AOT S4E18 - Sneak Attack

Yelena is cuckoo bananas

I really enjoy the irony of how you went on a long monologue about how your critic of the show is its handling of the show-don’t-tell method of narrative and saying you don’t need things to be specifically stated for you what’s happening, then the very next scene you didn’t catch the reason why Zeke is on the wall waiting for Eren is because he’s using it as a vantage point to watch over Eren and protect him from attacks. I guess you could have needed a little “tell” in the matter 😅😅😅😅

I have responses to your thought on Mikasa but hindsight is 20/20 & these are defo final episode lore known responses 🤣

I think a lot of people initially hated gaby is because we waited ages between seasons already (sometimes 2-3 years) and then the final season starts with this "annoying kid" which suddenly replaced our maincharacter and regressed in all of the development eren did and this for week after week. Ofc the more this hate went on in later episodes you could attest a lack of media literacy to gaby haters lol

you really need afterwards go back and watch all the intros and autros with the lyrics. ESPECIALLY THE FINAL AUTRO it explains so much of Eren's and Mikasa's relationship

haha i love Yelena #NEEDTHAT but also YES! everything you said about Gabi, please leave that whole rant in if you do post on tiktok. You wont believe how incredibly hated she is. The things that ppl wished on her i cant even repeat. the hate was definitely heightened by her being a female character which im sure youre familiar with but for some reason is tenfold in the anime community. Theres not a single female character from this series you could name without a sizeable hatebase as with all anime

You have to remember this is an adaptation of a manga. They include all the dialogue that was written.

I have to disagree with you a little here... I usually hate when tv/movies show us and then tell us what they showed, but in AoT I literally never felt that way. To me, hearing Gabi finally say those things out loud was so impactful, especially considering she was so loud with her hate before. there's something super satisfying about it. Even with Pieck later in the episode -- to me when she says that, it serves as the mark of something epic (in this case, Zeke being shot, which we all had the same reaction as you did). It just strengthens the impact imo, but maybe it's just me.

Yeah, I think the overexplaining in the dialogue is because the show is trying to stay faithful to the manga, like all anime do. But Attack on Titan is one of the few that nails both. It stays true to the source material while still knowing when to adapt things for the screen, and it trusts the audience enough not to overexplain everything. I haven't really seen many other anime pull that off since Monster. Which is another show that should be on your watch list !

Unfortunately a lot of the manga readers are unable to read between the lines (partly because so many are teenagers, which are the main demographic of the readers) so it's normal practice to reestablish the point by saying it out loud. You correctly pointed out that Gabi carries so much of the main themes of the story, yet a lot of AOT fans hate Gabi and don't understand why she is needed in the story.

Do you plan to have the next episode up tonight?

Recommendation for the two movies: they are divided into chapters, so perhaps for your tiktok vids, you can break down into the different chapters.

It’s important to remember that anime were initially comics, so even less possible expression means that you fall into tell dont show far more easily.

When reiner said that the one person who shoudnt have the power is eren, he said this exact same thing in the last episode of s2 , when he found out that he has the founder titan, shows that reiner knows what eren might want to do if he “mastered” it

On showing vs telling, I totally agree that this is the case with AOT (especially with it being a Manga adaptation)! However, I wouldn't extrapolate this to all manga/anime. AOT lives in one genre, within in a vast and rich tradition. There are some wonderfully subtle storytelling styles within it, some that wash over you, may even leave you wondering for days despite a heavy "feeling" or "imprint" of the themes and story. Mushishi and March Comes In Like A Lion are some good examples. Also the Satoshi Kon films (like Millennium Actress). Edit: And then at the other end you have the shows where characters narrate every thought process and move. Haha, I love them all.

The point about over-explaining is really funny to me because even when the show makes a point explicitly clear, a certain section of the audience still manages to completely misunderstand it. Ifykyk

I think the over explaining thing is really just anime/manga standard from what I‘ve watched over the years. As I watched more and more you kinda get used to it just being common in this genre but I get the point I get annoyed as well when a Live Action series/movie always overexplains everything

You have to remember this is an adaptation of manga. Where you don't have much room to show as much emotions and movements as the animated show. So the source material needs to add those lines to explain what is happening to the reader. Especially the average reader or watcher honestly won't get it even with the show saying out loud. Like you can see most of the fantôme doesn't even understand the importance of Gabi's character and just hates on it likz that even though it's so clear. I think even if the writer would love to get rid of some of those extra clarifications. People still need them and more just to get the minimum of this show

The staircase being this long is kinda funny, but when you actually think about it, that it may have been a deep prison particularly made for armin to not be able to transform. Detail maybe alot misses

The ability to distinguish what visuals are just gags, and what are actually real is tough for new anime watchers. It’s something you’ll learn if you watch more of the medium, I don’t blame you for being confused lol.

Glad to see you have the same reaction to *that* Yelena face that every manga reader and anime fan had

I don't think there was any real reason behind Eren being the one to meet Zeke, maybe Zeke thought he would take the high ground to shred Eren's attackers like he did to Porco and Reiner. Can't wait to hear your thoughts on this next run of episodes

As someone who reads manga, The over explaining is the show staying true to the dialogue of the manga. Since there’s not enough detail in the manga to understand some scenes, the characters have to explain more to make up for it. But I understand, why it’s weird, and is also a critique of mine. If I’m wrong someone correct me, but that’s always been my interpretation. ALSO LOVE THE REACTIONS!