@ScribeWings@rodio_se_mis Agreed on the first part (I only said that bc I’ve seen people say Levi understanding death means he’s 9+ when Zeke at 7 understood)
On Kenny idk- 10 years is a while (plus he doesn’t seem to have aged) & with scenes like below
I might just see him differently than you tho
@rodio_se_mis Like if we assume Levi was 9 when Kenny finds him, that means Kenny basically spoke to Kuchel and then waited a decade before going back to check on her
@rodio_se_mis What I get hung up on is 7yo Zeke is more articulate & aware in ch114 than Levi when Kenny found him + the age Levi is then < the years it takes Kenny to look for Kuchel after talking to his grandfather (since she was pregnant then)
Makes it hard for me to buy Levi is 7+ then
@N0IQTakes Honestly would’ve made sense- it’s not like Levi wasn’t already in the other 2 side stories and Isayama had used that in the past to show more on him
But I kind of like how this was told to Gabi and Falco, feels right for a few reasons
Just read #badboyLevi & have so many thoughts- one thing that seems really obvious is that other than the telling the story to Gabi, it’s clear this was something of a deleted scene Isayama came up with ages ago
All the pieces have been alluded to before in interviews or canon
Levi canonically has super strength, can easily kick down a door or backhand half of Eren's teeth out while exhausted, body slam or arm wrestle huge thugs, fought daily just to survive Underground, and beat up adults twice as big as him since childhood
1/
@rodio_se_mis Because we knew based on the hints how important this story is to Levi’s character- so emotional for me
and strangely validating to see what was interred play out too imo
@lensheerr@drunkeldian Yeah that’s what I read- not sure if we’ll see clearer scans and different translations later
(Very grateful for this person translating though!)
@badbadtzlevi I’ve missed you Elio!!
Waiting to see if we get clearer scans/translations, then will probably do a thread
(I also ordered for myself but don’t have it yet or speak Japanese)
@drunkeldian If strength was the key to Ymir’s issues, the curse would have ends thousands of years ago
If a whoever was revived in serumbowl had to prove their life was worthy of living through their actions, it’d undermine the story’s messages in a serious way
I love this choice so much
@drunkeldian Mikasa’s choice freeing Ymir, an all powerful being who is nonetheless trapped, by her emotional strength rather than becoming a new humanity’s strongest & Armin’s perspective + unique experiences rather than being Erwin 2.0 being his impact was way more fitting thematically imo