Attack on Titan
JunkoEve said: Is there a reason as to why the majority of the characters and setting are scandinavian (germanic tribes)? Is there something about the plot that I missed or just plain random? And about Levi, if we ignore his name factor, what nationality do you still think he is? Please discuss. Thanks. Somehow Isayama isn't going to reveal who or what basis he did base his characters on. He got into trouble the last time he disclosed that kind of information and he went through hell with the backlash. |
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JunkoEve said: Is there a reason as to why the majority of the characters and setting are scandinavian (germanic tribes)? Is there something about the plot that I missed or just plain random? And about Levi, if we ignore his name factor, what nationality do you still think he is? Please discuss. Thanks. Survivors are situated in some Germanic setting? I dunno. Jotuns (AKA giants) are a big part of Norse mythology if that tells you anything. |
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LeCan said: ^I'll read it later. LeCan said: I live in Germany (I'm Turkish) and there is a town similar to SnK; "Osnabrück" http://www.klaes-w.de/fotos/owl/owl_nachtrag/osnabrueck_stadtpanorama_6724sqx.jpg http://www.das-energieportal.de/uploads/pics/Dom_Osnabrueck.jpg http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2704/4200553968_e519d2fc0b_o.jpg (...) @earthtostupid Interesting, I'll search later a bit :) @HalfMetalJacket Ikr^^ What do you think? >.> Mind = Blown Wow o-0 Holy crap, it looks very similar to Snk settings.....o-o The town is actually real?!?!?! :O |
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Janethan23 said: JunkoEve said: Is there a reason as to why the majority of the characters and setting are scandinavian (germanic tribes)? Is there something about the plot that I missed or just plain random? And about Levi, if we ignore his name factor, what nationality do you still think he is? Please discuss. Thanks. Somehow Isayama isn't going to reveal who or what basis he did base his characters on. He got into trouble the last time he disclosed that kind of information and he went through hell with the backlash. Interesting. What was it? |
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Klimat said: Janethan23 said: JunkoEve said: Is there a reason as to why the majority of the characters and setting are scandinavian (germanic tribes)? Is there something about the plot that I missed or just plain random? And about Levi, if we ignore his name factor, what nationality do you still think he is? Please discuss. Thanks. Somehow Isayama isn't going to reveal who or what basis he did base his characters on. He got into trouble the last time he disclosed that kind of information and he went through hell with the backlash. Interesting. What was it? Dot Pixis. http://kotaku.com/a-thousand-death-threats-against-a-popular-anime-creato-631792221 We had a thread around here about it. |
AllenLevi said: JunkoEve said: AllenLevi said: Hey, i am german too, in some pieces :P. I think Levi is jewish. Dont you know the Levi's jeans? It's jewish. So I think he is too. He is also a clean fanatic, which speaks even more for a jew, because jewish people are clean. @LeCan Yea, looks like the city of Aot/SnK. My bet's on that Levi isn't even his real name...... His birthday is on 25th, December, maybe he is Jesus Christ. lol |
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JunkoEve said: http://s1.directupload.net/images/130928/oe5yxmdx.png another piece of evidence that confirms my suspicions that Levi and Mikasa are both from the same clan as I have previously analyzed. Chirai from mangafox pointed this out to me. It is also her image I just used. That could just be Levi applying some first aid onto his wrists, but you never know eh? People don't seem to notice anything too strange about Levi, contrary to Mikasa (when Jean first talked to her, he said something about how different she looked). |
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| Mmm wow. You've done your research lol. |
JunkoEve said: Xelythia said: Mmm wow. You've done your research lol. I am too obsessed with this Oriental/Asian clan thing. Up to the point that I even try to map out what the clan's significance in the storyline is (I'm on my 6th page now). It's like doing a PhD on Shingeki no Kyojin. I know how you feel about writing out pages analysing things in this manga/anime. I'm still not convinced Levi's Asian though, I mean his blue eyes are pretty damming evidence that he isn't, I've never seen an Asian with blue eyes before. He has to be at least half European. |
Xinception said: MikasaxEren said: JunkoEve said: Xelythia said: Mmm wow. You've done your research lol. I am too obsessed with this Oriental/Asian clan thing. Up to the point that I even try to map out what the clan's significance in the storyline is (I'm on my 6th page now). It's like doing a PhD on Shingeki no Kyojin. I know how you feel about writing out pages analysing things in this manga/anime. I'm still not convinced Levi's Asian though, I mean his blue eyes are pretty damming evidence that he isn't, I've never seen an Asian with blue eyes before. He has to be at least half European. He has to be half European. Cause. Mikasa. Asian. Blue eyes. N'uff said. Mikasa's eyes only have a blue tiny to them in that one scene, in all others they are black, Levi's eyes are always blue, it's just hard to see most of the time. |
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| So in a few points i agree with you! So i'm 99,9% sure that Eren is German,and he is not Jager but Yeager. Annie is confusing because Annie=Russian and Leonhart=don't even know...maybe English? Sasha same thing,Sasha=Russia,but her surname is Braus and it sounds like german... About Armin he looks like English,Mikasa is half Japanese half???Acker came from German or Old English, meaning "field", and is also related to the word "acre". Therefore, Ackermann means "fieldman". Ackerman is also a common Ashkenazi Jewish surname. So we can assume that Mikasa can be Japanese and German or English or ewen Jewish?...O.o (i hope not,not racist) ahah I won't say anything about the obvius nationality of some characters (Bertolt....) Since i'm a manga reader,it's hard to say something about their nationalities.. |
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AivanK said: So in a few points i agree with you! So i'm 99,9% sure that Eren is German,and he is not Jager but Yeager. Annie is confusing because Annie=Russian and Leonhart=don't even know...maybe English? Sasha same thing,Sasha=Russia,but her surname is Braus and it sounds like german... About Armin he looks like English,Mikasa is half Japanese half???Acker came from German or Old English, meaning "field", and is also related to the word "acre". Therefore, Ackermann means "fieldman". Ackerman is also a common Ashkenazi Jewish surname. So we can assume that Mikasa can be Japanese and German or English or ewen Jewish?...O.o (i hope not,not racist) ahah I won't say anything about the obvius nationality of some characters (Bertolt....) Since i'm a manga reader,it's hard to say something about their nationalities.. Well, Eren is a name in Turkey that means "holy", and with the fact that he has a more tanned complexion, I think Eren might turkish german. |
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| Actually, Eren and Levi are Canadians, if you know what I mean. |
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| I still say Eren is a wog (foul habit) mediterranian person. Turkish or Arabic, I don't care. Green eyes and tanned complexions help too. |
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Candor said: HalfMetalJacket said: Makes perfect sense. How didn't I see that before? Mediterraneans are always pissed off too, so Eren most likely came from there. They get pissed off over the smallest things, and all they're good at is being angry while being all talk.I still say Eren is a wog (foul habit) mediterranian person. Turkish or Arabic, I don't care. Green eyes and tanned complexions help too. I hate to generalise, but the Lebanese around where I live don't rub off as the most friendly... |
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| Anoo, ... moshi moshu? The only thing about Erenq which would be difficult to nail in a real person, is the shape of his eyes - too cat-like and too big for a male, even for his 15s. Otherwise, I am pretty certain that dark brown hair, green eyes, and tanned complexion can be found anywhere across Europe, especially in the European part of the Mediterranean region, but not necessary in Turkey. I'd rather say they are rare there and the facial structure is even less typical. About the names - Levi and Eren share some connotations as 'holy' and 'warriors', Mikasa is named after a war-ship. Instead of direct analysis of the names, the characters should have a concept behind them, relevant to the story. Maybe this is a better clue. Discuss, as is popular to say. :D |
zellami said: Anoo, ... moshi moshu? The only thing about Erenq which would be difficult to nail in a real person, is the shape of his eyes - too cat-like and too big for a male, even for his 15s. Otherwise, I am pretty certain that dark brown hair, green eyes, and tanned complexion can be found anywhere across Europe, especially in the European part of the Mediterranean region, but not necessary in Turkey. I'd rather say they are rare there and the facial structure is even less typical. About the names - Levi and Eren share some connotations as 'holy' and 'warriors', Mikasa is named after a war-ship. Instead of direct analysis of the names, the characters should have a concept behind them, relevant to the story. Maybe this is a better clue. Discuss, as is popular to say. :D Anime eyes? Then again, this series tries to look more realistic with people. I've seen people with such eyes, believe me. It's not unusual to say the very least. But we do get a lot of Mediterranean folks in Australia. |
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| ^ Oh, I do. I said I haven't seen a man with such eyes. One of my childhood friends has the same shape and her sister, too, brown and olive in colors. It really strikes you, when you look at their faces, because the eyes stand out - very attractive. |
| Eren has more meanings than holy. It also means ´perfected or finished´ and "the brave HERO". |
| Well you've certainly put a lot of thought into this...I don't know if normal nationalities really apply in SnK considering it's fictional and I don't know if the world in SnK is the same as the real world, but if I really thought about it: I always thought that Levi would be Asian, maybe Chinese. I thought Ymir would be middle-eastern or maybe Indian, and Marco struck me as being Italian. Erwin seems to be from England or maybe even America. I reckon Sasha is Russian and maybe Annie is too, but she could also maybe be German or even English? Armin I think is Scandinavian. A lot of the characters seem to be European and the setting itself seems to be very European-influenced...but as I said before, this is all fictional so it all means nothing really. Anyway, that's as much as I've thought about it. |
| Eren - German Mikasa - Japaneese Armin -by performance i would say scandinavian Levi - Jewish Erwin - German/English Hanji Zoe - Half Japaneese for sure Sasha Braus - Russian |
| What is it with Japanese and Germany anyway? Monster, SnK, Fate stay night, Hellsing Some other things. |
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johnyjohny said: What is it with Japanese and Germany anyway? Monster, SnK, Fate stay night, Hellsing Some other things. Look back to WWII... |
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