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| Bit of a laid back episode, but nice to see Hanji and Levi/Annie and Hitch again. |
It's 12 episodes 2nd part. There is going to be 1 week break between 11 and 12 though. |
| Great episode it was nice seeing Annie again. |
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imbAF said: The condition was created intentionally for Annie to return. There was no other reason to remove ALL hardening other than freeing Annie. Obviously Isayama was forced into freeing her, because otherwise there would have been a huge plot hole left in the story, that's probably why she feels so forced into this situation. It's as if Isayama decided on the Rumbling and then remembered he has to squeeze Annie in there somehow. She has had very little meaning to exist after S1, therefore I believe that Isayama did a mistake by not killing her off back then. To be fair, to plan everything ahead all the way back in the female titan arc is unrealistic, so I can't blame him.jaunis said: Not gonna lie, Floch is pretty based. The pace is so unbelievably slow, I think it's the slowest yet for AoT. Still don't get what is the reason for Annie to return besides love interest for Armin. She was heavily underdeveloped in S1 and bringing her back for some exposition about her past 3 seasons later doesn't really change much, one of the weakest characters in AoT, considering she's a shifter. First time when an AoT episode felt way too stretched out for me, they couldn't even fit the ED in, and this is supposed to be adapting only ONE chapter. If they keep this up, AotS4P2 second half might end up the weakest AoT has ever been. And honestly, final season has covered the main cast in too much plot armor nowadays, like seriously, why is Levi even alive? In S2 all it took was for him to hurt his leg slightly to no longer be able to fight, and now you're telling me that he'll somehow contribute to the plot/fight while being a fucking cripple? There is literally no reason for Levi to not be dead right now, his popularity is the only thing keeping him alive, such a shame. Fellow manga reader I see. Let me pretend you are an anime only for the moment. Annie came back because she was stuck in her hardening since season 1. More then Isayama bringing her back because of reasons, she came back because of conditionality of the situation. |
| This episode was done nicely. The very ending scene was freaking crazy. At least Levi is alive. Well. Barely if anything. Anyways looking forward to more. |
| Floch shot the dude with no hesitation And I’ll be honest man I don’t care about Conne’s mom respectfully I’d rather see Falco in action and I expected Armin to immediately go to Anne but either way another fire episode |
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| 5/5 It was a slow-paced episode that showed how the Rumbling affected the people of Paradis. The calm before the storm :) Also nice to see Hange and Levi at the end! |
jaunis said: imbAF said: The condition was created intentionally for Annie to return. There was no other reason to remove ALL hardening other than freeing Annie. Obviously Isayama was forced into freeing her, because otherwise there would have been a huge plot hole left in the story, that's probably why she feels so forced into this situation. It's as if Isayama decided on the Rumbling and then remembered he has to squeeze Annie in there somehow. She has had very little meaning to exist after S1, therefore I believe that Isayama did a mistake by not killing her off back then. To be fair, to plan everything ahead all the way back in the female titan arc is unrealistic, so I can't blame him.Fellow manga reader I see. Let me pretend you are an anime only for the moment. Annie came back because she was stuck in her hardening since season 1. More then Isayama bringing her back because of reasons, she came back because of conditionality of the situation. Can't tell if your joking or not, but Annie's reintroduction to the series was one of the smoothest integrated things ever. It was also definitely not forced and was planned from the very beginning. I see why not since the wall titans were shown right after Annie hardening herself at the end of S1. |
| An awesome episode very very much I loved it |
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| A decent episode. We were due a change of pace after the chaos of the last half dozen episodes this season. So Annie was able to hear everything Armin and Hitch had spoken to her about as she sat encased in her crystal, so understands what's happening at the moment. The conversation with her 'father' was a nice-call back to S1 before right before Eren was capture her. Interesting line at the start of the episode by the Eldian people about the Colossals following a set line formation as they leave the island as to avoid trampling on Eldians as they leave the island. It would explain why we're still getting never-ending rows of titans passing by Shiganshina hours later. The Gabi/Kaya conversation was pretty wholesome, and Armin on the verge of cracking is an interesting character development from him given he's been able to rise above that throughout most S4 after the time-skip. I've never really been too interested in Connie as a character, so I'm not too invested about where Isayama is taking his arc at the moment. but that may change next episode. A Pieck/Magath/Levi/Hange team-up incoming? Floch trying his best to extend the 2000 years of conflict for another 2000 years. 8/10 episode from me. |
xenosysFeb 20, 2022 12:23 PM
| The honesty that almost everyone(excluding Connie & Falco) had in this episode is scary. With Armin stating facts like that, im sure there is no other character that could be the storyteller. Thank you Kaya for burning Gabi one more time for the journey. Levi too angry to just die. |
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| I like that Mappa used the ending time to adapt more since it's clear people who don't see action 24/7 think it's bad |
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| Hange about Levi: Please don't worry. He's just a completely harmless guy who barely escaped death. Zeke somewhere: AAAAHHHHHH!! *insert vietnam flashbacks* A pretty decent episode; on the one hand, Annie narrates her backstory as payback for tolerating Mitch's own backstory for 4 years, and on the other hand, Floch doing his best to make sure the conflict lives on. Freedom!! Gabi and Kaya had a pretty sweet moment. Armin almost snapped at Mikasa; curious to see what happens to Armin's character. On the other hand, Connie has lied to Falco in order to take him quickly to his mother. Whether or not he follows through with this plan remains to be seen. I do appreciate MAPPA giving AoT the R:Z treatment of cutting out the ED in order to show the state that Hange and Levi are in. |
RioFSFeb 20, 2022 11:23 AM
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Modernoir said: KneelBeforeMe said: I'm sorry, who are you? An enjoyer of the peak show of this season, looking forward to seeing the disappointment you'll feel next week when no one reacts the way you expect them to towards those "cringe moments", brother. Cringe... (>ლ) |
imbAF said: Ugh, there was no need to undo ALL the hardening, he could've just undone the hardening around the colossal titans.jaunis said: The condition was created intentionally for Annie to return. There was no other reason to remove ALL hardening other than freeing Annie. Obviously Isayama was forced into freeing her, because otherwise there would have been a huge plot hole left in the story, that's probably why she feels so forced into this situation. It's as if Isayama decided on the Rumbling and then remembered he has to squeeze Annie in there somehow. She has had very little meaning to exist after S1, therefore I believe that Isayama did a mistake by not killing her off back then. To be fair, to plan everything ahead all the way back in the female titan arc is unrealistic, so I can't blame him. The hardening was removed because the titans of the wall had to be released. So eren undid all the hardening. Tf are you talking? Edit: Obviously this is just a nitpick, it doesn't effect the story whatsoever. |
jaunisFeb 20, 2022 11:27 AM
Zprotu said: The wall titans were revealed to start the whole sub-plot with the church. Obviously Annie was planned to get out eventually, but what I'm saying is that there was literally no point. They could've just killed her. I can't discuss the manga so I can't go into details, but what I mean by forced into the story is that she doesn't exactly belong in the rumbling arc, she's out of place there, a character that was just dropped into a huge conflict and there is just too little reason for her to be there, she can't contribute anything meaningful, because she's only there to fill up a plot hole.jaunis said: The condition was created intentionally for Annie to return. There was no other reason to remove ALL hardening other than freeing Annie. Obviously Isayama was forced into freeing her, because otherwise there would have been a huge plot hole left in the story, that's probably why she feels so forced into this situation. It's as if Isayama decided on the Rumbling and then remembered he has to squeeze Annie in there somehow. She has had very little meaning to exist after S1, therefore I believe that Isayama did a mistake by not killing her off back then. To be fair, to plan everything ahead all the way back in the female titan arc is unrealistic, so I can't blame him. Can't tell if your joking or not, but Annie's reintroduction to the series was one of the smoothest integrated things ever. It was also definitely not forced and was planned from the very beginning. I see why not since the wall titans were shown right after Annie hardening herself at the end of S1. |
| Was a laid-back episode giving us a breather. Mappa enhanced Floch and he stole the episode. Armin lacked the intensity he had in the manga. 7/10 |
| This episode focus more on the characters' thoughts and minds. And Levi is back!!! |
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| Floch unfortunately refuses to die and contiues to be ... well Floch, but whatever. He will get what he deserves eventually. Annie's flashbacks with his dad were the best part of the episode. They really improved on the manga material, since she didn't get a lot of spotlight. Gabi-Kaya relation is the most wholesome thing about this part of the story. This was a slower episode, but still well made. |
| yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, hype time |
| Re-watched the episode with subs, Gorgeous colour palettes and backgrounds, Never imagined the Rumbling would ever look this good.All manga readers were worried about it looking awful but here we are!! I really liked the osts used in this episode as well, Old Sawano ost coming back during Hitch-Annie scene,final scene with Jean and Floch and of course Guity hero during Armin-Mikasa convo was great. Sound director is doing fantastic job ,I was really disappointed with season 3 and 4 part 1 but the ost choices in this part are pretty much perfect so far. Couldn't be more pleased with this adaptation. Overall 9/10 Preview for the next episode is very promising ,If they maintain this quality for the next 5 episodes then this might be my favorite Snk adaptation. |
Pio_neerFeb 20, 2022 1:42 PM
| PURRRRRR!!! can't wait for the annie and armin reunion |
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| Floch is such a bozo. he not 🅿️. Fr tho, what Armin supposed to say. He's just like me fr. But best girl Hange is back. |
iantreelFeb 20, 2022 12:26 PM
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jaunis said: Zprotu said: The wall titans were revealed to start the whole sub-plot with the church. Obviously Annie was planned to get out eventually, but what I'm saying is that there was literally no point. They could've just killed her. I can't discuss the manga so I can't go into details, but what I mean by forced into the story is that she doesn't exactly belong in the rumbling arc, she's out of place there, a character that was just dropped into a huge conflict and there is just too little reason for her to be there, she can't contribute anything meaningful, because she's only there to fill up a plot hole.Can't tell if your joking or not, but Annie's reintroduction to the series was one of the smoothest integrated things ever. It was also definitely not forced and was planned from the very beginning. I see why not since the wall titans were shown right after Annie hardening herself at the end of S1. They didn't want to kill her in S1 because the SC needed her to gather intel at the time, and they couldn't kill her even if they wanted to after that because she was encased in an impregnable crystal for 3 seasons and 4 years. Killing her in S1 wouldn't have made sense, and killing her in S2-S4P1 would have been a giant asspull. The only other alternative is that Eren intentionally leave Annie in her crystal, but still undoes Reiner's hardening on his Armored Titan? For what reason? I doubt Eren even gave Annie a passing thought when he decided to genocide the world. |
xenosysFeb 20, 2022 12:35 PM
| Holy shit how it hurts hearing 2B's voice coming from this horrible character called Mikasa. At least Armin realized that Erwin should've been saved. |
| If you're a fanboy, please don't waste my time. Watch more movies, please. Perhaps, this is hell. |
| No wonder I forgot about Annie coming back. All she delivered was a speech on how she ignored her dad, her actions were irredeemable, but she'd do them again to go back to the dad she ignored... lol. Four years with only your thoughts spent well. Not much else happened this episode tbh aside from some more speeches - Eldians in the intermittent zone, Armin going after Connie, Floch revealing more of their plan etc. However, Levi is still alive - although I doubt that it came as a shock to many. A decent set-up episode in all. Let's see if next episode can live up to the foundations that have been laid here. |
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| very solid episode, had some super good looking shots again. my favorite being |
| Well, they still focus on the side chara story even though the rumbling or whatever already started. The pace gotten slower? Are we going to see more of these episode than the actual rumbling that already started? More side chara story... |
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jaunis said: imbAF said: The condition was created intentionally for Annie to return. There was no other reason to remove ALL hardening other than freeing Annie. Obviously Isayama was forced into freeing her, because otherwise there would have been a huge plot hole left in the story, that's probably why she feels so forced into this situation. It's as if Isayama decided on the Rumbling and then remembered he has to squeeze Annie in there somehow. She has had very little meaning to exist after S1, therefore I believe that Isayama did a mistake by not killing her off back then. To be fair, to plan everything ahead all the way back in the female titan arc is unrealistic, so I can't blame him.Fellow manga reader I see. Let me pretend you are an anime only for the moment. Annie came back because she was stuck in her hardening since season 1. More then Isayama bringing her back because of reasons, she came back because of conditionality of the situation. my mans gave demon slayer s2 a 9 out of 10 and talks about how much plot armor the main cast has nowadays when demon slayer s2 was the pinnacle of plot armor which is commonly memed about. |
shayed__ said: It begins. Demon slayer is a shonen anime and it doesn't try to be nearly as serious as seinen anime like Attack on Titan. You're comparing shows like Arcane to the last airbender, you can't rate them the same. They are very different shows. You can't expect, nor should you, an Attack on Titan level plot from something as basic as Demon slayer, you have to rate it for what it is.jaunis said: The condition was created intentionally for Annie to return. There was no other reason to remove ALL hardening other than freeing Annie. Obviously Isayama was forced into freeing her, because otherwise there would have been a huge plot hole left in the story, that's probably why she feels so forced into this situation. It's as if Isayama decided on the Rumbling and then remembered he has to squeeze Annie in there somehow. She has had very little meaning to exist after S1, therefore I believe that Isayama did a mistake by not killing her off back then. To be fair, to plan everything ahead all the way back in the female titan arc is unrealistic, so I can't blame him. my mans gave demon slayer s2 a 9 out of 10 and talks about how much plot armor the main cast has nowadays when demon slayer s2 was the pinnacle of plot armor which is commonly memed about. |
| Best part about this episode honestly is seeing Annie again cause finally It's been so long seeing her animated! Seeing Levi and Hange again was good to see! This is yet another amazing episode, it looks really good and the soundtrack as well! Literally cannot wait till next weeks episode! 5/5 episode for me. |
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| do you think that Annie will ally with Eren? and can Levi return after all these injuries? what do you think? |
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| Annie are you okay? YES, SHE IS! Another great episode. |
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xenosys said: What I meant is only the hardening around colossal titans to disappear. Rainer's hardening was clearly just a hint to show that Annie was released (And the excuse to make him sleep). What I meant by killing her off is her never having went into a crystal, the crystal twist is already somewhat of an asspull, and she could've just died of any various reason you can think up. I just think she should've stayed a minor antagonist for S1, who would get some background info in S4 or S3. Obviously I don't know if this would've made the story any better, probably not even, but I just wanted to get it out of my system that Annie just doesn't really work for me in this arc. I dunno, I might have a change of heart in the upcoming episodes.jaunis said: The wall titans were revealed to start the whole sub-plot with the church. Obviously Annie was planned to get out eventually, but what I'm saying is that there was literally no point. They could've just killed her. I can't discuss the manga so I can't go into details, but what I mean by forced into the story is that she doesn't exactly belong in the rumbling arc, she's out of place there, a character that was just dropped into a huge conflict and there is just too little reason for her to be there, she can't contribute anything meaningful, because she's only there to fill up a plot hole. They didn't want to kill her in S1 because the SC needed her to gather intel at the time, and they couldn't kill her even if they wanted to after that because she was encased in an impregnable crystal for 3 seasons and 4 years. Killing her in S1 wouldn't have made sense, and killing her in S2-S4P1 would have been a giant asspull. The only other alternative is that Eren intentionally leave Annie in her crystal, but still undoes Reiner's hardening on his Armored Titan? For what reason? I doubt Eren even gave Annie a passing thought when he decided to genocide the world. |
xenosys said: A decent episode. We were due a change of pace after the chaos of the last half dozen episodes this season. So Annie was able to hear everything Armin and Hitch had spoken to her about as she sat encased in her crystal, so understands what's happening at the moment. The conversation with her 'father' was a nice-call back to S1 before right before Eren was capture her. Interesting line at the start of the episode by the Eldian people about the Colossals following a set line formation as they leave the island as to avoid trampling on Eldians as they leave the island. It would explain why we're still getting never-ending rows of titans passing by Shiganshina hours later. The Gabi/Kaya conversation was pretty wholesome, and Armin on the verge of cracking is an interesting character development from him given he's been able to rise above that throughout most S4 after the time-skip. I've never really been too interested in Connie as a character, so I'm not too invested about where Isayama is taking his arc at the moment. but that may change next episode. A Pieck/Magath/Levi/Hange team-up incoming? Floch trying his best to extend the 2000 years of conflict for another 2000 years. 8/10 episode from me. I like your take on the episode. I know that Annie was a villain in S1 but I was hoping that she and Hitch would recall some sort of friendship. Annie needed a hug so badly. Gabi and Kaya hugging was made up for it. Floch is annoying but he shouldn't die. He's an interesting character and I'm eager to see how his story will play out. Agree on Connie. When he explained himself, I thought "oh my god, you're going crazy too?" We only have 5 episodes left to wrap up the entire story. I hope we get good, satisfying ending. |
| Bae Annie is back! Annie got to shine, and Floch too this episode! |
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| Unbelievably boring, didn't even know that hitch character was already established, but I don't care enough to look it up, don't give a shit about Annie or hitch's story, only watching to see how much worse it's gonna get. I at least cared 1% more for this than Eren's dad's unnecessary flashback, which was also extremely boring |
DeonX said: Another amazing episode! Finally, we get to see more of Annie. Hitch looking hella fine ;D Waiting for the Armin and Annie interaction lol. Those yaegerists are still chanting 'Shinzo wo Sasageyo'. The Eldians in Liberio are pissing their pants rn lmao. Floch needs to chill fr. Connie and Falco riding into the sunset, what could go wrong? Also, fan-favourite Levi and Hange are back!!! I need the subs asap. Hitch is a dime. I liked her better with her old hair though. I always knew the Shinzo wo Sasageyo bite back. The author knew what he was doing with the salute and the trenchcoat/armband combo. Can't wait for Armin + Annie. Is she still going to be a good person for him? |
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