Retrospective

OMG! I a speechless. The animations sequences were some of the BEST in ALL OF Attack on Titan. Loved the characterization and heartfelt moments. Such an epic episode.

Strong episode. Full of destruction, emotion and blood. Floch puts up a strong fight, humans fighting humans to the death is how changed this series has become. It sparks desperation into chaos.

This isn't about fighting Kenny the Ripper anymore it's slaughtering old allies, a change seen through Connie especially but Mikasa's become a monster. After her last interaction with Eren Mikasa's been suddenly deprived of certain feelings, depressed with a forceful task that probable towards Eren's death to save humanity has her down the road of a blood thirsty killer. What she has lived for to be thrown back in her face like that ultimately without instinct makes her an extremely dangerous character right now. If she had any merciful attributes before they are long gone now, all that seems to be left is a pissed off war weapon.

Titan's fighting to the brink of collapse with Falco making a bold decision that beserks out like a wild animal and putting some of his own allies in danger. What it has taken to edge just a little forward with their plan.

9.7/10.

Something that made AOT so great was always the fact that it was an anti-Manicheeist work, the origin of evil is not good and evil, it will depend on the viewer's perspective who is "good" and who is "bad". The animation and adaptation, the action and everything in this chapter has been a 10. Thank you MAPPA.

+ Ashes on Fire is the definition of perfection. Those heavenly ODM gear scenes! Not even a single shot I found sloppy, it was insanely smooth. This is amazing. Then, Mikasa's rage!!!!!!!! Spine-chiller! The end scene was tear-jerking and perfect. This show is incredible. The next episode will be Peak Fiction.

This episode has just been pretty much flawless. Even though MAPPA struggle with using 2D Titans due to unfortunate circumstances out of their control, they still managed to pull off 2D Annie for quite a few scenes, and same with Reiner as well. The music was on point, I absolutely LOVE the gore in this episode and how it's accompanied by the slashing sound effects. The sequence with Floch avoiding Falco, Hange and Pieck is probbaly the best they have done so far, I love it. The animation overall has been extremely phenomenal and knowing all of the obstacles that MAPPA Studio had to face when making Attack on Titan season 4 makes this all the more impressive (Less time, Covid issues, working on 3 other animes simultaneously). In addition, the voice acting was superb as it always is in this anime. This is by far 100% my favourite episode so far in all of AoT, and I'd like to say that it is in the top 10 best episodes, maybe even higher. Season 4 has been a masterpiece so far.