- [Foxen] The Attack on Titan
basement reveal is finally here, how will fans react?
So what's up, guys, Foxen here,
and yes, finall it's time, about six years later,
finally this is getting revealed for the anime.
Last time you had your final goodbye to Commander Erwin
after that heart retching moment.
Now there's a whole new world from here on.
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Anyway, let's get started.
At the start of this you have best girl Armin
awakening from this mental or dream state.
So note that this scene right here
was a Colossal Titan face.
This scene in the manga has always been a question,
even to this day to Attack on Titan readers.
Now, for the anime you actually have audio here.
It definitely sounds like
the previous Colossal Titan holder crying,
also known as the Warrior Bert.
It's looking like death
is literally looking straight at you.
Previously there was a question and mystery
about whether this could potentially be
a conscious Colossal Titan being depressed
just over how it's been used over the centuries,
which honestly, still very much may be on the table.
For Armin that's now his Colossal cross to bear.
After Armin wakes up you've got him asking
whether that was Bert.
Although to decide, you have Potato Girl Sasha
next to him crying just sleep talking about how it hurts.
So really another curve ball thrown into this confusing mix.
What do you think that Colossal Titan face was?
Was it Bert, was it Armin,
was it her previous Colossal Titan,
or was it just Armin overhearing Sasha?
Also, I just love joking about best girl Armin,
but take a look at those sexy abs.
Which did in fact appear with the steamy Armin last episode.
It is funny 'cause I constantly see to this day
people asking whether Armin is actually a guy or a girl.
Hopefully this helps you,
otherwise I don't think anyone can.
Next up, that assault from Eren.
Aww, the best anime couple right here, I'd totally ship it.
Somewhere off in the distance
you have Mikasa in depressed mode.
Crying time, why hasn't Eren ever hugged me like that?
By the way, did anyone notice
the big animation lines for a split second here?
A couple of times.
Oh my god, you're back into season one territory
for a quick moment.
Then for Levi coming in, Levi must've been like,
oh, am I interrupting something?
I could've sworn it was a girl
that had the thing for the guy.
If you guys want I could come back
so you guys could have your quickie.
So getting into this episode, it's more like
this recovery episode after the whole Titan War.
Ultimately you have the harsh reality setting in.
Besides the great leader expiring,
over 90% of the Survey Corps is gone, what maybe 95%?
You got nine people left, nine very special Titan survivors.
Two of them actually being Titans.
Unfortunately you guys let a couple of them escape.
Oh well, just another day for the Survey Corps.
As for Mr. Horse here, he mentioned how
they were looking for any survivors.
Could you freaking imagine having to be on duty for that?
You'd have to go into that blood soaked area
leading up to the Beast Titan's area.
Along the way you would keep on finding
a ton of human chunk remains,
maybe even half of Marlow's coconut.
And poor Armin just soaking all of this in.
I do have to point out,
with Armin surviving this death situation
you ultimately do have a familiar shonen cliche
for Attack on Titan with the original trio surviving.
Looks like Attack on Titan can't avoid all tropes.
I mean, everyone was like, what the hell, guys?
Obviously it should've been Erwin,
that would've objectively been the better option.
So right now I am debating about doing an in depth video
on who was the right choice, Erwin or blond boy Armin?
Post down below if you wanna see that.
As for Hange here, I do like her doubling down
on Mikasa and Eren really going beyond
a normal military violation.
You guys got to get punished.
Levi, take out the whip,
you're gonna get a week of 50 shades of Hange,
this time uncensored.
And really, the most important key here
comes from Mr. Ackerman.
You got Levi doubling down on this being his choice.
Levi was the one that decided
the time and place for Erwin's death.
Again, not Armin, Armin was basically dead at that point.
And I get it, if you don't like Armin, totally fine,
just don't wrongly blame him for Erwin and Bert's death.
I mean, even Hange was like,
it should've been the commander.
But even so, Hange doubles down on Levi being the one
who the Commander entrusted the Titan steroid shot to.
So Armin, time to be the substitute for the commander,
at least to some extent.
Better get those eyebrows growing nice and plump.
Then for Armin throughout this whole scene
it really looked like the poor guy
was about to piss himself over realizing this,
that he really now had to be the commander's replacement.
Thanks Mikasa and Eren, the little guy looked totally sick,
almost about to throw up again.
You do have to love Levi coming in,
oh, don't worry, Armin, there's no way you can be
a substitute for the great commander.
Just gotta knock Armin down a few levels,
but at the same time easing some of the pressure,
in Levi's own way.
Better for Armin to have no regrets
using the Colossal Titan power.
So putting Potato Girl Sasha's interruption aside,
at least Armin isn't alone on this.
Part of Commander Erwinʼs legacy
will have to live on via Hange as the new commander.
You already did get a taste of this
in the Attack on Titan season three Uprising Arc
but can Hange actually be a leader figure
for the Survey Corps?
By the way, bit of a side note,
it looks like these guys had a surprisingly good amount
of Thunder Spears left.
Most of these should've been the ones
that Levi didn't get a chance to use.
Next up, a flash back with young Carla.
Looks like Mama Yeager had a short haircut.
If you notice, this flashback also started at
eight minutes, 45 seconds, coincidence?
The key being 845.
But really, how long ago was this?
I am glad to see Isayama added this
regarding why the family avoided the basement.
At the same time, I wonder if Carla ever suspected anything.
So getting in to Eren, Hange, Mikasa,
and Hange going to their home,
I really did notice the anime adding a lot more
connective tissue compared to the manga originally had.
But I do have a feeling
there's gonna be complaints about this.
A very nice tough was just Mikasa and Eren
with younger selves running ahead of them.
This place, their home town actually used to have life
once upon a time.
And my god, they even added a Hannes callback here,
definitely had to show uncle Hannes drinking.
I do have to mention that the animation this episode
looked rough in a lot of spots, including this.
I almost didn't recognize him.
This episode definitely had a good amount of flashback
and anime original stuff.
Although I feel like it was a better touch,
especially after the recent Titan battle events.
The season one music in the background
was very well placed.
They also kept on splicing Attack on Titan season one clips,
this just made it even more apparent
how the anime changed styles over the years.
As for the quick Grisha flashback,
this really gave you a reminder how young Eren was curious
about that freaking basement.
If you think back to episode one,
papa Grisha was actually gonna show him that
in the first episode, at least when he got back.
But you know what happened,
papa Grisha went to the liquor store and never came back.
Poor Eren and his daddy issues.
Anyway, finally getting to the basement, but not before
another giant rock keeping the doorway blocked.
Then the actually infamous keyhole,
oh my god, Eren can't get his precious thing into the hole.
Levi, help, it doesn't fit.
Oh well, guys, let's just go back home.
That might've been what happened with the Warriors.
But really, I like how Levi
didn't have patience for this crap.
He went full Ackerman to smash that bitch over here.
Winner, Levi.
And then Eren off to the side was like,
I know how that poor door feels.
So before moving into the juicy stuff,
something to notice here is how Mikasa addressed Grisha.
She said Grisha Sensei, or Doctor Grisha.
This really just being a reminder how Mikasa
was never fully adopted into the Yeager family.
I constantly see people making this mistake,
Mikasa at most lived with them for maybe a year.
Even in the novel you have Mikasa
referring to Grisha and Carla and Uncle and Aunt.
Anyway, finally into the basement.
Oh, what's this, you got some weird circles
drawn on the ground?
It looks like someone may have lost a leg
doing something weird here.
But really, nothing out of the ordinary down here,
just a bunch of medicine.
Should really investigaet what else
the doctor was cooking, anything blue,
or maybe growing some of that good Titan stuff.
I mean, where are all the Titan injections?
Next up, you actually have a new scene with young Mikasa
and papa Grisha added.
This is anime original and it is nice to see
past moments like this since Isayama
didn't have time to include them in the manga.
But anyway, unlike Eren, Mikasa was able to find the hole.
Someone get this Ackerman a prize.
So looks like Levi was able to find the actual stash.
Oh my god, papa Grisha
was hiding a Death Note all this time.
Seriously, Grisha definitely took a page
out of Light's book with his hiding technique.
Actually, if you think about it,
if the Interior Military Police
did you come to search Grisha's home
this spot might've been too obvious,
especially having a drawer locked away with nothing in it.
Anyway, time for some family reading time,
a nice Eren Mikasa moment
with their hands placed on the Titan Bible.
Better hope no kinky Titan stuff randomly comes up.
Next up, briefly cutting over to the government guys.
The important people here being Zachary, Pixis, and Nile.
From Nile, now you're actually getting
the rest of Erwin's flashback question.
You saw most of this in the Attack on Titan
season three Uprising Arc.
However, back then it cut before actually revealing
what Erwin asked to his daddy.
Ultimately, young Erwin's question
snowballed into the events leading to his father's death.
Quite the simple question, too.
Has anyone actually been able to verify
no humans are alive outside the Colossal Titan walls?
For the Erwin flashback,
you got a young eyebrows in the making.
Erwin's point here was regarding the history books
clearly not being objective.
This makes you wonder who else
has questioned this stuff throughout the years.
Erwin definitely couldn't have been the first one.
Perhaps the other people
just got taken out by the Kenny squad.
On the other hand, Erwin may have survived
since he eventually got into this.
high ranking enough government position.
Oh, Erwin is snooping around
and knows the truth potentially?
Don't worry, that guy's the Survey Corps commander.
Just save Kenny the trouble
and eventually the Titans will get 'em.
Now regarding all the stuff outside the wall,
at this point you know the Warriors
came from outside Wall Maria.
The anime also heavily hinted
ore really just made this stuff
pretty obvious with the whole Ymir situation
in Attack on Titan season two.
Perhaps you've forgotten at this point,
but recall that Ymir's mid-info card
in one of the episodes pretty much revealed
a good chunk of the mystery.
As for Zachary here, oh don't worry Nile,
you could talk it over with Erwin
over a beer when he's back.
Really, just typical Isayama sharpening that dagger
for usage later.
Anyway, back to the basement reveals.
The very first thing being the picture on top.
You even have Grisha's writing here
clarifying this actually being a photograph.
One of those things you see on Titan Twitter.
The second key reveal, which was more like a confirmation,
not only Grisha coming from the outside
but humanity living peacefully outside.
Then the third reveal, which is the people in this picture.
I think you'll find out the whole story soon enough,
I don't know if I should get into spoilers here
so let me ask you, who do you think these people are
in this picture?
If you do want to know the juicy spoilers post down below.
You could also check out my video
going in depth on Grisha's past.
Overall for the basement reveals,
so far three books they found.
The anime has really only scratched the surface.
But let me ask you, how do you feel
about the key stuff revealed this episode?
What were you expecting would be down here?
This includes anime only people and also manga readers.
For manga readers, what were you expecting back then,
before knowing the truth about the Attack on Titan world?
I do have my own thoughts
about the actual reveals coming up.
For that I'll save that for next episode
where I'll be able to actually really get into this.
Next up, did you stay for the after credits stuff?
There is an actual scene after the credits.
This is the first time they've done something like this
for Attack on Titan,
and no, I'm not talking about the season two
or season three cliffhanger tease.
Anyway, I was hoping they would save this
for the next episode but now you got it.
I got a feeling they're gonna repeat it.
You got Grisha's flashback starting up.
You can see a young Grisha and a young sister
putting on some special identification arm band.
Don't forget about the blimp in the sky.
So oh my god, what's going on here?
When did they go all Full Metal Alchemist like?
One of the key things mentioned in this flashback
is that wall, which really serves as another parallel
to the current story.
Unfortunately Grisha did not listen,
which really kick started the events
leading up to the current Attack on Titan story.
The full truth will get continued
to be revealed next episode.
As for my thoughts on this episode,
clearly there's a good chunk of padding or filler,
like some of you like to call it.
I actually don't mind the addition of this,
especially knowing what's coming up.
In fact, I would welcome more of this stuff
for Grisha's flashback stuff.
Hopefully you've enjoyed the Attack on Titan action so far.
Also, hopefully you're not only watching
Attack on Titan for the action stuff.
These next few episodes will be mostly flashback stuff
and a lot of fun discussions from the Attack on Titan cast.
I have been Tweeting about this the past few weeks
but let me mention it here,
the basement reveal will really determine
who are the true Attack on Titan fans that stick around.
I'm predicting you guys will be mixed on this.
I'm just wondering whether it's gonna be 50 50
or more like 30 70,
although I'm not sure in which direction.
What do you think will happen?
Do you think anime only people
will love the basement reveals coming up?
Unfortunately I'm also predicting and expecting
some people will try to make a controversy
from this basement stuff,
a hint to that being that arm band stuff.
If that does happen it may blow up even bigger
than the recent Goblin Slayer
and Shield Hero controversy stuff,
just due to how colossal Attack on Titan has gotten.
Again, I really hope I'm wrong
on the whole controversy stuff
but I would be really surprised
if someone doesn't at least try,
especially for the clicks and money potential there.
Anyone else think there's a good chance
for an Attack on Titan controversy coming?
Next up, let's get into some Attack on Titan
manga to anime changes, some highlights.
And really, I might have to carve out time this week
to just make a full video on it.
At the start of this the anime added a couple new scenes
just showing what these guys were on the ground level,
the secluded Mikasa, Floch, and Hange.
These character stills were not in the manga.
Next up the whole Eren Mikasa group
heading towards the actual basement.
For this there was actually a lot of anime original stuff.
The anime actually took its time showing you the characters
getting to that location, Eren's home.
They also included some still images
showing what Armin and the other guys were doing
while Eren was busy, which was really just waiting around.
Next up, a new anime original shot.
Just a random scene of Eren and Mikasa
being scavengers with those plates.
I guess the Survey Corps doesn't pay a lot.
Inside the actual basement
I already did touch on the actual Mikasa Grisha flashback.
I really do have to do a whole video on this episdoe.
For total chapters covered this episode,
really only about one, it covered chapter 85.
Plus, it did cover six pages from the next chapter,
that was in the post credits scene.
So about five chapters less for three episodes.
Really quickly, I should remind you guys,
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Keep in mind, the lower tier does include
monthly streams with me,
including an Attack on Titan only stream.
So go ahead and check the link down below to join the fun
or if you just wanna support the channel.
Anyway, for the episode, how much did you like
or dislike this episode?
Was there too much padding?
Or was it a welcome addition to the mange?
Definitely go ahead and chime in down below.
Check out my Promare anime review
and also my in depth look at the new Colossal Titan.
Unfortunately the video kept on getting delayed
but it's finally out.
Don't miss it and I'll see you guys later.