The more of Attack on Titan that I’ve watched, the more I’ve liked it, but the armbands have always struck me as lazy, evoking real world atrocities while having very little to say about them. I am… not pleased that the armband imagery is sticking around so prominently. They are basically instituting an oppressive system that is identical to the one they are rebelling against. The Jaegerists impose an armband system to indicate who drank the poisoned wine and who was loyal, and knew about the plot ahead of time. Her rants are unhinged and she’s pretty effectively built up as our sudden villain. Yelena sees herself as the midwife to the birth of a mythic legend, two brothers coming together to repair the world. In fact, this entire episode is sort of the Yelena hour she gets more screentime and we hear more about what motivates her than ever before. True to his promise, Dot Pixis surrenders to Yelena. Just when Zeke is ready to accept his demise though… what’s that? A titan? A fat titan with a distended belly? That’s pretty freaky and gross, plus if she eats Zeke, won’t some random Paradisan become the Beast Titan? It doesn’t matter though because she wrenches her stomach open, picks up Zeke, and SHOVES HIM RIGHT INTO HER GUTS! I assume this is going to regenerate him somehow, but that’s the last we see of Levi OR Zeke in this entire episode! We’re just left with the world’s grossest, least explicable cliffhanger ever! I don’t think Levi is getting up from this one, and what an ignoble way to go. They heard the sound of the explosion, recognized it as a Thunder Spear, and shuddered. What really sealed his fate was Hange Zoe noticing something was amiss. It seems like the unstoppable titan-killing machine may be actually deceased with no indication as to how many pieces he is in. I didn’t go so far to declare him dead at the end of last episode and sure enough he seems like he’s going to be around menacing whoever survives this episode. But he’s alive, which is not too much of a surprise to me. By which I mean, his lower body and his upper body are a few meters away from each other, and I’m sure there are all sorts of bonus bits scattered in between. This is it the last one (for a while), so get ready to charge into Attack on Titan season 4, episode 16 “Above and Below.” If you are new to our coverage, this is the part where I explain to you that I’ve never been what you’d call a regular anime watcher, but something about this strange and at times horrifying has never failed to captivate me. We are finally watching the final season of Attack on Titan, and I got a feeling that not everyone is making it out of this one alive. So, he has accumulated a long list of undesirable firsts, what major achievements have there been? Yes, there have been Bledisloe Cup, Freedom Cup and Rugby Championship wins but the unwanted statistics remain with the looming ignominy of a World Cup exit a distinct possibility.ĭoes this matter anyway with Scott Robertson set to take the reins in 2024? Well, yes it does if you do not like getting overtaken by other rugby nations like France, South Africa and Ireland and having a current world ranking of four is not ideal.Welcome back to the titan war! The time has come to end things. Another stat to digest is Foster was the quickest of the All Blacks coaches to register eight defeats, with approximately 30 matches compared to Steve Hansen’s 95 games. This does not include the recent losses to South Africa, the Boks’ biggest-ever win over the All Blacks, and the first-ever pool loss coming against France.ĭo people look at this record and accept it? Many of his wins have been against sides from outside of the top eight ranked teams and he has a low percentage win rate compared to his predecessors. Jacques Nienaber, Head Coach of South Africa, and Ian Foster. – Under Foster, Ireland, France, South Africa and Argentina have all beaten the All Blacks by 10 points or more. – First coach to lose to five different nations (Australia, Argentina, South Africa, Ireland and France). – First coach to lose a series to Ireland – First coach to lose back-to-back tests in his first three years in charge – First coach to lose a home series since 1994 What legacy will Ian Foster have since commencing his coaching career in 2019? He appears to have fulfilled his destiny, or does he have one final trick in 2023? His record does not make for great reading unfortunately with a number of firsts (sourced from NZ Herald 2022): As I have said previously, pick your best players in each position and stop the propensity to overthink the team. The idea of having two playmakers on the same side sounds like a great idea but does it really work? It reminded me of when Christian Cullen was named at centre for the All Blacks in 1999, great concept, not so good reality.
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