Anime 35760 Shingeki No Kyojin Season 3 Reviews Filter Check 3

Other than the male x male shipping, I am not finding many reasons to like this show anymore.

Half of the season is practically a collection of cliche action scenes. People teleport from the sky to save the day, others swing in the sky with spider-man gears, evil people sit on the face of someone just to prove that they indeed evil, Levi declares he is an insane badass by committing an act that distantly resembles the twisting of an arm. So fucked up! I am scared, literally how can man be this insane. Please, no, not the arm.

The other half is practically a parody ... of politics except the narrative itself doesn't recognize this lameness as a parody. People with might and power declare a thing, but another thing happens -- much like with the teleporting nakama in the action side -- other big guys teleport whenever important decisions are supposed to be made. Essentially every part of the politics is so one-dimensional it hurts and serves as an excuse to create more bullshit to fill the story with. These vary from random kidnapping incidents to people thinking one of their nakama dies if they don't hurry up. I am not sure how exactly am I supposed to be fooled by this when it is clear plot-armors in the series are thicker than the walls itself.

The best part of this show are the supposedly evil people and "our" enemies. Whenever our main squad gets called subhumen or pseudo-soldiers by them, I agree whole-heartedly. The opposing party did nothing wrong when looking down on our plebeian children at arms. Which this show really is all about. Some kids acting like they matter, fighting against titans or being titans or hiding from titans behind walls made of titans. At least the first season was fun to watch because it was a complete disaster and so overboard idiotic. This isn't even ironically fun anymore. More meaningless events one after another.

This season doesn't achieve anything. It's just Eren being chained half the time + farming, characters pondering over some action for half an episode each episode just to see the thing itself never happening. It's all false tension, all words no reward, no payout. Boring substance that is repetition of the same over and over while the fallacy that something might actually happen being there to fool those who are still buying this. Oh no, titan appears for the 700th millionth time, what a shock, I wonder which one of the two things that ever happen when a titan appear, happens this time around. Literally can't wait for the next cour.

Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3 - 5s Across the board.... For F--k Sake...
The only scene I liked was the last scene after the credits and even then, it still had no payoff, just like most of this season. Its like hey, you wanna see cool shit? Alright! Wait until next season to see that cool shit! Cause all you get now is build up for it!

Story -- 5;
With nothing but politics this entire third season and for some reason fannys, and I don't use that term lightly, thinking its great for reasons unknown. Simple things amuse simple minds I suppose. Which is why attack on ... titan gets rated so high yet is shit!

I won't use that word again because I don't judge people for the shows they like, I believe you're allowed to like whatever the hell you want and fuck peoples opinions, they don't matter not even mine.

But here's my thoughts anyways, so the politics could be good, but all it is is random talk, its actually just a big facade of people in power doing bad things because yeah, that's always original, who would of thought the people in charge would be bad guys??? Most of the conversations in this entire show are literally nothing more then saying lets go fight this and then talking about plans on how to fight them and what to do and then when they get to fight its either a minute and over or a 5 second montage of action scenes that amount to nothing.

There was no fun, no thriller, nothing interesting, almost everything we learned about the titans was meaningless, yet it did advance the plot but you don't care because it ruins old plot lines they created, I actually gave the first season a 9 for the action and ideas alone, the choreography was stunning and even though the characters weren't that likable and a bit one dimensional there was still enough twists and turns to keep it well.

If you are reading this, you've probably seen the other two seasons, season 2 I didn't give a 9 I gave a 3, so hey at least season 3 gets a 5.Because it didn't have a shitty titan reveal or worthless dialogue, and it didn't feel like 12 episodes of complete shiste & nothingness.

Both seasons had horrible dialogue and horrible action, the only thing that gives season 3 the two extra brownie points is the fact that the story actually went somewhere this time. Except you still ruined attack on titan...

In season two we forget about the final scene that shows titans in walls and then spend 12 episodes talking and fighting and making it known others can be titans & after introducing these new titans and these new factions, they all get to be ignored this season. Making two pretty much again, useless... .... …

This season they address the titans by making it known --- --- (Spoiler Alert) --- --- That there is magical blood lines that created the titans,and that the king was controlling the country with titans using a titan that can remove peoples memory's and that we can give titan blood and create titans whenever we want because yeah yeah yeah yeah drama drama drama drama. Not to mention that the Arthur try's to say well the reason no one knows we make the titans and control the kingdom were already in control of is because some special bloodlines are immune to the mind eraser titan because that makes sense to. Its all magic, everything real about the show just got turned in magic and that's the explanation but yet your combining magic with science and needles and steampunk ODM gear. Alright yeah that makes attack on titan more epic then it was before. At least when you though the titans were science based or some form of nature it made the crystal hardening and the abnormal titans evermore interesting but now its just a magic roll of the dice titan TV show that I hate. What a shitty choice to make.--- --- --- (END OF THE SPOILER ALERT) --- --- ---

You just spent an entire season saying you don't know where titans came from, this is the fight against them there is an outside titan force introduced in season 2, yet season 3 is just meandering about titans inside the walls, so now its everyone vs everyone and we don't know who to trust and before we know it doors and trees and animals will be titans next and there will be the sun and the moon titan and what the fuck ever.... I made that up about the doors and trees titans but at this rate I wouldn't be surprised if the Arthur thought that was super duper creative and did it anyways.

I accepted the abnormal titans but come on, this is ridicules let alone the origins I refuse to mention here because I just did above in that spoiler sentence so read it there if you'd like. But the origins story, actually ruins the realistic tension of titans being a threat. And really puts a shit ton of loopholes in the story on how the hell that origin story works. Which the Arthur try's to explain with more loops holes mentioned once again in the spoiler above.

Characters; -- 3
Well Eren isn't just screaming and yelling like he was in season 2, but is he back to season 1? No... Season 1 all he wanted to do was kill titans, thats cool thats acceptable, season 2 he yells and is pissed he isn't in control and is a hostage and that entire season was just worthless drama let alone the 2 titan reveals that were total shit,

Season 3 Eren at least talks and discusses things, but do we get any character development? No... I remember nothing that eren said that mattered, none of the politics discussed mattered, honestly eren was just in chains and a hostage again for 3-4 episodes but at least it wasn't the entire season like the 2nd.

Mikasa is still obsessed with eren like always and will defend him like always, we have this new gal historia but she isn't really important in the second half besides for like 2 episodes and as a love interest for Erens new found harem storyline starting to take root.

We get a bunch of old characters back and are supposed badass Eli or whatever his name is, (I remember he is Levi) But because he did nothing in season 2 but clean house I didn't care, but now in season three none of them really do anything important. Levis squad is completely gone its pretty much him and Eren and some others you won't remember. & Levi being super dramatic and staring with spooky dark shadows under his eyes and his hand outstretched dramatically....Like hes about to go Kalii maaa Kali maaa Kalii maa and take his heart like some shit out of indiana jones.

We did however have one thing that mattered, and that was new badass guys with guns that shoot large spikes, because when your trapped inside walls and metal is scarce you want to use more rare materials then you would ever need because yeah bullets wont do.

They can also swing from the ceiling with them like spider man except with guns, and they don't even need the odm gear super narly dude narlastic dude.

Animation//art//sounds – 5
Speaking of which, they don't even take the time to animate that well anymore except for like 1 or 2 episodes most of the time its just them swinging through the air endlessly on the same animated track, it is in no way as dynamic as the first season. It actually reminds me of the horribly animated and reused scenes of naruto when they jump tree to tree and talk for 20 minutes. Yeah this is what Attack on titan is coming to.

Why do I compare it to the first? Because it seems like the writers & Arthur and directors, all said, well we made a successful first season, now the fans are hooked line and sinker, so lets just do shit from now on and what we come up it doesn't matter they will buy it no matter what because they think its so cool, and it kind of worked it just seems that the backlash of the extreme lameness of season 2 got such a hate filled rage that season 3 they made the show juuuuuust aaaaa litttttleeeee better! Ya know. Like just enough to wet the fans garments.

Enjoyment --- 5
I enjoyed some of the ideas, but the first 2 episodes and then episode 8-11 are like the only things you need to watch.
Everything else is a complete waste of time,, there might be something between episodes 3-7 but for me there wasn't Besides all of that new titan stuff that I guess won't be being put to use until the second cour, even though the titan stuff was the only good thing.

But even with those few highlights, the way they are done is just so boring and pathetic... I rolled my eyes at every reveal, I had to force myself to listen to the dialogue even though nothing anyone said this season mattered, Except for the few flashbacks that linked a few characters together but they once again were never used.

Overall --- 5

Over all I found that most of the """Powers""" you see this season, could have never been added, season 2 shouldn't of existed either, what makes me so upset with what has happened with this show is this.

I accepted the titans, I accepted the ODM gear because it was animated well the first season, & I went as far as to accept Eren turning into a titan because his scientist dad did it.

What ruins is, is that you took a show that had fantasy and realism, and then shit on the realism side that made it fun the first season and went full on fantasy, all of the gore and drama that made it fun is now melodrama,

By that I mean, its so watered down that its like teen age drama that you just roll your eyes at, relationship issues, and I mean It makes attack on titan feel like a slice of life and then you add action scenes that are badly done whilst trying to make it serious???

I mean that is the formula, you just tried to make people care about a show, without giving them anything to care about.

Let alone the new storylines you added, just put every other storyline out the window.
Eren trying to go and fight and take revenge is no longer a thing its like he could care less now.
Mikasa being important, nope shes a prop device and tsundere for Eren now.
The bad Levi, I called him Eli at some point in here, I apologize, is now useless, he twists peoples arms and says edgy shit to sound cool.
None of the fights are thought out, a lot of people say how can you not love the action, if you watch the first season and the amount of thought that goes into choreography surpasses all of these for example the Levi squad tearing down Ani, ana, whatever that gal titan was, whenever she was a titan, you can see they cut her tendons her eyes they destructed her, it was thought out and planned and that made it cool.

Nothing this season has any thought, not the story, the action or the dialogue and barely any thought to its own characters, its just edgy to be edgy and you get promised action not only the build up but long talks about it and then never get the reward.

FINAL THOUGHTS.....
They say, you cannot have your cake and eat it to, but in this case, there isn't even any cake to look at, the cake was a lie, there was and never will be any. Attack on titan is now just one big lie, that never stops promising something it will never give, and that's good action along with a good story together again, they gave up, just like I did on this show.

I'll still watch the second cour because everyone said that's when attack on titan feels like the first season again, but ya know, here's hoping that's true, we can only wait and see.

Thanks for reading & later my dudes & later my loves! - GodOfWolves...

So, how the fuck is this the same anime as the one from season 1 ? It got from humans vs a sort of apocalypse, larger then life threats, or coping to deal with life issues, to piece of shit humans vs piece of shit humans. It is soo poorly fucking made, it makes Resident Evil and Game of Porns look like masterpieces.

Why the hell are the characters alot of the times over 9k on the retard level scale ? Why do they emo the shit out of some drama scenes, that don't absolutely relate or show any kind of lesson the characters have ... learned from the past, or past experiences that help them cope with such issues ? You know what I'm talking about, BASIC FUCKING EVOLUTION. Or at least what every decent human being expects of anyone that has been through life, or through certain situations. The characters did not even evolve anymore, or at least stop evolving, it's worse, they devolved.

Why do characters that were implemented greatly, suddenly lose their shit or start wondering about their purpose etc. whithout any apparent reason whatsoever ?

Plot holes ? This show has a bigger plot hole than Uranus. And I swear, those fucking random Titan powers, or wait, they're not random at all, they're fricking there to fix the shit story and the fucking plot holes. At this point, it wouldn't be surprising, at least to me, if any or all blonde characters start growing their hair and go SS4 and over 9k all of a sudden. It's just made in such mockery and ridicule that I can't even...I've even started wandering, is there any story, or anything happening this season even worthy of attention ? It's just so bad and random, I have a feeling the next plot twist will be even worse or just undo everything that's been done until now.

Why didn't they continue where they left off in season 2, and suddenly just starting throwing in characters or killing characters no one remembers or even cares about ? This season was so stupid and redundant, they literally could have covered it all in 1 episode, or by lettting 1 new character do his thing. Such a waste of time...And, at least for us human beings, time is the most important resource available to us, so I think some people will be able to understand my frustration with this season.

In all honesty, I am so disappointed, angry, annoyed and the resentment and loathe I have for this season (which I've been expecting for quite some time now), I can't even express in words...Never expected the series to take such a huge fucking nose first cliff dive.

Since it is a split cour, time to make a review. I really looked forward for this season of Shingeki no Kyojin. In the trailer, they showed us that Levi is the main focus of this arc. Then on Ep.1, they introduced us (with the best way possible) to Kenny, the "main villain" of this arc/season and the one who took care of Levi when he was a kid. The first 2 eps delivered the hype. At that point my rating is a 7/10. They showed what I came for. A Levi centered arc.

Then the next few episodes the focus was shifting away from ... Levi and instead shifting to Historia and the Reiss Clan. They are simply uninteresting and they bore the hell out of me. At that point I was already losing my hype. Then the rest of the season focuses on them and Kenny just dies because he got caught from a blast which is pretty anti-climatic IMHO. I wanted a Levi centered arc not this since that is what they hyped. The first 2 eps are really amazing but as the episodes pass by, the quality decreases. Rod Reiss was just a mediocre villain. Just plain uninteresting. The lack of exposure between the relationship of Levi and Kenny just disappointed me.

This season also has the least sense of danger on all 3 seasons. On the first 2 seasons, I can feel that anyone could die at some point. On this season, no. I know everyone was going to survive at the end like a typical shounen anime.

For the positives, I like the flashback abour Eren's dad (Ep.11), the first 2 eps (I know I am spamming this but they are really awesome) and Erwin's part on the season.

Overall a 3/10. Potential wasted.

WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAIN SPOILERS

If you thought that the previous season had fun plot holes, with this one you will build a whole circus. Let's keep seeing what's the author had to offer us:

1. Useless sidestories: They introduced us a relative of Levi. What was the purpose of that? I don't know, because we didn't receive any type of relevant information to the plot. It was like a filler basically.

2. Visions: Now, our protagonist Eren can have visions about what is going to happen next, that is, he has now acquired the ability to read the script in advance. How is this possible? Mystery.

3. ... Armin being caught: The pursuit was really fun. One of the bands was quickier than the other when the script demands it. Why didn't make a more believable pursuit? I don't know. The writer has us used to challenging the physics and logic of his series. And talking to the logic, there are more inconsistencies in the following points.

4. Historia: She was part of a royalty that makes her more special and gives her special privileged abilitties. Why she didn't use them in the previous seasons? No fucking idea. Also, the Historia past is basically humanity vs humanity because there are an ability that can control all the titans. Why did was not mentioned in the previous seasons or, at least, an anticipation about it? Mystery. In other shonen, at least, the writers had the decency to show cliffhangers with future antagonists, kind of anticipating there's a bigger threat coming. This one looks like it came out outta nowhere. Now, the show should be called Attack on Politicians in this point.

5. Amnesia: Historia gave memories to Eren, I was freaking out when I saw this scene. Now the author decided to use the amnesia as a plot device. The reason of why this was a plot device is because the narrative flow depends on Eren remembering things. Mamma mia, now Eren is overpowered, has the ability to read the script in advance and can remember things in order to continue with the plot.

6. Founder Titan: By far, the worst plot hole of this season. This guy had the ability to manipulate all the amnesia and memories of a whole race. There are a lot of plot holes with this guy, for example: If he had world knowledge, why didn't he divulge it? I don't know, there should be at least some smart people that can be used this information for a good purpose. If this Titan, suposedly knew the current issues with the titans manipulation, why he didn't interfere? No fucking idea. What has this titan been up to throughout the series? Mystery. If this titan had done something, even if it was something small, the series would have been completely different. I suppose that this titan's will it's like the Force of Star Wars or the faith of Fast and Furious.

7. Victimization: If Eren, by himself, was a character he was not liked by many, now we see him cry and suffer for things that he has not done. Why does he cry for things that were not his fault? I don't know. It makes no sense for the writer to try to make us empathize with someone who is greatly benefited by the script. In many shonen, this same problem also occurs. In addition, Eren received more power ups in this season, like if he didn't receive enough of them.

Up to this point, I wouldn't be surprised if they featured later themes like time travel, Eren being a messiah or a cheap attempt to make him look like a martyr who wanted to save the world. Is this true? Let's find out in the next review where more laughs, plot holes and retarded aspects wait for us.

I honestly can't grasp how this season has such a high rating. Season 1 was fantastic. Season 2 was an abysmal disappointment. Now this time it does come out better than 2, but not by much.
Story: What's to say? It dragged on, focused on elements that lead no where, hinted multiple times at awesome scenarios, usually through slow character pondering, simply for it to never happen in favor of something cliche. There was very little plot progression, the pacing was terrible, and honestly, the story was just handled in the most pathetic ways possible.

Art: Like usual, the art was decent.

Sound: What's to say? ... Unlike originally, the music is garbage now.

Characters: Once likable and relatable, they are now annoying and 1 dimensional. Especially the lead roles for most part.

Enjoyment: Very little to be had. I stuck it out, as a fan... but I no longer consider myself a fan of Shingeki no Kyojin.

Overall: I'm truly disappointed so many fanboys n girls out there can't see past their bias. This show does not by any stretch of the imagination live up to expectations, and after season 2, my expectations were quite low. It in no way deserves the rating it has.

The first half of Attack on Titan Season 3 is, without a doubt in my mind, the worst 12 episode stretch of the entire series to date. It's slow, boring, bloated with talking and severely lacking in action and honestly it feels like we're watching a different show entirely. As opposed to humans against titans we're now watching humans against humans and a boring political intrigue subplot. The first and only titan fight in the entire first half of this season does not occur until 8 or 9 episodes in and then when it finally does the titan is fought almost entirely with cannons/artillery and ... is only fought for a few brief moments- just enough to land the killing blow- by actual humans.

I understand that the intended structure of this season is part one is the buildup and part two is the payoff, but in this case the buildup was way too slow and boring, there's way too much of a difference between the quality and engagement level of part one and part two and the pacing of this season as a whole is just a mess. As a whole, there's simply way too much exposition dump/information overload in this season. It introduces way too many characters and plot points and key pieces of information at once. Not only is it a complete overload making it overwhelming and hard to follow, but it's spaced out pretty terribly in such a way where you're either getting way too much information in a short time or you're getting no information at all. There's zero subtlety in this season- there's a clear "this is where we tell you stuff" and "these are the action episodes we know you've been wanting" divide going on here and it's completely unmissable.

Honestly, if this were my first Attack on Titan experience I would not have continued with the show and likewise if I weren't such a HUGE fan of the series, as reflected by my perfect 10/10 score for season one, the first half of season three would have been bad enough for me to have dropped the series outright.

OBJECTIVE RATING- 5
PERSONAL ENJOYMENT RATING- 4.5