Board Thread:Anime/@comment-27321453-20180729185438/@comment-1327106-20180730000304

Tdfern14 wrote: Also there is a reason why there is a lot of things change with this arc, here is the proof. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1nM1EbRTXw

I know why there were changes, but that doesn't mean I agree with all of them. I think they could have gotten across what they needed and still picked up the pacing without all these weird cuts. It might turn out all right by the end (via more flashback and rearrangement), but I'm doubtful.

For instance, Dimo's heel-face turn in the anime makes no sense due to exposition cutting. The last we saw of him in the battle for Trost he was being a jerk and blocking the exit with his wagon. He cared more about his merchandise than the lives of the people of Trost.

Cut to the Uprising arc, and Levi appeals to Dimo's sense of humanity and responsibility to his fellow citizen. He says: "Trost should have collapsed by now, but it's persevered. That's because the Reeves Company brings people and work together. But if the company was gone for good, just how few people would survive the winter?"

Now, would the guy who we last saw trying to save his merchandise at the cost of human lives really care? This only works if Dimo has a change of heart and we get that in the manga, but not in the anime.