Shingeki no Kyojin Hangout Thread

[Kaiten]

While I hate spoilers, this convo got me curious so I dl'ed raws for the new chapter. The backgrounds have definitely become more detailed, the houses have a more pronounced 16th-17th century German look to them. Some of the anatomical issues have been fixed too. Quirks remain, no one will ever mistake Shingeki for Berserk but that's part of what I like about it.

Hopefully volume 2 is released soon. It's been about a month since volume 1 was released. Sally, Thornie, and Sama have all teased me with how good it is

[Gottheim]

Well, I have good news. The second volume has been fully translated, and scanlation should follow within the next few days.
Stay tuned.

[saladesu]

I didn't really take much note of the backgrounds when I read vol1, so I guess that means it wasn't very outstanding in my eyes. Good to hear that his art improves in vol2, and hopefully the trend means things will only get better and better. Isayama-sensei obviously has his good points art-wise such as his interesting use of perspective in some scenes, but at others the weird proportion kinda detracts a little from the manga.

Hopefully volume 2 is released soon. It's been about a month since volume 1 was released. Sally, Thornie, and Sama have all teased me with how good it is

Have I? I haven't even read it myself

Glad to hear the scanlation is going to be out soon, I was actually about to read the raw but reading English is so much easier~

I thought you did. If you didn't I blame my age and senility /Kaiten

[Sama_al_Azraq]

I just read ch 18,

and I'm surprised that Marco just die like that. Not even a story of how he died. Makes me worried that in the end, all of 10 of them will really dead and have their pic in the cover blackened.
After flashback in this 3 (and a half) chapter, at least we back to the present. Although, I'll be happy to see more of Annie giving Eren low kicks.
And Kilstein decide to join the investigation squad surprised me even more.

[Kaiten]

Volume 2 was released! I only read one chapter so far.

Misaka killing the titan then threatening the company owner was so freaking GAR. Looking forward to the rest of the volume!

[Dass Jennir]

Volume 2 was very good!
This series already become one of my favorites

Eren is alive and looks like he can turn into a 15m Class Titan.
Maybe that was the result from the injections he received when was a kid. I liked his giant form,maybe because of that big mouth full of teeth and the long black hair, somehow he looked cool

I liked the flashback showing Mikasa's past and how her parents were killed and she end up living with Eren.

By the way, that movement she did before killing the third assailant broke a piece of the wooden floor(the scene specifically focused on that) and Eren acting like a psycho when he killed the first two assailants made me think both aren't much "normal".
I guess Mikasa can overcome her body limits and use all strenght her muscles can exert(maybe she too was used as a guinea pig), and Eren had that persona as a consequence from being used as a guinea pig by his father.

I also liked that extra pages with the maps and infos about the weapons used by the humans and the types of Titans.

[Sama_al_Azraq]

http://blog.jorf.co.jp/bijuuradio/20...31hr-6a19.html
Isayama become a guest for a podcast radio, it focused on martial arts though, so only few parts of it concerning the manga. But I kinda surprised on how low Isayama's confidence. From around 15:00, they're talking about the manga and Isayama said that a lot of people bought the manga because people talk about it, and despite the manga is in a category that choose the reader, he feel guilty for people that bought it and feel deceived because it's not what they expected. That the manga sell is not because of his true strength as mangaka. He also said that his drawing skill is bad, and he still in process of learning to draw better.
Well, this is his first serialisation, so he must be never dreamed that the manga become this successful. At least he's not becoming cocky.

Eren's trial used up all this chapter. It's good to see different point of view of the factions in higher-ups.
The religion people sure is annoying, though. I guess it can't be helped to think that the wall is creation of god, since the people have lost the technology to re-create the wall. Rivai is really harsh, he probably should watch out for Misaka from now on, beating Eren in front of her eyes like that.
But Eren has his tooth grow back soon after, I thought to regenerate he needs to transforms into giant first, but looks like it's not necessary. He doesn't need to worry on loosing limbs from now on. Although this makes him does not look like a human anymore.

[Dass Jennir]

Well, better shy and humble than cocky. this mean he is still trying to improve his work

But there is no way for a new series sell almost 2 million copies if the story isn't good.
Besides i only found one person who didn't liked this series after read it.

[Sama_al_Azraq]

Well, Isayama himself think that if liken to martial arts, this is a "Lucky punch". There are a lot of another mangaka that are not as lucky as he is despite them giving more effort than him. I guess that makes him feel more sorry about the success.
In the interview, he also said that he planned the manga to be 20 volumes long. I wonder if it will be like what he said, or it will be prolonged into much more.

[Estranho]

Just read the volume 2.

I don't know, I don't think that Ellen turn into titan. I guess it's something more like he controls a titan from inside. When he resurges from the corpse, the titan's body is still there... but I don't know, too many questions now.

[saladesu]

I'm loving this so far Even if the art isn't the best around, somehow the scratchiness of it works pretty well with the nature of the story.

I really liked Mikasa's flashback, it gave me chills down my spine in a good way many times. I also really liked how Mikasa rallied everyone, using Eren's words too to galvanise them to take that leap of faith because Eren's right - you don't stand a chance if you don't do anything at all.

The volume ends with another cliffhanger, which kinda sucks, and I'm really tempted to read volume 3 raw now. I just might do that It's obvious that Eren's presence was what caused that titan to be different from the rest, but why? Was he piloting it like one would a gundam? I agree with Estranho that it didn't look like he became the titan, since they became 2 distinct things at the end. I wonder if Eren is the only one capable of this because of the stuff the doc did to him before, or if this is a new method they can use to fight the titans.

[Dass Jennir]

I'm loving this so far Even if the art isn't the best around, somehow the scratchiness of it works pretty well with the nature of the story.

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And i love how creepy are the smiles of the Titans.

I really liked Mikasa's flashback, it gave me chills down my spine in a good way many times. I also really liked how Mikasa rallied everyone, using Eren's words too to galvanise them to take that leap of faith because Eren's right - you don't stand a chance if you don't do anything at all.

Yeah, that flashback was great.
And Mikasa showed qualities of a true leader on that moment.

The volume ends with another cliffhanger, which kinda sucks, and I'm really tempted to read volume 3 raw now. I just might do that It's obvious that Eren's presence was what caused that titan to be different from the rest, but why? Was he piloting it like one would a gundam? I agree with Estranho that it didn't look like he became the titan, since they became 2 distinct things at the end. I wonder if Eren is the only one capable of this because of the stuff the doc did to him before, or if this is a new method they can use to fight the titans.

Hmm...Saladesu, guess you and Estranho are right...
Maybe Eren was acting like some kind of parasite which can control its host. There are some cases in nature of this happening(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacculina).
After being swallowed he changed the Titan's appearance and behavior to kill others Titans instead of eaten humans.
And i am pretty sure this has a connection with that injections he received from his father, since everyone else who got eaten end up dead.

ps:Maybe Mikasa can do that too if Eren's father used her as a guinea pig as well.

[Host Samurai]

That manga seems interesting, I will read it. How many chapters are available so far? (Raws)

[Galactic Tomahawk]

The art reminds me a little of Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro, where the artist has trouble drawing humans but does a fantastic job on other more bizarre/surreal looking aspects, in this case the Titans.

Also Misaka is pretty swiftly establishing herself as the best character.

[baboysai]

Woooooah! I just read the 2nd volume!!!! I never expected it to be THIS good!!!

What a page this was:

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Epic scene. Most WTF moment.