How Season 3's Opening STUNNED Us All - Overanalyzing Attack on Titan & Retrospective

Today at the Mystery Shack, we continue our retrospective analysis of Attack on Titan and episode 38 - "Smoke Signal". Join me in overanalyzing every single detail of the show and generally nerd out about anything and everything!
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00:00 - Episode 38 - Opening Sequence
04:48 - Opening 5 - Red Swan
09:55 - Episode 38 Title - Smoke Signal
10:33 - Eren's Squad, Clean up Duty & Simpler Times
12:37 - Enter - Levi
13:00 - Titan Experiments
15:49 - Erwin, Levi & Historia Reiss
20:26 - Regrets & Unsettled Conflicts
23:50 - Eren & Historia
28:22 - Pastor Nick... no more
30:07 - Freeze on the Scouts
31:20 - Midcards - Titan Bodies
31:35 - The False King & Morale Management
32:45 - The Ol' Switcheroo
34:45 - Enter - Kenny the Ripper
36:52 - Closing Thoughts
37:29 - Outro
#AttackonTitan #ShingekinoKyojin

[@Koroto]

🕊Thanks to many people smarter than me, we've patched up a few of the language "plotholes" I mentioned already! ⤵ 🐒The 'ape' & 'monkey' debacle is purely a translation issue with both the sub and dub. In Japanese 'saru' is interchangeable for those. (aka I should learn Japanese). Also apparently Connie uses language to imply that he is repeating something he isn't entirely sure of himself - so there's also some meaning lost in translation with that too. 🌊Ditto for 'sea' and 'ocean'. In Japanese 'umi' can be used interchangeably, and as with many things in Japanese, the meaning is drawn from context (aka I should learn Japanese) tl;dr - there is no plot hole, only a mistranslation. Many thanks to everyone who pointed this out! 🙇‍♂

[@zbestgaming4539]

more pls recently discovered your channel and with atot over i need more and this is perfect.

[@akkaramcshane7132]

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[@dymiyasa]

Connie says ”あの猿とかってやつ” or "ano saru tokatte yatsu" which is implying he doesn't know the word, but is repeating what someone else called it. It'd be loosely translated to something like "that monkey or something" because he's not quite sure what a monkey is.

[@Ketsui.]

And I'm pretty sure Ymir also uses the word "saru" around Eren when referring to it

[@dymiyasa]

Yeah, she does. Not sure when specifically Connie hears someone else use the word, but up until then he only refers to Zeke as "kemono" @@Ketsui.

[@davidf76363]

In the manga, when Eren or Connie mentions the word Saru, it is written with Hiragana, like a kid who does not know the actual word in kanji would write it (it's kind of the equivalent in English of writing something by ear, you don't know the correct way to write it so you just write what it sounds like)

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

The way Levi screamed Kenny's name was Legendary.

[@canonogic]

KEEEEEEENNYYYYY

[@nitinjaat813]

​@@canonogickeeeeennnnnyyyyyaaaa

[@KoRmA-Alt]

@@nitinjaat813ur pfp is the exact same thing i have on a poster in my room💀

[@nitinjaat813]

@@KoRmA-Alt 💀

[@kris.jenner-.-]

KENNNAAAAAAYYY!!!

[@Rwosme]

Wanted to mention how Pastor Nick never talking is also very in-line with his character. Beginning of S2 he is literally willing to be dropped off the wall, a man of principle, no matter what.

[@kiiturii]

yup, when Koroto said he was a gigachad for that my first thought was "always has been" thinking back to the wall scene

[@realstrixy1229]

I can't wait for you to go goblin mode over the basement reveal.

[@Koroto]

Goblin mode might just be the greatest and most accurate description of what will be happen 😅😅

[@realstrixy1229]

Whatever happens then, I'll be there.@@Koroto

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

When Eren and Historia got knocked out by tranquilizers, just imagine Eren activating the Rumbling by accident when he fell on Historia. XD

[@Violetawa]

That's not how it works

[@predicatecape6644]

Good thing he can't do it with Historia, otherwise he would have activated it when he kissed her hand, he specifically needed a titan with royal blood, like Dina or Zeke.

[@yodav9120]

Wouldnt she need to be a titan though?

[@nolanholmberg311]

Wouldn’t be possible because to have full access to the founding titan you need to get into contact with a *titan* of royal blood. That’s why eren was able to activate the founding titan when he punched Dina’s Titan at the end of season 2 but couldn’t activate it when Rod and Historia touched him in the crystal catacombs

[@ljeans531]

In season 1 Hange says, Eren cannot use his abilities unless he has a goal and intent. So random touching probably works the same way.

[@FerociousMit]

Attack on Titan has so much detail, that even the official games had a bunch of foreshadowing. There is a gift in the second game, I think it's called the "strange" or "rare" fossil, and this fossil is of the hallucigenia that is responsible for all titans. You can get it from the gift shop in the ruins of Utgard.

[@kod8933]

That game is awesome. Still play it a ton. It's one you can play while listening to a podcast or something, but it's also one worth putting full attention into because of how hard it can be.

[@neverclosetoperfect]

The true Mystery Shack for me was learning the true origin of Korotos accent

[@ZordonRamsey]

I've been wanting to know the answer to this for so many videos now!

[@Anna-ol5ji]

For me it was even better, finding out what such great creator is also from baltics!

[@dustingrimmmagic1067]

I can't believe we made it this far. I started watching these videos on day one. It's been so long,they just became an expected part of my life! Keep it up man!

[@Koroto]

Will do! 🙇‍♂️

[@jamesgrenier8856]

The tragedy is that Eren desperately wants to escape his destiny but can't. He's just as trapped as everyone else.

[@gangrenousgandalf2102]

He is not free

[@grndthftamerica]

Agent Smith in The Matrix Reloaded: "We're not here because we're free; we're here because we're not free. There's no escaping reason, no denying purpose, for as we both know, without purpose we would not exist. It is purpose that created us, purpose that connects us, purpose that pulls us, that guides us, that drives us; it is purpose that defines us, purpose that binds us. We are here because of you, Mr. Anderson. We're here to take from you what you tried to take from us. Purpose." Fits Eren to a T.

[@freetime2freeminds]

I thought it was because he’s an idiot? 😂

[@angelamengualcortinas3614]

This episode officially marks the start of ''Peak AoT'' for me, and it absolutely stays that way for the remainder of the series.

[@snakeonaked4264]

I can’t believe we’re already at season 3 good lord

[@Koroto]

Still not even half way though 😬😅 I always forget how massive season 3 & 4 is in comparison 😅

[@wayuch9347]

In both istances of describing the Beast Titan, the same word, 'saru' is used! So assuming he heard the word from Eren, it's not *that* weird that Connie would say it

[@angelo8606]

Yes. The english subs are the ones switching from monkey to ape. But it's the same word.

[@Pisaroto]

He said it as a quote in Japanese and English doesn't have the verbal clues to translate it so one can recognise it as a quote. That's where the translation got lost I assume (haven't checked out the English subs as they aren't available in my country).

[@richardstevenson371]

So, I avoided all AOT content for the entire decade of watching the anime. A week after it ended, having enough time to mull over and interpret the story with my own perspective, I finally started watching videos about it. This is by far my favorite series on KZbin right now. I've been rewatching these episodes over and over, meditating on the experience. Thank you Koroto for making these ❤

[@biskys6718]

Ha! I was the same exact way! I wanted to, so badly, watch videos about the show but I also didnt want to ruin the many mysteries or potential outcomes of the story. Love this series as well and many others

[@elev3n327]

9:56 the title "smoke signals" is a chapter in the manga, where the beginning of the uprising arc includes more story elements left out of the anime. the smoke signals emerging from erens multiple transformations are essentially leading the MP's to the scouts location (side note: in one of the experiments erens titan tries to build a house out if logs)

[@Tbmeanz]

Thanks for all these. Especially now that the show is over. Your series gives me more Attack on Titan to look forward to and I feel like it's not all the way over til this wraps up

[@jsull81]

Im not a native speaker but from what I've seen, 'saru' (猿/サル) is usually always translated as monkey but it can also mean ape. I think technically it can mean any non-human primate. Side note- I always liked the name 'monkey trouble'. Which is what the fan base called him before we knew anything about the Beast titan/Zeke, lol

[@johnwilliams9179]

I always got a feeling of nostalgia from red swan,and a calm before the storm vibe.

[@veronica-mew]

Also, when it comes to Historia, it's important to note that they don't know that she's a royal yet. As far as any of them (including Historia) knows, she's an illegitimate child of a noble who is important for some reason. They don't know exactly why the wall church and government are trying to hide her identity.

[@messykira3675]

Yes!!! Overanalyzing Attack on Titan is back!!! I'm so excited for this season, seeing as it's probably my favorite. Thank you as always for the hard work!! Also, one thing I find really interesting about Kenny's introduction- his alias of Kenny the ripper. Which I would assume is very obviously a reference to Jack the ripper who was also a serial killer (kind of like how the captured titans from season 1 were also named after serial killers). But like, Jack the ripper was specifically known for killing women who worked as prostitutes in the slums. And Kenny literally had a sister who worked as a prostitute in the slums (the underground). And of course we know that's not the kind of people Kenny kills - instead he's known for serial killings of the MPs. Not entirely sure if that's a sound interpretation, but it strikes me as a kind of inversion from who Kenny is based on. Instead of killing prostitutes in the slums, he kills people who are well off and live in relative safety in the interior wall.

[@Koroto]

Don't leak my scripts 👀👀👀

[@dedmajor]

I just watched all of aot for the first time. Took me 4 days. Happy to see a new upload while binging this overanalysis series. Admittedly it feels weird since i wasnt into it while it was ongoing because i didnt experience the years of build up

[@jtmm5957]

Oooh you’re just like me! Managed to avoid spoilers for years and finished the series in one go after the finale.

[@buckleupteddy]

Oh man i drop everything when i see a new aot vid youre the best out there when it comes to reviewing shit

[@Donkey_On_Crack]

For any Aot fan who hasn't read the manga, please do! While the manga and anime for Aot are overall pretty similar there are still quit a lot of differences between the two. Some of which are imo pretty important. One of the biggest ones being Mikasa's character, she is very different in the manga. A lot of Mikasa's important lines and development were cut from the manga, she is imo so much more fleshed out and complex in the manga compared to the anime imo. I personally never really liked her character in the anime but after reading the manga I absolutely love her. This alone makes the manga worth reading, seeing her development in the manga also helps her conclusion make more sense. The uprising arc is also very different in the manga compared to the anime. Personally I like the uprising arc in the manga a lot more, in big part due to some important character moments for Levi, Mikasa and Historia that were cut from the anime. If you enjoy the Aot anime I would definitely recommend reading the manga as well, there are so many good bits you'll miss out on if you are an anime only, if you can look pass the somewhat rough art style in some of the earlier chapters it's fantastic! Also thank you for these videos Koroto, they help me cope with the fact that Aot is actually over, keep up the good work!

[@manbat4582]

also keep in mind that they're both different mediums so any noticeable changes in scenes doesn't necessarily mean it was for the better or worst. Just things that don't fit the respective format

[@KingOfHarlots86]

😮 a manbat with internet privileges And a crack addiction having donkey are giving tips about manga/anime. Instructions unclear, currently developing a Furry Titan fanfic about a brothel run by Dominatrix Titan Annie Leonhart😳

[@manbat4582]

@@KingOfHarlots86 what are you on my guy?

[@mithvibes4727]

@@manbat4582 i think he's talking about your usernames but yea he didnt need to do all that 😭

[@lup1up]

I know you said you work in advance, but it still doesn't change how insane it is you can keep this going despite the personal things you have going on. Thank you for all your effort, work, and dedication to this (though I know you'd do it even if you had 1 viewer total for every video; but you have us and we appreciate you sharing this glorius work with us). I've gone through close loss as well relatively recently and hope you're holding up okay. Here for you if you need. Also wanted to note that I've noticed the significant decrease in the mis/over-use of "literally", so really thankful for that. Whether it was just incidental, through direct feedback from myself, or from general feedback from everyone, it makes my only minor gripe with your series completely vanish. So I just wanted to share gratitude for that. Last, gotta say I LOVED the cut-aways in last episode, specifically: Ymir's letter to Historia (me and my SO call them chicky nuggies too LOL), and your GRRM meme (which is maybe a HUGE foreshadowing for a future series once you wrap up your soon(ish)-ending AOT/TWD series and your workload lightens a bit (not sure about the other series)???). I would DIE of happiness if you started into ASOIAF. You're already GOAT'd in my books with your multi-layered, empathetic, following-down-every-single-thread-possible approach mixed with S-Tier memes - and applying that to more of my favorite fiction would be insane. I would not be able to resist watching every single second, despite my brain telling me to manage my time on YT. Thank you for reading and have a nice day! Keep on keeping on :)

[@JohnWick-ut1tj]

And S4 starts with a bird flying and it ends with a bird flying 👌

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

I like how Armin catches Sasha stealing bread. Lol

[@damiendelatour4843]

Man please don’t stop this piece of art you create by analyzing this peak fiction. I have my own thoughts and conclusions about the whole story and some particular events within it, and I do want to hear yours, because it is always so interesting to listen to people analyzing the topic you are interested in.

[@ondrejvasak1054]

Even though she was like side, side, side character, I was really sad when Nifa died. I liked her design and the little we got from her a lot. Also, great name.

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

I like how only Manga readers knew what the beginning of Season 3 meant.

[@nanonify]

dawg so many people hate on red swan, but I will cry myself to sleep watching it.

[@TeaMollie11]

This series is the only thing I can use to cope after seeing the ending, please take as much time as possible 😭

[@Onetruesikorsky]

It’s like I breathed this episode into existence when I thought about it this morning on my way to work! A great Friday indeed!

[@wolfdestiny2519]

Every time I see this in my upload notifications, my day is truly made. Wild to think we live in a post AOT world now.

[@xyannail4678]

Bros Korotos just dropped new Overanaylisis Chapter 🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥

[@exequielgaleano9947]

Congrats on starting with season 3! I know I'll be enjoying your overanalize till te end, it's just really entertaining. Thanks for the cool content you put out!!!! 😁

[@josephs.4813]

It’s crazy you’re already on Season 3. I can’t wait to hear your thoughts on everything leading to the basement and then that final scene of Season 3

[@Swm9445]

0sk is fucking iconic. (“Eren meets the sea OST). When that song plays, the assault of nostalgia that hits is… overwhelming.

[@joecremer3633]

These videos are so good! I’m so excited for the basement episode

[@Delireon]

Red Swan opening has so much meaning to it and its the perfect opening for this season

[@biblical_figure]

It is absolutely criminal to me that Red Swan is a less popular opening than The Rumbling

[@kateaufill1896]

Every time you mention something being an over analysis I’m like “that’s why I’m here babe!” I enjoy your breakdowns so so much!

[@Evanz111]

I’ve only recently found your channel and been binging your content! Really happy to see a recent video appear in my sub box, and I can’t wait to see you overanalyse the rest of this incredible series

[@Holly-hr3xd]

As an avid bird lover, I am very excited to see ornithologist Koroto.

[@dafloo5326]

Honestly, this Series, After the end of the anime is making me Incredibly happy, and pushes the sadness away a bit haha

[@johnbray7887]

Having seen the finale now, I have gained an even greater appreciation for this overanalyzing series. Keep up the amazing work!!

[@cocoabeans544]

Koroto, I hope you're feeling better ❤ you have all of our feelings with you Thank you for another amazing analysis and truly priceless review ❤❤❤ ❤❤❤ Your updates are the highlight of my weeks every time they pop up on my screen ❤

[@cat_go_brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr5607]

These videos light up my day. Thank you, Sir

[@NovikNikolovic]

Finally, the sound effect in your intros relates to the season you're talking about.

[@kod8933]

It keeps getting better

[@MOTHforLife]

Not only did this episode subtly say that Levi has pulled out people's nails, but has done it enough times to notice patterns. Sheesh

[@TheWinters814]

13:34 Ironically, Eren's Founding Titan also has a similar bone structure with the smaller under body and huge upper body/rib cage.

[@freewillygoss]

I feel like we're gonna be at the end before we know it, this series is flying lol. Love your work dude I love these super deep dives into media and it's clear you have a lot of passion for AoT and rightfully so. I love learning what makes this story so great

[@islayyourhoyo]

Been waiting for this ❤ Can’t wait for the next … THANK YOU KROTOS ❤

[@adriangomez6486]

YES YES IM LOVING THIS SERIES BRO

[@androwindo]

This arc is anime is very rushed. In the manga, we see a lot more of what happened after the season 2 ending. Especially of the titan experiments with eren and the whole isolation from the others aspect. It was cut short in the anime

[@nicokusumah1559]

Glad to see you back bro 🙏🏾 hope you're good

[@LMichaela94]

22:55 I literally waited for the dub for every episode (except the finale bc I already waited so long for the EN version of the 1st special) 😊

[@nastybigJim]

Same

[@connorgriess3927]

Watched every video in two days definitely my favorite series on yt keep up the work

[@mariaeduardaribeiro4786]

Keep it up with the videos! love this series so much

[@alovesupreme76]

dude the translation discrepancy between the dub and sub is such an interesting topic! It's something that doesn't get talked about or noticed because it flies by people's radar, but from time to time there's subtle differences that sometimes surprisingly has large implications, like disproving certain theories while giving credence to others, depending on what translation you prefer. It's something consistent across all all anime, not just AOT. I've noticed it sometimes wit One Piece, it would be a good video idea to explore honestly. I wish i could remember off the top of my head some examples, but my head empty

[@bearsy7497]

I love this series keep going im really sick right now and binging it again thank you

[@jaredrazack1396]

I love this series so much. I needed this after the finale

[@DallasLasley]

I have no idea how you put out quality video essays so quickly and at this level of quality.

[@vtalksrandom]

BABE WAKE UP, KOROTO DROPPED ANOTHER ATTACK ON TITAN OVERANALYSIS

[@RedYellowBird6889]

We're ever so closer to getting to the basement reveal and i can't wait for it.

[@yodav9120]

LETS GOOOOOO SEASON 3 PROBABLY THE ONLY SERIES ON YT I LOOK FORWARD TO RN

[@DourFlower]

And here we are, one of my favorite seasons of television ever produced, and one of my favorite youtubers covering it. Bliss.

[@coelholukas]

It's kinda funny to watch Overanalyzing AOT, 'cause it's not the same as rewatching the show it self. At times i feel like i watched the wrong version or something else.

[@mariaeduardaribeiro4786]

cant wait for you to start overanalyzing season 4!!

[@dexx222]

i watched the first few episodes of this series right when they dropped and i wanna keep watching them but i think its better if i can just binge them. its like getting to enjoy the show all over again. 👍

[@ne-cepen]

Babe wake up. Another AOT overanalyzing just dropped

[@johndaniels4623]

Keep up the great work!

[@CJ32522]

YOU'RE FROM LATVIA! SUB+RESPECT.

[@PrincessaBeane]

I CANNOT WAIT for you to finally reach the ocean scene. I need it.

[@AM12399]

22:28 pretty sure jp!ymir said "saru" in that s2 scene too, I don't know Japanese but maybe the word for ape and monkey is the same and it was up to the subtitler what word they thought fit best :)

[@boyanpetrov9975]

Can't wait to see video on the "bystander" my favorite episode in aot

[@toslow4thehoe]

Did I hear you say Latvia? Rare to hear my small country called out like that 😂

[@mauratlantean3002]

This arc was so much better in the Manga compared to the Anime. I would recommand reading that part if you are an anime-only because it's so different than how it went in the Manga, also less rushed.

[@vertexedits1806]

I cant even explain it into words how much i love season 3

[@Jonioy]

22:55 yah that would be me. Speaking of which I would like to say I noticed you waited to talk about the second to last episode until the dub came out which I really appreciated.

[@__MPires__]

Dude I laughed quite hard at that hi5 = rumbling edit. hahaha loved it!

[@NightWolf-yq2be]

Literally laughed out loud reading the list of Erwin’s problems with Eren’s squad 😂 (10:55)

[@NightWolf-yq2be]

(13:45) Not to mention, it bares an uncanny resemblance to Erens Founding Titan form in the final season!

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

In the Manga, Levi pressured Historia in becoming Queen when he grabbed her.

[@ColonialSun-mg6tq]

Ahh yes the peak of my week

[@lukaspollard1048]

Brother out here getting mad mileage out of that how aot so good microscope joke. Love it

[@taha_bin_mehdi]

Germanic languages have kept the word 'ape' in their registries for millennia without encountering apes in their daily lives, so it's not too far off for a nation to keep using the word after being cut off from the world for just one century in my opinion

[@LateStageCap]

But their memories were lost, my guy… they had no memories or books on the concept of "ape".

[@thew00dsman79]

@@LateStageCapthere’s still core memories that are so deeply ingrained that you might not physically know it but it’s there unconsciously

[@gangrenousgandalf2102]

​@thew00dsman79 I mean, germanic speaking cultures in Europe were in frequent contact of sanskrit speaking cultures from India, so could they have learned the terms from them?

[@thew00dsman79]

@@gangrenousgandalf2102 there did used to be apes native to Europe, but I don’t remember the exact time frame for it

[@timothygooding9544]

saru means both monkey and ape, at least with how the anime uses it It was used both by ymir in season 2 and later conny in season 3

[@luv4kourt777]

YESSS ANOTHER AOT VIDEO 😩😩

[@Googaliemoogalie]

I like how you got stock footage of people that resemble Eren and Historia to make a point

[@MysticMylesZ]

12:54 KENNY! 21:26 never thought about it like, makes me feel a deeper connection to eren, I understand those feelings. Now the relationship feels less, typical shonen.

[@forgottenfamily]

Re: the "how did Historia and Eren not touch?" 1) It's worth noting that Eren didn't get the memories when he touched Historia, he got them a good 2 seconds later when he kissed her hand 2) It's very much implied that Rod taught Historia something about unlocking memories through touch. While there's a reasonable question about the moment when Historia touches Eren in the crystal chamber (to which your explanation works), the point is that I think this is far more important to separating everything that came before the crystal chamber and everything that came after.

[@ThaKingKen]

That high five transition into the founding titan was preem, choom.

[@kennethM]

is this the Red swan opening? that's my favorite opener

[@asin8757]

21:55 a similar plot hole I have is pondered is how both Paradis and Marley came to the same names for the Armored, Colossal and Female titans.

[@FrankTheTank17]

Omg! Season 4 started with Falco looking up to a bird and it ends with Mikasa looking up to a bird!

[@CriticalTairique]

These videos are top tier

[@Koroto]

🙇‍♂️🙇‍♂️

[@sparxstreak02]

12:59 Lol Eren could’ve also been called the ‘Kiss’ Titan with the amount of times his tongue was waggling out! 😝

[@randomdreamer5429]

season 3 !!! let's goooooo

[@theassortedhobbyist]

While there are some differences the anime made when adapting the manga in each season, the first quarter of season 3 is the most different between the two mediums. While I can understand trimming and rearranging some of the material to streamline the story for a visual medium, I can’t help but feel the loss of some character moments that brought an emotional human core to the story, such has Historia’s emotional breakdown over Ymir staying with Reiner and Bertholdt or Dimo Reeves’s impact on the conflict itself.

[@cricketjuices]

25:42 not sure if you included the phrase "guiding star" because it's in the dub (I've only watched the sub) or if it was just a personal writing choice, but I love the use of those words here because of Call of Silence. the last lines of that song compare the subject to a rising star, guiding their people home. I always saw it as Ymir's perspective, reminding Historia to live her life on her terms, but also telling her that she has a bright future ahead of her. anyway, I just love the inclusion of that phrase when describing the beginning of Historia's arc here. amazing video as always!! edit: thought about this more as the episode went on, and since this is overanalyzing, figured I'd add it here lol. the last verse of Call of Silence is: _So cry no more, oh my beloved_ _Go ahead be proud, and fight it out_ _You are the one, a rising star_ _You guide us far, to home, yet girt_ and wow, this just has Ymir speaking to Historia written all over it. also, I feel like this is heavy-handedly referring to Historia as the one who would lead the Eldians within the walls out of the dark and into the light of the truth. I think the whole song can be viewed as Ymir's perspective, then Historia's, then back to Ymir's. truly just a beautifully tragic piece of music for two beautifully tragic characters. (also I'm obviously not the first person to draw some of these conclusions, but I wanted to add them to the discussion for this video)

[@traviscue2099]

I see seasons 1-3 now as the prelude into the actual conflict. Which imo it does so perfectly. Like we build up all these characters, then the pay off is seeing the motivations and who they are after all that's happened. I love all of the seasons but the end of season 3 into season 4 is something else and I love it.

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This fact in particular is why I love the opening My War. Every opening is great, but My War is the first time the actual conflict of the show is made plain, and as such is uniquely bleakly militaristic as opposed to patriotically militaristic.