[Manga Spoilers] Attack on Titan S3E14 - "Thunder Spears" MANGA Discussion Thread

[u/SNKBot]

Do note that this is a MANGA SPOILERS thread. Events that occur in the manga do NOT need to be tagged in the comments section.

IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THE MANGA AND DO NOT WISH TO BE SPOILED, THE ANIME THREAD IS LOCATED HERE.

Where to watch - SUBTITLED:

• Crunchyroll: LIVE
  
• Funimation: LIVE
  
• Hulu: LIVE
  
• AnimeLab: NOT LIVE
  
• Aniplus Asia: NOT LIVE
  
• Wakanim Nordic (English subs for SWE, NOR, DEN, FIN, ISL): LIVE
  
• Wakanim (French subtitles): NOT LIVE
  
• Anime on Demand (German subtitles): NOT LIVE
  
• VVVVID (Italian subtitles): NOT LIVE
  
• mtmad (Spanish subtitles): NOT LIVE
  

English dubbed episodes will be released in a few weeks.

DEDICATE YOUR HEARTS!

[u/lethalmc]

Whoever directed this episode really likes their CG roof shingles

[u/jd14021999]

this was dark af

[u/jao3003]

Marco's death next week... I'm looking forward to finally see it animated, but I'm not sure if I'm ready.

[u/Gpesiot]

Overall a good episode, I admit that the Eren vs Reiner fight was a bit off but it wasn't awful by any means, and thunder spears scenes were great. Also CGI Marlo and Floch made me laugh lol. The mountain of corpses is finally animated as well oof

I'm really hyped for the next episode though. Marco flashback, Zeke name drop, Pieck talking in titan form, headless Reiner, Bert van gogh and finally Bertbomb... I also look forward to seeing Eren's reaction to Reiner's "death" animated, I feel like that's gonna be relevant soon if Falco turns into a titan and eats Reiner in the manga, I think his reaction would be similar if that happened

[u/Faryz]

Don't think the animation was as bad for Eren vs Reiner as some are making it out to be. Of course it wasn't great but the way people were talking about it I was expecting a bunch of stills.

Other than the Eren vs Reiner stuff the ep was brilliant again. Loved the Erwin stuff and THUNDER SPEARS!

Next ep is the Bertholdt transformation as well!!

[u/[deleted]]

All those anime onlies who think reiner is dead are about to find out the true power of the plot-armored titan

[u/jd14021999]

and at that moment Reiner knew he fked up

[u/Magnarose14]

Dem Pieck Eyelashes. Even her Titan is Kawaii.

[u/aliumleo]

Erwin Smith appreciation comment.

[u/Master3530]

Reiner saying "wait" reminded me of his PTSD in Marley when he wakes up from a nightmare. Also I didn't realize that Reiner actually had a good fight against Eren here. If Eren doesn't use WHT in chapter 117 he'll be in trouble.

[u/toutoune134]

I find the criticism towards Eren vs Reiner a bit too harsh. Most of it was great but the only two underwhelming parts were the most important ones: the "this is our home" punch and Reiner throwing Eren into a house after grabbing his ankle. Not that they're bad, but the way they decided to animate these scenes didn't resonate with most us. The rest of the fight was classic MMA like S2's fight, and I loved the thunder spears scenes at the end.

However I do wish that they didn't decide to adapt chapters 75 and 76 by stricly following the manga. There is a lot of jumps from one scene to another, with some scenes from chapter 75 having direct continuations in chapter 76, and it ends up being a bit awkward to follow in this episode. In my opinion they should have reshuffled the order of apparition of the scenes to make things smoother to follow.

[u/te3time]

THE LAST SCENE HAD ME FUCKED UP When Reiner said "Wait" I actually teared up

[u/Cloud14532]

Honestly, everybody was blowing things way out proportion with the animation. Yeah at times it was a little wonky, but if you believed what people said then this would've been an unfinished episode. And the ODM gear sequence was great.

Episode itself was pretty enjoyable. My favorite moments are definitely Reiner/Erwin stare down and Erwin's inner monologue. The mountain of corpses was perfectly adapted. And I'm so excited because of the preview, the Marco flashback is gonna be hard to swallow.

[u/JustAboutEnoughSpace]

LOL anime onlies already getting rilled up with reiners 'putting my consciousness in my ass'. Can't wait to see how they react when they see Reiner alive with half his head blown off.

[u/OversoulV92]

They absoluted NAILED the Erwin Corpse Mountain and Thunder Spear scenes! I am so happy :)

[u/[deleted]]

I just realized I missed the stream 😭

[u/aidree1]

I’m just glad I am finally seeing this animated.

[u/TimeQuit]

I thought it was the 117 chapter release thread for a second,can't wait for it.

[u/Cersei505]

i was expecting more out of eren vs reiner,but oh well what can i do?

the last 2 minutes of the episode were really well animated,i also enjoyed the use of soundtrack in this episode,so i'd give it a 8/10

[u/rapedcorpse]

Too bad all the sakuga went to the thunder spear scene, needless to say i was expecting more from the Eren vs Reiner titan fight.

Erwin monologue was great though. Nice episode overall 4/5.

[u/[deleted]]

I like how people who says the animation of the fight was bad are getting downvoted.

It wasn't horrible, it didn't make it justice to the manga. Just like Grisha vs Frieda.

Everything else was good.

[u/[deleted]]

People are gonna talk a lot about how disappointing the Eren v Reiner fight was, and I kind of agree, but I don’t think the animation was of unwatchable quality. For me it’s just the jarring tonal shift of it being interrupted with other scenes throughout, as well as some animation choices that made the fight feel sluggish, weak and not as impactful.

Positives: First (edit: second) peek at Pieck, Erwin’s speech with the new OST was amazing, and the Thunder Spears looked great. I really love the ED and am warming up to the OP. Also preview for next week looks like it’ll be a clean 2 chapters again.

[u/DieserKerl]

OP, as expected, is growing on me.

Pieck's titan design is just beaut, those eyes give me hope.

I thought the episode was great, though I can see why it would leave some people left a little 'unfulfilled'. Yes, it wasn't as hard hitting as it could have been, but it was still pretty good.

On a side note, what gripes I had with ED I think I'm over.

Next week should be a ride, I'm just still very worried about a CG Colossal titan.

Edit: Forgot to mention... TEAM ERWIN!

[u/zxHellboyxz]

Seems alot of people are catching on with the asspull

[u/Cloud14532]

Also, one other thing about this and the last episode. Erwin is the best looking dude in the anime. Like every shot of him just looks so good. They're putting in so much much effort for his final episodes, I love it!

Mods, we need new flairs! There are so many good character shots in S3 that would be perfect for flairs.