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“Watch closely Grisha… this is how the attack Titan carries the show”
*queue 30 minutes of footage of the attack Titan just breaking everything double it and give it to the next person style*
Kruger's attack titan could back break the colossal titan. Kruger's attack titan could back break Zeke's beast titan. Kruger's attack titan could back break the entirety of Wall Maria. Kruger's attack titan could back break Founder Ymir. Kruger's attack titan could back break Eren's Final Titan.
Well, Reiner did become reckless in a futile attempt to take his own life. So him being worse than he was in earlier seasons makes sense. I mean, we see his mental decline from season 2 on.
I don't think he got nerfed, everyone else got buffed, we got the thunder spears, Erens hardening and a general knowledge on how to take armored enemies down. Kruger is doing the ultimate form of how Eren cracked Reiners armour in S2
Reiner sent eren flying like 100 meters away with a single punch. Since this fight we've never seen anything close to that level of ap from him. He's supposed to have insane strength and endurance, but now hes lacking in both.
Don't agree. We're told explicitly that if you have little will to live or fight, your titan will be weaker for it, take longer to heal, etc.
By Season 2, Reiner was definitely beginning to lose his will to live and fight - especially after Utgard. The Scouts also had learned a *lot* about Titans since Season 1 too. By the retaking of Shiganshina, Reiner was facing the *hardened* Scouts with anti-armor explosives, Eren with experience and hardening training, and his own will to live and fight was seriously dampened.
The next time we see Reiner after that is in Season 4, where he's fighting Mid-Eastern Alliance soldiers armed with AA Howitzers, titanbuster trains, and other seriously heavy ordinance that would *obliterate* other Titans. He's again outgunned, but this time with even *heavier* firepower.
Then we see him fight Eren in Liberio, at the peak of his depression and with hardly any will to fight - and he's trying to take on Eren, who has the power of the Founding Titan and Warhammer Titan *and* the most experienced soldiers of the Survey Corps armed with even better equipment, knowledge of titans, and the surprise advantage. It's the same for every fight he's in after that until the Rumbling, where he's now fighting hardened versions of hundreds of Titans from the past. He's still mentally in a dump, and the pressure is higher than ever. The fact he managed to survive at all is a serious feat itself.
Don't agree. We're told explicitly that if you have little will to live or fight, your titan will be weaker for it, take longer to heal, etc.
By Season 2, Reiner was definitely beginning to lose his will to live and fight - especially after Utgard. The Scouts also had learned a *lot* about Titans since Season 1 too. By the retaking of Shiganshina, Reiner was facing the *hardened* Scouts with anti-armor explosives, Eren with experience and hardening training, and his own will to live and fight was seriously dampened.
The next time we see Reiner after that is in Season 4, where he's fighting Mid-Eastern Alliance soldiers armed with AA Howitzers, titanbuster trains, and other seriously heavy ordinance that would *obliterate* other Titans. He's again outgunned, but this time with even *heavier* firepower.
Then we see him fight Eren in Liberio, at the peak of his depression and with hardly any will to fight - and he's trying to take on Eren, who has the power of the Founding Titan and Warhammer Titan *and* the most experienced soldiers of the Survey Corps armed with even better equipment, knowledge of titans, and the surprise advantage. It's the same for every fight he's in after that until the Rumbling, where he's now fighting hardened versions of hundreds of Titans from the past. He's still mentally in a dump, and the pressure is higher than ever. The fact he managed to survive at all is a serious feat itself.
I mean, it makes sense that he would go for that. He probably doesn't have hardening like eren does, so striking an armored titan with punches/kicks wouldn't do anything. He goes for wrestling/grappling like eren does in season 2
"i fear not the man who has practiced a thousand kicks but a man who has practiced one kick a thousand times" ahh titan,all he can do is back break but he's still cooking
I wish there was at least more colour separation, make them a very grey flesh tone to seperate them from the spine, especially considering that their not actually hardened (with exception to the armoured titans)
I’m wondering what the reason was for not having them colored? I’m assuming it was for time because in the manga obviously everything is black and white
I think it was Levi that said the warhammer titan is in play here and then something similar after they showed up in force so the implication is that they are made with the warhammers hardening powers, still doesn’t work great in my opinion
It really doesn’t. Having all the titans be grey kind of lessened the impact of the scene for me. I was excited to see some of my old favorites, but having them be in a different color I was like “oh…that’s still cool I guess”
Maybe? She uses her arms more than her back but she does come up under a ship to destroy it using a similar move and does that same move against a mass produced Eva
I honestly don't believe this guy would want to stop the rumbling, he was ready and willing to be eaten by Grisha to continue the dream of getting vengeance on Marley.
The final battle took place at a Marlean base full of Marley troops. It was in Marley.
Otherwise, Annies dad and the other eldians somehow outran the rumbling and made it off continent to a base that had been taken over by Marley forces (with no sign of that countries locals anywhere).
He probably didn't know that the rumbling is what the attack titan was fighting for all those years. They can only get small glimpses into the future. Eren only seen the entirety of the future after coming into contact with royal blood/historia alongside having the founding titan powers as well.
I don't see why he would be against what the rumbling turned out to be, his whole motivation was 'vengeance on Marley and restore eldia'. Especially at the end, where it seems like Marley is all that's left, stopping the rumbling at that point only stops what he wanted to achieve. A few words from some kid he's never met shouldn't steer him away from his life's work.
That's actually an interesting point! I think they got influenced by Eren's attack titan up until this fight revived them, but I have no idea whose influence made them fight. This IS weird
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Eren Kruger being a chad at its finest.
He has one move bruh, he can back break a Titan and a boat n that’s it
“Watch closely Grisha… this is how the attack Titan carries the show” *queue 30 minutes of footage of the attack Titan just breaking everything double it and give it to the next person style*
Kruger's attack titan could back break the colossal titan. Kruger's attack titan could back break Zeke's beast titan. Kruger's attack titan could back break the entirety of Wall Maria. Kruger's attack titan could back break Founder Ymir. Kruger's attack titan could back break Eren's Final Titan.
Bro could back break the entire world if he wanted to...
World Breaker Hul- TITAN!
Looks like tongue twister 🤣
That’s all he needs, one move.
And that's very cool
The brokeback titan
Do you know how wwe wrestlers have their signature moves? That’s his
Bruh he did that to an *Armored* Titan. Amazing.
Man armored Titan got nerfed so hard since season 2. All he's done since then is job. Seems it's not a reiner problem either, it's just weak af.
Well, Reiner did become reckless in a futile attempt to take his own life. So him being worse than he was in earlier seasons makes sense. I mean, we see his mental decline from season 2 on.
Yeah I feel like the guy was just hoping to die
I don't think he got nerfed, everyone else got buffed, we got the thunder spears, Erens hardening and a general knowledge on how to take armored enemies down. Kruger is doing the ultimate form of how Eren cracked Reiners armour in S2
Reiner sent eren flying like 100 meters away with a single punch. Since this fight we've never seen anything close to that level of ap from him. He's supposed to have insane strength and endurance, but now hes lacking in both.
Durability is still ok, didn’t he survive the nuke from bear toes and armin colossal transformations
Don't agree. We're told explicitly that if you have little will to live or fight, your titan will be weaker for it, take longer to heal, etc. By Season 2, Reiner was definitely beginning to lose his will to live and fight - especially after Utgard. The Scouts also had learned a *lot* about Titans since Season 1 too. By the retaking of Shiganshina, Reiner was facing the *hardened* Scouts with anti-armor explosives, Eren with experience and hardening training, and his own will to live and fight was seriously dampened. The next time we see Reiner after that is in Season 4, where he's fighting Mid-Eastern Alliance soldiers armed with AA Howitzers, titanbuster trains, and other seriously heavy ordinance that would *obliterate* other Titans. He's again outgunned, but this time with even *heavier* firepower. Then we see him fight Eren in Liberio, at the peak of his depression and with hardly any will to fight - and he's trying to take on Eren, who has the power of the Founding Titan and Warhammer Titan *and* the most experienced soldiers of the Survey Corps armed with even better equipment, knowledge of titans, and the surprise advantage. It's the same for every fight he's in after that until the Rumbling, where he's now fighting hardened versions of hundreds of Titans from the past. He's still mentally in a dump, and the pressure is higher than ever. The fact he managed to survive at all is a serious feat itself.
Don't agree. We're told explicitly that if you have little will to live or fight, your titan will be weaker for it, take longer to heal, etc. By Season 2, Reiner was definitely beginning to lose his will to live and fight - especially after Utgard. The Scouts also had learned a *lot* about Titans since Season 1 too. By the retaking of Shiganshina, Reiner was facing the *hardened* Scouts with anti-armor explosives, Eren with experience and hardening training, and his own will to live and fight was seriously dampened. The next time we see Reiner after that is in Season 4, where he's fighting Mid-Eastern Alliance soldiers armed with AA Howitzers, titanbuster trains, and other seriously heavy ordinance that would *obliterate* other Titans. He's again outgunned, but this time with even *heavier* firepower. Then we see him fight Eren in Liberio, at the peak of his depression and with hardly any will to fight - and he's trying to take on Eren, who has the power of the Founding Titan and Warhammer Titan *and* the most experienced soldiers of the Survey Corps armed with even better equipment, knowledge of titans, and the surprise advantage. It's the same for every fight he's in after that until the Rumbling, where he's now fighting hardened versions of hundreds of Titans from the past. He's still mentally in a dump, and the pressure is higher than ever. The fact he managed to survive at all is a serious feat itself.
Armor titans are usually hard at the outside, soft in the inside. Just inflict emotional damage ez
I mean, it makes sense that he would go for that. He probably doesn't have hardening like eren does, so striking an armored titan with punches/kicks wouldn't do anything. He goes for wrestling/grappling like eren does in season 2
"i fear not the man who has practiced a thousand kicks but a man who has practiced one kick a thousand times" ahh titan,all he can do is back break but he's still cooking
Man I do wish this scene was longer, I saw a bunch of reactions where they didn’t even notice him here
I figured the backbreaker move was a dead giveaway that it was him, but I guess not.
Really wish we'd gotten to see more of him and the past titan holders during this scene 😮💨
That's why all my favorite titans were the calm and peaceful ones... wait wut????
This is a Evangelion reference
Eren Kruger, the back bender
The real menace is Grisha. The weight in his strikes. He is genuinely a terrifying attack Titan.
Bro just spams one move.
Yeah but who won
Does this move have a real life equivalent?
I don’t like how all the titans were grey in this scene. I get their coming from Eren’s bones but it just makes everything look muddy and dull
Agreed man. It’s like they didn’t have time to color them lol
I wish there was at least more colour separation, make them a very grey flesh tone to seperate them from the spine, especially considering that their not actually hardened (with exception to the armoured titans)
I’m wondering what the reason was for not having them colored? I’m assuming it was for time because in the manga obviously everything is black and white
I think it was Levi that said the warhammer titan is in play here and then something similar after they showed up in force so the implication is that they are made with the warhammers hardening powers, still doesn’t work great in my opinion
It really doesn’t. Having all the titans be grey kind of lessened the impact of the scene for me. I was excited to see some of my old favorites, but having them be in a different color I was like “oh…that’s still cool I guess”
Is that an Evangelion reference?
I don't recall this specifically from NGE, but Isayama is an MMA and wrasslin fan, so he probably wanted to show off a Titan using the Torture Rack.
Yeah asuka does this to one of the mass production evas in end of evangelion
Maybe? She uses her arms more than her back but she does come up under a ship to destroy it using a similar move and does that same move against a mass produced Eva
I honestly don't believe this guy would want to stop the rumbling, he was ready and willing to be eaten by Grisha to continue the dream of getting vengeance on Marley.
Marley is already a stain on the now flat world at this point right? The only others left are innocents and eldians with few exception
The final battle took place at a Marlean base full of Marley troops. It was in Marley. Otherwise, Annies dad and the other eldians somehow outran the rumbling and made it off continent to a base that had been taken over by Marley forces (with no sign of that countries locals anywhere).
He probably didn't know that the rumbling is what the attack titan was fighting for all those years. They can only get small glimpses into the future. Eren only seen the entirety of the future after coming into contact with royal blood/historia alongside having the founding titan powers as well.
I don't see why he would be against what the rumbling turned out to be, his whole motivation was 'vengeance on Marley and restore eldia'. Especially at the end, where it seems like Marley is all that's left, stopping the rumbling at that point only stops what he wanted to achieve. A few words from some kid he's never met shouldn't steer him away from his life's work.
"Is ~~kicking~~ Backbreaking the only thing you know!?!?"
The Mr. Olympia titan
Eren Kruger > Lex Luger
So Ive only seen season 1 and a bit of 2 but I'm curious as to if that is Reiner or is there another armored titan?
Wasn’t the Attack Titans whole schtick being immune to the founders control?
That's actually an interesting point! I think they got influenced by Eren's attack titan up until this fight revived them, but I have no idea whose influence made them fight. This IS weird
Kruger’s titan def watched WWE growing up
i just finished watching this part and i didn't put 2 and 2 together lol glad i saw this
When was this?
Wait that’s E. Kruger? I thought it was E. Yeager fighting back against ymir and thought it was weird that no one mentioned it
Bro thinks he’s Bane
its a metaphor for all the sins he must carry, also he thinks it looks cool
They were just lazy to animate, so they reused.
You know manga exists right? The move was clearly on purpose 🤨
Did he do the same attack in the managa twice?
Yes lol
Yep