Board Thread:Manga/@comment-27321453-20200408113657/@comment-45387321-20200414181521

Actually, for Marley, they could get away with 6 or less, trim down on some of the repetitive exposition. First episode could easily cover the opening battle with the Mideast and probably the train ride back, the second covers life in Liberio, the third for the festival prep, then the fourth and fifth for the Liberio attack and the Walldian's POV near the end. And if they absolutely have to cover the flashbacks for RBA, one episode should be enough as most of the flashback chapters were filler and did not give new or relevant information. That leaves plenty of room remaining for the final arc (almost 20 episodes), and since some of the recent chapters feel rushed, trimming the Marley arc in the anime to the bare minimum needed (as opposed to the painfully slow and unnecessary exposition prior to Eren's attack) would allow the anime to expand on certain areas where we actually need more exposition (which probably also they can cut some of the dialogue from the early chapters of the final arc and start flowing directly into the first major battle). 6 episodes or less for a 16 chapters arc? 16 chapters, 45 pages each. I find it amusing that you decided on your own which parts are irrelevant and didn't provide any significant content for the plot development. Isayama put these parts there for a reason. If there weren't necessary his editor would have pointed them out. Unless Isayama comes out and says that he is disappointed with the way he wrote the scenes, then there is absolutely no reason to assume that these scenes won't be animated. Especially considering that they are thematically significant to Reiner's character arc. Not to mention Eren's as well. Anyway, that's not happening. Not in a million years.