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進撃の巨人 Before the Fall [Shingeki no Kyojin: Before the Fall] #8
L'Attaque des Titans - Before the Fall T08 (L'Attaque des Titans - Before the Fall (8))
RestA(c)e A la (TM)atelier de Xenophon, Carla sa (TM)inquiA]te: A Kyklo, parti expA(c)rimenter la nouvelle mouture du a oedispositifa , A na (TM)est pas encore revenu, alors qua (TM)il aurait dA rentrerA la veille...A A0/00videmment, ni elle ni personne ne se doute encore que la dissidenceA se prA(c)pare A assaillir la CitA(c) industrielle, et que dans ses rangsA se trouve Xavi, dA(c)terminA(c) A retrouver sa soeur !
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First published April 8, 2016
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October 11, 2021
A good bit of action in this one again, but it felt slower. More political drama as well than in previous ones. Also, Cardina X Kuklo anyone else???? Some of the shots of the way Cardina looks at Kuklo... I'm interested in seeing how the device continues to change until the final volume.
February 17, 2017
JUST MARRY ME ALREADY, CARDINA!!!
That will be much better than being friendzoned by Kyklo. I can't stand that face you make when Kyklo left you for Sharle ;w; /yeah, this isn't romance manga, I know/ /I just can't/ /MY-CARDINA-IS-CRYING/ /AND-I'M-HURTING-HERE/ /he's just too nice for a guy/ /sob sob sob sob/
I'm here with you, Cardina. Cheer up!!! \o/
Btw, ini jilid apa-apaan sih. Penuh adegan Cardina memperlakukan Kyklo dengan penuh cinta(?). Adegan masangin sepatu Kyklo itu sukses bikin si Gie mesti berenti kerja beberapa saat buat narik napas dan nahan diri gak ber-"kyaa kyaa" atau "OMGASDFGHJKL" (yang tetep aja saya lakukan di GR lol). Abisnyaaaa... adegan itu tuh kayak Cardina berlutut di hadapan Kyklo!!! *glundung*
Udah gitu, agak di akhir-akhir dia ngiketin pedang di punggung Kyklo pula. WHY. Ekspresinya juga! Kenapa mesti dia menatap Kyklo kayak gitu sih? Dia udah kayak istri super setia yang ditinggalin suaminya yang keras kepala, terus dia ngambek tapi tetep ngurusin suaminya dengan baik, dan akhirnya mengantar kepergiannya dengan ketidakrelaan yang ditelan sendiri. /si Gie mulai bikin cerita sendiri/ /moga kagak digedor-gedor Shiki Satoshi/
Btw lagi (iya, iya, yang ini serius), isi jilid ini penuh dengan intrik politik. Sikut sana, sikut sini, supaya bisa dapet kursi kekuasaan. Di sini pun baru aja ada Pilkada, jadi rasanya saya pengen teriak, "Kenapa mesti soal kelicikan politik mulu siiih???" gitu.
Ah iya, si Xavy jadi tampak lumayan keren di versi komik. Padahal di versi novel dia cuma sekadar tuan muda egois yang gak peduli keluarga. Perkembangan karakter yang bagus. Saya suka.
Versi light novel-nya emang banyak kurang di sana-sini, dan versi manga-nya ini berhasil menutupi lubang-lubang itu dengan baik.
That will be much better than being friendzoned by Kyklo. I can't stand that face you make when Kyklo left you for Sharle ;w; /yeah, this isn't romance manga, I know/ /I just can't/ /MY-CARDINA-IS-CRYING/ /AND-I'M-HURTING-HERE/ /he's just too nice for a guy/ /sob sob sob sob/
I'm here with you, Cardina. Cheer up!!! \o/
Btw, ini jilid apa-apaan sih. Penuh adegan Cardina memperlakukan Kyklo dengan penuh cinta(?). Adegan masangin sepatu Kyklo itu sukses bikin si Gie mesti berenti kerja beberapa saat buat narik napas dan nahan diri gak ber-"kyaa kyaa" atau "OMGASDFGHJKL" (yang tetep aja saya lakukan di GR lol). Abisnyaaaa... adegan itu tuh kayak Cardina berlutut di hadapan Kyklo!!! *glundung*
Udah gitu, agak di akhir-akhir dia ngiketin pedang di punggung Kyklo pula. WHY. Ekspresinya juga! Kenapa mesti dia menatap Kyklo kayak gitu sih? Dia udah kayak istri super setia yang ditinggalin suaminya yang keras kepala, terus dia ngambek tapi tetep ngurusin suaminya dengan baik, dan akhirnya mengantar kepergiannya dengan ketidakrelaan yang ditelan sendiri. /si Gie mulai bikin cerita sendiri/ /moga kagak digedor-gedor Shiki Satoshi/
Btw lagi (iya, iya, yang ini serius), isi jilid ini penuh dengan intrik politik. Sikut sana, sikut sini, supaya bisa dapet kursi kekuasaan. Di sini pun baru aja ada Pilkada, jadi rasanya saya pengen teriak, "Kenapa mesti soal kelicikan politik mulu siiih???" gitu.
Ah iya, si Xavy jadi tampak lumayan keren di versi komik. Padahal di versi novel dia cuma sekadar tuan muda egois yang gak peduli keluarga. Perkembangan karakter yang bagus. Saya suka.
Versi light novel-nya emang banyak kurang di sana-sini, dan versi manga-nya ini berhasil menutupi lubang-lubang itu dengan baik.
October 6, 2022
a lot more political intrigue in this series than in the original
February 22, 2018
The bad guy is cool - but is Xavi really the bad guy? *thinking face emoji :D
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 26, 2024
Not being able to tell what the fuck the action scenes are 90% of the time is so infuriating
February 21, 2017
AAAHHHHH!!! EVERYTHING IS GOING TO GO WRONG! How are they going to get through this?
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October 18, 2017I honestly have no idea what is happening anymore. But okay.
I will read anything with Kuklo because I adore his face. And he's just so great. And I want to see how this connects to AoT (somehow).
I will read anything with Kuklo because I adore his face. And he's just so great. And I want to see how this connects to AoT (somehow).
April 16, 2024
I wasn't on board with this secret mission to undermine a rebellion at first, but it turns out to be pretty eventful and exciting as plans change, allies betray each other, and surprise reinforcements arrive.
This prequel has 17 vollumes.
This prequel has 17 vollumes.
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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May 16, 2019
Me gusta cómo manejan todo lo de la rebelión, que más que una revolución es gente manipulando a otra gente con propósitos que nada tienen que ver con repartición de riquezas. Hay acción y lo mejor es la pelea de Xavi.
También me gustó que este volumen se enfocara en Xavi, es bueno ver cómo lo desarrollan y que no se quede en un niño rico y ya. De hecho me pareció bastante inteligente, aunque aún le falta experiencia.
La capitana Bernhart es una bitch y me gusta eso.
También me gustó que este volumen se enfocara en Xavi, es bueno ver cómo lo desarrollan y que no se quede en un niño rico y ya. De hecho me pareció bastante inteligente, aunque aún le falta experiencia.
La capitana Bernhart es una bitch y me gusta eso.
April 3, 2021
It is amazing to see how the device came about and how it became as we know it in snk (shingeki no kyojin).
A detail that I found quite interesting is the existence of corruption among the MP's even 80 years before the fall, and how it was in that time.
Okay that this arc is not being very interesting there and it’s just to better develop the characters and everything, but it ends up being interesting for those who like and understand attack on titan.
Still in love with Cardina <3
A detail that I found quite interesting is the existence of corruption among the MP's even 80 years before the fall, and how it was in that time.
Okay that this arc is not being very interesting there and it’s just to better develop the characters and everything, but it ends up being interesting for those who like and understand attack on titan.
Still in love with Cardina <3
September 17, 2017
Kuklo and Sharle once again find their safe haven invaded. For Sharle it is the presence of her brother and for kuklo its a journey to pratice with titan attack gear. Lots of political machinations abound in this issue as well as some great action scenes.
February 1, 2022
(78% - B + ) This volume is slower but one of the more interesting of the lot as we continue to learn more of the lore and discover another interesting plot line that adds to the complexity of this interesting depiction of a dangerous reality.
July 29, 2022
Este capítulo es el inicio de la guerra por Sharle, la cual está en peligro y es buscada por todos los bandos posibles jajaja
Me gusta mucho la relación que tiene con Kuklo, él de verdad la considera su única familia y está dispuesto a ir contra todo por ella, por mantenerla a salvo, y a su lado.
Ya quiero seguir leyendo que está súper bueno jajaja
Me gusta mucho la relación que tiene con Kuklo, él de verdad la considera su única familia y está dispuesto a ir contra todo por ella, por mantenerla a salvo, y a su lado.
Ya quiero seguir leyendo que está súper bueno jajaja
September 3, 2021
So Gloria Bernhart can step on lego that is all.
February 4, 2022
it was chaos
February 7, 2022
Cardina & kuklo remind me of Eren & Armin!!!
February 28, 2022
Introduced to a faction of killers who are to dumb to think for themselves? New faction seems rushed into the story then rushed out.
March 12, 2022
23/50
May 20, 2022
Es una historia muy buena, te atrapa desde el primer capítulo
December 3, 2023
El peor de momento, demasiada trama política
Tomo de relleno, nada necesario.
Tomo de relleno, nada necesario.
March 28, 2021
Taken 8 issues but this is the first that feels like it stands up to the AOT name.
July 6, 2017
~3.5/5
A lot of this volume is taken up by the underground movement, as they're planning an attack and to overtake the government. Xavi is a clear part in this, but he's also working behind the scenes to get to Sharle.
I will admit that I'm not a fan of Xavi, and I don't trust him. But I do like that he's worried for Sharle, and he had plans to get her to safety before everything blew up when he didn't have all of the information. And when things blow up, he doesn't even bother with formalities and his promised part in the scheme, he goes straight to find her. It makes me more confused about his intentions.
It's the same with Kuklo, of course. As soon as he finds out, he goes on a mission to get back to her.
I do enjoy this series. It's has it's ups and downs, and goes back and forth with each volume. But I'm enjoying it for the most part.
[Read more at my blog, Geeky Reading!]
A lot of this volume is taken up by the underground movement, as they're planning an attack and to overtake the government. Xavi is a clear part in this, but he's also working behind the scenes to get to Sharle.
I will admit that I'm not a fan of Xavi, and I don't trust him. But I do like that he's worried for Sharle, and he had plans to get her to safety before everything blew up when he didn't have all of the information. And when things blow up, he doesn't even bother with formalities and his promised part in the scheme, he goes straight to find her. It makes me more confused about his intentions.
It's the same with Kuklo, of course. As soon as he finds out, he goes on a mission to get back to her.
I do enjoy this series. It's has it's ups and downs, and goes back and forth with each volume. But I'm enjoying it for the most part.
[Read more at my blog, Geeky Reading!]
October 6, 2016
This volume mainly covers the infiltration plan that is being carried out by an anti-government group. Volume 8 also features plenty of character development for Xavi and a bit for Sharle as well. I cannot wait for the next installment in the series.
September 5, 2016
Booooriiing
November 7, 2016
A super quick read. I really enjoy getting to read about the creation of the gear.
February 1, 2021
It's getting hectic! Our main characters are in some major strife, how will they get out of this one? Can they?!
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