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| Great episode, but unlike a lot of Shingeki's action-based episodes its thrill (at least for me) came not from is spectacle but its character showcase. So much good character work here: Ymir coming to terms with her own selfishness, Historia's dedication to her despite that, Erwin's frankly insane approach to battle, Mikasa's hardened heart and terrifyingly single-minded devotion to Eren, and Armin's uncharacteristic act of deceit in the name of strategy (which is a very interesting place to take his character, which up until now had already been interesting by virtue of the juxtaposition of his unerring rationalism and unabashed emotionalism.) And then you had Bertholdt, who's quickly become the most interesting of the Titan shifters to me (including Eren), if only because he comes across as a genuinely timid boy forced into a situation he hates but in which he feels trapped (which raises intriguing questions about this show's biggest draw, the massive Titan-centered conspiracy at its heart): his need to undercut his betrayal by frantically assuring his former friends that their friendship had been a legitimate one, his desperate plea to be saved from his own actions despite his own inability to turn back from the path he's taken, his deep loyalty to his Titan comrades (in this case Annie). Throw all this rich character stuff into the steaming cauldron of a 20-minute episode and in the context of a typically bombastic action sequence and booming OST, and you have a winner. Yeah, all this is utterly devoid of subtlety, and some of it we've seen before (like Mikasa's obsessive devotion to Eren), but in this case, because it was so well integrated and in fact arose organically from the intense action taking place, Shingeki's heavy-handed approach to character writing worked. Sparks were flying, and not all of them from Reiner's thrown Titans. |
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RagingMan said: The animation has been pretty, ugh, mediocre to say the least these past few episodes. Not really. Like, at all. |
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| the only thing that could have made Erwin more badass is if he screams a giant "ORAAAAA!" when he cut Berthold |
| I wonder why Erwin didnt kill berthold. There was a big gap between Reiner's fingers mikasa could've killed him also |
TeGrok said: Ichigo_1990 said: I thought he killed himI wonder why Erwin didnt kill berthold. There was a big gap between Reiner's fingers mikasa could've killed him also Doesn't look like he did to me, IDK. |
| FANTASTIC & ABSOLUTLY INSANE EPISODE. Enjoyed Historia & Ymir's talk. DAMN Mikasa's death stare is scary as hell & the best. Sad seeing Jean, Sasha & Connie try to reason with Bertholdt. Erwin is the absolute madman. Leading titans to Reiner, getting dragged by a titan, but still telling everyone to advance & slashing Bertholdt with one arm. This man is the greatest & he delivers such great speeches. LOL that horse so chill after that guy got eaten. Armin really knows how to piss off Bertholdt. That smile was creepy. Eren free & Mikasa is hurt. Oh snap face to face with the Titan that ate their Mum. Can't believe we have one more ep to go. They need to announce a 3rd season. |
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| Erwin is tooo much. Glad people are realising how much of a badass he is. You just can't hate the guy! Can't wait for the last episode. |
TeGrok said: Jesus Christ, is Colossal titan dead now? No. Erwin just cut across his chest enough to have the ropes that are holding Eren get destroyed. On topic, amazing episode indeed. Can't believe this will end next week. Even if it was only 12 episodes, episode 6 and this one were alone worth the wait all these years for a new season, and pretty sure the ending will be as good as these two. That titan at the end who killed Eren's mom is Isayama himself, they even have the same haircut. Pretty sure he based him on himself lol jk. |
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miskos3 said: Modernoir said: Yeah, these scenes are great looking, but there was a bunch of other scenes which looked pretty terrible imo, with either still shots (am I watching a colored manga slideshow?) or characters looking off-model. While this has always been the case with Attack on Titan, this episode especially made the difference between the parts that were really worked on and the bad ones really contrasting. Yeah, totally, look at how bad this animation is. https://sakugabooru.com/post/show/35370 https://sakugabooru.com/post/show/35372 https://sakugabooru.com/post/show/35383 Shingeki no Kyojin: Season 2? More like- Shingeki no BUDGET! Am I right guys? "am I watching a colored manga slideshow?" - slideshow are in every anime if there are many characters in one scene. For animators this kind of scenes are nearly impossible to animate so you shouldnt complain. Episode has amazing animation, scene with horses attacking people was fantastic made. |
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| Woooah , what an episode. Erwin the badass. And yeah ...there must be a clifhanger.. :'( |
| Erwin. One of the best characters I've ever seen. |
| There's no magical spell to save someone's life. |
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| This episode was very intense. Mikasa was terrifying when she was trying to save Eren. Lots of mind games going on. Erwin was awesome. Even when he was inside a titan's mouth, he's still giving orders. Armin provoking the duo was great. One more episode to go. |
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| next episode is the final episode???? 12 episode is not enough for a season of snk ffs im mad |
-cream- said: They didn't actually "work" on it for 4 years. They had other anime to do during those 4 years you know....they only actually started animating last year.wit had 4 years to work on this and yet the fight scenes still look janky as fuck |
Venator25 said: tambi33 said: erwin is the best legitly; this scene proves how badass erwin is.. about to to die and he will still say to advance berdthodlt and reiner are dumb b****rds; really give a proper reason you good or you bad; the got some weird sense of justice so i'd really wanna read the manga to understand them asap mikasa is scarier than any titan i dont get why she didnt just stick her blade in so eren could transform or even to take off berthodlts neck You should give it a read especially the latest chapter. Reiner and Berthold are a lot more complex as characters. Best thing about this story is that good and bad are pretty blurry and it's a lot more grey than anything else. from the beginning or... Ill probably get 'round after ive completed my plan to reads |
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| Erwin is such a badass commander. Props to his VA and Bert's VA this episode. |
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miskos3 said: Taito10 said: There was way too many of them in this episode though. Previous episodes had no issues showing bunch of people advancing on horses and what not, even if with some CGI. This one just put in one still shot after another whenever there was a group shot. "am I watching a colored manga slideshow?" - slideshow are in every anime if there are many characters in one scene. For animators this kind of scenes are nearly impossible to animate so you shouldnt complain. Episode has amazing animation, scene with horses attacking people was fantastic made. There was way too many because they are impossible to animate and cgi is disgusting so dont even tell me about this. |
dxmelxi said: Does anyone know exactly what it was that Armin "abandoned" before he started talking about how Annie was being tortured? his innocence :>. |
| Why would the titans attack Reiner ? |
| Me: holy crap I think Erwin might be my favorite character in the show *1 min later* Me: OH PLEASE I SWEAR TO GOD If HE DIES that was way too close |
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| awesome, this episode was so satisfying, adapting two chapters in one episode was a great idea |
drkurochan said: Why would the titans attack Reiner ? Why wouldn't they attack him is the better question actually. |
| I finally enjoyed an episode of this season. Too bad it took eleven episodes to get there. |
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| Armin is a real psycological warfare strategist. |
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| Hmm I suspected for annie to still be alive, that shell looked strong but temp. This episode really played a lot with feelings. The feels were real. |
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| Just one more episode left ;__; Can't wait next weekend!!!! Ahhh, this episode was so intense!!! And that Titan at the end!!! Holy-- After the last episode of this season, I am gonna start reading manga! I just can't wait to know what the Hell is going on and what's going to happen and there is no Hell in way I will wait another four years for the third season! |
| bruh Erwin is a BEAST 10/10 ep |
| To whom do I bow down for this masterpiece of an episode. |
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| Bertholt's face when Mikasa sees him hiding from her. GG ! 10/10 |
DrDhoom said: miskos3 said:  Gotta say the animation wasn't as good at some places, but damn, the Erwin scene was spot on LMAO that horse really doesn't give a f*ck! xD LOL well all of their horses seem to be trained to be calm in stressful situations hahahaha. Erwin is an amazing leader, better than him only Levi. Armin is so damn intelligent, he is so precious;3 And the winner of best facial expressions and badassary in this ep goes to MIKASA! She turns into a terminator when it comes to Eren. I wish I could see her like this regarding Armin, because he is also supposed to be her best friend...but I never really saw her going berserk for him. I think Ymir is annoying. I like that she loves Historia but she is forcing her to choose between their friends and her, I don´t like that. |
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Dxmelxi said: Does anyone know exactly what it was that Armin "abandoned" before he started talking about how Annie was being tortured? I think he abandoned his own values, or in case his humanity, because that was very cold blood coming from Armin |
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| I waited 4 years to see Mikasa's death glares, Erwin lost his arm and mah boy Armin turns his dark side mode ON and plays with some poor boys. Loved the episode. |
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| i'm sorry but WTF THAT LAST TITAN HAHAHAHA did they seriously come out with that on last episode? holy shit, this should be fun mikasa op =D historia being best girl willing to sacrifice herself for her girlfriend =D also erwin was cool too, even while on a titan's mouth he still gave them the order to advance =O |
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