Board Thread:Manga/@comment-5774380-20161007195718/@comment-24784846-20161009003018

Manuel de la Fuente wrote: LordLuminous wrote:

Actually, this reminds me of the Rwandan Genocide with the Hutu and Tutsi. Rwanda is an African country which is where the story is taking place. The story is sorta similar to. Tutsis used to oppress Hutus but then it relaxed. There were more Hutus than Tutsis and even after so long, the Hutus were upset with them. They provoked a genocide against the Tutsi. So, I think the Rwandan Genocide works better than the Nazi-Jews reference.

Excellent reference. Evidently Isayama took inspiration from many places and the Jew Holocaust is obviously one of them, but the Rwandan genocide is also another one. Paradis is supposed to be based on Madagascar, and Rwanda is at the north of Madagascar, so if we put the map upside down, it is at the south, which is where the Titans come from. That doesn't come as a surprise, but looking into The Holocaust, you can see lots of parallels from there and in AoT as well. I find it genuinely interesting to see how Isayama incorporated them into the story. In fact, I'm sure that we can write entire paragraphs based on an analysis on both genocides in comparison to the story just based on the motivations for war that took place in AoT.