Shingeki no Kyojin: Before the Fall
Attack on Titan: Before the Fall

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AoT Before the Fall tells a story that happens about 70 years before Eren, Mikasa, Armin and everyone else you know from the main manga or anime.

The main character here is Kuklo, "The titan's soon", a baby somehow born from a titan, and during his journey, we will learn more about stuff like how people lived 30 years after humanity started living inside the walls; how the military dealt with the expeditions outside the walls without their ODM Gear, and even how the same was invented.

This manga has a bunch of new and amazing characters, which in my opinion, is the highest point of the ... manga. Kuklo, Charle, Kardina and all the other characters you'll find here are amazing, unique and really enjoyable.
The story itself is great; not amazing like the main one, but still great. Besides some inconsistencies, such as titans active at night, it fits really well in the AoT world.

Overall, it's a really good spin-off story, and people really should read it, since it's very unknown between the fandom.

Meh! Compared to the main series, this prequel was painfully mediocre. Even if you're an avid AOT fan, this might not be for you. Because there is no 'twists' or 'revealations' that'll blow your mind while watching this because of it being a prequel.

The only thing this one has going is the history of Surevey Corp and the their evolution. The orgins of ODM gear, the first survey corp expedition, life inside the wall, internal politics of the people living in the wall and the exploration of few more regions inside the wall that never ever been mentioned in the main series due to ... it's focus on the bigger picture.

Character designs were fine, That distinct line art style of Isayam is absent due to the fact him not being the writer/artist of this prequel. Character development is wack, the people who were supposed to br ferral suddenly get cured of his condition due to a beautiful waifu, Previously mind broken soilder got his mind fixed due to a beautiful waifu and her preaching, Oh and of course even the ODM gear was finalized after the blabbering of the said Waifu, For some reason the Waifu who sucked being a soilder became a commander, etc. Which are very different and too much optimistic compared to that of Isayama's. Because of the optimistic nature, there were no shocking deaths nor any mind screwing sceneries and what not. I guess you could call it a AOT for the weak minded, because the only people who die are the non major, non important, who even remember them type of characters.

In my humble opinion, skip this one. It ain't worth the read. The art is nice to look at but the high ceiling placed the main series is a curse for this prequel. And also, all the plot in this story ain't that important to the main series anyway.
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Art - 8/10
Characters - 4/10
Plot - 5/10
OVERALL - 5.5/10

this does not need to exist. it is a long, exhausting, dreadful read full of the most useless and unnecessary series of events known to man. and slapping an AoT logo on it doesn't really help it out.

halfway into the first chapter, it's kinda evident that things are just going to take a turn for the worse. not that it's completely abhorrent but that it tries a lot of things and does not really succeed at any of them.

the art is ok. it tries to mimic the original AoT art but i did feel like the background art was lacking for the most part ... and it did come off as a bit awkward and stiff a good chunk of the time.

Before the fall features some of the most forgettable characters i've known. the story just gives you little reason to be invested in any of them and it doesn't help that they're basically walking cliches/tropes.

a lot of my frustration stems from two things. firstly, it's just too long and the contents of the story do not justify that length. secondly, the story is set in the same world as AoT but it doesn't really use that in any meaningful way.

Before the fall isn't all terrible but it does itself no favours by telling a predictable, mediocre story and tying that to AoT.