What's up guys Foxen here! Wasn't that
another freaking amazing episode?
This is Attack on Titan season 2 episode
7. So today's episode is titled
close-combat perfectly titled. This is
the long-awaited Eren versus the armored
Titan. So right off the bat to start this
episode like the other one it starts off
with a flashback. At this point it's
pretty much expected for any episode in
season 2. This flashback was for Eren,
Reiner and Bert back in season 1. It was
when all these guys were training to
become Scouts. iIt's funny because I
actually really watch this episode last
night. It goes ahead and shows us the
past. Even back then Reiner was obsessed
with his line about returning home.
Reiner and Bert did mention that they
were from some mountain village
supposedly. There should be a lot more to
this but right now that's all a huge
mystery. So on to the armored fight. This
is easily the highlight of Attack on
Titan season 2. Eren vs. god damn armored
Titan. Before going in I was expecting
Eren to get this massive beat down by
the armored Titan. I mean he barely got a
1up versus Annie. How in the world was he
going to be able to do anything versus
it. This is supposed to be the goddamn
armored Titan. A veteran warrior. The
question on everyone's mind was how long
was Eren gonna last!
I was thinking not minutes but seconds.
And also let's not forget about that
oh the threat. The massive colossal Titan
in the background. If he wanted to he
could just step on everyone and wipe
them all out!
So how was Eren going to handle these
traitors! oh and don't forget that Mikasa
was there to helping out. So their
fight. Honestly I really enjoyed this
matchup. The progression throughout it
really surprising compared to what I had
in mind. Of course it did start out how
you would think. Versus his armored
juggernaut Eren's
weak punches cannot
do crap. Thankfully one trump card for
Eren in this fight was his quick
Titan regeneration. Which by the way
what exactly is needed to regenerate
quickly? You've seen Annie do it in the
past and even basic Titans could also do
it. It almost seemed like Reiner in its
armor form couldn't even do this but
I'll get back to this. About the armored
Titan itself.
Reiner really should have planned this
out
a little bit more. This fight has given
out way too much information about their
Titan forms. For starters that armored
Titan is super slow with all of that
armor. It did seem like it was able to
move fast if it wanted to. The cost of
moving quickly was likely using up more
energy but most importantly that gold
plating getting damaged and like I
mentioned earlier it seemed like it was
not able to regenerate like Eren could
or at least not as quickly. You seen
Eren do it, Annie do it and even
smaller Titans too. Perhaps this is just a
case of Reiner never having to do it in
battle. I mean why would he
I imagine that Reiner as the armored Titan
has never gotten hurt in the past.
I also got a feeling that Reiner isn't
able to maintain that armor form for
that long. Perhaps if he did try to
regenerate that would just cost him way
too much energy.
In all this was part of the reason for
the armored Titan falling. Eren
ultimately ended up using Annie's technique
to win here, which was freaking awesome
by the way! How all of this played out
definitely made me buy that Eren earned
this win.
Really great job using your head to win
Eren! It now seems like Eren is fully
able to control his Titan form too. Let me
know what you thought of how this went
down too. I'm going to be remembering this
fight for a while! On to Mikasa. Of course
part of this victory goes to her too.
Although one thing I did not like is how they
showed Mikasa trying to cut the hard
part. I mean really! At that part I was
screaming come on Mikasa cut the
freaking red tissue! The red tissue! I
think you'd agree that the Mikasa we
knew would have figured that out right
away!
It's Mikasa! She even does actually take
advantage of that later on it just
shouldn't have taken that long. Either
way fricking awesome assist on Mikasa's
part. The other interesting part to note
from Mikasa was seeing her hesitate to
kill Reiner and Bert or actually just
decide against decapitating them. She did
go ahead and slice Bert's throat and
Reiner himself got pretty fucked up too.
Just think about that! This was Mikasa
holding back. Any other person besides
these Titans would have been dead in
seconds from those wounds. So supposedly
Mikasa was hesitating due to her being
close to these Scouts but was Mikasa
ever
close to either of them? I don't think
she was at least not from what they
showed you. Instead Mikasa could have
been trying to capture them how they did
for Annie so for the sake of humanity.
Next up be colossal Titan. This is the
third time this huge guy is making an
appearance on screen. This time with a
pretty kick-ass action scenes from the
scouts too. And by the way the CG on this
colossal Titan looked a lot better on
this episode. There's been a lot of
mystery behind this 50 meter class ever
since the very beginning. It suddenly
appeared one day and broke down the gate
then the second time it appeared to
break down some cannons. Now this time
we're getting some insight into why
those appearances were so short this big
fellow the colossal Titan is super super
slow. Like Bowser turtle level slow. So
slow in fact that even rookie scouts
would have a chance to take it out. What
I'm wondering is is it always like that?
It this some sort of tradeoff
specifically for Bert, like oh you could
become this monster but in exchange you
can't
too much. Of course this is just a
limitation for their current situation.
Take away the 3d gear and planned this
colossal Titan will be a walking nuke. I
do like how they did officially
establish that hot steam defense. It
doesn't matter if you're freaking slow if
you can't get near it.
Maybe all Titans are able to do
something like that, having some type of
defensive ability. The colossal Titan
could get all hot and sexy, the armored
Titan kick gets super hard 24/7. Annie
has her crystal ability but what can
Eren do? Tight now it seems like high
speed regeneration is his thing but I
bet Eren could also get hard too when
it counts. The other important thing you
should notice this time was the size of
the colossal Titan. It looked a lot
smaller this time in comparison. In
addition to that only the top half of
the colossal Titan seemed to have
appeared, what the hell! I was expecting
that wall to have been broken down.
Somehow even these guys trying to be
respectful to the walls hmm. Quickly I do
have to mention Connie, this lovable bald
clueless guy. Really Connie you're like
the only one that didn't notice that
Reiner and Bert went super saiyan Titan
form! When the truth comes out it's going
to be like a freaking bomb on him, if he
survives that is.
Anyway so far I do feel like this
episode the round has been the highlight
of season 2. It really only matches up
with the reveal from the previous
episode. That being said I do have to
mention something a bit of a nitpick. I'm
sure by now you've heard of why this
season is only getting 12 episodes or 13.
Supposedly this is due to an animator
shortage in Japan which honestly I don't
fully buy. It sounds like some huge
excuse but anyway in this episode I did
notice a lot of reused footage. I don't
know if maybe a third or fourth of this
episode with stuff you've already seen
from season one.
It also included some of the new
footage from the movie. Let me know in
the comments have you noticed it too.
Maybe only I did! Alright so let me know,
did you enjoy this long-awaited Eren
versus armored Titan fight? If it also
the highlight for you from Attack on
Titan season two and just what the hell
was up with that freakin cliffhanger!!
They are way too good with those! Next
week you're getting a conclusion for all
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