User blog comment:Miskos3/Shingeki no Kyojin Episode 24: Mercy, Review/@comment-179280-20130922004615

I thought the filler was OK. It was needed in a sense, because they had scheduled 25 episodes, and the end of the Female Titan arc is at Chapter 34. So, some filler to make it coincide was good.

I also liked that it was quality filler, except for maybe Jean in some parts, and the Survey Corps acrobatic act (it was really stupid to say the least). I liked how even knowing what's going to happen, the anime still managed to surprised me with good action scenes. The ending was pretty intense too, with Attack ON Titan playing in the background. So, I'm good with this one.

I hope the final episode doesn't screw everything that's been good until now. I'm really dreading it, because anime adaptations tend to flop badly in some points, and this one hasn't yet. But since the anime crew works closely with Isayama, I'm having some high hopes which I shouldn't have.