Deceiver

It's really sad to see these kind of episodes didn't get as much praise as it should. This and "Bystander" prove how much of a genius Isayama is and how well written the story is when these side characters who only appear in 1-2 episodes can make you care so much for them, have their own development, have their own story, and just took our tears away with so little time. Isayama, I bow down to you.

The dialogue in this show is amazing. These pass couple episodes probably gonna get overshowed by the other cuz there isn't much action but people with good sense will know how amazing these episodes were.

Attack on Titan doesn't boil down to massive titans fighting, it comes down to the argument that two characters have where each one's perspective is severely challenged, and nothing shows this better than this episode.

I believe that this show raises more philosophical questions than any individual can imagine, due to the diverse personalities written for each character, with a bit more than just shallow lines written for a side-character. Each character is written as a perspective, a window in the aot world, for a certain type of people, questioning their personal morality and stances. It is hard to not relate to one single character.

Sonder is the realisation that all bypassers on the street have got their own complex lives and aren't just faces that serve our own perspectives. Their world is as big as ours. What this show should make people realise is that our enemies, countries and nations, are as complex as ours. They are as right as we are, and just as wrong as we are. I really believe in Isayama having a beautiful mind.

It is also hard to hate any of them. It just makes sense what they all feel and yet it's so wrong. The way this is executed is taken way further every single episode and it's not the hype and excitement induced from fights and battles that make this a good show, it's how we "feel" the characters and apply our own moral stances to situations we are never gonna experience and yet finding them relatable and understandable.

I hope other people try interpreting this show the way I do, and I promise, everyone should and will get something from this, at least a bit more than just entertainment.

Tension starts to build up, and it's obvious that we are in for a hell of a ride in the next episodes. I didn't mind the slow pacing at all, I actually thought the dialogue was extremely important for Gabi's character and the slow pacing made every piece of dialogue stand out. Loved it