Board Thread:Anime/@comment-27321453-20190527021526/@comment-38810880-20190529013816

I remember reading this scene in the manga and finding it a little unrealistic, even by fantasy standards as well.

No way could Armin hold onto his 3DM handles while being burnt alive like that, let alone be thinking so definitely about carrying out his plan. Wouldn't it have made more sense for Armin to realize that he couldn't be counted on to willinginly hold on to the handles while subjecting himself to exrcuciating pain like that, so instead he tied himself into the anchor lines so he had no choice but to stay there?

I also didn't like that Armin's internal voice was so normal while he's being roasted alive. Shouldn't he be screaming in pain? Or at least screaming, "Aaaaaaarrrgghhh!!!!  I can't do it...I can't hold on any longer...I'm sorry Eren..." and then letting go?

But the anime definitely made the scene better with the music they played. I also liked how they showed Bertholdt's vision through his own steam blast. It made it more believable why he wouldn't see that Eren's titan body as a grey, hardened shell.

The anime version of the Levi vs Beast Titan fight was better and worse than the manga at different parts. I liked how in the anime they made it look like Levi was going for the nape and missed, but was really going for the eyes. The animation itself was done beaituflly, and I liked the added touch of showing the point of view from the 3DM gear. They managed to do the blade-through-the-face pretty good too.

Isayama did a better job of Levi tearing Zeke out the nape though. It looked way too clean in the anime.

And overall, I agree with the criticisms of it being too easy to take the Beast Titan down. Levi and Mikasa together couldn't do it the first time they encountered Annie's titan form. Even when Levi went to work on the Female Titan he couldn't fully slice through her arms or legs. But here he only needs one slice each to separate the Beast Titans legs from his feet. He turned the Beast Titans arms into sushi rolls, but the same move didn't have that effect on the Female Titan. It definitely decreased the threat of the Beast Titan.