Attack on Titan: The Final Season - Part 3 is a special length version, being one hours long, or approximately the length of three episodes. It is split into two chapters. It pulls no punches as it starts off with the total devastation of the titans just rumbling across the landscape. Probably what hits you the hardest is how it shows the terrifying last moments of the people as they try to escape, only to find that there is no escape. Considering that a lot of the population are innocent, that makes it all the worst, and the anime nails this aspect.
Then the perspective moves back towards Mikasa and Armin’s group as they continue their journey to try and stop Eren. At this point, considering the sheer size and scale of the titan army, it is difficult to see what they could possibly do to stop Eren. Despite slowly transitioning Eren into a monster and villain, Part 3 puts in several scenes where Eren has doubts within himself on what he has to do. So now you are not sure whether Eren just went crazy with the revelation that even though he might not wish it, it was fate that pushed him to do it.
Despite the situation being dire, and Eren obliterating everything in his path, the pacing can still be considered somewhat slow. A lot of focus is placed upon Mikasa and Armin’s group in how they try and prepare so that they can head out to confront Eren. While it is much less political than the previous two parts, and there are some fantastic action sequences, there are plenty of scenes where it can feel that it is partly fluff and could have been shortened. The group is so focused on getting to Eren, that the plan around how to stop him is still somewhat hazy. It is shown time and again that the titans aren’t completely invulnerable, just that their sheer number and strength of each individual one makes it particularly hard to stop a horde of them. As you would expect, Part 3 ends with a cliffhanger, so you’ll just have to wait until the final part.
Overall, Attack on Titan: The Final Season - Part 3 is good and consistent with previous parts. It still has a bit of a slow pacing going on, but it nails its themes. The despair that people must feel when the titans are coming to obliterate everything in their path cannot be understated. You can kind of see what the anime is trying to do, in terms of healing the rift between the different nations. And finally, the anime continues to nail the epic feel of its fights, even when sometimes, when broken down, the fights don’t have much excitement in it.
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