Board Thread:Manga/@comment-27321453-20191208140701/@comment-35822279-20191208192529

Another dud of a chapter would be the simplest way to describe this one.

Pros:

- The action was fine I guess and will translate well into the anime. Definitely lacked stakes or energy though despite the excellent drawing.

- The confirmed deaths of Nile & Pixis was good & raised the stakes of the finale a little bit. Glad Isayama didn't chicken out here.

Cons:

- honestly the Gabi scenes were really bad and reminded me of a specific type of Oscar movie I've grown to dislike with age, the cheesy out of touch race parable. This type of movie has shown a shockingly low amount of variation or refinement since Driving Miss Daisy (a exceptionally OK movie at best) and seeing AOT go this route is immensely disappointing as it feels unearned & hacky (no a KKK member is not going to instantly stop being racist after being saved by a black guy). Cringe is never a good feeling to have when this material is played entirely straight and honestly this section would get a straight up F from me as I unitenionally laughed with Gabi's hero moment & the return of that derpy forest metaphor.

- I'm really starting to get nervous that the ending is going devolve into another unrealistic peace, love, and understanding ending and that is just a let down on so many levels.

Neutral:

- Annie is back which is nice but it also feels random at this point & I can't say this is going to have much impact on the plot at this point.