Šingeki no kjodžin - Season 2

Even if it had only stayed in one place, emptily chatting and having any unit occasionally collide with any titan, the creators would have been guaranteed success. And yet they did not bet on headless action or stretching the plot, but instead turned all expectations upside down. They let new characters enter the story without hesitation, laying the foundations for obviously grand future stories around them, and just when the tension of the dialogues becomes too much, a fight scene comes that takes everyone's breath away and once again proves that this Attack on Titan has a big lead over the competition. In combination with very modest seasoning in the form of at least small mythological insights, the second season is an event that was worth waiting those four years for. (09.08.2017)

The second season of the Attack on Titan anime television series retains most of the attributes that its fans love it for, plus it is finally starting to provide the answers to a lot of the questions the first season raised. The second season also has a much better drive and more interesting twists. It also clearly suggests that although the initial angst and struggle to survive is still present, there is a much bigger game behind it. Now, this is not simply a show combining brutal killing sprees with survival action scenes, but there is a much more complicated backstory than people might have originally expected. Well, I like this, the idea is very appealing, and I have started to have fun theorizing what is actually going on, and I have a pretty decent idea now. I have nothing to complain about; I could find a few minor shortcomings concerning the narrative, but otherwise, it is action-packed, and I feel completely satisfied. So why am I only awarding this show four stars? Well, that is because what bothered me in the first season is still bothering me in the second. I mean the fact that a lot of things are, in my opinion, overplayed and done for the effect of it and that a lot of the characters are still unlikable. There was not much screen time given to the characters I liked from the first season, except for Sasha, who showed herself to be more than just comic relief; whether that was a good thing, I still do not know. Out of all the tangled web of emotions and relationships the screenwriters delivered, I think I ended up enjoying watching Ymir x Historia the most, which I definitely did not expect. So even the second series did not grab me in the way that I would be anxiously waiting for each new episode and spending my time glued to the screen. It was not even the first anime series I watched on a Saturday morning. However, I definitely found it somewhat intriguing and entertaining, and I am curious to see how close to the truth my theories are and what season three will bring. 8.3/10. (19.06.2017)