Board Thread:Anime/@comment-27321453-20180923183023/@comment-35822279-20180924135300

Tdfern14 wrote: Freeman1378 wrote: This episode was pretty much what I expected it to be but that's perfectly fine as I really dug this material in the manga and enjoyed it here as well. I'm definitely looking forward to the next cour as WIT managed to take one of the most bipolar arcs of the manga and slimmed it down into a highly enjoyable cour of the anime that hit all the right notes for me once it hit its stride and considering the highly visual nature of the next arc I can't wait to see how WIT takes Isayama's work and amplifies it. I actually like that arc I just don't love Uprising's first half while I really like it's second half that's what I mean by bipolar as the first half in the manga is let down by odd pacing (I read it in one countinous flow rather than monthly which I find helps most arcs breathe better but unfortunately not the case here), feels a bit all over the place as we have many interesting components like Kenny and Historia's past that get sidelined for the Reeves (Flegel is far better than Dimo but still only works as a bit player), some moments that feel lifted out of Spider-Man 1 from 2002, and some bizarre tonal dissonance (Armin gets molested, sh*t machine being mixed with gritty political thriller). Ultimately it's just too little material spread out over too long a period of the manga like I don't hate slow paced media as I adore games like Persona 5 which is all about a slow meticulous buildup (in gameplay, story, characters etc.) and Better Call Saul is my favourite show on TV despite the fact that it's a slow paced character study but Uprising's first half is slow and aimless in the manga which is a bad combo in my opinion but in the end the anime fixed most of my issues by focusing on the stuff that mattered while the bad stuff was ripped off like a band aid, quick and relatively painless.