The Effortless Beauty of Levi vs Kenny - Overanalyzing Attack on Titan & Retrospective

[@__MPires__]

Armin's parents are mentioned right at the first episode or second, by Armin himself. Can't pinpoint exactly where, it's been a while, but when the MP referred to the couple trying to run away with a hot balloon, I knew it was Armin's parents bc it was said before.

[@oyamampendu9467]

it's episode 2 where Armin and eren where talking about what they should do. Eren wants to fight even tho he can't and Armin tells him how going outside the walls will kill and mentions his parents. Armin figured that was it most likely from them just disappearing and living with his grandfather.

[@Soundwave.Superior99]

It’s mentioned they’re dead and that it had something to do with the walls but not the specifics

[@riikkaleenapietikainen7016]

Isnt there a scene with little Armin saying something like "my parents say they are going outside the walls soon too" or something like that

[@ninjay204]

I think it might be from a mid card after he mentioned his parents, or something like that

[@kagekun1198]

I know there's a beautifully tragic tale behind the hot air balloon couple. I just need the right words to convey them!

[@btsinfiresmealot5463]

The fact that Levi's last moments with Kenny is just him staring at his uncle dying is heart breaking

[@freetime2freeminds]

i think kenny is now levi uncle and dad :0

[@ishimarumasaki1998]

No it's not. It's far from the most heartbreaking moment

[@KindaMad958]

@@ishimarumasaki1998 They never said most

[@DourFlower]

@@KindaMad958 reading comprehension victory

[@jacebair4642]

Not to mention he had just found out

[@lemmonboy6459]

“Who do you think the real enemy is…?” A quote that is FULLY answered this episode and for the rest of the story It was always mankind itself And it only gets worse…

[@jagnestormskull3178]

The answer Erwin wanted was probably "humans from outside the Walls," making it an impossible question to such an indoctrinated society.

[@Switch1044]

Didnt that answer get fully answered when Eren asked Pieck at the end of season 4 part 1 "Where is the Enemy?" and then Pieck points at Eren. Two times he asked and now he is asking and finally got a straight answer.

[@makiroll218]

That scene was so badass. I love Pieck. When Gabi asks her why she betrayed them and she tells her that she didn’t betray her friends , she betrayed Marley that gave me chills. Aot is amazing and has so many meaningful quotes that I think people in our world can relate to, at least some. ❤

[@duskianfae]

The ED being creepy is enhanced tenfold at the end of the season. I don't know who was the evil genius who decided to include glitch effects and intertwine it with a teaser of the altercation between Levi, Eren and Mikasa ft Armin's burned body, but my god. Watching it for the first time at 2am was certainly a spooky experience.

[@LuisSierra42]

That was so good

[@nitramnagrom3574]

So happy I can find other fans who experienced it on their first watchthrough. Legendary experience

[@arandomuseronyoutube]

honestly, it scared me more about what was about to come for the second part. i thought eren might've failed to reclaim wall maria and got everyone killed, hence levi saying to him and mikasa "do you even have the faintest damn clue what you're doing?"

[@oliverbengtvigkrog6388]

Kenny's theme is also titled 'K2' because the number 2 is pronounced "ni" in japanese. The correct pronunciation for K2 is therefore Kenny (K-ni), which is just another amazing attention to detail.

[@DourFlower]

Kenny is the best "one arc only" antagonist I've seen in ages because of how he pushes the boundaries of our understanding of Paradis, and his unique design just drives that in all the further. I feel like his more "modern" or even just old west design preps us all for the idea of there being more "modern" and advanced elements to the world in the next season

[@vertexedits1806]

Agree 💯

[@argentshrike516]

I don't think Levi has germaphobia. I think its more of a rejection of his past life living in squalor, so much so that he overcompensates it. When he goes cold in this scene you are seeing the killer returning.

[@baneofwar3304]

like when he killed that abnormal that ate his teammates

[@NovikNikolovic]

69th like

[@richcantgame]

The first time I watched this episode I rewatched it again right after. The ODM gear movement was so cool and it was exciting to see ODM gear used more in the walls and against people.

[@roberth2833]

It took forever for them to animate this episode lol

[@richcantgame]

@@roberth2833 Exactly why I’m glad me and my friends have given it justice. I went nuts, when I watched it with my friend he went nuts on his first watch. The use of perspectives were great

[@chuck600]

@@roberth2833 Levi didn't scream "KENNYYYYY", the animators did

[@cricketjuices]

6:38 "also, the sideways landing on the thingy is always a W in my book" couldn't agree more my guy 😂

[@DibbzTV]

One of my fav fights. So logical, quick, and really pushes Levi to his limit. Kenny had a dangerous mind. Also, you should’ve focused a bit more in the actual bar scene. Their agreement on killing as a means to their end was *chefs kiss*.

[@adamisajoker]

The MP girl hesitating to shoot parallels the Jaegerist girl, who also hesitated to shoot.

[@codaisgone]

when korotos uploads, a bag of chips and my blanket suddenly appear

[@sparxstreak02]

31:52 The fact that Historia also physically resembles Ymir so much is another great eerie touch.

[@HayatoByakurai]

26:04 That could also be setting Mikasa apart in the sense she's the only one in that shot that's no stranger to homicide. Metaphorically, you could say it shows she has the high ground when it comes to resolve for dealing with human threats (a trait which exists since her awakening and remains until her last confrontation against Floch).

[@Norbert_Sattler]

With the female MP, there's also two other potential issues that might explain her hesitation. 1) It's one thing to shoot at someone who's cutting down your comrades one after another, but it's another to shoot someone in the face, who just had the chance to kill you, but couldn't get himself to do so. 2) The MPs are used to hunting down criminals, not fellow soldiers. And even if they are in different branches of the military, they are still comrades, fighting for the same overall goal of protecting mankind. Sure there might be some that have grown numb to it, like the torturers, but she seems pretty young, so she probably didn't have that particular baptism in fire yet. So I wouldn't be surprised if the woman had already shot other people without hesitation, but ended up choking up for a moment with Jean, because of him being a fellow soldier and having shown qualms about cutting her down just a moment ago. Or she could just have been a fresh recruit, who so far only was part of arrests, or where others shot the criminals, but hadn't yet shot anyone herself.

[@cringearoni5]

That ODM scene is hands down my favorite animated scene of any movie/tv show. My first time watching I was screaming so hard at the tv saying “LETS EFFIN GOOOOO”. I could watch a gif of it for an eternity.

[@eduardoj.coronado5627]

There’s not enough buttons here to recognize this art piece of overanalzing work. Please keep up with this amazing channel. ❤

[@DourFlower]

Akatsuki No Requiem is my favorite track in the entire show, the 2 second clip you played instantly elicits so many strong emotions for me. Nostalgia, loss, hope, rage, anxiety, vulnerability, determination all at once. "I dedicated my heart to an unrecoverable twilight." speaks to such a bittersweet feeling

[@ED3N0229]

Yo! Just found this series recently and I enjoyed every part of it, keep up the amazing work man!

[@HeroSword_P]

He puts out bangers for almost every episode of AoT! Over 30 minutes each!

[@mania_nanor]

27:20 during one of the flashbacks (idk what episode) where armin is showing eren the book, he mentions that his parents are going outside the walls soon, but it doesn't mention how/or any hot air balloon

[@SOLO.SHAD0W-HAWK]

And when they're working in the rain after the first wall falls armin points out the horses on the soldiers back and says they murdered his parents

[@BigV24]

Loved all the character development each member of the 104th crew had with Levi in this arc.

[@uruiamme]

As someone dying to rewatch the entire anime from start to finish but being unable to because of life's responsibilities, your videos give me great pleasure of being able to watch it in the background while working. I can appreciate all the awesome music, story beats and seeing things in retrospect without needing to sit through the whole series. I'll deffo watch it in my own time, but for now, thanks for making these videos ❤

[@Evanz111]

Only recently found your channel after finally being able to watch spoilers for AoT after the finale. So glad I found it! Your analyses are intriguing and it’s great seeing just how talented the mangaka and original writers were.

[@PredicateCapeThe21St]

I will eagerly await a video deconstructing the OP's/ED's, i'm also a big fan of the recurring focus on requiem and especially them bringing it back for the final ED.

[@jagnestormskull3178]

I'm also pretty sure we haven't seen pistols on Paradis before this episode; most MPs carry muskets or primitive rifles.

[@jagnestormskull3178]

I knew it Armin's parents. Whenever they get brought up, it's always in the context of having a book that contains information about the outside world, or wanting to leave for the outside world, or that they're actively sneaking out. This is implied to be incredibly rare outside of the Survey Corps, the couple is blonde, and although I didn't put these connections together at the time, I did find out a while ago and wasn't really all that surprised.

[@richcantgame]

And real shit about “milking” AOT. There isn’t filler. I had a friend who has watched all of One Piece complain about how AoT has too many parts and could’ve wrapped up sooner. This show starts, is a 10/10, and finished before One Piece. Anime fans are brainless. 1000 episodes for Tom and Jerry animations

[@finitoackermann]

The real mystery of AOT isnt the basement or the founder its HOW THE FUCK DID ERWIN LIGHT A MATCH ONE HANDED?!?!

[@crumpscrumbs]

That bar scene where Levi pulls out the gun is technically a Deus Ex Machina, since we don't get the explanation until after he uses it, but god damn I've always loved that moment.

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

Armin: *kills a person* Eren & Mikasa: First time?

[@baki484]

Eren was something of a psychopath. That look he gave after stabbing that one guy as he closed the door.

[@RevilloPhoenix]

Well, the eren falling on top of historia...if you want to be very very very "Oh how convinient" about it. When we see memory bs happening, it's skin on skin touch, historia touching erens back bare handed in the cave and then eren kissing her hand. In this fall, the fall in a way that convineantly, only their shirts touch, not their skin.

[@joshuatran1556]

The introduction of Kenny is the perfect bridge that was needed to take our cast from heroes that fight monsters to fighting soldiers in Liberio. The ODM gear used in Liberio is optimized for anti-human operations, showing the changing atmosphere. It also is the midpoint of Eren's progression from fighting monsters to monsters that are actually humans to humans acting like monsters to all of humanity.

[@somewhereatvinland]

This

[@eddieford9373]

Wasn't this also the first time we got Kenny's last name and confirmed he was an Ackerman?

[@WikTerrOdoc]

Requiem of the dawn is probably my favourite ending song, so I loved hearing that reference to it in the finale ending.... Thank you for this fortnightly dose of AoT details! I also loved the choice to use a very calm part of K2- while Levi is getting chased, since for him it was just a warmup haha. And then when that Kenny shadow appears beside him... just 🤌🤌🤌 Seeing Armin's suffering after his first kill never gets any less painful to watch...

[@randomdreamer5429]

never been this early to an episode of this series !! you're literally the only reason i open youtube these days haha

[@Soundwave.Superior99]

I wonder if eren used the founder to pull that girl with the gun into the paths, thus making her hesitate, so that Jean could survive and help the others stop the rumbling

[@isaipan1113]

Likely not, he's shown to pull either the former Attack Titan user in the past (including themselves), or other Eldians within the present time when he has the power of founder titan.

[@chita8908]

god, that ED clip of historia reaching out to grab ymir's hand only for it to pass through and for her to fall into darkness always hits so hard on every rewatch. after all the shit that happened in this anime, that scene still makes me almost tear up

[@hellstarsreign]

i fall more in love with this series everyday (your retrospectives but also aot)

[@handsome_head_injury6011]

Was Kenny really just seeking power? I always thought he was after some kind of tranquility. Like, the King desired peace within the walls, and Kenny desired peace within himself. The power was the vehicle to get there, but it wasn't the end-point. Idk if I'm making any sense 🤷‍♂️

[@Koroto]

Yeah, that's exactly why I didn't get into all of that in these episodes just yet 😅 But tl;dr - I think it's exactly what you said. He desperately wants the founding titan because he hopes that with that level of power he'd be able to see the world like Uri did (like you put it, tranquility). More on that soon™

[@federicorizzo7526]

Fun fact: Kenny, in the italian dub, has the voice of Rick Sanchez and it's very fitting

[@natilus5440]

35:31 you sneaky bastard

[@neneninetails5803]

I’m so excited to see you uploaded 😁

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

This episode had one of the best fights in all of Attack on Titan.

[@CoopaCoop]

Man you deserve more subs! These retrospective videos are absolutely amazing

[@angelo8606]

A special chapter about Levi titled "Bad Boy" comes out in April next year!

[@jagnestormskull3178]

31:22 "Mirroring the story of a slave and a royal" A royal bastard, literally. There's quite the difference between being royalty and being a bastard born of royalty, especially in fiction.

[@kingdevin_]

Levi vs Kenny was such a beautiful moment in this season and overall the entire series in my opinion and shows a human finally able to match Levi in strength with him struggling. I am planning on rewatching the anime and watching these overanalyzing videos makes me appreciate and enjoy the series better. Thank you for bringing us these videos! Looking forward to seeing you explain the rest of th season and series

[@matthewvido3902]

29:40 Explanation: A royal bloodline would mean that 2 people have a high status before procreating. If Sina, Maria or Rose had sons and those would have illegitimate children, both them and their own line would not be of Royalty.

[@JustASpider980]

I cant believe i havent commented this on this series yet, but this is the Best Place to find the Best AoT memes!!

[@AlonGamshi]

Damn.. that "right or wrong... Or neither" section real philosophical real fast, awesome stuff dude! Great vid per usual

[@lewisroach8723]

I feel like there is also a slight parallel with Levi saying Armin killed so that none of his squad would die, and Eren eventually rumbling the world, killing on mass to save his friends and home, only in the sense that it's beginning the morality and justifications for when is it at all acceptable to take a life (never) with an example that most people would pretty clearly get behind and say that, especially with Armin not seeing the hesitation on that womans face, Armin was pretty justified in self defence killing and did it to immediately save a life. I do like how even this is questioned with the lady possibly not going to actually do it, so this anime clearly never provides any fully justified murder in this series, eren and mikasa had their humanity questioned for killing as children, and you have Levi's backstory, relationship with Kenny and orders from Erwin setting the backdrop for his killings of the interior police, on top of he himself openly stating that he doesn't consider what he did to be in any sense objectively right, just the choice he made with the information he had.

[@messykira3675]

Oh I got so excited seeing this upload. I cannot stress enough how much I adore your videos and how much I'm looking forward to season 3 in particular. Great job as always! Also, there's a lot that was changed particularly in early s3 compared to the manga- so for anyone seeing this I highly recommend checking it out. One of the things I would like to mention just because it hurts my soul is, that, in the manga, Kenny briefly talks to Reeves before killing him, and he actually does ask about Levi. And then he says "I taught Levi a lot. That midget is my pride and joy." (ch.56 btw) Which - Jesus, Kenny. Definitely not something you expect to hear from this ruthless serial killer, but it adds another rather heart wrenching detail to the relationship between the two. Especially when also taking into account what Isayama once said in an interview about Levi and Kenny but......I will keep that rant for when we get further into the season, if Koroto doesn't already do it for me keke.

[@technomancer_066]

"He was trained to fight *four* people"

[@Niallisababe1]

That whole ODM segment of Levi trying to get away from Kenny and his goons is hands down my favorite piece of anime. My guy almost achieved flight during that part

[@heyguysitsmeann]

Oh you are so good Waiting for your new videos as if it was an original show Just thank you (Also I m upgrading my English just by watching your work) (Also also i think it’s only your videos that I watch without raising the speed because I don’t want it to end as long as possible)

[@originaozz]

Never stop doing this. I'm just so excited to see your analysis on the ending.

[@Koroto]

I most certainly won't, we're going right up until the end! 😤😤

[@keephopesalive7718]

You always drop right on time and it’s much appreciated!

[@forgottenfamily]

Random biology fact: The have confirmed that there is a genetic Adam and a genetic Eve. They lived 200K years apart so it's not like the biblical concept of Adam and Eve, but everyone has a common male-line-only ancestor and a common female-line-only ancestor

[@LISA.WANG.]

31:34 I have never thought about that before, I appreciate this idea SO much more now, thank you! I wondered if there was any reason why Historia's husband was never explored at all, but using that to contrast how he's a nobody compared to the famous King Fritz was clever

[@gamist8166]

I truly believed Mappa "milked" the attack on titan finale just in naming scheme. "Guys, the final season is coming out!" "Guys, the final season.. Part 2 is coming out!" "Guys, I don't know when attack on titan is gonna end, we got part 3..." I definitely still envision it as milking the hype of the series coming to an end. They just messed up bigtime there, but its a lot more understandable if it was misunderstood timing of good animation.

[@baki484]

I remember saying "damn I'm 6 cm taller than Levi"

[@ZabavaThePower]

Finallyyyyyy!!! So happy you posted a new one!

[@moniquita720]

I am so happy with this video and ao excited for the next one. I would love to know your reading of Erwin as a character as we move forward.

[@Yethegoat10]

early season 3 aot is seriously some the best tv ever. It’s just bam bam bam bam stuff all the time

[@savage7882]

This is one of the first moments, if not the first, where a character attacks and kills another human with ODM gear. I think this is a pivotal moment and it changes the energy of the story, its nuanced implications making you think about the complex moral dynamics of AOT's world. It's no longer simply a united humanity against a common enemy, as the equipment and weapons they use to fight the titans, weapons which are hailed as honorable tools to aid humanity in its survival, are used to murder another human being.

[@lisayaraerdmann]

with the eren and hystoria contact in this episode, it is important to point out that there is no skin to skin contact between the two

[@slapsmans6900]

I be having favorite channels in spurts & rn you are my favorite channel!

[@lisannastrauss4487]

Yeahhhhhhhhhhhh let's gooooooooooooo been waiting for this one!!

[@emerybiesecker3952]

15:21 bro turned into a language arts teacher for that one

[@Koroto]

🎩

[@pamparoarronc.8365]

I also wondered and realized that ODM gears anchors can be aimed 180° during the Levi- Kenny chase.

[@cambarnes8941]

Ohhhhhh shit I was caught up last night on this series… what an amazing first thing to see when I open KZbin

[@Nerazmus]

That's why scence are not drawn by a single person. Precisely because it would take way too long.

[@baki484]

Levi! still a runt or have you grown some? - Kenny Ackerman what an entrance. I was initially reluctant about about human enemies until my second watch through. I just remember Armin's first kill.

[@anxiety0690]

Can’t wait for the episode 49 overanalysis ik that shits gonna be a banger especially with the special ed

[@rozeychan5110]

Favorite KZbin channel by far!

[@Richchi001]

I fully agree with the sentiment of learning something new with every watch of AoT And I've learned new things every time... eg erwin was showed in the episode 1... the person who called out the scouts to a titan in the beginning

[@joshuakouri4401]

Whole time I thought it was the Rice family. Damn.

[@warren5383]

I LOVE THESE VIDEOS AHHHHH

[@cheyenne2080]

i love it when i go on youtube and i see koroto posted a new aot vid 💪

[@Treebohr]

I remember first watching this episode and realizing that the couple who tried to fly over the walls were Armin's parents. At this point (I think, but it might be future memories talking) we've seen a flashback of Armin telling Eren that his parents are going to try to journey outside the walls. I don't remember if he said how, but that's why he has the book about the outside world. Then, when they show the flashback of the MPs stopping said couple from flying, we see that they bear some resemblance to Armin, and it seemed pretty clear to me. I guess it wasn't ever explicitly stated, but it was strongly and (seemingly) deliberately implied.

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

I laughed ao hard when Levi shot at Kenny with that rifle from behind a counter.

[@william32811]

LETS GOOOO BABE NEW KOROTOS DROPPED

[@Itz_Crisis]

I think the "couple that tried to fly" was armins parents

[@Itz_Crisis]

Just got to the part where you confirmed it😭😭 I should’ve waited till the end to comment I look dumb now

[@knubbkorv]

Actually never been this early. Looking forward to watching right now!

[@makiroll218]

When I first watched the episode where Armin shot that girl MP and all you see at first is her then Jean and the shot I thought Jean died and I almost shit myself. In fact I might have a little bit. 😂 So many of my fav characters have gotten killed. I did NOT expect Armin to shoot.

[@matten_zero]

@22:00 good sir I'd love to talk to you about this very topic. I'm an AI engineer and a huge fan of anime since the early 00s. I'm actually surprised you said that but I totally agree. The whole reason I got into AI engineering is because of my deep love for Ghost in the Shell and wanting to bring those technologies to life.

[@GreenZonto]

Man this series is great but I hate that picture of the guy holding the cup with his foot with a burning passion

[@matheusborges853]

3:10 I think that there was no future sighting because they were with clothes on, their skin never touch, all the moments eren is able to see the future there is skin touching

[@theotherjack]

Requiem, requiem... very similar to the ending scene in the final episode

[@ayshajayne8654]

Please drop merch. I tell everyone about your channel, it'd be cool to have something to show off and support your content!

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

You thought Kenny made Levi mad? Wait until Levi meets Zeke.

[@dkat4320]

The scene where Armin was puking his guts out. I don't think that had to do with the person he killed. I believe that was a slight flashback to when they rescued him and Jean, (who were believed to be Eren and Historia) and Armin was being molested by the creep. I think thats why he was puking because of them being abused in that way, which when he asks Mikasa if that's what she went through, he was asking if she had been molested when she was abducted, but apologizes because he knows if it was this bad for him, who wasn't truly a girl, he couldn't even imagine how bad it must have been for her. 16:34

[@zgunderson90]

I don't think they were milking attack on Titan, but do you think Once they realized how long they've delayed already they may have delayed a bit more on purpose to make sureThey finished it 13 years after attack on Titan debuted?

[@JezdamayelCaster]

Thank you! MY short king.

[@sparxstreak02]

35:11 How fitting yet ironic would it be if the name of Historia’s daughter was Ymir? Both to honour the girl she loved who was devoted to her & for the chance of this Ymir having a happy life.

[@GiovanniGeo]

The royal family is composed of direct descedants of ymir. Eldians are descedants of all people that at some point ate one of them and gained the power of the titans.

[@IJJoshYT]

LETS GOOOOOO!

[@ShardForgottenInTime]

I think the only real mystery for me in this season is HOW THE FUCK DID ERWIN LIGTHED THE MATCH. Like for real. Did he held the box in mouth and light it that way? Did he ask for help? Did he did a sick trick with one hand and lighted the match? I will never know...

[@somnityr]

NEVER BEEN SO FAST TO CLICK ON A VIDEO!! EIGHT MINUTES AGO, HOT OUT THE OVEN!!

[@jeremiahhamel20]

Love these shows and insights! Thanks! I got something. So the birds represent freedom, it is known. I'm seeing the flowers represent people. Like the 2 flowers on a stream for Ymir and Historia, Eren Mikasa etc. So in the tradition of AOT episode endings spoiling the story--then Historia, represented by Ymir, was showing us the founding titan stomping out "white flowers" with blood. +Spoiler for season 4 episode endings. Eren walking through all colors of flowers and then vanishing represented the rumbling and all peoples getting it. Thoughts, Koroto?