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Attack on Titan: Manga Volume 30 Reaction & Review (Patreon)

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2023-10-27 17:00:03
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**Headphone Warning**  

I have been looking forward to seeing this volume's content in manga-form for SO. LONG. YES. I'm so excited we're finally here!   

Isayama has been building to this turning point in the story, the "twist" that Eren is going to destroy the world, and it's done SO BEAUTIFULLY and hauntingly in this volume! Just when you think the story is over, nahhh, it's just the big twist! You thought it was the Basement, right?!   

Thank you for watching with me and for all the support!

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Attack on Titan: Manga Volume 30 Reaction & Review! TWO BROTHERS & MEMORIES OF THE FUTURE!?

**Headphone Warning** I have been looking forward to seeing this volume's content in manga-form for SO. LONG. YES. I'm so excited we're finally here! Isayama has been building to this turning point in the story, the "twist" that Eren is going to destroy the world, and it's done SO BEAUTIFULLY and hauntingly in this volume! Just when you think the story is over, nahhh, it's just the big twist! You thought it was the Basement, right?! Thank you for watching with me and for all the support! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/RomaniaBlack My Anime: https://myanimelist.net/profile/RomaniaBlack Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/RomaniaBlack You can mail me a letter or anything (except food, please) at this address: Romania Black PO Box 768 Harrisburg, IL 62946 USA

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Doccyy

I think one of the reasons why Sole Salvation was hyped up to you so much might be because of the difference in perspective between manga readers and anime watchers. For manga readers when Season 4 was airing a lot of them were understandably disappointed in a lot of the episodes since the production schedule was awful and the episodes were obviously unfinished and rough around the edges. So a lot of the most hyped up episodes and scenes for manga readers like Declaration of War and Eren vs the Warhammer and Levi vs Zeke in the forest didn't really live up to their hype/legacy. Whereas Sole Salvation was an episode not many people were hyped for before it aired, people liked Zeke's backstory but it wasn't even the most popular backstory of the season, people were way more excited for Reiner's backstory which unfortunately got like 1/3 of it's content cut from it in the anime. So since it was the penultimate episode of the season and not a chapter people were particularly hyped up for people had their expectations set low, the production schedule had already collapsed in on itself by this point in the season and people weren't expecting anything stand out anymore. But then Sole Salvation airs and it feels like one of the few episodes of part 1 where the animators and directors were truly able to accomplish their vision for the adaptation. The directing was on point, like the spine chilling scene of Grisha yelling as Zeke covers his ears with the eerie music in the background, how stunning the scene of Zeke pulling the thunder spear cord was as everything shifted to slow motion and the focus on the beautfiul CG rain drops. Every bit of the episode just felt more polished with every choice and detail being intentional compared to most of the other episodes. It felt like one of the few episodes of part 1 like Assassins Bullet that wasn't just adapting the content but elevating it. So for a lot of manga readers myself included it ended up being their favorite episode of the season, even though the manga chapters it adapts are definitely not my favorites that the season covered, but simply was adapted to a higher level than a lot of the other manga chapters that I like more. Whereas for anime viewers since it's the first time experiencing this content they're not viewing the episodes through the lense of an adaptation and will be focussing a lot more on the story, so the episodes that have the most impressive writing and story beats are likely to be their favorites.

Be Happy

Wow! What a journey! What an amazing path to arrive to this moment! THE MOMENT! Actually there are three key moments in this Vol that play a vital Role in the before or the after vol 30 1/ the twist : memories of the Future is my favorite chapter of all time and I made it annoyingly clear in Discord 😂 the fact that after that chapter we see Eren in a different light! Manipulative, cold, cruel even to his blood !! That was a chilling moment when you realize that the MC you were following for 121 Ch IS in fact the root of all of this and it’s mind boggling!! The Fact that he manipulated Zeke to bring him in Grisha’s memories to fulfill his plan, manipulated Grisha to kill the Reiss family except Rod so Historia will be Queen one day and he gets to kiss her hand and unlock the memories!! The Grisha manipulation is the cruelliest of them because on one hand he used the words that HE told him through Kruger’s mouth to shake him once and he re used those words to break him and make him his weapon again. And Then not only that but he withheld Carla’s death to use it again when they will meet after so he ll give him the titans as a vengeance against this cruel world he trued to protect earlier in the chapel by talking to Frieda!! 2nd key moment : the reunion between Zeke. And Grisha! What an emotional moment! The father that acknowledges his etrors toward his older son and the son that lived his life holding a grudge for never being loved as he wished!! That grudge drive him to plan all the events we know in S 2 , Shiganshina, the euthanasia plan etc !! Talk about a deep emotional scar . I was happy for Zeke! Even if I don’t like him a lot but he deserved that moment and Eren’s only good deed in this chapter was to ALLOW that closure between Grisha and Zeke because maybe he felt that he was too cruel to them, because let’s be real no way in hell could they have their moment if he wasn’t ok ! Because the moment Grisha asked Zeke to stop him Eren ejected his brother back to the paths! 3rd moment : The Rumbling. Obviously God I can ramble on and on about this 😂😂 Fun fact the chapter was released on September 9th 2019, on the 10 yrs anniversary of the beginning of AOT publishing !! Because yeah it started on 09.09.09 😂😂 9 is an important number in AOT isnt it?

Be Happy
>>121155954

Also Ymir!! Poor Ymir!! Being stuck for 2000 alone in the paths building freakish titans (due to her mental regression to her younger self I guess) and being subjected and subservient to all the founders in history is nightmare fuel !! That girl had some hardcore Stockholm Syndrome with King Fritz longing for his love even with the awful way he treated her, because she knew nothing else, she was alone !! Just wanting a hand to pet her affectionately or a nice word! But Eren did that in his own way, treating her as a person for the first time in her life! And she was so burdened, so exhausted as we ve seen in the paths , so yes she gave him the coordinate and let’s that anger and resentment get out against this twisted world (in her eyes) that never showed her any mercy!!

romaniablack
>>120973945

Ahh, that’s a really good point about the manga vs. anime watching for Sole Salvation; I’m glad you bring that up. That’s so funny to me, because I’m glad I watched the anime first because I LOVED the anime and didn’t see the flaws manga readers saw with Season 4’s production, and I can appreciate the manga now more because of it. I can definitely agree the anime did that storyline right in terms of direction and animation, so I agree with you there! Your explanation really made sense, so thank you for that and the comment! :) :) I appreciate it!

romaniablack
>>121155954

Ahhhh, Volume 30 is one of my favorites, FOR SURE of the series! There’s such a conversation I want to bring up in VOL 32 based on your comment about what even “free will” is and how it affects Eren in this story and him being a slave to himself and “fate” that he’s set for himself, thanks to the Attack Titan power. But yes, Eren manipulating Grisha and Zeke - his family - to get his way…oof, which then translates to him trying to manipulate Armin and Mikasa to get his way and have them distance from him. The Grisha and Zeke moment is SO. GOOD. And yes, Zeke isn’t my favorite character but I couldn’t help feel for him with getting closure with his father! But yessss, the Rumbling! It’s finally here! And for Isayama to set that anniversary?! NEXT LEVEL PLANNING!

romaniablack
>>121155954

And YMIR! Seriously! I hate how her life had been for that long and having MAJOR stockholm syndrome! I do hate how the world didn't show her mercy -- and even though it was self-serving for Eren, it's just a shame that it was HIM that had to show sympathy to her -- *chuckles* I bet if Armin was there, he'd give her a head pat. ;) But still, Ymir is seriously done dirty being stuck there after sacrificing herself!