Why Levi ALREADY CHOSE Armin Before Shiganshina - Overanalyzing Attack on Titan & Retrospective
Today at the Mystery Shack, we continue our retrospective analysis of Attack on Titan and episode 49 - Night of the Battle to Retake the Wall. Join me in overanalyzing every single detail of the show and generally nerd out about anything and everything!
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00:00 - Episode 49 Opening Sequence - The Vial, Technology & Erwin
03:38 - Episode 49 Opening Sequence - Order vs Question
05:52 - Episode 49 Title - Night of the Battle to Retake the Wall
06:51 - Grisha & Civilization Beyond the Walls
10:33 - Erwin & Levi
12:07 - Your dream, did it satisfy or terrify?
16:21 - Midcard - Meat…. yes really… it’s just… meat
18:14 - Party Time!
21:09 - Jean, Eren and New Eren
23:17 - Eren, Mikasa & Armin
27:39 - Farewells
29:53 - The Infamous Glitching Horror ED
33:12 - Closing Thoughts
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In hindsight, the glitchy ending could be Armin, as the narrator, trying to remember what happened around the time he became a titan as he was only kind of alive when he transformed
Nice way to see it but I also think it’s eren because he also said has it already been four months meaning his warp of time is everywhere
I think it is the Attack Titan's future memories coming into play, especially for the basement reveal.
@@hessiankyojinthanks it’s almost like you just reposted exactly what I said hours later 😂
@@DarkMasterJo Who are you?
@@DarkMasterJo-🤡
I also love how both Levi and Mikasa let go of Erwin and Eren to set them free from being slaves to something. There are a lot of parallels between their stories.
Grisha introduces penicilin to the wall Suddenly he is the saint that cured the biggest plague in the walls (a mild flu)
Tfw you're allergic to penicillin
@@nabuchodonosormcgalapatram6941 damn, guesd you die xD
Penicillin is an antibiotic. The flu is caused by a virus.
@@nabuchodonosormcgalapatram6941 You still benefit massively by the disease becoming far more rare.
@@ASDeckard Yeah, herd immunity and all, but still, imagine the shock, he gives you a shot and you have a reaction because you never knew you were allergic.
Erwin screaming before the Scouts leave for the mission is one of my favourite scenes. One of the the very few things which gets me more hyped than a new AoT overanalysis episode dropping. Especially after seeing Erwin so tormented and exhausted throughout all of season 3, him still being able to build up such charisma and power, as well as genuine excitement for seeing the basement, is just so inspiring, Levi's reaction says everything. And it makes it so much more tragic when he eventually chooses to sacrifice his dream.
Return to Shiganshina Arc analysis is gonna be bonkers BRO.
i literally cannot fucking wait 😭😭😭
I love that Erwin was really just in it for himself and the guilt he has over his father's death. This man did all THIS, had all these people die, think 4 seasons ahead... just because he wish he had shut his mouth.
That glitch ending was wild. So glad I got to see it unspoiled
-You cooked with this one, Koroto. Narrator: He's lying. He knows Koroto always cooks in every single AoT video.
I think the image of Erwin on his horse also could represent dying in battle. Statues of militery people on horeses represent how they died. And when it showcase the horse on it's backlegs they died in battle.
everytime you upload an episode of this series i get excited (and more obsessed with aot). i don't know what i'm gonna do once you're done overanalyzing attack on titan ! life will be empty 😔 (seriously your series help sm with the grief of aot being over lol)
I will Overanalyze Overanalyzing Attack on Titan! 😅👍
watch AoT again armed with all this knowledge.... it's helped me notice so much small but important details I missed on first viewing. Watched it twice and never once noticed Burrito away to bite his hand in the tower episode until watching these vids
@@Koroto Perfect idea xD
@SA80TAGE wait actually was I the only one that actually caught it first viewing?
@@KorotoPlease do because I still remember the emptiness I felt when Aot ended and while watching this series I fear it will come back again
28:23 Literally had goosebumps as you mentioned it, it’s dope to see such a calm character shout on pure adrenaline. Just like when his arm was bit off.
I was a manga reader when this episode came out and remember looking at the anime-only thread on reddit and loving every single reaction to that glitch ending. Good times.
i was loving everyone who genuinely thought armin was gonna die lmao
The glitchy outro scared me to death the first time I saw it
That ED glitch/teaser was incredible upon first watch.
I think this is my favorite series on youtube right now
I was just thinking of when the next AOT vid would be out and, like magic, here it is :)
Warriors.... I found the Attack Titan... he's not aware the full extent of his power yet. Shift forms and move in, we have him!
Do it again I’m ready for the next episode lol
I LOVE that glitchy ending that teased season 3 part 2 genuinely TERRIFYING and seeing this as an anime only at the time actually made me thinking everything went completely wrong for the scouts and pretty much everyone died (ironically the same theory you said in the video) in hindsight…I was wrong but I guess I predicted there was a lot of death lol.
Imagine just dropping banger after banger with no signs of getting dull. Keep the superb content coming my guy, I will be here to absorb it all like a sponge
"Everyone's a slave to something." *- Kenny the Ripper*
Babe, wake up, Koroto's Mystery Shack Posted
Armin represented the next generation and how the next generation should move forward.
Eren be like: Connie spinal cord sword!
Fun fact: Hajime Isayama stated in an interview that Erwin would've given up if he became the Colossal Titan.
Source please? As far as I can tell, this is blatant misinformation.
@@akamered4483people when misinformation is being spread for a hypothetical scenario in a fictional world
Wdym given up?
@@okuyasuniijimuraHe'd have nothing to live for
@@okuyasuniijimurabut it was horseshit, so don’t worry about it.
YES YES YES ITS MY GOAT KOROTO
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@@Koroto i actually physically screamed out when i saw this video
Lmao glad you're excited! 😂
Was schoked too.. Did koroto say 15 days? Can.t w8 for bis part of AOT Shimi arc..After thad i can die happy :)
@@kiffu94 ahh yes peak of slap on giant the shimi arc
30:21 omg yesss someone mentions the glitch teaser 🔥
Just wanted to say that I love this video series and it deserves far more attention. Keep it up!
I absolutely love your videos, always top tier ! pls don't stop !
What a great episode. I didn't even remember the whole glitching ed thing so that was cool to see
You have no idea how much this mean to me. Im watching every ep and have been sitting on the last one for about a month now. What you said about finishing a show / meeting life goals hits HARD. Im about to finish college in less than a week and you just helped me understand this feeling of fear of completing my "big goal"... life goes on.
So sad that I always skip ED, so I missed the glitchy one.
Noooooooooooooo, that's such a shame. Seeing it for the first time was truly something else.
Little tip I've since picked up if you tend to do this (afaik it applies to all anime): if you see the "to be continued..." End card before the credits, (95% of episodes) it's safe to skip the ED and go to the next episode. If you don't; then watch the ED as there's still more to watch.
back then i was up to date with the manga but i still got shocked and full body goosebumps when i saw the glitchy trailer in the ed, it completely caught me off guard like i never thought they'd include a scene and specifically That Scene from the next season 💀 isayama and wit really said "we dgaf yall should've already read this in the manga" because wtf was that
Thank you for your work. This detailed level of analysis is exactly what I'm craving and it makes me so happy to see so many people being interested in this, because most people these days only care about superficial things in anime. But it's the beautiful storytelling and use of narrative elements that, at least for me, make anime worth watching and to see someone actually CARING about the details and foreshadowing like you do, inspires me a lot in my own analyses. Thank you 💜
i finally got to finish aot and it BROKE ME. decided i’d start rewatching along with watching some deep dive videos about the story and i have binged this entire playlist in a matter of a couple days. i can’t wait for the next upload!!! thank you for all of the work and effort you put in to making these videos!!! 🖤🖤🖤
Really enjoy your analysis.
This is awesome!!! Would love more video essays on Levi
I don't really see the future Kenny analogue at all, I just thing Erwin was very obviously already broken from trauma and survivors guilt and in the end Levi realized that he could not bring the true suicidal maniac of AOT back to life as the colossal Titan doomed to be weaponized like a nuclear bomb. I don't think the differences in Armen and Erwin's ideology or perspective had any consideration for Levi, I think that from a cold, cost/benefit analysis Erwin is the obvious choice bar none, Flock was right superficially but while Flock knew Erwin's legend Levi knew the man and realized that the Erwin that got them to that point was already more or less gone before Erwin's final charge and that resurrecting the man as the Colossal wouldn't really bring him back. Erwin had simply seen and done to much at that point, sacrificed to much. He had nothing left to give and if he was given the colossal titan he'd probably ended up feeding himself to another Titan or just disappearing and living in seclusion once paradie started making contact with the outside world. He wanted to die, simple as, and Levi couldn't bring himself to torture him with the colossal's resurrection no matter how valuable his mind was to them.
not the true suicidal maniac lmaooooo
I always drop everything as soon as one of these videos come out 🤩
I'm so mad I missed that teaser ending during my first viewing. Caught me off guard during my rewatch.
WOOOO KOROTO STARTING THE RAMBLING ONCE AGAIN
Thanks for letting us know about the Night trilogy in the series.
I have watch all the aot videos at least 3 times now, keep up the good work man!
kroto i gotta thank you for this series man, aot is already my favorite story to be told and just having you perfectly point out everything i missed and make just about every little thing make absolute perfect sense just makes it even better, also my own little theory, what if the size of the titan correlates to where they where injected in the spine?
I don't think so because both in the anime and the Manga all the eldian are injected at the tip of their spine in their neck and they all transformed into different sizes (when all the people get turned in front of Grisha)
@elywahl9520 guess I overlooked those moments thank you for reminding me
omg I’ve been impatiently waiting for this series to get to RtS arc 🙏🙏
The glitchy ending is actually similar to something that happens in both the NieR:Automata game and anime, although there it isn't exactly an ED, but it's cool and has kind of the same energy to it.
The return to Shiganshina and all that follows is PEAK Attack On Titan. I can't wait for the next couple of videos!
i like the white pale erwyn horse but just a little fun fact most ppl don't know.. the "pale" horse is actually pale green (or pale greenish grey, like a rotting decaying corpse. that's why it's rider is death) not pale white like most people think.
God I love this series, it's just so damn cool seeing the little hints and details you don't see the first time watching. Once you're done with AoT I think it would be really cool if you covered Re:Zero. That's all for my yap sesh, take care!
Little bit shocked here after read the title, i thought i missed your series cause the last time i see you still at s3 lol
7:54 I respect the Hacker T Dog reference.
I'm sorry I saw the title and felt like fucking crying. I can't do this right now, I'm still sensitive to these episodes, give me a while to mentally prepare and then I'll watch the video.
Can't wait for your breakdown on the Battle of Shinganshina. I wonder how its gonna go. Are you gonna go by episode by episode, or are you gonna do separate breakdowns for each side of the skirmish?
ngl for erwin's white horse, i always thought it was a reference to napoleon but it could just be my french blood
I love it every time you play the clip of the dude writing heat lmao
Yo so every good moment in this episode was all happening at once for eren in the end. All he wanted in the end was to be a kid again and to be free. So he kept moving forward in the end no matter what. Rip bro
Oh yes, I remember I was about to skip the outro and I think I wanted to call it a day for AoT, but then this "glitch" happen. So I watched it with some "what... what the..." feeling, and thought I absolutely needed to watch another episode right away. ;]
Levi later explains that he didn't choose Armin, but rather chose for Erwin to die then and there, because of his 私情 aka "personal feelings" (that part sadly wasn't translated quite accurately). Eren also pointed out that Levi wasn't rational on that rooftop at all. That being said, didn't Levi let Erwin free of his suffering, DESPITE what was better for Humanity's victory? We also will hear a lot in s4 that Hange, Armin and others would often reflect on that Erwin would have been a much more capable option for the command. And finally, in all the interview with the author and the cast the main focus when speaking about Midnight Sun episode is always Levi giving Erwin a mercy of peace (he was just about to inject Erwin after all, but what finally stopped him was Erwin himself and his gratitude for letting him go) and never choosing Armin as "the better option". Levi will literally say, "You can never replace him."
It’s begun… 😂 Jokes aside, I’ll talk about all of that when we actually get to the decision, clearly it wasn’t as simple as Levi already having been convinced, but I think it’d be silly to say that the events of this episode don’t weigh on him. Plenty more on that though 👍
@@Koroto thank you for reading my yapping 😅 Yeah, I'm sure there's more to come, it's just that when you said Levi's mind is already 99.9% made up on that night, it left only 0,1% of the weight for all the upcoming events. I think Midnight Sun is known to be the ultimate episode about a choice for a reason, while the Night Before... to me is more about Levi feeling the inevitable and failing at trying to convince Erwin to live 😢 He's definitely not ready for that choice at the time.
@@Koroto Also, Levi doesn't know yet that Flock and others see Erwin as the devil and wish him hell on earth. One of the biggest things he will spare Erwin from.
😂😂 loved the Connor and Chris reference. Didn’t know you were a fan👍
What can I say, they're very affable gentlemen
@@Koroto 😂😂good one
when are you making a video on the ones who live?? this channel got me into the walking dead
always stay analyzing foo🎉
In regard to what you stated near the end, about desperately needing more AOT content to think about: Shingeki Fly, a 35th volume of sorts, is coming out within a day. It’s going to have 18 new pages involving more of Levi’s backstory.
Just another day being reminded that my media literacy will never compare to Korotos’s
i love your videos
Rule of thumbs for low tech farming: When rearing meat animals like cows; you'll need 10 kilos of grass to get 1 kilo of cow. You'll also need 1 hectare of land to feed 1 person from the crop yield. Needing approximately 1 kilo of edible flora to get 1 kilo of person. So with the conversion rate of plant to animal remaining roughly the same the question remains; why even bother with meat when you could just grow more crops? To start with, alot of what your food grows out/off of isn't actually edible, or even useful. But your cows can eat some of that and give you milk in return. Also when you combine meat and vegetables in a ratio of about 25 to 75 in your diet, you'll need less food over all to stay fed and healthy. Beyond that the bovines are strong and therefore useful in making your farming more effective. Their excrement should also be composted with straw to create a primitive form of fertilizer. And to cap it all off, among other things their skin is literally what we make most leather out of. At the end of the day though you'll want atleast 3 hectares of land dedicated to agriculture per person you want to keep fed. In order to maintain food reserves for emergencies and allow for slight population growth. Which is how I explain the farmlands between walls Maria and Rose being such a massively big deal to everyone within the walls.
11:36 you saying that gives me Stephen King Dark Tower vibes... Death, but not for you gunslinger... never for you
Me watching this for the 5th time to overanalyze the overanalyzing
BTW do you think Sina, Rose, and Maria got differentiated Titans? I haven't seen this anywhere, but I imagine in going from Ymir's original titan to the Nine passed down separately, there must have been intermediate stages with fewer than nine. We know they take slightly different forms with each shifter. Maybe Ymir's daughters had a proto-Colossal-Female-Founding titan, a proto-Armored-Warhammer-Attack titan, and a proto-Cart-Jaw-Beast titan. Then whoever shared in eating them (to get from 3 inheritors to 9) got further differentiated versions, changing with how each successive shifter used their powers.
Hey ! If you love overanalysing so much you should DEFINITELY watch the Monogatari series. Besides, I love your videos on Avatar and AOT, keep it up man !
Two days until the new Levi chapter!
Lol I never thought about what'd I'd do after this series is over oh God I'm not ready
beeen w8ting soo long... And Korotos cocking again ...
When that new retrospective drops you know it’s a good day
God Damn It! XD I recently made a new layout for my thumbnails and I really love how good it looks, it's basically identical to yours, oops....
29:46 is that burrito? I always thought it was an adult Marcel being dreamed up by Reiner
I think it's the blown back hair and jacket (even though Barturoto also has the same jacket), but no, that's definitely Berotorotorto. 😅 If there were any other instances were Marcel is brought up like that, I think you could make a case for that, but here I think it's just the wind blowing back his hair and the odd angle that kinda makes him look a bit off. I think the headshape is kinda a giveaway for that - Marcel's face was a bit more round/blocky, Bertolts is a lot more oval. (Could also be different animators or something like that. This episode does have a few distinct frames too. Mikasa on the stairs looks a tad different to the usual close ups. Erwin's framing in the Levi scene also changes a little bit etc)
The glitching, man… when i saw it i had the same reaction
Man I love this shit!
The fact we are only a little over halfway through the series is kinda crazy
you’re my favorite yapper
Nah. Commanders advertising themselves as the commander was actually the norm throughout history. Kings would wear crowns on their helms, or gilded armors; generals would wear extremely fancy horse-hair mohawks and feathers, and occasionally fancy scarlet capes. The morale boost to the soldiers, especially if the commander is fighting on the front alongside them, was incredibly potent, and would prove to be instrumental in winning battles, often-times. It was also the case that in the same way flags (or other symbols representing the division of the army you are fighting in such as the Romans' golden eagles) represented a central point to rally around and ensure cohesion in the unit, commanders would often need to be a central figure to ensure that is readily recognizable in order to make sure their orders are carried out. They just had to rely upon their fellow soldiers to protect them and hope no one got a lucky throw with a javelin or shot with a gun/bow/crossbow/slingshot or whathaveyou. It was only after modern communications tech was put into play that generals really had the luxury of hiding away from the battlefield and directing things from elsewhere. Even if most commanders preferred to fight from the rear when it wasn't necessary to join their men at the front (because they did know that losing the commander would likely cost a potential victory, and typically didn't want to put themselves in danger unless they felt it necessary, as such), they would still wear distinguishing markers to make it very clear who was in charge.
LETS GOOOO!!!!!
Oooooo we're getting close to s4 boys
You could overanalise the live action movies it could be a fun special
any idea when the next twd retrospective is coming?
These videos are peak literally peak
Levi: How important is that basement to you, Erwin? Erwin: It’s more important that eatin’ food. It’s more important than drinkin’ water…
I Wish i didn't get spoiled about this episode
Hi Koroto and co. Great episode as always. So I am dumb and don’t remember, why/when did Erwin lose an arm??? Also, I somehow feel justified and unjustified in skipping ED’s because this is the first I’m learning of such an ending to an episode and good grief it is creepy. I cannot imagine how over the top it would have been for people watching live and unable to rewind to THEN overanalyze
Erwin's arm got chomped at the end of season 2 during the Eren chase. My video on the episode: kzhead.info/sun/arNpprmBaap3g6M/bejne.html And for the EDs, I've been lucky enough to always have a pretty good sense that something more might be coming (usually abnormal run time or something like that). Seeing this for the first time was nuts 😅
@@Koroto I see, I see. I’ve not done a proper rewatch of AOT. I just can’t with all the deaths. I’ve still not gotten over my beloved potato girl XD keep up the great work and make sure you take care of yourself
Its gonna be sad when we get to the end of this series
5 min 108 views? Dang that’s actually kinda impressive way to go dude
I agree with most of your points but I don't think he had 99 percent made his choice , I think it was weighing heavy on him and he was considering all those points you made but I think with erwin's sacrifice and choosing Levi as the sole survivor to avenge him and the others made him almost guilty to the point where seeing erwin alive (barely) when he assumed he was dead made him double think himself and want to give the syringe to erwin and it was erwin's final hand raise that made him realize what the right choice actual was
I have a theory that future Eren actually sent that memory of Erwin in his fathers class to him in that moment so Levi would choose armin. Love to hear yours and anyone else’s thoughts on this or perhaps you’ll talk about it in a future video.
Hey just wondering if you were still planning on making one last big walking dead retrospective episode?
Yup, but I have a bit of a different TWD video coming next week before I (eventually) get back to the retrospective!
29:48. Is not Reiner and burrito It’s suppose to be Marcel grown up if you pay attention it’s the same outfit he was wearing when he was small and eaten. Plus it just does not look like burrito hair clothes nothing face Plus he looks to confident to be him 😂 Sorry koroto first time correcting you and it could of easily been because of recording voice over that you messed up or missed the error If that’s suppose to be bertolt why does his outfit change after but reiners stays the same Etc Idk the whole face looks like Marcel older as well not bertolt I could be wrong but everytime I seen that scene I thought it was Reiner imagining Marcel with him
holy i’ve never noticed that until now that’s definitely not bertholdt
Late reply, but saw someone else mention this so I'll copy paste my response. 😅 I think it's the blown back hair and jacket (even though Barturoto also has the same jacket), but no, that's definitely Berotorotorto. 😅 If there were any other instances were Marcel is brought up like that, I think you could make a case for that, but here I think it's just the wind blowing back his hair and the odd angle that kinda makes him look a bit off. I think the headshape is kinda a giveaway for that - Marcel's face was a bit more round/blocky, Bertolts is a lot more oval. (Could also be different animators or something like that. This episode does have a few distinct frames too. Mikasa on the stairs looks a tad different to the usual close ups. Erwin's framing in the Levi scene also changes a little bit etc)
I dare you to make one of this videos for a Slap on Titan
this convo between levi/erwin reminds me heavily of levi's reaction to meeting eren again in S4, and the last convo with kenny
peak next episode
[Persuasion attempt] Would ranting about the bew Fallout series scratch that itch of yours, perhaps?
Hate having to delay watching these around my girlfriend as I wanna avoid spoilers as I still hold hope I can get here to watch it.
People in the comments say that Levi chose the future over the past, but do they realize that Levi himself got stuck in the past after Erwin's death? 🙁 Isayama: "He is currently like a balloon dangling in the air rather aimlessly. To Levi, staying with Erwin until Erwin's last minute gave him a feeling that his has accomplished everything he needs to. I think he still has the goal of killing the Beast Titan." Hiroshi Kamiya (Levi's VA): "Levi hasn't changed. The loss of Erwin is so huge that afterwards he feels like he's just living out the rest of his years" Daisuke Ono (Erwin's VA): "After Erwin's death Levi always seemed lonely."
Yes!! Ohhh, we finally going there, I'm so hyped - thank you so much for this awesome series! I've been wondering, are you studying/working with media or is this just a hobby of yours? Edit: Ohhh, the depth perception thing is very interesting. I've got both my eyes, but fun fact for everyone not in the know - it's a learned skill and I never did, having pretty much no concept of 3D spaces. It was very interesting to me that Levi did seem to struggle with some final fights and honestly, it's not surprising. You can learn to work around it, but even at 25 with as many years of experience, you still smash into things. Edit 2: Now we need an Isekai. "I got turned into a Titan forced to wander the medieval island!!"
Glad you're enjoying it! 🙇♂️ But no, it's purely a hobby....Well, I finished uni with a finance degree a couple years back and was lucky enough to be able to go full-time with KZhead, so I guess it kinda is my job now? 😅
I just checked your channel earlier for an upload and I was disappointed. I smelled the overanalzying