immediately, saying "avenge your mother".
Also Zeke never wondered "Why did Grisha give you the Titan when he just told me to stop you", he said "Grisha gave you the Founder even though he has no way to know you'd be able to use it, that means you showed him something from the future to prove you could"
This is something im genuinely confused on. During the memory trip with Eren and Zeke, Grisha says something along the lines of "i've seen some of Erens future memories, but why won't he show me everything. From here on out, only Eren will get his way. What humanity is about to endure is far worse than anything I ever could have imagined." This is saying that Eren showed him some aspect of the rumbling, we don't know exactly what but Grisha clearly understands that Eren will activate the rumbling. Then, Grisha proceeds to tell Zeke to stop Eren. So, Grisha clearly had a change of heart at the destruction that Eren has caused with the rumbling. But then later he still ends up giving the Founder/Attack Titan to baby Eren. Which already doesn't make sense but maybe he just had an "in the heat of the moment" decision to still give Eren power. BUT THEN AGAIN, in the last episode, we see that Grisha takes back control of his Attack Titan (Which also how/why does this work?) then helps ARMIN and the gang instead of EREN. Like am I missing something or is he just not written consistently in the last episode?
@@frostman4152 either he's written inconsistently in the last episode or him giving eren the founder was simply a heat-of-the-moment impulsive decision after carla's death that he'd regret immediately after. same way he helped fulfill eren's wish then immediately regretted it by asking zeke to stop him. grisha's character largely has to do with giving into rage, even if momentarily.
@@PhulaTrox hmmm, it’s just odd. He helps Eren by killing Frieda, then tries to stop Eren when he learns of the Erens usage of the rumbling then he helps Eren when the wall Maira falls by giving him the founders power then he stops Eren by helping the Alliance in the last episode. Just seems so wishy washy. Also Grisha willingly gave baby Eren the founders power KNOWING he activates the rumbling. So it’s like “they killed Carla so all of them must die”, that’s the rationale? Also, do you know why he had the ability to possess his attack titan in the last episode? I never really understood why he and Bertolt and Marcel had that ability.
@@frostman4152 yeah it is quite messy. the ghosts in the last episode were really lame
his rationale for giving eren the founder made sense since we know he had that part of him inside him (which is why he was able to be convinced into killing frieda) + him having eren's memories would mean he'd also partly share eren's emotions. so carla's death was more of a last straw type thing
as for the ghosts i assume that the past shifters ymir used were husks but were still connected to their users through paths. so the users had to be "awakened" (by zeke/armin here) for the shifters to act on the users desires. and also new titans like grisha and kruger's attack titans could be summoned the same way ymir summoned the past shifters like bertoldt for example. something like that.
One thing I will correct is your analysis of how the rumbling worked. The titans didn’t move out in a circle from the walls of paradis. This would’ve wiped out the whole island. You see them line up and walk out, haul ass to a specific point, and then move across the continent. That was another plot point was the alliance asking yelena where they were headed to start the rumbling. That was the only reason they kept her around.
Either way Paradis is destructed, may I know how you think they moved? Bc when I draw it it destroys Paradis either way
They move in a line, following eren. The whole initial point of it was to destroy the outside world and save paradis
@@lechace5802 It's a shame we can't draw it, but I'll try to explain it. Paradise has 3 walls with branches to each of these 3 walls, the districts. In the event that the titans all advanced straight ahead, only the inhabitants of Wall Sina would survive. In the case of a straight line, the titans advance in the same direction, except that the titans 1- do not pay attention to where they walk and 2- in their trajectory to reach Eren there are dwellings, in my opinion it there is no way not to kill the inhabitants of the walls, and in a straight line even the inhabitants of Sina die
@@daeith1233It’s a shame that Isayama never clarified how exactly the rumbling moved.
@@theslicedmanzana yeah I don't blame him bc I can't see how it moves anyway but it would've been cool if he gave us his own explaination
this gave me so many chills even if i dont totally agree with ur view on the original ending, rlly good rewrite
Man i loved this story you told to us sucks that your depression been so heavy lately know that whenever you do upload a lot us really appreciate it keep it up and if you need anything dont be afraid to ask for help
Thank you! This is the real ending of Attack On Titan! You gave us an Ending with neither the Alliance nor Eren winning. You fixed all of the problems in the story too! You my friend saved the Attack On Titan Franchise.
I've watched this video but not part 2 and I'd like to share my thoughts on it. I apologize if I missed something in the video; it's 2 hours long and I probably didn't absorb everything properly.
I really enjoyed the changes you made during the fight itself. A main problem I had with the original ending was the inconsistent Titan mechanics that occurs there, mainly the founder. This rewrite gives that strategic element the final fight was missing. Also gives that proper push and pull between both sides to make it more exciting. In the original fight, I felt that the whole thing was a means to an end, which was not the case here, so thank you.
You mentioned how people started liking "chad" Eren and believe that to be the character he is now. I just personally never bought into that facade. It was obvious to me that he was doing this for some reason and that this wasn't his real character. What confirmed it to me was when he tells Zeke he wanted to give his friends long lives. At this point in the narrative, we've seen a past version of Eren saying the same thing (railroad scene), but this is the supposedly "chad" Eren saying this again. I guess I mention it here because I felt disconnected from the community in this aspect and I'm sure I'm not the only one.
I don't know how to feel about that conversation with Armin about sparing the remaining Marleyans and the 100% rumbling. Why is Eren only drawing where the line is now? Did he not see this conversation with Armin? Why is he, only now, having this revelation when he is experiencing past present and future at the same time? Also, the conversation is so "in your face" about it, there's no subtlety at all. The 100% rumbling is conflicting to me. On one hand, I THINK it gives closure for Eren, but at the same time it ruins the whole concept of "keeping the children out of the forest", which is one of my favorites to come out of the ending. With everyone dead, Artur's speech about the children and Gabi's entire character arc serves no purpose now. There is no one left to shoulder that hatred, and no one left to see the changes to that.
I hated Ymir being the big bad. I already wasn't a big fan of what the original did to Ymir, but I can at least see where she's coming from. A deep desire for human connection is what propels her to keep King Fritz wishes. In the rewrite, she suffers for 2000 years on her own accord because why? And then because she suffered for that long, she then takes it out on the world when she inflicted this suffering to herself? Introducing a big bad at the end of a story is also one of my most hated cliches. I'm sorry, but in my opinion this is a trash plot twist.
Regardless of my opinions, I do commend the effort put into this. I'm no writer myself, but doing this surely takes a lot of skill and passion.
Oh, dude, watch part 2. It literally directly fixes like, 4 of the things you mentioned here, lol.
I feel like you tickled my brain with this video im now going to live my life more peacefully just because i now know that this video exists and i can watch it as many times as possible
So I just recently got a job drlivery semi truck parts, and I’m just driving through the countryside for hours and hours everyday. I just want you to know today easily went by the quickest thanks to being able to listen to this. Seeing as this came out on a Friday, and you’ll release part 2 48 hours after the goal is reached, I can only hope lots of other people like me will donate so I can be listening to part 2 on Monday. 💛
Okay jjust finished and I love this rewrite. The intense drama and character arcs are exactly what this needed. I felt chills in so many parts. The use of Ymir was haunting and perfect. Hange and Zeke's arc also felt very flat in the manga so this was perfect too. I hated how the original ending felt like an edging session that ended in denial. Building up so much tension revealing 80 percent of the world is dead only to be killed by mikasa in this weird chosen by Ymir way and armin thanking eren for killing all those people made no sense. What is the point of an apocalyptic rumbling that goes so far but then just ends right there with nothing resolved except stating eren's vague intentions and lore dump before his death. While I never thought too deeply about the details, the mange ending made me think of Neon Genesis and Nier Replicant. How both of these end in complete apocalypse for the selfishness of the main characters. How attack on titan seemed to build upto a similar route but instead do this shitty code geass esque ending that wasnt foreshadowed or made zero sense for eren. Eren is a stupid selfish monster since childhood and your rewrite captured it perfectly. The one thing I liked about the ending was that eren was shown to be a fool underneath that mask. However, the weight of his actions cannot just be simply ignored with that. Your ending with him coming to terms of being a selfish monster on top of being a fool is perfect. It truly antagonizes him, keeps the drama high, and doesn't endorse his actions.
This is my headcanon now
Love this comment, ❤❤❤
Man I wonder what your thoughts on part 2 are.
"Baseball was my passion."
"What the fuck is baseball?"
The way you utilized Ymir was so much better than the actual anime holy shit
Having someone *continue the rumbling* and eliminate even Paradis was such a gut wrenching moment, especially after Armin got Eren to back down. And having her not only refuse Eren's command, but refuse to let the shifters transform or heal. Such a great use of her now being free
Also like, "she was in love with King Fritz" was so terrible in the actual ending. Glad this rewrite does away with it
"What if the Force-Of-Nature you invoked to end the world, didn't want to stop?"
Genie's out of the bottle, you promised retribution for Ymir, freeing her from her mental chains, now you need to deal with her having that free will, and those chains aren't going back on...
I love when you post, like genuinely, your being an air of experimentation and thought provoking conversation thank you. It is 1:00 am for me right now but I can’t wait to listen to this tomorrow
The bird titan thing wasn't completely out of nowhere.
The armored titan spinal fluid gave Eren increased control over hardening.
Of course this is too much of a change. Unless there is some ability, that we don't know about the Jaw and/or royal blood gives it more kick.
Agreed, and I think Eren creating pillars inmediately after gainning the armored power to escape the Reiss chappel is way to convinient too. I think this was bad decision by Isayama
@@Lumigle I meant in relation to the bird transformation, not the hardening scene.
Now that you mention it though, that was a little miss handled...
Could have done with a restructure.
Very hype scene, would hate to loose it, just at minimum point at the thing, with reis e.g. "we have a collection of serums here actually, they can be used to make shifters stronger, we are planning on using it on Historia. They are very valuable.
See this bottle? It's yours! We are gonna use to turn Historia! How poetic.
@@wezzelinator Yes, I know you were talking about Falco, I just wanted to add another example of convenience that we had before in season 3 xD
Falco being able to fly perfectly at his first try evading everything that the titans throw at him is hilarious xD
@@Lumigle xD
Yeah it stretches the limit a little...
I still really like the flying Titan! It's so hype!
It should just be handled with care to keep it from jumping the shark. Its plausible that the Titans have some inate instinct that could help. We see all the abnormal shifters generally "get" their titan's movement, the Jaw can monkey around the first time Falco shifts, the cart's quad seems to be inate too?
Maybe you could show off Falco's inexperience? Have him comment on how different flying is or how glad he is that flying as the Titan is less flapping and more gliding (you could even give him a limitation in that he struggles with agile maneuvers so he can only do straight passes as Uniq's flying base).
Keep the Titan, while acknowledging and embracing Falco's inexperience!
Falco was named so he can be falcon
That's the otherwise of out of nowhere
The ending is great when considering what they cooked up in S1 - S3. The author said himself that he started the story with the ending in mind. I understand this, but people just like to see a happy end. I won't pretend I'm not like this too, I would've loved a happy ending, there wouldn't have been such a discourse between the fans. Such "happy end" was however basically imposible from the very beggining because of the way the story was headed.
...what are you talking about dude? What we got with the original ending was a Marvel-esque plot filled with childish writing, plot armor, nonsensical dialogue, and an incredibly huge amount of plot holes that are objectively true.
Considering the story from Seasons 1-3 actually shows the ending was *not* what Isayama intended, and if you even watched the video you commented on you would know this to be true. He literally brings up interviews and storyboards from Isayama that show the original final panel and theme, which wasn't what we got whatsoever, and more importantly interview quotes that prove the ending was a retcon. Here's my favorite: "Eren *only* views Mikasa as a mother figure", the interview done when Isayama was about halfway through Season 3.
That aside, there's tons of foreshadowing, abandoned plot threads and subplots, sidelined characters, and uncharacteristically bad writing that prove the ending wasn't thought out or good whatsoever. At least with the anime there's all the work MAPPA put into it, but besides that it's an objectively awful finale.
About hange's death, eren's whole motivation is to free his friends, give them a long and happy life
He never directly kills anybody of paradis because he doesn't want to, that goes against his motivation
The only point he almost broke character was when sasha died
Hange dying defending the scouts from the rumbling is the way she should go in my opinion, I mean, she was the only one that was able to stop this literal unsttobable force for a few minutes alone, that's an impressive and honorable death
Basically, in my opinion, eren killing anybody from the scouts goes way too far into his motivation, he wants his friends to hate him and kill him, but he doesn't want to kill any of them, if it wasn't for ymir the raid in the founder would've been just blowing up the nape and the showdown of eren and armin and that would've been basically the end, no resistance, because he doesn't want to, he just wants to kill as much of the outside world as he can so that paradis has a chance to live as they wish
"Eren's *whole* motivation is to free his friends, give them a long and happy life" that's just blatantly false. Before his friends he has always, always valued freedom, putting their lives in danger again and again to reach his goals. Through the whole series, especially Season 4, he gave mantras about how if "anybody tries to take away my freedom I won't hesitate to take theirs". I see you mention Sasha; and why was it she died? It was because Eren let her die for the sake of him reaching that future he wanted, even though he KNEW she would die if he attacked during the declaration of war. He didn't want her to die, but he had to if it meant achieving that freedom from oppression he desperately wanted. And Hange he literally killed himself.
TLDR: No, his "whole" motivation isn't to free his friends and give them long, happy lives. That's a side motivation, but made very clear to be less important than his motivation for freedom.
@@AL-kc1nb bro, did you see the last episode, I'll give a spoiler warning in case you didn't but eren reveals to armin that that was all a facade,he had to say all that stuff so that his friends would not hold back in the battle against the founder, he regrets killing all those people, he regrets talking shit to armin and he regrets not being able to live the rest of his life with mikasa, but he still went with it to give his friends a long life "I am not free, I'm a slave to freedom" that's one of the lines that eren says
About sasha, remember how eren laughs when she dies, he does this many times in the series, but the most prominant one is the first time he activates the power if the founder when he touches the titan of dina fritz, he laughs due to desparation, he tried everything, but every path he takes leads to the same future, the future he is trying to avoid, he didn't want it to happen, he might know it will happen but there's nothing he can do if he wants to save the people of paradis
He also admits to have kickstarted his whole revenge path, his mother wasn't supposed to die when the wall was attacked in the first episode, bertholt was, eren commanded the titan of dina fritz to not eat bertholt and ear his mother so that he would have the motivation to join the scouts, he jeopardized his life for the sake of giving the people of eldia a longer life
So yeah, tldr, I'll repeat what he said in the last episode eren is not free, he is a slave to freedom, he did all those things in name of freedom but the truth is that he just wanted to see his people be able to live and to give armin the opportunity to see the world that he described in the book about the outside world all the way back in the first episode
@pralenkaman8105 Guess what else Eren said the final episode? He said he had "no idea if any of you would survive" to Armin. But more importantly, Chapter 131 we see his internal monologue as he walked around Marley, where he thinks to himself "that I will kill them... is already set. Which means.. we also never found a way for Paradis to survive." Followed by him thinking "If nothing else, isn't there just too big a difference between the number of people who'll die on the island compared to outside?" Followed by him grimacing and "but... I just can't accept... an end like that".
His entire character motivation and thought process, laid right out for the audience. It was not a facade, it was just that he was retconned. That is undeniable. If you have more counter-points I'd be happy to disprove them so you or anyone reading this can better understand the series.
There are so many things wrong with what you have written. If he truly cared about having his friends survive, then he would have slowed down the rumbling before it reached the airplane. So why did he not do that? Well, Hange is not his friend, so that is the only reason why he didn't slow down the wall titans. You could say he mentioned that he didn't know his friends could die, but if that is the case, then why was he able to see the future of them surviving? He knew what was going to happen because he saw it. So why not try to make sure Hange survives? Was it because it was to give her an honorable death? Speaking of her death, her death was pointless. It was to have her die just to have her die. She took out what, seven wall Titans? I don't know the number, but I know for a fact that her staying behind amounted to nothing because you have hundreds of them moving. With their size, they will cross a lot of distance, so she would need to kill at least the first row in less than 5 seconds and the same for the second and third rows. And regarding Eren, he also wanted him to be free. Don't tell me that he was a slave to freedom, because that is nonsensical. Would you say that to an African slave? I mean, they wanted freedom, so they are slaves to freedom, right? All you are doing is referencing the last chapter, which may remind you of retcons previous information. That whole Code Geass twist was shoehorned into the ending, and it does not fit Eren's monologues in the past chapters.
@@pralenkaman8105 Like I said, this was made into a facade in the last chapter. If Eren didn't say he lied, then we wouldn't get the Code Geasse ending. I'm just repeating my last post, but what I am saying is that without the last chapter, we would have no reason to believe Eren was lying. In fact, since Eren revealed that he lied, that means his thoughts and feelings were him lying to the audience. Isayama, you mad genius! If you can't tell that I was being sarcastic, now, you are referencing the anime, while I am referencing the manga. These two mediums have different canons. It could be omitting a scene or adding a scene in the anime. Regardless, the whole slave to freedom line, that was in the anime, was just a poor shoddy patch job to fix Eren. Speaking of Eren, if he regretted hurting his friends and not being with them, then why not take away their powers? Oh, is it because Eren is principled, or is it because Mikasa had to kill him because he saw the future?
The whole idea of Eren causing his mom to die is stupid. If he can control the titans, why not stop Dina? Or why could he not stop the titans from attacking the district until they got out? He can control titans, which is why he made Dina kill his mother.
Regarding the anime, I will argue that being a slave to freedom is a stupid reason why Eren had to die. The truth was, he didn't just want to help his people and friends; he wanted to be free as well. Don't believe that in the anime and manga, Eren said, "Ever since I was born, all I ever knew were those daunting walls." And during that scene of him recounting his time with Armin, Eren stretched out his arms and said, "Freedom!" That sounds like someone who wants to be free as well. But he's not free; he's a slave to freedom, just like the black slave who wants freedom. Do you see how nonsensical the anime and manga are when you apply even the most basic logic to them? You have to do mental gymnastics to not see how bad the story is.
*When the world needed him most, he returned.*
Glad you are back ❤️
ngl I kinda dig this total and complete Rumbling ending, where even Paradis gets destroyed. It's consistent with Ymir since it were Eldians themselves that enslaved her, so wanting to kill everyone isn't that far fetched.
I still think AnR might have been the better ending, since it would have been more consistent with the themes of freedom and the cup of iniquity, but with that ending you end up with the rest of the characters that don't really get concluded and the spectacle factor would have been lacking.
AnR is not that much better either. It's either Eren rumbles both Paradis and outside world then kills himself. Alternatively, Eren only leave small communities or tribes, no fully functional nations, alive after the Rumbling. Basically less than 80%. Only Reiner, Annie, and Pieck should've been killed off. Armin, Mikasa, Connie, and Jean cut ties with Eren for good. Eren either exhiles himself in loneliness or dies with the curse. The Yeagerist control over Paradis should've crumbled in a couple of years
Yo, have you seen part 2?
I love kids given godlike powers, Charlie!
Man,these rewrite is good and very different from what i have seen from the other rewrites even if i found some decisions weird is still refreshing,the eren and mikasa fight reminded me of skyler and walter in breaking bad a lot,which is fitting considering isayama took a lot of inspiration from it to aot i can really see it on this rewrite.
I’ve been waiting for this specific video by you since chapter 139
1:10:42
I actually screamed like a child at this part. Insane writing
1:32:23 HOLY SHIT
Outstanding video, honestly the best analysis of the ending so far on top of an amazing rewrite. Is this your best work? I don't know, and it's only part 1!
Homie held his own video for ransom - mad respect for the ‘Saurus
really good video, the you storytelling is immaculate, actually cried when mikasa told eren "i love you"
I have been waiting to see proper AoT rewrite videos for so long! I wanted to see an explosion of them after AoT ended just like GoT had, but there seemed to be none that really stood up to the quality of AoT. So I'm very happy to see this.
I really enjoyed the first half of this, I agreed with all of your criticisms and really enjoyed all of the changes you made - especially giving Hange and Armin more to do and the deep exploration into Titan Powers that was sadly missing from the original. It all fit together really well and was consistent with their characters.
That said, Idk why but I just didn't feel it for the second half - the full rumbling reveal was hard to accept but the paradis destruction (even though I love thay you gave Ymir's character something to work with, and I do agree that wanting to destroy the whole world, paradis included, makes sense for her. Her objectives were so muddled and poorly handled in the original, it pissed me off) just took me out of it entirely. I don't think it's completely implausible for Eren to accept himself as a monster and kill his friends (I thought him punching Hange was in-character and kinda cathartic, and I wish she had just died there or shortly thereafter) but personally it just didn't feel natural - not only in context of how he is in the original but even in this rewrite.
I understand that audiences really only care about the main characters we follow and the billions of casualties dont *really* matter, but when the entire world is dead and destroyed, all the conflict afterwards feels pointless and forced.
I loved Thanos' snap in Infinity War, and it was tragic and unexpected and awesome, but I knew it was never going to be permanent. This full destruction of the world IS permanent, and it's just too much for me to accept - like what else is there to do after all this? Even if they all made up and stopped fighting, would they just start repopulating the earth from this small group left alive? It's just kinda ridiculous. It feels like the story is crawling along trying to keep your attention even though there's no more stakes.
I don't even understand what Eren and Annie is fighting for, honestly. What difference would it make if he was killed now? She's basically done what she's wanted to by now.
Overall, the first half felt like great additions and changes to complement the original story and steer it into a more well-written direction but the second half felt like you lost yourself in satisfying cravings for specific moments you wanted to happen. That's not necessarily bad, but yeah it just doesn't give me AoT vibes and isn't why I fell in love with the story.
Idk if any of this makes sense. And i will still watch Part 2 when it comes out, because this was super entertaining!
An ending where Eren kills all of his friends while also completing 100% Rumbling would be too controversial for this show and not much better than Chapter 139. Heck, I think Eren should've left small communities or tribes alive not fully functional or advanced nations. Reiner, Annie, and Pieck should've been killed off. Mikasa and Armin should've cut their friendship with Eren with nothing but survivor's guilt and depression. Eren should've exiled himself in loneliness or been trapped in purgatory with nothing but guilt. Also, since Historia is in control, the Yeagerists should've slowly dismantled. It's not perfect but it's better than both endings.
@@Spantzcatdog i don't want Reiner to be killed for the memes (but also cz he deserves to live and heal), but as for the rest, yeah I guess so. Though personally I think Eren *should* die at the end, it's just the manner of it that needs to be changed. He's just not a character that feels right to just let roam around for another 4 years, y'know? It feels weird.
@SKAron25 I mean Eren dying would've been fine if it had more emotional weight to it which Chapter 139 didn't. I guess Reiner could've lived but the only thing that's gonna keep him alive is Gabi and Falco.protecting them is probably his only priority. Idk what happens to Jean, Connie, and Levi. I think they would go on similiar path that Armin and Mikasa are, ending their friendship with Eren and loving with guilt.
I keep seeing comments like this, and I'm honestly super excited to see the reaction to part 2. Especially when I see things like "What else is there to do after all this?". Watchers understandably have a very clear idea in their mind of how this is going to go based on the information that's available. I think people will be very surprised how I manage to pull closure out of this.
@@Uniquenameosaurus Definitely excited to see it! Wish I could contribute to its release too, I like your videos. But that's not really an option for me so all I can do is watch your content and share it around 😅
This video is one of the best videos in youtube. Genuenly got goosebumps with this ending, love everything about it. Can't wait for part 2, but if it is already done why is it locked until the donations reach 1800! We already achieved 900$, please release it.
I loved this rewrite up until the very end. I just can’t imagine eren ever killing one of his friends in that way. I mean did he really have to decapitate connie?? The rest of it was a masterpiece. And the explanations you gave for things we never got closure for (ackerman powers, why only 9 shifters, bird falco and grisha giving eren the attack powers) were perfection- could totally see them being in the actual storyline. In fact the whole thing felt very reminiscent of the first three seasons… but that was probably because of the old clips being used😂! Anyway keep up the good work and excited for when the second part drops!
This is a master piece, it was sso good it made me want to start writing the story for my game.
wow, finnally someone criticizing ousama ranking!! that anime fell from grace SO HARD on the second half, and i felt like i was the only person on earth who noticed it
I feel like it's a bit dishonest to say that Isayama made it so that the Rumbling is the only viable option at all and that Eren is supposed to be supported. Considering characters on multiple occasions whether it be Yelena, Armin, Zeke or Gabi mention using small scale Rumbling to crush other nation's military capabilities which would give Paradis decades of time to build up infrastructure and their military, etc. Hell even if the world started to build up another to crush Paradis, another small scale Rumbling would wipe it out without issue. There is no amount of force the world can amass when you hold the equivalent to a million nukes on your island. Especially if you crush other nation's technological ability to rival you each time they try. But that's not enough for Eren, he wants nothing but a blank plain, free of life, an untouched open land free to explore just like he dreamed of as a kid, because the existence of humanity outside and the same endless wars and conflicts was that disappointing for him.
And a more obvious answer is the visual depiction of the Yeagerists and the ones who support Eren. Floch being the shit eating sadist who's shown to get clear thrill from his new position of power and how he uses it to scare and hurt people. And the Yeagerists constantly drawn as unhinged shouting lunatics, repeating the same nationalistic mantra over and over. I mean just look at the scene where they're going to execute Onyankopon in public for going against the Eldian Empire, they're drawn as ugly inbred looking freaks.
That plan would require forcing Historia and her children to become Titans. It's a treadmill solution instead of a single and done type deal. Half the reason the rumbling happens is so Historia doesn't have to become a slave, it's a central plot point. How can you miss it?
@@ddd-op5wy Yeah, it is a central plot point that Eren had the opportunity to choose a plan that wouldn't kill billions of people, but didn't because he didn't want to sacrifice Historia and Paradis's reliance on titans. They aren't "missing" that wtf
@@Emily-pq6zd true and also, why would he kill his friends in this rewrite, after rejecting a partial rumbling specifically to protect Historia?
@@loganshalloe5927 Media literacy is dead and SnK is showing it off
@@Emily-pq6zdThey literally are missing that. Their idea doesn't work with that restriction, and if you don't follow it, you're character assassinating Eren.
I was one of the AOT ending lovers, who got really emotional at the ending, and really loved certain aspects of it. The AOT haters had a rapid unregulated reddit which further drove me away for they did make a few good points, but were so petty and angry that there was no civil way to have a discussion. After watching the ending multiple times, I can see both sides of the coin. I do not "HATE" the ending, nor do I "LOVE" it , I think I lean on that it was an alright ending to an other wise Masterpiece of a show, and I am glad you are doing this rewrite to provide alternative perspective with someone who can see both the good and not so good part of the end. Thanks for doing this. Aot forever.
Sensible ending haters and ending defenders unite!
The analysis that ending haters made it impossible for a discussion is a bit misguided I feel. When the ending came out many people who despised the ending TRIED to give sensible reasons as to why without making it a problem it’s the people who overly defended it and let’s be real the Eren and Mikasa shippers who bullied and harassed people who disliked the ending so badly they left the fandom. The ending isn’t okay by any means especially with how great the story has been and I think shutting down fans criticisms was the worst thing the fan base could’ve done. It’s stops any discussions from being made and the series is worse off because of it. I don’t know why this particular series has me so invested maybe because I’ve been following it for ten years at this point but what it’s become and what the fanbase has become is incredibly sad.
@@lolabee1825 bro you have no idea what you are talking about. You should have seen the titanfolk subreddit, there was no ending critique going on, it was a fascist post after some r*pe posts andthese people sending murder threads to isayama. The "ending defenders" only happened because the ending was critcized to hell and back as utter complete garbage, as if it was the worst thing that ever happened. The ending is alright, and I think the problem is with execution rather than the ideas of it, but the way it was handled by a certain side of "fandom" really shows that some just couldn't stomach the idea of their own version of head canon not happening. The bullying came from the ending haters, not the defenders. Thats why people didn't want to engage with the haters, its not because we all thought aot was some magical perfect ending, its because ending haters had lost their shit.
@@amampathak I do know what I’m talking about I was there.
Reddit is just one website it’s not the whole of the fandom. If you were to critique the ending on literally ANY other platform you were met with intense hostility and harassment. Also the subreddit has been completely demolished and inactive for two years at this point.
I literally had weirdo shippers trying to dox me cause I said the ending had flaws I’ve gotten death, and r*pe threats from it. Everyone only talks about ONE subreddit and not the entirety of the fandom experience across all platforms. People who extremely defended the ending were/still are extremely toxic and unbearable.
It started the same month 139 released I remember it vividly. I had made a thread expressing disappointment on the ending and I never before in my life had seen such toxicity from a fandom. You’d think I’d call their mom ugly or something. To say the tension started because of a subreddit most of the fandom never even went on is ignoring a huge chunk of the fandom.
@@lolabee1825 the whole fandom is trash. It doesn't matter if they're ending defenders, Eremika shippers, AoR subreddit titanfolker, yeagerbombers, some AnR theorists, Alliance stans, Erehisu shippers, and Yeagerist stans. They're all annoying and toxic. This fandom dying in a couple of years would actually make the series tolerable despite how crap Season 4 and the ending is.
THE GOAT IS BACK LETS FUCKING GO
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it contradictory that the Ackerman family is descendant of the Attack Titan (the embodiment of freedom itself) but its powers can only be awakened if it swears loyalty to one person?
From what I understand it looks more like the power activated of they showed a strong act of loyalty, maybe away to say that they freely choose who they want to follow (if that's the case) and are under any royalty order just "because"
@@daeith1233 Nice man. Thank you.
Everyone, please donate to the cause, we want a part 2!
Omg... as a writer myself.
I LOVE your version. So good. Absolutely great. Well done 👍
I think an interpretation of Eren is fundamentally incomplete if you believe Eren didn't want to do the Rumbling since there's simply too much of his characterisation that points to him wanting to do it. It's a crucial and ugly side of his character that stands as a direct contrast to the more empathetic side of Eren that wants to protect his friends. Acknowledging both sides of this dichotomy within Eren is the key to understanding his character. In both the anime and manga when Eren is asked whether he did the Rumbling purely for his friend's sakes he denies it and says that regardless of if he saw the future and knew he would be stopped or not, he still would've done it. Of course that's not to say he doesn't feel remorse and sorrow for all the innocent lives that he's crushing but he still chooses to do for his own selfish ideals of what he believes to be freedom, as well as the selfless desire to allow his friends to live long lives.
"I don't know why, but I wanted to do that, I had to" As he says this we see the memory of Grisha holding him after he's first been born telling him his name and that he's free. A clear visual way of presenting the "because I was born into this world" line.
It's this self reflective line that I think really speaks volumes about Eren, his innate nature that drives him, his contradictions and clashing motives. Up until this point whenever Eren has been asked about his motivations he's always responded with the iconic "because I was born into this world line" or what he said to Zeke "I am just me, I always have been" or when he said to Armin "I don't know why but when I think about getting that freedom back strength flows through me". Essentially saying there is no definable reason, this is just who I am ever since I was born, and there is no version of me that wouldn't do this. But this line in 139 unlike the others which Eren said with resolve and confidence is much more reflective and genuinely honest. Eren has already achieved his goals at this point, he's left the world the blank plain he wished to see it as and he's guaranteed his friends will live long lives after he's gone. So now he's left reflecting on what truly drives him and why he has this innate drive to achieve his own unique ideal of freedom. It would be easy for him to just use the same answer he's always given and say that's just who he is, but this time he genuinely answers it and admits that even he doesn't fully understand this innate nature of his. He can't explain why he wants to leave the world a blank plain and he doesn't even try to justify it. He feels he was born this way but he doesn't know why or where this uncontrollable drive comes from. In the same way a natural born psychotic serial killer can't explain why they're a psychopath and why they were born that way
Fucking exactly, eren was like that from the very start
LOL
So you really think he is a 1 dimentional character.
"He always thought that so he did that because he always thought that."xD
How the fuck can you accept this shitty explanation?
Where is his character growth?
Are you telling me that if Marley made peace with Eldia he would've rumbled 80% anyway?
The explanation of "the world was not the same he saw in that book" is one of the worst ever.
He is not talking literally, when he stayed in Marley he realized there is good people and bad people, exactly the same that happens in Paradis.
And if people of Paradis wanted to survive against the rest of the world the Rumbling is the only solution. (And let's not forget that when he talked to Ramzi he realized that the future can not be changed, so he was accepting that he can not control something that is going to do in the future, not knowing the real reason why yet)
No one wants to kill billions of people, even the most psycothic person in the world would be hesitant to do this.
Do you know why Eren as a child killed 2 of the kidnappers of Mikasa? Because he has the guts and the sense of justice to risk his life to save innocent people.
If he was a psycho because potato, he would've killed his bullies too, but he didn't.
You know why? Because he is not that bad.
I still can not believe there is people defending this bullshit ending we had, it baffles me...
And I left behind a lot of conveniences like for example, Gabi never missing a shot, Falco being able to use his FLYING titan perfectly ath his first try, the jaegerists being stupid enough to not blow up the ship or the airplane (only two vehicles that are needed to arrive where Eren is), the alliance surviving against thousands of titans, and more crap.
@@Lumigle the complexity is not in Eren himself, but how he and the audience decipher and accept his true motivation as the story progresses.
Digging past the layers of obfuscation, even obfuscation in his own mind, is a fascinating way to write a character. It is the mystery of S4, now that the previous main mystery (the basement) was revealed.
Your idea of Eren is that his words at the ocean scene are his entire motivation, which would demolish this mystery of S4.
Personally I think this eren can work with yours. Infact, i think he is a more emotionally mature Eren. Both Erens truly believes they've fighting for their people and familes but, when multiple people point out their means dont justify the ends this one stops pretending. No more excuses no more putting on faces no more ignorance to the events around him. He figures out the instinctiual thinking he had since he was a child; I will always put myself and my desires before others something so simple that he is content with and accepts while also shamelessly fighting for because he was fine with who he was. This Eren cracks the puzzle of who he is and is find with the way it looks because it looks exactly how we wanted to be.
@@loganshalloe5927 Your looking to hard to find mysteries. Not everything is a mystery.
Incredible rewrite, as always
Hange's death was ten billion times more impactful in this version
I completely forgot you made uploads after your NFT one. I thought you made that one then died for your opinions, but I really liked the rewire. It's a weird thing about your videos. They always seem to come at the right time and teach me a life lesson about myself. It tangentially helped me get over 2 major hang ups I've been holding onto and trying to work through. Like I knew the answer and it make logically sense, but this video helped me truly feel it and embrace it.
Thanks for the hard work, I want to comment by roughly splitting the video in two halves:
* Before the end of rumbling.
** Great work on improving the consistency of many characters:
- Zeke: some unresolved daddy issues.
- Hange: curiosity and love for Titans.
- Annie: sadistic nature.
** The addition of Ymir is great in that:
- she potentially harbors hatred towards Eldians as well.
- it explains the power-up of the alliance so it's not as out of place as the original ending.
* After end of rumbling:
** I like the argument between Armin and Eren on the drawing the line of killing:
- I think it makes sense for Eren to consider wiping out all non-Eldians (since they can't shape-shift, thus fearing and seeing Eldians as devil spawn).
- As for Armin, I think it would be hard to debate Eren when Eren's doing is "most likely good" for the Eldians, but now that the threat has been eliminated, it's great to question what Eren would do if Eldians turn on him, thereby pointing out the long-term effect of his decision.
- Effectively I see Eren not continue killing non-Eldians as a sign of showing mercy.
** Though I somewhat fear where the ending is heading:
- Eren's reaction after Ymir turning on Eldians doesn't make much sense unless he never cared about saving Eldians in the fist place.
And I just strongly disagree if the plot says that he does not care about Eldians or even Historia in the narrowest sense.
So it seems to me that if he in anyway cared about Historias and other Eldians by extension, he would have no reason to fight anymore, since whatever he's been fighting for regardless of consequences up till now amounts to nothing.
And frankly same goes for the alliance, if Paradis is destroyed as well, what's to fight for unless their own lives are under direct threat?
- I see the act of pitting Eren against all his friends and murdering them with zero remorse as shunning every other element of his character except the maniac side of him, which seems backwards at this point, after he's been showing having complex motivations behind carrying out rumbling, and showing mercy to the non-Eldians after rumbling.
* Concluding thoughts:
I think the rewrite is a great demonstration of the struggle between character continuation and the story the writer wants to tell eventually. I applaud the video for its great effort for making characters consistent, and "squeezing out as much drama between the characters". But at the end of the day, does Isayama really want to accentuate his story with a crazy manic just wanting to destroy the world? Is it a story that I would want? Perhaps not.
So yes, as much as I complain about the original ending. I now see that Isayama made the sacrifice of consistencies to accentuate on some other qualities humans possess, acceptance, friendship, and love. And frankly I'd rather not see Armin and Eren or Mikasa and Eren fight tooth and nail with each other to the death. So I am thankful for the video to make me realize that.
Is there a way to achieve both consistency and the story? I'm inclined to think you can't solve it just by changing the ending, especially the build-up of the character of Armin and honestly the motivations of the whole alliances, the scout need a better reason and setup rather than simply "it's not right", especially when the non-Eldians still point their guns at them immediately after the rumbling in the original.
Glad to have you back
The glazing in the thumbnail is craaazy
Sorry about your depression bro. We're really just hunter gathers in a world more complicated than ever. But you do incredible work! I subbed after your Thanos rewrite and this is just as good if not better. If you ever made literature of any format I'd immediately preorder
Words are not enough to express how well you've rewritten the ending of this masterpiece of a story. This is my headcanon now thank you.
P.S the nier music goes hard asf with this
"No one knows who dafak this little girl is anyways" 😭 that made me laugh
I appreciate what you're going for with this re-write but of your big re-write videos this is definitely my least favorite. Obviously this is just part 1 so a lot could change, but as of the end of this video it makes the whole story feel genuinely pointless and nihilistic. The world and character decisions were already harrowing in so many cases throughout, just piling so much more on feels like overkill.
In particular I think pushing Eren to extreme of killing friends is a bad idea. The reason the Rumbling is Eren's only viable option is because he refuses to sacrifice his friends, he'd rather crush the rest of the world. What makes his decision compelling is not because it supports his absolute personal freedom, it's that he proves he'd rather save the few who matter to him over the many who do not. If Eren really is right-wing Thanos then having the Rumbling succeed is enough, at that point he should be able to put up his swords and go live on the farm or whatever, like Thanos does after the Snap. Dude only has 4 more years anyway, there is no reason for him cut short the futures of the only people he always wanted to save. Seems to me you're pushing him to an absurd extreme for the sake of going to that most extreme, rather than just pushing to the point it makes sense for him to stop.
And yes I know Eren is also a crazy bastard who partially at least wants to do the Rumbling because he loves the idea of going out into a totally uninhabited and unexplored world, as an expression of his excessive drive for freedom. I think you sort of tapped into this with the whole confrontation over Marley's last survivors and that makes an excellent place for some duels between friends. But again having the Rumbling wipe out Paradis too just sort of makes it all a farce, like nothing ever mattered because everyone was always doomed to lose it all.
More broadly I would say you're actually trying to milk too much out of the finale. Like could more have been done with Hange's death as you suggested? Absolutely. Did more need to be done? I don't know, it works pretty well for me as is tbh. And beyond that the end of the story is when things are supposed to wind down. Sure you need the big climax but it's not the time to be adding in mountains of new info and crazy new plot threads. Idk man, maybe part 2 addresses everything and it all works out but this feels a lot more like unhinged idea spitballing than a coherent ending atm. Sometimes less is actually more.
Given your critique, I'm really curious to see your reaction to part 2 when it comes out.
Thoughts on part 2 of the rewrite?
@@hollowhenry04 They're on the part 2 video
The Neir music in the background is a great choice easily subscribed
I see a lot of comments disagreeing with your analysis of the original ending, which in turn is in someway a rejection of this great video you made and the second part we have yet to see. I'm just letting you know that I was deeply disappointed with the original ending as well and would love to see the second part.