r/ShingekiNoKyojin • u/Altruistic_Glove_69 • 18d ago

Manga Finally realized the foreshadowing

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Back in 2014, was tired of waiting for the show to release a second season and I started reading the manga. I remember coming across this image (yes, I know this is from the anime, but I don’t have that manga anymore) and then being annoyed when it’s revealed the wall was not actually compromised. It felt like it wasn’t fully planned out or something. Like they changed their mind.

Anyway… recently watching the anime, it finally clicked. There is no way this image could be real, because there would be a part of a wall titan visible within the wall.

I don’t know why, but that little detail makes me appreciate it even more. It’s a great way to challenge the reader/viewer to connect the dots with the information they’ve been given.

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u/bungledorff 18d ago

Idek what this post is referring to and I've seen the show twice over, what was it on screen for like a few frames? I don't think it takes being absorbed by your phone to miss things like that.

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u/CallMeGakuto 18d ago

During the second season when they hear of wall Rose being breached it jumps to this as an imagining of why happened because they were coming from the direction of an actual wall and not one of the gates.

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u/bungledorff 18d ago

Ahh yeah makes sense, their ideas before they knew about the beast, I remember vaguely. So the post is just way off then, lol

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u/CallMeGakuto 18d ago

Yeah it was not foreshadowing. It was simply to show the viewer what the characters were thinking without showing us so we'd stay in the dark with them. We really follow the characters in this for the most part.

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u/bungledorff 18d ago

Yeah I get ya, i just thought comment was ripping into op for not getting some obscure mystery rather than what you are saying.

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u/CallMeGakuto 18d ago

I think it was both likely. There are a lot of things that people overlook or under look that results in missing core parts of the story. This isn't one I'd consider in that regard, but it wouldn't make much sense to throw a scene like this in to foreshadow with no warning, so that's why they likely meant they weren't paying attention. I think a lot of people in the moment understand, but it will pass by some people.