That was brutal! I didn’t expect the conversation between Eren and Mikasa/Armin to take this turn. Eren did not hold his punches, and then to have Mikasa automatically hold down Armin when he lunged towards Eren was extremely heartbreaking.
Levi’s arc is also tragic, the guy is a badass, there is no doubt about that, but his previous breakdown and then being forced to kill all his comrades was cruel.
Floch is such an irritating character, I want to punch his face whenever he is on screen!
give me the god damn 2 minutes rn
Eren being mean: :frowning:
Levi being a badass: :smiley:
To whoever chose the music for that levi and zeke scene, FUCK YOU.
One more about Ackerman's lore and fandom wild debates and theories at that time.
In anime they changed the order of scenes so it wasn't as eye-catching as it was in the manga. But in ch. 112 we got Eren explaining Ackerman's headaches to Mikasa and in like 16 panels later, in the same chapter, we got panel of Levi refusing to follow the plan of killing Eren while spotting similar gesture to a person having a headache in general and even drawing similar way to how Mikasa's headaches were shown in earlier chapters.
Eren:
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Levi:
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https://official-complete-2.eorzea.us/manga/Shingeki-No-Kyojin/0112-036.png
Mikasa:
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As one can imagine that lead to speculation of not only Mikasa being unable to kill Eren (if needed be) but also Levi.
One way or another I'm pretty sure it was intentional on Isayama's part)
Another episode that shows why Levi is the best character ever.
What do they need an army for? They have Levi, he's basically a nuclear warhead.
This must have been the most brutal episode of the whole series!
Awesome episode but that song during levi vs zeke was honestly a terrible choice.
I can excuse the poor animation this season but I draw the line at that music choice for the long awaited Levi x Zeke rematch. What the actual fuck.
Wtf Eren.. just savage with the truth out of nowhere
This episode is so hard to watch, poor Mikasa :(
I hated the scene with Eren and Mikasa. I'm relatively indifferent to Armin.. but she didn't deserve that even if he probably has some motives we're not aware of yet. :(
Review by Gloom8BlockedParent2021-03-15T00:10:53Z
Well... what an ending.
The Talk scene was nearly perfect and also hurt me in all the right ways. Could have being even more mean-spirited if Mappa left in the meanest jabs at Armin - "You weren't soft like this before. Your judgment always led us to an answer... But now, all you can say is, "let's talk"... You're absolutely useless." and Mikasa - "What I'm saying is that the REAL Mikasa disappeared in that mountain cabin, at 9-years old. Leaving only you behind, ever faithful <..> slave:
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https://official-complete-2.eorzea.us/manga/Shingeki-No-Kyojin/0112-025.png
Thank god Mappa cut the host talk, through. It was confusing as hell and naturally fans blow it out of proportions even more. It was a mess. I didn't know one could make the scene where Mikasa holds Armin down even more heartbreaking than it was in the manga, but they managed it somehow.
Levi vs Zeke part
alot3The good. Well, the good parts were great actually. Voice acting, it was as emotional as the Talk, I enjoyed some creative shots of the fight, hell even funny parts from the manga were left in
hooray!The bad.
Good god who the hell choose this song?! No, a song with lyrics in general and it was playing so loud... ugh.Music didn't add anything to the moment. WIT did amazing job animating Levi's fight scenes and Mappa is no match in that regard. Some shots that looked creative tried to hide lack of powerful moments, but ultimately heavy burden was put on the voice actors to carry the scene (but they did a great job anyway). Also feels like Levi had more expression during all of it in the manga. Regardless, it was the first fight in season 4 that didn't meet my personal expectationswhich is kinda worrisome for the part 2 of Season 4... well, we will see I guess.Btw, the "censorship steam" is back baby! WIT couldn't be more proud looking at the scene of Zeke's injuries ;)
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Not yet shown ending
Who knows. If they switched back to a different storyline after the fight like it happened in the manga overall impression of the episode would dip, imho. BUT if they didn't and ended it where I think they would... oh boy, I think a lot of flaws could be forgotten just for this bold move.
As a giant sidenote.
It does feels like Ackerman's lore is retconned somewhat in anime.
I assumed that the previously cutted info would be used in The Talk scene by Eren. But not only nothing was added to it, some info from the Talk scene was cut short on the lore, too.
It started back in season 3 with unimportant hints getting cut. Like Zeke calling Levi a monster:
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https://official-complete-2.eorzea.us/manga/Shingeki-No-Kyojin/0083-015.png
Before the attack on Marley we had Zeke explaining why they should be extra careful with the future attack on Paradise island. And he mentions Ackerman clan as byproduct of titan science:
https://official-complete-2.eorzea.us/manga/Shingeki-No-Kyojin/0093-019.png
Which also sort of explains why Porco specifically called Levi "Ackerman" in that moment.
In The Talk we get even more detailed
and over explained to be honestdescription of their power:"A bloodline that could partly manifest the strength of a titan while in human form."
https://official-complete-2.eorzea.us/manga/Shingeki-No-Kyojin/0112-022.png
End of my essay)