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進撃の巨人 Before the Fall [Shingeki no Kyojin: Before the Fall] #6
Attack on Titan: Before the Fall, Vol. 6
ON THE SHOULDERS OF TITANS
Fifteen years ago, humanity led a last-ditch attempt to discover the Titans' weakness – a survey expedition to capture one of the beasts. But the ten-meter Titan who appeared during the capture attempt threw the expedition into chaos. Among those who escaped behind Wall Maria was the genius craftsman Angel, a weapon-developer who was participating in the expedition as a researcher. What would he conjure up from this failure?
Fifteen years ago, humanity led a last-ditch attempt to discover the Titans' weakness – a survey expedition to capture one of the beasts. But the ten-meter Titan who appeared during the capture attempt threw the expedition into chaos. Among those who escaped behind Wall Maria was the genius craftsman Angel, a weapon-developer who was participating in the expedition as a researcher. What would he conjure up from this failure?
192 pages, Paperback
First published August 7, 2015
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Hajime Isayama
691 books4,658 followersJapanese name: 諫山創
Hajime Isayama (諫山 創 Isayama Hajime, born 1986) is a Japanese manga artist from Ōyama, Ōita. His first and currently ongoing serial, Attack on Titan, has sold over 22 million copies as of July 2013. He has mentioned Tsutomu Nihei, Ryōji Minagawa, Kentaro Miura, Hideki Arai and Tōru Mitsumine as artists he respects, but stated that the manga that had the biggest influence on him was ARMS.
Hajime Isayama (諫山 創 Isayama Hajime, born 1986) is a Japanese manga artist from Ōyama, Ōita. His first and currently ongoing serial, Attack on Titan, has sold over 22 million copies as of July 2013. He has mentioned Tsutomu Nihei, Ryōji Minagawa, Kentaro Miura, Hideki Arai and Tōru Mitsumine as artists he respects, but stated that the manga that had the biggest influence on him was ARMS.
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February 11, 2021
Another just okay arc. Cool to see how they figured out how to kill titans but besides that it's so boring at times. None of these characters have the complexity the main series does to their characters. Just typical manga cutouts with a interesting world that isn't even made by this author. Skippable.
December 5, 2021
Meh.
جز طراحی جذاب تایتاناش چیزی نداشت این جلد. اینکه بالاخره فهمیدن چطور باید یه تایتان رو بکشن کمی هیجان داد بهش و از ملال آوری نجاتش داد ولی حتی این نقطه عطف رو هم خوب نشون نداد.
انخل فقط کمی کنجکاوی برمی‌انگیزه هنوز و شاید برگشت ژاوی بتونه یه تکون به پلات حوصله سر برش بده.
کاردینا هم کیوته ولی حتی از اینم استفاده نمیکنه.
جز طراحی جذاب تایتاناش چیزی نداشت این جلد. اینکه بالاخره فهمیدن چطور باید یه تایتان رو بکشن کمی هیجان داد بهش و از ملال آوری نجاتش داد ولی حتی این نقطه عطف رو هم خوب نشون نداد.
انخل فقط کمی کنجکاوی برمی‌انگیزه هنوز و شاید برگشت ژاوی بتونه یه تکون به پلات حوصله سر برش بده.
کاردینا هم کیوته ولی حتی از اینم استفاده نمیکنه.
February 8, 2018
Interesting.
Xavi certainly looking dapper, but of course he's a bad guy. What does he need Sharks for, I wonder?
Xavi certainly looking dapper, but of course he's a bad guy. What does he need Sharks for, I wonder?
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 28, 2021
Pretty good, if a bit slow at times. The art is getting easier to follow as well.
September 26, 2017
3,5/5 stars!
February 20, 2017
So this one was a bit slower, but I still found it very fascinating.
February 4, 2022
this one is a great information as a history prior to what’s happening in the present (eren’s time)
November 28, 2022
no cuz I'm convinced that angel liked his assistant 🤨🤨 when Kuklo talked abt the look of adoration parents give their children...I almost cried and barfed 😍😍 my dream 😍😍
December 6, 2020
This is a review of the entire series.
Cut from a titan's stomach after his cultist mother was eaten alive when he was still growing inside her womb, Kuklo bore the cursed reputation of being the son of a titan. He was locked in a cage as a toddler and treated as a circus freak to be paraded around. After years of abuse on the streets he was sold to the Inocencio royal family to become the plaything of their cruel son Xavi. Never taught how to speak or shown the love of another human being, Kuklo's life seemed destined to meet a gloomy end. That was until Sharle, the daughter of the Inocencio family visits him in his cell one fateful night and teaches him the warmth of another person.
Before the Fall takes a very different approach to storytelling than the main series. The high stakes action, intricate world-building, thrilling political undertones, masterful use of mystery and foreshadowing aren't really anywhere to be seen here. That's not to say the prequel is bad, it just tells a much more personal and self-contained narrative that serves to flesh out the lesser explored elements of the main series such as who was the first person to ever kill a titan, how the survey corps were formed and how the three dimensional odm gear they use to kill titans was invented.
The star of the manga in my opinion was Sharle. She threw away a life of luxury and safety to save Kuklo and rebel against the cruelty of her own royal family. She constantly puts herself in danger to confront the horrors of the titans, corrupt royals and rogue criminals. She uses her well-educated background to enlist herself in the service of a group of underground blacksmiths in order to improve their methods and create the technological foundation of the military gear that would go on to give humans a fighting chance against the titans. She was the backbone of the whole narrative and her influence had the biggest impact on the events of the main series. If not for her efforts, none of the characters in the main series would've ever had the means to survive. I also just really enjoyed her personality, the way she never discriminates against the lesser class and how she breaks free from the chains of her royal upbringing.
Kuklo was a decent character, but after he meets Sharle he mostly just feels like a generic Shounen protagonist. He's not bad, just mundane and doesn't really fit in with the overall complex cast, especially next to the secondary protagonist Sharle who ended up accomplishing so much. Some of the world-building doesn't line up with the main series such as titans being able to walk at night and them disappearing the second they're killed, but most of the inconsistencies were minor things that weren't enough to completely destroy the immersion. The limited scope of the plot and setting also made the pacing feel somewhat tedious at times because most of the drama is never taken beyond the walls of the cities, but it also made room for more personal time between the characters living out their daily lives together and really learning to put their heads together to help form a better world for humanity's last survivors.
Not nearly as good as the main series and it doesn't add that much to the world or overall story, but it's an enjoyable side story that gives you a better understanding of the basics regarding daily life in the walled cities and how the foundations of military power and titan-fighting capabilities came to be. It probably won't appeal to casual readers of the series, but it might be worth checking out if you're already a diehard fan of Attack on Titan.
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Cut from a titan's stomach after his cultist mother was eaten alive when he was still growing inside her womb, Kuklo bore the cursed reputation of being the son of a titan. He was locked in a cage as a toddler and treated as a circus freak to be paraded around. After years of abuse on the streets he was sold to the Inocencio royal family to become the plaything of their cruel son Xavi. Never taught how to speak or shown the love of another human being, Kuklo's life seemed destined to meet a gloomy end. That was until Sharle, the daughter of the Inocencio family visits him in his cell one fateful night and teaches him the warmth of another person.
Before the Fall takes a very different approach to storytelling than the main series. The high stakes action, intricate world-building, thrilling political undertones, masterful use of mystery and foreshadowing aren't really anywhere to be seen here. That's not to say the prequel is bad, it just tells a much more personal and self-contained narrative that serves to flesh out the lesser explored elements of the main series such as who was the first person to ever kill a titan, how the survey corps were formed and how the three dimensional odm gear they use to kill titans was invented.
The star of the manga in my opinion was Sharle. She threw away a life of luxury and safety to save Kuklo and rebel against the cruelty of her own royal family. She constantly puts herself in danger to confront the horrors of the titans, corrupt royals and rogue criminals. She uses her well-educated background to enlist herself in the service of a group of underground blacksmiths in order to improve their methods and create the technological foundation of the military gear that would go on to give humans a fighting chance against the titans. She was the backbone of the whole narrative and her influence had the biggest impact on the events of the main series. If not for her efforts, none of the characters in the main series would've ever had the means to survive. I also just really enjoyed her personality, the way she never discriminates against the lesser class and how she breaks free from the chains of her royal upbringing.
Kuklo was a decent character, but after he meets Sharle he mostly just feels like a generic Shounen protagonist. He's not bad, just mundane and doesn't really fit in with the overall complex cast, especially next to the secondary protagonist Sharle who ended up accomplishing so much. Some of the world-building doesn't line up with the main series such as titans being able to walk at night and them disappearing the second they're killed, but most of the inconsistencies were minor things that weren't enough to completely destroy the immersion. The limited scope of the plot and setting also made the pacing feel somewhat tedious at times because most of the drama is never taken beyond the walls of the cities, but it also made room for more personal time between the characters living out their daily lives together and really learning to put their heads together to help form a better world for humanity's last survivors.
Not nearly as good as the main series and it doesn't add that much to the world or overall story, but it's an enjoyable side story that gives you a better understanding of the basics regarding daily life in the walled cities and how the foundations of military power and titan-fighting capabilities came to be. It probably won't appeal to casual readers of the series, but it might be worth checking out if you're already a diehard fan of Attack on Titan.
***
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March 28, 2021
This spin off has been mediocre at best, but this one was really dull, which is crazy when you consider it’s the story of finding the titan weakness and the first survey corps mission.
The art is so up and down, last issue I thought it was getting better then it goes back to this where it’s hard to tell what is going on most of the time. None of the characters have any deep characterisation and I am only continuing this series right now as I got it all as part of a bundle. I really hope the other spin offs like no regrets and lost girls are better than this because the main series is so damn good it should be offering spin offs so much material to work with but this has felt lazy so far.
The art is so up and down, last issue I thought it was getting better then it goes back to this where it’s hard to tell what is going on most of the time. None of the characters have any deep characterisation and I am only continuing this series right now as I got it all as part of a bundle. I really hope the other spin offs like no regrets and lost girls are better than this because the main series is so damn good it should be offering spin offs so much material to work with but this has felt lazy so far.
July 10, 2022
Buenísimo.
Aquí se muestra más lo que ha sido de que será el mayor villano en la historia. Y me emociona saber que lo que más quiere es a la chica que el protagonista ama. Osea... Que se viene lo bueno.
Este tomo también nos da muchas revelaciones sobre como encontraron la debilidad de un titán, pero... El gobierno no quiere revelarlo.
Y... También nos dicen el por qué la legión estuvo inactiva por 15 años.
Aquí se muestra más lo que ha sido de que será el mayor villano en la historia. Y me emociona saber que lo que más quiere es a la chica que el protagonista ama. Osea... Que se viene lo bueno.
Este tomo también nos da muchas revelaciones sobre como encontraron la debilidad de un titán, pero... El gobierno no quiere revelarlo.
Y... También nos dicen el por qué la legión estuvo inactiva por 15 años.
July 4, 2017
In this volume we learn more about the development of the survey corps gear and how they learned to kill Titans . The Titan action is great in this issue and I loved seeing how the survey corps gear was developed , and seeing how Kuklo's strength continues to grow . The art is also stellar in this volume .
May 5, 2019
Termina la parte de la primera expedición, y se ve porqué no hay Sorum, el novio de Angel, en el presente.
El resto no hay tanta acción ni avance en la historia, pero Cardina es muy chistoso, me cae bien.
El resto no hay tanta acción ni avance en la historia, pero Cardina es muy chistoso, me cae bien.
January 20, 2021
حلو أن كوكلو عكس إيرين تماما..
يعني الاتنين خسروا أهلهم بسبب العمالقة
إيرين قرر يقتلهم بسبب الانتقام.. كوكلو قرر يقتلهم علشان يقضي على عدو بيهدد المستقبل
عجبني أن الشخصيتين عكس بعض تماما وكأن الكاتب قاصد يعمل كدا
ودا فعلا حلو
متحمسة للي هيحصل بعد كدا
..
يعني الاتنين خسروا أهلهم بسبب العمالقة
إيرين قرر يقتلهم بسبب الانتقام.. كوكلو قرر يقتلهم علشان يقضي على عدو بيهدد المستقبل
عجبني أن الشخصيتين عكس بعض تماما وكأن الكاتب قاصد يعمل كدا
ودا فعلا حلو
متحمسة للي هيحصل بعد كدا
..
December 21, 2017
I feel like snapping Xavi’s neck tbh ughhh
February 17, 2018
Lots of action but little content. The origin of the movement device is good though.
March 26, 2019
6.5/10
March 30, 2021
Il recommence enfin à y avoir de l’action !!!
May 4, 2021
Feels kinda slow
May 24, 2021
Xavi meets his new boss Gloria. Sharle continues to work hard to make her way and tells Kuklo she'll be his family.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 30, 2021
Something I never thought I'd say but Angel Aaltonen, he deserves more spotlight and help me I invested in this series.
October 6, 2021
Sharle, linda ¡Deja de arruinar mi ship!
JKAJAJAJJAJAJA
Gracias
JKAJAJAJJAJAJA
Gracias
October 18, 2021
Leggerò il prossimo volume solo perché l’ho comprato, poi vendo i primo sette numeri in blocco. Orribile.
February 28, 2022
We see some cool titan action Xavi starts making moves
March 8, 2022
21/50
August 28, 2022
This particular volume is not very interesting to me, it's more a transition volume because nothing is really happening. But it's a great series!
December 2, 2023
El primero capítulo es tremendo, los siguientes son bastante flojos y lentos, pero sólo por el primer capítulo ya vale la pena
July 15, 2024
Watch out, Sharle.
October 11, 2024
Sharlee and kuklo are so cute 😭 and Xavi’s butler looks exactly like Mammon ew
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