Attack on Titan chapter 98! Another meaty chapter for Isayama. So what's up
guys Foxen here! Let's just go ahead and jump into this review and let's start
with the biggest thing out of this chapter, that freakin cliffhanger ending!
I mean attack on Titan has had some good ones but this one by far is the best one,
at least from recent chapters. It is funny how Reiner ends up meeting an
older Eren in some basement. Is the solution to the current events gonna be
sparked from what comes out of this basement? It just brings a funny parallel
to what happened before with the other basement, but for their actual meeting. I
could only imagine what this conversation is gonna be like. Either way
like I mentioned in my recent Theory video I really don't think it's gonna be
hard at all to convince Reiner to join up with Eren, and there really might be
another reason for why this is gonna be easy, and that is Eren's love letter. It's
practically confirmed that Eren's been exchanging letters with this older
brother Zeke. At the beginning of the chapter I just thought how was strange
that Zeke mentioned something about acting like an older brother. I mean what
what this guy know about that? And then later you see Eren with that baseball
glove. The only two guys you saw playing baseball included Zeke. And then
right before the festival started he had Zeke encouraging Reiner to follow Falco.
If that doesn't confirm it I don't know what will! Of course besides the next
chapter I do think this is part of Zeke's way of testing Reiner too. If Zeke
just told him he was working with Eren I'm sure that Reiner would blindly
follow him but right here Zeke wants to see Reiner making that choice on his own.
But let's say just by some chance that it is not Zeke I'd be in complete shock.
For now that's what I'm gonna be assuming Eren and Zeke must have been
able to work something out over that one-month period.
You saw how Eren mentioned how he's gonna return home after the festival so
whatever they're planning is gonna happen really soon. It's gonna be the
Attack Titan, the beast Titan, plus two armored Titan versus the Warhammer Titan!
This does bring up the question about who else is gonna come along. It's
basically all the Titan shifters versus the world.
I think Pieck and her Cart Titan will follow Zeke, hell was she might already
be aware about the plan. As for the Jaws Titan I wouldn't be
surprised if he didn't follow along but right now I do see him joining up with
Eren too, especially after seeing some other events from Ymir's memories.
This means it's gonna come down to all the Titans versus the WarHammer Titan.
And let's not forget one major thing Eren should have the coordinate power as
long as he gets friendly with Zeke. This just makes you wonder even more what is
a Warhammer Titans ability. It's gotta have some super special ultimate power
to fight these guys off. And since we're talking about the Warhammer Titan let's
talk about Willy Tybur and yes officially it is WiWillylie not Billy which
really I'm really glad about that. So far from what you've seen Willy has been
seen as this perfect smart individual. In this chapter you kind of see that he's
beloved by a bunch of other nation's leaders so he's got quite the influence.
Willy practically has them eating out of his hand with the festival almost here
Willy mentioned the previous night about revealing his ultimate solution there.
It sounds like this final solution type of plan. I mean it's really not hard
to draw the parallel what all the Nazi similarities already seen. Does Willy's
master plan really include exterminating all other Eldians? I think there has to be
more to his plan especially when you consider the words he used. He mentions
Titans instead of explicitly saying Eldians. Next up let's go back to the
beginning of the chapter. At the start you have Reiner helping out with the
upcoming attack on Paradise Island. It's now literally gonna be Attack on Titan! I
do like how they address the issue of not attacking from the north. Right here
Reiner even goes further and brings up all the possibilities to consider. It's
funny how the military guy takes offense to Reiner's comment really quickly. I mean
are you just gonna ignore the advice from someone that was there for years?
This really further highlights how incompetent the Marley military is.
Next up let me also bring up the Asian clan. You saw this Asian woman from that
clan at that party before the festival. Could she be related to Mikasa and her
mother? From the brief interaction and scene that she does not hate Eldians,
perhaps even sympathies with them. And in that final shot you see this a symbol
behind them hmm interesting. I'm guessing really soon we're gonna find out the
importance of that Asian clan, otherwise the mention of her clan
wouldn't have gotten such a big focus here if it wasn't important. I also
noticed how she was wearing a kimono so this Asian clan is confirmed to be this
world's version of Japanese. The real question is are they
gonna side with the Eldians? Perhaps Hange and friends already gathered a new ally!
Up next let's talk about Dr. Yeager. Eren just so happened to run into
Grisha's father aka his grandfather by chance and I gotta hand it to Isayama
he really got me with the scene. I was
thinking, oh no Eren your covers totally blown! Except that wasn't the case. It
turns out that dr. Yeager is just some loony in a mental hospital. The question
now is why is he there? Whatever happened to him? Is it simply due to old age or
could dr. Yeager be suffering from some sort of PTSD?
It also has weird how he managed to figure out what Eren was making Falco
do. I mean if this mentally ill guy was ever to figure it out it makes you
wonder who else noticed. And right before he broke down it really seemed like this
guy had a lot of regrets. And then also take a notice of how he looks in this
final shot of Dr. Yeager breaking down. That expression really reminds you'd
something you see on Titans. I don't think that's a coincidence. Let me also
mention some of the warriors Gabi and Falco. Both these two got a lot of focus
in this chapter. For Falco it was mostly from his involvement with the older
Eren but there was something extra. Falco managed to surpass Gabi for the
first time ever! They were making such a big deal out of it. I'm gonna take a
guess that with Reiner's influence Falco really is gonna be the one that gets
picked to be the next Armored Titan. And Gabi also got a good amount of
screen time. I'm really starting to feel for her character. There was that moment
of Falco confessing his feelings to her but it turns out that Gabi is as
dense every as Eren used to be. There was also that line from Gabi that was really on the
nose about how things were about to change.
It's almost like Gabi can sense the future hmm. Unfortunately I don't think
either of these guys will get any Titan abilities. Right now we're supposed to
feel even closer to them. With Gabi sudden interest into Willy I really
think some heavy death flags are being set up but who knows. Maybe you see
something different! Do you see these characters making it out
alive? Also here's some bonus scenes that I really liked! The first is Gabi waking
up. It was a fun little scene but specifically notice the close-up on her
face. This really reminds how detailed Isayama could be on the characters when he
really wants to. Gabi right here is also reminded me of a mixture between Eren
and Mikasa. She's like a little badass in the making. The other scene I really
loved was how Reiner was treating them to different foods,
this included pizza! I think without a doubt
Reiner is thinking back to everyone he's lost back on Paradise Island. This
includes both the warrior group and the scouts. All right so now let me hear from
you! Question of the day, what do you think Reiner will do next?
Is he gonna side with Eren and Zeke or when they go tell Willy about what's
going on? And how do you think the events of this festival are gonna play out? I
got a feeling that the entire next chapter is gonna be Reiner and Eren
talking combined with some Zeke flashbacks. As always be sure to gives us
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