Primal Desire: The Struggle for Trost, Part 9

The episode was incredible! The buildup paid off spectacularly!! Everything worked! It was both thrilling and poignant. The soundtrack was used perfectly, making you want to jump out of your seat!

I especially enjoy the Trost arc after realizing how important it is in setting up the story and characters! Many character arcs begin in this arc, most notably our main trio but also other characters such as Jean! All these arcs pay off perfectly as the show progresses! I also love the amount of foreshadowing present! A real treat to rewatch!

This episode remains one of the most memorable in the show!

This episode was amazing! All the build up payed off spectacually!! Everything worked! The episode was both pure excitement while also getting dark and sad! Soundtrack was also used perfectly as it just makes you wanna jump out of your seat!

I really enjoy the Trost-arc especially after i realized how important it is in setting up the story and characters! A lot of character-arcs begin in this arc, most noteworthy our main trio but also other characters such as Jean! All these arcs Pays off perfectly in ways i never thought, as the show progresses! I also love how much foreshadowing there is! A real treat rewatching it!

This still remain one of the more memorable episodes in the show!

Ep 13 and here we are at the grand finale of the Trost arc, a proper, no-holds-barred conclusion. 8.5/10

It is an episode that delivers on the massive, nail-biting promise of its predecessors, bringing the high-stakes conflict to a truly dramatic climax.

The emotions are a powerful mix of white-knuckle desperation and an exhilarating, almost primal triumph. This is all masterfully elevated by the brilliant, soaring score, which takes the action and emotional payoff to a genuinely cinematic level.

However, in true fashion for this series, it is a finale that offers resolution only in the immediate sense. It leaves one with a profound and deeply unsettling feeling, more questions than answers.

A brilliant, powerful, and utterly exhausting end to a breathtaking arc. It's a magnificent piece of television that reminds you that this story is far from over.

The finale of the Battle of Trost was a banger. Definitely top 5 episodes of the season so far. The action was tremendous with that beautiful animation and OST along with it. The score that played during the big moment was just brilliant. Made the scene feel even more emotional and epic. I also love just how much they portray the scars of battle and what it does to the cadets. Few other anime has such genuine emotion like AOT does here. The ending with Eren and Levi was great. Can't wait to see more of those two together.

Honestly, after rewatching this episode, this is honesty the best episode of the first big arc, and definitely in the first twenty episodes maybe. Moving on, my favorite characters in this episode were Eren, Mikasa, and Armin, and my favorite things about this episode were I don't even have to say it because this episode was just perfecr in every category and aspect. Honestly, if I had to think at the top of my head before rewatching all of the episodes, this season of television out of 10 is either a 9.5 or a 10, because this is so freaking good. Most likely a 9.5 cause the others might be all 10's.