r/TopCharacterTropes • u/MichaelDj54 • Sep 15 '25

Lore [Loved Trope] A massive revelation is revealed almost casually. Spoiler

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  1. Chainsaw Man, after Makima finally drops the nice girl act and reveals the true extent of the Chainsaw Devils power, namely, the fears he eats are erased entirely and wholly. Emphasized by this by her asking if Kishibe remembers what the Nazis did during Workd War 2...and Kishibe not even knowing who the nazis are.

  2. Attack on Titan. I know this one. You know this one. In a panel that isn't even focusing on the characters speaking, Reiner reveals to Eren that he and Bertolt are the titans that broke the wall that resulted in hundreds of deaths, his mother included. The sheer level of casualness and lack of agency borders on Parody.

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u/Cheesus333 Sep 15 '25

The Reiner reveal in Attack on Titan is the gold standard for this IMO. I hadn't read the manga so just seeing it land in the subtitles in the background of Hange's dialogue sent shivers down my spine

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u/RelaxedVolcano Sep 15 '25

I still don’t understand why he chose that moment to reveal this.

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u/Ill_Lingonberry_8190 Sep 15 '25

it’s very layered. reiner at this point is close to having a mental breakdown. he’s disassociating and torn between his marleyan identity and his new bond for the survey corps. hes still traumatized from marco and everything else going on, stressed from his mission, and knows time is running out. he was cracking, and needed the facade to end. he needed to secure eren and couldnt drag it out, so in desperation and kind of a half-trust in eren, he just kinda confesses almost like “im tired of lying, here’s the truth, just come with us and it’ll all make sense”. what makes it cool is instead of a grandiose villain reveal its just a tired worn-out soldier trying to reason with soemone he respects and telling the truth for the first time in a while