20https://bestanimations.com/SignsShapes/Arrows/Right/rightarrow29.gif https://anilist.co/review/4783 So...Im reviewing this a lot sooner than I expected. As some of you may know Attack on Titan Season 3 was originally billed as a twocour season similar to the first season which premiered way back in 2013. However following episode twelve it was revealed that the season would be split cour with the second half set to air in Spring of 2019. This review should have come sooner but Im having trouble typing since Im suffering nasty from TitanSlaying withdrawal. Attack on Titan is going to be a hard show for me to review because I love it so much to the point where Im sure the show really isnt that good but the hype gets me pumped so much that I can see no wrong and Ill be screaming Sasageyo as Mikasa cuts the nape or achilles heel of some giant titan. I like to call this Shounen Hype Syndrome. Its the same thing that made me see DBS as absolutely amazing even though looking back it had quite a few rough spots. So yeah a bit of bias no problem though. After the the jawdroppingly awesome second season I feel that season three or rather this half of season three dialed it back a bit but I still think it was a bit better than the first season. The stakes were still high the revelations werent as insane as the second seasons but still great and the fights were as great as ever. While Titan Eren wasnt utilized that much its a bit of a refresher because it shows that Attack on Titan can still have marvelous fights while not relying too much on Titan vs. Titan. Ive been told that Attack on Titan has a distinct shift where it starts being more of a thriller and human vs. human as opposed to the bleak Man vs. Nature conflict of the beginning of the first season. I can kind of see it here: the first antagonist of the season is Kenny the Ripper an infamous serial killer who along with his task force is tasked with taking out the scouts who are caught up in a smear campaign. The fact that their equivalent of the ODM gear is specifically made to fight humans instead of Titans drives this point home. While I can start seeing the series shifting it feels naturally and doesnt seem like it betrays what makes AoT what it is. If you loved season 1 and 2 youll love 3. You probably wont love the opening though thats just bad. Heres to hoping they change it for the next cour. In general backstories seem to be the focal point of season three so far. I personally think theyre handled well. I was more invested in these backstories than Ymirs in season two even though I acknowledge that hers was really important to the plot. They just seem to compliment the present action very well. One thing that I took notice of was that the main trio was out of focus a bit. Naturally Eren got the most screen time of the three but Mikasa and Armin seemed just like they were warming the bench. I hope theyre up to bat in the second cour. Though this isnt too much of a problem AoT has a large cast of characters and I cared about them now more than ever. Episodes were still fastpaced and were over in the blink of an eye making me want more and then lamenting that I had to wait a week for the next episode. While again the action and revelations werent as good as season 2 this season was amazing in its own right. Production is still topnotch. Characters look great and action is fluid. Its part of the reason that Im not that upset over the hiatus. As they say its not easy being beautiful and if it takes half a year for Wit Studio to give us more quality episodes I will wait. Patiently Agonizingly 9.5/10