I bet in the history of humanity, nobody's ever done anything as bad as you." After last week's massive revelation, we could expect nothing less than a brutal battle. They certainly delivered. While juxtaposing flashbacks that explain the lead in and the feelings that all our heroes have at this point in time, the episode also depicts a pretty gory, unsubtle and maniacal battle between two formidable forces. Eren and Reiner. Now that the former has learnt of the latter's deception, he's not holding back his pent up anger.
It's a visually stunning episode, with heavy emphasis on the shots of the Colossal Titan towering over the wall. Whilst this great beast is slow, the Scouts encounter a new problem in that it can excrete hot steam to protect itself from ODM gear. This is an interesting skill and forces the Scout to hang back as they watch the impending doom approach with ever-increasing calamity. Meanwhile, Eren's chances are just as slim as he fruitlessly finds himself being battered to pieces by a considerably stronger Armoured Titan. In all honesty, this may seem like a monotonous pattern of punch and punch, but it's the way in which the animators describe the movements of the Titans that's important. As is explained in the flashback, Eren is introduced to a new combat move by non other than Annie, whom we all know to be the first traitor within the walls. The fact that he uses this move to temporarily incapacitate Reiner is poetic irony, but it might not be positive definite in stopping Reiner in his tracks. Regarding that flashback, I'd be interested to know who won the competition between Mikasa and Annie; my money's on Mikasa, but that's probably because I'm very fond of her. Not much on the exposition front, except that Hange, Mikasa and Armin happily learn that Eren is slowly gaining control of his Titan, even if he's struggling to match up to his colossal enemies. Considering Hange's been working with Titan for such a long time and has grown fond of understanding their nature, it's great to see her reaction when Eren nods his acknowledgement of her order. Cruel as it is, we're left with another cliffhanger, this time with the Colossal Titan seemingly falling head first onto the bodies of Eren and Reiner. What this means is left open, but it does beg the question of how, if they do ever manage to capture Reiner and Bertholdt, what do they do with them then? If there's one thing we've learned from Attack on Titan, is that it's not easy to keep a Titan close and harmless. It will require all the manpower and dexterity that humanity possesses. 8/10
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