That Day: The Fall of Shiganshina, Part 2

Manages to build off episode one and develop Eren's hate for the titans as well as Armin and Mikasa.

Another amazing episode! It continues showing The brutality of titans that is rapidly increasing their domination over humans. This episode shows and explain our main protagonist EREN YAGER very well along other main character ( Mikasa and Armin). The animation and art style also is very great in this episode. The direction and story boarding improved very well as it begins to show the dark, brutal yet beautiful scenes. The music is very good and captures the the feeling of this world very well. Overall a great episode which continues the story of our main characters in this world full of blood sheds very well.

I understand that the intent was to have us care about the characters before the attack, but it would have been far more effective to begin with the attack. This is the defining moment for them, and so their motivations require it. Having barely 10 minutes of setup before hand is not enough. Furthermore, Eren spends so much time yelling that it begins to push into Barefoot Gen territory. It's one dimensional anger.

On the other hand, there's a ton of interesting world building getting set up, and the art design is pretty good. It's not 90's Berserk anime legendary, but it's a strong point.

Overall, the introduction feels clumsy and rushed, but if the show gets its legs, that can be overlooked.

There's something about the desperate attempts to board the last ship to escape the apocalypse that sends a shiver down my spine. Just imaging what it would be like to miss that last boat, shizz.

Also that bread shoved down the throat scene has to be some sort of fetish right?

Seems like a kinda hopeless situation at the moment aye? Also wondering why the big titan is taking so long. Highkey seems like that big boy should be able to just walk all the way through every wall and reach the centre in like a day or two. If not him then at least the speedy one.

Armin is also too nice aye. Why does there always have to be this incredibly pure sidekick? Classic caregiver character, i.e., Samwise Gamgee.

Well now, if the first episode of Attack on Titan was a rather rude awakening, "That Day: The Fall of Shiganshina, Part 2" is most certainly the bleak, sobering morning after.

One might have hoped for a moment of respite, a touch of gentle contemplation perhaps? Not a bit of it! This instalment swiftly reinforces that this is no picnic, offering a relentless glimpse into the immediate, horrifying fallout of the previous calamity.

The sheer scale of the devastation is conveyed with a chilling efficacy, making one truly feel the weight of humanity's sudden precariousness. Our young protagonists, bless their cotton socks, are grappling with a reality far crueller than any childhood nightmare, their raw emotions practically leaping from the screen.

It's a testament to the show's uncompromising vision that it refuses to pull its punches, demonstrating with stark clarity that sometimes, the aftermath is as terrifying as the initial blow.

The final moments, in particular, serve as a stark, unforgettable punctuation mark, leaving the viewer with a profound sense of the new, brutal reality and the chilling notion that humanity's fight for survival has only just begun.

Splendidly harrowing!