Attack on Titan Season 4 Episode 3. A moment of silence for the
cut Female Titan scene. So what’s up Foxen here!
Attack on Titan manga comparison time. In season 4 so far this ep
has the most pages removed. But is that necessarily a bad thing?
Let’s find out! Go ahead and Colossal smash and subscribe!
Let’s rage to half a million! Almost there! This ep titled “A door of hope”
Kicking this off with a flashback you got mama's little boy lying down instead of sitting on mama's
lap she's even rubbing his hair in the manga she specified her devil ancestors doing bad things
which means current aliens would do it too if they weren't caged up right now you heard her mention
that they couldn't be with father a marlian and Eldian pairing is strictly forbidden within Marley
the anime skipped over her asking Reiner to keep it a secret you do have mama Reiner crying in both
the anime version has her covered up for the whole scene the anime did add the focus on that light
which is now used to connect over to Reiner in present day you now have anime Reiner looking
like a snack on the bed getting into flashback territory kit Reiner struggling in the rain
in the anime you mostly only have Reiner there is a bright shot of the other kids
with the manga version you view tons more kids you were even given a full page with marcel included
this showed you marcel passing up Reiner to claim his warrior candidate spot next whole page
cut Reiner and his best buddy he got to see them training at shooting turns out this was how bert
secured his titan position guess the anime just forgot about him he's long gone then for Reiner
versus Annie's technique no wonder Reiner tried to stay away from this blonde during training i
really wish they left the scene to show Reiner spelling himself you know just like eren would
years later next up Reiner's last chance some morally sat you could spot Annie mr piggy and
even that meme kid Isyaama snuck in you could bet Reiner was kissing some ass to the extreme to aces
totally worth it i mean he had a scene of Reiner showing off his warrior candidate prize to mama
along with an extra shot of motherly love so close to becoming an honorary marlian which actually
included a rare shot of Reiner smiling Reiner really was going to lose everything getting to
the warrior training area you could actually spot the Eldian symbol on both walls as for zeke yes
this is mr b's titan now you have the guy in the anime with an apple imagine if it was a banana. The
apple actually is a nice callback to their ymir ancestor that supposedly accepted the forbidden
titan fruit especially with zeke being royal blood himself. Anyway the whole toss and sharing
of the apple between the jaws titan bros is new too for the warrior kids in the anime they now
don't look all that tired marcel and Porco almost look like twins. Porco is not amused in the manga
you could tell they had just finished training notably Annie was not too interested pique looked
like she was about to fall over in her close-up for a meteor zeke anime cut zeke mentioned how
the war with the south would be over soon on top of this the warrior unit would be reorganized as
part of the new army structure the first part here helps to hint that Marley was constantly at war
the timeline for this was before anything involving paradise island hell they weren't
even titans yet getting into Porco grilling Reiner the monk actually gave you a flashback of parkour
checking him out during the exam you could just smell the crapola coming from Reiner for anime
Porco really getting so much out of that apple you now have Reiner knocking that fruit from his
grasp and then holding hands but seriously it was great to see the anime adding some extra symbolism
some of the more obvious stuff being Reiner later climbing the armored titan instead of porco
right here manga Reiner came off much more intense he went on about how the devils were bringing fear
into the entire world it wouldn't be long until they started killing again that they had to
kill them both of the versions did have Reiner trying to accuse Porco the manga included the
line about support for the Eldian king with marcel coming in you now haven't covering both sides
for a little zeke out of detail the anime gave you a new shot of him clearly passively watching porco
vs Reiner without interfering as zeke was taking off in the anime he now calls out to peak to get
going Pieck chan let's go for blonde girl Annie running away leaving a creamy mess this whole
anime scene actually opens up with mr grasshopper taking it easy. The change up here was Annie shown
wiping the critter in the manga along with the two guys spawning Annie in the act then for the
titan bros taking off it was re-emphasized how the world fears those eldians on the island switching
over to the little devil you got kid Eren looking like a level 1 starting character which by the way
lovely transition from Marley both of them looking up into the sky surrounded by walls getting into
the titan suicide squad i'm glad i wasn't the only one that thought that for all of these Annie
Reiner marcel Porco and Zeke were all new additions we all needed the drawn female titan
in our life this was actually a page and a half in the manga compared to the beautiful animation you
got this episode next up the titan with the golden crust. The new detail on the anime is how you could
actually spot the Marley soldiers marching behind him Reiner is just tanking everything i completely
miss the soldiers when watching him for the jaws titan Marcel version he got one page expanded
into some drawn animation by far this brother has a better hair give me more of this Mappa
for zeke the anime actually skipped over the wonder boy line you were able to see the poor
manga horses blasted into barbecue now you have a frontal shot of this glorious furry with a dad bod
then for the card titan look at those teeth delivering the nuke courtesy of titan prime. I like
how you can now spot little boy inside you can now enjoy the actual visuals of the nuke going off.
the almighty god of destruction thank you Mappa for not using the ps2 version
even with the close-up shot of the colossal beast sorry Armin your sad colossal boy does not compare.
For magath a skip line he mentioned how they were training these warriors since infancy and
now it's paid off next up a full page removed it involved the paradise island mission the beast and
titanic titan would stay back on Marley to fight in their wars the actual mission to retake the
founding titan would include the four other titans bow in the shot of sad Porco below funny how you
could actually spot the map and the board from the skipped scene in the following anime scene.
Celebration time confetti everywhere this time you actually have marcel waving at the crowd
getting into Reiner's ugly bastard of a papa slight line change in the manga he actually
accused his mother of forcing him to become a warrior as revenge on him next up two pages cut
which is the aftermath with Reiner and mommy he had Reiner standing and watching as his father
went out to get some milk again looks like Reiner was in total shock we actually had mother bringing
him back to reality she encouraged Reiner that he would complete this mission that his father surely
was praying for his success too good one there was a bonus of the other people also referring
to them as the chosen Eldian warriors they were asking to be saved from the Eldian devils
next page and a half cut you were actually able to see the port seen in guru's flashback
more important it was manga sending them off turns out that the Marley army comes on standby during a
full moon we should also notice the commander being gushy about wanting them all to return
oh he does care at the release the anime did give you the full moon shot campfire time he actually
had manga bird triggering a flag i'm glad we didn't run into any titans anyway as for more
crazy Reiner you had the guy almost parroting his mother that their devil ancestors once trampled
the world over which is why the world fears him in all a lot of retreading. Ymir time i'm
surprised that Mappa didn't reuse the season 2 scene you now have a season 4 version of the new
jaws titan chowing down i've actually seen people crapping on Mappa saying this is lower quality
completely unfair keep in mind that was back in Attack on Titan season 2 back when wit studio
had all the time in the world to prepare back when whip studio had a dedicated makeup team arguably
wit studio raced the bar to levels that even they couldn't get back to consistently in season three
anyway for actual Reiner dialogue removed Reiner thought about how he was a chosen warrior
the one entrusted with the armored titan then he was going to punish those island devils and then
become the hero who would save everyone next up rhino reaching home base it really seemed like
Reiner was much more scared than the anime poor boy lost his lunch probably pissed himself too
also not really a change but the lone tree shot does stand out more in the manga slight parallel
to eren waking up under a tree in episode one and Reiner whaling this will never not be funny for
blonde girl Annie she looked more drenched in her manga counterpart for a bertold cut here he was
talking about the titans he reminded Reiner how unpredictable they could be in the anime he now
doesn't have any lines here let's get into it any tenderizing Reiner some people will pay good money
for this the anime beatdown looked much worse watching this reminded me of levi giving Eren
a special treatment too manga Annie insisted he was gonna die a moment ago anyway so good riddance
for Reiner revived this actually resembled levi back when he was chasing the monkey take a look
up close and bloody i think i prefer this to it looking much cleaner in the previous seasons
so finally right here burke got a word in the manga he was a tad more worried about Annie's fate
and my god do i love the detail of the Annie shot that girl is dying next up a major cut about eight
pages gone including the female titan cena so he had the two titan boys right in the blonde
they even had a rope tied around her neck this is the first time the female titan caught so
much attention on paradise island so many titan fans chasing after her this actually included
a game of thrones reference at the very bottom honestly i've almost completely forgotten about
this tragedy i don't recall the small dude that drank a lot i like how you could see that Reiner's
face got super swollen the plan for the warriors was to ride the female titan and jaws titan over
unfortunately now the female titan was playing solo duty which meant Annie got to overuse and
overexhaust herself using her titan at one point Reiner took over with his armored titan even this
part had been off page in the manga Reiner then helped his buddy get into position to bust the
gate they all needed to hurry before the hungry titans reached their asses it is a little funny
to think about how all of this was going on before episode 1. in front of walmaria even the biggest
titans seemed to hesitate could it be sensing the other titan comrades and deep slumber better be
sure to aim for the gate and do not miss meanwhile Reiner was off to the side a good distance away
he was taking care of the tired sleeping beauty at the same time he had Reiner going over their plan
destroy the wall use a chaos to sneak in they would then track down the ldn king and finally
somehow profit get the founding titan anyway while Reiner was in la la land he had his titan fans
greeting him with some hugs which was actually only similar to the season 2 titans gathered
thanks to commander irwin same deal here too Reiner got free then raised over to his colossal
titan buddy i actually like how you got a good view of the cause of titan remains evaporating
look at that terrifying colossal titan human face it looks like his skin got rubbed off ow anyway
hello to mrs jaeger i'm glad to see that the anime included her face which means how many versions
does she have you got season one season two season three and now season four and don't get me started
on the manga anyway further shown was the armored titan using his claws to monkey his way up while
maria sorry titan guys not today you were able to see Reiner drop off the two warriors on the
top of the wall Reiner still had to go down to get some smashing done right here Mappa chose to use
the season 1 cena and then blend it with the new armor titan shot at the very end likewise you did
get the class of titan arrival cena i actually saw a surprising amount of people bitching over
Mappa reusing these scenes but honestly i really didn't mind i take much more issue with best titan
girl cut out i will point out that the new scene with the armored titan has the updated design
versus a season 1 scene most visible on his back fast forward to blondie waking up you were able
to see a far shot of those surrounding her then for the og attack on titan trio in the manga you
were actually able to get a decent look at them complete with a zoned out errand for the warrior
trio aww not sure whether any hates this or she's not totally awake yet next up gothic Reiner he
actually looked normal in the manga in the manga version you could see Eren and horseboy nearby
next up mr hangman the ties in here naturally is the one from the season 1 flashback i'm glad
the Mappa studio kept a similar style the actual finale for this oh dude got moved further in the
anime some of you seem to think that the warriors often maybe Reiner but really there wasn't any
more indication to hint at that for the far side you could actually notice the fields in the
background this actually matches a similar shot to episode 2 when the trio was working the fields
next few pages removed now the warriors working the field turns out that the king is just a puppet
it was likely that neither the king or those in charge were subjects of ymir but instead a
completely different race that sucked up to the king years back and therefore held power which
is stuff that got revealed back in the uprising arc to this Annie gave a suggestion how about
becoming a servant or her trying to marry into their royal family funny how bert was completely
against this idea but really didn't matter and he realized that the family's in charge wouldn't
risk tainting their blood besides Annie didn't think she had the charm to seduce men to which
one bewitched guy entered back all of this led into Reiner's idea let's get into the military
police unfortunately it did take the warriors two years to even get here Reiner also mentioned
something about owning Annie being allowed to enter and exit the royal capital interesting to
notice how they were letting their guards down for little girls at the very bottom any brought out
the concern about them only having 10 years left so here is a juicy bit in the two years following
their attack the king had not made a move here's where he got the reveal about the tiber family
info turns out Marley and the warriors were aware about the Eldian king being bound to his valve
you then had Reiner emphasizing how humanity's fate was in their hands to which Reiner was
really just imagining the worst possible case scenario the founding titan counter-attacking
keeping with the attack attack and anime tradition they cut those abs of stila sorry Reiner fans next
up uncle kenny you had Annie tailing him i actually saw a good amount of confusion for
this whole scene with the just fan service it really was just the anime cutting out any stuns
she noticed kenny seeming different from the other top royal government officials her hunch was that
kenny will lead her to the king bravo Annie she was right on the money go Annie use superkick
oh it missed the anime actually skipped over the end of this midnight encounter turns out
Annie slipped her little behind down into the sore kenny's big ass was like hell no next page is cut
you saw Reiner Eren and the other trainees it was back when raging Eren was still around honestly it
feels like you didn't miss out on much it really only showed Reiner separating horseballs and Eren
hold up a minute is that flock at the very bottom on the left the most meaningful part here was
actually about Annie you can see Annie being all quiet and just out of it and he's scouting at
night probably put her in a bad mood during the day time next up right before the walrus attack
another time the anime skipped over the king's peace val turns out that manga Reiner actually
thought this whole plan out they were going to attack the day that the survey corps would be gone
if the king didn't show up all of them could take advantage of the confusion to sneak into the royal
capital this would be an option if they didn't get into the top 10 graduating scouts next up Eren and
Reiner's chat why does Reiner look so thin here in the anime most of Reiner's stumps were removed
Reiner was going over their plan of attack they would strike after the ceremony you saw
a flashback of marco being eaten Reiner confirmed it was him and Annie that took care of haji's pet
titans you even had a glimpse of the flashback of Reiner on the wall top right before the top 10
anime betrayals you can see the warrior buddies right before launching zeke's plan in season 3.
for anime era here in the past come on Mappa got it perfect better looking than in season 1. what
a motivating big bro figure with Reiner now Eren stand up keep on moving forward next up Reiner
sucking on something pretty long which by the way noticed not covered by a beam of light unlike the
trailer shot complete with a draw shot you could even hear the watery sound of all of that drool
get it together Reiner next up mr kruger plus falco the anime actually gave you a glimpse of his
green gem for a nice attention to detail do i spot one lone tree to the left i wonder who's playing
the devil now for the one injured aldian in the wheelchair it's weird how the anime didn't show
the guy missing his legs newly added to the anime was his bugged npc fella next to the wall overall
for the scene in perfect execution by mappa they really kept the scene 99 intact considering this
is one of the most important scenes for the season 4 intro i'm pretty happy about it.
So! How good or bad was this episode after these changes?
Post below, especially after seeing this. A Couple of pages cut out here and there,
but Despite that, I think I’m Personally fine with how the episode turned out.
A much bigger issue is what I mentioned in my review
They really needed to give more time to these scenes to actually breath
If You actually compare this to AOT season 1, season 1, even some of season 3,
it feels like season 4 is racing through everything when it shouldn’t need to.
Clearly Mappa wanted to end this episode on the reveal on the end.
An easy fix would have been to keep what
was already done this episode , and slow it down like 10%
The Falco and Hobo stuff should have then replaced the Ending.
Kill the OP too if you need more time. Rezero and SAO have done it, AOT could do it too!
Unfortunately some of the meater stuff removed:
Female Titan chase scene. I’ve been seeing more and
more anime only people thin Reiner just knocked out Annie with that bear hug.
Almost as if Annie was taken along for the ride in the anime against her will.
I totally understand p erhaps not having the time or resources to include this.
But feels like this could have been a super easy fix.
The anime could have shown a few Female Titan stills to quicker go
over the point quickly. 5 or 10 sec done!
For the Tybur info this is important but this can be moved next episode which is very likely
More important, at a high level you now don’t see the warriors piecing
this together in detail anymore. Which leads to the next point,
scenes for Annie & Bert’s char removed.
Clearly they chose to make this ep more Reiner focused.
I guess screw these chars that are no longer around.
This episode might be a good indication of how future Flashbacks are handled
AOT season 4 is filled with tons of them, I was already expecting anime only people
to be confused later on when there’s so much jumping around IN TIMESKIP EVENTS
Hell some manga readers are still lost til this day
You could imagine how worse things will get in a few eps.
I shouldn’t be surprised but after my episode 2 manga comparison, had people calling me a dumbass,
saying scenes like Pieck on the floor will get rearranged.
You’re stupid! They’ll back next episode Keep in mind I did mention this
possibility in both of those videos But let’s be real, sure some stuff
can come back. Information could be moved around, which it does seen like they’re doing
but let’s not be naive enough to believe that they’re going to bring back all scene somehow.
The female Titan scene this episode, don’t expect that back!
The AOT train has left the station and it’s moving full speed
Each episode will continue to cover around 2 chapters,
more stuff is going to be skipped over or completely removed.
Let me stress how I am mostly fine with this episode.
Although I wonder if I’m just used to it at this point covering so much LN anime..
Reminded me of Rezero and SAO earliest this year
Each new episode was like, oh this scene I was hyped for didnt get skipped? Freaking awesome!
And to the people crying wanting WIT studio back
You should should fully think about the WIT studio timeline.
Had WIT studio remained, they would have likely be given a similar 16 episode limit too
People seem to forget how much was cut out in AOT season 3, my videos on season 3 are still up btw
Let’s not pretend s3 looked perfect. IT did NOT. It looked wonky in a lot of places,
especially towards the end. The biggest diff now might not
be the WIT studio change but animator arifumi imai not involved anymore
But anyway post below what you thought was the worst cut or just say hi!
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