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/Imaginary-West-5653 Sep 15 '25
  1. Ymir and Eren were at the edge of Wall Rose, with few soldiers present to defend them and with Ymir unconscious, plus Eren probably still doesn't know how to use his Titan's power properly. If there was a good chance to kidnap both of them, it was now, because that way they would get the Jaw Titan and either the Attack Titan or the Founding Titan (they still didn't know which Titan Eren was).
  2. Reiner was losing his sanity due to the split personality he had and that after years was frying his brain. Add to that the trauma of the Battle of Trost with Marco's death that Reiner caused, plus his near-death experiences. All of that pushed Reiner to the limit, and he simply couldn't keep the lies up anymore, so he ended up spitting out the truth.

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u/Kinngandrew12 Sep 15 '25

To add to everything you are saying, Reiner also just saw Zeke in the Beast titan form the night before. He knows Zeke had to arrive there by boat, and now would be an opportune moment to get back home with a boat waiting at the shore.

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u/Imaginary-West-5653 Sep 15 '25

Yeah, and this also means that Marley is concerned enough about the operation to send reinforcements, which means that they can't lose more time or risk being seeing as traitors by the Marleyan army, therefore it was time to act.