[Spoilers] Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2 - Episode 8 Discussion

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Storm incoming. Brain dead people arguing about the pie scene and save the world dialogue which was deliberately put to be made fun of later in the series.

this is hilariously bad

Was hoping that MAPPA would make some additions like Falco actually grieving Colt and maybe the alliance getting formed being better fleshed out unlike whatever we got in the manga
At least the stuff with Jean and Hanji were good, too bad the episode also had garbage like the pie scene
127 is getting adapted next week so that's nice, at least it doesn't have something as idiotic as the pie scene

That pie scene was so cringe

This is where the story starts becoming less interesting for me until chapter 131, but after that's adapted, the story just hits rock bottom. I think most people can agree with me when I say that the episodes that have Eren as the main focus are the best ones, and the ones that don't feature him at all are just ok at best, because these characters besides Jean are so uninteresting.

Also, Mappa used the wrong OST for this scene

Pie scene was bad but other than that normal episode. Also i dont think every ep should be MEGA BRILLIANT KINO 10/10 some eps can be flat and boring i dont find the deal why people are treating it as worst thing that happened in this show

hearing Levi's voice again brought me serotonin<3

Tbf it's good to see that this ep got average level animation, which can be used for later eps

Don't really get why people hate this chapter. Yeah it isn't peak AoT but it's just another episode, not terrible at all.
I find it funny that people are focusing on the 2 minute pie scene for some reason. Why didn't the same thing happen for the potato jokes earlier on? It's the same thing.
The infamous 5 second "cringevengers" bit is also overly used as evidence for this part being bad, but they address it in one of the upcoming chapters in a way. Yeah I agree it isn't great, but it's not like we just went from 10/10 to 1/10.
As well as that, people say that this whole segment before 131 is bad, but imo the next battle is great, especially towards the end.

Why are we on the final season and still letting Marley get W's??? Why cant Eren just destroy the world in peace?

Wow, the Annie pie scene and Marley & Eldians joining forces...I guess I get why the manga readers say the writing quality takes a nosedive in the last arc. The pie scene seemed especially forced. Things are so uninteresting without Eren, I couldn't give a damn about Armin, Mikasa, Jean, Floch, or anyone from Marley. Also what the hell was up with the Mikasa and Louise scene? What the hell, she's dying, at least show some sympathy!!

Ah shit, here we go again

Never appreciate about Anything
"Pie scene was cringe" some dumbass people

Can y"all guys STFU at least enjoy the damn show!

cringe and shit episode.

Neither bad nor good. I do think people are overexaggerating it a lot, but I can start to see how it would lead to people hating the ending of the manga. For anyone wondering I haven't read it yet.

I don't mind the "brushing teeth" excuse. Connie has never been a smart character, so coming up with an excuse like that is totally in line with his character.

I didn't like the pie scene, but seeing people complain about it reminded me of the shenanigans that happened in season 1, like Sasha eating a potato in the training camp. Attack on Titan humour has always had that type of vibe to me. It's what would make me reluctant to recommend it to people who don't watch anime, I think there's some bizarre stuff which we've forgotten through rose-tinted glasses.

Unless they flashback to how all the factions got together, it's definitely pretty weak writing. I can excuse one chance encounter. There are enough chance encounters in history for something like Annie to meet Armin & co in a marketplace to be possible. I guess it would've been nice if we had more of an idea of geography, or even a throwaway line of dialogue saying that's where food is being rationed out in that entire city, so everyone in that city looking for food would funnel through there. Considering that essentially half of the Eldian cities are cut off by a big line of titans walking through the middle, so the entire group (luckily) were stranded on the same side it does also make the chances of meeting up more likely.

I assume Mikasa and Jean were in league when they shared that look when Floch was giving his speech. I also guess on the way back to the city, Armin & co ran into Hange's group, which once again I think people would swallow better if we had a better sense of geography and saw them passing one another as inevitable, not as something forced to make the plot happen.

I'm also assuming Armin was the one to meet up with Mikasa and Jean, and Jean thought of the escape plan (as the episode literally said it was his plan), and I would have liked to have seen some resolution between Mikasa and Armin, since they literally had an argument when they last saw one another. So unless Armin and Mikasa make up next episode, as maybe they hadn't seen each other until the escape, I think that whole argument would've been a bit pointless.

I was honestly expecting Armin and Mikasa to be divided for the rest of the season, to really show the original trio are no more; maybe coming together once more at the very end. I was also expecting Floch to be like the big boss of Eldia they had to defeat before they set their eyes on Eren, although Floch may catch up with them before they get off the island.

Well, here we go...

I don't know what y'all are complaining about, the pie scene was hilarious.

This episode definitely felt like a "getting the gang back together" episode. All the most important characters finally get on the same page and unite with common purpose. Was it rushed? Maybe a little; perhaps it would've been a good idea to stretch this part into two episodes just to give some time to breathe. But that's a minor complaint in a season that's otherwise been firing on all cylinders. Can't wait to see where things go from here!

I actually liked the pie scene 110% and the avengers meme was funny; were in the eye of the storm so it's calm and a well needed break.

AOT can't be about titans, gore, and death 100% of the time.

Why do people hate the Annie pie scene so much? They literally did the exact same joke with every scene Sasha was in. People really just looking for things to get upset about for no reason.

it's been 83 episodes yet mikasa stays as brain-dead and emotionless as the first episode.
truly fantastic character development

The real thing is about to begin. Do you think the story which is still about to come as episodes will fit in the remaining one ??

In my case, I think it won't fit. They'll just fast the pace of the story (Which is not good). Or the rest of the story will get a movie.
What do you think ??

cringevengers assemble

All these “Avengers” jokes seem a bit silly when you consider that every movie in the MCU has been better than every season of AOT.

5/5, 10/10, 100/100 just for the pie scene.

I say this 100% unironically. It caught me so off guard, it's pure comedic gold. Would not change it and the series would be significantly worse without it. Change my mind.

Still amuses me that we're four seasons in (effectively 5 with the split) and Mikasa has not only had almost no character development but actually seems to have less personality than when she started, now just being eternally grumpy and sad.

I like how everyone is flaming on such a normal scene: a pie scene

Do I even need to comment on this?

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without spoils what AOT the final season part 2 ep will the controversial part of AOT manga

Y'all complaining too much. Wasn't a bad episode. The comic relief parts weren't even all that bad.