I know I know, I am kind of late. Attack On Titan has been hyped for a really long time and I pretty much read the title of the manga/anime EVERYWHERE. But being a busy person with having to find an apartment, preparing for university - the list goes on, I just couldn't find the time, nor motivation to actually get to know more about this really hyped anime.
Until ~2 weeks ago when I finally came around watching the trailer for the anime series and was BLOWN AWAY. I was thinking: "Holy shit, how is this not my favourite anime already???" So I immediately started watching episode 1 of Attack on Titan and damn, never have I been so captured by an anime that actually made me yell and cry and laugh at the same time. SPOILER ALERT! Especially when Eren was actually eaten by a Titan, I just couldn't stop yelling: "HOLY SHIT DID HE JUST DIE? DID THAT REALLY JUST HAPPEN? HE CAN'T JUST DIE, HE IS THE FREAKING MAIN CHARACTER! ARE YOU SHITTING ME? HE WAS JUST EATEN? THE HELL! WHY??? I DON'T GET THIS! HE REALLY DIED, OH MY GOD!" ... Yep, that was really me after that scene happened.
Okay, so I started consuming the anime, already looking up the manga - where to purchase, how many volumes there have been released, etc. Until now I have bought Volume 01 and 02 so far and am slowly going to buy all the other volumes that have been released in Germany. In November there will be the release of Volume 05 along with a slipcase THAT I REALLY NEED TO BUY OK?
I really love that the author is a huge fan of Germany. When I heard the first intro of the anime, I was like: "Ugh what are they saying in the beginning. All I understand is 'Jäger'..." Until I found out that they actually say a whole sentence in German: "Ihr seid das Essen, wir sind die Jäger." ("You are the food, we are the hunters.") Adding to that, pretty much 70% of the characters' names are German. Armin is pretty German, I'd say. Reiner Braun - that's like 100% German here.
Can we also just take little - really long - moment to appreciate Levi? Like damn, I am so attracted to this guy (although he is short as hell). I wouldn't mind him scrubbing my apartment floor... if you get what I mean... (cough)
