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So anyway, in anticipation of what looks to be one of the best chapters in the entire series, I'm watching the anime again.

Gotta give a shout out to a relatively subtle scene that I think might be one of the best voice acted (both japanese and english) and animated scenes in the entire anime.

What I'm referring to is the very beginning of episode 25 'mercy' where Levi is talking to himself. It's just such a perfectly written and performed moment in the series that shows with subtlety his neurotic and even fidgety side triggered largely by his intense physical discomfort related to his injury and emotional trauma. He behaves in a very stand-offish manner towards Eren ("doesn't mean I'm talking to you") which would initially look like Levi's stoic outer projection except for the fact that he's so unsettled that you can tell in the hurried way he say it that the mask is slipping ever so slightly. Combine all this with his silly ruminations on defecation and it shows that his mind is wandering and his grip on reality might be slightly tenuous.

I'm just saying, it's a short scene but in my opinion extremely underrated, in terms of all that's going on psychologically that's reflected in the performance, dialogue, and subtle animation, compared to a lot of Attack On Titan which is very explicit and in your face in terms of performance and direction, this scene actually manages a very unusual amount of nuance.