The Power of Insecurity: Attack on Titan Creator Analysis

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• SI

  @SirToaster9330 · 3 years ago

  Honestly, despite what Isayama says about himself I think he's a brilliant writer

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• TA

  @tailedgates9 · 3 years ago (edited)

  &quot;I became a mangaka to inflict harm on others.&quot;<br><br>And boy did he succeed, because AOT traumatized the shit out of so many, myself included. Lol On a serious note though, it&apos;s insane and almost scary how much Eren reflects Isayama. The poor guy was so self deprecating and obsessed with being uncool but he kept moving forward anyway. Despite the pain, despite the stress. He moved forward, because it was what he wanted to do. God bless you, Isayama, hope you&apos;re feeling better.

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• US

  @user-sn1hi7my7x · 3 years ago

  Being a MANGAKA is a hard profession. This profession means you will get a lot of hate, time crunches, rewrites amongst other issues. I’m glad he gave us AOT. He really brought something revolutionary into the world IMO.

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• AP

  @aphrodite._xx · 3 years ago

  This was an amazing breakdown, I’ve never realised how hard it had been for him, people are ruthless on the internet, I’m happy he can finally live his life now. <br><br>The quality of this vid was awesome keep going with the content!

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• LU

  @lumoc. · 3 years ago

  Imagine spending the decisive years of your personality formation and reflection on life (mostly from your 20s to 30s) drawing a manga. It&apos;s simply impossible not to imprint your personal philosophies on the work. In that sense AoT reminds me of Evangelion, because Shinji was also a way for its author to deal with a personal problem of his, and during a very important period in his formation of worldview.

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• UN

  @unbearablenerd · 3 years ago

  Interestingly, Isayama put his inferiority complex into almost every important character.<br>Eren: Struggles with being weaker than others. After his mum died, he lamented that he couldn&apos;t save her &apos;because I&apos;m a kid, because I&apos;m weak&apos;<br>Armin: Tries to sacrifice himself for others at least four times because of how little he likes himself<br>Reiner: Was the bottom of the warrior unit and only became the Armoured because Marcel got involved<br>Falco: Often laments that Gabi is more capable than him<br>Zeke: Never succeeds in his training<br>Ymir: Decides to sacrifice herself because she sees her life as pointless as compared to Historia or the warriors<br>Floch: Sees himself as a horrible devil<br>Bertholdt: Considers himself a monster who deserved to die<br>There&apos;s still Levi, Mikasa, Sasha and others who were either always capable or didn&apos;t care about their capabilities, but the amount of characters with inferiority is staggering

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• BI

  @bighex5340 · 3 years ago

  Yo, did this mans just come out of nowhere with a fire video essay with top notch editing???

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• CH

  @Chillinlikeavilll · 3 years ago

  I was at the isayama panel at anime nyc, and I’m just so proud of how appreciative the audience was. Seeing the reception of the ending really scared me on his behalf, but everyone was hyping him so much that. Ps, he’s such a funny guy!!

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• OP

  @oppa1319 · 3 years ago

  This is very inspirational. He appears to be so scared and down on himself yet he still takes action and moves forward. There is absolutely a multiverse out there where he was too scared to take action and never did anything towards his dreams and worked those part time jobs…

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• OL

  @OldLadyMapleSeed · 3 years ago

  What the creator said about why his female characters are like that actually felt wonderfully empathetic. The appeal of media like Shounen is the escapism, the fantasy of becoming truly powerful by working hard, and it’s often made really difficult for women to participate in that fantasy. A lot of women really like action-y anime, or would, but the female characters are either very weak or uncomfortably sexualized, or both, and if they are strong, it’s because they are remarkably special, and even then it’s often played as a joke and they tend to be side characters. Unlike make shounen protagonists, they usually aren’t given the chance to genuinely compete with male characters, and they definitely don’t get to earn enough respect to not be treated like a punchline if they do. It’s a terribly lonely feeling to know you wouldn’t have a place in the world even in your fantasy, and the writer of AOT understands the yearning for a fair fight and gives everyone a chance to imagine having a part in his story. That’s really very sweet.

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• NT

  @NTav540 · 2 years ago

  Isayama should not have felt that he had to apologize. His work is one of the greatest exercises of imagination to me, beginning to the freaking end. People did not get their fanfiction or their &apos;world peace&apos;. Guess what? War repeating itself is the most realistic thing in the whole saga,.

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• FR

  @fra1see · 3 years ago

  Seeing how he had a lot of self-doubts, I really admire how he continued to work hard and pushed through.

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