Honestly there shouldn’t be any real shock with Eren repudiating Zeke’s suicidal desires, he never was explicitly on board with them (he’s always stayed incredibly ambiguous whenever it’s come up), yet it’s still somewhat annoying because this pretty much returns us back to square one: just what exactly is Mr. The big thing in the immediate future, however, is what transpires next between Eren and Zeke. Even if that involves some serious plot armour emerging in the process. Say what you will about this series’ story and how it’s played out, but when it wants to get big and epic, it always rises to the occasion. Well, more or less Zeke proving his weight in zealotry and sacrificing Falco for the greater good definitely was a given, but Gabie 360 no-scoping Eren’s pretty little head clean off with a literal anti-tank – err, anti-Titan – rifle? Oh now that’s hitting all the right spots, especially when paired with some excellent animation work and SnK’s original soundtrack to boot. Beyond some Reiner agonizing and Porco doing the selfless it was all action and (to some degree) resolution as where things go next is made just a tad clearer. While the continued lack of episode count interferes with some expectations regarding where this season is heading endpoint-wise, it’s very nice knowing certain events like Eren’s march towards rumbling aren’t being dragged out too much.
I did say things would be getting crazy, and oh boy if the opening salvo of that statement proved it wasn’t all for show.
Well I may loathe the wonders of technology at times, but the modern phenomenon of internet crashes and terrible ISPs sure give time to parse things, particularly those like SnK’s – and especially those SnK things like this week’s.