If Connie’s mind hadn’t already snapped, it would now. It’s a position that’s almost hilariously discouraging. This is already an extremely shitty situation, but then just to rub more salt in the wound, Reiner’s Armored Titan gets back his fighting spirit and re-joins the fray. Not only does it wreck Mikasa’s attack, but the steam also burns a ton of people, which is harrowing stuff and nearly as extreme as the boulder deaths. Mikasa valiantly fires her Thunder Spears at Bertholdt’s neck, but he anticipates the attack and deflects them with an expulsion of hot steam. So now the Survey Corps don’t even have a Titan on their side for supportīoth of the Survey Corps’ factions on the opposite sides of the wall carry out their few remaining moves to abysmal results. The Colossal Titan kicks Eren’s Titan off his leg, as if he was an insect, and spends him flying atop the wall, rendering him unconscious. What looks like it might be a decent strategy against the monster actually turns into a gigantic mistake. Even though Eren is in his Titan form during this attack, Bertholdt’s Colossal Titan pays him no mind and just destroys as much of Eren’s hometown as possible.Īrmin watches Jean launch an ineffective attack and it briefly looks like Eren might be able to turn the tables here when he holds onto the Colossal Titan’s leg and temporarily stalls him. He’s still someone that we know barely anything about, let alone his motives here, but his presence alongside Reiner and Bertholdt works. These events indicate to some degree that the Beast Titan may be the one who’s actually the mastermind behind this attack. Levi survives, but he’s out of tricks at this point. Boulders are such blunt, brutal weapons and in many ways it’s more upsetting to see people die being crushed by them than it is to get eaten by a Titan. The Beast Titan leads this attack with the Quadrupedal Titan and it’s a particularly gruesome onslaught. The teams try to give an exhausted Levi an opportunity to rest, but that quickly goes out the window when a flurry of rocks decimates most of the troops around him. The situation is just as bleak on the other side of Wall Maria with Levi and the remaining Squads that are around him. Jean’s reluctant to lead this attack and really doesn’t have any better ideas than Armin, but he’s at least able to move forward and do something. Jean also makes it very clear to Armin that while he’ll lead the troops, he’s not going to solve this Colossal Titan problem and that Armin still better come through in the end with a strategy. Armin is overdue for some moments of empowerment, so his actions here are disappointing, if not still realistic. Connie for instance, seems to temporarily lose his mind and snap over the current devastation that’s wiping out Shiganshina (although Mikasa swoops in without missing a beat to take his Thunder Spears).Īrmin also finds himself unable to inspire his troops and formulate any sort of useful plan against the Colossal Titan, so he defers over to Jean to take the lead. The Titans are always terrifying creatures, but they’re even more intimidating here because of how well they execute their destructive plan.Īttack on Titanhas always been effective with its depictions of how war effects people and chisels them into someone new, but “Perfect Game” looks deeply at how the trauma and intensity of battle causes some individuals to step up into positions of leadership and others to fall apart and freeze when it’s time for action. The heroes are very much on the defensive through this episode and struggle to realize the full scope of the situation that they’re caught in. “Perfect Game” sees the Survey Corps in full-on panic mode as they scramble to stay afloat and still find a way to handle the Titans after Bertholdt’s surprise transformation into the Colossal Titan.
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