Attack on Titan Season 4 Review
Luckily when i started watching Attack on Titan, Season 4 was already on air so i got to experience the final season without the wait of new episodes coming out.
Now there will be spoilers in this review so if you dont want spoilers then just read this brief summary and come back when you've finished:
Attack on Titan Season 4 was an extremely enjoyable show and MAPPA did a great job, the visuals are stunning and the story is packed full of information and it expands the world within Attack on Titan and gives the viewer an even better perspective on Marley and how life is like beyond the walls, as we get teased with a few snippets from Eren's fathers memories in Season 3.
Looking more indepth (Spoilers)
````Season 4 starts on Episode 60: "The Other Side of the Sea", this shows a group of Eldian children fighting for the Marleyian at a fort named "Fort Slava" these children we find out later on that these children have been selected by the Marleyian military to obtain the power of "The Nine" by obtaining this power the children would become "Honorary Marleyians" which is something that every Eldian would aspire for as we know from Season 3 that Eldians are oppressed and discriminated against by the Marleyians who keep them in internment zones and limit their freedom, because they have the ability to turn into a titan whereas the Marleyians are unable to turn into titans. The Marleyians believe that the Eldians must atone for their sins as the Eldian empire used the power of titans to wipe out their enemies.
In the first 4 Episodes it is almost entirely focused on the group of Eldians who hope to inherit "The Nine":
Gabi - Who was a top performing soldier who had been brainwashed by the Marleyians to hate her own race, she hoped to inherit the armoured titan to bring justice to the Eldian people.
Falco- Also high achieving soldier who also hoped to inherit the Armoured Titan so that Gabi could live a long life, and become an honorary Marleyian.
Zofia- Average achieving candidate who also was hoping to achieve the Armoured Titan.
Udo - Another average achieving candidate who was hoping to inherit the Armoured Titan.The story focuses on how these children aspire to become the armoured titan and how they want to outperform each other. The candidates also regularly meet the current holders of the titan powers and most importantly Zeke who is Eren's brother and the mastermind behind a lot of Marley's titan attacks.
Episode 5 reintroduces the main characters from the Survey Corps as they attack the city of Liberio in Marley during a festival held by the Tybur family (Who are in possession of the Warhammer Titan) , Eren's objective was to obtain the Warhammer Titan which he does successfully.
The attack ends with Armin turning into the Colossal Titan which creates a massive explosion which destroys a large portion of Liberio and the Survey Corps escape on a blimp with Zeke Jeager on board who was actually in on the plan the whole time. Unfortunately Gabi manages to get on board and she shoots Sasha Braus, killing her. Gabi and Falco are detained on Paradis. So is Zeke though he is kept in a forest and watched by Levi Ackerman who could easily cut him down if he does turn titan.
The story continues steadily and often recalls to the past and explains how Zeke contacted Paradis and how they had a massive technology boom thanks to the "friendly" Marleyians. The story then turns as Eren is also detained and many people believe that he should be freed and he should protect Paradis this started the Jeagerist movement where many sided with Eren Jeager and they became armed and performed small scale coups where the sole intention was to find Eren's brother so they can meet and perform a rumbling to scare the other nations from attacking Paradis and also that they could carry out the "Eldian Euthanisation Program" which Zeke had planned to wipe out the Eldians so that their was no more discrimination against them.
Season 4 ends with the Marleyians starting an attack on Paradis where they can be seen flying in with blimps with people like Reiner on board.
The visuals in Season 4 are noticeably different to the previous season. For the better the lighting and camera angles are great and add a side to the show where people can appreciate the beauty of the art style and the scenes.
Overall I enjoyed Season 4 and it is one of my favourite seasons out of any anime or even show that I have watched, the story is great and engaging and the visuals are stunning and beautiful. It has left me in anticipation to see Season 4 Part 2 and to see how the story continues.
I suggest Attack on Titan as a whole to anyone who is new to anime as this is one of my all time favourites and it is a good anime for people that don't even like anime at all!