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 as an intensive character study. 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 this arc in one continuous flow rather than monthly which I find helps most arcs in the manga gel better but unfortunately Uprising's first half is the exception to the rule), sidelines the more interesting players for the Reeves (Flegel is far better than Dimo but still only works as a bit player), some moments feel lifted out of Spider-Man 1 from 2002 (New York throws trash at Green Goblin to be exact), and has 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 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 manages to feel slow, boring, and inessential in the manga which the previously mentioned show manages to avoid despite its slow pace. In the end though 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.