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Wow...just wow.... In my opinion this episode really showed that not all of our heroes are going to survive.That in Attack on Titan everyone are gonna wind up dead...eventually.

----Dont read this until episode 9

So yes, these series cannot get better than this episode. That is not to say that the rest isn't worth watching or considered 'bad' in my book, because this series in overall is very exciting to watch. However, the particularly episode gave an empowering feeling followed by a defeated one. Near the end, my jaw dropped to the floor. Erens death was unexpected and shocking. It seems like the story continues with Erens spirit in the minds of the others. Although he did die, his character had a significant effect on others. His death felt as big as Sean Beans death in Game of Thrones, but it turns out it doesn't.

It is too bad the writer negated this plot twist a view episodes later by turning the main story into, what I would like to call, a 'there is only One' -storyline. Think about tales surrounding an exceptional hero, like Neo in The Matrix or Goku in Dragon Ball Z. Yes, there allies matter, but the primary weapon of 'the good guys' is this solitary warrior that does what others can't.

The acting, music, writing and directing felt in sync with each other in this episode, ending with this excellent climax. I can only hope the writers dare to take the risk of keeping their characters dead next time.

This is the episode that got me invested in this show, from the amazing first battle to eren ''death'' at the end of the episode every moment is perfect. The pacing is great and the music and animation is unbelivable this show is really something else.

"First Battle: Defense of Trost, Part 1" is another great episode that drives the viewer to keep watching. You learn new things about the Titans like what their weaknesses are and how they live. You notice how Eren's character develops a lot. The shocking ending showed that no one is safe and anyone can die.

Recap: With the sudden appearance of the Colossal Titan humanity once again faces its extinction at the hands of the Titans. A determined Eren is now ready to use the skills he developed in the Cadets to kill the invading Titans. However Eren is about to learn the harsh reality that just because he thinks he's ready for combat that doesn't mean he is.

Disclaimer: This is a review with the benefit of hindisght.

Bold doesn't even begin to cut it. While the previous episodes were enough to make this show top tier, this one sends it way over the top. Killing the MC just 5 episodes in (dramatic, epic, savage and emotional as they were) is something that will shock even the most seasoned anime viewers.

And that's just the end, there's a whole episode of crazyness that we had to endure in order to witness it. We are shown what Eren is made of (what he always was and always will be) when he goes 1 on 1 with the Colossal, while he's squadmates are too shocked at the destruction of the inner gate to do anything. But alas, the giant foe vanishes just as quickly as he appeared. The hell that was unleashed 5 years ago it's about to return, but humanity is prepared this time, that's what has been shown to us in the two previous episodes. It's time for a showdown, humans vs titans, this time they won't have it so easy... is what a normal show would do but not SnK. All the hope and hype gets turned around into tragedy and despair, as our group of heroes (who we were starting to like) get easily bested by the titans. We are left with the first true cliffhanger of this show (many more to come) when Eren saves his best friend and becomes himself titan food.

This is the begining of an intense, long, dramatic, tragic and hopeful arc that also has consequences far beyond it's own season, some that we could not possibly imagine.

The last few episodes were slow and light hearted the reason was so that it would make this episode more gruesome and it worked the music is better than ever and the action is anticlimactic which shows the difference in power between humans and titans that ending shocked me now I want to watch the next episode more than ever 10/10.