Attack on Titan & The Reimagining of Paradise Lost

*SPOILER WARNING* We examine the similarities between Hajime Isayama's "Attack on Titan", and John Milton's "Paradise Lost". Using references as their own respective works, the Bible, the Books of Enoch, and the Poetica Edda. I hope you enjoy this informative and entertaining video through religious and symbolic texts.

[@neilalfred5051]

As a Christian, aot has greatly deepened my faith in ways I can't express shortly but your analysis here was fantastic !

[@riptidepuffle7856]

Cringe take xD The show exhibiting violence caused from language like "demon-blood race" convinced you to believe in a supreme being who conveniently has "kinfolk" even more? Rofl imp mind. The entire anime is about the perils of theism, but eat hypocrisy anyway I guess?

[@zayobayo2175]

@@riptidepuffle7856 "The entire anime is about the perils of theism" lol, lmao even Also the promise to Abraham and the purpose of the jewish nation is to bring all the nations back to God. But that requires reading comprehension, if you've even read the text at all

[@ArantirFo1]

​@@riptidepuffle7856wow you're such a cool based atheist, I wish everyone was as logical as you! Don't crap on people for their beliefs and stick to your own inside.

[@lucian5389]

I think AOT is the perfect analogy for a religion. Some vague idea of some evil in the past where no one can actually even remember how it started which spread and survived through the massacre of opposing sides and ideologies. The people who inherited this power believe they are the chosen people while those who seek freedom from their oppression believe them to be Demons. It shows that in the end, the GODlike power they possess is neither evil or rhitehouse, its simply man doing as man does, continuing to struggle against time and attempting to grab hold of whatever permanence they can through the use of force. Later its shown that even the power of the titans will soon be surpassed, you can interpret that as man's desire for evil overcomes even the power of the Gods or you can see it as representing that nature and technology is no different than any kind of ancient evil entity. Its all part of the cycle. As Zeke puts it, we only fear death as a mechanism to keep life existing. To continue to reproduce. But is it really so bad to die? Everyone will die anyway so why is it "evil" to cut to the chase? As everything gets washed away into the sands of time all we do is fight for our own entertainment. We struggle against the inevitable. We bring peace only to feed it to the inevitable horrors of war and violence. Even when the founder decided to commit to stopping war, the human desire is to break down those walls protecting us as we see them as cages. In reality we WANT to fight. We WANT the freedom to go to war, the freedom to oppress others and by extension, be oppressed. This is the philosophy of the Attack Titan, you could also say that is the philosophy of the Devil. Better to have moments of peace within the breaks of battle than to be eternally lorded over by some other entity which possesses true freedom, in reality the only one that is free is the one with the most power, and that power belongs to no one. Whoever weilds it at the time decides the peace and the war. After all, we can dream of playing catch in the clouds for all eternity, but that's not what life wants. What makes those moments special is that they are few and far between. If we were to live under the oppression of Heaven for all eternity, eventually we would desire something more, something real. Something visceral. We wish to experience everything possible. Love, hate, friendship, lust, envy, hate, pride. All things which can only be brought by true freedom and not the artificial peace created by the King's walls

[@taiteakopyte1504]

Same thing with Fullmetal Alchemist

[@EvoModerator]

Ever since I learned about these stories in the Bible I’ve thought AOT could possibly be tied to it. There’s just something about it where it seems too specific, too real, like my consciousness just knows there’s something there.

[@commanderfarsight2351]

AOT is what would've happened if God hadn't wiped out the giants with the flood.

[@Yccteal]

Bruh thinks the Bible’s real 💀

[@5uo689]

​@@Ycctealsubjective

[@neilalfred5051]

I know that exact feeling and yes its deeper than you think. so many allegories to so many Biblical themes. I would recommend you look into Timothy Alberino's Work but yeah there literally was a Great Titan War in the past lol.

[@NaturalEWalton]

You’ve got this! This is a truth journey. Those who not only know truth but love it and protect with their lives. This is a great start!

[@Mf-wolf]

This is taken from the book of enoch that gives explanation on why it was flooded one of the orders of the heavenly host went down to lust with woman as well as advanced the human race to fast by given them knowledge of various occult/astrological,cosmetics and original guardians of men befor the 7 archangels I study angelology,theology and abrahamic faiths so when I really sat down and watch attack on titan I instantly recognized it as enoch and feel in love a great representation of nephilim

[@nocolour]

That is very interesting, I’ve always wanted to take courses on theology and angelology but never got around to it. I’m glad you see the resemblances

[@Mf-wolf]

@@nocolour yes I’ll give you the names of there 20 leaders

[@Mf-wolf]

@@nocolour Araqiel (also Arakiel, Araqael, Araciel, Arqael, Sarquael, Arkiel, Arkas) [5] taught humans the signs of the earth. However, in the Sibylline Oracles, Araqiel is referred to not as a fallen angel, or Watcher, but as one of the 5 angels who lead the souls of men to judgement, the other 4 being Ramiel, Uriel, Samiel, and Azazel. Armaros (also Amaros) in Enoch I taught men the resolving of enchantments. Azazel[6] taught men to make knives, swords, shields, and how to devise gemology,ornaments and cosmetics. Gadriel taught the art of warfare. Baraqel (Baraqiel) taught men astrology[7] Bezaliel mentioned in Enoch I, left out of most translations because of damaged manuscripts and problematic transmission of the text. Chazaqiel (sometimes Ezeqeel) taught men the signs of the clouds (meteorology).[5] Kokabiel (also Kakabel, Kochbiel, Kokbiel, Kabaiel, and Kochab),[8] is a high-ranking, holy angel but, in general apocryphal lore and also in Enoch I, he is a fallen Watcher, resident of nether realms, and commands 365,000 surrogate spirits to do his bidding. Among other duties, he instructs his fellows in astrology. Penemue[9] "taught mankind the art of writing with ink and paper," and taught "the children of men the bitter and the sweet and the secrets of wisdom." Sariel (also Suriel) taught mankind about the courses of the moon (at one time regarded as forbidden knowledge).[ 10] Samyaza (also Shemyazaz, Shamazya, Semiaza, Shemhazi, Semyaza and Amezyarak) is one of the leaders who made the oath to bind each other together he taught the enchantment of roots and herbs.[11] Shamsiel, once a guardian of Eden,[12] served as one of the 2 chief aides to the archangel Uriel (the other aide being Hasdiel) when Uriel bore his standard into battle, and is the head of 365 legions of angels and also crowns prayers, accompanying them to the 5th heaven. He is referred to[13] as one of the Watchers. He is a fallen angel who teaches the signs of the sun.[14] And there superiors over the whole order of watchers was yeqon/jeqon(lead the whole order astray by joining and hid it from gods knowledge instead of reporting them),gadreel(instructed to guard Eve from the serpent aka sammael/samael but ended up fathering Cain lol), kasbeel (instructions to other angels how to yes sleep with women),penemue and kasdaye (taught men how to preform abortions) these are the five high satans

[@haraldharam9334]

Seed of cain

[@jonesd.stampede30]

Ive been having this thought since season 2 that this is based off the bible! And with sayin that you have a subscriber in me✊🏿💯

[@nocolour]

Thank you very much, I hope I can live up to the expectations! Check out my other video on bojack horseman!

[@jonesd.stampede30]

@@nocolour bet im sure we're like minded!

[@comradericefarmerhao2269]

@@jonesd.stampede30 tf blm fist? XD

[@jonesd.stampede30]

@@comradericefarmerhao2269 Im sorry sir I dont get your reference🤔

[@benjamina6618]

lots of AoT is taken from Norse mythology, which makes sense since the Norse had much influence on the development of Christianity

[@nocolour]

That is very true, Christianity even takes from paganism and Greek mythology, take Poseidon’s trident for example, they used it to depict the devil holding it.

[@d4rk1d42]

@@nocolour not true at all lmao. Americans and other cultures made the image of Satan and the pitch fork just like they made Yeshua white and translated his name to Jesus which is weird, because why would you change the song of God's name???

[@ScotsThinker]

@@nocolour As much as your video was insightful, I would like to provide Correction for the newcomer: Whilst cultural influences on Contemporary Christianity as we see it can be observed from documents like the non canonical Book of Enoch; in ancient days, Jews and Christians would see any Pagan Influence as Heresy, thus giving them no motivation to invent what they professed to believe. Say what you will about traditional depictions of Satan as the years passed by, but these caricatures would not have been as frequent in ancient days. It is a common objection to suggest that Christianity arose from pagan gods but the Jewish Writers would never have gone through with that if that was the case. It was blasphemy at that time for a Man to claim to be God. If the Jewish Writers had pagan influences for Christianity, people like Saul of Tarsus, Josephus and Tacitus would have pointed this out. In fact, if Christianity as a whole was fake from the start, Tacitus would have pointed that out because he hated Christianity. There is another objection suggesting that the source of Judaism can be traced back to Canaanite Polytheism. This is highly unlikely since such a sexually barbaric nation would require a radical transformation for that to occur and if it did, it would only affect a select small number. Not to mention, circumcision would be a big NONO for much of the sexually hyperactive nation of Canaanites at that time. Judaism would have had to establish an entire race of people with their own language in a few centuries. By all means point out comparisons, but please study carefully before you make your points. Thank you for your video. I look forward to seeing more from you. Welcome to KZbin.

[@ScotsThinker]

@@nocolour Your correct in saying Satan's Pitchfork was influenced by Paganism but the Biblical Satan never actually had a pitchfork. The Devil isn't a name and it's Greek for slanderer. In fact, the Devil is given many descriptions but not even satan is a name. The depiction of a horned, red, cartoonishly evil, trident holding man as Satan is not Biblically accurate. In fact, the Bible says Satan disguises himself an an Angel of Light.

[@music79075]

Other way around dude. Loki only appears in Norse mythology after Christianity had spread and is believed to be the Nordic reimagining of Satan

[@joshuawatts7129]

Or was the Bible influenced by Attack on titan. Follow the money bruh follow the money

[@nocolour]

I like where your heads at man

[@joshuawatts7129]

@@nocolour thank you I was just being sarcastic this was a good video keep it up

[@sawrooney8989]

Damn I enjoyed this alot. Keep up the good work

[@nocolour]

Thank you very much, I just put up another video about bojack horseman!

[@squamousthomas3267]

*And it came to pass that the two brothers born out of necessity; not love, reunited. Soon thereafter, an extinction of biblical proportions came forth to cleanse the earth*

[@nocolour]

Cain and Abel, thats very good man, I love it.

[@ghostguy4619]

Like 80 percent of movie monsters get their looks/ abilities from the Bible or something else

[@nocolour]

I’ve never really thought about that

[@LordZub4291]

Yeah because the media is run by satanism. They put the occult into everything nowadays. Movies, books, video games. It also has stuff about the Masons, Lucifer etc its always something like that

[@jockseethe9300]

I've always thought that Eren and Jesus had some parallels. Both have supernatural powers Both are destined to die for the sake of peace and freedom, not knowing when until they were shown or told through supernatural means Next one might be a stretch but both also had followers that were devoted to them. Jesus' closest followers stood with him until the end except one (Judas) Eren's closest followers eventually "betrayed" him except one (Floch) Jesus sacrificed himself for the rest of mankind, dooming his apostles to violent deaths and suffering, of which they gladly embraced instead of running away from mind you Eren presumably destroyed most of the world, but he sacrificed the freedom that he wanted so dearly and gave it to his friends, who most likely lived long and peaceful lives

[@anthonymedina6392]

Hell yeah mr mrrrrrr

[@nocolour]

Thank you very much!

[@nocolour]

MR MRRRRRR

[@officialjaysmoove]

Do you think beyond the ice wall in Antarctica these giants may exist stil? I remember a scene where they wanted to cross the ocean or something like that, maybe beyond the walls live a different type of human kind ? Since after the ice wall is more ocean, maybe beyond is a civilization. Maybe I’m overthinking it 😂

[@lucian5389]

Lol u think AOT takes place on a flat earth or something 😂

[@nocolour]

Literary analysis is all about over analyzing! Never think you’re over reaching. This video started as a coincidence and the more I looked into it, the more similarities I found!

[@andrewbrantley533]

Giants have appeared in the book of Enoch to

[@nocolour]

You are very right sir, thank you

[@lilyanaschaefer4698]

Very good was looking for someone to piece this together, I really feel there's more hidden as always but definitely interesting.

[@BrandonGlock19x]

Christianity IS NOT derivative from any religion

[@nocolour]

I do not wish to offend

[@NathanicusSmith]

The Bible explicitly says that you shouldn't perform evil to usher in more good.

[@melo5033]

best ad I've clicked on I really thought it was gonna be a poorly made video based on close to nothing to do with the Bible but it actually came out interesting

[@nocolour]

Thank you very much brother, I love the research. I didn’t know about the ads but it’s the only way to get around the algorithm, unfortunately

[@CJTower.]

@@nocolour Don't worry bro, no shame in self promotion.

[@TheZephyrsWind]

When AOT first showed up I very quickly thought "I wonder if the nephilim were a partial inspiration?

[@markyates1116]

Dude..... I don't even know the show very well( I've seen it) ,and I remember paradise lost. but holy shit man. So fucking good and thought provoking. Very nice

[@nocolour]

That means the world, I have a video coming up on better call Saul

[@The5RESIDENTEVIL]

The book of Enoch mentions 7 fallen angels and this show has 7 titans that only carry these powers that are passed on…😮

[@SAMuraiyesIam]

9 titans

[@greasy8394]

@@SAMuraiyesIam 9 is a holy number

[@therealstevezissou8649]

Definitely got a new subscriber. Great thought provoking content. Keep ‘em coming

[@nocolour]

I’m happy to have you around!

[@MasterOrona]

It has a lot rolled in there. Norse, a little Christianity and Starbucks.

[@LordZub4291]

I think its about the revelation and the new world order what the Rumbling is

[@otakukaiju6045]

Dam so I'm not the only one with the thought, I noticed some stuff were similar from the Bible end times kinda

[@Dying2liveX]

I normally hate these ads that pop up but I'm giving you a chance

[@nocolour]

Well thank you very much for the chance!

[@masterej7998]

It's weird that this popped up in my recommened considering my little brother is watching attack on Titan in the room right next to mine

[@nocolour]

It’s like google knows what we’re doing all the time!

[@masterej7998]

@@nocolour yee 🤣😭 LMAO ik why it popped up just playing dumb

[@girlinawolfhoodiewolf2426]

Pretty interesting video loved it

[@nocolour]

Thank you very much, it means alot

[@elgoreydagrey4848]

AOT has to be studied in schools 🔥🔥

[@expelledrights]

i saw an ad for this

[@nocolour]

And thank you for being interested 🙏

[@Lucas-bv1ps]

Do you think the falling of the walls is a reference to Jeriicho?

[@The1200s]

I know I’m not a content creator myself, but in my opinion if you switched your thumb nail text with the title then you would get a lot more views on this interesting topic.

[@nocolour]

Thank you for the suggestion! I’ll continue working on my thumbnails

[@bigbruh8733]

2:48 Eren isn’t an antagonist

[@nocolour]

Antagonist: a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary.

[@YaBoyRockLee]

He said protagonist/antagonist either or

[@NewWorldHotline]

Excellent video! Only ad I watched thru all the way

[@nocolour]

Well I’m glad you gave me the opportunity

[@lucian5389]

I'm calling it now, in a couple thousand years the Attack on Titan lore will be the new Bible. I bet thats how the original Bible came about in the first place. Stories seen as the origin of human nature, while in reality they are written BASED on human nature itself and thus serves as a glimpse into both the past and the future to come.

[@nocolour]

I find that many contemporary works are inspired in some way by the Bible.

[@Luzgoishzre]

Armageddon

[@AdorKnight]

If Adam and Eve were titans already do you think they would have eaten the forbidden fruit?

[@nocolour]

The fruit was supposedly containing the knowledge of good and evil, but eve just ended up being intoxicated and and mistook it as wisdom. At least that’s what the book paradise lost says about it. I don’t remember the Bible. So that’s a good question

[@noorelmasri9803]

Very interesting!

[@nocolour]

Thank you! Check out my newest video on bojack horseman!

[@surferxblood]

Well done 👍 Bravo 👏

[@nocolour]

Thank you sir, I applaud you aswell for tuning in

[@greasy8394]

Its also the torah as well. The titans are literally the nephilim doing illuminati blood rituals.

[@Doshi_]

?

[@god47398]

incredible video, i would honestly have preferred the aot ending to be more mythical rather than moment to moment frantic antics lol

[@bluewolf8873]

Without a doubt. The first ending theme is definitely proof.

[@jennifergoncalves3199]

I don’t even watch anime. I watched the first two episodes of this show with my husband because we have a deal… he watches something I pick, I watch something he picks. Immediately when I saw the giant humanoids I was like wait a sec… are these supposed to be like nephilim? 😂 Google brought me here.

[@nocolour]

Glad to see google is doing something, happy to have you here! I’ll be uploading more videos soon~

[@brianlita1]

Whats the music in this amazing video :D👊

[@amrmans2]

Interesting video but the voice used in the video is so mind draining it's actually unentertaining to watch.

[@nocolour]

Sorry, I couldn’t hold my excitement in!

[@tomohawkcloud]

Maybe

[@nocolour]

Probably

[@A-VeryJudgemental-Guy]

No. It’s not

[@nocolour]

I see you live up to your name sir, good on you, thank you

[@louisfill849]

Not really I can easily explain why.

[@nocolour]

Please do!

[@nocolour]

Still waiting.

[@louisfill849]

@@nocolour it took inspiration from the Bible yes but, is it straight no. Greek,Norse,and Roman are all philosophy saying that the Bible take inspiration from them says a lot. Attack on titans just takes events from the Bible in copies them but the meaning becomes a empty shell even eren tries to go out like Christ which further proves my point. You’re not wrong they tried to copy the events but the meaning is very lackluster compared to the Bible also many other animes pull this exact same stunt. Also lost paradise has nothing to do with the Bible. The book of Enoch rarely has anything to do with the Bible there’s some truth but 99% of it has nothing to do with Christianity. The main point is that the anime take inspiration from many things but saying it’s straight from the Bible is a big lie. Just dislike when people use the Bible to make something look deeper than what is AOT is just like Neon evengilion they both took inspiration from events but not the meaning nor the actual real heart of it, they took visual and Adam and Eve than people like be like straight from the Bible.

[@Dying2liveX]

Actually stopped a third of the way thru as I am not caught up But so far I like what I'm seeing I'll drop a like/sub and hopefully come back to it later

[@nocolour]

Are you waiting for the anime to finish or are you going to read the manga?

[@Dying2liveX]

@@nocolour anime, I usually dont read them unless they akame ga kill the cast off and the manga has a different end Although I'll probably still read AOT once I finish the anime, sure they left stuff out or changed things Either way keep up the good work

[@Doshi_]

Dang

[@nocolour]

Dang(?)

[@Doshi_]

Yes dang

[@princeatem5218]

can you do a video on one piece and Christianity/ spiritual influence?

[@nocolour]

I actually have not seen one piece and it is crazy long as I’m sure you know. For you I’d give it a chance, recommend a sped up way of seeing it?

[@princeatem5218]

@@nocolouryou can read the manga

[@jamesbrick250]

Does Isayama ever mentioned Paradise Lost? Or just your interpretation out of thin air?

[@5uo689]

He mentioned it in a old interview you will probably find it translated in aot old Tumblr accounts

[@nocolour]

I wasn’t aware of Isayama’s references to Paradise Lost, I just love both of these amazing pieces of literature. I enjoy finding meaning in works of art!

[@jamesbrick250]

@@nocolour Finding meaning from unrelated fictions between each other, unless Isayama did mention Paradise Lost. Otherwise it feels like trying to cope AoT as if it's the greatest fiction ever. No offense

[@jamesbrick250]

@@5uo689 Show me

[@nocolour]

No offense taken! I don’t believe AOT is the best piece of literature ever, I’d rather keep that opinion to myself. 😇

[@del10krejoicing9]

Yes yes it is

[@nocolour]

Indeed

[@nazicoco8537]

I like to think that when they turn into a titan they get strike down by god

[@nocolour]

I never thought about it that way! You can even hear a screech that almost sounds like a scream. I

[@princeatem5218]

do you have an email or any social media that we can contact you at? i really enjoy your video essays and id like for you to review other animes

[@nocolour]

I sure do, you can reach me at [e-mail]

[@comradericefarmerhao2269]

Good reference

[@nocolour]

Thank you very much sir, I love the research process