Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Attack on Titan catchup, this time looking at season one episode 16 entitled What needs to be done now. This episode felt like another “setting up for later” episode rather than anything substantial happening in the actual episode itself. There have been quite a few re-shufflings in the show and this was the latest as the core group all ended up joining the scouts. It was fine but it dragged the pace down a little because you want to see the story and action keep moving forward. I know the story moved forward here but you didn’t really get to see them actually do something.

There were however still some interesting parts and quotes which helped you understand how different groups of characters were feeling. For example, there were soldiers who were a) annoyed about being potentially punished for Titans being killed, and B) Want Eran to prove his worth before fully backing him as a member of the Scouts. The first point I could understand while the latter is surely more based on fearing for their own safety more than anything else. They have seen Eran decimate Titan’s before; the worry has to be if he is going to end up decimating them as well.

“You’re a good leader because you know what it is to be weak” was a great quote which really does epitamise what makes a good leader. You have to be able to empathise with your (in this case) soldiers and understand their worries and concerns. As a teacher who struggled at school as a child this really connected with me on a more personal level.

The whole over-scaring thing was just done to narrow down the recruits to those who really wanted it, but the whole thing felt a tad pointless when everyone we knew who wanted to join still joined anyway. Overall not the best episode but was fine nonetheless.

DD Rating: 5/10