#snk chapter 103

[leolionking3]

Bow Sasha

Sniper Sasha

[hopeymchope]

Don’t worry SNK/AOT fans, this super-double-secret pre-pre-pre-preview panel from Chapter 104 proves everything will be fine

[snkpolls]

SnK Chapter 103 Poll

The battle between the forces of Marley and Paradis finally comes to a head with heavy blows being dealt to the Warriors. The cycle of tragedy continues in chapter 103, “Assault.”

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[falcon94ssy]

I have to.

[momtaku]

What do you think about Armin’s demeanor before he transformed? I mean yeah so many of us are happy to see him but I can’t shake away the look on his face in those 2 panels. He doesn’t look happy and seems ambivalent about having to be there and it’s disheartening to see him especially when you want to be happy that he’s back

I’ll just drop these gorgeous Crunchyroll scans so we can see Armin’s face the way Isayama intended it. He looks young. So very young. And so very unhappy.

Armin has killed before. He’s been eager to prove time and again his willingness to abandon his humanity in order to make a positive change for the future, but none of that eases the guilt when you are face to face with your victims and they are yelling at you to be careful.

It’s heartbreaking. I don’t know another word for it. And we should get used to it because I don’t expect many pleasant moments in this manga from here on out. 

I’ll go back to what I said months ago. Our favorites not being in the manga is a good thing. It means they are alive and no one hurting them. When they reappear in this hellish world Isayama makes sure you instantly want to hit the “back” button because with it comes suffering.

Thanks for the ask! I wish I could be more positive but I feel the same as you on this.

[veroverse21]

*Repost because my Tumblr was hacked/deleted and/or mysteriously deleted, then the url got stolen by one of my stalkers all on 14 April. It was under a readmore so obviously the post can’t be read anymore.*

After chapter 103 came out I noticed some rather salty posts in the spoiler tags regarding Armin and his explosion and how he’s “physically weak and a Gary Stu” therefore shouldn’t be unable to do something like that.

I just want to throw my two cents in here under the cut.

Are we forgetting that it’s been almost 4 years since Armin’s received the serum? He’s had lots of time to practice his powers and learn alongside Eren to get a better control. Four years later and Eren was able to transform 3 consecutive times in a row without any struggle between the past couple chapters. Each time his titan was whole and not deformed or smaller like in chapter 53 of the manga. A brief summary of what happened when Eren tried transforming during his hardening training, which he wasn’t able to do: “Eren exited his Titan with a cloudy memory and only half-conscious. His second transformation resulted in a smaller, less intelligent Titan and his third attempt could not even stand. Eren was partially fused to the body. Hange and the others had to tear him out.” Special thanks to the SNK wikia for putting in that little summary.

Armin would have had to undergo the same kind of training to learn how to use his titan power so he could be a stronger titan like Eren and not become exhausted and pass out like he used to. Slowness I highly doubt would have been able to improve because Bertholdt still couldn’t move his titan quicker despite his human being one of the tallest in the series. Bertholdt was able to control how big his blasts were. In the Trost chapter 3 he was able to control his blast to only knock away some of the trainees that were standing on the wall. Remember when Sasha shot her grapple into the dude’s foot and caused a mini bloodsplosion? When Bertholdt transformed in chapter 78 during the Return to Shiganshina arc he created a much bigger blast.

However, Armin’s blast was much more drastic because he learned how to control it just like Bertholdt.

They had nearly 4 years to work with him. They didn’t have mindless titans to worry about anymore which left them with a lot of free time to work with Eren and Armin (him from a very safe distance of course.)

Now onto Armin’s human size.

All of this salt about him not being physically fit to be skilled in his titan form is well...ridiculous. Your body size and strength as a human doesn’t have any correlation to how you can perform as a titan. Training as a human has nothing to do with a titan body. In order to train titan shifters, the person has to be in their titan form, obviously. The titan shifter doesn’t use its human size and strength to determine how strong it is. It’s all about practice. And practice makes perfect. The reason why RBA and the other warriors earned their shifter abilities is because they had to physically train. They came out on top because of how much stronger they became unlike the rest and were rewarded for their hard work.

*wishes people would leave their salt, character, or even ship hate on their own blogs and not littered in the tags*

[snkception]

With the last couple of chapters having been battle-focused, there’s not really much to say except to wonder what next. And, while I admit I’ve enjoyed seeing the SC kick ass, I’m also not big on what feels like senseless bloodshed–but the good part is, I really don’t think we’re meant to be. The latest chapter isn’t framed in terms of ‘oooh, watch this awesome fight,’ but rather ‘oh, look at how much damage this does to people.’ There’s a reason Falco is the focus character, and all he wants is for this to stop. 

(It feels like I was tired of this battle before it even began, and I’m pretty sure it’s because the key players in it were, as well.)

That said, here are a few of my favourite things:

Yeah, I know I’m not at all original in latching onto this, but it’s a really weird an interesting statement to make. For one, it pours fuel on the theories about how Zeke and Eren are working together; for another, it raises the question of why Zeke would feel like blurting it out in the middle of the battle, and why his own allies don’t turn on him for that. 

What interests me as much, if not more, is Zeke’s bizarre statement to Levi:

Why can’t Levi afford to wait, and why is he, at the exact moment when Zeke is making that statement, holding a watch and apparently waiting??

Occam’s razor says this is evidence of the fact that Levi’s attack on Zeke was all part of the Jaeger brothers’ plan. That said, nothing is clear atm, so… we’ll see.

And then, of course:

I spent the entirety of the previous chapter going “where the blond boy??” so I was super gratified to see Armin appear. As befits all SC members in this chapter, he seems less enthused about the battle than grimly resigned. “You in the fishing boat, can’t you see this fleet in front of you?” a Marley captain hails him. And Armin takes off his hood with this face that communicates, “and do you know how many fleets I’ve destroyed before? 37. that’s how many. destroying fleets is what I do. sorry, I guess. you’ll be number 38. damn it all to hell.”

… Or maybe it doesn’t communicate that at all. But that’s more or less what I’m seeing. Rarely has there been a battle with less glory in the fight.

And on that note, I may as well include the one moment that truly stayed with me from ch102:

This is something all of us were thinking, and so I’m glad it’s been openly acknowledged in the manga. The SC is definitely smart enough to know what the consequences of this current battle are going to be, and yet they came prepared for it, worked out a whole strategy that they’re now seamlessly putting into action. So what I want to know is, what’s the next step? What’s their endgame here? These panels convinced me that there’s got to be one. I’m curious to know what it is.

[lululume]

Thoughts on Armin's appearance in chapter 103?

As you can see…..

I expected sexy long-haired Armin, but our cute small Armin is still cute small Armin (I hope at list he became higher :D). BUT I still love him sooooooooooooooooooo much!!!!