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Yiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiikes, I'm not sure I even want to discuss the implicated subtext of an imperialist superpower controlled behind the shadows by a wealthy family of a race based on Jews...
Also there's an actual Japan stand in and she's of the enlightened variety. Subtle.
As for the rest of the episode, I was kind of hoping the shit would start hitting the fan sooner so the episode was a bit of a drag really. Well at least it looks like all the build up is finally over.
Eren has become quite a surprising hook in all this though. Out of all the characters he's the one I'm most interested in, and there's a lot of interesting characters on display here. I guess judging by the preview, Eren's intention is to do exactly what Reiner did for some dark karmic retribution. If that means killing civvies, I'm gonna start looking at this show a lot differently.
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