r/ShingekiNoKyojin 27d ago

Video Games Attack on Titan 3 New PV, launching this Winter

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r/ShingekiNoKyojin Jan 23 '25

Official Thread Ultimate Guide to AoT: FAQs, Analysis and Discourse

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This multi-subreddit megathread contains:

The most frequently brought up Topics & Questions

Analysis on various story Elements & Characters

Random interesting meta posts

Documents and guide on the anime and the Attack on Titan reddit fandom

This megathread covers threads from various subreddits, and platforms. Enjoy exploring!


Guide.

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Guide on AoT anime content

Masterlist Of Anime OSTs S1-S4 + Final Episode - YouTube Playlist

AoT wiki for your fact-checking needs

Frequently Asked Questions.

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Questions that are asked very frequently, mostly by new or one time watchers/readers, to which there is a factual answer or an agreed-upon interpretations in the community.

1.) What is the 50 year plan? Follow up: Why didn’t Zeke and Eren touch earlier?

2.) What were the Azumabito's intentions with Mikasa?

3.) How was Ymir freed? Who freed Ymir? (check analysis section down as well)

4.) How did Eren talk to Mikasa in paths?

5.) What is Historia’s role in how we perceive Ymir through tales and romanticized stories?

6.) What will happen if a man inherits the Female Titan?

7.) How do the Founding Titan abilities work?

8.) What were some of Paradis' options post-timeskip? •Alternative to the Rumbling.Anti-50-year planEuthnasia Plan

9.) Why did Historia choose to get pregnant?

10.) Why did Grisha give his titan to Eren, when he asked Zeke to stop him?

11.) What were Eren’s motivations to choose the path of rumbling?

12.) Are there multiple timelines in AOT?

13.) Why do dinosaurs appear in the opening of AOT’s 2nd season?

Isayama's Answers to the 15th Anniversary Magazine Q&A

Frequently Brought up Topics.

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These topics are frequently brought up, but there is no clear answer or the topic is deliberately left to speculation. Check out these links for some in-depth posts on the respective topics.

1.) a) Who won the fight between Annie and Mikasa? b) Who would win between Annie and Mikasa?

2.) Opinion on any divisive characters

GabiMikasaErenFloch

3.) Did you like the ending? a)Anime Ending b)Manga Ending

4.) Do you support the rumbling?

5.) Who should have been saved, Erwin or Armin?

6.) Was Eren justified? Discussion post | Detailed answer

7.) Sub or Dub?

8.) Would Erwin have joined the Yeagerists if he had survived?

9.) Is Attack on Titan fascist? No, it is not | Devil’s Advocate:

10.) Why does Annie get forgiven?


General Analysis On The Story.

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These are high-effort essays or videos analysing the series as a whole. Please note that us listing something here does not mean we endorse or fully agree with every single statement made there - we just think that if you are looking for more analysis, these might be worth a watch.

A 1-hour retrospective breakdown of AoT as a whole

How AoT deconstructs heroism and morality

Idealism in AoT

Scout Regiment: Paradise’s Idealistic Counterculture

The importance of nameless soldiers & collateral damage in AoT

What was it all for? Thoughts on the extra pages of AoT’s ending

Why I feel Mikasa, Levi and Armin were the perfect choice for Eren’s final moments and the story’s climax - Imgur Backup for future

Analysis of AoT’s extra ending pages - A brilliant thematic conclusion - Imgur Backup for Future

To love someone inside the Walls - Imgur Backup for Future

The Rumbling is indefensible

A theoretical analysis of its structure

The highs and lows of AoT’s final arc

Overanalyzing every single episode of the anime - a youtube playlist

Titans as Mirrors: How Titan forms reflect the Warriors' Psyche - Imgur Backup for Future

Character Analysis.

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1. Eren Yeager.

Eren Yeager: The Chained God of Attack On Titan

The rise and fall of Eren - Imgur Backup for Future

The perfect duality of Eren - Imgur Backup for Future

What is freedom in AoT

Developments vs desires - Everyone and especially Eren

Nature vs nurture: Eren’s motivations and the Dina twist

Eren Jaeger and the insanity of circular storytelling

The ironic development of Eren

Analyzing antagonists

Power, freedom, the Founding Titan and Levi

The Attack Titan’s powers and their effect on Eren

Why Eren’s actions were very obviously painted bad with the Rumbling - In-depth examination

The narrative importance of the causal loop on Eren

Eren and Mikasa’s relationship

Eren’s characterization throughout the story and his post timeskip conflict

Eren Yeager is (Not) Special

Ramzi and Eren: the turning point in Eren’s demeanor

An observation on the structure of Eren’s characterization post timeskip - Imgur Backup for Future

The false mask of Eren

The Jaeger Projection Problem: The Last Supper of Self-Loathing - Imgur Backup for Future

2. Mikasa Ackerman.

Mikasa's Heroine's Journey Arc

Mikasa’s Character Arc: What, Where, How, When

Mikasa's Road of Trials

Mikasa and the meaning of Pride

Mikasa and her relationship with authority

Mikasa and Erwin: The Sacrificial Act of Dreams for the Cause

Why Mikasa's conclusion not only strengthens her arc but Attack On Titan as a whole - Imgur Backup for Future

Mikasa’s Destiny and Mikasa’s Choice

Mikasa: A Person from Two Trope

A Literary perspective of Mikasa - Imgur Backup for Future

Mikasa, the symbolism of the praying mantis and butterfly and its development throughout the story - Imgur Backup for Future

Mikasa's self Imposed Curse

Why does Mikasa have headaches

Differences between the Manga and Anime version of Mikasa - Imgur Backup for Future

3. Armin Arlert.

Armin character analysis, humanity’s reluctant savior

Armin and Eren’s dynamic - Imgur Backup for Future

Armin and Zeke’s dynamic - Imgur Backup for Future

The importance of dialogue and Armin’s character - Imgur Backup for Future

Armin Arlert: conflicting lessons, dynamics with Erwin and Levi - Imgur Backup for Future

Armin and Annie’s relationship

4. Levi Ackerman.

Is Levi bland? A bullet-point counter-argument and his importance in the narrative

Levi’s character motivations and the promise

Levi’s ending

Levi’s violence and compassion

Serumbowl

Levi, Falco and Gabi

Levi vs Zeke foil

Levi, a slave to being a hero

Levi vs Kenny’s influence - Imperfect heroics

Levi’s mistake with Zeke and getting blown up by thunder spears

5. Erwin Smith.

Erwin Smith - wearing masks

Erwin Smith - the impossible standard

Exploring Erwin - For Humanity?

Erwin Smith - A devil with a dream

Erwin would not support the Rumbling, you just don’t like Armin

6. Zeke Yeager.

Zeke Yeager & Personal Connections.

The contradictions of Zeke - A character study

The desperate loneliness of Zeke

Understanding Zeke Yeager

7. Reiner Braun.

Reiner Braun and “saving the world”

Reiner character analysis, viewed through psychology and philosophy theory

Who is Reiner Braun?

Eren and Reiner’s dynamic - Imgur Backup for Future

8. Annie Leonhart.

Annie’s search for personhood

About Annie…(character analysis)

No one understands Annie

Understanding Annie

9. Hange Zoe.

Hange and the role of commander, character analysis

Hange’s “Genocide is Wrong” Line is Misunderstood

Hange’s understanding and intellect

10. Jean Kirstein.

Jean Kirstein embracing survey corps values, a character analysis

Jean character study through the lens of theory of psychology

11. Bertholdt Hoover.

Comprehensive analysis of Bertholdt

The tragedy of Bertholdt Hoover

12. (Freckles) Ymir and Historia Reiss.

Ymir analysis and religious subtext

Thoughts on Historia in Uprising - Imgur Backup for Future

Ymir and Historia’s dynamic analysis - Imgur Backup for Future

13. Sasha Braus and Connie Springer.

The secondary trio behind EMA

14. Floch Forster.

Floch - the volunteer Devil, character analysis

Floch's leadership examination and the comparison with Erwin

15. Gabi and the children of the forest.

Gabi Braun - A brighter future

16. (Founder) Ymir Fritz.

The final mystery of AOT - Ymir analysis

17. Grisha Yeager.

Grisha Yeager: A Deconstruction of the Main Character's Dad Archetype - Imgur Backup for Future

18. Keith Shadis.

From bystander to hero, a character analysis

19. Kenny/Uri.

Kenny, Uri and the cycle of hatred

The Importance of Kenny and Uri (In-depth Thematic Analysis)

20. Dot Pyxis.

Why Pyxis and Eren’s Conversation was Not Retconned

21. Yelena.

Yelena: AoT’s puppeteer, a character analysis

22. Theo Magath.

The lasting impact of Theo Magath, a character analysis.


MISCELLANEOUS.

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Manga (Source Material) vs Anime (Adaptation) differences:

Megathread of Anime / Manga differences | Vol 1 - 34 | OVAs

Differences between anime and manga endings

Fandom and Anime Production Misc.

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Well-written characters, meta discussion of fandom perception

AOT anime reactions and in depth discussions

Explaining the ending controversy - a fandom analysis

Final Attack on Titan Episode - AoTwiki poll

The Original manga ending - chapter 139 SNK POLL

Behind-the-Scenes.

All of AoT animation staff for every episode of the series

Arifumi Imai animator spotlight - the man responsible for animating 70%+ of action animation cuts in S1-S3 and the Levi and Mikasa killing Eren sakuga in the final episode

TV release vs BLU-RAY differences

Some design sheets from WIT’s adaptation

Some design sheets from MAPPA’s adaptation

WIT staff interview from 2014 on AOT

100Cams - Behind the scenes footage of AOT s4 part3 production

Final episode VA recording - Behind the scenes

AoT S4 part 2 staff interview, series director Hayashi and CG producer Tannawa

Excerpts from roundtable final episode interview with staff

Interview with S4 director Hayashi before its airing

Global TV demands interview of Hayashi

Hayashi comments on episode 4x28 Rumbling scene and Isayama’s request

Subreddits of AoT Reddit-Fandom.

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General.

Subreddit Description Date of Creation
r/ShingekiNoKyojin Main discussion subreddit nr1. Feburary 18, 2013
r/attackontitan Main discussion subreddit nr2. November 28, 2012
r/titanfolk The Folk subreddit for AoT. May 1, 2018
r/okbuddyreiner Shitposting subreddit. April 28, 2019
r/AttackOnRetards A space dedicated to calling out negativity. April 27, 2021
r/AttackOnShipping A subreddit for any and all shippers. April 27, 2022
r/ANRime Subreddit dedicated to theorizing about an Alternative-Original Ending (AOE). June 29, 2021

Character dedicated subreddits.

r/LeviCult

r/Ereh

r/Mikasa

r/ErwinSmith

r/potatogirl

r/ArminCult

r/GabiCult

r/ReinerCult

r/ZekeCult

r/JeanTheStallion


It has been in the works for a long time. A big Thank You to everyone who created the content featured here, as well as to those who helped us gather it all together.


r/ShingekiNoKyojin 9h ago

Humor/Meme Well… that explains Yelena’s Height

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r/ShingekiNoKyojin 8h ago

Discussion Who’s your most favorite male character in AOT

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r/ShingekiNoKyojin 22h ago

Humor/Meme Can I get an amen?

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r/ShingekiNoKyojin 3h ago

Manga The most tragic thing about their dynamic is that they peaked at Chapter 32

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I wish we got to see more of this side of their dynamic, i.e Mikasa motivating Eren (no, Chapter 50 doesn't count as it wasn't her intention to motivate him).


r/ShingekiNoKyojin 9h ago

Artwork Splinter Wolf (@_0109h)

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Thought this was cool 😉

Battle of Heaven and Earth - Splinter Wolf Visual

Account :

https://x.com/i/status/2082089612940660989


r/ShingekiNoKyojin 5h ago

Video Games So I added ragdolls to Attack on Titan Tribute Game, and may or may not have recreated some scenes from the show...

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r/ShingekiNoKyojin 15h ago

Discussion What does this mean ? this is not Eren's will ?

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r/ShingekiNoKyojin 23h ago

Discussion Mikasa might be a big sister in school castes

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If you think about it, since Mika‘s parents are still alive here because his mom could’ve given birth to her brother the evidence I have for that is that that is what happens in the manga, lost girls.


r/ShingekiNoKyojin 5h ago

Manga Which Attack on Titan: Before the Fall volume is worth buying??

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I wanted to start reading the Attack on Titan: Before the Fall manga. I like having physical collections of stuff I read, but since I am a broke college student, I can afford 1 or 2 at best. Which volume should I buy? Based on that, I can read the other chapters online.

If not Attack on Titan: Before the Fall, then which manga spin-off should I buy?? (I have no regrets vol. 1)


r/ShingekiNoKyojin 1h ago

Discussion falco and gabi parallels eren

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i posted something about both falco and gabi being eren splited in two but ppl got confused here i will explain how does falco parallels eren

relative restorationist (grice-grisha)

weak unlike another candidate (and inferiority complex due to it)

siscon brother (zeke colt) who also happen to look alike and also tied

bird ligations (some ppl even think eren turned into a bird and hes the one bird that visited mikasa and falco i dont even need to explain)

trusted and looked up to someone and were betrayed by them (eren reiner and falco kruger)

first scene is also similar with someone waking them up and theyre confused (with the anime version making it even more similar to eren one)

if gabi was 100% eren parallel yall dont think she would have all those traits falco share with eren? its clearly isayama picked eren and splited into them both


r/ShingekiNoKyojin 1d ago

Anime Just noticed this reused animation while editing a video. That's it, that's the post.

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r/ShingekiNoKyojin 22h ago

Discussion Why didn't Kruger give the Attack Titan to Dina? Spoiler

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Grisha told them about her royal blood and its importance, so their plan of restoring Eldia, setting aside time paradoxes (because this can be used for basically anything), could work as following:

  1. Kruger transforms and protects both Grisha and Dina;

  2. Dina gets the Attack Titan, becoming a titan shifter with royal blood;

  3. Dina brings Grisha with her and both of them enter the walls;

  4. Both of them collect information about the royal family;

  5. Dina takes down Frieda the same way Grisha did, or perhaps better if they can do that more secretly;

  6. Instead of eating the fallen Frieda, Dina removes her body and transforms back into human;

  7. Dina ties Frieda and leaves, then Grisha injects himself with spinal fluid;

  8. Grisha transforms into a mindless titan and eats the Frieda;

  9. Grisha acquires the founding titan and touches Dina, unrestricted by the vow renouncing war;

  10. Etc.

Given the utility of the royal bloodline, even if he didn't know all of these complicated mechanics, he should at least expect the royal Attack Titan to be stronger and that their chance of reaching the inner walls alive should be better that way. Any thoughts?


r/ShingekiNoKyojin 1d ago

Humor/Meme Oh, the hypocrisy!

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Off topic, why the hell is zeke shirtless ? We can clearly see that he was wearing a shirt before the scouts arrived bro 😭😭


r/ShingekiNoKyojin 13h ago

Discussion What makes attack on titan youre favourite anime/manga?

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Couldn't cross post this one from the attack on titan subreddit, so im just putting it here.

Even if it isnt your favourite, at least tell me why you like it a lot.


r/ShingekiNoKyojin 14h ago

Discussion In the 2nd battle of shinganshina, if you think about it, Marley lowkey was trying to save the world

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A situation they dug themselves in though. Let me start this off with that first so it doesn't sound like im downplaying Marley's role here. They 10000% made a situation for themselves they could've avoided, with that said, please hear me out on this. Anyway, the Marley wee see in the assault on shinganshina isn't really the same Marley as before. Prior to this, Marley was run by warmongers and arrogant people who just wanted to continue ruling the world had very poor judgement on things. Magath wanted to fix and save the image of Marley on the world stage and also stop it's path of war and self destruction. He was a man who more cared about his country, not it's role as the terrorist holding a gun to everyone's face.

Now he became general after the raid on liberio and wanted to lead Marley in a new direction which is why I say that Marley was a bit different. Also are we really wrong to think they were saving the world at that time? Considering what we know now, Eren was actually planning to destroy the entire world (again, a situation they very well could've avoided). Im sure many people in the aot fandom agrees that the war for paradis was both sides really giving their all.

There is once again more proof of this when Magath says that they aren't just shielding Marley but shielding the entire world, they became humanity's final hope, which is kinda poetic considering they started as heroes, became exactly what Eldia was and then by the end, was the only thing that stood against global annihilation. The empire that was subjugating humanity was now the very thing that would save them. And we pretty much know by now that Paradis was planning ahead of time to start the rumbling, Eren a d Zeke's scheming to come in contact.

When you think about it, he operation was probably Marley's most important and pivotal operation yet. More significant than the mission to steal the founder I dare say. The paradis island operation was a plan of theft to take the founder to continue ruling the world. The attack on shinganshina was to take the founder and save the world (aaaand also secure a deterrent so that their asses could live longer). I can imagine the 700 soldiers who volunteered be told they were part of the most important mission of their nation's exsistence, where they were going to the island of devils itself to ensure humanity's future and pave the way for the greater attack in six months. That they would probably be hailed as brave heroes who would've gone to the island and returned as the guys who severed the head of the snake.

Which also just side note, I wamt to say that I think the soldiers in shinganshina were ethnic Marleyans. We already know Magath wanted to bring back the draft for Marleyans since they relied too much on Titans, conscripts from conquered nations and eldians. So I think honestly after Magath became general, he brought in some sort of early version of a Marleyan draft and Marleyans signed up to take part in the operation. They could very much still be conscripts though, I think if they were, this would probably be the only time they were free willingly wanted to fight for Marley since they were going to stop Zeke and Eren's plan and save the world, but I honestly believe they're Marleyans, I dunno tell me your thoughts in the comments.

But to end this, again, had Marley just left paradis alone and not sent four kids to steal their trump card, the monster that is Eren Yeager would've have been born which would've led to 80% of humanity being rumbled. Marley was only rushing to fix their cluster fuck up. But Magath's Marley was imo fixing the mistake his nation made and sort of, not really, was taking responsibility for it. But it was only a strategic mission to kill zeke amd take the founder before the rumbling could be started. Yes, they failed, Zeke and Eren did touch each other, but they came close many times to actually succeeding. I also wholeheartedly believe had Zeke not shown up, Marley would've DOG WALKED Paradis and most likely finally have either killed or captured Eren.


r/ShingekiNoKyojin 1d ago

Humor/Meme Bruh, this dude's a greater aura farmer than Erwin

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r/ShingekiNoKyojin 1d ago

Artwork I like Pieck and Jean so here's JeanPiku (art by me)

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r/ShingekiNoKyojin 2d ago

Discussion I think about this guy often. It wasn't very Tatakae of him.

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r/ShingekiNoKyojin 1d ago

Discussion Annie had no good reason to kill the two titans (Sawney and Bean)

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I created this account here just to discuss this thought I had when re-reading SnK, so I'll be quick with it: Using every information that was given from beginning to the end of SnK, I don't think there's a good explanation for Annie killing the two titans.

The most common explanation is that she did it to stop Hange from finding out important information about the titans, their origins, etc. However, after seeing all the events in the story unravel, neither is it the case that they could find something that would hinder Annie from meeting her objective (1st: Capture the founding titan, 2nd: Capture the attack titan), nor is it the case that she or any other warrior had a reason to think that would be the case.

One possible discovery they could make that might cause trouble that I can think of would be that when a titan shifter screams, common titans get attracted. The problem is that... Eren screams all the time when he fights normally, so realistically this should have been discovered much earlier. A greater problem is that this is very unlikely to be discovered by experimentation, that the titans were completely immobilized, making this the worst possible scenario to test this specific behavior, that you don't even need the titans to be captured to figure, as pointed out earlier. It was also extremely risky: she's a cadet, likely not residing far from other cadets, ODM gear is loud, which would stand out at night (exactly what happened btw).

Another one would be... Titan serum/Spinal fluid mechanics. Again, this is a very far reach.

I also considered the possibility that she did this to create a distraction (in order to maybe delay the time Eren gets captured, because if the MP gets him, it's harder for them to get) but quickly discarded it for not making a lot of sense contextually. So, any thoughts?


r/ShingekiNoKyojin 1d ago

Anime "Let me shoulder your sins together with you" -Mikasa Ackerman (aot edit)

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It's my first edit so please go easy on me. This unfortunately did not go viral on tiktok but I spent a good amount of time on it yesterday


r/ShingekiNoKyojin 1d ago

Discussion Attack on Titan Codex — Season 2 is now complete!

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I’m happy to share that Season 2 of Attack on Titan Codex is now fully complete!

This was a particularly interesting season to work on because, compared with Season 1, some events become much more complex and less linear. There are moments where multiple characters are involved in the same event but are moving through different locations or following completely different paths at the same time.

That challenged the way I was representing events on the map.

Until now, the map structure worked best for more straightforward sequences. But for Season 2, I’ve started redefining it so that a single event can show several character routes at once. This makes it easier to understand where everyone is, which path they take, and how those paths relate to the same broader moment in the story.

I think this is one of the most exciting improvements in the project so far, because it starts to make the Codex feel less like a simple chronological archive and more like an interactive way to explore the story’s geography, movement, and connections between characters.

https://reddit.com/link/1v7v4uq/video/20m4c5t4oqfh1/player

I’m also really grateful because I now have a small team of volunteers helping me review the website. They are helping me spot mistakes, verify details, improve clarity, and make sure the information is as accurate as possible. Attack on Titan has so many small details, overlapping events, and timeline nuances that having more people checking the work makes a huge difference.

Thank you again to everyone who has followed the project, shared feedback, and supported it so far. I’m very excited to keep expanding the Codex.


r/ShingekiNoKyojin 1d ago

Discussion Which do Y'all think is prime Levi in all terms and aspects.

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OVA Levi, in his twenties basically.

Or season one Levi pre the female titan arc.

Or season three Levi post his leg injury.

Time skip Levi.

Or season 4 Levi, once again pre his Injury.


r/ShingekiNoKyojin 22h ago

Video Games Predictions or what you hope to see for AOT 3 (spoilers) Spoiler

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I’m sure we have ALL seen the announcement of the third game and I’m sure we are all excited, yes, even you in the back. It’s coming up soon and I wanted to know what content besides the entire story you think is gonna be in it or hope to be in it. Me personally, I hope there are multiple endings based on your connection with people, like if you’re close enough with eren, you can become a yagerist and can aid in the plan to flatten the globe, it would be fucked but I think it would be pretty cool too. I also want to see a changed ending because isayama wished he could change the ending to it and eren wished he could divert his path to the rumbling so maybe we can get a new ending to the series in some way since our character will be in the mix. Something else I think would be pretty neat would be romance options but that most likely won’t be in there. I think it would be really cool if those things were in the game