Board Thread:Anime/@comment-27321453-20180729185438/@comment-32241202-20180730034159

I enjoyed these last two episodes, but I think anime-only watchers will be a tad confused, and maybe miffed, at some of the cuts, mainly because of their speed and randomness.

The constant re-shuffling of scenes (re-ordering the torture scene and Jean's hesitancy for example) makes the threads of this arc more difficult to follow then they were in the manga. RuneLai is right on the money regarding Jean's character and how the anime adaption flattens the impact of it. Reeves' character also gets so little time to change sides and then die that it seriously cheapens the impact he had. I'm starting to dread how the anime will handle the news reporters and their relationship with Hange, because if it's blitzed then that will lessen the impact of the government's collapse later on that they helped facilitate. Already skipping the talk between Ewrin and Nile has weakened that particular payoff. It's a nasty domino effect and I fear it's going to muck up the pacing too much for me to enjoy the story. Flashbacks will help but they still won't be as meaningful as the scenes happening at a more natural pace.

Also, was it the girl that killed Keiji in the manga? If not, then that was a really poor addition, because it makes her hesitancy to shoot Jean more unbelievable.