Board Thread:Manga/@comment-24930713-20160309012840/@comment-176.14.186.11-20160314140954

Tdfern14 wrote: Neetaku wrote: Tdfern14 wrote: Tausendberg wrote: Oh definitely, Levi's Serum is such a typical Chekhov's Gun. What does that mean? The "Chekhov's Gun" principle states that any memorable element of a story must be absolutely necessary and irreplaceable to the narrative, and that any unnecessary elements should be removed. If you make a point of referencing something (Levi's Titan Serum) at some point in a story, then it must come into play at a later point. Otherwise, there was no point in mentioning it at all.

Google: Making people like me sound smart since... [checks Google]... 1998. Thanks for expalining it.t. Comes from one of his quotes: 'If there is a gun hanging on the wall in the first act, it must fire in the last.'