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Why are there outlying towns/cities on the walls in Shingeki no Kyoujin?
It is explained in manga Chapter 2 afterwords.
You should realize, that walls are long. I mean, really long. And it is impossible even to watch over wall, not to mention protecting it. So such ...
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Why did Eren survive getting eaten?
Good question.
It says on the Attack on Titan wiki page about Titan Shifters that:
According to Rod Reiss, a shifter's power rests in their spinal cord, meaning that to gain the Titan powers, ...
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When and where does Attack on Titan take place?
Spoilers ahead.
In Chapter 93, page 6, we are presented with a geographic representation of the Attack on Titan world:
The region in pink represents the
The region in blue represents the
The ...
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Can the Titans swim?
If you take a look at the official closing theme of Season 2 of Attack on Titan you see the following:
But the way that they emerge it suggests
Also from the scene we can derive that
And finally ...
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Why weren't the Titans visible when the Armored Titan broke through Wall Maria?
It was noted later that the gate is the weakness of the walls. Why?
Which is why Colossal Titan targeted it in the first place. Because of this, when Armored Titan charges in, no Titan was shown ...
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Why aren't the normal titans affected by the 13-year curse?
The following answer contains spoilers from chapter 88 and after. (For those who don't read the manga: it's WAY beyond the anime)
As we know from chapter 88
On the other hand the "normal" titans ...
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What happens to a Titan Shifter if they die without being eaten?
The answer to this question can be found in Chapter 88:
Or, to quote the wiki:
As you can see,
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How did Commander Erwin know that the spy/traitor(s) would be within the 104th training squad?
From a well established Tumblr blog post:
After the death of Sawney and Bean, Erwin then was able to narrow down the list of suspects, as only a soldier was able to kill the titans with 3DMG. Because ...
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What does Mikasa mean by "It's happening again" in the 2nd episode?
After I rewatched the episode, I can firmly answer your question but be advised for there are spoilers in my answer.
When she has that flashback,
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Why didn't the Survey Corps just use the top of the Walls as a way to get to Shiganshina?
Standard spoiler warnings here. This information covers Episode 8 of Season 2 of Attack on Titan.
Also, more spoilers below from the anime and manga, but the formatting prevented me from listing and ...
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Who was the other person the colossal titan ate?
This was an unnamed, unlucky poor individual who was at the wrong place at the wrong time. If you watch this Youtube video, they aren't entirely sure who the Colossal Titan ate either.
It got Ymir!
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What happens to the human inside the titan when the titan dies?
I will try and answer by spoiling as little as possible.
I have read all manga chapters (including the newest one, 91).
Which brings me to the next spoiler (approximately manga chapter 88 and above)...
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Manga Spoilers: Why didn't this character transform when injured?
Because he didn't want to.
Titan shifting must have three things to align, to transform completely and successfully.
They must be injured enough to draw blood. (Self harm works) Examples - Anne's ...
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What chapter does Attack on Titan season 2 finish at?
Yes, the events in Episode 37 of Attack on Titan (Season 2, Episode 12) corresponds to Chapter 50 in the manga. That means that if you wanted to pick up right after Episode 12, as everyone mentioned ...
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Why did Marleyans wait 4 years?
The short answer is that the nation of Marley had suffered great losses in the battles leading up to, and including, the Battle of the Shiganshina District.
In the fourth story arc of Attack on ...
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How many 104th corps cadets joined the scout regiment?
The following are the top ten of the 104th training regiment, southern division:
Mikasa Ackerman
Reiner Braun
Bertolt Hoover
Annie Leonhart
Eren Yeager
Jean Kirstein
Marco Bott
Connie Springer
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Does this tweet really exist that indicates that Attack on Titan is about to end?
Hajime Isayama has mentioned a few times about ending the Attack on Titan series, but there's no official statement about ending it in 2018.
One of the earliest was in 2013 when he discussed the ...
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What chapter does Attack on Titan season 2 finish at?
Season 2 literally ends right after the conversation between Commander Erwin, Levi, Hange, and Pixis, where they start to formulate a theory (unproven at that point) about the true nature of regular ...
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Can the two titan powers inside Eren be separated and given to two different people?
If a shifter dies not by getting eaten by a titan, their powers go to a random person. One can therefore presume that if Eren were to die, the two different titans would go to two different people.
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How did Annie know Armin was lying?
The answer is in chapter 31.
Annie noticed that Armin is not looking at her like before. Maybe she detected hints of fear on Armin's eyes, which means Armin knows that Annie is the Female Titan.
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Is Levi Ackerman of Asian descent, like Mikasa?
He is not. Ackerman and Asians are unrelated. Mikasa is Asian from her mother's side and Ackerman from her father.
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Why didn't Marcel turn into a Titan to avoid being eaten by Ymir?
This is how I interpret it based on the events shown in Chapter 95.
During this time,
Notice in the image how Ymir's hand is already reaching towards Marcel, who pushed Reiner out of the way. He ...
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Does Hajime Isayama have an ending in mind for Attack On Titan?
There are high chances that the answer is Yes.
He does have an ending in mind even though it is a different one and not the original end which he planned when he started the manga. As you can see ...
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Why are there outlying towns/cities on the walls in Shingeki no Kyoujin?
This is explained at the beginning of episode 2:
So-called outlier districts like Shiganshina jut out like thorns at vital spots along Wall Maria. Their basic function is to streamline troop ...
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What are the orange stripes and fire that Eren's Titan body gets when fighting the female Titan for the second time?
I believe it's heat from the extreme regeneration he's undergoing. Normal Titans emit steam from wounds as they heal; it makes sense that accelerated healing might emit more heat to the point of ...
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Why could Ymir read the can, but Reiner could not?
After some researches on the wiki, i found something interesting :
Source : Chapter 89 (p. 8-13), Eren is reading Ymir's letter which tells us about her past.
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Who is the 9th Titan shifter?
In Attack on Titan, Chapter 95, pages 16-17 we find out that the 9th Titan-Shifter is the
In Chapter 101, the identity of the 9th Titan-Shifter was revealed to be
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Why is Reiner Braun so nice and good to the members of the 104th training corps if...?
This is a good question that Isayama has answered so subtly in his manga.
First and foremost,
Which means that for
Therefore,
After being assigned a mission to invade
However,
Which led to ...
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If the Beast titan has similar powers to the founding titan, why do they need the founding titan so desperately?
The Marley need the "coordinate" back for two 2 reasons.
*****Do not read if you don't want spoilers from Manga.*****
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What is the catalyst necessary to transform into a titan?
As per Attack on Titan wikia
In order to transform, a human with the power of the Titans must
suffer an injury that draws blood (often self-harm) while having a
solid goal or belief in mind at ...
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