i watched the first video you did about SNK and now i'm watching this one. i really liked how you made them, and that was enough for me to subsribe. i'll be watching more of your videos now. thanks for doing them.
@@rxxnie2540 so many threads that if you forget one, u kinda gotta backtrack like an entire season or sometimes re-explain the entire thing. I feel you bro 😭😭
whenever you explain it you have to explain the premise from the perspective of the Eldians on Paradis Island when they have no knowledge of anything beyond the walls.
@@GamingStew Because small pieces were laced throughout the entire story. On rewatch you notice so much shit that was right there in plain sight, and it’s why almost every plot twist does not seem out of nowhere, because they were hinted at intended all along. The major ones is that in the manga, Miakasa’s symbol on her wrist was shown more than in the anime, and the original shot of Grisha talking about the basement key you can see him facing the exact same way in the flashback. These hints were so subtle that the studio themselves didn’t think it was important so left it out of the anime. Hell, the entire show begins with seemingly random visions and every single shot is explainable at the end of the series. Whether people like the story at the end or not, every plot point has been seeded so the story fits together like a puzzle.
There are two scenes in episode 1 season 1 that got me into AOT. One is Shadis' breakdown, the other is Hannes admitted to Eren that he failed because he didn't have the courage. The bleak honesty of these characters convinced me that the author of this story would be willing to say things most people aren't comfortable to say. So I stayed. No regrets so far.
I think you mean Episode 2. I don't remember what episode Shadis breakdown was, but Episode 1 ended as Hannes was running. After abandoning Erens mom the only 2 speaking in Episode 1 are Eren telling Hannes to let go and the titan not to eat his mom as well as his mom telling Eren and Mikasa to live on and then crying and saying quietly with her hand over her mouth to them "Don't leave me". Edit: Shadis breakdown was Episode 1 though. Remember now when he returns and admits the loss of all the soldiers were for naught since they didn't make any progress.
i love how in attack on titan most of the time the scouts aren't trying to prove anything, like "everyone is being devoured, nothing matters, i might as well sacrifice myself as a hero". no, they show how humans would actually react in situations like these. even if all hope is lost, they still try to extend their life. like in s3 p2, the recruits were going to be shredded by rocks anyway, but they were petrified to go with erwin's plan.
Honestly it was Erens rage and anger against the titans for me. Most people found it annoying but In my opinion Eren has the most realistic reaction to watching his mom and people he’s known his whole life getting eaten. I don’t know about you but if a titan nommed my mom I’d be BIG DOWN to murder all the titans. Hannes admitting to Eren he couldn’t save his mom because he was a coward honestly disgusted me when I first saw it, a grown ass man is apologizing to a child who just had his mother killed to make himself feel better. When I first tried to get into the show when I was younger the emotions it elicited in me were so overwhelming I couldn’t watch more than a few episodes without having a panic attack.
The flow of genres is this show is so incredible, it goes full circle. S1: Zombie Apocalypse -> Mecha S2: Mecha -> Mystery Thriller S3: Mystery Thriller -> Political Drama S4: Political Drama -> Zombie Apocalypse
season 4 is even crazier of a tonal shift. Goes from political drama into a philosophical examination of cycles of violence and genocide, and how the shonen trope of a "hero" who will stop at nothing to achieve his goals can result in unspeakable atrocities.
Man the Linked Horizon opening you skipped actually grows on you over time. It's like the last hurrah before the AoT world really opens up. Whenever I watch it, it fills me with nostalgia and wanderlust :)
It sure grows on you slowly though. It's still my least favourite by a mile, but I do like it now. Edit: No longer my least favourite - I got rly bored of My War rly quickly.
One of the things I noticed is that if you think about it, every season is almost a different genre altogether and they fit seamlessly. Iseyama is definitely one of the greatest writers of all time
I think a lot of EDs in AoT is also very underrated. It gets so overshined from the OP that it gets forgotten. Especially “Shock!” I absolutely LOVE the representation and foreshadowing in that ED, and the same goes for the season 2 ED as well.
I think you perfectly captured how important Sasha was to the overall tone of the story. We’re faced with a lot of death and destruction in AoT, but Sasha is the only character (so far) that made me jump out of my seat when they were killed. The tone of the series really changed with Season 4 from the openings to the art style. I think losing Sasha was an in-universe representation of how things have changed. EDIT: Thank for addressing this again ten minutes in lol. I wasn’t sure you were gonna go back to this after you first mentioned Sasha’s death.
I did notice the shift in tone by killing Sasha. At first I thought it was a rather pointless death, but then I realised that if she'd stayed, the tone wouldn't be the same. I actually remember seeing an essay about Game Of Thrones that said Bronn should have died in Season 7 for the same reasons, and that the showrunners for Game Of Thrones were ironically afraid to kill off fan favourite characters they liked in the end, which ultimately hurt the show. This is obviously something Attack On Titan hasn't had a problem with, because it puts the story first and is ultimately the better for it.
For me, it also provided an anchor point. No matter how muddy the line got between good and evil, one thought burned throughout my mind: GABI. MUST. PAY. Killing Sasha is an unforgivable act, and I continue to yearn for Gabi's death.
Such an interesting and fresh perspective on this show. I've been watching video essays on Aot for like 2 years and never have I seen someone talking about the importance of killing the main comic relief character, and how that was integral to shift the tone. Absolutely brilliant.
The anime staff needs more credit IMO. Sure, Isayama's script and story is amazing, but the direction, animation, edition, effects (btw these changed the industry as a whole), pacing (not you S1 tho...), music (especially the music) created a piece of art that is to me, the ultimate form of watching this piece of media.
Isayama's comedic chops are severely underrated, Attack on Titan's has made me laugh to tears several times. I think the overall no-nonsense attitude and the shunning of common anime tropes in the story really enhances each rare comedic moment. People really underestimate how much humans need comedy, even in the darkest of times. A story having a dark tone still needs to have some breathing room here and there, human characters that don't joke around, even in the worst of times, are too unrealistic.
I started reading the manga back in 2010 and I remember it was curiously genre tagged as a shounen tragedy, and now we're finally seeing the tragedy resolve itself.
I love how well the tone of the narrative was handled. Each season felt different to its predecessor and yet connected to the overarching narrative. Loved that you touched on each opening and how they fed into these shifts
Excellent video! I appreciate your insights. One thing that has shocked me after watching many videos about AoT is that no one seems to appreciate how incredible the season 2 finale is (at least not as much as I do lol). Hannes’ character arc coming to its climax as he overcomes the cowardice/laziness of his past, and grows to be the courageous man he was trained to be, is still one of the most rewarding scenes, especially since it was foreshadowed in S1, as he explained that Eren did not have the strength, and Hannes did not have the courage, to overcome the smiling titan’s murder of Eren’s mom. The fact that Hannes, a man that Eren criticized for having this character flaw, overcame it and now risked his life to avenge Eren’s mom, and all Eren could do was weep over the fact that he still did not have the strength was incredibly well done. In my opinion, the depth of that scene perfectly encapsulated one of the primary themes of S1&2: the feeling of powerlessness in a cruel world. It's a feeling we all face at certain points in life, and I think the author illustrated that common life experience masterfully.
without even realising it i hit the nail on the head with this show holy crap. My word for word recap as i watched Sasha get shot "They just killed the comic relief"
I love how he skipped the 5th op (linked horizons) i know it's the least favorite and it's pretty funny to avoid like the plague like that (personally it's my favorite op but it's a really unpopular opinion)
@@frickinfrick8488 Exactly. At first I was thrown off by the calm tone, but it really grew on me from an emotional perspective. Now whenever I hear it it's nostalgic and wistful :)
1. You're right about everything, but I especially appreciate you pointing out how good the author's use of comedy is throughout the story, even up to his extinguishing of the biggest source of light in the cast at the beginning of season 4. 2. Your prose is gorgeous. 3. Liked, Commented, Subscribed 👍🏾
Quick point on gallows humor: I think the reason it's so psychologically necessary for humans to do so is actually because of how humor itself actually psychologically functions. The little we know about how it works is that it requires at least two things: a subversion of expectations and a lack of threat. When we encounter something surprising, we have two circuits that may be activated: threat detection, or false alarm. If, after observing novel stimulus and determining that, yes, it is indeed novel, our brain then has to decide how to react, which then moves us into fight or flight, or alternatively we can also freeze up. If, however, we realize that said stimulus was not in fact novel and we DO know what we're looking at, the response seems to be laughter if said stimulus is far enough outside the realm of what we thought we would encounter. What I think gallows humor is is this: if we can force a clearly dire situation to be funny, it removes our sense of threat. If we can truly find something funny about it, we also get those endorphines from laughing which helps calm us down. So trying to make jokes in threatening situations I think is a way of forcing our brain chemistry to not overload, and I think it's especially why we do so in situations where we deem there to be no good outcome. If there IS a way to get out of a bad situation, our brains will immediately seize the opportunity and try to escape. But in a hopeless situation, we can't deal with the overload of signals saying "threat detected, action required." Our response at that point is just going to be "yeah, I know, but I can't do anything about it, dude, so please just shut up." Well, in order to "shut up" that barrage of signals, one of the things you can do is find something ironic about the situation. It allows your perception of the situation to momentarily shift so that the threat seems minimized and it allows for you to think clearly again. Just my theory after observing myself in particular, so I could be totally off base.
One of my favourites anituber coming out with an aot video! I'm not a manga reader but I don't know what Isayama did with the ending to recieve so much hate and even the old aot fans hated the series due to the ending.
@@VegaNCalleDQuesT yeah people are so used to fan service and were so sad and angry when they saw mikasa in s4! Wtf she's a soldier, I'm so happy there's no fan service.
@@buzzwithdrip6347 please don't spoil the ending but did the ending affect your opinion negatively about eren and the overall story or do you still like aot as much as you did before the ending?
The ending is divisive. It's not fair to say that people hate it just because of no fan service. I think it has some weird plot holes and retcons. But overall I think it was a fine ending that didn't ruin all that Isayama had built up.
@@pj1016 in my opinion the ending was mid, and it ruining eren is your perspective. If you only like chad eren you probably won’t like his character at the end but if you were fine with season 1-3 eren it really wasn’t bad. The philosophy of the ending wasn’t bad either just heavily rushed
what broke me is that eren was willing to become the villain in the story and that made me cry so hard, the same with code geass lelouch where we can see the story being told by the villain insted by the hero.
Such an accurate review..... Ik they killed the comedy early into season 4 But the ending is REALLY PERFECT. I was afraid that he might screw the ending up for such a Great anime with deep roles but no....he pulled it off!.
WHAT I LIKE THE MOST IS THE EPICNESS AND STORY More epicness tho. like i get gospums when eren says have you been waiting all this time. for 2000 years LIKE GOD DAM THAT HITS DIFFRENT
[To Hoodie] I really love your videos. Your narration is so warm and you have a kindness in your voice that makes me feel not alone. You have a real gift to connect to people. Thanks for sharing.
Same even i recommend so many who don't even watch Anime as general and really like the show. Almost all my surrounding watches the show and like hook into it. This anime is truly a Masterpiece one of a kind especially Story Telling.
Not just isayama, but both studios, especially wit studio, have exceptional direction. The cinematography, musical choice, and voice acting brings the story to another level
This. The only anime/manga I’ve seen that compares is One Piece, which also use technique, and maybe even better. One piece has probably made me laugh harder than any manga, but by doing so it helps the moments where you dread, cry, or cheer hit harder than ANY other series.
One piece has a major problem now Though. Nobody dies or rarely so. The stakes have become really low for me in Wano because of how many times did characters were supposed to die but only for them show up again alive and well in the next chapter.
Spoiler. This series is and was always going to be a tragedy. Eren was never free. Since the day he was born, he was set on a path by Ymir. The irony of a person that wanted to be the most free, but really wasn't - you could say he was drunk off of it, like Kenny once said: everyone is drunk off something. Eren never really had a plan - he was just choosing the best options he could with the information he had. Like Levi said multiple times throughout the series, you don't know what the right answer is, you just have to make a choice. Eren made the choices he knew were horrible, but had to, to force the person he loved the most kill him, finally ending this cycle of Titans and giving his people at least 100 years of true peace and freedom. Eren was just a flawed person, not a God. He became what he hated the most in the series to save and protect his friends and people - first a Titan then a slave.
I don't really watch any anime other than Attack on Titan. I watched it back in 2015 I think, before any further seasons had come out. It looked like it was abandoned, but then came the rumors and the eventual release date of season 2 (feels so weird to think that Sasageyo was season 2) and I followed each episode every week. I've been doing it ever since, just checking for the next season release date and watching every episode as it comes. When I think about it, it's just "cool", but seeing videos like this talking about everything makes me realize what a spectacular show it is.
Yes, attack on titan is sad. With a very big however though it for me it becomes so much more then that. Its really just one of the few few animes that has left an emotional impact on me. Life with its intertwining complexities, its good and its bad all played out in attack of titan. I've watched the anime several times and the many contents related to it on the web. At times, yes I feel it s emotional impact on me but I've accepted the sadness with a celebration to the creation of this epic timeless anime. Will be forever in my heart ❣❣❣
@@Crinjal_2611 It's sarcasm . Seinen = serialized in a Seinen magazine no matter what the content. Both Kaguya sama and Kubo won't let me invisible are serialized in Weekly Young Jump , a Seinen Magazine alongside Kingdom and Tokyo Ghoul was previously serialized in there. So if stick with "Seinen= mature" Chi's Sweet home = Seinen manga because Chi's Sweet home serialized in the Monthly Morning ; so Chi's Sweet home = mature. K-ON = Seinen manga because serialized in the Time Kirara ; so K-ON = mature . KissxSis = mature ; Kodomo no Jikan = mature ; New Game = mature ; Kaguya Sama love is War = mature ; B Gata H Kei = mature ; Asobi Asobase = mature ; Yuru camp = mature Non non Biyori = Mature .
Everything about this video was good. The only thing that bothered me was how u never mentioned the opening before My War and the one after op 4. You missed out opening 5
I make a mistake by not rewatching the previous 3 seasons before the 4th one dropped. When Sasha died I didn't feel much because I had forgotten about her. But watching just season one again and this video reminds me that she was crucial to the story without being a main character.
You know a character is well loved when their death has a huge impact on not just the other characters, but the fans. I don't think a single one of us ever liked Gabi after...the event. Because she took Sasha away, and only now after Gabi has seen where Sasha has come from does she understand the gravity of her actions
I never "liked" Gabi (I don't like kids in general and she is VERY much a kid, just a kid with years of intense military training), but the hate she got seemed a little... extra. We all loved Sasha, but I'm still shocked that (at least the most vocal) fans couldn't see the context in which Gabi [blank]ed her. Like, is the *child soldier* really to blame or is the *situation* in which children are soldiers in the first place the "bad guy" 🤨? I think a lot of folks missed the point Iseyama was trying to make. Thankfully, there was a satisfying redemption arc that was *hopefully* obvious enough to humanize her... hopefully 🤦🏾♀️
I feel like a lot of people talk about the openings but not as many people talk about the endings. Not in a "the endings are under appreciated" way, but in how they kinda reflect the secondary tones of the season at the moment. There's never an opening-ending pair that evoke the same emotions (closest might be Red Swan/Akatsuki no Chinkonka, but Id still say theyre very different). My favorite pair so far is the current ones, with The Rumbling and Akuma no Ko. The Rumbling feels like its full of rage and hate, all the emotions you'd think Eren is feeling during the Rumbling, but the ending feels like (and the visuals kinda support this) Eren thinking about a peaceful paradise he knows he wont live to see. Idk how the manga ends, havent read it yet, but possible spoilers based on theories I've heard: Again, POSSIBLE SPOILERS? If Eren really is doing the Rumbling, knowing his friends will stop him so the world can recognize the Paradis Eldians as good people who would give their lives for people who hate them, that's the perfect OP-ED combo. It's almost too on the nose. If anyone replies with any unmarked spoilers I will hunt you down.
I've been trying to explain to my brother about this show and how masterfully complex and condeluded it is but everytime I try to start explaining it I just eventually devolve to "your just gonna have to watch it from beginning to end to understand everything lol"
Thanks for not spoiling anything about the second half of Season 4. As a dub watcher, we are much behind the people who watch subs, so it's nice to not get spoiled.
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i watched the first video you did about SNK and now i'm watching this one. i really liked how you made them, and that was enough for me to subsribe. i'll be watching more of your videos now. thanks for doing them.
I never realized how masterfully complicated aot was until i tried to describe the story to my sister
Me too ☠️ but the thing is it's very complex yet surprisingly simple at the same time
@@arcane9205 trying to describe the plot is hell cause there is an endless amount of thing that you gotta explain 💀
@@rxxnie2540 so many threads that if you forget one, u kinda gotta backtrack like an entire season or sometimes re-explain the entire thing. I feel you bro 😭😭
whenever you explain it you have to explain the premise from the perspective of the Eldians on Paradis Island when they have no knowledge of anything beyond the walls.
It’s crazy simple to explain if you spoil everything that wasn’t revealed until the final season
Attack on Titan is a masterclass on why storyboarding and outlines are important
Facts... Isayama is such a good storyboarder
“While everyone else was drawing, I was storyboarding”
Id love to hear you elaborate :)
@@GamingStew Because small pieces were laced throughout the entire story. On rewatch you notice so much shit that was right there in plain sight, and it’s why almost every plot twist does not seem out of nowhere, because they were hinted at intended all along.
The major ones is that in the manga, Miakasa’s symbol on her wrist was shown more than in the anime, and the original shot of Grisha talking about the basement key you can see him facing the exact same way in the flashback. These hints were so subtle that the studio themselves didn’t think it was important so left it out of the anime. Hell, the entire show begins with seemingly random visions and every single shot is explainable at the end of the series. Whether people like the story at the end or not, every plot point has been seeded so the story fits together like a puzzle.
No cap
There are two scenes in episode 1 season 1 that got me into AOT. One is Shadis' breakdown, the other is Hannes admitted to Eren that he failed because he didn't have the courage.
The bleak honesty of these characters convinced me that the author of this story would be willing to say things most people aren't comfortable to say. So I stayed. No regrets so far.
I think you mean Episode 2. I don't remember what episode Shadis breakdown was, but Episode 1 ended as Hannes was running. After abandoning Erens mom the only 2 speaking in Episode 1 are Eren telling Hannes to let go and the titan not to eat his mom as well as his mom telling Eren and Mikasa to live on and then crying and saying quietly with her hand over her mouth to them "Don't leave me".
Edit: Shadis breakdown was Episode 1 though. Remember now when he returns and admits the loss of all the soldiers were for naught since they didn't make any progress.
i love how in attack on titan most of the time the scouts aren't trying to prove anything, like "everyone is being devoured, nothing matters, i might as well sacrifice myself as a hero". no, they show how humans would actually react in situations like these. even if all hope is lost, they still try to extend their life. like in s3 p2, the recruits were going to be shredded by rocks anyway, but they were petrified to go with erwin's plan.
Really what sold me was the last 5-6 minutes. Everything from the Colossal Titan’s reveal to the credits had me glued to the screen.
Honestly it was Erens rage and anger against the titans for me. Most people found it annoying but In my opinion Eren has the most realistic reaction to watching his mom and people he’s known his whole life getting eaten. I don’t know about you but if a titan nommed my mom I’d be BIG DOWN to murder all the titans. Hannes admitting to Eren he couldn’t save his mom because he was a coward honestly disgusted me when I first saw it, a grown ass man is apologizing to a child who just had his mother killed to make himself feel better. When I first tried to get into the show when I was younger the emotions it elicited in me were so overwhelming I couldn’t watch more than a few episodes without having a panic attack.
Erm well about that....
The flow of genres is this show is so incredible, it goes full circle.
S1: Zombie Apocalypse -> Mecha
S2: Mecha -> Mystery Thriller
S3: Mystery Thriller -> Political Drama
S4: Political Drama -> Zombie Apocalypse
I always saw the whole show as a good mystery. That’s how I market it to others when I recommend it.
season 4 is even crazier of a tonal shift. Goes from political drama into a philosophical examination of cycles of violence and genocide, and how the shonen trope of a "hero" who will stop at nothing to achieve his goals can result in unspeakable atrocities.
Man the Linked Horizon opening you skipped actually grows on you over time. It's like the last hurrah before the AoT world really opens up. Whenever I watch it, it fills me with nostalgia and wanderlust :)
another amazing thing is even tho the first half of season 3s op isnt the best, this just makes the second half even better
It sure grows on you slowly though. It's still my least favourite by a mile, but I do like it now.
Edit: No longer my least favourite - I got rly bored of My War rly quickly.
the fact that shoukei to shikabane no michi was skipped, is truly a marleyan sin
ANO HI JINRUI WO OMOI DASHITA!
that day, humanity remember once more
Yup it definitely grew on me a lot, even though it's still my least favourite aot opening.
One of the things I noticed is that if you think about it, every season is almost a different genre altogether and they fit seamlessly. Iseyama is definitely one of the greatest writers of all time
Miura is the GOAT tho
@@PurpYoshii that's Berserk's mangaka, right?
@@PurpYoshii haven't ead berserk yet, Planning to, and rest in peace kentaro miura
@@adriel6634 man you’re in for a ride. One of the best piece of fiction I’ve laid my eyes on.
You’re definitely not going to be saying that when the ending drops lmao
I think a lot of EDs in AoT is also very underrated. It gets so overshined from the OP that it gets forgotten. Especially “Shock!” I absolutely LOVE the representation and foreshadowing in that ED, and the same goes for the season 2 ED as well.
i thought u meant eating disorder lmao
season 2 ED the best ED ever
i was really surprised at how emotional i got with the shock ed
like the first time i heard it
Finally...someone talks about the OP openings 😭
Openings openings?
@@frickinfrick8488 Perhaps they meant over-powered openings because they’re so good?
@@frickinfrick8488 I meant to say Over powered😂
@@user-cx5fd9qs2j oh hahaha
Red Swan is slept on
I think you perfectly captured how important Sasha was to the overall tone of the story.
We’re faced with a lot of death and destruction in AoT, but Sasha is the only character (so far) that made me jump out of my seat when they were killed. The tone of the series really changed with Season 4 from the openings to the art style. I think losing Sasha was an in-universe representation of how things have changed.
EDIT: Thank for addressing this again ten minutes in lol. I wasn’t sure you were gonna go back to this after you first mentioned Sasha’s death.
I did notice the shift in tone by killing Sasha. At first I thought it was a rather pointless death, but then I realised that if she'd stayed, the tone wouldn't be the same.
I actually remember seeing an essay about Game Of Thrones that said Bronn should have died in Season 7 for the same reasons, and that the showrunners for Game Of Thrones were ironically afraid to kill off fan favourite characters they liked in the end, which ultimately hurt the show.
This is obviously something Attack On Titan hasn't had a problem with, because it puts the story first and is ultimately the better for it.
For me, it also provided an anchor point. No matter how muddy the line got between good and evil, one thought burned throughout my mind:
GABI. MUST. PAY.
Killing Sasha is an unforgivable act, and I continue to yearn for Gabi's death.
he doesnt know...
Such an interesting and fresh perspective on this show. I've been watching video essays on Aot for like 2 years and never have I seen someone talking about the importance of killing the main comic relief character, and how that was integral to shift the tone. Absolutely brilliant.
thought that was pretty obvious, no?
@@ericgiangiulio2036 yeah it’s so obvious to you and I because we have such humongous brains. We’re way smarter than these stupid bugs🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@diegogonzalezvazq 😅💀
Not really brilliant bc Sasha was supposed to die in s2. But editor made isayama change it
... Tyler Durden? What are *you* doing *HERE* 😲?? 😅😋
The anime staff needs more credit IMO. Sure, Isayama's script and story is amazing, but the direction, animation, edition, effects (btw these changed the industry as a whole), pacing (not you S1 tho...), music (especially the music) created a piece of art that is to me, the ultimate form of watching this piece of media.
Isayama's comedic chops are severely underrated, Attack on Titan's has made me laugh to tears several times. I think the overall no-nonsense attitude and the shunning of common anime tropes in the story really enhances each rare comedic moment.
People really underestimate how much humans need comedy, even in the darkest of times. A story having a dark tone still needs to have some breathing room here and there, human characters that don't joke around, even in the worst of times, are too unrealistic.
I started reading the manga back in 2010 and I remember it was curiously genre tagged as a shounen tragedy, and now we're finally seeing the tragedy resolve itself.
I love how well the tone of the narrative was handled. Each season felt different to its predecessor and yet connected to the overarching narrative. Loved that you touched on each opening and how they fed into these shifts
Excellent video! I appreciate your insights.
One thing that has shocked me after watching many videos about AoT is that no one seems to appreciate how incredible the season 2 finale is (at least not as much as I do lol). Hannes’ character arc coming to its climax as he overcomes the cowardice/laziness of his past, and grows to be the courageous man he was trained to be, is still one of the most rewarding scenes, especially since it was foreshadowed in S1, as he explained that Eren did not have the strength, and Hannes did not have the courage, to overcome the smiling titan’s murder of Eren’s mom. The fact that Hannes, a man that Eren criticized for having this character flaw, overcame it and now risked his life to avenge Eren’s mom, and all Eren could do was weep over the fact that he still did not have the strength was incredibly well done. In my opinion, the depth of that scene perfectly encapsulated one of the primary themes of S1&2: the feeling of powerlessness in a cruel world. It's a feeling we all face at certain points in life, and I think the author illustrated that common life experience masterfully.
Its hard to let go that AOT is coming to a close but It will forever remain in my heart and I'll never forget the amazing story it is
without even realising it i hit the nail on the head with this show holy crap. My word for word recap as i watched Sasha get shot "They just killed the comic relief"
I love how he skipped the 5th op (linked horizons) i know it's the least favorite and it's pretty funny to avoid like the plague like that (personally it's my favorite op but it's a really unpopular opinion)
Most OPs are by Linked Horizon tho
I was surprised he skipped it, I really like that OP. It feels like the last hurrah of the old AoT before the world opens up and everything shifts.
I'm surprised people don't like it.
@@Reality-Distortion I love it, one of my favorites in lyrics and music alike
@@frickinfrick8488 Exactly. At first I was thrown off by the calm tone, but it really grew on me from an emotional perspective. Now whenever I hear it it's nostalgic and wistful :)
1. You're right about everything, but I especially appreciate you pointing out how good the author's use of comedy is throughout the story, even up to his extinguishing of the biggest source of light in the cast at the beginning of season 4.
2. Your prose is gorgeous.
3. Liked, Commented, Subscribed 👍🏾
4:08 this is why I think the final episode of part 2 is probably a top 5 AoT episode
Thank you Kato. You've made videos about all three of my favorites now and you've shown me new things to appreciate about them.
Watching Aot again after season 4 is like a whole new show. You pick up on lines and actions the characters do and appreciate them even more
The episode where Sasha saves that kid... Got me tearing up just thinking about it. So badass. I reckon a rewatch is in order before the end
Quick point on gallows humor: I think the reason it's so psychologically necessary for humans to do so is actually because of how humor itself actually psychologically functions.
The little we know about how it works is that it requires at least two things: a subversion of expectations and a lack of threat. When we encounter something surprising, we have two circuits that may be activated: threat detection, or false alarm. If, after observing novel stimulus and determining that, yes, it is indeed novel, our brain then has to decide how to react, which then moves us into fight or flight, or alternatively we can also freeze up. If, however, we realize that said stimulus was not in fact novel and we DO know what we're looking at, the response seems to be laughter if said stimulus is far enough outside the realm of what we thought we would encounter.
What I think gallows humor is is this: if we can force a clearly dire situation to be funny, it removes our sense of threat. If we can truly find something funny about it, we also get those endorphines from laughing which helps calm us down. So trying to make jokes in threatening situations I think is a way of forcing our brain chemistry to not overload, and I think it's especially why we do so in situations where we deem there to be no good outcome. If there IS a way to get out of a bad situation, our brains will immediately seize the opportunity and try to escape. But in a hopeless situation, we can't deal with the overload of signals saying "threat detected, action required." Our response at that point is just going to be "yeah, I know, but I can't do anything about it, dude, so please just shut up." Well, in order to "shut up" that barrage of signals, one of the things you can do is find something ironic about the situation. It allows your perception of the situation to momentarily shift so that the threat seems minimized and it allows for you to think clearly again.
Just my theory after observing myself in particular, so I could be totally off base.
That's incredibly interesting. Thanks so much for sharing
One of my favourites anituber coming out with an aot video! I'm not a manga reader but I don't know what Isayama did with the ending to recieve so much hate and even the old aot fans hated the series due to the ending.
@@VegaNCalleDQuesT yeah people are so used to fan service and were so sad and angry when they saw mikasa in s4! Wtf she's a soldier, I'm so happy there's no fan service.
@@pj1016 good there's no fan service but I really didn't like the ending still
@@buzzwithdrip6347 please don't spoil the ending but did the ending affect your opinion negatively about eren and the overall story or do you still like aot as much as you did before the ending?
The ending is divisive. It's not fair to say that people hate it just because of no fan service. I think it has some weird plot holes and retcons. But overall I think it was a fine ending that didn't ruin all that Isayama had built up.
@@pj1016 in my opinion the ending was mid, and it ruining eren is your perspective. If you only like chad eren you probably won’t like his character at the end but if you were fine with season 1-3 eren it really wasn’t bad. The philosophy of the ending wasn’t bad either just heavily rushed
Something about the AOT visuals with Death Note sound track just hookeddd me. I positively smashed the like button. Great vid
I’m so glad I randomly clicked on this show on animelab hahah I got hooked straight away.
what broke me is that eren was willing to become the villain in the story and that made me cry so hard, the same with code geass lelouch where we can see the story being told by the villain insted by the hero.
Wow we have that in common AOT broke my anime drought I left after high school which was 2004 and came back obsessing after AOT
I've never seen such amazing story telling in all my life. Period.
*Laughs in 139*
@@matteoricciardi3199 Another reactionary andy, still on it a full year later mate
@@captingamer29 i don’t get the meaning of that but i guess we both love the sauce they use for the Crispy McBacon
I rewatched and read it leading up to S4 part 2. The way it can shift tone seamlessly was amazing
Such an accurate review.....
Ik they killed the comedy early into season 4
But the ending is REALLY PERFECT.
I was afraid that he might screw the ending up for such a Great anime with deep roles but no....he pulled it off!.
WHAT I LIKE THE MOST IS THE EPICNESS AND STORY More epicness tho. like i get gospums when eren says have you been waiting all this time. for 2000 years LIKE GOD DAM THAT HITS DIFFRENT
sasha was the light…damn…i am crying…
To be fair he was going to kill Sasha off in season 2, but one of the staffers had a mental breakdown from it and wouldn't come out of the restroom😅
AOT really put everyone involved through the ringer didn’t it 😭
Words cannot express how much I love Sasha
Your explanation of the first intro brought me so much nostalgia 😭😭😭😭
great video with an emotional script
thank you i needed that
Aw man I started watching/reading Shingeki when the 1st season aired... it's been WILD
I thought this video was made but the finale is already here this season but interesting video
I wonder about your opinion after today's episode
[To Hoodie] I really love your videos. Your narration is so warm and you have a kindness in your voice that makes me feel not alone. You have a real gift to connect to people. Thanks for sharing.
Same even i recommend so many who don't even watch Anime as general and really like the show.
Almost all my surrounding watches the show and like hook into it.
This anime is truly a Masterpiece one of a kind especially Story Telling.
This anime showed that people can rewatch anime and they can steel feel goosebumps and chills !
You don't honestly think aot is the first anime capable of doing that do you?
@@Nerwrax15 nope
It's not my intention it's one of those a anime
Ok but that Death Note OST in the very 1st second sent me back years due to nostalgia
8:05 wait is that Armin? I've been thinking that was Eren my entire life lol
despair... truly a good way to describe season 4 by just 1 word..
Thank you for outlining the importance of Sasha’s character :)
:'(
Not just isayama, but both studios, especially wit studio, have exceptional direction. The cinematography, musical choice, and voice acting brings the story to another level
This. The only anime/manga I’ve seen that compares is One Piece, which also use technique, and maybe even better.
One piece has probably made me laugh harder than any manga, but by doing so it helps the moments where you dread, cry, or cheer hit harder than ANY other series.
One piece has a major problem now Though. Nobody dies or rarely so. The stakes have become really low for me in Wano because of how many times did characters were supposed to die but only for them show up again alive and well in the next chapter.
I hope the last opening will be intense, I know something soft would be nostalgic, as it should for an ending, but it would take the emotion for me
This video gave me chills every second
Spoiler.
This series is and was always going to be a tragedy. Eren was never free. Since the day he was born, he was set on a path by Ymir. The irony of a person that wanted to be the most free, but really wasn't - you could say he was drunk off of it, like Kenny once said: everyone is drunk off something. Eren never really had a plan - he was just choosing the best options he could with the information he had. Like Levi said multiple times throughout the series, you don't know what the right answer is, you just have to make a choice. Eren made the choices he knew were horrible, but had to, to force the person he loved the most kill him, finally ending this cycle of Titans and giving his people at least 100 years of true peace and freedom. Eren was just a flawed person, not a God. He became what he hated the most in the series to save and protect his friends and people - first a Titan then a slave.
Subscribed the moment I heard Kodoku! Masterpiece of an ost
I don't really watch any anime other than Attack on Titan. I watched it back in 2015 I think, before any further seasons had come out. It looked like it was abandoned, but then came the rumors and the eventual release date of season 2 (feels so weird to think that Sasageyo was season 2) and I followed each episode every week. I've been doing it ever since, just checking for the next season release date and watching every episode as it comes. When I think about it, it's just "cool", but seeing videos like this talking about everything makes me realize what a spectacular show it is.
Red swan was the calm before the storm
Can’t wait to see what you think of the ending
You writing a basketball story??? I'm here for it!
Yes, attack on titan is sad. With a very big however though it for me it becomes so much more then that. Its really just one of the few few animes that has left an emotional impact on me. Life with its intertwining complexities, its good and its bad all played out in attack of titan. I've watched the anime several times and the many contents related to it on the web. At times, yes I feel it s emotional impact on me but I've accepted the sadness with a celebration to the creation of this epic timeless anime. Will be forever in my heart ❣❣❣
Eren reaction to the path is very different eren reaction in the manga is shocked while in the anime he had no emotion like he’s seen it before
They didn't get his emotions right so often. For example also when he sees Mikasa again
On the storyboard he did look concern tho, it seems like it was one of those "2 A4 Isayama reviews", look it up haha
@@liriosogno6762 nah he was sad in anime
When he saw Mikasa again
These videos always make me so emotional
Hey man, koodos on the music choice
"Attack on titan can afford to not have moments of levity in season 4."
Cut to Annie eating pie in latest episode.
the animation , the music , the story and characters are just perfect
great job on this essay, particularly like the thought on having to have a mixture of tragedy and comedy to heighten both.
I wanna see if the anime adds some anime only scenes in the end that adds onto this
2:12
"With the Complex relationship of a Seinen love story"
You mean like Kaguya Sama love is war or Kubo won't let me invisible?
@@Crinjal_2611
It's sarcasm .
Seinen = serialized in a Seinen magazine no matter what the content.
Both Kaguya sama and Kubo won't let me invisible are serialized in Weekly Young Jump , a Seinen Magazine alongside Kingdom and Tokyo Ghoul was previously serialized in there.
So if stick with "Seinen= mature"
Chi's Sweet home = Seinen manga because Chi's Sweet home serialized in the Monthly Morning ;
so Chi's Sweet home = mature.
K-ON = Seinen manga because serialized in the Time Kirara ;
so K-ON = mature .
KissxSis = mature ;
Kodomo no Jikan = mature ;
New Game = mature ;
Kaguya Sama love is War = mature ;
B Gata H Kei = mature ;
Asobi Asobase = mature ;
Yuru camp = mature
Non non Biyori = Mature .
AoT haters who call AoT overrated or trash just can't accept that a popular show can be a masterpiece
It’s beautiful to notice such things when you’ve watched it enough (like me lol)
Inspired by this video, I just rewatched the first episode. Honestly, how could you watch that episode so many times, it still hits so damn hard
I want this manga series to be popular again
Everything about this video was good. The only thing that bothered me was how u never mentioned the opening before My War and the one after op 4. You missed out opening 5
I make a mistake by not rewatching the previous 3 seasons before the 4th one dropped. When Sasha died I didn't feel much because I had forgotten about her. But watching just season one again and this video reminds me that she was crucial to the story without being a main character.
That title activated my fight or flight reaction(thanks hi top films)
he jumped an opening between Red swan and My war
You know a character is well loved when their death has a huge impact on not just the other characters, but the fans. I don't think a single one of us ever liked Gabi after...the event. Because she took Sasha away, and only now after Gabi has seen where Sasha has come from does she understand the gravity of her actions
I never "liked" Gabi (I don't like kids in general and she is VERY much a kid, just a kid with years of intense military training), but the hate she got seemed a little... extra. We all loved Sasha, but I'm still shocked that (at least the most vocal) fans couldn't see the context in which Gabi [blank]ed her. Like, is the *child soldier* really to blame or is the *situation* in which children are soldiers in the first place the "bad guy" 🤨? I think a lot of folks missed the point Iseyama was trying to make. Thankfully, there was a satisfying redemption arc that was *hopefully* obvious enough to humanize her... hopefully 🤦🏾♀️
I feel like a lot of people talk about the openings but not as many people talk about the endings. Not in a "the endings are under appreciated" way, but in how they kinda reflect the secondary tones of the season at the moment. There's never an opening-ending pair that evoke the same emotions (closest might be Red Swan/Akatsuki no Chinkonka, but Id still say theyre very different). My favorite pair so far is the current ones, with The Rumbling and Akuma no Ko. The Rumbling feels like its full of rage and hate, all the emotions you'd think Eren is feeling during the Rumbling, but the ending feels like (and the visuals kinda support this) Eren thinking about a peaceful paradise he knows he wont live to see.
Idk how the manga ends, havent read it yet, but possible spoilers based on theories I've heard:
Again, POSSIBLE SPOILERS?
If Eren really is doing the Rumbling, knowing his friends will stop him so the world can recognize the Paradis Eldians as good people who would give their lives for people who hate them, that's the perfect OP-ED combo. It's almost too on the nose.
If anyone replies with any unmarked spoilers I will hunt you down.
For you anime onlies. I know you’re feeling a lot of emotions and imma let you process, but were not at the darkest part yet.
Well done man!
taikutsu and solitude in the background so instant like
Sidenote: I noticed you used a track from the death note OST in the beginning... nostalgia :')
I've been trying to explain to my brother about this show and how masterfully complex and condeluded it is but everytime I try to start explaining it I just eventually devolve to "your just gonna have to watch it from beginning to end to understand everything lol"
Great video, but you really did op5 dirty. I love it so much :'(
Thanks for not spoiling anything about the second half of Season 4. As a dub watcher, we are much behind the people who watch subs, so it's nice to not get spoiled.
love the ops analysis
It's not Kay - tow, it's Kat- tow
That death note music hits different!
8:35 u forget opening 5 (after red swan) -Shoukei to Shikabane no Michi
The only comic moments after Sasha's death is flashbacks with her in it
Man episodes 4 and 5 were just illegally amazing
Rumbling is going to create SO many new baby metalheads
Yess!! OP Analysis ! Finally
As soon as he put respect on Sasha I had to give my mans his deserved like, this vid is so well done
This is a extremely well-written video
Great video! What song are you using?
the death note OST so good in the background
When’s the Kabuto video coming?
I currently watch the show with my father and I'm just waiting to see his reaction of the reveal in S2E6... 😎