Reviews for Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3 (7.91)
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Araki Tetsurou
Asano Kyouji
Kadowaki Satoshi
Koizuka Masashi
I have seen so many shows that I see patterns everywhere, I see the same stuff almost everywhere and I can at least partially predict so much of what’s going to happen. Therefore, I am so ha...
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I have seen so many shows that I see patterns everywhere, I see the same stuff almost everywhere and I can at least partially predict so much of what’s going to happen.
Therefore, I am so happy when something is so completely different from everything else that I don’t even dare to think about what comes next in it
This is what AoT does, every step of the way.
It starts completely shrouded in mystery and one could think that as the mystery is slowly but surely unveiled, the show would get more predictable and less surprising.. Na-a-ah! It’s quite the opposite actually. A lot gets explained, but the characters and their mindsets are so original that you can never be sure what they are going to do and how they are going to (re)act.
Second greatest strength of this season is surely ACTION.
I have only seen a few series with more action and possibly no series with better action.
More fights? Sure, a lot of shows like that exist. Better animation? Sure, pretty much any recent title from ufotable or mappa. Better music? No, just no. There is no anime which has better music during action scenes (and only a handful of titles with better music overall) – Heaven’s feel is the only one which I think comes close.. Better writing? No way. The team behind AoT seems to know their shit perfectly! They know how to make each action scene different and exciting in its own way. Finally: Better suspense/thrill? I can think of a few titles, but I would say none of them does it as good…
Anyway, the most powerful weapon of this part is STORY. They reveal sooo many new important facts + just enough from some characters’ past to further strengthen their position in the story and most importantly, they enable us viewers to connect so many dots we couldn’t before…but the main parts are still very much shrouded in mystery, which is exactly as it should be imho. It’s super interesting and enjoyable already but I just can’t wait till I learn more!!
I don’t think any other anime has the same brilliant composition of mystery, drama, action and characterization.
What I am saying is that it’s shaping to be the best story anime has ever told.
It starts kind of weak with ep 1 attempting slice of life and comedy (which doesn’t fit at all after what happened at the end of S2), but it fortunately quickly shifts to drama and action again, along with the mentioned heavy chunks of story in each ep.
Unfortunately, the last 2 episodes are mostly garbage – flashbacks that are 98% unimportant, recaps of previous seasons and empty babble – I know it was supposed to be a preparation for part 2, but when they decided to split it like this, they should have increased the level of hype towards the end, not decrease it rapidly and give us pointless slice of life episodes when we all know the show’s just absolutely not about that…
***
Animation 8/10
Apart from the GIANT titan, it’s still pretty much perfection, never-ending action with constant super-high level of movement (and all other kinds of) animation
Music 10/10
Undoubtedly one of the best OSTs ever! It's honestly such a boost to the action scenes when the music is so hyped!
Story 9/10
-read above
Characters 9/10
Mikasa still one of the best chars ever, unfortunately she doesn’t have that much space here;
Historia stops being mostly a cute doll/mascot and becomes actually amazing character,
Eren is as retarded as ever
Superb side characters and their stories like Levi and Kenny
Value 8/10
It's so far the weakest link of the franchise, but it's an inseparable part of it, thus the re-watchability is ultra high. It's one of the first BDs I bought and I will surely never regret it.
Enjoyment 8/10
I enjoyed first 10 episodes quite immensely and looked forward to every next one, but the last 2 ruined it quite a bit..
Therefore, I am so happy when something is so completely different from everything else that I don’t even dare to think about what comes next in it
This is what AoT does, every step of the way.
It starts completely shrouded in mystery and one could think that as the mystery is slowly but surely unveiled, the show would get more predictable and less surprising.. Na-a-ah! It’s quite the opposite actually. A lot gets explained, but the characters and their mindsets are so original that you can never be sure what they are going to do and how they are going to (re)act.
Second greatest strength of this season is surely ACTION.
I have only seen a few series with more action and possibly no series with better action.
More fights? Sure, a lot of shows like that exist. Better animation? Sure, pretty much any recent title from ufotable or mappa. Better music? No, just no. There is no anime which has better music during action scenes (and only a handful of titles with better music overall) – Heaven’s feel is the only one which I think comes close.. Better writing? No way. The team behind AoT seems to know their shit perfectly! They know how to make each action scene different and exciting in its own way. Finally: Better suspense/thrill? I can think of a few titles, but I would say none of them does it as good…
Anyway, the most powerful weapon of this part is STORY. They reveal sooo many new important facts + just enough from some characters’ past to further strengthen their position in the story and most importantly, they enable us viewers to connect so many dots we couldn’t before…but the main parts are still very much shrouded in mystery, which is exactly as it should be imho. It’s super interesting and enjoyable already but I just can’t wait till I learn more!!
I don’t think any other anime has the same brilliant composition of mystery, drama, action and characterization.
What I am saying is that it’s shaping to be the best story anime has ever told.
It starts kind of weak with ep 1 attempting slice of life and comedy (which doesn’t fit at all after what happened at the end of S2), but it fortunately quickly shifts to drama and action again, along with the mentioned heavy chunks of story in each ep.
Unfortunately, the last 2 episodes are mostly garbage – flashbacks that are 98% unimportant, recaps of previous seasons and empty babble – I know it was supposed to be a preparation for part 2, but when they decided to split it like this, they should have increased the level of hype towards the end, not decrease it rapidly and give us pointless slice of life episodes when we all know the show’s just absolutely not about that…
***
Animation 8/10
Apart from the GIANT titan, it’s still pretty much perfection, never-ending action with constant super-high level of movement (and all other kinds of) animation
Music 10/10
Undoubtedly one of the best OSTs ever! It's honestly such a boost to the action scenes when the music is so hyped!
Story 9/10
-read above
Characters 9/10
Mikasa still one of the best chars ever, unfortunately she doesn’t have that much space here;
Historia stops being mostly a cute doll/mascot and becomes actually amazing character,
Eren is as retarded as ever
Superb side characters and their stories like Levi and Kenny
Value 8/10
It's so far the weakest link of the franchise, but it's an inseparable part of it, thus the re-watchability is ultra high. It's one of the first BDs I bought and I will surely never regret it.
Enjoyment 8/10
I enjoyed first 10 episodes quite immensely and looked forward to every next one, but the last 2 ruined it quite a bit..