attack on opinion

Written by: Hopewell Valley Student Publications Network
  • Summary

  • Welcome to Attack on Opinion! This is a student-run podcast that discusses audience opinions on controversies and character dynamics in the popular anime, Attack on Titan. Check out this podcast and other podcasts from the Hopewell Valley Student Publications Network at www.hvspn.com
    Copyright 2023 Hopewell Valley Student Publications Network
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Episodes
  • Attack on Titan Best and Worst Ships
    Dec 20 2022
    Attack on OpinionBest and Worst Ships

    Episode #7

    You are listening to Attack On Opinion with your hosts Jenny and Amy. Today we are joined by a special guest, Gianluca! (Gianluca says something)

    In this episode of Attack on Opinion we will discuss our favorite and least favorite ships in Attack on Titan. 

    Segment 1: Context of the Anime

    Attack on Titan is a Japanese manga series set in a world where humanity is forced to live in cities surrounded by three enormous walls that protect them from gigantic man-eating humanoids called Titans. The story follows Eren Yeager, who vows to exterminate the Titans after they bring about the destruction of his hometown and the death of his mother. 

    Ships in the show:

    • Eren and Mikasa
    • Eren and Historia
    • Eren and Armin
    • Annie and Armin
    • Annie and Bertholdt
    • Armin and Mikasa
    • Ymir and Historia
    • Hange and Erwin
    • Hange and Moblit
    • Levi and Hange
    • Levi and Zeke
    • Levi and Erwin
    • Historia and Reiner
    • Jean and Mikasa
    • Jean and Marco
    • Sasha and Connie
    • Sasha and Nicollo
    • Sasha and Jean
    • Sasha and Mikasa
    • Falco and Gabi
    • Zeke and Yelena

    PROHIBITED SHIPS - NEVER VALID:

    • Levi and Eren
    • Erwin and Mikasa
    • Eren and Gabi
    • Armin and Erwin

    Segment 2: Our opinions

    Amy: 

    • My favorites are Sasha and Nicollo and Historia and Ymir
    • I don’t really like Eren and Mikasa
    • Eren should treat her better
    • She’s so in love with him even though he is so mean
    • Jean and Mikasa is sad because Jean is in love with her but she loves Eren 
    • Jean is a second choice for her after Eren dies but Mikasa has always been his #1 choice
    • Jean and Marco were cute together 
    • Sad that Marco died and Jean lost his best friend
    • Sasha and Nicollo is very wholesome
    • He loves to cook, she loves to eat
    • Lots of very clear chemistry
    • Sad that Sasha died
    • Liked how Nicollo attacked Gabi to try to avenge Sasha’s...
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    18 mins
  • Why are Eren and Zeke so Different?
    Dec 6 2022
    Attack on OpinionEpisode 6: Why are Eren and Zeke so Different? 

    You are listening to Attack On Opinion with your hosts Jenny and Amy.

    In this episode of Attack on Opinion we discuss: Eren and Zeke’s relationship and why they are so different even though they are brothers. 

    Segment 1: Context of the Anime

    Attack on Titan is a Japanese manga series set in a world where humanity is forced to live in cities surrounded by three enormous walls that protect them from gigantic man-eating humanoids called Titans. The story follows Eren Yeager, who vows to exterminate the Titans after they bring about the destruction of his hometown and the death of his mother. 

    • Eren and Zeke are brothers
    • They grew up separately in different environments: Zeke was treated very badly, Eren received love
    • Zeke’s parents are Grisha Yeager and Dina Fritz, who is a royal
    • Eren’s parents are Grisha and Carla Yeager
    • They both have titan powers, Zeke is the beast titan and Eren is the founding and attack titan
    • Grisha injected Eren with titan serum
    • They have different plans for humanity: Eren wants to kill everyone except for the Eldians and Zeke wants to make it so the Eldians can’t reproduce so there will be no more titans
    • Zeke wanted Eren to follow his plan and Eren tricked him into thinking that he would but ends up betraying him

    Segment 2: Audience Opinions
    • Eren did the right thing in betraying Zeke
    • “Sorry, brother. I was just playing along…so I could get here.”
    • Zeke just wanted to live the rest of his life in harmony, Eren’s betrayal wasn’t worth it
    • “Hey Eren… we're the only ones…who understand, right?”

    Segment 3: Our opinions
    • We do not agree with Eren’s plan we think it is genocide 
    • Eren literally orchestrated Grisha’s trauma, which in turn, orchestrated Zeke’s trauma
    • Wants to kill everyone except his friends
    • Wants to have kids with Mikasa so doesn’t want to be sterilized
    • Eren is being petty; he wants the non eldians to die because some of them are racist to Eldians which is not cool but that doesn’t mean all of them should be killed 
    • Eren was a spoiled child while growing up
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    8 mins
  • Should Ymir have left with Reiner and Bertholdt?
    Nov 18 2022
    Attack on OpinionShould Ymir have left with Reiner and Bertholdt?

    Episode #5

    You are listening to Attack On Opinion with your hosts Jenny and Amy.

    In this episode of Attack on Opinion we discuss: Ymir’s relationship with Historia, Reiner, and Bertholdt, and whether or not it was the right decision for her to leave the scouts.

    Segment 1: Context of the Anime

    Attack on Titan is a Japanese manga series set in a world where humanity is forced to live in cities surrounded by three enormous walls that protect them from gigantic man-eating humanoids called Titans. The story follows Eren Yeager, who vows to exterminate the Titans after they bring about the destruction of his hometown and the death of his mother. 

    Ymir is technically around 100 hundred years old because she was turned into a titan by Marleyan soldiers after the empire of Eldyia lost its power. This was because she represented (they believed she was the reincarnation) of Ymir, the founder of the titans. Therefore, some Eldyians worshiped her to seek out peace. Little did they know, she was simply an orphan that was used to gather money from the people that prayed to her. When the Public Security Authorities found out about this cult, the man who named Ymir placed all the blame on Ymir. Ymir didn’t fight back because she felt as if she did share responsibility for deceiving the people who worshiped her, so she, along many other members, were stoned and turned into pure titans. 

    • Ymir has the Jaw Titan power, which was from eating one of Reiner’s friends who possessed a titan power.
    • Ymir and Historia fell in love with each other
    • Reiner has a crush on Historia
    • Ymir feels guilty about keeping her powers secret and for eating Porco’s brother, aka Reiner’s friend. She also felt indebted to them because their arrival to Eldyia technically saved her life. 
    • They kill Ymir

    Segment 2: Audience Opinions

    Many people deny the clear intimate relationship between Ymir and Historia because they deny the Lesbian representation, which may influence their opinion on how important it was for Ymir to be sent away. 

    • Some people even debate that Historia is straight, which is clearly wrong. But others say that she’s bisexual, which could have some essence to it but she’s only shown interest in Ymir in the show.
    • She does get pregnant but many people say it’s because she had the responsibility to do so, not out of her own will. 
    • Majority of people believe it was the right decision to leave and that there’d be no story without this

    Segment 3: Our opinions

    We liked Ymir and Historia's...

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    5 mins

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