The Main Character Before Eren in Attack on Titan Part II

The protagonist of the story before Eren Yeager is Kuklo, a character born 57 years prior to Eren's birth. Kuklo's journey takes him far beyond the walls, raising intriguing questions about his connection to the main narrative and his impact on it. Over a year ago now, I dropped a video talking about Kuklo, the boy who was marked by the specter of death. "Before the Fall," stands as the official prequel to Attack on Titan, written by Rio Suzukaze and illustrated by Satoshi Shiki.

[@KingBullet123]

Part I kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIHCZ4qelMurp6s&ab_channel=KingBullet

[@atlasprime6193]

Since the MCs are so young and they were only 57 years before the main story, it begs the question if they’re still alive as elderly or passed away shortly before the attack on the wall, and who their descendants might be.

[@Origin._.]

A main character getting a happy ending in attack on titan that’s crazy 🤣

[@itpugil]

If you think about it, Annie and Reiner did get a happy ending, technically.

[@jacobplayz3530]

there could've been one technically if mikasa told eren how she actually felt😂😂

[@SDL13542]

Ya true ❤😂

[@topcat59]

So this AOT’s version of Guts, that’s neat.😺

[@iavalui7614]

holy shit i’m wondering how i forgot about this series. i was reading it in 2017 when i was 15 and just forgot about it altogether after that summer

[@druidic4353]

Damn I was, 27

[@nelsonposey1711]

I feel like bro adventured to Marley and ended up being subjected to racism and given the last name Yeager…

[@KingBullet123]

That would be wild

[@Asura1578]

He looks like guts

[@LocusSix]

Eren and Guts while potentially being an Ackerman. 😅

[@EclipseCircle]

Any AoT prequel would have to end with "--and everyone got eaten by Titans", unless you're going back centuries to the very beginning. Doesn't feel like something I'd want to read.

[@Ghozts2]

Why would it have to end that way?? Ur not making sense

[@kito3528]

Explain

[@callmemforbooks12345]

Better than the main series.

[@ronaldo_Mikage]

Watch part one and look carefully at a guy standing at a wall

[@NOTSubal727]

​@@ronaldo_Mikage?

[@theguyfromtsukihime3898]

I remember reading this in highschool because my school library had a few copies of the manga i didnt even know it was originally a light novel but i enjoyed it. As for what happened to kuklo Idk if it is in the light novel but after the story my headcanon for that is he became a drill sargent specifically for the use of 3D manuver gear since he became pretty good at using it and since its the military there will always be new recruits and especially for when the story takes place where 3D manuver gear would probably start being mass produced shortly after the story ends so the military would need a more experienced user to teach the new recruits how to use it. As for how he died i since i believe that he became a drill sargent he probably didnt die in battle and got to grow old with sharle but they both died of that plague that grisha cured since by then kuklo would be kinda old maybe mid to late 50s to early 60s though thats only my head canon

[@ntaentae6264]

Probably or he could’ve been a survey corp leader before shades and died either on battle or just retired, idk if survey corps members can even retire but it’s good to think about

[@kito3528]

"Pretty good" at using the gear is absolute lunacy.

[@bhabinbashyal]

i just realized that this is the time when titans sent by marley reached the wall

[@testsubject1018]

wait no explain ion get it

[@bromicorn]

​@@testsubject1018i think he meant this is around the time jaw ymir and her cult members got turned into titans

[@testsubject1018]

@@bromicorn oh yeah yeah yimir is over 50 years old iirc stuck in titan form till the warriors came to the island got it

[@DarkTheFailure]

I don't think so. Considering how weird these titans are, these may be abnormals created by king fritz. There were titans outside the walls before Marley since King fritz had to justify the story. Consider how intelligent, strong, and terrifying these titans are compared to the average pure titan, I think it's more likely they were made the founding titans (king fritz) instead.

[@druidic4353]

You're dumb ​@@testsubject1018

[@Ted4321]

Ah thank god there is a part 2 i though I'd be left hanging

[@slimxafton]

Well at least he isn’t a fraud 🤧

[@m0nookiE]

??? Whats that mean?

[@localmilfchaser6938]

??? What does that mean?

[@Badtameezkavi]

??? what does that fucking mean

[@emane42]

Like sukuna?

[@damiengemini5140]

I feel like kuklo and sharle end up being the ancestors to miche cause he can smell titans like kuklo and has blonde hair like sharle and if im not mistaken these are the only characters known to be able to smell the position of titans

[@attackonyugioh92]

Very informative. Love it ! More plz

[@rubiepie]

This series is basically the Fallout tactics of AoT. It's not canon but the same time it still mention in the story like the ODM Origin gear, Sword Bamboo etc. It's hard to explained. I really like this being actually semi canon, some are canon like the character is real and entire story is real but how it was represented is different.

[@Cloveiscool123]

wonder what the point of the whole being born from a titan thing was about?

[@IWishTanjiroWasReal]

Because his mother was pregnant. She probably gave birth out of the stress of being eaten. And the titan regurgitates the new born, giving the illusion of kuklo being a titan baby.

[@kito3528]

I just took it as guts reference. Missing an eye like him too

[@ChimeraLotietheBunny]

This is legit so good

[@kodigibson8376]

You say so many names of characters but I have no fucking idea who you are talking about because of how quickly your running through it. Also because of your delivery of the storey or the sorey itself or maybe both there is ni way im gonna watch this video twice. Maybe try slow it down or add something to remind the listener who the fuck your talking about.

[@druidic4353]

Dumb arse

[@ntaentae6264]

I wonder if he retired or died…oh well

[@GarphineNarag]

He died of old age

[@DannyConcepts]

when did they figure out that slicing the nape was the way to kill them?

[@user-kc1sy1km9y]

Great video!! Thx u!!

[@animewatcher75]

good manga i enjoy it

[@rabidporcupine0]

I mean, I think it's pretty obvious what the deal is here. Kuklo and Sharle are very clearly Hannes' parents. He's got Kuklo's brown eyes and Sharle's blonde hair, and let's be real, Hannes does sorta look about the right age to be their kid directly. It's weird because I started writing this comment as a joke, and now I think I might've actually convinced myself a bit.

[@marjeryferreira2822]

It might be miche

[@djefardeur7958]

I will read it

[@SilentVinyl]

hmm

[@sagemorsel7496]

Dont we know reincarnation is a thing in AoT? If he died, then he is probably reincarnated as Eren

[@waytoguidance]

I like to think they are different people

[@r4zoruss321]

theres no reincarnation in aot

[@tehmaboi]

No Eren and Kuklo have completely different ideals to be reincarnations of one another if such a thing was even possible.

[@brianachim2670]

I still don't like this story at all, how could Isayama authorize this? It doesn't feel or look like AOT.

[@imsoedgy902]

You seem mad

[@brianachim2670]

@@imsoedgy902 Not mad, disgusted. This prequel was terrible.

[@Ghozts2]

Complaining isnt gonna help or do anything so theres not point 😂😂

[@brianachim2670]

@@Ghozts2 There’s always a point to freedom of speech

[@Tony78432]

What don’t you like about it? List specific reasons.