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April 9 will usher in the finale of the "Giant" comic (maybe), and it is a particularly grand, literary, historically reflective, philosophical, critical and satirical work ushering in the finale ( maybe).
Then there are many people on the Internet discussing the ending, whether it is a bad ending, or a perfect ending and so on.
In order to talk further down, let's start with a brief introduction to some key plots. There must be spoilers. The animation files and those who haven't read the comics should watch it carefully.
Comic plot revealed
Summary of the former situation (chapters 136-138)
As Allen launched the Earth Cry to the world, the world's creatures were devastated and tragic, and the entire world's human beings seemed to be in hell.
His closest and dearest friends, Armin, Mikasa, Kony, and others, together with Reiner and Pique from Marais, formed an anti-Allen faction to stop Allen's Chiming.
During the confrontation, their ace Armin wanted to transform into a super giant, but was kidnapped by Allen's Okapi. Seeing that the anti-Allen faction would be outnumbered, he turned into Falco, the giant griffin. Come and save everyone.
After a little adjustment, everyone attacked again. At this time, Armin realized that he had entered the road of the Eldians, and he met Jike, who had no resistance. Armin succeeded in making Jike ignite the love of life, and rekindled it. Recognize and define the meaning of life.
At this time, Jike appeared on the giant of Allen's ancestors, and it was too late. The captain didn't hesitate this time, cut off Jike's head, and also awakened many giants who had died before, and in turn helped everyone.
Jean also installed a bomb on the neck of the ancestor of Allen's giant and detonated it. Allen's giant head was blown off, and a grotesque insect was exploded in an instant, and the sound of the earth stopped.
Freakworm wanted to reconnect Alan's head, but Reiner stopped him.
At this time, the Eldians of Marai, who were watching the battle from a distance, witnessed all this. Falco took everyone there, and the Marai warriors and their relatives were reunited, but this was just an appetizer for everyone.
After that, the monstrous bug released spinal gas, which turned all the Eldians into unsullied giants, except Mikasa, the captain, and Pique flew away in Falco.
Armin, who was rescued at this time, also transformed into a super giant, and had a one-on-one duel with the super giant attack giant that Allen turned into.
Reiner is still trying to prevent the grotesque bug from approaching Alan, but the grotesque bug controls many Unsullied giants to fight against Reiner, and it is only a matter of time before the grotesque bug and Alan reunite.
So it's time to make a real decision. Mikasa rushed into the mouth of Allen's attack on the giant, cut off Allen's head, and kissed Ellen affectionately. Behind him, Ymir smiled for the first time...
Weird Bug Controversy
There is a lot of controversy on the Internet, especially the emergence of the grotesque bug.
Although before in Chapter 122, Ymir's past was told, and weird bugs were also seen in the comics.
But in fact, it was just showing the source of the giant, and didn't mention this creature too much. By the way, this creature has a prototype in reality, so I won't start it here.
However, in chapter 317, as soon as Jike came up, he began to explain the origin of the grotesque bug, and closely linked the evolution of giants and the entire history of the Eldians with the grotesque bug.
In fact, when I saw this episode, I was a little bit confused.
Because I think the entire "Attack on Titan" story should be a reflection on the inherent evil of human beings.
However, the appearance and detailed development of the grotesque worm stripped out the original sin of human nature and became the root of all Eldia's hatred, the grotesque worm itself.
But then I realized that this approach is actually very advanced, because there was a drawing that was a contract between Ymir and the Earth Demon. In fact, if it was designed like this, it would be quite old-fashioned, that is, a deal with the devil.
But now that the grotesque is designed, the grotesque becomes a kind of symbol given by the power of God.
How to understand this sentence, here is the brain hole, I personally understand it superficially, in fact, the grotesque worm is still a symbol of the original sin and desire of human beings.
That's right, the purpose of the grotesque is to reproduce, but to humans, the grotesque is a demon. When the demon meets a human, when the demon combines with the human, it will expand the desire of the human heart. , thus becoming the final form of human desire, strengthening oneself, and then achieving the purpose of reproduction.
In Chapter 122, Ymir was accused of letting go of the pig (in fact, she was the one who let it go), and then was shot as prey. When she entered the pool of water in the tree hole, she merged with the grotesque insect.
So if the grotesque worm is the incarnation of the devil, I am thinking, what does Ymir want at this time, is to make himself stronger, to make himself no longer a weak body, and then there is the ancestor giant.
But the purpose of grotesque worm reproduction, as well as the greed and desire of human nature, finally deprived Ymir of his freedom, so even if Ymir had the power of a giant, he was still a slave from beginning to end.
Then it evolved into the tragedy of the Eldians in 2000.
In other words, I personally think that if the grotesque worm encounters other species instead of people, then the combination must not be a giant, but other forms that can make the grotesque worm better reproduce.
To put it bluntly, I think the grotesque bug is actually a symbol of the release of life's desire and sin.
Of course, this is just a personal interpretation of the symbolic meaning, and there will be no logical support, because it can be seen that when the grotesque worm is separated from Allen, Allen and the others are still in the form of giants, which actually means that the grotesque worm is not a gift of superpowers but rather a facilitator of the liberation of human desires and sins.
So I think the grotesque bug actually represents the contract between the devil and Ymir who made the devil at that time.
The reason I interpret it this way is actually because I have always felt that, at the philosophical level, the target of "Giant" is most of the philosophical content of Nietzsche's "Thus Spoke Zarathustra", of course, this is only my personal understanding .
I won't expand it here in detail today, and we will expand it when we have the opportunity to talk about giants comprehensively in the future.
The setting of the grotesque bug here can actually connect me to the setting of the "Superman" philosophy in the book, not the DC Superman. In the book, man is likened to a rope between animals and Superman, a rope hanging over a cliff. above the rope.
"Humanity is something that should be overcome. What have you done to overcome mankind?"
"So far, all living things have created something beyond themselves."
There are also three stages of spiritual change in "Superman", from camel to lion to child.
This state of mind is much like a shift in Allen's entire story journey, which also includes support for the Eldians on the Isle of Arran.
The book says that the camel's mental state is "all the burdens are borne by the spirit of the burden: like a camel in the desert, rushing to its own desert".
Isn't this the reason why King Eldia moved all the Eldia people to the desert-surrounded Parady Island after the no-war contract?
Later, the camel became a lion, and the lion did not need to explain it. It wanted to be the king and hegemony and challenged the outside world.
The lion spirit finally changes back to "children", and the book says "children are innocent and forgetful, a new beginning, a game, a spinning wheel, a primordial movement, a divine affirmation."
Isn't this what Allen is doing now, the child is the freest, fearless, whoever loses the world wants to win his own world.
In addition to these, there are many points in the book that can be linked to giants, such as the controversial "eternal reincarnation" (return), "God is dead", etc. in the book, which can all correspond to giants, including the next I'm going to talk about the final conjecture.
Of course, in terms of philosophical and spiritual analysis, in addition to "Thus Spoke Zarathustra", "Giant" can actually learn from Nietzsche's other works such as "The Birth of Tragedy", "The Will to Power", and Hegel, Schopenhauer's point of view of these German philosophers to expand.
In general, "Giant" is a work that can rise to a very rich literary height, although it is only a comic.
Allen Blackening Controversy
The other point of contention is the blackening of Allen. I think it's too early to say. Brother Chuang has always been a master of ambush, so we really don't know how much there is between Allen and Ymir until the end. secret.
But one thing can be explained is that there is really no so-called good and bad people in the whole story of giants. This is also what attracted me to this story. In fact, after Ani was exposed at the beginning, the dialogue between Armin and Ani was already explained.
So if the ending directly gives Allen a very blunt whitewash, pay attention to be very blunt, the whitewashing is okay, but if it is hard, I will worry that the characters in the ending of the giant's story will not be recovered well.
When it comes to the recovery of characters, it is also a very controversial point in Chapter 138. There were so many plump characters before, and the final result was the Innocent Giant. This should be a hasty end that many people do not want to see.
I don't really reject this ending myself, because the Eldians all have a path that leads to no concept of life and death. In the world of roads, there may be some unfolding in the finale.
Even if it doesn't unfold, in fact, the main characters who have become innocent giants, such as Jean, Kony, Jia Bi, and others, have already completed the theme to be expressed in the story, so their endings are reasonable and unexpected. Bar.
There is one more worrying thing, and it also worries me, that is, the content of only one chapter, but it makes people feel that there are still many holes that have not been filled.
So there is a big conjecture about the ending that is very important today.
big brain conjecture
Let’s talk about the current mainstream factions first, which are nothing more than a few major directions.
The most talked about and most realistic is the fate of the Eldians.
The first one is the realization of Allen's goal. There are only Eldians left in the world. At present, this goal seems to be at a standstill.
But if this ending is realized, will the Eldians really have freedom? In fact, when the Eldians launched the Earthquake, the internal struggle was already very fierce. Even if Allen wins in the end, it is not necessarily a The best ending, not to mention Allen's victory, who may be against Allen's faction will be more fortunate.
Even if the anti-Allen factions such as Mikasa, Captain, Armin and the others did not die in the end, how to reconcile with Allen is a very difficult issue.
The second one is the other way around, that is, Allen failed, the sound of the earth stopped completely, and human beings survived.
But this problem is more difficult. Although we can see that the Marais and the Eldias have put their past quarrels to rest, but if the ending is really such a happy ending, I don't think it's possible. I don't think Brother Chuang will Write like this.
Humans don't learn lessons from war. This is a point repeatedly emphasized in the story of giants. If the ending is self-denial, it will be... impossible.
So if Ellen fails, there will inevitably be conflicts between humans and the Eldians.
Of course, now a branch conjecture is that Allen failed, and the power of giants has since disappeared from this world. Eldia, like ordinary humans, are all human beings.
This is a good ending, but, as everyone has guessed, if it ends like this, it will be a little mediocre, and more importantly, even if the Eldians do not have the power of giants, other ordinary human beings will treat Eldi with this. Are Asians really treated the same?
You must know that Marai before this, circled a piece of land to control the Eldians, most of the Eldians there are just like ordinary people, without any threat, but they are carrying the Eldian The sins left behind by the ancestors of the Diya people also make atonement.
If the power of the giant really disappears, do you think the world will return to the normal mentality of the Eldians in the future, I may not. So if you really want to go to the ending of the disappearance of the power of giants, the specific weaving of the plot and characters must be handled very reasonably, so that people will feel believing.
Then there is another ending direction, collectively known as the big reversal ending, which is to reverse the past and change the future, so that the world will not have the power of giants from the beginning.
Or a parallel universe that divides humans and the Eldia into 2 worlds, or a "reincarnation" ending, where reincarnation returns to the beginning of episode 1, but everything has changed, really explaining 2000, to Eldia human meaning.
In short, the general meaning is that there is still a major reversal between Aaron and Ymir, a finale that can make everything make sense and finally get a real sublimation.
From the current point of view, I think it is difficult for Brother Chuang. Sometimes the ending of a work with huge popularity and discussion is really not something that the author and the audience can grasp, but the characters and events in the story. Let the story go to an ending of its own.
When I talk about this, I also have a rough ending in my heart. I declare first that it must be inaccurate and must be made up. Brother Chuang's ending is different from mine in the end, and it does not mean that I think the giant is unfinished. Everything is based on the ending of Brother Chuang. Here, everyone listens to me and chats like this, and throws the trash after listening.
For me, I am more inclined to the comprehensive direction of the final big reversal ending, because this kind of content can quickly end such a large-scale content as the giant, and through a new event setting, it can be explained and filled in a lot of holes at once.
We can see that in chapter 138, Allen and Mikasa live in a small isolated house, Allen waits for his time to end, and what Mikasa said is actually the opposite of dreaming in episode 1, or mirror.
Episode 1 is Alan dreaming with tears, while episode 138 is Mikasa dreaming with tears, and even the lines are mirror images. What's even weirder is that the title of episode 138 is called "Long Dream". Lun also said that it was impossible for him to initiate the chirping, because he couldn't bear to do so, and when many details were connected, goosebumps came.
Did we finally see a long dream in 2000, or Mikasa having a long dream, or Ellen having a long dream, or the Eldians in the past, or will have a long dream in the future.
In short, the biggest mystery of Chapter 138 is in the plot of Mikasa who doesn't know if it is a memory or a dream, or another parallel universe.
If this is a reality, maybe Aaron has tried thousands of times through the power of the ancestor giant, and finally realized that only the ending of launching the Earth Scream now is for mankind and for Eldia. The best arrangement of people, and then continued to the final finale.
Then this extends to my connection to "Eternal Reincarnation" in Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra.
One of the core ideas in "Eternal Reincarnation" is that people's experiences and experiences are constantly reincarnated, and even if you are reincarnated, the sufferings and tragedies you should encounter will still be repeated.
But as long as you have a moment in your life and feel that you exist in this world for the happiness of that moment, the endless eternal reincarnation doesn't matter.
In chapter 137, Brother Chuang set up a very soft and touching plot, which is how Armin persuaded Jike to love life.
Armin gave an example. Armin and Mikasa and Allen were racing on the grass that day. Armin lamented that his birth, his life, were for those beautiful moments.
So, maybe Allen finally sees through all of this, human desires and sins, the hatred and history of the world, including the future destiny, can't be changed, they will all repeat, but there were moments, full of happiness And moved, so anyway, Alan wants to make this happen, not go away.
Speaking of which, this is the ending of my own brain hole, that is, Allen even went back to Ymir, let Ymir and the grotesque combine, and then went on to prompt a series of things to happen, including the one mentioned in the comics that let Ai Lun prompts his father to eat the proto-giant and so on.
All Allen did was to let the "we" he liked most, namely, Mikasa, Armin, Kony, Shasha, and the captain, were born, and let them have a happy and happy time together. Existing in time and in each other's memories, so there is this 2000-year history of the blood and tears of the Eldian people, but this history of blood and tears of the Eldian people is still full of countless moving, countless Warm story.
This also echoes the controversial point of view of "eternal reincarnation" in Nietzsche's book. For example, if human beings will one day commit suicide, or the world will end, in short, human beings will disappear from the earth, but give you a The time machine, and then tell you, you can only choose to go back to the past so that human beings do not exist in this world, or let this period of human history repeat, but it cannot change the ultimate destiny of human beings, what will you do?
Brother Chuang has released a draft of a comic. It is a person holding a baby. I don't know if this is Allen or Ymir, and I don't know if it is the past or the future. I prefer the past. If it was Ymir, it would even be said that Alan contributed to the birth of Ymir and the birth of this history of the Eldians (the people of Ymir).
Okay, the brain hole is over, this is a conjecture of the ending that I am personally very interested in. Again, I will definitely not win, and I am not guessing for the sake of guessing. It means that what I said today is a finale for the upcoming giant. Feel free to speak.
Then what do you think the ending of the giant will be? Can you end the giant perfectly? Please also express your thoughts in the comment area, in case it is right.
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