Board Thread:Anime/@comment-27321453-20180805183011/@comment-32241202-20180806040547

My opinion of the anime's adaption has been improving with each episode, but I'm still on the fence about some of this resequencing. Flashbacks are inherently difficult to fit organically into a plot-driven work like AoT but the anime isn't doing itself any favors by inception-izing Erwin's past. And the episode beginning with a hard cut back in time to Historia telling her story may confuse anime-only people not aware of where everything used to be in the manga.

That being said, Kenny is still awesome, and Rod Reiss actually feels somewhat menacing. I couldn't take him seriously in the manga but his dead-looking eyes and raspy voice adds layers of creepiness and authority to his character. I wish we had actually seen some of Reeves' good deeds in Trost instead of hearing about them, but Erwin's declaration made me feel sad at his passing, moreso then his actual death.

Consider my faith in the anime restored. I'm still wary but pretty happy with what we've been getting.