Attack on Titan's Wasted Potential

[@jodonthesith7172]

Dude this is by far the bravest video I’ve ever seen, considering how the AOT Fanbase is about as dangerous as the Titan’s within the show

[@Tsumamii]

Im dedicated to speak my truth

[@ihavenoidea2805]

lmao💀💀💀 that's true tho

[@random_duck1]

SNK was my favorite anime to a point, now that I've read it all, I don't even recommend to people anymore. The ending ruined it all for me. It was lazy and had sooo many plot holes.

[@ihavenoidea2805]

SAME, i was even reading the last few chapters of the manga as they were coming out for a few months and I am SO disappointed with the ending

[@sarubet8725]

Eren seeing future with atttack titan was crucial for the plot twist with Grisha. Founding titan turning into a colossal is not that surprising since Ymir's titan too was so big. My issue with it is its ability to raise the dead tho. Or why not modify eldians into superhumans rather than titans?

[@SketchaV]

Bro the consistently high quality uploads you come with is how I know this channel's got big things in its future. Awesome work as always! P.S. Thanks for the shoutout chief 🙏🏾

[@Tsumamii]

sure thing bro just waiting on the venmo to come thru

[@Shinwicked]

I am gonna remember this series untii by death . Well great daddy Levi said , " live a life with no regrets".

[@Niptonian9551]

The first 3 seasons are incredible, but while it has it's moments, overall the final season is so incredibly bad that it shouldn't even be considered canon.

[@drakephysecron6775]

Are you sure? Its just you are the first person that criticized s4, every other onky criticizes the ending.

[@Niptonian9551]

@@drakephysecron6775 I'm definitely not the only one. There is a ton of ass pull writing with regards to Eren and his powers and the decision to mostly focus on new characters Gabi and Falco is just terrible.

[@iceworld6104]

great video. this captures my feelings of the wasted potential all those years. and all we got is this.

[@0PHRY5]

I really love your videos. Thanks for the upload, fr you need more subs!!

[@Tsumamii]

appreciate the love

[@thatoneguy871]

I think that with Mikasa being the one in the first ending song....she should have had more characteristics or storytelling than just being in the story like Connie, Petra, etc.

[@cerene11]

I still respect the series, but I think Isayama chickened out and didn't do an ending he was going to, and thus we got an ending with lots of plotholes and stuff that had no build up (Mikasa and Founder Ymir "connection"). Isayama said in many interviews that he is not sure how he should go about the ending, because the series became such a big hit. If the series didn't become mainstream I think he would have done an ending that fit.

[@summerctx9997]

loved this!! can't wait for more uploads

[@Tsumamii]

[@lxfj2128]

Dw we’re getting an aoe the ending was an embarrassment don’t let these loyal isayama fan girls tell u otherwise. But I’m confident we’re getting an aoe

[@maniekan]

I personally think he only achieved 80% due to not seeing every future event and the mangq is a past reality of his future event so he will achieve 100% rumbling and it'll be an anr type ending ( original ) by the anime

[@TheUnknownArc]

I mean it wouldn’t make any sense if we didn’t get an aoe but I’m confident that we are getting one ☝️ and possibly a movie

[@Tsumamii]

Ive been losing my MIND trying to figure out why everyone was talking about an “area of effect” or if it meant “attack on eren”… its anime original ending. I get it now

[@TheUnknownArc]

@@Tsumamii I guess you can say eren has an area of effect 😂

[@Closetorouter619]

Well didn't aged well

[@Jonas-ob2sh]

Eren DID NOT see everything in the future, he only saw glimpses, he's not all knowing. If he had seen everything he would have e.g known who the warhammer titan was from the start, where Porco was hiding in Shiganshina, he didn't know he could not use the founder right away when he entered paths etc. Plus, Eren only could make sure that events that had already happened in the past will happen so he isn't capable of doing anything he wants. He is a slave to the story.

[@Tsumamii]

Volume 34, Chatper 139, Page 197 Im quoting directly from the official english release Armin: "That was the future you saw at the medal ceremony... youve been all lone since then... It must have hurt..." Eren: "Armin... My head's... gotten all messed up... The Founder's power has made it so teat there's no past or future... it all exists at once." all the examples you bring up, youre right. thats why its bad writing. you say Eren could only make sure that events that happened in the past will happen, and be that the case, the issue is once eren is the founding titan, EVERYTHING is the past.

[@daryeusford9696]

No he’s just a slave to destiny. That’s the only slave topics that fits

[@legolasackerman588]

really nice points man, totally agree!

[@Tsumamii]

your words keep me going :)

[@madmouse4400]

5:20 that's apply to any mecha anime , gundam , Code Geass ,Etc.

[@williamxxc]

Levi is wasted potential in final arc

[@madmouse4400]

I didn't personally enjoyed Armin during the Arc , because his main quality as a character (his intelligence) didn't shine during. He is supposed to be the character coming with plan others wouldn't even thinking of ; but there he made plans so simple that they could have been made without him.

[@Tsumamii]

just to confirm are you referring to the final arc?

[@madmouse4400]

@@Tsumamii yes

[@HerMi.T]

actually i don't really think him able to do all of this after touching zeke is actually that bad. we know already what founding titan is capable, he can already become any other titan than just founding titan already but they are just held by desire put by king fritz. i don't understand your points about ending. yeah armin convincing previous titan owner can be odd but not really a problem. i don't think ending is great but taking the points out of it is weird in my opinion. i completely agree with your distate of founding titan though, it is a fair point but ending serves a purpose. eren want to get freedom for his people and he want to be free on himself, i.e his inner desire. he care about people but he care about his family from island more even on a extent to kill others. he decided to kill everyone because he found this as the only solution because nearly all of the solutions are already closed off by people from both side but he also want his family to be free. that's why he give them a freedom to actually defeat him in first place. he will fight for his goal but didn't forcibly take away the freedom of those he love.

[@fedewyt]

First of all I respect that this is just your opinion. But I completely disagree with your point of Mikasa not having character development AND the ending not being foreshadowed. Jack Slater's comment already has a lot of good points. Look at the Lost Girls OVA 3 if you haven't, it really explains Mikasa's feelings and adds a lot to her character (I know this is not in the manga, but it is canon in the anime, and the ending will probably be similar in the anime anyways). Btw, I'd say you should wait for the anime ending, it is supposedly gonna improve the manga one. Though I agree with your argument about Ymir being kinda Deus ex Machina, it makes sense in-universe but it still feels weird. I can't help but think that if Isayama managed to pull of the last arc similarly without Ymir it would be better.

[@lxfj2128]

She doesn’t

[@Tsumamii]

thanks for being respectful about it, youre allowed to disagree. in regards to Mikasa's character arc I do agree there is more than I give her credit for, especially the moment in season 3 where she so willingly lets armin and eren off on their own plans to deal with reiner being a nice moment I overlooked. That being said I still think even with that in mind her character arc doesnt do anything to fix the issues I talk about in the video and that one I do have to push back on, because I never make the claim that Mikasa Killing Eren isnt foreshadowed in the plot. the point Im trying to get across is that the climax in its entirety is centered around the death of Eren and Mikasa being the one to do it, the impact really coming from Mikasa's love for Eren. the issue I have that Mikasa loving Eren has no substantial place in the plot up until the climax, she may talk about not wanting to kill Eren, and at one point her and Annie nearly get into a fight, but its all bark and no bite, the story never giving Mikasa a moment to truly show how much she still loved Eren to create the point of contrast for when she does kill him. thats why I dont see Mikasa's side stories to be relevant, because I take issue with the endings lack of build up to its climax, if I have to turn to an outside source because the ending didnt do a good enough job building up this moment, then the ending by definition is lacking that thing and is worse for it. the counter example I give everyone is ymir and historia, Im gonna give you a condensed version cause I think youre smart but I can explain it more if you really want. basically, ymir talks a lot about how she loves historia, but the story goes a step beyond and gives ymir the opportunity to prove it, her joining Reiner and Bertolt, which creates a point of contrast for her final moment when she actually goes against this love for historia to save the Reiner and Bertolt.

[@fedewyt]

@@Tsumamii Mikasa showed several times that she loved Eren. Like it's literally one of the reasons some people don't like Mikasa, because she never stops protecting Eren.

[@Tsumamii]

but my video is about the ending, its about how the ending does nothing to build up Mikasa's love and im sorry that I didnt reiterate that in my response.

[@fedewyt]

@@Tsumamii why would the ending build up something? Its the end of the story, there's nothing to build up to.

[@tareksumayatarekmuhammadya1402]

Each viewer will understand the truth as the story progress and each viewer will understand the truth as the story progress in the movie in 2023 ) our battle is only getting started)

[@dragonslayergod]

16:00 it feels like you forgot the original win state and that was to rid the world of titans. since season 1. I'm not gonna sit here and say the ending was good because it wasn't but that win state has been apparent since early season 1

[@nurtheon694]

Awesome video

[@Tsumamii]

thank you very much!

[@nuntome2]

Been waiting for a new upload for a min

[@Tsumamii]

hope this one was worth the wait :)

[@nuntome2]

@@Tsumamii definitely man,you bringing up points about the story I've never thought about

[@avrinrose5457]

Can you talk About Kaitou Joker?

[@Tsumamii]

whats funny is youre the second person to bring up kaito joker, ill give it a look for sure and if there’s something worth saying you may see a video 👀

[@reieased2164]

You are so different congratulations 👏 ✨ 💕

[@garrison676]

Just discovered your channel from great pretender video and I already love your content. Please make a video on my hero academia s5

[@Tsumamii]

haha no chance but I appreciate the compliment!

[@sol9808]

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[@Tsumamii]

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[@beepbeep5153]

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[@Tsumamii]

💅💅💅

[@ihavenoidea2805]

I personally love the first 2 seasons, season 3 was mid and even though it has not been adapted into the anime yet, the ending of the manga was hot garbage

[@jackslater4152]

There's no indication that Eren saw the entire future when kissing Hisu's hand. Or if he did, then he forgot about most of it again, otherwise how can he be surprised by future events? How could he not know how to defeat the Warhammer? "As a character, MIkasa has already peaked. The only ever character development we got from her was in season 1, when Levi teaches her to be more in control of herself when she wants to save Eren. And since then: nothing" This is so shockingly wrong, I don't understand how any manga reader could ever even remotely agree with this nonsense, let alone praise your for this perspective. If you can't be bothered to analyse her character properly and do her justice, couldn't you at least read a f*cking analysis online? Instead of repeating meme arguments from half a decade ago? And you do realise that Eren lied about the Ackermans, right? "For one reason or another, the actions of our heroes always aligned with what Mikasa wanted to do, up until the final moment" Yeah, what a coincidence. It's almost like Eren is the most important tool in Paradis' arsenal, and the story follows him and his friends. How strange that they are on Eren's side and want to protect and preserve him just like Mikasa does, right? /s You complain about the lack of build-up for Mikasa's decision to kill Eren, which btw was actually present ever since Liberio. But then you don't even grant her the moment in chapter 138 that provides context for that very decision, and closure for her character? Could it be that you simply didn't care about her, and didn't WANT her to have importance? And the fan service argument is honestly ridiculous, considering how much focus MIkasa's feelings for Eren received in the manga. Mikasa and Eren are literally the first characters introduced to us by name. How the hell is it fan service when the FMC has her FORESHADOWED moment in the final battle. And in regards to the "popularity" argument: If Isayama was guided by stuff like that, you fav Armin would've lost Serumbowl against Erwin (by a canyon sized margin) and Levi would've been the one to cut Eren's head off. Just saying. You made some valid points, for example about Ymir, but overall this is a very disappointing video with some very whacky arguments, and in terms of Mikasa you really don't know what you're talking about.

[@Tsumamii]

Volume 34, Chatper 139, Page 197 Im quoting directly from the official english release Armin: "That was the future you saw at the medal ceremony... youve been all lone since then... It must have hurt..." Eren: "Armin... My head's... gotten all messed up... The Founder's power has made it so teat there's no past or future... it all exists at once." To your question how can he be surprised by future events and not know how to defeat the warhammer, youre right, thats why I say in regards to the marley surprise attack "Im left with this feeling that any tension the scene had was all just artificial" Eren knows the future and is actively manipulating things towards it, but still still acts surprised or doesnt know how to defeat the warhammer immediately because this power isnt well foreshadowed my exact words were "Eren touting it as just a function of being an ackerman" and tout was very intentional because it doesnt mean to speak truth, it means to persuade, the second definition from Merriam-webster "to solicit, peddle, or persuade importunately" I dont look up character analysis'. or watch other peoples content on the same topic if I know to avoid it, because that be disingenuous, I dont want to just parrot someone elses opinion, I came to this conclusion on my own from watching every episode and reading the entirety of the manga, if I need to turn to an outside source for for Mikasa's character to be good then that means shes poorly written in the primary material. Now Im open to being wrong if you would actually back up your claims or cite one of these outside sources. Lets work backwards from the climax for a moment. From the moment eren transforms into a colossus titan to Mikasa Killing Eren, The Narrative of that moment has shifted to focus on the emotional side of things, specifically on mikasa overcoming her love of eren to kill him, its not about the battle itself anymore, theres no panels focusing on the details of armin and erens fight or on how Reiner and the others were going to manage the new wave of titans, Even the act of killing Eren in and of itself is not very exciting, Mikasa just so happens to know hes in the mouth, they thunder spear his teeth and she goes in and kills him. if theres no attention given to the action within the scene, then all the weight and impact this climax has is character driven, its about mikasa specifically overcoming her love for eren to kill him. with that in mind, look back, when does mikasa show that her love for eren is something she has to overcome? In Liberio, they're still working with Eren, (while this very well was the start of building up the idea that they might have to kill Eren, none of it points to it specifically being Mikasa) When Marley invades, they side with Eren, The Final Battle, they land on eren hoping to talk to him, she actively participates, when they decide that they cant reason with him and have to kill him, she actively agrees and participates. The point of what I said wasnt to say that her actions aligning with the heroes goals was bad because in the context it didnt make sense, it was that because she her love for eren never created any real conflict aside from when she stops Armin from swinging at Eren, and so the moment is poorly built up. In Chapter 138, I struggle to find what you mean as the "context" for her decision, my best guess is youre referring to her flashback to when Eren visited her memories and they ran away together and lived out Erens remaining years. the only thing said in that moment that has to do with Eren dying is him asking her to throw away the scarf when he dies, and that shes got a long life ahead of her, but what about that is context for why she killed Eren? But even assuming youre right and that in chapter 138 they do provide context for why she killed Eren, the problem then becomes why is it only coming up in chapter 138, that would make it poorly built up to. Mikasa's feelings for Eren are very present throughout all of attack on titan, but when were they important, the story was focused so much more beyond Mikasa's feelings for eren, which creates the opposite effect, that Mikasa has been all about Eren for the entire series but because it was never made important to the greater narrative prior to the climax, the climax has little foundation to build from. please cite the moment that its foreshadowed Mikasa will kill Eren.

[@Lemres07]

@@Tsumamii Mikasa killing Eren is kinda hinted at through lots. In her ova the man in it talks about how Mikasa no matter will not be able to save him. Hinting obviously at his death in the alternative reality but more accurate in the current reality we are following. When Mikasa and the other scouts are discussing Eren’s actions. Connie brings up the idea of having to kill Eren if the time comes and Mikasa is the strongest one who is against it and wants to go with Armin to talk with him first. This already brings the idea that Eren could be the last villain and killed by the scouts in the end. Whenever Annie brings up the possibility of killing Eren while she is referring to the entire group she always singles out Mikasa because she knows of her devotion to him. It’s clear that Isayama wanted Mikasa to kill Eren because of her devotion to him and the ultimate way of breaking free from that dependency on Eren and to reject his desires and believe in her own. In this case to stop Eren from destroying the world and saving humanity. Mikasa killing Eren isn’t a huge twist and many people saw it coming. While yes Reiner and Armin could have been interesting choices as well, Mikasa being the one to do it isn’t that strange or unpredictable. Mikasa killing Eren isn’t unpredictable. What should have been handled better is foreshadowing Ymir and Mikasa’s parallels. I get what he was going for and I feel like it does work but there was no real foreshadowing for the reader to think that but actually killing Eren is something people predicted.

[@Tsumamii]

I havent seen the OVA’s nor read any of the side manga, I think if theres anything in there thats relevant in the main story then it should just be said in the main story yes there are times where mikasa vocalizes not wanting to kill eren, my issue isnt that killing eren or mikasa specifically killing eren arent well introduced, its that the weight of the moment isnt well supported, in your words its about mikasa breaking free from her dependancy on Eren, but in the final arc we never see her be dependant on eren, while she may say she doesnt want to kill eren, the story is written in a way that sidesteps that conflict right up until the very last moment, because they first set their plan on talking to eren the story toys with the idea that mikasa doesnt want to kill eren and her comrades do, but never explores the consequences of that differing opinion, in the final moment when they do decide to kill him, she doesnt put up any fight. while I totally agree that her overcoming her love for eren is cool conceptually, the story never portrays it as something to overcome

[@Lemres07]

@@Tsumamii Well first just because something is done in an ova or you haven’t watched it yet doesn’t mean you can’t count it. It’s still canon therefore can be used in an argument. And that deals with Mikasa and her relationship with Eren which is why I brought it up. But she is dependent on Eren through the entire show. You can isolate an arc and say well she doesn’t show much dependency in this arc. That’s because she barely sees Eren this arc but her relationship and her dependency on him has been a thing for the entire anime/manga. While her wanting to protect Eren is noble it sometimes clouds her judgement and she ends up doing things that are reckless or putting Eren’s desires over everything else and this case putting Eren’s desire over everything else would mean the destruction of humanity. Initially the alliance does want to talk with Eren but after 133 they learn it will accomplish nothing leaving no choice but to fight. Even so they don’t want to kill Eren. They just want to take out Zeke and just get Eren out of his titan and stop the rumbling. But after 136 they realize holding back will just lead to their deaths and they are left with no choice. Milkasa doesn’t want to accept this or is at a loss and Annie is there to tell her not to worry about it and to focus on other things so it won’t be too hard on her. She doesn’t put up a fight because she realizes that it’s either kill Eren or they die. Then when Eren transforms again Mikasa just wants to return to simpler times before they were fighting for the fate of the world. When she sees her dream of if she made a different choice that night she finally has the resolve to kill Eren herself. She decides to hold on to the Eren of the past with the representation of the scarf but realizes that she must do what she must in order to save humanity even if means killing Eren. Therefore putting her own and the world’s desires over Eren’s to destroy the world. That’s why it completes her character arc. Because she finally has to push Eren aside for what she thinks is right.

[@Tsumamii]

content from ova's and sidestories arent invalid per say especially if theyre canon, but in a discussion about the climax of the main story if that content is not present within the main material then the ending is weaker for it. I understand that Mikasa loves Eren and is dependant on him, my issue with the ending comes from the fact that it is not present in the ending in any meaningful way until the very chapter she kills him. The eren we know in the final arc is very different from the one prior to the time skip, so what does the story do to reinforce that she is dependant on eren? when marley invades they fight to let eren touch zeke and when they set out to first stop the rumbling its just like you said they want to either talk it out with eren or kill Zeke. the problem is that never gives mikasa the chance to show that she's dependant on eren, which is important because that is what the climax is centered on. When Jean says they have to kill Eren all Mikasa says is "... okay.", yes thats because Annie tells her to focus on rescuing armin, yes its because she realized that its either kill eren or they die, but what does a simple "...okay." do to build up her dependency on eren? if this were just about completing her character arc it be one thing but this is the climax of the entire story. as I point out in my first reply the focus of the scene moves away from any action and solely into the emotional weight of Mikasa breaking free from her dependency, a dependency that has no build up in the finale. as an example of this done right look at ymir and historia. ymir does more than just talk about her love for historia, she acts on it, she actively joins reiner and bertolt in an attempt to save historia and that creates a conflict with our protagonists that highlights how she feels about historia, which is why when in chapter 50 when she leaves historia behind to save reiner and bertolt its more emotionally effective because shes shown just a few chapters prior the extent to which she loves Historia. Mikasa may have created conflict because of her love for eren in the past, but that was back when Eren was the protagonist of the story and doesnt fully translate now to an eren whos started the rumbling

[@weterpup]

You no like Mikasa, bad vid 0/10

[@octodaddy8322]

Her obsession with eren just being a right place right time ackerman thing is pretty lame.. is levis ackerman instinct just assigned to the scouts and not a specific person like mikasa?

[@jackslater4152]

@@octodaddy8322 Her feelings for Eren have absolutely nothing to do with the Ackermans. She just loves him, is that really so hard to understand?

[@BaneDane_JB]

She written like a Harem Protagonist love interest, in a show with much more comparatively 3 dimensional people. With every character development within Eren where he self actualized himself, and become less self insert-able, she became a worse character by how she was designed. The Akerman Bloodline Stan Culture was just the rotten cherry on top the already poorly written cake. Even in the second AoT musou game, they added social links, and her's was literally about learning to try and have a personality outside of liking Eren. Even the writers for Dynasty Warriors see the same major flaw in her and they suck at writing TBH.

[@jackslater4152]

@@BaneDane_JB I don't think you understood her struggle in the manga, and how her trauma affected her view on the world and on Eren. And once again: her bloodline doesn't affect her feelings, it only affects her strength and combat capabilities.

[@williamxxc]

Trash one dimensional character