- [Narrator] The heated battle versus the War Hammer Titan
continues in Attack on Titan.
Will the scouts win this ultimate battle for freedom?
So what's up guys, Foxen here.
Time for a little follow up
to my Attack on Titan Chapter 102 review.
That last chapter dropped down like 2:00 a.m.
After getting some sleep I took a look back at the chapter
and I think there's still a lot more
that I want to talk about.
If you haven't seen my chapter 102 review
watch that first then bounce back here.
There's a lot of different stuff I want to touch on here.
For the first topic, let me bring up Pieck, Porco,
and whoever put them in the hole.
For a few months now there's been a discussion
about who this mystery soldier was.
I think with this chapter we didn't exactly get an answer
but we can rule a couple of people out.
First off, Pieck said that she recognized this person.
Looking back at that moment,
it really could have only been Conny, Jean,
or a certain barbecued person.
In this chapter, you saw the new, older Conny
and Jean so you can rule them out.
The thing is, was this Armin?
Sure, she saw him back then
but that was a barbecued version.
I mean, that'd be like if you bought a Big Mac
then four years later you suddenly ran into the cow
it came from and somehow you knew
that the burger came from this cow.
Anyway, more importantly, first of all,
whoever this person was knew
that these massive Titan holes were even in Marley.
This should make you wonder, who told them about this?
I could only imagine that this
is not stuff that's common knowledge.
The last time they were used
was also like, a hundred years ago.
And then the second important thing to note
is whoever this person was,
they were either careless by keeping no one to watch them
which really does reflect really badly on the scouts
or it could be possible
that this individual acted on their own.
I'm not really convinced about this yet,
but just throwing it out there.
Either way, by being careless or not
the scouts in the current situation
have two more Titan shifters to deal with.
Also, by not capturing Zeke either,
I guess that's now three shifters they could have avoided.
Oops, my bad.
What makes this even stranger is this,
that so far the scouts have not had any hesitation
in killing the Marley soldiers.
So why not kill these shifters or have someone eat them,
like Sasha, Conny, they could use the upgrade.
All I'm saying is that this makes the situation even
that more suspicious, what do you think?
Definitely let me know how you see this down below.
Next up, let's talk about the older Levi.
It seems like a lot of people were happy
to see the older Levi post-time skip
and yes, Levi is pushing almost 40 years old now.
I have seen the question about why he doesn't look older
or really different at all.
It really should come down to those Ackerman genes.
Who knows, the Ackerman could be like sayings,
they'll stay young forever
until they're like 70, or was it 80?
But anyway, back to some stuff about Levi.
One of the interesting things from this chapter
to note is that this guy's still using
the old 3D maneuver gear.
I went back and checked out every single scout
but Levi's the only one with this older one.
I do wonder why, did he just really not want to use a guns?
Is Levi just being super old school?
I mean, Levi is the only one wearing
the Survey Corps old cape.
Who knows, maybe Levi's just being super traditional.
Besides the old 3D maneuver gear on Levi,
the only other notable thing on him were the blades.
I mentioned before how notably Levi's using no guns,
but those blades seem to be smaller than the ones before.
I guess Levi's the only one on Titan's slashing duty.
It couldn't be that he doesn't want to kill people.
He's killed people in the Uprising Arc,
perhaps Levi just wants to make it a lot more personal,
like you're getting the owner
and getting sliced in two by Levi.
But being serious about the blades,
it seems like these things do have a new design.
They're definitely shorter.
If you recall the previous blades
they look like box blade cutters.
The ones that Levi is using here
don't have that segment design.
I recall them mentioning the manga before
that they used to be this way
so the blades could be more easily repaired.
I think that was in the Before the Fall manga
so not sure how candid that is.
So now with these new blades,
they're shorter, perhaps stronger, maybe lighter.
The real important question here is,
can Levi still do the beyblade technique?
Anyway, still on the topic of Levi,
let me bring up Levi versus the Jaws Titan.
Maybe I'm over thinking this,
but this seemed a little strange.
What was Levi up to only slicing the jaw
of the Jaws Titan mouth?
I mean, Braus, Mikasa and him were there,
they could've easily turned the Jaws Titan into sushi
and also had dinner before Pieck showed up.
Was this a calculated move or am I just overthinking it?
Let me know what you think below.
Next up, the War Hammer Titan and I do plan
to have a separate full discussion video on this thing.
For here, let me just mention
that creepy woman in the crystal.
I think it tells us a lot when this woman
was still conscious in the crystal
and they want to move around.
But really, going back to the beginning
when Mikasa shot it down.
Is Mikasa and the scouts getting a little too careless?
I mean, no double-tapping it, really?
These are the same guys that already fought
the Armored Titan before.
Remember what that thing did?
The Armored Titan was able to transfer his brain
to his ass and survive.
Don't you think the War Hammer Titan
could do the same or more?
I think this was a huge oversight on their part.
Anyway, back to the Ackerman, let me bring up one
of my favorite shots in this chapter
and that's the Jaws Titan one.
I really, really love seeing this guy's oh crap moment.
I think he quickly figured out
how these guys were not scared of him.
I'm sure that the Jaws Titan
is used to soldiers running away from his ass,
but no, this is the Survey Corps.
These guys were frickin' racing to see which one
would get the kill first. (laughs)
I frickin' love that.
And then there was a line about the Ackerman.
Looks like he's aware about them.
I could just imagine if Pieck hadn't shown up
this guy would have been sliced into nice sushi.
Too bad, hopefully next chapter.
By the way, I think a perfect successor
to the Jaws Titan would be Conny, think about it.
Next up, let me bring up
the final panel shot in this chapter.
I gotta be honest, I didn't pay too much attention
to the background characters the first time reading it,
but some people have pointed it out to pay attention
to this particular character with the long hair.
The main question right now is, who is this?
And the speculation and theories have started.
A couple of people have mentioned Armin
which I highly doubt.
They would've made a much bigger deal.
I also seen Historia thrown around.
For this one, really?
I don't think they're gonna
send their queen anywhere near here.
And then this other interesting idea
has been that girl that Mikasa saved four years back.
If you can't remember who, it's this one.
Honestly, even for me, I'm saying that's a stretch.
You do have to consider the fact
that it has been four years,
there's been plenty of time
to train a lot more rookie scouts.
And also don't forget, the funny part about this
is that this might be a dude.
Next up, let me talk about female Eren, Gabi.
I've actually been a little surprised
about seeing the amount of hate
this character's getting from this chapter.
So in this chapter, you have Sasha spare her life.
I think this is going to go back to that popular quote about
"No good deed goes unpunished."
We had Gabi pick up the gun
and she's heading towards the battlefield.
I'm calling it now and I think I did in the past too,
Gabi is definitely going to take someone out,
the question is who?
I think it's going to be someone important
as Sasha, specifically.
The thing is, it has to be important enough for it to hurt,
but it can't be someone too major.
A key character being killed by her, I really doubt.
So here are the possible choices.
You have Jean, Conny, or Flock,
and specifically, Gabi may shoot them in the ass.
So place your bets now, who is Gabi gonna kill?
Next up, talk about Conny and Sasha, let me bring them up.
More specifically, I want to talk about those lights
and whatever the hell they were doing.
When I was rereading this, I caught something
that I didn't catch the first time.
You see Conny putting up these lights?
And I'm still not 100% convinced on what they're for,
but something else was there.
Conny goes ahead and mentions how the streets
were also blocked off.
So all together the scouts seem
to be blocking the whole festival area.
There's two key take aways from this.
It seems that they're blocking the streets
to limit the civilian casualties
which I think is a huge part of it.
And also limit reinforcements from getting in easily.
Non-Titan shifter reinforcements that is.
The second thing is actually a potential negative
for the scouts.
I'm sure they realized that
by using this blockade in their plan,
they're going to have to fully rely
on their 3D maneuver gear to work.
It has to last them until the very end of this fight.
Hopefully, the got some spots to refill because right now,
if you're out of gas that means you're a dead man
which I guess isn't too different from back then
when fighting a mile against Titans.
Anyway, back to the lights.
My wild guess about these lights is that
it's part of their escape strategy.
Perhaps they got some great super flash distractions
so they could get away.
I have been joking around that Armin's going to use them
to land in the area and just nuke it.
But really, the chances of that happening are slim.
Who knows, what do you think?
Come on, I want to hear a crazy guess
for what these lights are for.
And talk about nuking the area, where is Armin?
Could Armin be incoming in some balloon?
Hopefully, Eren didn't already eat him.
I know that's super unlikely,
but I think that would be a major shock.
What I do want to see is Armin's new updated look.
I'd imagine he look something
like the Fullmetal Alchemist, Edward.
But really about Armin, I have been joking around
about Armin landing and nuking the whole area
because really, I don't see that happening.
For one, Armin would be against it.
At least the Armin from four years back,
but more importantly, is that every scout
is still in the nation, they're still in the area.
I think the potential risk for friendly fire is too huge.
The only way I see Armin using that nuke
is to use it on the outer 30,000 troops coming in.
I mean, the scouts will need something huge
to take care of them, perhaps colossal.
The big question right now is, where exactly is Armin?
I have seen some people throw out the idea
that Hange and Armin stayed back on,
I was about to say Fun Island but wrong series.
That Armin and Hange stayed back
on Paradis Island to protect it.
I'm not sure how much protection
the island realistically needs and right now,
Levi and friends could use a Colossal Titan on their side.
Then again, the question again comes up,
if they're not going to use a Colossal Titan as nuke,
how useful is this thing really?
I mean, sure, it's going to have a mini explosion
when it transforms, but then after that it's gonna
be a massive bullseye for the 30,000 troops
and maybe that's fine.
So, place your bets for Armin.
Is he gonna nuke or not nuke?
Let me now touch on the older Eren.
From what little you've seen so far
about Eren post-time skip
he's giving off this totally different vibe compared
to that kid he used to be.
For me, Eren comes off as a more hardened,
more chill soldier that actually thinks things through.
In this chapter, Eren displayed that even more.
Eren did notice pretty quickly
and found the weak spot for the War Hammer Titan.
All Eren had to do after that was quickly unplug it.
Although to be a little fair to the War Hammer Titan,
the massive cable shouldn't have been
too hard to spot from above.
Oh War Hammer Titan, you should've gone cordless!
On the other hand, I did mention the thing
about double-tapping this thing.
Eren did mention noticing something at the beginning
strange about this Titan.
This should've been even more reason for him
to completely destroy that thing.
My guess, Eren still has a lot more to learn.
And then after Eren, the perfect follow up
is the older Zeke.
After missing for a chapter,
the beast hiding conveniently shows up once
the Jaws and Pieck are in position.
Not to mention, this thing is just casually walking up
to Levi, like no problem.
Doesn't anyone else think that's a little strange?
Zeke, right there,
should've been getting some sushi P.T.S.D., like oh no,
one Best Titan steak coming right up.
It also seemed like Levi wasn't too surprised at all.
Perhaps almost as if expecting the Beast to show up.
Right in that same page, Jean says, "It's coming."
Like he's not surprised at all, hmmm.
Anyway, before all this, the last time you saw Zeke he
was getting super far away from the festival events
which was after being led away by that soldier.
Somehow, Zeke just happened to not run into any soldier
or any scout on the way back to the festival.
In all, this really just adds more to the mystery,
what is going on with Zeke?
I do wonder, is it possible for Zeke
to be working with another third party
which could complicate things even further.
Anyway, that's it for my more detailed follow up discussion.
Let me hear from you.
What is really going on between the scouts,
Marley, and Zeke?
Is anything happening at all?
Why did that mystery soldier leave Zeke alone
and also make it easier for two Titan shifters to escape?
Do you honestly see Armin nuking the whole area?
Oh, and how about Annie, where is she?
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