Hello everyone and welcome to the latest edition of Attack on Titan catchup and we have finally reached the season 2 finale, Scream. After some shaky and dare I say slightly dull episodes, the last episode was one of my all time favourites and although this episode didn’t hit those heights it was still a really strong end to the season. There is no shame in that either as the second half of a two parter is always harder to pull off. Overall they did a fine job.

While Reiner was Titan tossing, Eran and Mikasa did indeed come face to face with the Titan who ate Eran’s mum. I liked how with all of the different types of Titans we have seen introduced this season it came down to a personal battle with a “regular” Titan for lack of a better word. The older guard Hannes does battle with the beast and was actually doing pretty well…until he was bitten in half. You had to presume that someone was going to die in this but it is a shame it was him. I know he didn’t add much to the overall story and wasn’t a major player on anything but he was a fun side character who grew in confidence and bravery even though he knew he was out of his depth. I liked how he was trying to avenge the mother he failed to save and although he was unsuccessful, he definitely died a hero.

Of course Eran believed that he had to be the one to kill but for some reason was able to transform. Maybe he still hadn’t fully recovered from his last battle properly. There was a very dramatic moment where he vowed to protect Mikasa, telling her that he will “always wrap her scarf” which I realise out of context sounds a bit odd. I don’t know if they were hinting at a romantic relationship but I really do see them more as brother and sister. Let’s keep it that way.

Somehow Eran unlocked a new power to control the actions of Titans…huh? Where did that come from? Is this actually the power that his dad injected him with? I don’t want to call it a use of the “ghost in the machine” trope where something new saves the day out of nowhere but I definitely have more questions than the amount of answers that they gave. I’m intrigued and I’m interested so hopefully they can stick this landing next season.

DD Rating:8.75/10