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I watched this episode something like 30 times, something like 10 different reviews, I've never heard someone talk about Porco not wearing his armband when sacrificing him for Falco/Reiner, after understanding his brother's feelings to protect him. He just catches like that, I'm impressed by his analysis abilities, wow...
As much as Porco makes fun of Reiner, the two of them were actually the most alike in thinking (re Marley-based Eldians bs Paradis Eldians). The symmetry is all the more heartbreaking.
One of my most favorite episode + title combo in the entire run. Two brothers. Eren and Zeke, holding the greatest powers in the world, both with their own belief of what freedom and salvation looks like, trying to change the world and save everyone. Colt and Falco, both stepped up to sacrifice for their family's tainted reputation, finally united in the worst way. And, most surprisingly moving to me, Marcel and Porco. Both were holders of the Jaw, and along with our Ymir, seemingly destined to die sacrificing themselves in order to protect someone else. Those small moments of connection are what really grounds this arc.
Seeing FILMBuFF's appreciation for Porco and understanding of his character made me happy because he's a really underrated character in my opinion so it's great to see one of my favorite reactors put some respect on his name
Once again, i’m baffled by how observant he is about all characters actions and dilogue. To the Eren-Flaco “wait” line, i might add that moment of them talking on that bench, back in the Liberio hospital, when Eren told Falco “It’s good if you won’t become a titan(shifter), I’d like if you would live a long life”. It ties so well to this “wait” moment we saw today, Eren always cared, and still cares about Falco.
39:45 Thank god, you might be the first reactor to recognize that sequence was an homage to 2001: A Space Odyssey. I watched many reactions but as I recall none of them did. Do none of them have any film knowledge? As expected of *FILM* buff I suppose lol
Impressive how you directly noticed the chains on Zeke not being „real“. I would have never been able to even think about that with all the crazy stuff that happened in this episode!!! You’re awesome dude.
How does one even clock that? What visual indicator can possibly relay that the chains are odd? This man boggles my brain worse than Isayama ever could.
Just imagine this in the manga, i actually thought i had missing pages, was not real... And you guys are lucky, the chapter in the manga ended with Eren's head flying, we had to wait like a month to see wtf happened.
@@karhammer I'm not a huge Gabi fan but still I didn't understand the hate back then? Like she literally witnessed her friend, who just romantically confessed to her, turn into a titan and see Colt's burnt up corpse. She had every right to shoot Eren and it was also a pretty damn good shot given she got the neck (not the head) of a faraway running target
@@karhammer reddit must really hate Sasha’s father for choosing to not perpetuate the hate forward. Her own father, who inarguably felt the most pain about his daughter Sahsa, had the power and maturity to understand and do what a worldwide forum will never ever be able to with all their “brainstorming” capabilities 😂
I don't even watch the reactions. I just watch the discussions cuz this guy is a madman. His intelligence and how much he analyzes the show is mind-blowing. He is the only reactor i watch on RUclips.
“There is something about the chains”. “He’s not going to abandon him”, always ahead of what’s happening. I personally didn’t question zeke’s loyalty towards Eren, I thought that Zeke loved Eren to the point were he will mess up and not even test him. Good one as always buff.
Some ppl misunderstood about that chain thing. ZEKE NOT CHAINED. He not brainwashed by founding titan power. He's beast titan. He just make Ymir to create that chain for him. And he make sure it's breakable. And he also ask Ymir to chain Eren there. It's not because Zeke have the power. It's because Ymir is a slave of Eldian royals.
@@LORDdrPepper because the founding titans true power (awakening yourself in the paths) can only be unlocked by blood of the royal family, being able to move freely in the paths is a feature of the founder awakened by royal blood, being able to command Ymir is both a feature of the founding but mainly anyone of royal blood who is alive and can move freely within the paths. Ymir is bound by her the will to follow commands of anyone with royal blood once they are free to move in the paths. Since Zeke has awakened his freedom to move in the paths by connecting with the founder ( which is shown when he is unable to move when he is being healed by Ymir) he is able to command Ymir and thus he was able to gain the power of the founder. To put this shortly the founding power is the power to command Ymir which Zeke unlocks therefore he has the power of the founder
"once again, Reiner lives and the jaw saves him" Lmao. The plot armor is strong. When I was reading the manga, I just couldn't help but think "when will he finally rest??" Anyway thanks for this. !!
Jaw Titan has saved Reiner 4 times: Marcel saved Reiner from Ymir. Ymir save Reiner by coming back with them in 2x12. Porco saved Reiner by letting Falco eat him. (And Falco has saved Reiner when he was about to commit suicide) Isayama is a genius.
Galliard has one of the best character deaths in the entire series. It elevated him from a good character to an amazing one. That smirk of his with tears in his eyes is phenomenal. What a way to send off a character!
Reading it in the manga was painful, but seeing it fully animated with music, voice acting, and everything really made it all the more impactful. I think that Isayama could not have made his death anymore fitting for his character. Seeing the tears in his eyes when he heard his late brother talking about wanting to protect him, the way he was briefly shown again when Zeke told Colt he understood the love Colt had for his brother Falco, the shakiness and instability in his voice as he talked about Marcel, and then the moment itself. Seeing how Galliard has been shown multiple times to have a soft spot for the Warrior candidates and has looked at those kids like they were his own little siblings, I think his send-off did really well to honor that commonly overlooked side of his character. He had lost his own big brother so he sort of became that figure for the new candidates just as the other Warriors did for their juniors, and when his time came to an end, he emulated his own brother's selflessness by giving up what little time he had left so one of the kids could get a second chance at life. As sad as I am that he's gone now, I'm glad Isayama didn't give him some lame forgettable death but rather made it meaningful and important to the storyline. I'm also glad to see that FILMBuFF appreciates and understands his character just as much as I did.
Hey man. Was watching an interview with the final season director Yuichiro Hayashi and you were spot on about the hyper realistic eye frame in paths, he had mentioned drawing inspiration from 2001 space odyssey!
Another amazing detail that I always appreciate about this series is the way that Isayama has characters reprise certain lines that either they themselves or other characters have said previously. The most famous example is obviously the "because I was born into this world" line, with other well-known examples being "this world is cruel" along with Armin's "In order to defeat a monster you have to be willing to give up your humanity", but this episode brings up an interesting one in the second half. When Eren tells Zeke that there's no way he'd ever go along with such a messed up plan, he uses the EXACT same verbiage in Japanese as he does in the part 1 flashback when Zeke's fake plan was being introduced to Paradis. The only difference is he used polite verb conjugations when he said it in part 1 since he was in a formal setting, but he uses the same enraged tone. The fact that he gets to say those exact words again, this time right to Zeke's face, is so cool to me.
@@secondeye1574 Isayama is direct involved with the anime, almost every scene that is cut or added, dialogs etc, it's his call. And if I'm not mistaken he said that the anime is "the final product". So Armim saying the line more than once is most likely what Isayama wanted
Yeah, that whole 'This world is cruel' has been said by so many people throughout the show, so reading 'This world is cruel but I still love you' in the ending just makes me cry everytime.
@@secondeye1574 Bruh what. It's pretty clear he does have some influence on the anime. NOT ALL OF IT. because he added a scene where Levi cuts Petras patch off her uniform that wasn't in the manga
The whole scene of Gabi watching Falco biting Reiner and Reiner saying he can let Falco eat him with the music just brings tears to my eyes ugh 😭 Also a fun detail - Porco died wearing the wings of freedom instead of the Eldian armband 🥲
@out He originally had a jacket from the Garrison during the TV version of 4x16 but they switched it for a Scout jacket in the bluray version of 4x16 so this is just a continuation of the bluray fix.
@@lesunshine365 Dumb question, why did they make that switch? Is it because that's how it was done in the manga, or was there supposed to be a deep meaning behind the symbol he just so happened to wear?
@@bitch8205 It is an inconsistency in the Manga as well. In the panel where Pieck waves to him in Chapter 116, we see him as the lone figure with a Garrison jacket. The next time we see his jacket, in chapter 119, before his death, it's a scout jacket. Of course, between the Pieck waving scene to when Pieck gave him the sign to eat Eren, he could've swapped jackets. If this was Star Wars, we'd get an entire spin-off to cover this. But yeah, the correction in the blu-ray was the right move as it fixes the inconsistency and makes him blend into the Jaegerist crown better.
I assumed that Falco turned out "weird" because he had only a tiny bit of Zeke's spinal fluid. As we saw with Rob Reiss, if things are not done a certain way, the results can be unpredictable. As I'm writing this, I just realized that Falco was not very committed to following Zeke's instructions -- he shifted his attention from Reiner to Galliard without a second thought. Likewise, there was a "weird" titan in the episode that introduced the Beast Titan, who also failed to follow through with Zeke's order. So a deformed titan may indicate one who has a lower portion of Zeke's spinal fluid, and is therefore less beholden to him. (I could be reading way too much into this, but given the way Isayama writes, this could very well have been his intent)
I'm gonna go with, yeah. You're 100% overthinking it. So many titans uave fucked up proportions, Falco's is no different. Remember Eren's pure titan? He was almost as disfigured as that big-eyed titan of S2. It's as simple as, Falco as a titan noticed that there was an easier human to eat. It's also possible that while pure titans eat humans in the hope that they are a titan shifter, they may be able to sense when one of the 9 is in their presence. Maybe they show up as a brighter glow of light.
"No matter which era this titan has found itself in, it will keep advancing to protect Reiner, for the sake of saving Reiner, it fights. It's name....is the Jaw Titan."
Finally a reactor who finally looked closer to the easter eggs especially the goth lookibg mikasa. This is why you are my favorite reactor/film reviewer/analyzer
Wow 10:12 I stop watching just to comment how amazing you are. How can you remember that the first time Zeke go to the path he's not in chains. Even I forget about that.
LET'S GOOOO! I'm so glad that the copyright issue got resolved already. I also just want to say that I extremely appreciate you doing these reactions and discussions, especially AoT. I can't thank you enough for doing what you do.
It's so relieving to finally see someone get emotional over the events that happened in the first half of this episode. Even though I read the manga and knew what was coming I still bawled my eyes out when Zeke screamed. RIP Colt and Galliard. This episode was fantastic and I absolutely love seeing your reactions and analysis of these shows. It's so impressive how you catch every little detail. Keep up the great work Im!
And here is why FILMBuFF is the best reaction channel out there, he just caught every detail, even he gets the soundtracks right and where were they played from prevoius season, this man is on a whole different level.
Remember the "Nice catch" line from mister Xavier? Seems like Zeke's catching skills paid off big time Also you probably have already read this but in the manga the chapter ended at Eren's head being blown off. It left the fans grasping at straws thinking how he could survive. Many crazy theories were written back then
There's some easter eggs that have nothing to do with the storyline. The sauna frame is the cover of the tome 33 limited edition making reference to Isayama's dream to open his own Sauna. Goth mikasa and nerd Armin are from a series of fakes previews written by Isayama himself.
You cannot imagine how I've been refreshing this channel for three days just to wait for this episode. God-tier episode and phenomenal reaction once again!
It's so refreshing seeing someone crying over Colt and Falco's scene and brotherhood, it's extremely touching and I was actually very surprised not a lot of reactors cried over that. Especially seeing Colt hugging Falco and not wanting to let go of him... It just gets me every time. But I'm glad you did! Plus your reaction to the scene when Reiner was letting Falco eat him. You always have the best reactions and analysis, so thank you for being awesome! ♥
The moment Eren didn't catch the baseball, Zeke knew something was up. Because that symbolized them being on the same page. And so, Zeke wanted to believe Eren was on the same page as him, but in the back of his mind, he had doubts. And I like that he didn't have blind faith in Eren but approached the situation cautiously. Zeke has been manipulated by his family for his entire life. But even after Eren tries to pull the rug out from under him, he still loves him and tries to reason with his younger brother. Jaw Titans have a habit of sacrificing themselves for Reiner. This episode really showed how far the older brothers in this show went for their younger ones. R.I.P. Porco and Colt Also, fun fact, some of the snippets of images before Eren got into the paths were actually cameos from volume extras in the manga(GothKasa and Nerd Armin). Along with one image being the AOT men in a sauna. So that's nice..
24:20 FANTASTIC connection to Nolan's work!!! I've always been a fan of Nolan and Memento in particular, and this link you made was really interesting.
@@aracuscesar or its because Eren got his head shot off, zeke ends up catching it, a montage of memories and random animation, and ofc Eren entering the paths. I'm pretty sure that visual and emotional over load is enough to make me not care about if zekes chains are real or not but go off👍🏾
It’s always a pleasure when I get that notification that you uploaded. By far my favorite creator on the platform. If I ever end up making a new RUclips, and creating content myself, I aspire to create content in a style similar to you
You should watch alec’s scattered thoughts he’s basically film buff but he’s read the manga he understands the story just as much as film buff and. Never spoils
coming home from work tired, cooking something to eat and checking youtube just to see FilmBuff has uploaded his reaction to this MASTERPIECE of an episode. This day turned from shitty to amazing in like a second. Thank you!!!
I of course love the idea of getting reactions to these episodes sooner, but even as of now it's worth the wait. You are easily one of the best reactors to AoT (if not THE best), your insight and reactions are always great to watch. And words cannot express how excited I am to see your reactions to the episodes to come!
This and the next one are some of my most anticipated reactions and oh dear you caught so many details that I missed even after watching the episode multiple times. You're undoubtedly the best AoT reactor on the platform. Sasuga Im-san, sono tori dayo!
when the final season began airing, manga readers (including myself) initially thought that the first part would end right after the head shot 🤣 I'm still a little bummed that I will never witness the massive chaos and sh!tshow from the anime-only community that would've ensued
FYI, the "alternate universe" thing doesn't mean anything. The Goth Mikasa and Otaku Armin are from Isayama-sensei's favourite omake, "Shingeki no School Caste". And the sauna shot is from a cover of the manga magazine (because Isayama-sensei is addicted to sauna). It's basically an inside joke 😂
I honestly cannot wait to see your reaction to next episode. As per usual your observations are sharp and detailed. Really appreciate your talks, you bring up things in a new light and I love it. Good job and thank you!
Also, thank you truly for all the small touches and hard work you put in every video, I truly don't understand how you are doing 5-6 videos a week alongside your personal life and whatnot. Please drop whatever and we won't care as we value your health and quality of videos over quantity. Love the nice touch at the start of every video (intro). Keep grinding man! 🙌🏽
glad i wasnt the only one that got emotional during colt and falcos death most reactors just watch for the hype scenes and thats it also your attention to detail blows me away its rare to see reactors that actually care
Let's gooo, been waiting for this epic very anticipated reaction (was more hyped for the discussion and it was amazing). I also love how Im is wearing a blue and white hoodie which matched the thumbnail of paths. The DRIP king really swagged out every video. 😈🙌🏽
it was almost midnight at my place when you uploaded and i just finished watching the whole thing! so happy to hear your thoughts on zeke and eren, the founder, the warriors - i know your analysis and opinions are intriguing but one of the things that made me so happy is to see you discussing these things so passionately haha. i've been waiting for the reaction and discussion for this ep so much because we're finally entering the paths AND i know how much you enjoy porco's character! hell yeah it was so heroic of him to save both reiner and falco, and after having the clear understanding on reiner and his brother's situation too. truly a fitting sendoff! i hope things are doing well with you and i hope you can enjoy the next episodes sooner because i know you'll LOVE it! you have my word Im!! stay healthy and hope you're having a fantastic day ☀️
You'd be surprised, I've seen a lot of reactors cheering for their annihilation throughout the moments where they fought the Scouts. I mostly felt sad during those scenes because I came to love these characters just as much as the OG's because of their interesting dynamics
Okay and? They made their bed and now they simply have to lay in it. Personally I love Reiner. Can't say the same for everyone else from Marley. Can't sit here and act like I wish for their survival just because I seen a sad backstory. They good characters but not someone I'd root for in this war.
@@izrael820 Then you're still pretty closed minded. Judge on an individual basis, don't lump people together. As individuals, they're all clearly not terrible people (well, for the most part). Hell, the most 'terrible' person, personality wise, is probably Floch, and he's all for Eldia. Just appreciate that neither side is in the right here and there are valid reasons to take either side here. Yes, current Marley is 'worse' than current 'Eldia' but looking at it that way is pretty shallow, and brushes over all of the subtleties involved in this war to simply support your main cast that you've loved for the past few Seasons. Reiner's not the only great character on Marley's side, and if you can't see that, then you're probably biased - I'd say Gabi's one of the better characters, but most people can't see past her actions. They're people who were raised, along with the rest of the world, to see the people of Paradis as devils. To an extent, there's some truth there. In the past, Eldia dominated the world for millennia in a not so nice manner. And they remain 'monsters capable of turning into Titans', and that's an inescapable fact. The threat of the rumbling remains alive with those 'island devils' and that's a scary prospect, so the choice to dehumanise that group of people, while still a terrible thing to do, is understandable - you can see how things ended up the way they are. And in spite of all that, a lot of our Marleyan cast still realise that what they've been taught isn't the be all and end all, with Reiner learning that first, and Gabi's character arc revolving around her realisation that 'there were no devils - just people'. Nobody 'deserves' to die here. As Zeke said, 'war is a terrible thing', and honestly his mindset and Euthanisation plan are also totally valid. Essentially, Isayama's writing isn't so shallow that you can easily pin the blame somewhere (save for the first King Fritz, dude was awful), and the entire cast is pretty well written and diverse, so I'd say it's best to experience AoT while ignoring your own personal biases, as this is the way Isayama is telling the story. The point of the start of Season 4 was to establish the humanity of the people on the other side of the sea. Am I saying Eren's bad for trying to destroy the world? No, not really - his choice is also totally valid, and he may be right in thinking it's the only path forward to ensure the safety of Eldian people. The only thing to root for here is the end of the war, don't pick a side, most of the people on either side are pretty innocent at this point, and everybody's paying for the sins of their ancestors or those in positions of power. Sorry for the rant, I just can't stand Marleyan slander - to me, it demonstrates a misunderstanding of the story being told.
@Farhan Awais naw I appreciate the rant but I'll forever slander Marley. Once they sent titans to paradise and received no backlash, then proceeded to keep sending soldiers and titans they were official trash. Warriors could've noticed and fought back Marley since they are the literal weapons of mass destruction but they were slaves at heart how I see it. Of course with any amount of twisted logic we could say each side has valid reason for doing what they doing, like how I support a whole culling but there ain't no leaving bias aside. Even if I did leave it out, which I did a good job of most the series, How can I not see the obvious. They picked on and bullied the weak and now reap what they sow. Yea ofc I understand but simply put it they actions don't align with my moral compass provided with the context.
@@izrael820 Who's 'they'? They're not a hivemind - only select individuals were involved, and the rest of Marley, and the remainder of the world for the most part consists of innocent people. Eren isn't getting revenge by any means at all, and this isn't some satisfying karma. It's a genocide, that Eren himself knows is a terrible, terrible thing, but a necessary measure to save his comrades. Inside the walls, across the sea - it's all the same. Seeing it any other way is falling prey to bias, and just as you're not changing your standpoint, I'm sticking by that, and firmly. It's not nearly as simple as 'be nice to them because they weren't mean to you'. The story, with all of the players involved and how far it's come, is far, far too complex for that to have ever been an option. It's a better portrayal of war as it is today. And while it's easy to look at war as an outsider and go 'This country bad because the other people weren't doing anything wrong', sometimes you do need to consider the individuals making up the country, and how they came to make the individual choices that they did, and in AoT, much of the Marleyan cast's decisions are understandable. Note that I'm not saying they're good decisions morally - just that I can see how it came about, and I don't particularly blame anyone here, except people who genuinely suck (only 2 examples I know of are Floch and King Fritz) War sucks - the best characters of this show are well aware of that, even some of the major players like Eren are reluctant to go ahead with what they're doing, but they know they must 'abandon their humanity to overcome monsters', and if you really carefully examine both sides of this conflict, BOTH sides are doing exactly that, and most of the characters are nuanced enough to know the terrible things they are doing. Magath himself said, 'there is no doubt the people of Paradis are spawn of the devil, and there is no doubt we are devils ourselves'. So yeah, I'm not in support for mindlessly hating anybody that isn't Reiner.
Of course you noticed right away that something was off with the chains! As for me, I thought nothing of them, because even remembering that Zeke wasn't chained in episode 1, he was "just" in the Paths at that time, whereas now he's at the Coordinate for the first time, and yes he doesn't have the Founding Titan, but he was brought here by the Founding Power, so I just thought, "well, that makes sense". And I've been waiting for a long time to see a reactor notice Reiner's reaction at Eren's "wait!" moment, I knew you wouldn't disappoint! Also, a minor point that I liked, is the role played by Armin & co: they're part of the reason Eren (or at least his head) made it this far, because Peak/Magath would have shot him if it weren't for Armin and Mikasa, then Reiner would have caught him if it weren't for Jean and Conny. Thank you for another (unsurprisingly) great discussion, I can't wait to see your reactions to the upcoming episodes!
I have seen this episode and reactions to it so many times, but when you mentioned that porco didn't have his armband on before he died I never noticed till now. I burst out crying
It is really refreshing to hear someone talk about all the characters and not just Eren this Eren that. One of the parts that really annoyed me as everything wrapped up it's like people completely forgot about everyone not named Eren, when most of the individual arcs in this series are amazing.
it's crazy how if you pick up on everything, you can realize there is something wrong with the setting and the state of the coordinate plain, most people (myself included on 1st time) don't put it together first time that Zeke is not the founder and therefore hes not bound by the vow of renouncing war. Ymir being a slave to the royal bloodline; she will listen to commands from Zeke. you see a lot of shocked and confused reactions, but if you really pay attention you can pretty much call it out on screen. Of course Eren has different plans later though lol.
Just realized - Zeke has the mentality of a scientist, which is why all his plans ultimately fail due to "miscalculations". Here Zeke did the chain trick to "test" Eren, because that’s the method a scientist uses when they need to make sure something is foolproof. Zeke could’ve initiated the euthanization plan without the chain tomfoolery, and that could have been it.
As much as everyone praising your Shingeki content (for a damn good reason!) i still very much respect and greatly fond of all other things going on, for me be it Death Note or FMAB or Vinland (cough cough best manga/anime of all time cough cough) or Dark (cough cough best tv series of all time cough cough) it all equal with your brilliant analysis, read and understanding emotional side of things. Maybe it really stupid to leave that kind of a commentary, but i really wanted to leave my 2 cents in form of the simple fact, that there are people on this channel who appreciate things equally. Really glad that you back!
If you go back to the final episode of Part 1, you might notice that Galliard is wearing a Garrison coat rather than a Scout coat as he's seen wearing in this episode. This had already been corrected in the BluRay release of Part 1 to have him sport the wings of freedom, which actually just got released officially in the US this week.
Sir, your analyses are on point. Such discussions are a rarity, but a welcome surprise. This episode was an emotional one and that imagery and score were excellent. P.S. Good eye regarding Zeke's chains. I hadn't caught that detail until you mentioned it. And Porco dying in the Scout uniform with the wings, I'd interpret that as him dying as a "free man" rather than a slave (of Marley).
Finally it's here!! SIIIIIUUUUUUUUUUUU! Was it just me or was anyone else just refreshing his channel for the last week or so😭 You do you im, you can take as long as you want cause the payoff is always so satisfying. Another incredible discussion for another goated episode of this GOAT 🐐 show
Your understanding of the show is unbelievable. I want to know your thoughts about how you think SNK will end. Well, I hope there'll be more SNK next week. I can't wait for your reactions!
I think Reiner holding down Eren and touching Porco at the same time is the reason why Marcel's memory was unlocked.. right ? Did reiner really plan for that to happen ? Only the founder or founding Titan can do that right ? 🤔
I don't think Eren was necessary there, we know memory visions work pretty random, it's also said that contact between shifters can help trigger it, so it makes sense that Porco saw an important memory related to Reiner in that moment, it wasn't planned, Reiner just was trying to help him react.
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@@cristiannunez5228 he's not
@@cristiannunez5228 no
No matter what era it found itself in, it always fights for saving the armoured titan, it's name the Jaw titan.
Broo 💀
Bruh lmao. It’s funny how true this is. Marcel, Ymir, and Porco all sacrificed themselves to save Reiner.
"the vow to save reiner"
@@aracuscesar LMAOOOOOOO
for real, tho... all Jaw Titans we knew died protecting the Armored Tiran
“I’m tryna see Goth Mikasa again ngl” 🤣🤣
Goated reaction and discussion as usual 💪🏽
Only relapsing when I find goth mikasa
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I watched this episode something like 30 times, something like 10 different reviews, I've never heard someone talk about Porco not wearing his armband when sacrificing him for Falco/Reiner, after understanding his brother's feelings to protect him.
He just catches like that, I'm impressed by his analysis abilities, wow...
As much as Porco makes fun of Reiner, the two of them were actually the most alike in thinking (re Marley-based Eldians bs Paradis Eldians). The symmetry is all the more heartbreaking.
He also wore the scouts clothes with the wings of freedom elbelm . In his final moments he was free 🥺
Rachel lmaoooooo
He calls him Levi Heichou (heichou being captain or lance corporal in japanese).
He never had the armband on because he's dressed as a scout
@@-CarlosDelgado that's a mistranslation by fansubs back in 2013, it means Captain
One of my most favorite episode + title combo in the entire run. Two brothers. Eren and Zeke, holding the greatest powers in the world, both with their own belief of what freedom and salvation looks like, trying to change the world and save everyone. Colt and Falco, both stepped up to sacrifice for their family's tainted reputation, finally united in the worst way. And, most surprisingly moving to me, Marcel and Porco. Both were holders of the Jaw, and along with our Ymir, seemingly destined to die sacrificing themselves in order to protect someone else. Those small moments of connection are what really grounds this arc.
Aka Peak fiction
Beautifully said!
@@line4169 indeed, how could you not love Shingeki I will never understand.
For me the saddest scene was Colt hugging Falco before he transformed, truly heartbreaking!!
Seeing FILMBuFF's appreciation for Porco and understanding of his character made me happy because he's a really underrated character in my opinion so it's great to see one of my favorite reactors put some respect on his name
“I’m trying to see goth Mikasa again, ngl”
Same. Our bro is truly a man of culture.
your pfp made me wonder what he'd think reading Berserk. If I had the funds I'd probably pay to see him reading it.
Once again, i’m baffled by how observant he is about all characters actions and dilogue.
To the Eren-Flaco “wait” line, i might add that moment of them talking on that bench, back in the Liberio hospital, when Eren told Falco “It’s good if you won’t become a titan(shifter), I’d like if you would live a long life”. It ties so well to this “wait” moment we saw today, Eren always cared, and still cares about Falco.
He also despises the fact that another child is being dragged into the forest, and that he might be the perpetrator of such sin.
@@DarthJextell that to all the eldian kids he trampled on lol
39:45 Thank god, you might be the first reactor to recognize that sequence was an homage to 2001: A Space Odyssey. I watched many reactions but as I recall none of them did. Do none of them have any film knowledge? As expected of *FILM* buff I suppose lol
Impressive how you directly noticed the chains on Zeke not being „real“. I would have never been able to even think about that with all the crazy stuff that happened in this episode!!!
You’re awesome dude.
This is Im. The best SNK reactor you will ever find. He is on another level of understanding
@@saiyen9378 facts , his ability for decomposition its amazing
Me too, I thought that's how royals are imprisoned by the king in the walls
How does one even clock that? What visual indicator can possibly relay that the chains are odd? This man boggles my brain worse than Isayama ever could.
@@vindifference because the first time we see Sieg in the paths, as Ymir is repairing him, he has no chains.
Just imagine this in the manga, i actually thought i had missing pages, was not real...
And you guys are lucky, the chapter in the manga ended with Eren's head flying, we had to wait like a month to see wtf happened.
same LMAO i thought i skipped a few
The Gaby hate was real in Reddit that month, holy.
@@karhammer I'm not a huge Gabi fan but still I didn't understand the hate back then? Like she literally witnessed her friend, who just romantically confessed to her, turn into a titan and see Colt's burnt up corpse. She had every right to shoot Eren and it was also a pretty damn good shot given she got the neck (not the head) of a faraway running target
@@AlessaParker I guess people just carried the hate they had for Gaby for killing Sasha into this + wanting Eren to win so She fucked that also.
@@karhammer reddit must really hate Sasha’s father for choosing to not perpetuate the hate forward. Her own father, who inarguably felt the most pain about his daughter Sahsa, had the power and maturity to understand and do what a worldwide forum will never ever be able to with all their “brainstorming” capabilities 😂
I don't even watch the reactions. I just watch the discussions cuz this guy is a madman. His intelligence and how much he analyzes the show is mind-blowing. He is the only reactor i watch on RUclips.
“There is something about the chains”. “He’s not going to abandon him”, always ahead of what’s happening. I personally didn’t question zeke’s loyalty towards Eren, I thought that Zeke loved Eren to the point were he will mess up and not even test him. Good one as always buff.
For me is literally the most intelligent reactor of aot...and I've seen so many maybe all of them
Some ppl misunderstood about that chain thing.
ZEKE NOT CHAINED. He not brainwashed by founding titan power. He's beast titan.
He just make Ymir to create that chain for him. And he make sure it's breakable.
And he also ask Ymir to chain Eren there.
It's not because Zeke have the power. It's because Ymir is a slave of Eldian royals.
@@DBT1007 yes and no
@@HiitsGyose1024 what do you mean no? He's right
@@LORDdrPepper because the founding titans true power (awakening yourself in the paths) can only be unlocked by blood of the royal family, being able to move freely in the paths is a feature of the founder awakened by royal blood, being able to command Ymir is both a feature of the founding but mainly anyone of royal blood who is alive and can move freely within the paths. Ymir is bound by her the will to follow commands of anyone with royal blood once they are free to move in the paths. Since Zeke has awakened his freedom to move in the paths by connecting with the founder ( which is shown when he is unable to move when he is being healed by Ymir) he is able to command Ymir and thus he was able to gain the power of the founder.
To put this shortly the founding power is the power to command Ymir which Zeke unlocks therefore he has the power of the founder
"once again, Reiner lives and the jaw saves him"
Lmao. The plot armor is strong. When I was reading the manga, I just couldn't help but think "when will he finally rest??"
Anyway thanks for this. !!
plot armored titan
Jaw Titan has saved Reiner 4 times:
Marcel saved Reiner from Ymir.
Ymir save Reiner by coming back with them in 2x12.
Porco saved Reiner by letting Falco eat him.
(And Falco has saved Reiner when he was about to commit suicide)
Isayama is a genius.
He's isayama's favourite and he just makes him suffer on and on. Cruel 😂
@@LRibeiro97 5 times actually. One of those anti-titan trains was about to kill him but Porco jumped in and destroyed it back in s4 ep1
@@TMscorpion1000 haha funny joke that we have never heard before..
Galliard has one of the best character deaths in the entire series. It elevated him from a good character to an amazing one. That smirk of his with tears in his eyes is phenomenal. What a way to send off a character!
Plus wearing the wings of freedom coat (scouts) 🙌🏼
Reading it in the manga was painful, but seeing it fully animated with music, voice acting, and everything really made it all the more impactful. I think that Isayama could not have made his death anymore fitting for his character. Seeing the tears in his eyes when he heard his late brother talking about wanting to protect him, the way he was briefly shown again when Zeke told Colt he understood the love Colt had for his brother Falco, the shakiness and instability in his voice as he talked about Marcel, and then the moment itself. Seeing how Galliard has been shown multiple times to have a soft spot for the Warrior candidates and has looked at those kids like they were his own little siblings, I think his send-off did really well to honor that commonly overlooked side of his character. He had lost his own big brother so he sort of became that figure for the new candidates just as the other Warriors did for their juniors, and when his time came to an end, he emulated his own brother's selflessness by giving up what little time he had left so one of the kids could get a second chance at life. As sad as I am that he's gone now, I'm glad Isayama didn't give him some lame forgettable death but rather made it meaningful and important to the storyline. I'm also glad to see that FILMBuFF appreciates and understands his character just as much as I did.
It's just ok
Hey man. Was watching an interview with the final season director Yuichiro Hayashi and you were spot on about the hyper realistic eye frame in paths, he had mentioned drawing inspiration from 2001 space odyssey!
Another amazing detail that I always appreciate about this series is the way that Isayama has characters reprise certain lines that either they themselves or other characters have said previously. The most famous example is obviously the "because I was born into this world" line, with other well-known examples being "this world is cruel" along with Armin's "In order to defeat a monster you have to be willing to give up your humanity", but this episode brings up an interesting one in the second half.
When Eren tells Zeke that there's no way he'd ever go along with such a messed up plan, he uses the EXACT same verbiage in Japanese as he does in the part 1 flashback when Zeke's fake plan was being introduced to Paradis. The only difference is he used polite verb conjugations when he said it in part 1 since he was in a formal setting, but he uses the same enraged tone. The fact that he gets to say those exact words again, this time right to Zeke's face, is so cool to me.
@@secondeye1574 Isayama is direct involved with the anime, almost every scene that is cut or added, dialogs etc, it's his call. And if I'm not mistaken he said that the anime is "the final product". So Armim saying the line more than once is most likely what Isayama wanted
Yeah, that whole 'This world is cruel' has been said by so many people throughout the show, so reading 'This world is cruel but I still love you' in the ending just makes me cry everytime.
@@secondeye1574 every line? Probably not. Lines that are not in the manga? Probably yes
@@secondeye1574 good thing i said "MOST LIKELY" and "PROBABLY"
@@secondeye1574 Bruh what. It's pretty clear he does have some influence on the anime. NOT ALL OF IT. because he added a scene where Levi cuts Petras patch off her uniform that wasn't in the manga
The whole scene of Gabi watching Falco biting Reiner and Reiner saying he can let Falco eat him with the music just brings tears to my eyes ugh 😭
Also a fun detail - Porco died wearing the wings of freedom instead of the Eldian armband 🥲
Oh wow you're right! I like that
For me the saddest scene was Colt hugging Falco before he transformed, truly heartbreaking!!
@out He originally had a jacket from the Garrison during the TV version of 4x16 but they switched it for a Scout jacket in the bluray version of 4x16 so this is just a continuation of the bluray fix.
@@lesunshine365 Dumb question, why did they make that switch? Is it because that's how it was done in the manga, or was there supposed to be a deep meaning behind the symbol he just so happened to wear?
@@bitch8205 It is an inconsistency in the Manga as well. In the panel where Pieck waves to him in Chapter 116, we see him as the lone figure with a Garrison jacket. The next time we see his jacket, in chapter 119, before his death, it's a scout jacket. Of course, between the Pieck waving scene to when Pieck gave him the sign to eat Eren, he could've swapped jackets. If this was Star Wars, we'd get an entire spin-off to cover this. But yeah, the correction in the blu-ray was the right move as it fixes the inconsistency and makes him blend into the Jaegerist crown better.
I assumed that Falco turned out "weird" because he had only a tiny bit of Zeke's spinal fluid. As we saw with Rob Reiss, if things are not done a certain way, the results can be unpredictable.
As I'm writing this, I just realized that Falco was not very committed to following Zeke's instructions -- he shifted his attention from Reiner to Galliard without a second thought. Likewise, there was a "weird" titan in the episode that introduced the Beast Titan, who also failed to follow through with Zeke's order. So a deformed titan may indicate one who has a lower portion of Zeke's spinal fluid, and is therefore less beholden to him.
(I could be reading way too much into this, but given the way Isayama writes, this could very well have been his intent)
I'm gonna go with, yeah. You're 100% overthinking it. So many titans uave fucked up proportions, Falco's is no different. Remember Eren's pure titan? He was almost as disfigured as that big-eyed titan of S2. It's as simple as, Falco as a titan noticed that there was an easier human to eat. It's also possible that while pure titans eat humans in the hope that they are a titan shifter, they may be able to sense when one of the 9 is in their presence. Maybe they show up as a brighter glow of light.
Falco's pure titan design looks like a baby bird, like with that huge neck. His name seems fitting for him
For me the saddest scene was Colt hugging Falco before he transformed, truly heartbreaking!!
"No matter which era this titan has found itself in, it will keep advancing to protect Reiner, for the sake of saving Reiner, it fights. It's name....is the Jaw Titan."
Finally a reactor who finally looked closer to the easter eggs especially the goth lookibg mikasa. This is why you are my favorite reactor/film reviewer/analyzer
Wow 10:12
I stop watching just to comment how amazing you are. How can you remember that the first time Zeke go to the path he's not in chains. Even I forget about that.
LET'S GOOOO! I'm so glad that the copyright issue got resolved already. I also just want to say that I extremely appreciate you doing these reactions and discussions, especially AoT. I can't thank you enough for doing what you do.
Bruh i was slowly readying myself for yet another week without an SnK episode when i saw that 😭😭😭
It's so relieving to finally see someone get emotional over the events that happened in the first half of this episode. Even though I read the manga and knew what was coming I still bawled my eyes out when Zeke screamed. RIP Colt and Galliard.
This episode was fantastic and I absolutely love seeing your reactions and analysis of these shows. It's so impressive how you catch every little detail. Keep up the great work Im!
IT'S FINALLY HEAR ! THE GOAT REACTING TO A GOATED EP ! OH HOW LONG WE'VE WAITED FOR THIS.
Hell yea. You were super quick huh
And here is why FILMBuFF is the best reaction channel out there, he just caught every detail, even he gets the soundtracks right and where were they played from prevoius season, this man is on a whole different level.
Wow, your reactions and discussions are SO above every other ones on the Internet, absolutely next level. I'm in love with them.
Remember the "Nice catch" line from mister Xavier? Seems like Zeke's catching skills paid off big time
Also you probably have already read this but in the manga the chapter ended at Eren's head being blown off. It left the fans grasping at straws thinking how he could survive. Many crazy theories were written back then
the theory about the entire chapter being a paths illusion or something because of Eren's pants "growing back" 🤣
There's some easter eggs that have nothing to do with the storyline. The sauna frame is the cover of the tome 33 limited edition making reference to Isayama's dream to open his own Sauna. Goth mikasa and nerd Armin are from a series of fakes previews written by Isayama himself.
6:25 is one of the best shots in the entire series, I knew you'd appreciate it
You cannot imagine how I've been refreshing this channel for three days just to wait for this episode. God-tier episode and phenomenal reaction once again!
FINALLY, I'm refreshing this channel non stop for about 5 days 😭😭😭
(But I know it's not your fault, Im, thank you for the video)
We are at the same page 😂
It's so refreshing seeing someone crying over Colt and Falco's scene and brotherhood, it's extremely touching and I was actually very surprised not a lot of reactors cried over that. Especially seeing Colt hugging Falco and not wanting to let go of him... It just gets me every time. But I'm glad you did! Plus your reaction to the scene when Reiner was letting Falco eat him. You always have the best reactions and analysis, so thank you for being awesome! ♥
Obligatory "Zeke's whole baseball career led to that catch" comment.
I wonder if Zeke ever actually played baseball.
Im convinced this guy would beat Lelouch, Light and any other big brain in anime anytime
The moment Eren didn't catch the baseball, Zeke knew something was up. Because that symbolized them being on the same page. And so, Zeke wanted to believe Eren was on the same page as him, but in the back of his mind, he had doubts. And I like that he didn't have blind faith in Eren but approached the situation cautiously. Zeke has been manipulated by his family for his entire life. But even after Eren tries to pull the rug out from under him, he still loves him and tries to reason with his younger brother.
Jaw Titans have a habit of sacrificing themselves for Reiner. This episode really showed how far the older brothers in this show went for their younger ones.
R.I.P. Porco and Colt
Also, fun fact, some of the snippets of images before Eren got into the paths were actually cameos from volume extras in the manga(GothKasa and Nerd Armin). Along with one image being the AOT men in a sauna. So that's nice..
24:20 FANTASTIC connection to Nolan's work!!! I've always been a fan of Nolan and Memento in particular, and this link you made was really interesting.
Glad at least one reactor noticed that chain thing with Zeke.
Yeah, 99% of other reactors are just basic, going through the motions, barely putting attention , specially the girl reactors
@@aracuscesar or its because Eren got his head shot off, zeke ends up catching it, a montage of memories and random animation, and ofc Eren entering the paths. I'm pretty sure that visual and emotional over load is enough to make me not care about if zekes chains are real or not but go off👍🏾
My FAVORITE part of your reactions is definitely every time an episode ends and the desperation kicks in🤣it's just soooo relatable
It’s always a pleasure when I get that notification that you uploaded. By far my favorite creator on the platform. If I ever end up making a new RUclips, and creating content myself, I aspire to create content in a style similar to you
You should watch alec’s scattered thoughts he’s basically film buff but he’s read the manga he understands the story just as much as film buff and. Never spoils
@@youknow7294 Thank you for the recommendation. I will look into it!
coming home from work tired, cooking something to eat and checking youtube just to see FilmBuff has uploaded his reaction to this MASTERPIECE of an episode.
This day turned from shitty to amazing in like a second.
Thank you!!!
that iconic track when the titans appear is slightly remixed too with more electric guitar, its so damn good, aotf-s1 for anyone wondering
"The wait's been exhausting, Mr Buff"
I of course love the idea of getting reactions to these episodes sooner, but even as of now it's worth the wait. You are easily one of the best reactors to AoT (if not THE best), your insight and reactions are always great to watch. And words cannot express how excited I am to see your reactions to the episodes to come!
This and the next one are some of my most anticipated reactions and oh dear you caught so many details that I missed even after watching the episode multiple times. You're undoubtedly the best AoT reactor on the platform.
Sasuga Im-san, sono tori dayo!
when the final season began airing, manga readers (including myself) initially thought that the first part would end right after the head shot 🤣 I'm still a little bummed that I will never witness the massive chaos and sh!tshow from the anime-only community that would've ensued
Yep I remember that very well, I couldn't wait for the reaction from my anime only friends I was watching with to implode from that cliffhanger 🤣
100% turn to manga readers if that had happened lol
Not really
Gabi-hate would have been out of this world
" a monumental episode" a filmbuff classic
This guy said he wants to see Gothkasa again LETS GOOOOOO
FYI, the "alternate universe" thing doesn't mean anything. The Goth Mikasa and Otaku Armin are from Isayama-sensei's favourite omake, "Shingeki no School Caste". And the sauna shot is from a cover of the manga magazine (because Isayama-sensei is addicted to sauna). It's basically an inside joke 😂
Man this was better than most Hollywood blockbusters. Your reaction makes that certain
I was really hoping he would come up with a Theory to explain Goth Mikasa and the bois in the Sauna
I cant get tired of your discussions man, keep it up, u r one of a kind in these matters
Multiple uno reverse card were pulled, but not to this man! You are probably the only reactor to see through Zeke’s scheme of testing Eren wow!
I already cant wait for the next reaction lmao
The happiness trap 😭
2:11 love this guy, he is very genuine, there are some reacters that do this and its scummy
Is it scummy tho? Doesn't really do any harm imo and most of the time it's only a day ahead.
@@joey_youtube I’m not talking about those reactors buddy
@indev1nitely Probably those who watch a whole season and refuse to release it on RUclips for months
@indev1nitely I think Ims saying that since it's currently airing it won't be early access
For me, it is the top rated episode of Season 4 as a whole. Even manga readers have experienced goosebumps.
I think the next 2 are even better.
@@RaffyDGoat I respect your opinion. But imo this episode is no. 1.
@@MostWantedRUclipsr of course, all of these are 10/10 so why compare anyway.
I honestly cannot wait to see your reaction to next episode. As per usual your observations are sharp and detailed. Really appreciate your talks, you bring up things in a new light and I love it. Good job and thank you!
you are legitimately the greatest consumer of media I have ever seen
Also, thank you truly for all the small touches and hard work you put in every video, I truly don't understand how you are doing 5-6 videos a week alongside your personal life and whatnot. Please drop whatever and we won't care as we value your health and quality of videos over quantity. Love the nice touch at the start of every video (intro). Keep grinding man! 🙌🏽
glad i wasnt the only one that got emotional during colt and falcos death most reactors just watch for the hype scenes and thats it also your attention to detail blows me away its rare to see reactors that actually care
10:00 you see him finally get to where he's been waiting the sheer excitement at that tree from the s4a ed
Let's gooo. Just saw your update on copyright issue earlier. Thank u so much to deliver quality content to us!
I love how your reactions and emotions are just so genuine. The best reactor on youtube
Let's gooo, been waiting for this epic very anticipated reaction (was more hyped for the discussion and it was amazing). I also love how Im is wearing a blue and white hoodie which matched the thumbnail of paths. The DRIP king really swagged out every video. 😈🙌🏽
42:42 I see Im is a man of culture as well.
Fantastic discussion as always.
it was almost midnight at my place when you uploaded and i just finished watching the whole thing!
so happy to hear your thoughts on zeke and eren, the founder, the warriors - i know your analysis and opinions are intriguing but one of the things that made me so happy is to see you discussing these things so passionately haha. i've been waiting for the reaction and discussion for this ep so much because we're finally entering the paths AND i know how much you enjoy porco's character! hell yeah it was so heroic of him to save both reiner and falco, and after having the clear understanding on reiner and his brother's situation too. truly a fitting sendoff!
i hope things are doing well with you and i hope you can enjoy the next episodes sooner because i know you'll LOVE it! you have my word Im!!
stay healthy and hope you're having a fantastic day ☀️
The most important thing in the whole show is introduced in this episode, Goth Mikasa
The "because i was born into this world" sentence from Eren is going to stay iconic.
Yeah, I remember making a Discord Bot long ago which just replies 'Because I was born in this world' whenever anyone in the server says 'Why'. lmao
That’s my favorite line in this series.
@@the_crypter thats epic
@@the_crypter I love it !
@@the_crypter That... is amazing.
What I love about eren and zeke is that one represents nature and the other represents nurture Ying and yang
You king. No discussion like this anywhere else.
Great analysis as always! Forever in awe of how you dissect Shingeki.. very enjoyable to listen to!
everyday this man just flexes his drip
DripBuff
RIP Colt and Porco. Your deaths made me cry more when I watched it...
Dude, your analysis is just too accurate and good 👍
Who in their right mind dislikes the Warriors? Genuinely some of the most sympathetic characters.
You'd be surprised, I've seen a lot of reactors cheering for their annihilation throughout the moments where they fought the Scouts. I mostly felt sad during those scenes because I came to love these characters just as much as the OG's because of their interesting dynamics
Okay and? They made their bed and now they simply have to lay in it. Personally I love Reiner. Can't say the same for everyone else from Marley. Can't sit here and act like I wish for their survival just because I seen a sad backstory. They good characters but not someone I'd root for in this war.
@@izrael820 Then you're still pretty closed minded. Judge on an individual basis, don't lump people together. As individuals, they're all clearly not terrible people (well, for the most part). Hell, the most 'terrible' person, personality wise, is probably Floch, and he's all for Eldia. Just appreciate that neither side is in the right here and there are valid reasons to take either side here. Yes, current Marley is 'worse' than current 'Eldia' but looking at it that way is pretty shallow, and brushes over all of the subtleties involved in this war to simply support your main cast that you've loved for the past few Seasons. Reiner's not the only great character on Marley's side, and if you can't see that, then you're probably biased - I'd say Gabi's one of the better characters, but most people can't see past her actions.
They're people who were raised, along with the rest of the world, to see the people of Paradis as devils. To an extent, there's some truth there. In the past, Eldia dominated the world for millennia in a not so nice manner. And they remain 'monsters capable of turning into Titans', and that's an inescapable fact. The threat of the rumbling remains alive with those 'island devils' and that's a scary prospect, so the choice to dehumanise that group of people, while still a terrible thing to do, is understandable - you can see how things ended up the way they are. And in spite of all that, a lot of our Marleyan cast still realise that what they've been taught isn't the be all and end all, with Reiner learning that first, and Gabi's character arc revolving around her realisation that 'there were no devils - just people'.
Nobody 'deserves' to die here. As Zeke said, 'war is a terrible thing', and honestly his mindset and Euthanisation plan are also totally valid.
Essentially, Isayama's writing isn't so shallow that you can easily pin the blame somewhere (save for the first King Fritz, dude was awful), and the entire cast is pretty well written and diverse, so I'd say it's best to experience AoT while ignoring your own personal biases, as this is the way Isayama is telling the story. The point of the start of Season 4 was to establish the humanity of the people on the other side of the sea.
Am I saying Eren's bad for trying to destroy the world? No, not really - his choice is also totally valid, and he may be right in thinking it's the only path forward to ensure the safety of Eldian people.
The only thing to root for here is the end of the war, don't pick a side, most of the people on either side are pretty innocent at this point, and everybody's paying for the sins of their ancestors or those in positions of power.
Sorry for the rant, I just can't stand Marleyan slander - to me, it demonstrates a misunderstanding of the story being told.
@Farhan Awais naw I appreciate the rant but I'll forever slander Marley. Once they sent titans to paradise and received no backlash, then proceeded to keep sending soldiers and titans they were official trash. Warriors could've noticed and fought back Marley since they are the literal weapons of mass destruction but they were slaves at heart how I see it. Of course with any amount of twisted logic we could say each side has valid reason for doing what they doing, like how I support a whole culling but there ain't no leaving bias aside. Even if I did leave it out, which I did a good job of most the series, How can I not see the obvious. They picked on and bullied the weak and now reap what they sow. Yea ofc I understand but simply put it they actions don't align with my moral compass provided with the context.
@@izrael820 Who's 'they'? They're not a hivemind - only select individuals were involved, and the rest of Marley, and the remainder of the world for the most part consists of innocent people. Eren isn't getting revenge by any means at all, and this isn't some satisfying karma. It's a genocide, that Eren himself knows is a terrible, terrible thing, but a necessary measure to save his comrades.
Inside the walls, across the sea - it's all the same. Seeing it any other way is falling prey to bias, and just as you're not changing your standpoint, I'm sticking by that, and firmly.
It's not nearly as simple as 'be nice to them because they weren't mean to you'. The story, with all of the players involved and how far it's come, is far, far too complex for that to have ever been an option. It's a better portrayal of war as it is today. And while it's easy to look at war as an outsider and go 'This country bad because the other people weren't doing anything wrong', sometimes you do need to consider the individuals making up the country, and how they came to make the individual choices that they did, and in AoT, much of the Marleyan cast's decisions are understandable. Note that I'm not saying they're good decisions morally - just that I can see how it came about, and I don't particularly blame anyone here, except people who genuinely suck (only 2 examples I know of are Floch and King Fritz)
War sucks - the best characters of this show are well aware of that, even some of the major players like Eren are reluctant to go ahead with what they're doing, but they know they must 'abandon their humanity to overcome monsters', and if you really carefully examine both sides of this conflict, BOTH sides are doing exactly that, and most of the characters are nuanced enough to know the terrible things they are doing. Magath himself said, 'there is no doubt the people of Paradis are spawn of the devil, and there is no doubt we are devils ourselves'.
So yeah, I'm not in support for mindlessly hating anybody that isn't Reiner.
Of course you noticed right away that something was off with the chains! As for me, I thought nothing of them, because even remembering that Zeke wasn't chained in episode 1, he was "just" in the Paths at that time, whereas now he's at the Coordinate for the first time, and yes he doesn't have the Founding Titan, but he was brought here by the Founding Power, so I just thought, "well, that makes sense".
And I've been waiting for a long time to see a reactor notice Reiner's reaction at Eren's "wait!" moment, I knew you wouldn't disappoint!
Also, a minor point that I liked, is the role played by Armin & co: they're part of the reason Eren (or at least his head) made it this far, because Peak/Magath would have shot him if it weren't for Armin and Mikasa, then Reiner would have caught him if it weren't for Jean and Conny.
Thank you for another (unsurprisingly) great discussion, I can't wait to see your reactions to the upcoming episodes!
I have seen this episode and reactions to it so many times, but when you mentioned that porco didn't have his armband on before he died I never noticed till now. I burst out crying
Goat reactor finally uploaded! Also love your openings!
FInally the moment all the AOT community was waiting
flagship series returns
i see your reaction uploaded and push everything else aside to watch
It is really refreshing to hear someone talk about all the characters and not just Eren this Eren that. One of the parts that really annoyed me as everything wrapped up it's like people completely forgot about everyone not named Eren, when most of the individual arcs in this series are amazing.
IT FEELS LIKE I WAITED FOR AN ETERNITY ! FINALLY !!
it's crazy how if you pick up on everything, you can realize there is something wrong with the setting and the state of the coordinate plain, most people (myself included on 1st time) don't put it together first time that Zeke is not the founder and therefore hes not bound by the vow of renouncing war. Ymir being a slave to the royal bloodline; she will listen to commands from Zeke. you see a lot of shocked and confused reactions, but if you really pay attention you can pretty much call it out on screen. Of course Eren has different plans later though lol.
Just realized - Zeke has the mentality of a scientist, which is why all his plans ultimately fail due to "miscalculations".
Here Zeke did the chain trick to "test" Eren, because that’s the method a scientist uses when they need to make sure something is foolproof.
Zeke could’ve initiated the euthanization plan without the chain tomfoolery, and that could have been it.
As much as everyone praising your Shingeki content (for a damn good reason!) i still very much respect and greatly fond of all other things going on, for me be it Death Note or FMAB or Vinland (cough cough best manga/anime of all time cough cough) or Dark (cough cough best tv series of all time cough cough) it all equal with your brilliant analysis, read and understanding emotional side of things. Maybe it really stupid to leave that kind of a commentary, but i really wanted to leave my 2 cents in form of the simple fact, that there are people on this channel who appreciate things equally. Really glad that you back!
The next episode after this is my favorite episode in the entire series bar none. I can't wait to see your reaction.
Drinking game: take a shot every time Im says wow during the reaction lol
This endless wait for ep20 is killing me
between monday-wednesday next week
@@TanayLuthra you're wrong sadly
@@the_invincible8494 yep he just changed it to Thursday smh
How the fuck did he even remember Thomas from season 1 lmao that’s crazy!
Thomas Wagner is a legend and will never be forgotten.
If this episode gave you all of this to talk about, then I can't wait for the next one.
This episode and its namesake is just so beautiful
If you go back to the final episode of Part 1, you might notice that Galliard is wearing a Garrison coat rather than a Scout coat as he's seen wearing in this episode.
This had already been corrected in the BluRay release of Part 1 to have him sport the wings of freedom, which actually just got released officially in the US this week.
Sir, your analyses are on point. Such discussions are a rarity, but a welcome surprise. This episode was an emotional one and that imagery and score were excellent.
P.S. Good eye regarding Zeke's chains. I hadn't caught that detail until you mentioned it. And Porco dying in the Scout uniform with the wings, I'd interpret that as him dying as a "free man" rather than a slave (of Marley).
BEEN WAITING FOR THIS! time to lay back and watch this on my projector 📽
gotta say, love your reactions my good sir. Truly a spectacle seeing you analyze and pick up on everything. W reactor right here folks.
Finally it's here!! SIIIIIUUUUUUUUUUUU!
Was it just me or was anyone else just refreshing his channel for the last week or so😭
You do you im,
you can take as long as you want cause the payoff is always so satisfying. Another incredible discussion for another goated episode of this GOAT 🐐 show
Your understanding of the show is unbelievable. I want to know your thoughts about how you think SNK will end. Well, I hope there'll be more SNK next week. I can't wait for your reactions!
I think Reiner holding down Eren and touching Porco at the same time is the reason why Marcel's memory was unlocked.. right ? Did reiner really plan for that to happen ? Only the founder or founding Titan can do that right ? 🤔
I don't think Eren was necessary there, we know memory visions work pretty random, it's also said that contact between shifters can help trigger it, so it makes sense that Porco saw an important memory related to Reiner in that moment, it wasn't planned, Reiner just was trying to help him react.
The of Titan music returned , so good
Amazing analysis + review, sir!