It's rare to see a "Former enemies forced to work together" setting done so well
The group that will save the world is together after just hours ago trying to kill each other. Tensions are obviously high as they sit around a fire preparing to stop Eren from causing a mass genocide of everyone outside Paradis. It's a common trope, having two sides that were just at war joining together in a common goal, but it's rare that it feels this realistic. Hange is the only mediator in the group and they actually understand that trying to force people to stop arguing or not letting people get their point across will only lead to further tensions. Five years worth of hate, betrayal, broken trust, misplaced xenophobia, and more come spilling out as former comrades are reunited and the past acts of the characters are laid out before them. "Night of the End" is one of the rare quiet, dialogue-based episodes of Attack On Titan and the tension here is done just as well as any of the others before it.
- benlen-29092
- Mar 9, 2022