Reviews

I first watched this episode when Season 2 was still airing weekly back in 2017 and I still watch it to this day and get goosebumps, it is mindblowingly sensational. The reveal of the Armored and Colossal Titans was breathtaking. The OST complemented the moment incredibly. The animation is so beautiful in this episode. The voice acting is also impeccable, in sub and dub. Everything in this episode was executed perfectly. This show is a classic and a must watch. Many people gave up after season 1 or read the manga soon after but I stuck with it without spoiling what's to come from 2013 to 2019 and I will be watching the fourth and final season in fall 2020 even if it's not animated by WIT Studio. I honestly can't believe how good this episode is.

I want to address the people calling the reveal terrible. Firstly the reveal is genius, it was done in such a unique way which certainly caught me and many others off guard. Reiner said that he and Bertholdt were the Armored and Colossal titans so casually because he was conflicted, he had a split personality so it makes perfect sense why Reiner would reveal it in this way. No one could guess how this reveal would turn out, that's the point of it, the writers were one step ahead of the audience the entire time, they knew that we probably knew that Reiner and Bertholdt were the monstrous titans who tore down the walls as they had been acting suspicious in prior episodes, so they subverted the viewers expectations in such a genius way. I can't explain with words how masterfully done this episode is.