How Return to Shiganshina STUNNED Us All - Overanalyzing Attack on Titan & Retrospective

[@spazatron300]

literally opened youtube, saw this posted 1 minute ago and now this is my life for the next 42 minutes.

[@Koroto]

👀

[@EdWuncler3rd]

It really is a an auto click

[@zbestgaming4539]

@@EdWuncler3rdit really is

[@Adv4MM]

Same and I have liked the video before watching it

[@elywahl9520]

I'm 6 hours Late but yeah pretty much 😂😂😂

[@donutz9]

We about to observe peak analysis of a peak series.

[@ianprescott7924]

Along with peak glazing

[@Burley6969]

Especially since pieck is present now

[@Limbaugh_]

Aot pretty mid

[@LuisSierra42]

@@Limbaugh_ nice bait bro

[@LuisSierra42]

@@Burley6969 Pieck best girl

[@notsure134]

33:35 Erwin gives a look of "Are we related?" to Armin gambling.

[@Nerazmus]

They are both blond with blue eyes... Their names sound similar... Armin's grandpa gave Armin that illegal book about stuff beyond wall, just like Erwin's dad thaught... They might be some sort of cousins or something.

[@tzeentchmundi44]

game recognizes game

[@purpleemerald5299]

@@NerazmusThis is actually perfectly plausible if they stem from the same great grandparents. If their grandparents were siblings, and at least one of them was a woman, then that would explain Erwin and Armin’s different last names; wives typically take up the last names of their husbands. Armin’s late grandmother could very well be Erwin’s great aunt, for example.

[@BadAssMacmillan]

I've said this before and I will say it again, Return to Shiganshina (Attack on Titan Season 3 Part 2) is one of the greatest arcs/seasons in any form of media across any genre. The 3 episode run of Perfect Game, Hero, and Midnight Sun is one of the strongest 3 episode stretches in TV history. This season also had one of the best flashbacks I have seen (Grisha’s flashback). Keep in mind that Attack on Titan is not even my number 1 favorite anime (it’s my 5th favorite), yet here I am giving it this much well deserved praise.

[@buckleupteddy]

You are all the way right I can't remember a better show experience than those 3 episodes

[@davidf76363]

What is your top 5 then

[@BadAssMacmillan]

@@davidf76363 My top 5 is kind of interchangeable because they're so close in terms of quality, but here's how I would rank them: 1. Gintama 2. Hunter X Hunter 3. Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood 4. Jojo's Bizarre Adventure 5. Attack on Titan

[@davidf76363]

@@BadAssMacmillan never watched Gintama; otherwise ur based I HUGELY recommand you watching the Monogatari series if you've never had the chance to, especially if you love these overanalysing videos, actually we have the exact same top 5 (the rankings aside) except I never watched Gintama and I'd put Monogatari in my top 5 instead

[@BadAssMacmillan]

@@davidf76363 I will definitely check Monogatari out! I've heard a lot of good things about it. I also highly recommend watching Gintama, don't let the huge number of episodes scare you lol.

[@madDjakni]

My theory on why pure titans are inactive at night is simply because what's left of the human inside the titan still thinks it needs sleep but titans controlled by a royal or founding titan can overcome their primal instincts and thus can operate at night because the titans don't need to eat or sleep but only do so from instincts (and sure they eat for the possibility of getting a shifter)

[@zenohd6934]

This theory is unfortunately incorrect as it is stated that titan don’t eat livestock.

[@madDjakni]

@zenohd6934 they do not "eat" anything strictly speaking they chomp on and/or swallow humans then throw them up after a period of time unless they got a shifters spinal fluid in the mix. I was referring to them "eating" humans.. The titans don't sleep either what I meant is they go inactive at night because that's what the remaining human nervous system is used to doing at night. (Or because the titan creature that bonded with Ymir originally tries to recreate the humans as Titans but doesn't understand concepts like digestion or sleep as it might not require those things itself)

[@madDjakni]

@zenohd6934 also I fail to see how the Titans not eating livestock disproves this theory on why pure Titans are inactive at night. They clearly only eat humans from instincts (with the unwitting bonus of that being how they can inherit a shifters power (which may just be because that's what first King Fritz made his daughters do to Ymir))

[@zenohd6934]

@@madDjakni specifically the part on why they eat humans, they have the desire to eat purely for the sake of returning human, and if their desire o eat remained because of their instincts to eat from their remaining nervous system, they would also eat animals. And scientifically, the desire of sleep comes from the overuse of organs and parts of your body needing to rest, while Titans have no organs.

[@user-lv3gx9xp2m]

Isn't it confirmed that they get energy from sunlight like photosynthesis

[@sonofachip2618]

imagine being the poor suckers zeke brought to turn into titans, just to be buried for awhile first 💀

[@martingo_]

41:02 Also, if I were to overanalyze that one shot, Marco being the one excitedly giving an answer to the teacher is a nice reference to "No, Marco... the problem is you're too damn sharp."

[@MuertaRara]

forever salty about Marco 🥲

[@maintrain527]

24:09 Personally, I've always seen this part of the scene as a clear progression of Eren & Mikasa's dynamic. In earlier seasons, Eren would've vehemently refused her help & Mikasa would've forced it on him. However, now after the Dina scene & him acknowledging his own insecurities, he accepts her help with open arms & she doesn't handhold him as much.

[@Koroto]

Ohh, I like that! Think I got too stuck up on the plot device part and should've thought about the characters. 😅

[@roger5059]

I think it also serves to showcase eren's current skill level. When he first transformed, his entire uniform and odm gear was missing after he turned back into a human. In the female titan arc, we see that she was able to escape while titans are eating her, with not only enough strength to turn back into a titan but also all of her uniform and odm gear intact, so she could keep hiding her face. In this moment, we see that eren has come a long way: he is able to harden now, he still has enough strength to stay concious after leaving his titan and transform again (as we see later). His ODM gear is also still working and his jacket is still there. But his cape has still gone lost, which, in my interpretation, shows that eren hasn't perfected his abilities yet. He improved a lot, but he isn't on the level of the marley squad yet.

[@aleji0]

This arc even gave us the tracks TKT/ThanksAT and 2An/AoTS3-PF1. It's really still astonishing to this day everything about RtS arc. An absolute marvel for all time.

[@realstrixy1229]

I'm still waiting for you to go goblin mode over the basement reveal.

[@Koroto]

Oh you bet I will 😤😤

[@realstrixy1229]

@@Koroto How many episoeds do you estimate? If I may ask.

[@Frongo]

@@realstrixy1229 56 is the basement, 57 is marley

[@gonzalosoto272]

I can't believe we got canonically Sadam Husseined at 19:18

[@sea_yung]

no way we got sadam hussein in aot before gta 6

[@Joel.guerrero]

19:21 pretty sure 99% have never noticed that tube sticking out the ground 🤯 flew right over my head

[@joshtv6139]

Sitting down for lunch and I get the notification. Best timing ever

[@Koroto]

Hope you enjoy! 👍

[@neehko18]

Best treat on lunch break fr 🤩

[@ChickenMcNugget03]

this series is like my only source of a proper intellectual "conversation" about aot cause none of my friends *Get It* and im too scared of the general fanbase now to seek anyone out, so thank you so much for providing this content! its genuinely my favourite youtube series out there

[@mooglemog_uWu]

^ Exactly this! I was thinking the exact same thing. Also almost giving up hope completely that I could find any remotely intellectual and insightful discussion about aot. I am so happy.

[@ChickenMcNugget03]

@@mooglemog_uWu ikr! it feels so difficult to find someone to talk to when everyone just wants to praise and defend Eren's actions like their life depends on it..

[@handlerone5172]

7:26 I took this frame as the Marlean officers that push Diana off into "paradise". It does look like a building, but it could be one of the officers standing behind one of the Eldians with the dock/ship in the background.

[@platonaspapadakis7729]

i was thinking the same or something similar because i swear i could see kruger in his attack titan after he killed the marleyan Public Security members

[@stephenconroy5908]

FINALLY an explanation about where those titans that surround them came from! Thank you, THANK YOU!

[@regenbogenvoorkelly]

The moment you see that mass transformation may very well be the best OH SHIT moment I have ever experienced in all of media ever. It is so so so well done. Beautiful, 11/10, lots of notes but they are all cheerful incomprehensible noises.

[@chrisjohn8725]

I think the usually stoic erwin being like "well, damn" sells it even more

[@Nerazmus]

Titan shifters becoming basically immortal was definitely one of the silliest things. Last season - Eren has a small booboo. He can't transform Now - Reiner has a sword through his throat, another one through his spinal chord, several shattered bones and his organs suffered sever trauma after getting yeeted 30 meters downward. Can transform just fine. And don't get me started on the thing that is going to happen. Like, seriously. If you don't want Reiner to die, don't have Levi kill him three separate times in five seconds. I guess Ymir was working overtime or something.

[@Waxwell1]

tbf the part of eren not being able to transform he wasn’t familiar with how to transform. but yeah, the plot armor titan became absolutely too much here

[@enderlp9666]

i think the armored titan transformation was basically a ''im dying but my spinal fluid still works so i gotta transform now'' kinda thing

[@Waxwell1]

@@enderlp9666 nah bro they had to pull out the "transferring my consciousness to the bottom of my spine" to save him. no other shifter uses that EVER in the whole show

[@LuisSierra42]

Ymir works in mysterious ways

[@mikeheiser3728]

The last time Eren transformed, he was just a head. Edit: I guess Zeke was helpful too

[@TripleExposurePhoto]

The Grisha memories are my favorite part. I cant wait for all the analysis.

[@LuisSierra42]

This whole section is my favorite part

[@AYYYiTzPwNeR]

How do you know it’s for sure an OVERanalyzing video? It takes 10 minutes to get to the title of the episode, and there’s still 32 minutes to go.

[@gustavomartins7547]

"A Sweetly demonic voice demands that we pave a road of corpses to take us there" I couldn't help but think that was a referece to Eren gaslighting everyone This is so beautyfull, god i wish i could write like this

[@xhinoteque]

The fact that Zeke choose that formation, in order to "not touch Eren" and activate the coordinate before the right time, and not blown his cover to Paradise nor Marley, is just pure genius. That shows why they considered him the "boy wonder". And Isayama hinted at this with the "pincer movement, or double envelopment" mention by Hange, while luring Reiner to move as the scouts wanted. the layers upon layers, bro. Really looking forward to that live action adaption of AOT you mentioned, as perfect as Denis Velleneuve's Dune part 1 and 2.

[@DibbzTV]

Peak AoT is Zeke appearing behind Erwin and you see him genuinely terrified. Because he KNOWS it’s the moment he foreshadowed, “there will be a day where it’s all we got against all they got.” Made the analysis playlist 🏆

[@starlight3497]

For the classroom image at the ending credits, my interpretation is: Marco is seen raising his hand, and he dies an early death in the series. During S3 part 1, Erwin himself has several flashbacks to him raising his hand in class, which had bad consequences for his dad. Ultimately, raising his hand is even the final thing Erwin does before he dies. The overanalyzing is really rubbing off on me here :p

[@AdvaithR.]

Don't quote me on this but I think they do have some sort of plumbing. This is based on one of the episodes in the lost girls OVAs where Annie is shown bathing in a bathroom type of place that also has a toilet. Kenny also jokes about needing a toilet in a different episode.

[@sonicanon2434]

I've rewatched this show going on 10 times now and I've never noticed the tubes poking out of the ground, how did you even notice that?! You're observation skills are incredible!

[@yurkdawg]

I'm always blown away by how much I learn that I missed in each and every one of these episodes. For instance, I never understood how they hid all those Titans - lol it was as simple as they just buried them?! Anyway thank you, this is easily my favorite series on all of KZbin

[@dylan4347]

I just finished watching AOT for the first time and all I have to say is thank you for these Krotos

[@natsu-batsu1339]

I wait for these videos like a dog waiting for its owner to come home from work.

[@JustJulyo]

Honestly I can rewatch this episode on loop and still get goosebumps

[@sarahnova1567]

So frustrated my phone didn't notify me, I am SO ready for this!! The Return to Shiganshina is just pure insanity, especially with the wild stunt of hiding in the walls and Zekes wall of titans. Also the very interesting dynamics between Armin and Bertolt starting to show and being intensified the next few episodes!

[@lostitem]

Oh man just got home can't wait to watch what perfect timing!

[@MrNubfish]

Take all the time you need with these videos. They're an amazing treat whenever you post a new one!

[@13Xerro]

41:01 Just looking at that image of them all in the classroom. 5 titan shifters all together with 6 of the titans between them. Ymir - Jaw Bertholdt - Colossal Reiner - Armour Annie - Female Eren - Attack & Founder Kinda crazy to look at it.

[@manallan5890]

Brooo i have been rewatching aot for the 20th time recently and found one of your videos. I was baffled when i found that u made a full playlist of each episode i binged them all and i fucking love them . Back before season two was out i had no one to talk too about my theories or anything related to the show especially when season 2 was out (since yk they revealed so many things in that season and the long wait) you are kinda healing my past self lol Anyways what im trying to say is i love listening to you talk so passionately about a show I'm too passionate about and i do get excited when a new video is out .all your effort is appreciated and the editors who help you with the videos. Lastly i also enjoy your other videos so so much. Now ima start watching the video 😭

[@jordansrhoads]

27:30 Just realized Hanes would have probably been about 50% Zeke if he survived season 2 with how regularly he drank lmao.

[@lumoc.]

You make me think about how we forget that all this beautiful work we see on screen was made possible by the efforts of countless people. But this effort itself is only possible when those involved are operating beyond a mundane wavelength. I don't even know exactly what I'm trying to say or if it can be put into words, but I have also worked with art (writing), and what remains for me from all this is that it is generally the quickest way to touch or catch a glimpse of the essence of the sublime. There simply is no other explanation for something so magnificent being made by mere humans.

[@dr_rav3n]

Maaaaan armin was like the MVP of this arc

[@lorenzobortolani5286]

I wish the founder took away my memories of this show so I can watch it again and feel all the emotions this show brings, all the twists, the goosebumps. Especially because I never had the privilege to get the colossal and armored reveal since I discovered this show when my brother was watching it. I said something like “hey bro what you watching?” He said the title and then immediately got stunned as I was hearing “I’m the armored titan, he’s the colossal titan” from Reiner, and then I started watching it and saw Reiner as this comrade he was role playing and I was like “oh… damn”

[@maulaahmad2542]

31:02 I think delaying response is the strat marley is going for just to make the scouts overthink and it proved effective. Great video as always!

[@atterrionkazan3078]

I could go to bed early... but its AoT day. We ball.

[@lyme1030]

Having the classroom shot and then hitting us with Mice on Venus's best part... The feels man

[@marccardillo6679]

I saw this and said out loud: "I guess I know what I'm watching while I eat lunch". I love this series and your deep dive videos on it!

[@ayshajayne8654]

Checked my phone almost every hour since midnight. You make my every other Tuesday ❤ Thank you Koroto❤

[@exequielgaleano9947]

This ark's start is legendary indeed!!! Thank you for this awesome series!!! 😁 It really is great to hear someone talking about this story while appreciating it, especially when it's done with your style and passion!!!

[@vaindesigns2653]

Absolute banger of a video, from all the little edits to the overanalyzing. Enjoyed it thoroughly

[@MysticMylesZ]

Wooo yeah baby this is what we've been waiting for!

[@uniguy2126]

19:20 holy fuck that’s actually an insane detail. I always thought they were just hiding under some leaves or something that’s crazy.

[@merentori]

Love just going back and watching through this entire video series while waiting for the next one

[@Jonioy]

13:19 ive always seen it as it comes down to time. id say the newer you are as a titan youd be able to have more energy, all those titans had just been transformed, but most of the titans out side the walls dont move at night. would be fun to see a deep dive looking into that.

[@Alexandr_the_great]

I just want to tell you this series became my new obsession and I absolutely adore your dedication and work

[@briancarter9927]

40+ or more thanks, these analysis videos are sick

[@limelimelimee]

I’ve been waiting for this moment since you started the series

[@Blackpyre10]

42 minutes of Korotos after long ass day at work? Hell yeah let's go!!!

[@Darksightkellar]

You. Are. Goated. Thank you so much for keeping up with this series bruh. And for keeping the quality of each episode up, even if you have to spend more time on it

[@krtkjkr]

I just wish the overanalyzing of this arc included more of the emotional side too. That single repeating point about Levi, that he had already made his choice at that point, I just think it takes away his human feelings. It’s as if there's nothing beyond pragmatism, when Levi's emotional side will always be the key to his character. I think you did a great job with Historia and Ymir's storyline, so I'm just hoping for this arc it will also come eventually. Thank you for your videos.

[@Koroto]

I don't think he has *already* made his decision, I mean there's a reason why he was seconds away from injecting Erwin. 😅 I'm focusing on all the moments that sway his opinion first because those are the ones that "matter more" for the story direction currently. We all know he wants to save Erwin already, so there's not point in rehashing all of that for now. I could say "he wanted Erwin to not go on the mission because he doesn't want him to die" etc, but I think that's kinda redundant, you know? 😅 When we actually get to his decision though, we'll be talking PLENTY about his emotional turmoil since he largely has to make that choice twice (first with the charge itself and later with the syringe). I'm basically taking the same approach as with season 2 - I focused on the Marley angle a whole lot more before zeroing in on just the feelings between Ymir and Historia. Hope that clears it up somewhat. 👍

[@krtkjkr]

@@Koroto I see, I got it now, thank you so much! 😄 Looking forward to the next episode ❤️

[@nevefearoofishere22]

YESSS 40 MINUTE VIDEO 🗣️🔊🔥🔥🔥🔥‼️‼️

[@BrezhnevStan]

Man the shiganshina arc was the best thing in any show I've ever seen

[@renegadegameboy4946]

Love seeing new details on one of my favorite shows. NEVER noticed the breathing tubes for Zeke's titans until you pointed them out.

[@CRIDIC]

Let’s gooo, been waiting lol. Thank you for another video my g

[@brynmisk]

I. Love. These. Videos.

[@vertexedits1806]

Fr name of love Ed always used to make me tear on my initial watch man I can't even put it into words how much i love and miss this show

[@thomasmurray2870]

Bro the first 4 minutes of observations in this video are your best yet. And there isn’t even that much overanalyzing? It just pieces together things that we know into a string of things we have admit about Eren during and after this show. And that string hits like a bag of bricks to the head. Bravo

[@CrowAtNight]

The greatest arc I’ve seen in all of fiction woooooo let’s go babyyyyyy

[@guyinc0gnito]

That breathing tube thing blew my mind, nice catch!

[@jerjerz21]

This is where AOT peaked for me. Everything from the animation to music was just STUNNING

[@amen_actually]

I JUST finished cooking my dinner for the day, this is gonna be fun :D

[@amedeotoraldo5840]

Oh boy i love your detours... I'm sincerely convinced that isayama looks at your videos and takes notes on what to say in interviews (even though he ultimately doesn't)

[@cinnamoomin2853]

I watched this whole aot analysis series in a week then started tweaking when I realised I had gotten to the most recent one. Great job!!

[@ny2354]

40:35 I was honestly thinking the third would be Marcel when you started the sentence.

[@klaxocuchulainn2554]

Hey Korotos, I don't remember if I ever commented on your channel before. But thanks for making these videos. Even though I probably shouldn't, I been going back & forth rewatching the show and watching your videos for research. It helps a lot, thanks for making these overabalyzing videos! :D

[@HorsesandCourage]

Heading into the most exciting part of the series. Gosh I wish I could make more time for you! Amazing per usual!

[@sebastiancurry4861]

Lolll I love when you use abroad in Japan clips in your videos 😂 makes me feel like oh wow other people watch the things I watch too lol

[@rustyshackleford1062]

What a wonderful end to a work day.

[@willowwalker1782]

bro i have been watching every aot overanalysis for the past two days and upset that I watched them all now this pops up. life is literally so crazy lmao thank you so much

[@nilsfriedewald1504]

First of all it always makes my day when I see that there ust another episode of overanalysing aot. But i wanted to point out that the seen in the ed is when they got thaught about how titans canregenerate from almost anything and marco asks if titans are invincible. So yeah miner point but wanted to point it out. Keep up the great work

[@user-px9qe7on9c]

Thanks you for your hard work enjoy your attack on Titan overanlyzing.

[@karmaaims2383]

W release time

[@FerociousMit]

You do know there is a good explanation for the pure titans to not be active at night. They explained in the series that the Founding Titan is able to turn any Eldian into a titan, and Ymir builds that Titan based on what they are needed for. Ymir would also follow the commands of any Royal Blooded Titan. King Fritz could have set the rules for the pure titans, or Ymir may just be putting no effort into them, while Zeke sets the rules for his Titans. Since Zeke isn't a founding titan, it would make sense that his titans may not always be physically in shape, with some too weak to walk like Connie's mom, but there is a chance he can still set basic rules, like allowing his Titans to move at night.

[@jesse-jamesahlijah6266]

love these videos so much

[@skynyrdjesus]

The entire coffee tangent is hilarious. It has no basis in reality whatsoever, but it is hilarious.

[@DavidGarcia-fe7lv]

This episode is great, I know i'll be missing this type of stuff when in 1 or 2 more you spend 10 mins talking fictional science about reiner transferring his conciousness to his balls

[@lemarfouriesos8634]

The next episode will be those award winning ones

[@johndaniels4623]

I was really exited to see that yesterday when I forgot about your video from 2 weeks ago that it was 2 weeks ago and that a new video would be dropping. Excellent work as always man, keep up the great work and take care of yourself. As for the pipes, that is another detail i definitely missed on my watching of the series. I will say, at the rate you’re going with your videos, I’m going to have watch one of your videos and then the AOT episode to see what I would have missed otherwise

[@riseup3150]

Watching every op back to back is like an epic baled of attack on titan

[@william32811]

I love when I can’t tell the difference in the words, Historia and the story of

[@LiarBeeYT]

I think the "sus" scene were Eren loses his cloak just highlights that Eren loses his outer layer of clothing EVERY TIME he transforms. I wonder why the scouts never realized that and brought an extra cloak for Eren, since they must've knew that this would happen.

[@DourFlower]

I love this show so much, it's my favorite anime and one of my favorite pieces of fiction in general and a part of that is because of this video series, not only do I just enjoy watching it almost as much as the show itself but it's elevated the story and themes to new heights and made me enjoy something I already loved all the more. thanks for the years of great content! Now to actually watch the video ,':^) best arc incoming

[@kaibrizbon]

Please keep going, I need your vids while I play AOT 2: final battle 2 💯

[@diogobarao9992]

Ahahah im doing the exact same thing

[@natsu-batsu1339]

At 7:35, I think that this frame is actually the moment that Kruger gives Grisha the Attack Titan. You can see the outline of Grisha sitting and Kruger standing, looking onward at the sea, the clouds and the setting sun above them, and the rippling of the ocean in front of them.

[@Brennanrr]

The day we’ve been waiting for

[@NarutoSUNS2fan]

Let's go been waiting for this!

[@Nick70011]

Next episode is gonna blow us away

[@loganfoco1184]

I'm willing to wait as long as it takes for the next episode to come out. Take your time if you need to, please don't burn out and stop!

[@conairelaverty5578]

In terms of the controlled titans being different than pure titans I’m pretty sure it’s meant to be conveyed with Zeke lining the row of pure titans as any others would start wandering towards the nearest humans, so it makes sense that they can operate without sunlight since if it were the case that all titans needed sunlight then the 9 would only be effective during the day so it makes sense that Zeke’s commands bypass the general sunlight needed (I dont mean to be the “well actually 🤓☝️” guy I just love this series to the point where i’m overanalysing the over analysis)

[@Swampboiii]

My favorite arc personally I remember the first time I watched Erwin on top of the walls directing the troops and then..BOOM Titans, as far as the flank can see WiT was zoned in for all of season 3

[@barrackobama2422]

How did these videos stop getting the massive views? I tune in always.

[@edgarmoore4317]

Thank you, these videos are so well put together it is amazing

[@benswolo3048]

HOLY SHIT MOM NEW EPISODE DROPPED

[@Mear0448]

THE PEAK OF AOT AND FICTION ITSELF IS BEING OVER OVERANALYZED BY THE GOAT HIMSELF!