Hi. Did you watch the last AOT episode?
Hi! Yes I saw it. I think Mappa did a very good job as usual, and stayed true to the manga.Â
I very much liked however that they expanded on Hangeâs death, giving their sacrifice the time it deserved. In the manga it wasnât clear, but in the episode they showed how many titans Hange took down, how it really made the difference. And they made it beautiful. Hangeâs cape flapping in the wind, the âtitans truly are magnificentâ moment with Hange weightlessly floating in the air, the effort, the power and the resolve expressed in their fight, Romi Parkâs voice acting, the violin music.Â
Then for the very last seconds the view switches to first-person, and you get to see what Hange last saw, its end, and it hits hard. I guess you donât have that very often with a character dying, where you usually experience Aâs death from Bâs perspective.Â
Itâs the first time I notice how what Ramzi said to Halil somewhat mirrors Erenâs line of reasoning: he steals to âprotect his familiesâ, âbecause someone has to do itâ, âto get out of these âtentsâ. He even lost his hand in the process. This part is also in the manga, and I donât know whether this is intentional on Isayamaâs part, and in that case what this could mean.
The rumbling was terrifying enough, but Iâm surprised Mappa left out the cliff scene of chapter 134. It was one of the most horrifying images of the rumbling, and one that upset me most while reading the manga. Anyway, I think the episode conveyed the cruelty and blindness of the rumbling crushing foot quite well. I donât follow the fandom discourse anymore, but I hope it wonât leave any doubt in anime watchers about how wrong Erenâs actions are.