Kicking off the five-volume long Uprising Arc, I present to you the thirteenth volume of Attack on Titan. Uprising is an arc that was hated by many when it was initially running, and it functioned as the biggest speedreader blockade in the series. The anime adaptation really butchered this arc to make it fit in 12 episodes, so if you're an animeonly I highly encourage to read this arc with us.
In a long summary of last volume, Reiner, Bertholt, Eren, and Ymir began to leave the forest after having sighted the approaching soldiers. Ymir transformed into a titan and grabbed Historia, planning to bring her along for with Reiner and Bert. After a long chase, which included Erwin getting his arm bitten off, along with some dialogue from Bertholt, Eren managed to escape into the hands of the Survey Corps. However, the high amount of titans destroyed the formation and left most of the soldiers, including EMA, on the brink of being eaten by titans. The titan which ate Eren's kaa-san appears, and Hannes shows up to fight it. Eren attempts to transform into a titan to kill the smiling titan himself, but he is unable to, and Hannes is ultimately eaten. After being motivated by Mikasa, who had resigned herself to death, Eren stands up and punches the smiling titan, causing a surge of titan energy through all of the nearby titans + shifters. All of the mindless titans attacked and killed the smiling titan, and they eventually went after Reiner + Bertholt after Eren loudly threatened to kill the two. Ymir realizes that Eren has what is called "the coordinate", and she leaves Historia with the retreating soldiers. Ymir saves Bertholt from being eaten and the three eventually make it to the outer wall, with the implication that Ymir will be killed once the journey to Reiner and Bert's hometown concludes.
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I remember being filtered by this arc back when it was still running. Wasn't really invested in any of the characters, and the high amount of dialogue put me off from really understanding it until I eventually re-read the series last year.
I almost was filtered myself, given the slow pacing and little tension building month to month. But I stuck it out, and greatly appreciated the arc on later rereads. Its also why I haven't given up on the current arc, I'll see it to the end before I give final judgment.
Matthew Jenkins
With the most recent news regarding Season 4 being that it's still slated for Fall 2020, I really hope they don't compress Marley + War For Paradis the same way they did Uprising. Reading back through this arc now I already really wish it was animated.
>Its also why I haven't given up on the current arc, I'll see it to the end before I give final judgment. Same. It feels exactly like that. I can't tell if other anons are just shitposting or weren't around for this arc.
Evan Hughes
Happened to plenty of people, I feel. What's great though is that many seemed to pick it up again near the end of the arc. It feels like the reception from animeonlies was much better from the getgo as well (even though WIT dropped the ball hard on this part). I personally enjoyed the change of pace a lot.
Isaiah Watson
I dropped the manga in 2014 ish when this arc was happening. I think it was the chapter where they got ambushed by Kenny. I just didn’t get into it. Returned just when RtS begin. On hindsight this was a great arc.
Don't get me wrong, I have problems with certain decisions and characterizations of the past chapters, but I won't say its ruined or anything else until I see the end.
I think one of the possible turnoffs were the sometimes shaky fan translations that made already text heavy chapters an actual pain to fully read and understand.
I can see why Isayama wasn't satisfied with his version, as it takes a while to build any sense of tension or threat, but most of that goes away when its not month to month.
It took 51 chapters, but Eren and Historia finally have their first onscreen interaction.
Connor Cooper
I agree, I think the alliance could have a far stronger foundation and characters are just teleporting to where they need to be like they did during 108-116ish, but I'm holding out for things to get better. Maybe, maybe not. I don't think Isayama is very interested in the current few chapters but he has to draw them in order to set things up.
>Jean telling it like it is I miss his interactions with Eren. I'm more curious about how a convo between these two would go now than an umpteenth EMA confrontation, desu.
Nolan Diaz
I genuinely think he'll die within the next two chapters, and that he'll never have another conversation with Eren
>your precious Mikasa Jean please, you're the one who's into her.
Jaxson Myers
It's great when it focuses on Erwin, manlet and Hange fighting against the MPs and royals but it drags on a bit with the whole "are we the baddies?? stuff". It does hit its peak during Eren and Historia in the cave even though convenient armor bottle was really dumb.
