Shingeki no Kyojin: Before the fall

Novel·進撃の巨人 Before the fall·Attack on Titan: Before the Fall
Shingeki no Kyojin: Before the fall
2011/12/02
Characters273,449
Word count117,400
Unique words
11,443
Unique kanji
2,091
Avg. sentence23.8
Difficulty Hard
Dialogue17.8%
Volumes3
Duration
20 h
Rating
71 %

Before the fall, and before the trials of “the Titan’s son” Kuklo, a young smith by the name of Angel Aaltonen grappled with the giants as only a craftsman could … This story predates where the Attack on Titan: Before the Fall manga series begins. 1) Anheru works at a workshop creating protective gear/weapons for the scouting legion (the story is set before the 3D maneuver gear was invented). Anheru is a first class weapons craftsman, and therefore has direct access and also is involved in the ongoings within the scouting legion. In the story, people still didn't know about the weak points of the titans; the story is about Anheru beginning to work on the ultimate weapon/gear to fight the titans. So essentially we learn about how the 3D maneuver gear came about. 2) A baby is found crying in a mass of Titan vomit, amidst the dead titan flames. The child is called "child of titan" and is essentially hated by the people inside the walls. He also seems to grow unnaturally fast. Named Kyukuro, he parts himself from his past/upbringing and gambles on the fate of humanity by enlisting in the scouting legion. 3) Kyukuro has survived from the outside wall: in order to defeat the titans, he gets his hands on the 3D manuever gear. Although the gear is still imperfect and causes a troublesome incident for Kyukuro, he fights the titans. Whether it is because it is his fate to fight them, or it is because of his past, he fights against them.

Genres
Action
Drama
Fantasy
Horror
Mystery
Supernatural
Tags
Dystopia
Medieval
Kaiju
Politics
Military
Male Protagonist
SourcesAnilist

Japanese study overview

Shingeki no Kyojin: Before the fall is a Japanese novel of 273,449 characters, with 11,443 unique words and 2,091 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.5 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 11,443 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.

Volume 1

Characters104,126
Word count45,608
Unique words
6,971
Unique kanji
1,747
Avg. sentence22.5
Difficulty Hard
Dialogue22.0%
Duration
7 h

Volume 2

Characters75,753
Word count31,902
Unique words
5,761
Unique kanji
1,642
Avg. sentence24.8
Difficulty Hard
Dialogue11.2%
Duration
5 h

Volume 3

Characters93,570
Word count39,890
Unique words
6,083
Unique kanji
1,628
Avg. sentence24.7
Difficulty Hard
Dialogue18.4%
Duration
7 h

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Vocabulary highlights

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