WHICH PART XD /finished it this morning

I'm at the trial bit with Eren. I only started reading it last night.

that's my favorite 8D

Eren's a total dumbass, but oh well. XD

(You were watching the anime earlier, right? Or am I misremembering that? How far did you get?)

Aside from the bit where it's just generally dumb. The 3D manoeuvre gear is shit of the bull of the highest order. And I'm pretty sure the percentages of population and land they lost after losing the first wall is nonsense.

I watched the whole first season.

The shit that was DUMB in that is still dumb in the manga.

That is a whole heaping helping of dumb.

I had a flail at Jim last night about the moving the rock mission with Eren and the casualty count.

The plan was for all the soldiers to gather in a corner on top of the wall, because the Titans are attracted to groups of people, while a crack team escorts Eren.

So in a plan that was apparently "STAND ON TOP OF A HIGH THING OUT OF REACH AND LOOK TASTY"

They suffered 20% losses.

Somehow

Now I've hit Erwin's plan to reach Shiganshina, whcih seems to be "Leave via the side door and go on an extended trek through Titan country"

Like... The point of the little bits of populated space jutting off the walls is to draw Titans to them for easier defence, but also to make it a shorter run to the next wall.

Why are you going to go out of the side door and go on a long Trek through Titan country? Wall Maria is still standing. Can you not head for that and then... trek along the wall?

Oh yeah, the population counts are bullshit, the losses in action are ALL total bullshit omfg XD

It kinda feels like the author decided there'll be massive losses and gore at every opportunity just 'cause.

Pretty much.

But yeah, like... apparently every trip outside the walls is 30% losses, and barely anyone joins the scouts because they're all suicidal weirdos, HOW ARE THERE ANY LEFT

A hundred years you've been at this shit, people. The Scouting Legion would be the Night's Watch of your world, where you send criminals and get the odd crazy dude looking to make a name for himself.

Because NO ONE IS JOINING THIS OTHERWISE.

ahahaha YUP

... Erwin's the odd crazy dude, for the record. XD

As for the long treks to the nearest gate, I think that has to do with horses? Because apparently they have no concept of a lift, idek.

Seriously though, as a military expeditionary force, they'd have been defunded donkeys ago. Training isn't cheap, and most of the recruits don't last five years?

Okay but... they get cannons on top of the walls.

Yuuup.

And they do have lifts because everyone stood in one to clear the supply room of Titans based on Armin's advice.

Which yes, was in one of the supply centres, but don't tell me they don't have those at the walls as well or how did they get the cannons up there?

THIS IS JUST REALLY FUCKING DUMB OKAY

You're not telling me they cart ammunition for the cannons up there by hand. They have a fucking supply lift somewhere.

Head for the wall. Travel along the wall. But no, instead Erwin makes plans like Ignis.

"We need to get there. Straight line it is, fight our way through."

LOL

Yeah, it's all true.

Somewhere along the way I just stopped paying attention to all the nonsense.

It is exceptionally dumb. Ridiculously. Erwin being a Master Strategist is, as with Ignis, entirely an informed ability.

The way some of these titans run, man

rotfl!

I think that's weird/creepy on purpose, at least

It's hilarious is what it is