Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Attack on Titan catchup, this time looking at season 2 episode 7, Close Combat. After the shocking revelations of the last episode we kicked things off with a rather awkward flashback all things considered. Eran had another rant about how he (understandably) hates traitors before we got back to the present day battle. Eran actually had a really good angry monologue towards the end of the episode as he battles the armoured Titan. He cries out to Reiner inside “you were my hero” before being swatted away like he is nothing. He does a lot of angry monologues but this was a good one! He showed a lot of heart here and it really does make you warm to the guy.

I loved how finally Eran began to utilise skill and technique to fight rather than just rushing in. It showed how much he had grown since his battle with the female Titan last season. The other scouts helped out too and it was such a weird visual seeing them stand on Titan Eran’s shoulders and talking to him as they now seem to completely trust one another. Hopefully there are no more betrayals and that doesn’t backfire.

Meanwhile we had the colossal titan seemed pretty useless and slow until it started blasting out red hot steam. I like that different Titans have different strengths and weaknesses but you have to wonder if it just random as to who gets what powers. Is it based off personality traits or is there another layer of tampering that we don’t know about yet?

Overall another really fun episode and I am excited to see what happens next. What is your favourite angry Eran monologue? There’s plenty to choose from!

DD Rating: 8.25/10