In Attack on Titan, humans who can transform into Titans have self-healing powers, but they differ from Marvel’s Wolverine in some fascinating ways.
Humans with the ability to transform into Titans in Attack on Titan heal from injuries remarkably fast, similar to a Marvel Comics Canuck who constantly boasts of being the best at what he does. So did Attack on Titan scam the infamous Gluttonexact healing factor, or is there something original to Attack the titans’ assume what has become a fairly standard comic book trope?
As your story unfolds, Attack on titan injects an enormous amount of history into the Titans; monstrous humanoid giants who are never satisfied in their desire to eat humans. Hajime Isayama’s extremely popular manga is based on Norse mythology, creating a tradition around these giants similar to the stories of Odin slaying countless giants. Not surprisingly, then, that even though Wolverine has become the model for the “healing factors” of the comics, Attack on Titan brings something unique to the table.
Click the button below to start this article in quick view.
Wolverine has a rapid healing factor that allows him to regrow parts of his body after injury and makes him incredibly difficult to kill (although it can be done). Titans heal from injuries in a matter of minutes and emit excessive amounts of hot steam from the injured area. This makes them extremely difficult to kill, especially when they hit the humans that do the damage. Humans who can transform into Titans retain this healing ability in human form, and some have learned to to delay healing where it is tactically advantageous to do so.
Wolverine doesn’t seem to have as much control over his healing factor; he simply regrows any appendix that was severed almost as quickly as it disappeared from his body. While he’s likely beaten the Titans in healing speed, he has no will to delay results. On the contrary, Eren Jaeger was able to deliberately delay the growth of his leg in order to go behind enemy lines in Marley territory without arousing suspicion.
Humans who can turn into Titans can heal at will, but there is an upward limit to their ability to regenerate. They can only transform so many times before fatigue sets in, and their Titans end up partially formed or smaller and weaker after each transformation. It is backbreaking work growing 50 to 100 feet taller. Humans also retain any injuries they sustained in Titan form. They can heal in human form, albeit at a later rate if they are overloaded. Limbs still grow back faster than a human (no Titans lose limbs permanently). Wolverine’s healing factor it hardly wears out from excessive use. The guy has been healing from otherwise fatal wounds for hundreds of years and if anything, his healing rate has only gotten more impressive.
Wolverine’s healing factor is also not centralized, while Titans can be defeated by severing the human from the nape of the neck and devouring or laying waste to him completely. By last, Attack on Titan takes a much more tactical approach to healing than Marvel has gone with Glutton, using it to give your core warriors more options on and off the battlefield without transforming them into unbeatable fighters.
About the Author
Reference-screenrant.com
