Fans of Attack on Titan are eagerly waiting for the evidence's ballsy end, sitting on the edges of their seats, not knowing who'll live and who'll die by the time the series completes its run. Many fans will as well begin reading the manga are detect out how the anime is unlike from its source textile.

Those who've already read the manga know that the evidence does a decent task staying faithful to the source material. Nevertheless, certain changes were made past WIT STUDIO—most likely due to different creative choices, which resulted in the anime having some remarkable differences from its manga.

ten Armin Isn't The Weakling He Is Made Out To Exist In The Manga

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The anime introduces Armin equally a weakling who eventually uses his intelligence to fight with his enemies. Notwithstanding, in the manga, even when Armin was beingness beaten up by his bullies, he stood his footing and basically chosen them idiots for not being able to testify him wrong.

In fact, he often spoke out at the virtually surprising and unexpected moments and did not hold his words as oftentimes every bit was portrayed in the anime.

9 Information technology Is Armin Who Pulls Eren Out Of His First Titan Transformation

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Perhaps the studio did this because it wanted to emphasize Mikasa's feelings for Eren and then justify her running toward a titan when she causeless Eren had died.

Whatsoever the reason may be for the change in this scene, it was actually Armin that first came to Eren's rescue, when he realized Eren was non but alive, just he was the one who'd transformed into a titan as well.

8 Historia'due south Insecurities, Abuse And Abandonment Issues Are Portrayed In-Depth In The Manga

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A lot of Historia's past (including her detailed abuse past her mother) are either barely touched, or completely skipped in the anime, likewise every bit lack a lot of the foreshadowing and buildup that the manga had created.

This is especially in regards to Historia and the love she shares for Frieda Reiss, scenes which are shortened in the anime. This was most likely washed to maintain the footstep of the anime, so that the flashbacks would not occupy a huge chunk of an anime that was occurring in the present.

vii Eren Actually Loses His First Fight Against Annie

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Many shonen heroes are show winning their showtime fights, in order to bear witness fans how their strength/power had increased, which is why it would exist understandable to make Eren go downwardly the aforementioned path in the anime.

However, manga Annie easily beats Eren in his titan class, seeing which the Survey Corps rush in to rescue Eren, and Mikasa plays a large function in saving Eren's life. These are the ones who manage to defeat Anne, after which she crystallizes herself into a cocoon. Annie also cries loudly in the manga while Eren was ripping her out of her titan.

half-dozen Levi Makes A Space In The Hearts Of Fans Because Of His Edgeless And Sarcastic Nature

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While anime Levi is shown to be distant, tough and sometimes even harsh with his subordinates, manga Levi is quite different. He'southward blunt, sarcastic, and often uses expletives, which initially surprised nearly fans reading the manga.

As is with the balance of the characters from the show, the studio believed making the Attack on Titan characters adhere to characters tropes and clichés would assistance them save a lot of run-time in helping fans understand their favorite characters' personalities, which is why these aspects of Levi were never shown in the anime.

5 Eren Holds Armin In High Regards And Is More Loyal To Him In The Manga

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The anime Eren is shown to exist a hot-headed boy who somewhen turns cold towards his own friends. He famously chosen Armin a coward, something that the manga Eren wouldn't fifty-fifty dream of thinking.

This is considering in the manga, it is implied that Eren is constantly trying to live up to the prototype that his friend Armin, had created of him inside his head. This is why he would have rather died, than snap at Armin the manner he did in the anime.

4 The Anime Disregards The Chronology Of The Manga

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These changes were made at the mangaka's request, Isayama, who had focused more on meeting his deadlines than focusing on his mange's plot structure. TThe studio made the other changes due to creative differences or considering they did not want to sacrifice the pacing of the show.

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For example, the events of volumes 13-xvi were completely re-arranged in the anime. The flashbacks of Ymir, while true to their source cloth, likewise happened a lot later on in the manga.

iii Levi's Abandonment Issues And Feelings Toward Kenny Are Explored In Greater Detail In The Manga

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The Ackerman clan's history is explained in excessive detail in the manga, including the political scenario and changing undercurrents during Kenny's time (including how a dictatorial King Fritz hunted down the entire clan).

Kenny is besides shown to be a more complex character in the manga than being a articulate-cut bad guy in the anime, who abandoned Levi considering of reasons that could have easily been taken care of. In fact, in that location are too scenes showing Kenny talking to his father, and hints thrown effectually well-nigh Mikasa's father in their topic of conversation.

2 Grisha'due south Info Dump Virtually His Past Is More Detailed And Emotional In The Manga

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The manga portrays a more than cruel and a more horrific globe where Grisha lived, with an inexhaustible amount of information shared with fans via his monologues and thought processes. Perhaps the highlight of Grisha's despair was when fans saw the haunting expression on his face after Faye, his sister, died.

The Eldia-Marley conflict is besides more nuanced in the manga, exploring in detail the social, economical, political and even personal conflicts the people of the two nations shared with each other.

1 Eren'south Bond With Mikasa Is Not As Strong Every bit His One With Armin

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This does not imply that Eren'due south feelings for Mikasa were whatever less than they were in the anime, but well-nigh manga fans will concord Eren shared a stronger bail with Armin instead of his bail with Mikasa in the anime.

The fact remains that dissimilar Mikasa, Armin and Eren shared the same dream, which only solidified the bond that the duo shared with each other, making them practically joined at the hip. Mikasa was more than of a female parent figure to both the boys, which was perhaps another reason why they were closer with each other.

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