The Future Berserk Titan Theory: Plot Hole or? - Overanalyzing Attack on Titan & Retrospective

[@OK-69420]

In the pastor nick scene, the followers are holding each other exactly how the wall titans held each other

[@cape8618]

At least in the way willy tyber interprets but they dont actually lock arms

[@Falderos8729]

It comes full circle.

[@brandonmiller9155]

And eren destroyed those walls too…

[@TheWinters814]

Another very small note here for the followers, I always thought their necklaces were so over the top. But the only other time I remember seeing anything remotely similar to that style of necklace was for Willy Tybur's design during his speech with his similar but simplified necklace of 3 blocks in a row. Cool call back/tie-in if it was intentional!

[@ethankiernan3887]

and they are in three circles for each wall

[@traverserred]

I always interpreted the “berserking titan” as just Eren unconsciously activating his titans abilities to the max and the fire was him healing incredibly fast. They heal with steam but he was going so hard it wasn’t steam it was fire.

[@ectsy]

Nah the steam isn’t necessarily what heals them. There’s actually a very scientific fact behind why the titans smoke and why the colossal catches things on fire. It’s because if humans were that tall and big their body temperature would in fact be that hot

[@themis467]

That is cool as fuck

[@imbutter...justbutter]

It might be Eren from the future controlling present Eren's attack titan using the founder titan's power hence the blue eyes and the thoughts that we hear from Eren might be from the future Eren saying he is free. Idk what are the things the founder titan can and cannot do so this might be false.

[@dragonbane08]

I always treated it as if a titan felt actually rage , cause their usually rather passive and calm beings in terms of their mannerisms, so looking at Eren i thought this must what a titan coked up on fight or flight adrenaline and bad vibes must look like.

[@citizenvulpes4562]

That's my interpretation as well, his eyes going blue seems like him seeing the future.

[@Mask60YT]

One detail i love is where erwin says "the titans within the walls" in the last scene before credits. Erwin was talking about the titan shifters that have infiltrated the walls, then in the post credit scene we find titans literally inside the walls, something no one including erwin couldve thought possible.

[@bluebarron22]

I believe armin narrating the story is actually him just recounting it to Annie during her slumber plus we don’t hear any narration from him in s4 except for the when he is talking to Annie about years prior.

[@Kaplykos]

We do hear him in the first episode of s4 tho

[@scopeyui240]

in the bed as well

[@yerd1511]

how do you feel about how it turned out

[@sohkrazed]

they've already debunked this in season 2 after many people were speculating this

[@realjohnlove]

Well we know that was not necessarily the case

[@shivorath]

There could be any number of reasons why the wall titans were buried an extra 10 meters: To prevent anyone on either side just digging under the wall, just like in the mid-card story, seems the most obvious. It also makes the wall extra impervious to attack.

[@Darksightkellar]

Eh. Until this video, I was of this camp as well (buried 10m into ground), I prefer his theory now. It's actually simpler, uses in-story elements to back it, and doesn't require an answer to an extra "but why?" question.

[@thrilla72]

But we get to see the Wall Titans, they look 60m

[@ellysemilton1309]

@@thrilla72 Unless you are comparing the Colossal Titan and the Wall Titans directly, a 10 meter difference at that scale is difficult to know. Especially given the height of the Colossal isn't always to scale for dramatic effect.

[@Koroto]

@Darksightkellar Exactly this. I just don't buy a fully realized founding titan with complete knowledge of how its power works requiring people to bury literally hundreds of thousands of titans 10m underground. Like I said, I think the 'foundation' of the walls is titan hardening that runs very very deep (which is why the underground can exist), while the walls themselves are just titans standing there (sort of like the warhammers ability can be detached from the shifter themselves). Quite a few people are mentioning different things about the walls, so I'll probably end up elaborating on it in future videos as well 😅

[@Ashlevon]

The wall being buried 10 meters could also just be reinforcement. You don't want the wall wobbling, shattering, and falling over due to being unstable and lacking a proper foundation.

[@itstrick1502]

I think most people know this, but the "berserk titan" is just a visual effect. Since his wounds are regenerating, they're emitting steam, and I believe it was just chosen to be animated in a cooler way.

[@premiumsushiroll]

You are probably right,but what about his eyes? In titan form his eyes are green but this time they were blue🤔

[@godisverygay]

​@@premiumsushiroll visual effect bcs it looks cooler, thats it

[@random58585]

@@premiumsushiroll probably because red and blue look better together than red and green

[@merentori]

​@@random58585 I could see them making erens founding titans eyes blue as kind of a retcon like he's possessed or something

[@CraftyCarrot]

The poster had both Eren on fire AND with blue eyes. It's too much of a coincidence to just be a visual effect. I have a feeling he's gonna go Berserk in Part 4

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

Annie was crying, because she feared that she wouldn't see her father again.

[@abecerra81000]

No no Annie was crying because mikasa was cutting onions

[@gt_8106]

How do you know?

[@pricewm3]

@@gt_8106 because we read the fucking manga!!! If you read it and pay attention then you’ll know

[@abecerra81000]

@@gt_8106 I saw her

[@jairasha]

Making one comment must be hard

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

Eren did much more damage to the town than Annie.

[@Qprah]

The part where Eren throws Annie over the building only to then run through it himself is kinda funny to that point.

[@MUDDECOOKIE001]

​@@Qprah solid berserk mod3

[@RegalPixelKing]

@@Gamfluent There were likely people in those buildings. Also we only saw a small glimpse of the carnage from Eren's and Annie's fight. The death toll of the citizens in Wall Sina could have been in the hundreds from that fight, and a majority of those deaths could have been simply from Eren going berserk and not caring who dies as long as he gets to stop Annie. The death toll in Wall Sina, much of which was directly Eren's fault, might have surpassed Annie's death toll on the scouts expedition.

[@Cknows_]

@@RegalPixelKing I don’t think people were in those buildings. We would’ve found out. How can he care even if there were people, when he’s not even sane in this moment.

[@RegalPixelKing]

@@Cknows_ There is no reason why we would have found out unless there were important characters in those buildings. And whether he was fully sane or not is inconsequential, innocent people died directly because of his actions, that's my point.

[@elysainempire4628]

it actually makes snes for the wall titans to be 10m burided. the 10 meters is for the walls footing to 1) hold the walls and keep them stable and 2) prevent anyone from getting in or out. the great wall of china also goes several meters underground. also in the anime and manga confirms that the wall titans are also 60m.

[@aryavairagare5418]

Thank you so much for dedicating your efforts into creating exceptional analysis content for Attack on Titan. Your videos are truly remarkable, and it's hard to believe that we have reached at the end of Season 1. I sincerely hope that you will continue producing your outstanding AOT analysis videos until the conclusion of the entire series. Thank You😊.

[@decafjava8565]

Hear hear, this is an outstanding series.

[@dont-touch-mepg1392]

I think he's wrong on why eren is doing the rumbling tho. I don't think it's just cause eren wants to kill the world for freedom. Think about it. He literally can see the future. He knew the world would attack the island and kill everyone there eventually. He also knew that the ppl in charge wouldnt act quick enough to prevent this. He knew that he would have to cause the rumbling and attack the world to force the eldians (his friends and the child soldiers, no longer children tho) to stop him and save the world. Then the world would be thankful and not kill the survivors on the island. He also knew he would have to damage the island to truly sell the fact that this wasn't the plan from the get go and his friends wouldn't see through his plan. He needs them to do exactly what their doing with no doubts. Hence why eren didn't want Zeke to scream and turn everyone that drank the wine into titans and literally put his hand out to single to stop when Zeke went to. Eren wants to save all the eldians, not just the ones on the island. Mainly Reiner and Annie and the rest. Everything he has done is to make sure his sacrifice leads to them living long and happy lives FREE from war fighting and death. He's not doing it to kill everyone or to make sure he's free. He knows he's gonna die no matter what, weather now or in a few years and is gonna do what he has to do save the ones he loves and cares about (also those of his race who have been basically enslaved). He's seen it and in seeing it he can see that all his friends work together to kill him and succeed. So he knows they survive. He wants to show the world that even when the ppl from the island could have sat back and had the world to themselves that they choose to stop him when no one else could. He could have done the rumbling test to scare the world but that would have led to historia being turned or her kid and having to feed ppl to titans still over and over to ensure their peace which isn't freedom and isn't what he wants. He wants all of their suffering to end. Also he knows Armin will die in a few years also no matter what (same with Annie and Reiner) unless he does this exact plan and gets rid of titans all together. Everything falls into place by doing this. He even makes sure Zeke dies by doing this cause Zeke isn't like Reiner and them, zeke enjoyed killing and enjoyed destroying and would wipe out all eldians if he could cause he's so fucked in the head. Also pay back for all the scouts he killed. Annie and them were brainwashed basically but Zeke was dif. I def don't think eren is just blood thirsty trying to wipe the world out.

[@Animelia189]

Please never give this series up! I look forwards to every episode

[@cookiediangelo8511]

Same! Every episode is a treat

[@WhyEveryHandleTaken]

it will eventually end -w-

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

I like that Attack on Titan didn't have any filler episodes.

[@vorpalweapon4814]

Eh you could make a case for some episodes when they were in the forest but that is incredibly minor at worst.

[@dantdmfangamingrich9802]

The “filler” episodes were the ova’s because you could watch the series and skip those

[@vorpalweapon4814]

@@Gamfluent excellent point you are completely right, those episodes were not filler but rather the closest thing to it because many of the scenes WiT added were to a degree not necessary. The thing is WiT barely added any scenes which is why it is so minor.

[@ectsy]

@@vorpalweapon4814the only filler episodes that technically exist are OVAs but even they add context and historical background for characters and settings and plot

[@ectsy]

@@vorpalweapon4814like ova with the talking titan was our first glimpse to see what titans actually were

[@AstonishingRed]

I don’t recall you talking about one of Eren’s biggest red flags of season one: How he outright declared that he would destroy the world.

[@twiddlerat9920]

They kinda build him up as having moments of edgy rage so it ends up being just a normal remark you wouldn't think much of

[@AstonishingRed]

@@twiddlerat9920 Maybe so, but I always thought that was a bit off. Even when I first heard it. Like Eren definitely has the capability of losing it.

[@Sophia-vk5bq]

When did he say that? I thought it was always "I'm going to wipe out all the Titans." Which he actually kind of pulls off due to Mikasa's intervention. 🤔

[@AstonishingRed]

@@Sophia-vk5bq It’s right before he attempts to bite Annie’s nape during their final battle in season 1.

[@nitramnagrom3574]

I should not have had to sift through hundreds of comments just to find this one. HOW IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT THIS

[@eyeofthebeholder_]

My take on the flaming berserker titan mode is that it's just the air combusting from the heat radiating from Eren's titan body bc of the regeneration power. I think it makes sense, anyways.

[@devinomatsu2444]

would not be only eren's then

[@ectsy]

@@ozziebrahain’t gonna be an anime original ending 💀 the ending is gonna end the same way it does in the manga. With eren wiping out 90% of the pop then paradis being wiped out 100 years later. Isayama is just known to work closely with the anime studios and is known to add details to the anime to make the story more coherent

[@ekalorschmekalor2885]

@@ozziebrah do you have psychiatric problems?

[@B2washere]

@@ozziebrah facts

[@s9preme]

@@ozziebrahhighly doubt it but that would be sick

[@P3tray]

17:20 In the beginning its shown that titans body heat is high enough to give people burns by touching them, I think the fire around him is just symbolic of him getting mad and raising his body heat the same way that a human's body heat is raised when they're mad, likewise human body heat goes down when they're sad or crying

[@MrDerfus]

Theory about Annie's crystal: I believe it's said at some point that what makes the female titan unique is that it can tap into a bit of the other shifters' powers. She can scream to summon titans like the founder, harden like the armored, emit excessive steam like the colossal (when she's almost captured in the forest), and perhaps crystalize herself just like the warhammer?

[@The_Real_Sworder]

she gets the ability of another shifter when she eats a chunk of the respective shifters titan, so the scream could actually be from zeke instead

[@sor3999]

Yes, in the recent 1 hour special, but I think she was referring to all the shifters in general since ultimately they were referring to Falco's titan having beastly qualities since he was transformed with Zeke's spinal fluid. And the Attack Titan can harden despite not "eating a piece of another shifter" so I think hardening is a general ability. The armored is special is because it can retain that hardening permanently while the female and attack titan can do so temporarily.

[@The_Real_Sworder]

@@sor3999 "And the Attack Titan can harden despite not "eating a piece of another shifter"" my brother in christ eren drank a bottle of presumably spinal fluid then gained hardening

[@elywahl9520]

​@@The_Real_Sworderliterally 😂😂😂

[@s0meRand0m129]

​​@@The_Real_Sworderand the bottle literally has the word hardening on it and Eren shoved the entire thing into his mouth

[@latorredelreloj]

I think an important detail is that Annie smashing Eren’s head is meant to (futurely) resemble Eren’s smashing the Jaw Titan’s head. It just adds up to the idea of going full circle

[@latorredelreloj]

Eren**

[@jimmyholman7914]

I like to think that Armin's voice over is him talking to Annie while she was frozen.

[@trillxlauren]

I personally noticed that Armin only narrates for episodes he was physically present. In season 2 a lot of the episodes go without his narration because he wasn’t there/aware of whats going on. He only starts narrating again after he’s caught up with the events he had missed (when the scouts come to save them at that old castle); I always thought that was an interesting touch.

[@Sophia-vk5bq]

Its probably due to him preferring not to talk about subjects he doesn't have personal/direct knowledge of.

[@neoshenlong]

If we are going for crazy headcanons, I like to think future Eren just randomly popped up into Eren's mind (kinda like what he does to Grisha) and said "go crazy mf"

[@GuardianOfFreedom]

Something like this probably happened, glad to see someone understood the berserk version

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

In the Manga, Mikasa was still on the wall when a Titan eye was inside the wall. They show the Titan insde the wall in Season 2.

[@charliecollis4060]

25:10 foundation? Buildings have foundations of concrete that go into the ground so they are stronger it makes more sense for the titans to be dipped into the ground a bit to give the a ball a little more strength

[@realjohnlove]

34:34 They even make a meta joke about it with Sasha “I forgot about the basement, thats important again?”

[@annieleonhart.4937]

Thank you so much for this series. Your analysis is amazing, the understanding you bring to the table is stunning and getting to experience every detail of each episode is thought-provoking and enlightening.

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

I agree.

[@dont-touch-mepg1392]

​@@SpammytheHedgehogI love it to. But I think he's wrong on why eren is doing the rumbling tho. Think about it. He literally can see the future. He knew the world would attack the island and kill everyone there eventually. He also knew that the ppl in charge wouldnt act quick enough to prevent this. He knew that he would have to cause the rumbling and attack the world to force the eldians (his friends and the child soldiers, no longer children tho) to stop him and save the world. Then the world would be thankful and not kill the survivors on the island. He also knew he would have to damage the island to truly sell the fact that this wasn't the plan from the get go and his friends wouldn't see through his plan. He needs them to do exactly what their doing with no doubts. Hence why eren didn't want Zeke to scream and turn everyone that drank the wine into titans and literally put his hand out to single to stop when Zeke went to. Eren wants to save all the eldians, not just the ones on the island. Mainly Reiner and Annie and the rest. Everything he has done is to make sure his sacrifice leads to them living long and happy lives FREE from war fighting and death. He's not doing it to kill everyone or to make sure he's free. He knows he's gonna die no matter what, weather now or in a few years and is gonna do what he has to do save the ones he loves and cares about (also those of his race who have been basically enslaved). He's seen it and in seeing it he can see that all his friends work together to kill him and succeed. So he knows they survive. He wants to show the world that even when the ppl from the island could have sat back and had the world to themselves that they choose to stop him when no one else could. He could have done the rumbling test to scare the world but that would have led to historia being turned or her kid and having to feed ppl to titans still over and over to ensure their peace which isn't freedom and isn't what he wants. He wants all of their suffering to end. Also he knows Armin will die in a few years also no matter what (same with Annie and Reiner) unless he does this exact plan and gets rid of titans all together. Everything falls into place by doing this. He even makes sure Zeke dies by doing this cause Zeke isn't like Reiner and them, zeke enjoyed killing and enjoyed destroying and would wipe out all eldians if he could cause he's so fucked in the head. Also pay back for all the scouts he killed. Annie and them were brainwashed basically but Zeke was dif. I def don't think eren is just blood thirsty trying to wipe the world out.

[@Jxvger]

Damn bro u getting philosophical with it ain't u💀

[@Qprah]

I love the little details of the wall religion. Someone pointed it out to me that they pray with interlocking arms in the same way Willy shows the colossal titans making up the wall during his theatrical performance. Not only that, they pray in 3 interlocked circles which represents the walls themselves as 3 circles in the same form. Lastly the jewelry on the people praying is 3 golden necklaces with interlocking golden bricks and the faces of the 3 walls that represent the walls and the 3 daughters of Ymir they are named after.

[@allusivegore6299]

Personally, I think Eren's berserk has something to do with the founder Ymir (which agrees with your idea that it is linked to Eren's rumbling form). I think it's sort of agreed upon that the role of the Attack Titan was to free Ymir from her painful chains of slavery under every shifter: being forced to build their titans by hand every time they wanted to shift. Here: Eren swore he'd kill all the titans and (indirectly) swore he'd end all shifters and titans in general which would in turn end Ymir's suffering. So this caused Ymir to give him a titan of pure rage: mirroring her pent up rage before she releases it and starts the rumbling. It could also link to how Ymir builds a titan adequate for the job they're needed for: like how she built an arm for when Eren needed to block a cannon ball. So when Eren basically orders Ymir (unknowingly) to build a titan powerful enough to kill them all: Ymir gives him all the power she could possibly give the attack titan (these limitations explain why he doesn't go rumbling mode since he doesn't have direct access to Ymir/royal blood or gets hardening since he hasn't drunk the vial labelled 'Armor' yet which is also how Annie gets her hardening powers since she later talks about how she had to drink all sorts of disgusting spinal fluids). Would you agree with this theory Korotos?

[@Bdavis2475]

This is a great theory. Eren really pushed his titan form to the max

[@AyoOgunyoye]

it’s just a visual choice by the studio

[@MrRirate]

@@AyoOgunyoye yeah and the "I'll destroy the world" is visual too

[@storyationstudios7582]

I always thought it was possible that before Hajime Isayama continued with his story, he originally wanted the attack titan's ability to be that it's able to go into a "berserk mode" but then later on decided to make it's ability to be able to see memories of future holder. I mainly thought this cause I always thought it was weird to call a titan that can see future memories the "attack titan" and that just seemed the be the best explanation I could come up with.

[@sor3999]

The names of the titans are given by others based off certain qualities they know about. No one knows of the attack titans ability to see future memories. Even then I have a theory that the only reason the attack titan is able to do that to begin with is because of it's eventual merging with the founder and activation of it by Eren.

[@storyationstudios7582]

@@sor3999 but Kruger was able to see Armin and Mikasa before the attack titan was merged with the founded. So wouldn't that mean the attack Titan's ability is to see into the future? And not something specifically given by the founder?

[@TheBlueTaco_]

One could argue that its future eren sending memories to the past... isn't he the one that sent memories back to grisha to manipulate him? Maybe every time an attack titan holder saw the future it was just future eren showing them what he wanted them to see.

[@mr.cup6yearsago211]

@@TheBlueTaco_that’s basically what I figured was happening. The fact that Eren eventually merged with the Founder is what allowed him to send his own memories, and the memories of all the previous Attack Titans, back in time.

[@mimsy7068]

I figured this was their initial idea for what the attack titans power was but they said "nah going nutty doesnt sound like the attack titan to me... what do you guys thing about being able to alter events in the past from a future that hasnt happened yet but will?" Now THAT sounds like something an attack titan does.

[@lychee_ice]

I hate when people talk about season 1 production seemingly without studying any info about season 1 production. According to Isayama's interview, Season 1 was supposed to end at episode 22 (!) with scouts losing to Annie in the forest, THAT was the uncertainty of a sequel, but during the production they got greenlight for 25 episodes, so the finale was finished properly to the manga. Berseker Eren appears later, when they are in town, so I bet that berseker Eren was added after they got greenlight for proper finish/set up for a sequel, and it's not just for a bang by WIT

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

We are so lucky that Bertoldt did not see this fight. Otherwise, he would've nuked the town.

[@person80]

Fr 💀

[@furiousdestroyah9999]

6:43 Reminds me "On that day... humanity received a solid reminder" -Armin, probably

[@tackion5371]

One of my favorite things in attack in titan is that peoples eyes, especially Eren’s, tell you almost everything

[@Koroto]

Yup, I've always said this (and I know it sounds weird) we NEED more eyes in stories. It's such a simple and elegant way to convey so so much without saying a word.

[@battlexman4741]

eren being in flames in beserk form to me was him forcing the titan powers to heal, since healing makes steam, he's basically blazing himself to get a second wind.

[@wickedTrickster]

About your catacomb theory, they couldnt extend throughout the entirely of within the walls. When eren started the rumbling he did it by undoing all titan hardening, which is why annie came out of her cocoon. Since the catacombs are made of titan hardening they would have collapsed too, but we never see the ground suddenly drop 20-30m

[@Sakar0Z]

It also might have to do something with the founding titan, when Grisha fought Frieda, before he ate her his eyes were yellow but after he ate her his eyes became blue, this appeared both in the season 3's version of the fight in the flashback and season 4's version of it

[@handlerone5172]

They are purple...

[@jonathonsteal3212]

The flaming eren could be an add on by isayama because he adds things to the anime that he wanted to add to the manga

[@milkkr]

also, erens teeth change from flat, omnivore teeth, to a sharpened more carnivorous teeth. this could be that he just regenerated that way because of how he felt, or how future eren was controlling him, im not sure. i just know its notable.

[@dragosh3073]

His burning berserker form is because hes overclocking his regeneration. As we've seen countless times before when Titan users regenerate they leave off a trail of steam. This overclocking allowed most of his face and muscles to regenerate fast enough to actually catch up with a full sprint speed Annnie

[@vorpalweapon4814]

I can't wait for season 2, the first 5 episodes of season 2 are perfect horror while also exploring the characters that barely got any screentime in season 1.

[@Falderos8729]

Man it honestly feels so long ago I started watching this series. Every minute has been worth it, and these videos have opened up so many avenues of thought. Thank you for these and for allowing me to converse with likeminded folks in these comments, too. See you guys in season 2 🎉

[@ThisIsAlasdair]

Loving this series so thank you for putting so much effort into it! I keep getting surprised by the things I learn from your videos even though I’ve watched it multiple times. My only frustration with it is having to wait for the next video! Thank you so much!

[@Kiintf2]

love the writing, production, and your style of narration. Can't wait for more of these!

[@CommunityCoach]

near the end when he's ripping her apart and he says "i will destroy the entire world" goes so hard

[@AmandaabnamA]

2:56 love you're recontexts inclusions.. I'm watching your vids so upon the rewatch, I can really appreciate all this. On the first and second watch, you're just eay too hype to catch

[@nathanielrotskull2349]

I interpreted the beserker scene as Eren desperately attacking with everything he had, and putting all his energy into that final attack caused his body to emit far more heat energy than he's ever produced. But I suppose that's just the shallow dive version of the scene.

[@everjei2]

Well, I don't think Annie encasing herself with hardened titan skin is wacky or simply Chekhov's gun that was yet to be used. In my opinion, it sets precedent for the fact that it is possible to encase yourself in one to begin with, which the cliffhanger reaffirms by showing Wall Titans encased in "wall material" that we now know as hardened titan skin.

[@ekaterinamalinkina3899]

I can’t believe that you never even once mentioned how Marley trio are the only ones on Paradis to wear hoodies in the beginning 😭 so much so that Annie wears it even afterwards, though Reiner and Bertoldt do not. You could draw about 5 minutes minimum from the implications of this fact alone 😂 Honestly, was it only me who on the first watch already noticed this fashionable side of Annie in that 18th century world that raised some questions?.. it’s noticeable, surely

[@Koroto]

Quite a few people have mentioned this, but I don't think it makes too much sense tbh. When the Marley trio reached Paradis, they were children - so if the hoodies are actually Marleyan clothing, you have to assume they brought literal years worth of clothes with them that they'd only grow into? 😅 They were travelling light and when we see them wake up post-Shiganshina, they don't have anything with them, so saying they brought modern-ish clothes to me seems like a stretch even for overanalyzing 😅 p.s. also cloaked shirts and such existed in medieval times, so even that is kinda iffy.

[@eugene-the-duckovich]

Your words at 3:35 made me remember my thoughts when I have seen the twist about the titans in the walls. I became a part of AOT fandom in like 2020, so I didn`t have to wait for the further information on that matter because 2nd season was out back then. But when I put myself in the shoes of the person who started watching AOT in 2013, this whole thing felt SOOOO HUGE: the wall titan is shown in the last 4 seconds of the whole season, and you wouldn`t get any answers in 4 years until the 2nd season, I cannot imagine how big of the revelation it was for 2013 AOT fans

[@vzus]

I think "yes in know I'm repeting myself" repeats way more then the actuall thing hes apologizing for repeting. Baller video as always dispite of that

[@UrbanRangerEch0]

I love these videos, and I’m glad they became a series. It very thoroughly breaks down such small details that I use to inspire my own writing

[@ciboria1]

Another thing to note from Edwin's perspective; Annie, the female Titan that was leagues above any abnormal Titan, is now stuck in a crystal. Meanwhile, Eren seemingly now has full control over a Titan that could at least keep up with hers, if not best her. Now they have a moment of peace, meaning Eren can practice being in his form without being at risk of being taken away. (As they yet don't know about Reiner and Bertholt being the main culprits)

[@PhantomHalf]

Your videos are THE ONLY videos on AOT I can actually watch. Most people who talk about AOT just completely miss the whole point of it.

[@premiumsushiroll]

Yea,me too. I hate when people say that Eren is now a villain,because he was never good or bad in the first place,none of them were,that is literally the entire meaning of the story,that no side is truely right or wrong,its just a matter of perspective.

[@andreasthiemke9520]

6:36 I think the way giggul puts it is genius: "If you dont have anywhere to grappole on to, You are fucked.)

[@WikTerrOdoc]

I am sooooo happy I found this series. I never have enough of AoT and finding this was almost as getting a new season to drop from the sky! I've never seen any analysis come even remotely close to how detailed this is. So really, mad respect for putting this together as it is not only very high quality but also there is a lot of it... so I can't even imagine how much time you put into this. I love watching these long analyses as then I can feel that someone loves this series at least as much as I do and your analysis is by far the deepest one I have ever seen and surely deeper than I could ever see by myself. I enjoyed every second so thank you for making this. Now that I caught up I have something to look forward to in terms of AoT while waiting for the AoT final season final edition final episode finale. I don't think there is any series that is as fun to rewatch as AoT. I wouldn't be a stretch to say that I enjoyed rewatching it even more than when seeing it for the first time. I think some of my most memorable moments from my rewatch was Eren just standing there with the PTSD Eldian soldiers and then Falco correcting his armband (of course I had no idea it was him at the first watch so I pretty much exploded when I saw this), and also Ymir's conversations with Bertholdt and Reiner in Season 2. And now I've learned an absurd number of similar moments from season 1 thanks to you. You also generally made me appreciate some details I never noticed before whether it comes to hints, cinematography or even related to the soundtrack which I am already madly obsessed with. Even though it's a masterpiecie, I still have to say that season 1 remains my least favourite season of AoT, because I believe it just keeps getting better and better! In my opinion everything from season 3 part to till now is literally peak, Pieck fiction and of course it wouldn't be possible without the buildup from the earlier seasons for all these plot twists and answers to be so impactful, but still nothing matches the later seasons for me, and every rewatch.... I end up loving them even more.... and crying even more.... so I can't wait to see what you do with them, and after seeing the season 2 videos you've uploaded so far I definitely believe this series will get even better. So I wish you all the best and lots of fun in making these videos! I made some videos in the past so I know how long it takes and how easy it is to burn out so once again huge respect. Congratulations to you, 2000 years later, when you probably finish this series lmao.

[@ThisHandleSystemCanGetNicked]

20:35 I'm sorry, but no, i don't buy that. It's far too significant to be "just a callback". There was nothing stopping MAPPA from just ignoring it and pretending it didn't exist like every other season after it, but they chose to very clearly call attention to it.

[@paladincomics]

I just noticed this, but look at how the wallists are positioned before they get crushed by Annie. elbows locked with eachother. kind of like the depictions we have seen of how the colossals lined up to make the walls

[@AM12399]

i wonder what would have happened if annie got away :o I'm guessing she would try to yeet the hell outta there and get back to marley, so would she seek out berthold and reiner and try to convince them to go back with her (empty-handed?) I'm guessing she wouldn't. i also think that she would most likely get spotted by pieck and zeke, and how would they react? would they let her go? or would they try to get her back onto the plan of capturing eren w/ berthold and reiner? pieck and zeke are annie's superior officers and they're a lot more tactical so i feel like they would be able to roll w/ the punches and try to think of some way to make the best of the situation and capture eren. i guess they don't know that eren is the founder yet but i feel like zeke would hear the name yeager and go HMMMMMMMMMMM SECRET BRO-BRO??? and get extra motivated thru that

[@sor3999]

Annie's cover is blown. She gets benched and hangs around with Zeke and Pieck. But around this time, Zeke and Pieck are already turning Ragako into titans and Reiner and Berthold also blow their cover shortly after and flee to Zeke. So IMO she would end up participating in the fight at Shiganshina and possibly edge the win for Marley here.

[@MysticMylesZ]

3:10 Another thing with Armin. When I realized that Yuugure No Tori ending song was *English.* And I started litsening too the lines. I wondered & saw someone wonder this as well. Is that Armin? Are some of these lines meant to be Armins words or thoughts? It probably might not be though.

[@dominox19]

The second season is highly anticipated, but it would be incredibly funny to watch an overanalysis of, for example, the cooking competitions of Jean and Sasha xD I mean drunk titan Pixis is literally a season 4 reference.

[@premiumsushiroll]

Huh? The Jean and Sasha part that you are talking about is from an OVA not the actual show

[@questionnaire8157]

2:37 [a minor spoiler to chapter 139] In chapter 139, when they're all headed to Paradis, Armin says "They'll have to want to hear about our story. [...] Let's tell them everything". This fits with him being the narrator of the story.

[@Jayjay_07]

Before I joined the AOT community online I would have never guessed that the beserk titan was such a big point of discussion. To me it was clear that it was just a visual effect to look cool and looking cool it does

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

The first fight was Annie chasing Eren and the Scouts. The second fight Scouts and the Scouts chasing Annie.

[@janstefaniuk2977]

I'm so sad that eren died in the first fight so the scouts and the scouts had to chase annie

[@donnamiller3463]

I thought he survived the first fight depending on whether we are referring to the Manga or anime.

[@devinomatsu2444]

@@donnamiller3463 he lives in both but Yams planed for a ending where they all died in season 1 i mean do add to this Eren died like 2 times before season 1 with timelines

[@The_Real_Sworder]

@@devinomatsu2444 hes js making a joke abt wyndellees comment being wrong

[@Otk_ow]

I will never forget the first time I watched this anime. I was bored at a hotel that had no pool and had a laptop with Netflix on it. I was 14… maybe I shouldn’t have watched it. Lol

[@cherrymoon4317]

i love how at 3:50 the wall religion followers parallel the titans in the three walls

[@mimi101]

27:20 Does anyone else see the scaly marks on Eren's face as the paths? Like a close ups shot of the column of light = the center of Eren's face. The "scales" as the branches the paths make when they are breaking away/branching out from the center column of light against the night sky of the paths.

[@Infrared-nyne]

It's incredible how you managed to make a video almost entirely about s1 super relevant and interesting every second of the way. And here I thought I'd learned and heard everything there is to think about in terms of s1. Bravo for the intriguing vid

[@Lennette20th]

Every time the “ color grading” makes his eyes grey is a moment of connection from the founder version at the end.

[@1999Catia]

“Subverted prayers” is my new favourite sentence 😂😂

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

Imagine if Annie had royal blood and made contact with Eren.

[@kineticstishi]

One punch and the rumbling starts

[@furiousdestroyah9999]

When Eren said it's rumblin' time and proceeds to rumble all over the continent

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

In the Manga, Eren remained sane and normal after Annie bashed his head in. In the Anime, Eren went berserk after Annie bashed his head in.

[@furiousdestroyah9999]

While talking about how he'll destroy the world because he is free. Thank god foreshadowing doesn't exist, because otherwise this would be it

[@elisennesh7641]

@@furiousdestroyah9999 Tbh at the time I thought it was some kinda thing where Titan Shifters lose control and degrade into Mindless Titans.

[@furiousdestroyah9999]

@@elisennesh7641 Sounds exactly like something a mindless titan would say 😂

[@LittleFlame23]

​@@elisennesh7641 same I thought it was gonna be eren having to remain in control of like Titan instincts or something 😅

[@elisennesh7641]

@@ozziebrah lmfao how is the Rumbling not berserk enough for you?

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

They changed Annie's father's design in Season 4.

[@jiyojiy6202]

Clearly she misremembered her father 🤠

[@BuzzabeelYT]

His design was changed ever since the Lost Girls OVA.

[@cyaneetnoodlesmaker2251]

i like the part where the cat is just sitting there not giving a damn

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

Erwin was what Floch perfectly described to be... a Devil.

[@netboiii1210]

Your honestly the best with these videos!!!! Ugh big fan!!! Am sad I’m on season 3 of my rewatch now, but I will always await your next video and watch them!!! 💜💜💜

[@28aminoacids]

3:54 In the pastor Nick's church, people were standing in 3 concentric circles, playing the role of wall titans. Did they know what it represented? Or it's just belief they don't question?

[@monicavelazquezrodriguez3035]

The also holding like the titans inside the wall. Maybe they knew about the titans inside the walls, as elites knew.

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

I just like the way Mikasa says *Fall*

[@warren5383]

i always drop whatever im doing to watch these videos, great stuff!

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

Eren: Let's eat, Annie. Also Eren: Let's eat Annie.

[@turkeyman631]

Lol tbf they wanted to eat him so fair is fair.

[@kamajuchikekenate]

After watching the Final Season...Anny might have eaten a part of the Warhammer Titan's Shifter and with it got the ability to crystalize herself...just sayin' because something like that was implied in the final episodes when she talked to Armin...

[@blutroyale8072]

When Eren says "I'll destroy the entire world!", in his berserk mode, he's saying, word-by-word in japanese, what he says to Ymir in the Paths when interrupting her flashback, and also what he says when the rumbling arrives in Marley. And his words "I'm free!" ("ore wa jiyu da!") sounds very similar in tone and phonetics, to what he says in child-like joy later during the rumbling "This is freedom!" (kore ga jiyu da!"). Eren's Attack Titan was sending memories of the future to his younger self to regain focus and defeat Annie.

[@Nivomandasrail]

I believe the berserk mode was only possible due to a combination of Eren's youthful, naïve rage, plus the Attack Titan's endless desire to pursue freedom, plus the titan healing process which we know emits heat. The titan's healing process and powers are based on the host's will to live and fight, and we know the Attack Titan specifically has always managed to find hosts who have an intense desire to fight for freedom. With Eren the Attack Titan also found a boy who was so full of rage and pain that it could bring out the full potential of both the titan healing factor and the Attack Titan's desire for freedom. Eren was literally born for the Attack Titan to use as a vessel for rumbling the world and erasing the Marleyan/Eldian history. It's like the Attack Titan was a fragment of Ymir's consciousness that always wanted to break free from the 2000 years of obedience towards King Fritz, but it had to wait for the right host-body to finally end it all. Both Eren and Mikasa were chosen by Ymir. Eren because of his hatred, and Mikasa because of her love. That's why the story could only end this one way. Eren thinks it's because he was an idiot, but in truth it's because when he was a boy he watched his mother get eaten by a titan and his rage could be felt through all those 2000 years of memories within the paths. It had to be him because nobody else would've been willing to keep moving forward, keep pushing himself through hell, past hell, to find what's beyond is absolute freedom. The End.

[@AshleyG24601fan]

I always assumed the "berserker" titan was just anime flair. Like when Krista tried giving Sasha food after she was forced to run all day, and Sasha suddenly got red eyes and leaped at her like an animal. It's just anime artistic flair. We weren't truly mean to believe Sasha had powers, nor are we meant to think that "berserker" titan was actually plot relevant. It just looked cool lol. But that's what I think anyway.

[@Vic378]

The pose on the religious people is also the pose the titans on the ending cinematic of the construction of the walls have

[@astolfo4023]

I’m really surprised that the anime just decided to make up the berserk Titan even though it was never in the manga at all. That entire fight is nothing like the source manga.

[@Josh-ht7ci]

well there is a lot of anime out there that didn’t stick to the source material so changing up one scene is not that big. Also smth like pacing is also changed. For instance the anime of AoT starts with Eren and the cadets traning and then fighting Trost but in the Manga they do switcheroo a couple of times and makes it more confusing imo.

[@twiddlerat9920]

@@ozziebrah I think completing it would be just as dumb as not completing it if you get me. They say that as soon as the eldians ran out of enemies originally they started to fight eachother and that'll just happen again

[@tiburonpereze]

The wall religion praying pose is the exact same pose the pure wall titans took before hardening

[@historyandpoliticsexplaine4876]

That battle ended with the removal of the female titan as a threat. They had limited intel. That was their best possible scenario.

[@sugarspice6833]

So my understanding of Annie's crystal is something like this: I believe the special power of the female titan is the ability to replicate/mimic aspects of the other nine's powers (according to the manga I think) and her crystal is a lot like the one used by the war hammer titan in early season 4

[@The_Real_Sworder]

if you think abt it she has aspects of most of the titans that marley possessed, which could imply that before being sent to the island she was fed bits of each of them

[@twiddlerat9920]

@@The_Real_Sworder I think they mentioned that happening somewhere

[@sor3999]

She wasn't just referring to herself. Falco asks this of Annie because he notices his titan form has beastly qualities like Zeke.

[@SusieBlup]

24:10 Paraphrasing what you said before, usually the most direct explanation is the correct one. You say you don't see the reason they would bury the titans, but they explain it right there, it's to stop people from escaping by digging tunnels.

[@Darksightkellar]

But what stops them from digging more than 10m?

[@SusieBlup]

@@Darksightkellar Bro digging a hole with nothing but a shovel is hard enough. Digging 10 meters would be almost impossible

[@potatoisunavailable]

Thank you for taking the time to create these videos. I discovered this series after watching the latest episode of AOT and I just needed more 😅 I binged this whole playlist until I realised I'd watched all of it and needed to wait patiently for the next video to come out 😐 Now I get so excited everytime I see a new Overanalyzing AOT video, so thank you!

[@generalseal6948]

17:30 the 160lb pitbull named sunflower as soon as he smells an unattended toddler:

[@oJaymey]

What an amazing first series I remember sitting there making up ideas in my head for a year with what was going on in the story after about 1 year i couldent take it and read what was available of the manga I’m glad I did the waiting was killing but seeing it all animated was amazing too. Thank you as always for your analysing videos it’s crazy how many little things I missed and you’ve shown me them. I also agree that because back then they didn’t know how long the show would go on for or if the first season was it they went out with a bang and that’s why they made the beserk Titan because fire cool

[@buckleupteddy]

The best series on youtube can't wait for season 2

[@BlackStarSymphony]

I think. It could be that raging Eren could be in some way tapping into the founding titans (Ymir's rage) and that the blue eyes are that of the founding titan and the green ones are the attack titan.

[@RenoReborn]

If you actually read the wall story, the guy hits a floor at the bottom of the hole which is implied to be where the Titan's feet are. My interpretation was that the Titans legs were buried to hide the giant foot protrusions and also to stop people from creating tunnels under the walls for black market purposes and such.

[@SarahSoupster]

Another simple answer for the fire could just be…titan steam. The colossal and colossus titans exert so much energy that they can set things on fire, what’s stopping other titans doing it? Obvious someone who’s mastered titans wouldn’t do it, but someone’s who’s so emotional and still learning might get so heated in a fight that he starts exerting every bit of energy he has to fight Annie, making him catch on fire similar to the building Berthold throws around Shiganshina

[@amedeotoraldo5840]

Dude really went for a "the one piece is real" joke and thought no one would have realised

[@ayaasagari5505]

I'm pretty sure the Annie Crystal is because her titan power is that she can somewhat take the abilities of other titans to a certain extent. So she was able to use the crystal from the Warhammer.

[@stray_cat2922]

2:11 It still blows my mind how the timeframe of these events are placed. Eren vs Annie stohess fight and the retaking of Shiganshima fight only took roughly seven months, not even an entire year has passed, hell, The trost and Shiganshima retaking probably took place at the same year(?). Because for us all that took a long time to be published in the manga, and animated, very baffling.

[@shadowfoxx14]

I cannot wait to catch up with this series at the point when the final episode was released. Armon being the narrator..... that's all I'll say lol

[@antoinealtese]

Everytime you post, I smile. Thank you