He doesn't really look like Grisha to me. He looks more like Kruger.
When life gives you lemons, burn life's house down with the lemons.
Maybe it's just me. Although admittedly he does look a lot like Kruger too for obvious reasons by this point.
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Heads up, pages are starting to leak
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Not really a spoiler but putting it behind one anyway just in case: The military kids are really cute when eating food at the festival, they must do wonders for Reiner's mental stability. Also, pizza exists in Liberio.
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Zeke and Colt playing catch was mildly adorable. And then I released why they were playing catch and now I'm sad.
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Eagerly awaiting translations, yes. o_o
- Overall seems like a fairly upbeat chapter.
- Warriors planning with the military officer, then go to watch the kids training outside. They observe how the Marleyan officers just treat everything like a genius plan, and Pieck snarks about genius ideas like leaving everything to 4 children.
- Falco beats Gabi in training for the first time.
- Kids celebrate, but Gabi and Falco argue at the gate. Falco runs off, while Gabi and the others go to watch the fairgrounds being built. She sees Magath with Lord Tybur.
- Falco visits Eren for a bit, and when he leaves Eren talks with one of the other patients for a while. The patient eventually freaks out and has to be carted off by staff.
- Big fancy party, with the kids forced to serve as wait staff. Tons of folks of different races present, all partying with Willy.
- Udo bumps into a woman, and spills wine on her clothing. He panics, but she apparently brushes it off. It's an Asian woman in a kimono, with a crest of three knives forming an A. EAST SEA CLAN ahoy?!
- Billy makes a big speech.
- Gabi wakes up the next morning, FESTIVAL TIME. She meets the other kids, and Falco shoves an ice cream cone at her. They run around eating everything, begging Reiner to buy them one of everything.
- Gabi gets sick from eating too much, so Reiner drags her while she basks in festival happiness.
- Everyone gets seated for the main event, but Falco is missing. He shows up and gets Reiner to come with him.
- Down in a small basement room, Falco brings him to meet Eren.
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We won't be able to know for sure until translation is complete, but some on Reddit are saying the old man isn't another patient, but actually Grandpa Jaeger.
edited 4th Oct '17 12:53:51 PM by TheAirman
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Apparently it really is grandpa Yeager. He tells Eren that Falco's uncle was one of the leaders of the Eldian restorationists. Because of that, their families were implicated too; if they didn't do something to disprove their accusations of disloyalty, they could have all also been sent to Paradise. So Colt enlisted in the army and once he was set to inherit the Beast Titan it seems his family's peace was finally restored.
Grandpa: You should stop asking him to run errands for you. If any suspicion arises, all that his family has worked for could be for nothing.
Eren: ...
Grandpa: And if your mental health is ok, then you should go back to your family. If you can't see them... then it'll be too late for you, even if you leave behind any regrets.
Eren: ...Regrets, you say. It sounds like you have some regrets about your family.
Grandpa: ...Not a day goes by that I don't regret it... That day... my son took his little sister outside the walls... I was too strict... Telling him to become a doctor like me... There's no way he would have... I... I... Everything's my fault....
Grandpa starts to wail. Though he introduced himself as Doctor Yeager, it's clear now that he was also a patient. A nurse and another doctor take him inside the hospital.
edited 4th Oct '17 1:31:27 PM by Crinias
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So who all agrees the symbol on the lady's kimono is gonna turn out to be Mikasa's clan mark?
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Oh, definitely.
Saw translations at last!
- Marley isn't the only country with internment zones. Udo came from a foreign country, and says things are MUCH WORSE elsewhere. Marley treats the Eldians very well compared to how it was in his home country.
- The woman is the representative from Hizul, part of the East Sea Clan.
- Galliard seems to be getting some clue about what really happened, seeing Colt arguing that his brother doesn't need to become a Warrior too. Zeke seems to also know what happened, as he mentions that's just how big brothers are.
- Willy intends for Magath to become the new leader of Marley, and they seem to be working on a coup.
- Eren greets Reiner by telling him that he's glad he got to come home.
Something like that, but I think it's more 'solidifying power' instead of an outright coup, since the Teiber family seems to already manipulate things behind the scenes. Also, it seems there's some talk about 'renovating the house', that is, restructuring the government. There's a lot of demolition work to be done, since it's dilapidated, it was about to fall apart, but there were still some stable pillars that were usable.
Magath:No, Mr. Teiber. The military is the nation's.
Willy:Sure, however... I've entrusted the military to you. Even though it's only been a month since the day you took my hand, it still can't have been easy.
Magath:I wouldn't be a soldier if I refused my superior's command.
Willy:I'm neither your senior nor a soldier.
Magath:But you are this nation's highest commander. So this country is yours.
Willy:...This country... is not mine. It's the people's. The Marleyans, and the Eldians. I'm simply holding the steering wheel. I understand now why my ancestors didn't want to do it. It's too heavy a burden. Even now, I want to let go of it... But now I'm past the point where I can. I'm simply... how can I say this... someone whose turn somehow just came along.
It's somehow amazing Willy and Magath both seem to have good intentions, even if we don't know just what their plan is. Willy in particular seems to get along very well with a lot of people from other countries in the ball, too.
edited 4th Oct '17 4:53:16 PM by Crinias
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Whats that quote about the road to Hell? Something about being paved with good intentions?
Reminder that this is an end-of-volume chapter. Shit is about hit the proverbial motherfucking fan in a manner ain't none of us have ever seen.
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And another point I saw raised:
Eren has a baseball and glove when Falco visits him at the hospital. He asks about it, because he didn't bring it so SOMEONE ELSE has been visiting Eren. And who did we see a few pages prior, playing baseball?
Zeke, the same person that encourages Reiner to go with Falco when he doesn't want to go. Eren has been in contact with Zeke, and has seen him in person at least once.
As much as I want to suspect Willy, it's getting harder to. He's starting to seem like a Spoiled Sweet type with genuinely good, if somewhat naive and high handed, intentions despite the callous role he and his family have played up until now.
I haven't gone through the thread much for awhile, but I heard Isayama made a mistake about how Eren needs to use the Coordinate. He apparently needs to touch a true Fritz/the Reiss not consume them.
Every accusation by the GOP is ALWAYS a confession.
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The revelation that Eldians are in other countries too feels weird. What if a Shifter migrates there after death?
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Woah, this arc is a top-tier arc. It took a while to put the pieces into place, with the timeskip, the change in scenery and everything, but it's really great.
Me Listening to You RN
It's really weird seeing POC in Attack on Titan. Yeah, you have Mikasa and her mother, but having an Asian woman in a kimono and a black man in the context of this arc really emphasizes how closed off Paradis is from the rest of the world.
Not really sure what is gonna happen next, just feeling like its gonna be bad .-.
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Me too, but lets see which way the wind blows. They might have a surprise for us.
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WELP I wonder why Eren is infiltrating Marley. And considering the sheer hatred he showed towards Reiner before? I guess he became more sympathetic towards him after seeing what kind of world Reiner came from. I guess Eren learned to chill.
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I am curious as to how Reiner would react. I mean, they did kill Bertholdt. They didn't really have a choice, and it would be hypocritical for him to hold that against them after everything he's done, but sometimes hatred is hypocritical.
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Moral Myopia is a Thing, after all.
Eren looks like Grisha. It's kind of uncanny.