SnK S3E18 Poll Results (Anime Only Viewer Version)

The poll closed with 128 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

110 Responses

As has been the trend for most of this half of the season, the episode is ranking high among respondents, with 82.7% giving it a 5/5 rating.

Best. Episode. Ever. Hands down.

Brutal

Crippling depression

Great episode - I usually rewatch new episodes within a day, but I haven’t with this episode because it’s so good and I know I’ll end up going through a roller coaster of emotions again

10/10 again. Probably the best anime in terms of character development



WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS YOUR FAVORITE PART OF THE EPISODE?

113 Responses

There were many emotional and impactful moments throughout this episode, leaving a relatively close call across the board on what stood out as a favorite moment for respondents. 12.4% were most touched with Levi and Hange’s farewell to Erwin, 11.5% were impacted by Bertolt’s death, while another 11.5% simply couldn’t pick a favorite moment at all. 10.6% enjoyed watching as the 104th held onto a newly revived Armin.





WHICH SEIYUU WAS THE MVP THIS EPISODE?

113 Responses

Credit is given where credit is due, and 34.5% of respondents felt that all of the cast deserve kudos for their amazing performances in this episode! Yuki Kaji (Eren) and Yui Ishikawa (Mikasa) both tied at 18.6% on their individual performances, while Hiroshi Kamiya (Levi) came out with 13.3% of the vote. 8% were most pleased with Romi Park (Hange).

The seiyuu made the episode what it is. If they weren’t so powerful in their performances then I don’t think I would have been as upset as I was. Though I understand the creation of the episode was a lot of people’s hard work.



THIS EPISODE HAD A PROFOUND LACK OF BACKGROUND MUSIC. DO YOU THINK THIS WAS THE CORRECT DECISION ON THE PART OF THE ANIME TEAM?

112 Responses

A whopping 64.3% of respondents were thrilled with the omission of music from this episode, which allowed the raw voice acting to really shine through. 25% were content and felt that it enhanced the episode overall. 8% either didn’t care or notice. A small amount didn’t feel it was the best choice.

I loved Armin’s OST

I was too anxious to notice!



WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE PART ABOUT HANGE’S SPEECH?

115 Responses

39.1% of respondents were most affected by the flashback to Moblit’s death during Hange’s speech, 31.3% were moved by everything she had to say, and 20.9% felt most touched by Hange embracing Mikasa as she was grieving.





WHO DO YOU FEEL WAS OBJECTIVELY THE BETTER PERSON TO REVIVE?

115 Responses

More than half of respondents agreed with Eren in this debate and feel that Armin was objectively the better choice to revive for the sake of humanity. 39.1% feel that Erwin was the better option. A small amount didn’t feel either were a good choice.

I didn’t really like how the story backpedaled away from Armin’s death. The way he sacrificed himself would’ve been the perfect end to his character arc, I feel.



OBJECTIVENESS ASIDE, WHO WOULD YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO REVIVE?

115 Responses

We asked you guys who you would have chosen based on a more emotional attachment, rather than an objective one. 63.5% of respondents felt that they would have chosen to revive Armin in this situation, while 31.3% would have preferred Erwin survive.



It was really hard choosing between Armin and Erwin





HOW DO YOU THINK ERWIN WOULD FEEL IF HE HAD BEEN PICKED INSTEAD OF ARMIN?

115 Responses

Nearly half of respondents agree that Erwin would have felt guilty had he been chosen over Armin. 25.2% think that he simply would have been understanding, and 20% believe he would have been disappointed in the decision to revive him over Armin. A small amount feel he would have been relieved.

Crushed by survivors guilt

I think Erwin was ready and relieved to die and would not have been a very functional person or leader after that point.

Pissed

Sad because he lost a good element, but determined to fulfill his dream



WHY DO YOU THINK LEVI INJECTED ARMIN INSTEAD OF ERWIN?

113 Responses

56.6% of viewers believe that Levi’s reasoning for letting Erwin go was so that he wouldn’t have to live through any more hell. 33.6% believe it was a mixture of any or all of the given options.

After Erwin asked a question to his “teacher” Levi realized how long Erwin’s mind had been corrupted. Seeing him pure again for the first time made Levi realize it would be unjust to bring him back to this world.

I believe Erwin would have come back a changed man. He already has a huge amount of survivors guilt, so if he was revived after leading dozens of men to their deaths i don’t think he could have lived with himself. I feel this change would make him a worse leader and strategist, and it would just be difficult for him to move on. I think Levi ultimately saw this and understood that this was the correct move for both Erwin and humanity. I also believe armins dream is larger in scope, so he has more motivation to push humanity farther beyond the wall, where erwin would have been satisfied after reaching the basement.

I felt sorry for Levi. He just wanted Erwin to live but knew that they already had had their final speech. He had already come to terms in a way that Erwin would die on that day. No need to prolong his suffering



WHICH CHARACTER DO YOU FIND YOURSELF MOURNING THE MOST?

114 Responses

Overall the fandom is most affected by Erwin’s death, with 69.3% mourning him more than the others. 14.9% feel themselves feeling the saddest for Bertolt. 10.5% are sad to see Moblit go.

RIP Erwin

Rest In Peace Erwin you can rest easy now :(



WHICH PART OF THE EPISODE GOT YOU CHOKED UP, IF AT ALL?

113 Responses

Mikasa’s panicked crying as Levi started to ready the serum for Erwin is the moment that started getting the largest amount of viewers emotional, with 15% picking that moment. To the pollsters’ shock, 14.2% of respondents didn’t feel an emotional twinge at all. 11.5% started getting emotional when Eren made a final desperate plea to save his friend.

Why can we only choose one moment that got me choked up? I cried like 4 times

Perhaps I’m still crying while answering this poll



EREN SEEMS TO HAVE NOTICED A SIMILARITY IN ZEKE’S APPEARANCE AND HIS FATHER’S. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS ZEKE’S RELATION TO GRISHA?

111 Responses

When it comes to the likeness between Zeke and Grisha that Eren detected, 53.2% of respondents believe it’s likely that the two of them are brothers. 27% are more inclined to believe that Grisha and Zeke are father/son, while 9.9% think it’s not a close relation if there is one. A small amount think there’s no actual relation at all.





DO YOU THINK THAT EREN WAS BRAINWASHED BY GRISHA?

113 Responses

41.6% of respondents are confident that Eren didn’t undergo any brainwashing from his father, while 38.9% simply just don’t know. 19.5% are considering Zeke’s claim that Eren is a victim of his dad (well, aside from being injected with titan serum against his will or knowledge).





ZEKE SAYS HE WILL COME BACK TO “SAVE” EREN. WHAT DO YOU THINK HE MEANS?

114 Responses

A vague statement with many possibilities. 34.2% believe that Zeke intends to save Eren from his father’s brainwashing (regardless if Eren is actually brainwashed or not). 28.1% believe that he wants to save Eren from the walls. 15.8% aren’t really sure what he could have meant.

A mixture of a lot of the above. I.E. he wants to save him from the evils humanity which includes the brainwashing, himself, etc.

He’s lying and probably just gonna get someone to eat Eren

I feel that Eren is somewhat being influenced by his father because he ate him, similar to how the Reiss family is controlled by the founding titan if they obtain its power but to a lesser extent. Also it seems clear that zeke thinks he’s doing the right thing and humanity in the walls is evil



IT’S REVEALED THAT REINER HAD A LETTER FROM YMIR IN HIS POCKET. WHERE DO YOU THINK YMIR IS NOW?

114 Responses

Ymir’s fate has still been a mystery for anime watchers. 43% have gotten the sinking feeling that she may already be dead. 21.1% are a little more hopeful, feeling that she may just be imprisoned in the warrior hometown. 13.2% don’t wanna say either way.





DO YOU THINK JEAN HESITATED ABOUT LETTING REINER DIE OR DID HE SIMPLY WANT THE ARMORED TITAN’S POWER?

114 Responses

Nearly half of respondents are certain that Jean’s feelings are a complicated combination of both of the given options. 36.8% are more confident that it’s based on his personal feelings about Reiner, rather than the strategic objective of taking his armor.





WERE EREN AND MIKASA JUSTIFIED IN OPPOSING LEVI?

114 Responses

With the majority vote at 71.1%, most respondents feel that Eren and Mikasa’s sorrow and opposition to Levi were completely understandable and aren’t holding their actions against them. 16.7% are a bit more appalled by their behavior, believing they should have stepped down and let their superior make the final call without interference. 8.8% feel there’s a little more grey area and don’t want to say either way.

Both option one and two, it’s understandable but not justified going against both the commander and the captain’s orders.

Yes and no. They just witness their childhood friend almost die with a way to revive him. There’s no way they’d do anything different than what they did, so it was right in the sense that they’re trying to save their friend. Defying Levi’s orders is never a good idea though even if it did end up saving Armin.

Yes, Armin would indeed be a good bet because of his strategies

yes but not literally not pin him to the ground with a sword to his throat



WHAT DID FLOCH MEAN BY ERWIN BEING THE “DEVIL” AND WHY DID THE SC NEED A “DEVIL”?

113 Responses

64.4% of viewers feel that Floch likening Erwin to a devil was due to his ability to make the hard decisions that most normal people would be unable to make due to their ruthlessness. 17.7% feel that he’s clinging onto a sense of purpose after surviving the suicide charge. 8% think that he’s simply just gone off the deep end.

Combination of all options

Combination of thinking Erwin was able to make “tough choices” and looking for a sense of purpose.

His mind, while tactical and smart, was corrupted to the point where almost all his thoughts were about killing the titans like a Devil.



HOW DID YOU FEEL ABOUT BERTOLT’S DEATH?

114 Responses

44.7% of viewers feel that they can’t look past Bertolt’s actions and think that his death was a long time coming. 33.3% felt very unnerved by his death and found his cries for help to be tragic. 8.8% are genuinely distressed about Bertolt dying.

I wish we got to know more about the dude… he’ll be missed

Never felt this good

Bertholdt is such a tragic villain. Sad to see him go crying for his best friend and girl he loves

Berthold’s death was the worst thing and I’m still very sad about it

Finally Bertolt his dead. Reiner and Annie next please

Poor Bertholdt, treated as a sack of meat for the winner of the serum lottery…

I got choked up the most for Bertholdt’s death. Like full on crying



HOW DID YOU FEEL WHEN BERTOLT SMILED AS HE SPOTTED HIS FORMER COMRADES?

113 Responses

41.6% felt sorry for Bertolt when he saw his former comrades and hoped they would help him. 20.4% feel that his smile heightened the tragedy of his death and felt it made it more painful. 16.8% felt angry that Bertolt had any hope that the people he tried to kill would try to help him live.

He Deserved the Marco treatment

Honestly this made me so happy to see. After all Bertolt has done to his friends and all the people he’s killed, this scene made his death so much better since he could taste a small sample of the pain he’s caused.

It felt ironic

It fucking ended my sad ass

Sad

The first watch made his death feel satisfying, but after going back to it i feel bad for the guy



HOW HAVE YOUR OPINIONS ON THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERS CHANGED?

Many characters got a huge boost this episode with Hange getting the highest boost of all. Levi gained a lot of favorability just behind them, followed by Mikasa, Eren and then Jean. Opinions on Reiner, Bertolt and Zeke mostly remain unchanged, with a little more favorability toward Zeke and Bertolt. Floch is the character who moved most into the negative direction, although many appreciated the few moments of screen time he got in this episode.





WE’RE HEADED TO THE BASEMENT NEXT EPISODE! THOUGHTS ON WHAT THEY’LL FIND DOWN THERE?

109 Responses

While we definitely asked a serious question, we couldn’t help but add in some joke answers. We’re glad to see you guys had enough sense of humor to play along with our silly whims.



But in all seriousness, 58.7% of viewers believe that in the basement will be information about the outside world. 39.4% feel there will be a lot of books, 36.7% believe it will be information about the warriors, or perhaps many believe it will be a combination of all three (and more).

For the fun answers, 20.2% believe it will be “the friends we made along the way,” 16.5% voted for the series’ creator, Isayama Hajime, and 11.9% think the pollsters will be waiting down there to surprise them! We’d love to be partying it up with Isayama down there! :P

I really hope they find a lot of useful info in the basement cuz this would’ve been all for nothing

Pretty sure cart titan has the contents of the basement on its back

The voice actors are inside the basement lol



ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS ON THE EPISODE?

I’m sad

Why do people keep taking the time out to think or speak to their enemy?? Levi literally had the beast Titan in his hands, Hange had Reiner, and now look at them. Upsetting

It’s unlikely, but I still think there’s a chance that the colossal titan is a modification and not an inheritable ability, meaning Armin will just become a regular shifter. Nobody knows for sure that the power is inherited the same way as the coordinate

Still though, the whole “"Serumbowl”“ thing was an interesting moral conundrum, even though it was obvious as to who would be getting the injection (Doesn’t help that the OP to this season spoiled it too)

The weird titan with a backpack sneaking up and saving both Zeke and Reiner felt a bit forced for the story, it doesn’t make sense to me that no one spots him coming in and saving the day for them

Waiting for Shikishima to show Eren his AppleTV next episode!





WHERE DO YOU PRIMARILY DISCUSS THE SERIES?

104 Responses



Thank you again to everyone who participated. We’ll see you again in a few days!