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This was another solid episode for me as it didn't have many standout flaws and circled back to most of the material that I was worried would be left behind.

- I thought Historia and Erwin's backstories were adapted well but less organically than the manga (2 cases of flashback-ception because of resequencing the event order) but I still appreciated that the material was not left behind as they were standout moments for me in the manga and also important for the characters development.

- The pacing was actually pretty good in this episode as it was quick but didn't skip the themes or character moments that define this arc unlike episode 1 or the back half of episode 2.

- I do wonder though how much of the remaining 9-10 episodes of this arc (if this season is 24 or 25 episodes long) will be original material as the show has covered a lot of the manga's material in a short amount of time and I wonder what exactly Isayama wanted to add to this arc (more Kenny/Traute seems to be a given so far) as it could lead to exciting things down the road if Wit/Isayama are truly getting more bold about changing things as the first two seasons adhered to the manga pretty closely outside of like two big changes.