{"id":1569,"date":"2017-05-06T17:31:48","date_gmt":"2017-05-06T17:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.surrealresolution.com\/?p=1569"},"modified":"2017-05-06T17:31:48","modified_gmt":"2017-05-06T17:31:48","slug":"attack-on-titan-episode-30-historia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.surrealresolution.com\/index.php\/2017\/05\/06\/attack-on-titan-episode-30-historia\/","title":{"rendered":"Attack on Titan – Episode 30 – “Historia”"},"content":{"rendered":"

And so we\u2019ve reached the thirtieth episode of this series, not quite a milestone but still an evened-out number, so that\u2019s cause for a small bit of celebration for maybe one or two people. So go nuts, you select few. Also, a syntax clarification: who I call Krista, the official subs on Crunchyroll say as \u201cChrista.\u201d It\u2019s a tomato-tomahto situation, but for these reviews, I\u2019m going by my spelling of the name. Just so we\u2019re all clear. One other thing, this is a pretty talk-heavy episode, so I\u2019ll try my best to keep it as succinct as possible.<\/p>\n

DISCLAIMER: There is a scene from this episode included in at the end of this review containing graphic violent imagery.<\/b><\/p>\n

NOT continuing off from last time, we start this episode with our young\u2019n soldiers traversing through a snowy field toward home base. Final time, 9 hours and 12 minutes. And that\u2019s a GOOD time. At least Sasha\u2019s on the up and up, thinking about the wonderful food they may be making for them; ever the stomach-centered optimist, she is. Sasha\u2019s great. But there\u2019s one problem afoot: Krista is missing from the group, as is Ymir. (And someone else, but they\u2019re not important.) And instead of going out after them, everyone is ordered to stay put until morning, which prompts Eren to exclaim only one word: \u201cS**t.\u201d I better hear Papenbrook say that in a few weeks when this episode hits Adult Swim. But fear not, as both Krista and Ymir are dragging their frozen counterpart to their base. Anyone else feel reminded of The Hateful Eight<\/i> from this scene? Only, you know, without the brutal violence and racism. And as they\u2019re going along, Ymir gets into her schtick of \u201cyou suck and here\u2019s why,\u201d and that\u2019s getting on Krista\u2019s nerves, for you see, Ymir knows quite a bit about Krista and who she really is.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s the short version: she\u2019s the illegitimate child of a clergyman and his mistress, and given these circumstances, she could not ascend to nobility. However, if she changed her name and lived a different walk of life, the clergy would look past it all, and into the military she went. So how does it all tie back to Ymir? Well, when she was younger, being a pillager for survival, she managed to overhear this conversation in a church – yes, a church – and it would appear to be that she joined the military just to track her down. But, sure enough, within their own second chances at life, fate decided to draw them together. I won\u2019t say to what extent, but there\u2019s definitely a connection at work here. However, sometimes connections have their own ways of being a bit off, as is the case of what to do with their frozen stowaway, Daz. Short version, Ymir suggests letting him fall off a cliff to the ground below, Krista argues against it, so Ymir throws her into a pile of snow, and then they both disappear with Krista unsure of where they are. And at this same time, Eren is planning to go out and go on rescue to find Krista and Ymir. To no surprise, everyone joins in, but somebody\u2019s already nearing the base. Of course, it\u2019s Ymir, and Krista follows along some time after. As for Daz, somehow, he\u2019s alive and recovering inside the cabin at the base. Makes you wonder just how she got down so easily, doesn\u2019t it? As it turns out, Ymir\u2019s got a secret of his own, and before entrusting Krista with it, she wants a promise made: when it\u2019s revealed to everyone else, she wants Krista to take back her old name and go back to her old life. And then we get this very ship-fueled shot of both Krista and Ymir looking at each other with the sunrise in the background, it\u2019s a wonderful shot to see.<\/p>\n

Whew, 12 minutes of backtracking and flashbacks, let\u2019s get back to the ass-kicking now.<\/p>\n

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Now that we\u2019re up to speed, that little secret of Ymir? Yeah, she\u2019s a Titan shifter, just like Eren and Annie. But she\u2019s more of a \u201cnormal\u201d looking Titan, not like Eren\u2019s Titan form. Both Reiner and Bertholdt take notice at Ymir\u2019s Titan form, and suddenly, they get a bit of PTSD, reminded of a day from their youth where they encountered a Titan that looked just like this one. Hmm, I wonder. And so, the usual banter of \u201cis she friend or foe\u201d comes up, AGAIN, because obvious reasons of this world. I\u2019ve been saying it for years, it still rings true – Titan shifters are living WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. Let the military harness them and use them to their advantage instead of being so damn scared of them, LEVI<\/b>. I\u2019m sorry, I\u2019m still mad over that episode from the first season. Anyway, Titan!Ymir is still fighting, but the tide starts to turn, so this prompts Krista to enter \u201cANTA BAKA!?\u201d mode, exclaiming for her to not die, pretend that she\u2019s not good, and lastly, quote, \u201cLive for yourself, goddamn it!\u201d So what does she do? She tears down the tower, takes everyone down to safety, and continues kicking major ass. That is, until MORE Titans show up, like this is a frigging Dynasty Warriors game. But, sadly, it all grows to be too much, and the rogue Titans start devouring Titan!Ymir, which prompts Krista to run to her with tears in her eyes. Then Mikasa Ex Machina happens, with the rest of the Survey Corps coming in to join in to take down the Titans, along with Eren, who\u2019s rather joyous to get his first (ahem OFFICIAL) kill. And so, the day is saved, but how\u2019s Ymir holding up? She\u2019s had better days, that\u2019s for sure, now missing her right leg and forearm and part of her stomach.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s one thing left, though, and that\u2019s what Krista\u2019s real name is. If you can guess by the title of the episode, you\u2019d be on the money, it\u2019s Historia. And that\u2019ll give way for a bigger story plot much later on, but here, the episode closes out with a shot of Ymir shutting her eyes, passing out from the pain. Don\u2019t worry, she\u2019s not dead, at least not for a loooooooong while.<\/p>\n

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Talk about a packed episode, it had everything: a deep backstory, imagery straight out of a Quentin Tarantino film, major Titan ass-kicking, well-earned emotional investment, and there was even a little bit of 3DCG animation towards the end. So far, I\u2019d call this episode the best one yet, and we still have a lot more to cover in the next batch of episodes coming up. Now\u2019s a good time to jump in and get into this season, if you haven’t already, things are looking on the up and up with no signs of slowing down.<\/p>\n

Attack on Titan is licensed by FUNimation Entertainment and is simulcast subtitled Saturdays at 10:30am EDT on Crunchyroll and FUNimationNow, with an English simuldub on Saturdays at 12:30am EDT on Adult Swim and Sundays at 10:00pm EDT on FUNimationNow.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"And so we\u2019ve reached the thirtieth episode of this series, not quite a milestone but still an evened-out number, so that\u2019s cause for \n [...]<\/a>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"yasr_overall_rating":0,"yasr_post_is_review":"","yasr_auto_insert_disabled":"","yasr_review_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[5,29,218,60,150,219],"class_list":["post-1569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-animation","tag-animation","tag-anime","tag-attack-on-titan","tag-crunchyroll","tag-funimation","tag-spring-2017"],"yasr_visitor_votes":{"stars_attributes":{"read_only":false,"span_bottom":false},"number_of_votes":0,"sum_votes":0},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.surrealresolution.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-05-06-at-1.04.59-PM.jpg?fit=1550%2C870&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8GYHU-pj","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.surrealresolution.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.surrealresolution.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.surrealresolution.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.surrealresolution.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.surrealresolution.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1569"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.surrealresolution.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1575,"href":"https:\/\/www.surrealresolution.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1569\/revisions\/1575"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.surrealresolution.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.surrealresolution.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.surrealresolution.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.surrealresolution.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}