User blog comment:XGlass Reflection/Episode 5 Review~ DON'T HEADBUTT A LADY!!/@comment-123.231.120.106-20130508170111/@comment-213.89.136.68-20130509055453

Another anon here!

I'm quite appalled at XGlass and Kaitlyn's personal attacks here, to be honest. If you disagree with the guy, that's fine...but resorting to personal attacks instead of providing facts or theories because you don't like what the guy is saying is quite immature if you ask me. Well, to be fair XGlass did so...can't say the same for Kaitlyn though. I don't mean any offense with this, just so you know. But for me, that kinda turns me off from making an account and I'm sure I'm not the only one.

Anything I write below is pure speculation.

@Anon (same as me)

Regarding Bertholdt's and Reiner's betrayal. Is there anything at all that proves they're telling the truth? Because as far as I'm concerned I haven't seen any concrete proof of their claims at all, and they could just be putting on a very good act. And we've seen that  titan shifters are fully capable of conscious thought while in Titan mode, so them losing themselves upon shifting is false. Ymir killing and eating their friend (and other villagers on the assumption they're telling the truth) could easily be explained as her having been in a similar condition as Eren the second time he fully shifted, thus not being able to think clearly. The second time Eren shifted he was in bad shape before transforming (he had already shifted once, then partially shifted again not long afterwards and he didn't have much of a breather) which is probably what caused him to go berserk (only plausible explanation at this point) and try to kill Mikasa, so it's more than possible the same could have happened to Ymir. It doesn't, however, explain why some Titans appear to worship Ymir. I'm guessing we'll find out more as the story progresses.

Regarding Titans and humans not being different species. So far, the only thing Titans and humans have in common is that a lot of Titans have human appearances with the exception of some who have some obvious deformities. Whether they're not different species is something that only time will tell.

Regarding the nape of their necks. If they haven't discovered someone in there yet, it's more than likely there's no one in there. The question is...have they ever bothered to look before titan shapeshifters came into the picture and did they have a reason to? Not likely. Besides, each of the currently known shifters have distinctive appearances so they're easy to tell apart from the ordinary ones, not to mention they're intelligent and capable of thought. Interesting theories regarding the species and nape of their necks.

I tend not to read too many manga at one time since I'd get too confused, so I won't name any. XGlass and Kaitlyn already mentioned some anyway. But I'm quite surprised with the way this manga is going. I expected it to be humanity fighting against titans, simply put...but now it's turning into something supernatural with shapeshifting and stuff. Although that's not how I expected it to go, I still find this manga/anime one of the best I've ever read/watched and I eagerly wait to see how it'll unfold.

As for the "plotholes"...I wouldn't call them plotholes really. I'm sure everything that's going on will be explained in time, there wouldn't really be much of a story if we got everything laid out on a silver plate. One thing I would like to know in the future is why Reiner has been so hellbent on helping and protecting other people when their original goal was to eradicate humans, but again probably something that will be explained later.