Board Thread:Anime/@comment-27321453-20200529112435/@comment-44328804-20200529201959

EthanPHX wrote: I don't get how not having a split cour is so shocking. There was no break in between Part 1 and 2 of Season 1 besides the recap episode, not sure why the third season had to be split cour but that's probably just because of, y'know, WIT. I hope there won't be a split cour this time but that will all be dependand on when the manga ends Oh if I had my way, there be no breaks at all. But I can't speak for anyone else, but the reason I'm set on split cour happening again is due to the network. It was surely NHK's decision to break season 3 into 2 parts. I can tell that cuz I've seen other networks do the same thing: take off one of their shows for a certain amount of time to give something else its time slot. It also makes sense cuz Attack on Titan was new to NHK so it wasn't that high on the list compared to other stuff that was surely on their network longer. So its kinda a given they're going to do it again, and I'm just being realistic about it now instead of being devastated later.

I don't like the idea of them doing this again with season 4, as it was, for lack of a better word, painful with season 3, and this is coming from someone who did a better job managing than most did back then. I really hate the idea of them doing that again with season 4, even if stuff from the final arc are making it into part 1 like I'm predicting, provided that the trailer didn't break tradition and kept part 2 stuff secret like trailers for seasons 1 and 3 did. But like you said, the manga is still ongoing and we don't know when it will end. It was never a given that it would be done by the time the season (was set to be) aired, and even before we missed this month, Isyama's aspiration to end the series this year was becoming doubtful. We don't know how much is left for the final arc, as there are 7-8 chps left for this year, and there may be a couple more in 2021.