SnK S3E09 Poll Results (Anime Only Version)

The poll closed with 145 responses. Thank you to everyone who participated!

Please note this is the anime only viewer version of the poll. Manga readers, please click here for the results of the manga reader poll!





RATE THE EPISODE

132 Responses

Another episode with mostly positive reviews. Only a few were unimpressed with the episode.





HOW ABOUT THAT BARRICADES ORCHESTRAL REARRANGE?

124 Responses

The majority of voters continue to agree Sawano continues to kill it with the soundtrack.





WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WERE YOUR FAVORITE OVERALL SCENES?

128 Responses

Rod’s titan face reveal was the overall favorite moment of the episode, followed up by Levi finding Kenny. Rod’s demise created a tie between the Survey Corps defeating him and Historia giving him the final blow.





WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WERE YOUR FAVORITE MC CHARACTER INTERACTIONS?

126 Responses

Levi telling Kenny he’s going to die was the favorite character interaction for anime only watchers. Followed closely behind that was Eren showing Armin that he is gaining his confidence back, and finally Eren realizing horrifyingly that he insulted Levi while calling Rod a tiny, old man was another favorite.





HOW COOL WAS IT TO SEE THE POV OF A MINDLESS TITAN?

129 Responses

The majority of people definitely appreciated getting this new perspective. We agree this was a really nice touch!





YOUR REACTION TO ROD’S TITAN’S FACE REVEAL?

129 Responses

45% of respondents thought Rod’s titan was awesome, but 47% thought it was disgusting or horrifying - we think it’s safe to say some combination of all three.

Horrifying for sure, but in an awesome way!

It was simultaneously horrifying and impressive.

Sexy!

Ugliest Titan ever to grace the fandom.





WHO DREW IT BETTER - ISAYAMA OR WIT?

128 Responses

The majority of people thought WIT’s simplified version of Erwin’s sketch was drawn better.





WHOSE GRAVE DO YOU THINK EREN WAS VISITING?

129 Responses

61% of respondents thought Eren was visiting Hannes’ grave, but there were also a few interesting thoughts below.

An old friend in the survey corps?

His Mother’s

His fathers

Marco





HOW MUCH DO YOU RELATE TO EREN PUNCHING HIMSELF?

128 Responses

This question is much more evenly split than it was with manga readers, with nearly ⅓ of voters relating to each category.





HOW DID YOU LIKE THOSE THROWBACK FLASHBACKS FROM SEASON 1?





127 Responses

A majority of respondents enjoyed the throwback or thought it was surreal to see Season 1 animation alongside Season 3.

I think the quality of the first and second season was great. Frankly, Season 3 has been a bit disappointing in comparison, because its scenes (for the most part) have been very simple without a lot of movement or detail (despite being animated and not a still image). I think S03 is the least visually-striking season so far, with minor exceptions.

It made me reflect on the overall quality of this season. While I don’t think is a bad season, it’s definitely a downgrade compared to the first 2 seasons. On the first 3 episodes, the show got me excited as the first 2 seasons, but after that its just not that much exciting anymore. I really hope it improves on the next arc, since everyone are saying next arc is the best arc





WOULD YOU ACCEPT HISTORIA AS YOUR RULER?

127 Responses

The overwhelming majority of respondents would accept Historia as their queen.





ROD IS A TINY OLD MAN. IS LEVI A TINY OLD MAN TOO?

129 Responses

43% of voters agree that Levi is not old. 42% are ready to pay their respects to Eren for even considering such a thing, even if accidentally.

Eren insulting Levi will be remembered for eternity.





WHY DO YOU THINK EREN WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL ROD’S TITAN?

127 Responses

Plenty of different theories here but the majority of people thing that Eren is just not able to access his full titan power, just like Rod said.

Eren cannot control titan shifters

I don’t think he has a very good grasp of how to do it. Karate chopping the air and shouting “YOO TITAN PLS STOP” is probably not the secret to unleashing that skill.

Noble blood immunity

eren is a noob when it comes to using the power of the titans





EREN WAS REALLY DOWN ON HIMSELF THIS WEEK, DO YOU THINK HIS BEHAVIOR WILL CHANGE MOVING FORWARD?

127 Responses

84% of voters believe that Eren will step up his teamwork game, but are divided on whether he will continue to be his usually bothered self or if he will find his chill more easily. A small 13% believe he will not change after his breakdown.





HOW DID YOU FEEL ABOUT THE PARALLELS IN THIS EPISODE OF THE SMALL CHILDREN POINTING TO ROD LOOMING OVER THE WALL IN COMPARISON TO EMA DOING SO TO BERTOLT’S TITAN FIVE YEARS AGO?

129 Responses

Looks like everybody loves Isayama and his trios!

A little emotional

Childhood trauma! Yay!

They will be traumatised for life cos Rod was more horrifying.





DO YOU THINK HISTORIA WILL BE A GOOD QUEEN?

128 Responses

Overwhelming support for Historia as queen here, with a smaller portion of people believing she’ll be a ruler in name only.

I think she’ll be very difficult to work with. She’s strong-minded, but she’s not a leader and she doesn’t have the knowledge necessary to rule a kingdom. She has some foolish ideas and unrealistic expectations, and I think they are going to cause conflict.

I’m certain that she’ll try her best





HOW DID YOU FEEL ABOUT HISTORIA STANDING UP TO AND COUNTERING ERWIN ON HIS ORDERS?

126 Responses

Historia standing up to Erwin has overwhelming support from respondents.

I expected it; she outranks him now after all.

I still think everyone is stupid for allowing such an important person to participate in battle. I was promised a real explanation for this silliness, and then Erwin was just like “Well I only have one arm so I guess you can do what you want” and I was angry at everyone.





WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT HISTORIA CARRYING OUT THE FINISHING BLOW?

126 Responses

Mostly everyone thought Historia being the one to finish her father was super positive.





WILL KENNY USE THE SERUM?

127 Responses

85% of total respondents are certain that Kenny will not use the serum.





DISCUSSION QUESTION! HOW DO YOU THINK THE STORY WOULD HAVE CHANGED IF EREN HAD BEEN EATEN IN THE CAVE?

47 Responses

We enjoyed reading your responses and theories to this open discussion question:

Historia enslaves humanity like the biggest femme dom the world has ever seen

Historia would inherit Grisha’s and Founding Titan’s powers. If she would be able to resist the First King’s will then Rod would be able to save humanity from the titans. If she wouldn’t be able to resist the First King’s will then Rod would lose another family member to the FT and the rest of humanity would get their memories erased.

Historia, with memories of the first king, would’ve probably erased the memories of everyone inside the walls

I doubt they would kill Eren at this point, so if he got eaten they would do something like the first season again (Eren “dies”, but he is back because of some random reason), but that would be a horrible choice on the plot.

I think humanity would be screwed bc then Mikasa, best girl, would be too depressed to continue to help fight.

I thinking lots of shit will be avoided and more people would be saved I don’t trust eren

Mikasa would’ve absolutely wreaked havoc, possibly even killing Historia. The Survey Corps would’ve had to fight Historia (assuming she got taken over by the First King’s memories like Frieda and Uri), and maybe try to get her eaten by a mindless titan to regain humanity’s ‘ace’.

Mind control–>shit machine dismantled–>Ackerman/oriental rebellion

Things would have remained the same as it has always been for the past 100 years. Historia would have been controlled by the will of the first Reiss King. She wouldn’t have saved humanity from the Titans and the Reiss family would have altered the memories of humanity and our main squad probably would have been caught and executed.





ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS ON THE EPISODE?

The sight of Eren’s Titan carrying the bomb was awesomely surreal.

Mixed feelings overall. It was an exciting watch at the time, but in hindsight, it still feels like they’re cutting critical details for the sake of time. Rod was too easy to defeat and didn’t really amount to anything as a character or a threat, and Erwin’s decision to let Historia participate in the battle didn’t make any sense. It looked like they opted to give us Eren’s POV on that scene instead of giving us Historia’s, and I think whatever she said to convince Erwin was pretty obviously cut. This is disappointing because it makes the characters look like fools for taking unnecessary, unjustified, and illogical risks.

According to the poll this was the best episode so far in season 3. I, personally, didn’t like it THAT much, but I wager there will be even better episodes in the future. If WIT keeps the streak of really good episodes going on, then Attack on Titan will regain it’s popularity in the West.

Best episode so far S3

Felt sorry for Rod in the end. He was being more honest than I thought.

I wonder if erens titan will be recognised by the civilians in the future. If he will ever be considered a hero or not.





WHERE DO YOU PRIMARILY DISCUSS THE SERIES?

110 Responses

Thanks again to everyone who participated! We’ll see you again on Tuesday!