Attack On Titan Was Censored In The Most Hilarious Way

Kreko, a discontinued Malaysian manga publisher, has censored the gigantic monsters in Attack on Titan by forcing them to wear tights. The hit series has been popular for featuring the giant naked man-eating monsters, which can only be killed by cutting their napes. In order to survive in an era wherein, these monsters freely roam the outside world, humanity has holed itself within a multiwalled city. They’ve also invented gears to maneuver in the air, as well as specially trained soldiers to combat the Titans and scout the world outside the walls. However, things take a drastic turn when an armored Titan bore a hole on the outside most wall.

Because of the hole, hordes of Titans enter the human settlements and ate a mountain of humans. Later in the story, it’s revealed that these Titans were in fact once humans. They turn into Titans after ingesting Zeke’s spinal fluid. Like Hulk, they become a massive mass of muscles. But unlike Hulk’s invincible pants, the Titans lose all their pieces of clothing. After all, they lose their function as the Titans lack genitalia, which is also a huge question as to how they reproduce during the initial stages of the story.

Anime News Network reports the story of how the internet loses itself after discovering how a Malaysian publisher censors the Titans’ nakedness. The story starts when a Twitter user points out that the naked monsters’ modesty is preserved in Malaysia. Other users from different platforms then chime in and post picture evidence of Titans wearing tights in a Malaysian translation of Attack on Titan. Even the special Nine Titans aren’t exempted from the censorship with the Female Titan seemingly getting the shortest end of the stick, needing to wear a bodysuit from the chest down to her knees. After the story gained enough traction, there were also users posting a translated version of the series without censorship.

Upon further probing, it turns out that only the translated volumes published by Kreko, a Malaysian publisher, contains the infamous censorship. Unfortunately for those who want to get their own copy of this version, Kreko has already been discontinued since 2019.

Kreko may have done this to comply with the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Content Code. However, what makes the Titans terrifying and creepy at the same time is their uncanny resemblance to human anatomy. Furthermore, there is literally nothing to cover up as the Titans don’t have any genitalia. Finally, if there is anything that can possibly a cause for sexual arousal in Attack on Titan, it’s highly unlikely it is those man-eating giants.

Source: Anime News Network

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