Is Gabi’s Age an Excuse for Her Actions?
Hopewell Valley Student Podcasting Network
Show Name: Attack on Opinion
Episode Title: Is Gabi’s Age an Excuse for Her Actions?
Segment 1: Context of the Anime
Attack on Titan is a Japanese manga series set in a world where humanity is forced to live in cities surrounded by three enormous walls that protect them from gigantic man-eating humanoids called Titans. The story follows Eren Yeager, who vows to exterminate the Titans after they bring about the destruction of his hometown and the death of his mother.
- Marleyan vs Eldian beef
- Introducing characters (i.e. Sasha and Gabi)
- Gabi’s background
- Marleyan
- 12 years old
- Hates Eldians
- Sasha’s background
- Eldian
- Scout
- Well liked, fan favorite
- Comedic, friendly to others
- Talk about how Sasha died
- Killed by Gabi
Segment 2: Introducing the controversy behind Gabi’s actions, audience opinions
- Gabi snuck onto the Scout’s airship and shot Sasha
- Gabi hates Eldians and shot her because she was a troop
- Was proud for killing Sasha
- Wanted to avenge her family who are Marleyans
- Some people think Gabi’s actions are justified because she is a child and was raised to hate Eldians and she wanted to avenge her family and home country
- Others highly dislike Gabi because she killed Sasha when Sasha didn’t do anything to her and because she is a rude, annoying brat with anger issues
Segment 3: Our opinions
- Jenny: Gabi’s age does excuse her actions
- Avenging family and country
- The eldyians are sort of doing the same thing
- Being in battle is essentially her whole life and meaning
- Child, doesn’t know better
- Amy: Gabi’s age does not excuse her actions
- Sasha didn’t do anything
- Gabi’s beliefs aren’t even really true
- She’s so annoying
- Killing people is not cool
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In this episode, we reflect on Attack on Titan. More specifically, Is Gabi’s Age an Excuse for Her Actions?
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