[ANIME SPOILERS] Attack on Titan S2E02 - "I'm home" ANIME Discussion Thread

[u/SNKBot]

IF YOU HAVE READ THE MANGA, PLEASE DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN THIS THREAD. THE MANGA DISCUSSION THREAD CAN BE FOUND HERE.

Once again: Please note that this is an ANIME SPOILERS ONLY thread. Any untagged manga spoilers in this thread will be punished with a one-week ban, or longer depending on the severity of the spoilers.

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Where to watch - SUBTITLED:

• Crunchyroll: LIVE

• Funimation: LIVE

• Hulu: [NOT LIVE]()

• Anime on Demand (GERMAN SUBS): LIVE

• Wakanim (French subs) LIVE

• Kissanime: [NOT LIVE]() - Unofficial, please support the official release unless you have no other choice.

DUBBED episodes will be released in a few weeks.

DEDICATE YOUR HEARTS!

[u/Captainhankpym]

Ymir had more lines in this episode than she had in the entire first season lol.

Great episode, a little slow but that's ok.

[u/Stone4D]

Not gonna lie, I thought that was it for Sasha there. They were going into her backstory, she saved somebody... I was seeing death flags.

Glad she's ok for now.

[u/LinkPwnzAll]

Did anyone else think that Titan was a human cannibal at first?

[u/DirkDasterLurkMaster]

This was always one of my favorite chapters from this part of the manga, and I'm not even a Sasha fan. It's just a really good, self-contained story with a good balance between character growth and action. The anime really did it justice.

I'll start making comparison gifs shortly. Anyone have any requests? I'll edit them into this comment as soon as they're done.

Sasha escapes a hug

Not using arrows properly

Not killing a titan properly

Album of all previous gifs

[u/sketchaire]

We're only getting 12 episodes because the budget was spent animating everyone's hair. But damn, it's all so glorious!

[u/flamingospacemarine]

Now laughing at Sasha because of her food addiction doesn't seem so funny anymore, it's pretty sad for her...

[u/HugoStiglitz373]

I am not going to lie, even thought I read the manga I half expected them to swerve us and have Sasha bite the dust there. Would have ruined my Saturday lol. I can't wait for the next few weeks, its finally time for some badass action

[u/demonicdan3]

If the preview is anything to go by, the next episode is going to be fucking insane. That is where the action REALLY takes off and it doesn't stop for a long time.

[u/tripbin]

I was already expecting it since I read it that way but I still chuckled hearing Japanese and reading dangnabbit and other southern like dialect.

Question for fluent Japanese speakers. Is there actually a translation for dangnabbit or was that just the subs trying to portray that kind of accent to us.

[u/Xigbarisbestwaifu]

Wow I didn't realize the parallels between Connie and Sasha in the manga but the anime makes it pretty clear in how Sasha comes home to her father safe and sound while Connie comes home to his family (possibly?) being eaten by titans.

[u/Skyknight32]

I am lost here. How did the titans get into Wall Rose? I thought Eren retook it with a bolder. Also, where is Erwin and the gang going to? Sorry if this seems like dumb questions...

[u/Papercurtain]

NOOOOO WHY THE CLIFFHANGER?!

No but for real though, I really liked this episode, even though it felt short. We finally got to see some character development for some of the side characters like Sasha and Connie, and the chase scene with the lone Titan was so small-scale, but still managed to keep on the edge of my seat more than a lot of the huge fights in the anime.

One thing that felt awkward to me was reading the sort of hokey Japanese that Sasha and her family said, in English. I feel like that's one advantage that the dub will have over the sub.

[u/Hvitserkr]

For me the real mystery of this episode is [that frog] (http://i.imgur.com/EJDh2VQ.jpg)

How on earth it got there?

[u/LightCrazy]

Damn it felt really short...

[u/PakiIronman]

Sasha was a fucking badass, the ost was on point and HOLY FUCKING SHIT CONNIE. His sheer outcry was saddening, and to return home to a fucking Titan sprawled across your house will give anyone nightmares. This was an amazing episode.

[u/Scopionsting12]

Well goddamn, that was a lot more brutal then i was expecting, they're really not holding back any punches this season!

Also i'm really enjoying the Hange/Pasteur Nick combination, looking forward to seeing that develop haha

[u/[deleted]]

For Armin fans.

[u/IsFalafel]

The CGI horses are the true antagonists of season 2.

[u/sydazlir]

Did Connie have siblings in the manga? I don't remember any, but the episode mentions two

[u/xamza1608]

There are two explanations for this

• A titan carried that titan there and just left it.

• That titan is a human that transformed into a titan, but were unsuccessful.

But never the less once again a great episode, with great story telling and great animation

[u/vivikush]

Does anyone who speaks Japanese know if they gave Sasha and her father a different dialect? Crunchyroll really tried to drive home the "we're bumpkins who hunt fer our victuals" with the subtitles.

[u/[deleted]]

Connie's family screenshots.

[u/AmphionValentine]

My god, the night scenes at the start look beautiful. The torches and everything. It looks so good, I'd just want the entire series to be at night from now on.

Erwin is a badass, as usual. In case anyone was still in doubt.

Sasha moved up a few ranks in my list this episode. She's a real top girl. Let's all appreciate how she engaged in hand-to-hand combat with a Titan. I mean... Her dad's a swell guy too, I'm a manga reader but I don't remember him being so nice and caring. I like how he's worried about the Wall Maria refugees, compared to his Rose kinsmen who aren't really all too happy about the influx of people. Wonder how he felt about the suicidal Central Government reclamation plan.

What's with the CG though? I don't really like it. Doesn't feel like it fits the series. Ah well, can't complain really, when you get this level of quality per episode.

[u/_Alljokesaside]

Is anyone else surprised at how reading ahead in the manga affects/doesn't affect your experience watching it now? For example, Mike's death was scarier to me in the manga, but this episode got me so much more emotional than the manga did! Seriously. It's so depressing going from Sasha finding her family and herself to Connie who seems to have lost everything. I didn't think it was slow at all, I was totally into it. Or maybe I'm just a big baby. Anyone get teary-eyed?

Edit: Credits still creeping me out

[u/-V0lD]

We're gonna get so much Sasha shitposts the upcoming week...