#everyone knows what shadow of the colossus is and i. think ? many ppl know about the last guardian

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amazing to me every time i think about the fact that team ico only made 3 games and managed to make each one so beautiful and evoke such strong feelings of both melancholy and hope

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Hi, can you answer the questions from ppl who say that Hange just gave up her duties to Armin and passed her burdens on to her comrades, and then she's committed suicide. Though i think it's completely non make senses that how Hange isn't someone who lets go of something just her own feelings, she has principles that if there's no way it doesn't matter to her. Thanks in advance!

Hello!!!

Thanks for the ask!!

Let's dig into this wasp lair...

First, the suicide take is horrible. Let me reference you this analysis Ness made explaining why affirming this is absolutely wrong here.

Second, Hanji DIDN’T give up her duties! If she did: 1. that would have happened in 126, but Levi Ackerman expressedly stated that he knew who Hanji was, and she wouldn't be able to stay out of the action; 2. Hanji in chapter 127 tells more about this; 3. Hanji in chapters 128-132 is ALWAYS guiding and pushing and coordinating everyone to fight!; and more importantly, the situation in chapter 132 was IMPOSSIBLE to be saved by anyone but her.

Why is that?

1. The one who would fight the Colossus Titans was 100% certainly going to die or, if Titan Shifter, be left behind as they couldn't risk the plane safety and fuel;

2. Obviously, in such predicament, Armin, Reiner (nor Pieck) couldn't stay behind and fight them;

3. So it would be needed someone in top shape to withstand the hotness and strength draining tool to keep flying from one Colossus to another without stopping for Yams know how many burning alive minutes until the plane was ready to fly;

4. This excludes Levi right of the bat because the manga explicitly shows that he, at that point, could barely hold his blades right, or walk properly; so he himself probably knows he can't take Hanji's place in this burning to death fight - if he couldn't take it and died before the time, another person would also have to die or stay behind to cover up after him in the Titan fight; it would be unacceptable, they had very few people already!

And even if Levi verbally expressed this desire (what I'm sure he would have done if he was in top shape as it happened in chapter 80 against the Beast Titan), there was no way Hanji would allow this too - her type of Commanding tried to ensure her soldiers' lives as best as they all could afford, not sending them to certain death missions; it was not Levi's time to die nor a mission only he could finish, because Hanji, as a long SC veteran soldier and Titan Specialist, was FULLY mentally and physically capable of killing those tremendous Colossus Titans; this battle she was perfectly capable of taking!

5. Yes, Hanji knew her other subordinates - Connie, Jean, Mikasa, Armin - were highly skilled. Connie made top 10 soldier in Training Corps time, and it was for a reason, despite his character be shadowed by his comical and dumb highlights; Jean had all potential to be great a Commander; Mikasa Ackerman; and Armin knew Eren better than anyone, was a great strategist especially when pushed into despair lol, and had the Colossal Titan.

However, equally or more importantly than what they still had to offer later on in the Rumbling, there is no way Hanji would send her 19 years old subordinates to their certain death if it was avoidable.

And even if they weren't capable of doing much in the Rumbling (for those thinking about Connie most probably), then it would also make no sense to send one of them to fight the Colossus. They would fail without even having a chance to reach Eren.

6. The deadly power of the Colossus Titan is highly underestimated by the fandom. And the perpetual misunderstanding that Hanji only killed 04 Titans is a curse to her character...

Let's look at these pictures:

The Wall of Titans is nearly aligned when Hanji kills the first Colossal...

And this is what we see MANY MINUTES later:

And Hanji was cleaning at least* 03 lines of Colossal Titans at the same time!

And for her to ask "still nothing?!" after the engineers saying they would need around 01 hour to fix the plane and fly, I'm sure a considerable time passed.

So Hanji definitely killed more than just 04 Titans, and I hope the movie or whatever makes this clearer! 🙏

7. Lastly, Hanji Goddamn Zoë was a Veteran Titan Killer, the Commander of SC, and absolutely true to the ideals and values she held. She was entrusted with the role of "guaranteeing the path to their victory" - and in 132, it was only her strength and willpower that could ensure both the path and other people's lives (whom she also CARED A LOT!)

So this doesn't mean that Hanji felt disposable, or inferior to any other, or wanted to run away from duty by throwing it into the survivors' hands and with a suicide act of all things!!!

Instead, it shows how much Hanji did believe and act according to her strong beliefs, ideals, and responsibilities.

They had ALL fought so much to ensure humanity would find freedom: the dead comrades died devoting their hearts to free and save others; the Alliance killed some of their own people to stop Eren. Hanji carried the weight of that. And Hanji blamed herself for being powerless to find a solution for a infernal 2000 years old story of hate (chapters 127, 132) - BUT despite this heavy, unfair and why not to say unbearable burden placed upon her back, Hanji STILL pressed forward in hopes that "It might not work out today, but maybe someday..." .

And EVERYONE in the Alliance agreeded by their OWN choice with the thought that they needed to stop Eren's massacre.

So, srly, how was Hanji giving up her duties and passing them to Armin and her comrades by running away from reality through suicide in this situation?!