Shingeki No Kyojin 4 & 5 – He is back

projects have been kicking my ass so i’ll cut to the chase

 

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Eren and his gang concludes his training in the academy – they graduate , ending up at the top 10 and having the privilege to choose which unit they wanted to go in.

Desiring to be at the forefront of titan slaying, Eren unhesitatingly joins the Recon corps — Armin and Mikasa follow suit without hesitation.

Shortly after graduation, they are on break during their duty on the walls of Rose when the Colossal titan appeared once more, causing another hole in the wall and destroying the wall’s armaments.

Easily annihilating the unit on the walls, Eren recovers and attempts to take on the titan – only to find him vanish as  swiftly as he appeared.

The guards regroup and recover from their casualties swiftly as they incoming hordes of Titans will approach the city’s center anytime soon.

 

Mikasa is assigned to the rear elite guard while Eren, Armin and the rest are assigned to the frontlines. Eren recalls vital information to taking down a titan and hopes he succeeds in this endeavor.

 

As soon as they arrive at the outskirts, a couple of abnormal titans appear and easily kills Thomas Wagner and the other members, effectively crippling the unit.

 

Eren comes to the rescue of his squadmates, but ends up becoming another meal for the titans.

 

Armin watches on as he becomes the sole survivor the unit, with an unprecedented sense of guilt and fear overwhelming him.

 

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By now, i think we can safely conclude that Production I.G is one of the best animation studios out there.

Shingeki No Kyojin has kept its visual style and production values consistent so far – leaving viewers craving for more as each week passes.

The Action sequences involving the 3D maneuver gear in episodes 4 and 5 are just exemplary in match-moving and tracking [ terms in visual effects ], though sometimes i feel their speed and relation to the environment is largely off upon scrutiny.

These couple episodes build up another engaging arc in the attack , but has been pretty much random in terms of execution. The colossal titan comes and goes as he pleases and only leaves a menial hole in the wall so that other titans can come in [when he admittedly can destroy the whole structure with a little bit more effort ].

More character development as we see the finer shades of behavior in each character, though they are admittedly overly dramatic sometimes, but hey, it’s humanity’s last bastion and I would know how you would feel [ maybe i don’t ].

Though the main character dying 5 episodes into the series has definitely been a new twist in storytelling and assuming you haven’t been spoiled by the incredibly considerate people who have read the manga, you’d be dying to know what’s next for Eren.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shingeki No Kyojin EP 3 – Rebuilding mankind

Sorry for the late posts, thing have been very busy.

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Eren and gang start their military training at the ripe age of 16. They go through grueling processes to strengthen themselves in order to effectively face the giants [Eoten].

Sasha Braus joins the fray of main characters, with her introduction being particularly full of potatoes.

Eren has everything but the physical ability to balance himself in preparation for the crucial Multiaxial gear that every scouting legion member will have to don. Slightly disheartened, he goes around looking for advice to better himself.

In the process he discovers that many people joined the military only for social status – and makes a few new comrades.

On the day of his final trial, he discovers that his saddle was defective all along, and he managed to balance himself for a moment before falling face-straight into the ground.

And so our group are ready for their arduous journey against the Eoten.

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With the inclusion of none other than ‘Potato Girl’ Sasha Braus, we have Shingeki go on a slightly more relaxed pace – a nice break from all that gore in the first two episodes.

Though for the sake of the narrative, the hilarity of Potato Girl was slightly out of place due to how spontaneous her appearance is – eating potatoes in broad daylight on the parade square. It is a love-hate thing, given how tongue-in-cheek eating potatoes during military training is. I don’t blame you though, Sasha, you’ve definitely made an impression on all of us we will expect more [potato] action from you in the future.

We see that Eren is becoming more and more of a likeable main character as he has displayed traits of a honorable warrior – setting pride and ego aside to do what he has to do. yes, for all we care, he could have gone down that typical ‘egotistical-badass-wannabe’ path and become an archetypal maniac who just wants to kill. Good that he didn’t.

That said, this episode was really entertaining and concluded Eren’s military journey concisely.

Bring on the dazzling multiaxial action!

Cheers

Keerakun

my galleries are growing bigger with each post, heh

 

 

this is actually pretty funny