Season 3: Part 2 or The Final Chapters?

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The Final Chapters or Season 3 Part 2?

Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Season - Kanketsu-hen

Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3 Part 2

Nov 13, 2023 10:43 AM

thunderkitten13

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Did you enjoy Season 3 Part 2 more than The Final Chapters (finale)? This is basically trying to gauge if people preferred the anime before the basement reveal and everything that transpired after it (Eldia versus Marley). This is also to see if people preferred the human versus titan dynamic over the nation vs entire world one. If you feel inclined to, please explain what aspects of the story at the time within the story you liked the most (characters, story, themes, art, etc).

Nov 13, 2023 10:59 AM

ForeverTraitor

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I think the show has lots of highs both pre and post time-skip. I just find the fight on the back of the giant ribcage and then wrestling a giant worm probably the least engaging action sequence in the whole show. Compared to Erwin and Levi versus the Beast Titan it's no contest.

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Nov 13, 2023 11:07 AM

Yeager55

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I'm gonna be honest. I've enjoyed AOT from start to finish, no, I'm not an ending hater. And I will never hate it for how well the ending fit this extraordinary story. But as for the answer for your question, i'll choose Season 3 Part 2 over anything that I have ever seen from Tv shows in general. S3P2 is the anime incarnation of the word, "Pure Perfection". Down to last minute detail. From Episodes like, THE TOWN WHERE EVERYTHING BEGAN, DESCENT, PERFECT GAME, HERO, MIDNIGHT SUN, THAT DAY, THE ATTACK TITAN, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SEA, to gut-wrenching emotional moments, to INCREDIBLE soundtracks and movie level animation, it's nothing short of a masterpiece.

It just change the way on how you watch a tv series. You would never watch another show the same way you do Attack on Titan.

Now, as for the final chapters, the first episode of the final chapter that is (Season 4 Episode 29 - The Rumbling) it is the greatest piece of fictional episode I have ever consumed so far in life. (Maybe more in manga, cuz it's my favorite manga chapter ever). And as for the rest, it's brilliant. And no, I wouldn't call it perfect. But what I would call perfect is the animation, sound-mixing, and overall production quality.

And Special 2, it's more of a heavy emotional ride combined with godly animation (the man who animated Levi v Kenny in Season 3 returned for the finale) and it really shows.

Nov 13, 2023 12:27 PM

ThoughtApple0

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Final was booty cheeks near the end

Nov 13, 2023 1:37 PM

DiomarBrasindo

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S3P2 obviously, not even a question

Nov 13, 2023 1:51 PM

Adnash

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Tough question. I think they are in equally good in general and have sort of similar amount of pros and cons one would point out about 'em. So, even if different, due to the manga content they cover, their artistic value is more or less the same...

... but I had more fun while watching Kanketsu-hen, so my vote goes for it. :P

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Nov 13, 2023 2:42 PM

Izuella

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I’m gonna be honest.. I have zero clue which one that is

Nov 13, 2023 2:51 PM

thunderkitten13

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Izuella said:
I’m gonna be honest.. I have zero clue which one that is

Erwin’s charge, they reach the ocean (blah)

Nov 13, 2023 2:55 PM

ghier

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Pretty easy to pick Season 3 Part 2.

Even if you somehow like the ending with Eren, it’s so god damn messy and riddled with plot holes. And the fight itself does not feel as compelling or real as any of the moments from season 3 part 2. Not even a question really

Nov 13, 2023 7:32 PM

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xenosys

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S3P2 for me. It's not only THE best arc in Attack on Titan, it's also one of the best TV arcs of all time.

Massive revelations, goals accomplished, great action, emotional scenes and speeches, and plot twists that call back to everything in the series that has gone on before and make sense. OST on point, and the fights feel grounded and more impactful.

Nov 13, 2023 7:45 PM

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crimsontomato

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This shouldn't be a question.

Nov 13, 2023 8:17 PM

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Fuhrer_Wrath

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I feel like if you limit the options between the Finale specials and S3P2 you won't get an accurate assessment of how many people preferred the Anime before the basement reveal vs how many liked it after it.

You'll just get an assessment of how many people liked S3P2 and how many liked the Finale.

A shit tone of things happen between S3P2 and the Finale that are not represented by the finale.

For example for me S3P2 is obviously better than the Finales.

But S4P2 almost rivals S3P2 and sometimes depending on my mode transcends it.

Nov 13, 2023 9:22 PM

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RobSenpaii

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S3 Part 2 remains my favorite chunk of anime and I don’t think it’s even close

Nov 13, 2023 11:09 PM

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Anmol-47

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isnt this season 4 part 3 part 2

Nov 13, 2023 11:48 PM

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thunderkitten13

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Fuhrer_Wrath said:
I feel like if you limit the options between the Finale specials and S3P2 you won't get an accurate assessment of how many people preferred the Anime before the basement reveal vs how many liked it after it.

You'll just get an assessment of how many people liked S3P2 and how many liked the Finale.

A shit tone of things happen between S3P2 and the Finale that are not represented by the finale.

For example for me S3P2 is obviously better than the Finales.

But S4P2 almost rivals S3P2 and sometimes depending on my mode transcends it.

This is more than fair. Both seasons are equally important to the overall story, and each takes place before and after a tonal shift in the story (Hope versus Nihilism).

Nov 14, 2023 1:26 AM

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Adnash

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isnt this season 4 part 3 part 2

@Anmol-47 Yeah, though the poll refers to Kanketsu-hen aka the Final Chapters aka (like you said) Season 4 Part 3, and Season 3 Part 2. The latter is the one with Return to Shiganshina arc being covered. You know, the famous charge of Erwin and other scouts, the basement reveal, etc.

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Nov 14, 2023 4:00 AM

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S3 P2 >>> Final season

story and adaptation wise, basement reveal and eps4,5,6 was crazy stuff, Tetsuro Araki nailed every big and hype moment on S3 P2 despite the obvious downgraded animation and production issues the top-tier direction is still there Hayashi just didn't get it with Final Season on top of messy ending despite having bigger studio backing him up.

art-wise, not a fan of Hayashi's approach, Final battle against Ancient Titans can be equally engaging if not better if Hayashi didn't go overly ambitious with extremely detailed design which hurts the production giving more workloads for the whole team on top of garbage schedule. This caused a ripple effect where the animation quality overall has to match Hayashi's ambition but barely has any time to do it which resulting the animation never truly pop-off like JJK or CSM despite being a Final Battle. Should've gone with simpler design similar to Takashi Kojima's or WIT style.

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Nov 14, 2023 11:04 PM

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YannisSp101

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They're my 2 fav arcs of the series, so I can't really pick.
With that being said, I prefer S4 overall to S3.

Nov 15, 2023 4:56 AM

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Abdf

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S3 part2 is peak.Both are my favorite. Last two special episodes were pure cinema and emotional rollercoaster until the climax battle.

Nov 20, 2023 1:13 AM

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matraph00

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The final season part 3 is my least favorite part of season 4. So sure I might like season 3 part 2 more but it means nothing since I prefer season 4 part 1 and 2 more than season 3 part 2. So after the basement reveal is better imo but it wouldn’t show in this poll

Nov 20, 2023 1:28 AM

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matraph00

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I might actually rate season 4 part 3 part 2 higher than season 3 part 2 just because its got a lot more deeper meaning, it being the end, it’s pretty normal it got deeper meaning.
The stakes seems somehow higher in season 3 part 2, probably because we see people dying in the fight. And even then I thought more people should have died in season 3. Every characters that mattered had plot armor except for Erwin and Marlo. This got even worst in season 4 part 3 part 2 since nobody died and lots of them should have considering how hopeless this fight was.
This fight leads to reaching the basement and discovering the truth about the world. It’s all pretty important.
But still season 4 the final part had so much more meaning. It really made you look back on the whole show and made you remember how everything that happened led to this. It’s way more emotional in that way.
Really which one is best depends on my mood I guess. They each got their highs

Nov 28, 2023 2:26 PM

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A_Haiku_Unloose

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It should have ended with S3P2 if the stuff post basement reveal was going to be handled so poorly. It is no contest, please delete Final Chapters.

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