Thread:GodKingReiss/@comment-5774380-20160527033607/@comment-27441457-20160527041614

Yup, I couldn't help but find all the lore I could once I really got into Isayama's story ;D

My copy of Volume 6 also translates the gag preview as "A Sudden Visitor: The Tormenting Curse of Puberty", so that's all good.

So far, I've found little to suggest that Before the Fall is canon or non-canon, with the exception of one plot detail: Jorge Pikale/Piquer, Commander of the Survey Corps, is still alive when his son Carlo becomes Commander, contradicting what Keith Shadis said about his retirement in Chapter 71: ''"It was the first time a new Commander of the Survey Corps had ever been named while the old one was still alive." This can easily be seen as evidence that Before the Fall is non-canon, but on the other hand the story brings up at several points that Carlo's Survey Corps was a reformed ''Survey Corps, revitalized after 15 years of being prohibited from embarking on expeditions because of Jorge's unauthorized expedition in the first novel. Because of this, I guess the canonicity of BtF depends on whether or not Carlo's Survey Corps is considered separate from the one Jorge caused to be put on restriction.

As for The Science of Attack on Titan, it's basically non-canon, but it's a work of non-fiction. The author makes a lot of educated estimates about the different scientific aspects of the AOT world (3DMG physics, Titan physiology, etc.), sourcing his ideas from (I think?) Volumes 1-11ish. He actually cites Before the Fall in a few places as well. I wouldn't take his info as 100% definite facts about Isayama's world, but more as a big "What if this was all real life?" scenario.

And thank you, I've been happy to give all the chapters a look-over! I plan to keep going tomorrow and the day after till everything's up-to-date, though the Uprising Arc might prove to be a slow trudge :P