Sunset

No spoiler as we found out in the last episode that all the hardening was undone thus breaking Annie free.

Not a potentially big episode but still great as always. We focus more on Annie's goals reflecting the paths she's taken and her intentions on getting back home. Armin and Mikasa's debate on Eren. Connie's focus on getting his mother back and Floch's continuation on power play.

Like i said in the review for the last episode, the atmosphere for this series has changed since the rumbling and a mist of depression and even desperation flows from character to character. The story is intense at this point and keeps on giving.

Seeing Hange near the end with Levi's body could tease a possible Levi return before the end of the series.

A slowed down episode but tensional all the same.

9.0/10.

Why it took 2 days to make a page for this Episode? It ruiend the hype for this episode. We seen backstory of around 20 characters in total. AOT is the best series at character development.

Not every episode needs insane action or crazy plot twists. Transitional episodes like this are essential to making the story flow. It's a solid, necessary episode, nothing more nothing less.

The last episodes of Attack on Titan are covering one chapter of the original material each. I guess that this means that the story won't be concluded with Part 2 at this point and probably left for a movie or a Part 3. The plot is interesting as always, there are some old acquaintances returning in this episode (finally!) but the story pacing is as slow as the first season now (which is not bad, but could be a bit faster). Overall a good episode that sets the ground for future events.

Rumbling shots this episode had significant improvement and Mappa's Annie CDs look fantastic, maybe an improvement from S4P1 even. Almost every scene so far in 125 had been elevated from the manga, for example the anime original addition of Annie's POV in the crystal, highlighting the darkness she endured over 4 years, and the nightmarish shots of the marching CTs with a sunset backdrop that's just wallpaper material.

I applaud the choice to use the instrumental version of the ED while credits roll over Connie and Falco's scene which not only allowed for more content to fit into this episode but also made the scene more emotional, which fit well as it transitioned to the after credits scene where we are met with a slick Levi CD. I'm pleasantly surprised and satisfied that Mappa managed to keep up the quality of these episodes, so I'm just as excited for the rest of the season as with the first 5 episodes.