Is this cartoonist mentally ill?.

After seeing the appearance of the female Titan, it is obvious that the plot will not stop at the place where Eren and others first joined the Survey Corps to conduct an investigation outside the wall.

Animation generally chooses to produce a complete plot part.

Although the plot of the first season was interrupted when Levi's team was wiped out and the Survey Corps failed and returned to the wall.

But what follows very quickly is the Ani entrapment operation. Could it be that the Ani entrapment operation will only be described in the first three or four episodes of the second season, and then the story will jump to other plots?

This is just weird...

And indeed, the trailer showed the scene of Eren transforming into a giant and fighting the female giant inside the wall.

Then it should be directly produced to the latest serialized plot.

But this speed is really unbelievable and it is totally unreasonable.

Fan Siwei also couldn't understand why the animation of "Attack on Titan" was so fast.

But the trailer is out, and looking at the level of completion and the post-production dubbing is already done, what else is there to doubt?

And it is indeed a happy thing that it will be animated as soon as possible.

The reason why comics become more popular after being adapted into animations is that the animations will attract more people's attention.

And the animation is indeed much better than reading the comics.

Especially the actions in the plot become coherent after being animated, which really takes the viewing experience to a higher level.

This is especially true for "Attack on Titan". When people read the comics, they all thought that the storyboards of the three-dimensional maneuverable devices in the comics, which showed them flying freely in the sky like birds after being used, were very cool.

But the animated part in the trailer is several times, even dozens of times, more handsome than this.

This is the charm of comics when they come to life.

And the comments section below this trailer is indeed like this -

"So cool! Lao Zei's new work will not disappoint you!"

"Oh my god! As a manga fan, I never thought that using the 3D mobile device in the animation would be so cool!!"

"Indeed, that outfit is really handsome! That soldier's uniform really shows off the waistline!"

"Give your heart to humanity!!!"

"The animation is broadcasting so fast? I was just planning to read the comics! Now it seems that I don't need to do that!!"

"Wow! This voice actor lineup is truly luxurious!!"

"Nonsense... When has the dubbing lineup for Lao Zei's animation works not been luxurious? Do you know what the King of Comics means?"

"Isn't this old thief eating the webmaster's money?"

"Lao Zei's work is almost certain to be a big hit, and the characters in it are all popular, so shouldn't the voice actors be rushing to do the dubbing?"

“Hurry, hurry, hurry! Bring me Attack on Titan! I can’t wait!”

……

As it turned out, it didn’t take long. The trailer was just a warm-up for half a month, and then it was confirmed that it would be the new episode of the month.

Once broadcast, the plot and setting are also fascinating.

After watching too many animations by Lin Qingshan, I have become accustomed to the man-eating monsters - giants, three high walls separating giants, the three-dimensional mobile device that is the only way for humans to fight against giants, and the four major armies...

After building three huge city walls, the people inside the walls created four major legions for the convenience of management and in order to one day defeat the giants and return to the vast outside of the walls.

The first corps is the largest and most basic training corps, consisting of recruits who have not yet joined the formal corps and instructors responsible for training the recruits.

After graduation, recruits can choose to join one of the remaining Survey Corps, the Military Police Corps, or the Garrison Corps.

Among them, only the top ten recruits in the comprehensive scores of the final examination of the training corps are eligible to join the gendarmerie corps.

The Military Police Corps is also the most desirable place among the four major corps, not because this corps is a hero fighting against giants.

But because...

By joining the gendarmerie, one can manage the people beside the king. They are conservatives in the human camp, and their main duty is to maintain order.

And it is precisely because of the right to live in the interior that we do not have to face dangerous giants.

Therefore, they are the most sought-after among the three corps. As mentioned earlier, only the recruits who rank in the top ten in the comprehensive scores of the final examination of the training corps are eligible to join the gendarmerie corps.

The Corps emblem is a unicorn, which represents nobility, holiness, fairness, justice and the defense of order.

The exact opposite of this... is the Survey Corps.

Because the Survey Corps is the pro-war faction, that is, they are representatives of the radical faction that hopes to defeat the Titans and lead humanity back to life outside the vast walls. They are the reformists within the human camp.

They are almost determined to die in challenging the giants outside the wall and exploring the area outside the wall, so the death rate of soldiers in the Survey Corps is extremely high.

Because of the highest mortality rate, this is the corps that most recruits are unwilling to join.

But because of this, the soldiers are far more elite than any other legions. As they have been fighting giants on the front lines for a long time, almost everyone has extraordinary combat capabilities.

The death rate for new recruits participating in their first expedition outside the wall is 50%. Those who can survive will gradually become excellent soldiers with a high chance of survival.

The Corps emblem is a pair of overlapping bird wings in blue and white, symbolizing humanity's refusal to endure the humiliation of being caged like livestock and its constant desire for freedom.

The rest are garrison troops representing the neutral faction, whose main responsibility is to strengthen the city walls and defend various cities.

This is the final destination only for those recruits who fail to pass the entrance exam to the Military Police Corps and do not want to join the Survey Corps.

At the same time, like the Military Police, they have basically never fought against Giants, unless the Giants broke through the city walls.

But this kind of thing has almost never happened, so the garrison troops have not fought against giants.

So it is also a good choice for recruits who are afraid of fighting giants.

However, it is also under the jurisdiction of the Military Police Regiment, and soldiers who have accumulated a lot of experience in the Garrison Corps can also apply to be transferred to the Military Police Regiment.

The Corps emblem is a rose, which symbolizes the protection of peace.

Then the first episode opens with a lightning strike, and Wall Maria is destroyed by the sudden appearance of the Colossal Titan.

Then there is that classic quote handed down from generation to generation -

"That day... humans finally remembered... the fear of being dominated by giants!"

Then, Eren's mother Carla was eaten by a giant, which was an extremely shocking plot.

Especially the scene where the giants bite off and eat humans as if they were snacks is bloody and realistic. Of course, most viewers are used to it.

As we all know, Lin Qingshan's works follow a realistic approach.

After all, real battles are unlikely to be bloodless, and modern wars are so real that no one's body will be intact after the war.

Not to mention the fantasy world.

Reality is cruel. If you simply escape from reality and try to create a utopian atmosphere, you are doomed to fail in the end.

Lin Qingshan's works are so realistic that they make people feel as if they are there, so the ideas and viewpoints in his works resonate so well with people.

The nihilistic science fiction of "Edge Walker" that capital controls the world and advanced technology does not bring convenience to people but alienates them, and the nihilistic discussion of human nature, civilization and order in "Flame Fist"...

The anti-utopia viewpoint of "Chainsaw Man", the exploration of human beings, nature and environmental protection in "Parasyte", the revelation of folk culture and the human spiritual world in "Tao Weird Immortal"...

This is the reason why many of Lin Qingshan’s works are “bloody” yet can truly resonate with people.

As soon as the animation of "Attack on Titan" was broadcast, its popularity and attention reached an unprecedented high due to its plot and setting!
As always, the animation's popularity skyrocketed and broke the circle again.

As mentioned before, even in the ACG subculture circle, there are many people who don’t read comics.

Even many 2D fans only watch anime and don’t read comics.

After all, only a minority of people read comics, so no matter how popular the comics circle is, it will not be as popular as an animation that breaks through the circle.

Like Lin Qingshan’s previous life’s “Demon Slayer” by Crocodile Teacher, the painting skills... it can be said that it was not popular at all before it was animated.

If you check the encyclopedia, you can see that comic works such as One-Eyed Cat Sensei and Fujimoto Sensei, and "Spy Play House", have already won many popularity awards and a lot of popularity results before being adapted into animations.

But Mr. Crocodile’s "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba"... before it was adapted into an animation, it seemed to have no popularity or awards.

It was only after it was adapted into an animation that it became a huge hit, and then the comics started to gain attention.

Of course, his painting skills have been criticized a lot, but after all, Mr. Crocodile has no black spots, so his painting skills are forgiven by the audience.

This can also lead to a conclusion, which is...

The performance of comics is actually just icing on the cake for animation, but the performance of animation will directly make the comics soar.

Like the previous version of "Chainsaw Man", the comics performed really well and had a very good reputation, and countless people were looking forward to the results after the animation.

But after being animated, it gives people a feeling that it is not as good as the comics.

Although the popularity and popularity of the comics were not greatly affected, it was still disappointing.

For example, "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba" was relatively unknown when it was serialized in the manga, but its popularity skyrocketed after it was adapted into an animation.

But the quality and performance of the comics themselves have already determined the lower limit of the animation.

This comic is so good, so the animation can’t be that bad.

It's true that except for a few that saw their popularity and reputation plummet after being adapted into animation, this theorem applies to most of them.

It is very obvious that the manga of "Attack on Titan" performed very well and had a very good reputation, and the performance and reputation after the animation were even better!

Afterwards, Eren, Mikasa, and Armin joined the training corps and met partners with different ideas and styles.

Eren's hatred for the Titans and his dream of going outside the wall conflict with his companions who pessimistically believe that humans cannot win.

Then, the Colossal Titan and the Armored Titan, which had disappeared for five years, reappeared and destroyed Wall Rose.

The danger of giants reappeared. Many soldiers who had the opportunity to join the gendarmerie and escape from the giants could only choose to obey orders to cover the residents' refuge and defend Wall Rose.

Those cruel scenes reappeared, and even the soldiers who had received training would die in front of the giants.

For example, Mina, who was inspired by Eren and planned to join the Survey Corps after graduation... also died just like that.

Allen was also eaten by a giant in order to save his friend Armin...

Audiences who have not read the comics were shocked. It is really hard to imagine a plot where the protagonist dies right at the beginning.

But soon afterwards, Eren turned into a giant and fought with other giants. In the end, Mikasa recognized him and hugged him with tears of joy.

Even after that, he told Peak, the supreme commander of the southern garrison corps.

Humans cooperated with him and recaptured the Trost District.

In the end, Captain Levi appeared in an extremely dazzling way and saved Eren.

But later on, Allen was interrogated by the capital. He was suspected of being an enemy even though he had saved humanity...

Fortunately, with the cooperation and help of Captain Erwin and Captain Levi, Eren finally passed the test safely.

At this moment, Captain Levi's personal charm and outstanding fighting ability directly attracted a large number of audiences to cheer for him.

This has suddenly become the most popular character in "Attack on Titan"...

This is indeed unexpected.

Then, Eren successfully joined the Survey Corps and joined the Levi Squad led by Captain Levi.

Here he met four elite senior soldiers, Gunda, Petra, Elder and Oruo.

On the other hand, the companions also joined the Survey Corps for different reasons.

The words "donate your heart for humanity" made the audience excited, moved and tearful.

Even though I have seen many such plots and scenes of "The hymn of humanity is the hymn of courage" that praise human sacrifice and courage, I am still moved every time I see such a plot.

This even led many people to imitate the "donate heart" etiquette in the animation.

The animation "Attack on Titan" is once again popular!
What follows is a plot where the Survey Corps accidentally encounter a female Titan while investigating outside the wall, and they try their best but are unable to defeat her.

Originally, everyone was happy that the Survey Corps and Captain Erwin were so powerful that they were able to capture the female Titan.

I was also happy that Alan finally had a partner he could trust and rely on...

However, the female giant suddenly found a way to escape, and then in the jungle... wiped out Levi's team!

This time, the audience was instantly stunned!

These elite soldiers who had just appeared on the scene had just established friendship and trust with Allen, but in the end, they all died tragically...

I can only say that he is worthy of being called the old thief Qingshan!!
Later on, Eren, Mikasa, and Captain Levi were all unable to kill the female Titan, which was really frustrating.

But fortunately... Armin later guessed the identity of the female titan's transformation and designed a plan to capture Annie. (End of this chapter)