Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Season - Episode 68 discussion

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Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Season, episode 68

Alternative names: Attack on Titan Final Season, Shingeki no Kyojin Season 4

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Episode	Link	Score	Episode	Link	Score
60	Link	4.65	73	Link	4.67
61	Link	4.57	74	Link	-
62	Link	4.71
63	Link	4.77
64	Link	4.9
65	Link	4.73
66	Link	4.92
67	Link	4.81
68	Link	4.67
69	Link	4.53
70	Link	4.64
71	Link	4.52
72	Link	4.79

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[u/[deleted]]

Eren: Armin, did you see anything in Bertolt’s memories?

Armin: Umm...no... I gotta go! *runs to talk to Annie crystal *

[u/Yuriy116]

It's good to see that Hange and Levi still have that telepathic connection going on.

Also,

Levi: "Don't act surprised."

Hange: "I know."

Hange: (a second later) THEY COME FROM THE SKY?!

[u/duukno12]

Sasha’s dad: “On the house, right?”

Yeah they’re definitely related.

[u/Crisisofland]

Hange putting the gun barrel to her eye. Never change.

[u/bluered381]

Zeke and Levi got that dysfunctional marriage relationship

[u/RekklesCami]

The transition from Eren's gun shot to Sasha's death was so well done and it hit so hard

[u/TurbTheCurb]

"Why are you black?" - Sasha Blouse

[u/NaderZico]

I like that Armin's VA changes her tone based on the time. Armin sounded softer in the flashbacks of this ep and past seasons. It made me realize that his voice got a bit thicker.

[u/Ukey]

;A; Sasha's family took in that poor girl she saved in S2

[u/Illuminastrid]

And just like that, the manbun hairstyle is now hot and trending upwards again 📈

[u/Yaggamy]

Zeke: So, where's Annie?

Levi: In a basement.

Zeke: What's up with you people and basements???

[u/Yaggamy]

Armin's seashell had more screen time than Historia...

[u/Silent_Shadow05]

Eren lifting up the ship at the beginning was reminiscent of Eren Kruger doing the same in S3Pt2. The parallels are really interesting.

[u/Xenosys83]

Zeke : "Good day Levi."

Levi : "I'll ship your corpse back to Marley, have your grandparents killed, and reveal your plan."

Zeke : "Good bye Levi."

[u/thesagenibba]

"Welcome to the filthy island of devils. You're gonna love it." What a first statement Levi

[u/PRIME2332]

Imagine Sasha with the jaw titan.. the show would already be over.

[u/ExoticSignature]

I love how Niccolo fell in love with Sasha. Realistically it's hard not to. RIP

[u/Wiserman64]

They really gave Sasha a love interest the episode after she died. Isayama knows no bounds.

[u/eepicprimee]

Holy shit, this transition hits hard.

[u/VeryNiceKapusta]

Ah yes, Yelena - aka the YOUSEEBIGGIRL herself. Love her.

[u/nobabtheweeb]

That is definitely not the screaming angry teenager I remember from past seasons. Shit's gonna hit the fan ain't it

[u/JustAnotherSuit96]

Despite not having much screen time you still got the gist of Sasha's and Niccolo's relationship. He loved her, and she loved his food lol.

[u/DadAsFuck]

they be vibin'

[u/Khazu_]

If you win, you live...

If you lose, you die...

If you don't fight, you cannot win...

TATAKAE TATAKAE

[u/Real_life_Zelda]

Levi: I will kill you and cut you into tiny pieces
Zeke: Please don't glare at me captain I will pee my pants

Zeke: Ore no hotel koreeee?
Levi: trees are the perfect place for monke

These two are fucking hilarious.

[u/realrimurutempest]

My heart hurt to see Mikasa so sad and lonesome near Sasha’s gravestone.

Hobo Eren is gone now shirtless Daddy Eren is here to gather his simp army lol.

[u/Sane-Ni-Wa-To-Ri]

End card for this episode!

(from official twitter)

MAPPA: Yelena

(from MAPPA twitter)

Eat more slowly

(from animator's twitter)

[u/ANINETEEN]

I love AOT aftermath episodes so much. The sombre tone mixed with the just perfectly paced dialogue is so addicting to follow. This episode had such a nostalgic feel to it, feel like my ears were hearing Sawano too. A perfect bridge between what we've been used to following the scouts for 3 seasons and this new world that we've been introduced to. Catching up with Yelena and Zeke gives so much context and I like how they gave us the updates in between as Armin speaking with Annie. They really gave us this episode to mourn Sasha too, it's nice seeing her messing with with the gang and eating meat like old times but it doesn't feel the same either 🥺 Also want to say that some of the details in the still shots were so beautiful. MAPPA really went out of their way to make everyone HOT, even Floch was looking clean af 👌

[u/SupedoSpade]

So am I right in saying that the Colossal Titan can control whether or not they spawn in like a huge lightning bolt or as a nuke? Armin didn't want to kill the Marleyan navy so he transformed near them but not nearly with as much force as before. And as I recall when Bertholdt transformed behind Eren and gang in season 1 the 2nd time, he also didn't cause any massive shockwaves

[u/[deleted]]

Zeke: So what do you do for fun around here?

Levi:...

Zeke: So...uhh...Wanna hear a joke? How many Scouts does it take to screw in a light bulb?

Levi:...

Zeke: You’re no fun...

[u/14MySterY-]

Isayama really sunk a ship before we get to see it sail. Poor Niccolo. RIP Sasha.

[u/cilucia]

Conny saying it felt like half of him was missing triggered my waterworks.

[u/PizzaInSoup]

sasha literally ripping a lobster open with her bare teeth is what makes the island devils so frightening

[u/greeninator]

Armin really T-posed on that survey fleet.

[u/Yaggamy]

Mappa staff: So, how sexy should we make Eren in the final season?

Isayama: Yes.

[u/Se7en_Sinner]

With every Titan on Paradis being killed, the Survey Corps is more like the Tourism Corps at this point.

I can't believe they killed off Sasha because she got cancelled for asking Onyankopon why his skin is so black.

If you ever feel useless, just remember Eren's gun training.

[u/jeffmendezz98]

Niccolo x Sasha is an incredible ship, a Marleyan and an Eldian falling in love despite their differences because FOOD. Yet, the ship sank before it even got a chance to set sail...

[u/Garlicbread10]

"How is your skin black?" - Sasha Blouse

[u/HotestGrillNA]

Author of AOT: ayo, i know you're just recovering from sasha's death but here's some flashbacks of her and the squad having fun times!

Me: Why are we still here... just to suffer?

[u/alisonburgersm8]

S1: Eren gets kidnapped

S2: Eren gets kidnapped

S3: Eren gets kidnapped

S3P2: Eren doesn't get kidnapped

S4: Eren kidnaps himself

[u/Yaggamy]

*Eren lifts a ship out of the water*

Evangelion fans: I've seen this one.

AoT fans: What are you talking about? It's brand new!

[u/rusticks]

4 years is all it took for Eren Yeager to go from "Hello sir, nice to meet you" to "Your daughter calls me 'Daddy' too".

[u/Yaggamy]

Eren: *Takes off shirt in his cell*

Gabi in the next cell: Stupid sexy Eren Yeager...

[u/Neverx_13]

Love this parallel between the Owl's Titan last season and Eren's Titan this season.

They are also killing it with the colossal titan shots this season, this shot looks so angelic. This episode looked really great overall, both the characters and backgrounds looked top notch.

[u/SSR_Majinken]

Every Episode feels so cinematic..

[u/Smoke_Santa]

Sasha was about to find the PERFECT partner.

[u/Xenosys83]

Very good episode.

More dialogue-heavy but loved some of the artwork and animation from MAPPA. I think I actually prefer their character designs over WiT's, especially for those on Paradis. Historia, Dot Pixis and Armin all looked great.

Those parallels again. Eren holding his rifle, firing, and then cutting to Sasha getting herself shot was a nice connection, and the implication that Eren and his actions were directly to blame for her shooting.

Also, the Eldian people celebrating a victory as the Marleyans did at the start of this season over the Middle-Eastern nations. History repeating itself over and over as the "Eldian Empire" begins to rise and rally it's people.

Love the back and forth between Zeke and Levi, and it's good to see he definitely hasn't forgotten about what he did on Paradis a few years ago.

Direction was also spot on again, and they crammed a lot of dialogue into those 20 minutes.

[u/Bunss08]

Onyankopon is 🐐.

[u/Mazen141]

The sexual tension between Levi and Zeke is through the roof

[u/appleandapples]

Still really like the way they addressed different races, it such a small thing, but they've literally never seen anyone that doesn't look like them. Onyankopon's answer was great. And ah yes, the start of the era of sexy Eren.

[u/Yaggamy]

Isayama: Oh, the fans miss Sasha?

Isayama: Well, Gabi didn't!

[u/alexbananas]

Why is this thread so late?

I mean... why are you black?

[u/michhoffman]

Sasha was so great in those flashbacks: falling asleep during duty, getting extremely exciting to taste seafood and asking why the Marleyan Soldier was black. It sounds like the chef even fell for her.

Damn it

I’m also digging the complex relationship between Levi and Zeke. Levi strategically knows that they can’t win without Zeke, but he’s unable to forgive him for killing Erwin and all the other scouts.

[u/matheusdias]

Mikasa was beautiful this episode

[u/[deleted]]

“If we lose, we die. If we win, we survive. If we don’t fight, we can’t win. So fight, fight.”

[u/Basic_Requirement561]

We saw our goddess historia. We demand nothing else from this episode.

[u/Lord_Xp]

Results from last week's Most Disliked New Character poll!

Total Votes: 224

• Gabi 125 votes, 56%

• Porco Galliard 32 votes, 14%

• Koslow 26 votes, 12%

• Willy Tybur 9 votes, 4%

• Piek 7 votes, 3%

• Kiyomi 7 votes, 3%

• Theo Magath 6 votes, 3%

• Zofia 5 votes, 2%

• Udo 4 votes, 2%

• Falco 2 votes, 1%

• Colt 1 vote 0%

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Poll regarding Most Liked New Characters

Total Votes: 950

• Falco Grice | 301 votes

1. Pieck Finger | 265 votes

2. Gabi Braun | 92 votes

3. Willy Tybur | 91 votes

4. Theo Magath | 52 votes

5. Porco Galliard | 42 votes

6. Kiyomi Azumabito | 34 votes

7. Colt Grice | 27 votes

8. Zofia | 25 votes

9. Udo | 15 votes

10. Koslow | 6 votes

[u/CordobezEverdeen]

For those a few days ago that were saying this episode was not going to be lit.

Dafuq? This ep was straigth fire.

[u/MechaMat91]

I don't know if it's just me but the way MAPPA tweaked/draws Eren's titan design makes him look scarier than WIT's somewhat heroic take. maybe it's the eyes/glare or the more pronounced teeth but that fucker gives me chills, specially knowing the guy inside is not all there in the head.

[u/jereddit]

Soft episode. I like it.

[u/[deleted]]

gabi looks feral

[u/thesagenibba]

I really enjoy the political side of AOT. Maybe even more than I do the action packed episodes. Isayama does such a good job at making it interesting. These are my favorites.

[u/nobabtheweeb]

Ladies and gentlemen! It's about time you remember who the real main character of Attack on titan is, Eren fucking sexy 8 pack daddy Jaeger.

[u/Sandwich-External]

Manbun eren: exists

Homosexuality rates: Stonks

[u/RandomCitizen123]

Other anime: give character development before killing them off Aot: kills off character without warning and then develops them to maximise the suffering

Sasha might be the strongest character in this universe since she converted a fully indoctrinated Marleyan to be on Eldia's side with only one sentence. No wonder why Iseyama had to off her, else the conflict would have been over already.

[u/[deleted]]

Just as a reminder next weeks episode is episode 69.

That is all.

[u/bombingrun19]

"why are you black?"-Sasha

Im gonna miss her so much bros.

[u/pepperminthippos]

Really good buildup/dialogue episode. The Eldians’ treatment of Yelena’s group was quite disheartening, and drew and interesting parallel with the treatment of Eldians in Marley. I understand their distrust of their supposed oppressors, but it seems like three years of enormous help later still putting them at gunpoint is a bit much. It really goes to show that the war really isn’t black and white; it’s getting harder and harder for me to cheer for Ereh.

Speaking of black and white, “Why are you black?” -Sasha was fucking hilarious, until I remembered that scene of Sasha eating seafood and started crying again. The Marleyan soldier who cried at Sasha grave was also sad asf…

It looks like Eren’s completely abandoned Armin, Mikasa, and the emotional angry boy he was in the first couple seasons. His existence is now solely for making Zeke’s plan come to fruition, and that’s scary. Also, dayum my boy’s hot!!

Transition between Eren’s shot and Sasha’s death was great, alluding to the fact that Eren basically caused her death and the deaths of thousands more (maybe millions to come?).

Last thought: is next ep also gonna be a dialogue heavy episode? Seems like it from the episode title, but I guess we’ll see.

[u/JOSRENATO132]

I really love Onyankopon's quote: "We exist because we were wanted", that whole scene was amazing, its not going to stick out to many but it has become my favorite AoT scene

[u/MilkToastKing]

They literally told Zeke: "You are monke, into the forest now bitch."

[u/inyourimagination_]

This is a subject that manga readers still get confused with and since more than a year has passed since season 3, I will try to explain (no pictures because I'm lazy, sorry)

At the meeting that they discuss about Grisha's diaries, they were talking about the power of the founding titan and that Eren had already used once. Eren thinks about why and remembers Dina Fritz, Grisha's wife and descendant of royal blood. He is undecided whether or not to tell for fear of turning Historia into a titan. In the end, he decides not to tell because he is not prepared to sacrifice her life.

He kept the information secret for a year. But Zeke's plan finally got Eren to speak to confirm his brother's words, which is why Zeke is essential, because he doesn't want to use Historia.

I think that's all for now. Enjoy the episode.

[u/TheMightyKutKu]

Quick thought: at the start of the episode yelena says that the marleyan army has 1 million soldiers, that's as much as the whole population inside the walls, and that was without conscription, which Magath wants to reinstore (and probably can now that the rest of Marley's leadership is dead)

And that's just Marley, the paradisian are indeed fucked and I don't think the power of their titans (which, remember, were challenged in episode 1 by a few anti tanks guns and a few cruisers, and other countries which did develop anti titan weapons against marley are also invading) or the support of a small numbers of anti-marley mercenaries will tip the scale in their favour. Seems like the rumbling is the only way.

[u/aidree1]

Sasha’s grave is engraved with “Sasha Blouse” Below that “Feast and sleep eternal”

My heart I can’t :(

[u/DarkSkyRevan]

Hange just wants to make friends :(

[u/Yaggamy]

Levi: Why are there dancing titans outside our walls?

Hange: Oh, that? Onyankopon gave me something called LSD to experiment with.

[u/Fiska18]

MAPPA never disappoints with the animation. Overall the episode was very good, that transition with Eren and Sasha just WOW. Cant wait for the next week to see a new lookin Eren.

[u/thesagenibba]

I love Hanges excitement the entire time Yelena's explaining what happened. Never change Hange.

[u/Runbern]

We finally get some romance content, but only after she has died - we wouldn't want people to be happy now, would we?

[u/thesagenibba]

God, this episode was dialogue filled but it was spectacular. Couldn't keep my eyes off the screen.

Levi & Zeke's banter is so good, I love watching it.

So Armin has been talking to Annie this entire time. I wonder if she can hear him. This is getting so interesting.

There were a lot of parallels in this one. From the way Marleyans are treated in Paradis being the same as Eldians in Marley. The carriage ride into the city. The newspapers claiming victory. This is a bad sign.

Seems like the message of this episode was a lot about having no choice, & just having to keep on moving forward. Fight, to live. Tatake!

[u/steven4869]

I am impressed with how Onyankopon explained to Sasha about why his skin is dark, great work Onyankopon.

[u/theleebert]

Was the blonde girl with Sasha's family the one that she saved in that village ?

[u/shisa-shisa]

"on the house, right"

LOL Sasha's father is great.

[u/thesagenibba]

The beginning flash back is something I miss so much. Hange being her crazy self. The corps were still young. All such a different mood. Kinda makes me sad to see how much has changed.

[u/sookyomama123]

Beautiful episode. Everything was well animated and really captured the emotion of every single character. MAPPA did such a good job animating the flashbacks. Very happy with this one!

[u/silentstealth1]

Eren got people out here questioning their sexuality.

Its me.... I'm people.

[u/NiamhHA]

I’m just really happy that we got an explanation about what happened during the time-skip. This is one of the few good time-skips I’ve seen in any form of fiction.

I loved how Hange and Levi dealt with their new prisoners/guests. I didn’t expect the stuff with the Marleyan soldiers taking Paradis’s side, but it’s interesting.

If you told me a few years ago, that Eren (who was a very stubborn and perpetually enraged character) would change this much, I might’ve not believed it. It’s funny how we’re all thirsting over Eren now that he’s genocidal, but we were previously annoyed at him for acting like a brat because of trauma😂.

Everything about Sasha’s death is hurting my heart.

[u/XLightThief]

Fucking hell, I miss Sasha. :'(

[u/thesagenibba]

Mikasa in Spain without the S

[u/Dawyken]

Eren's fan service is amazing.

Good bye hobo Eren, Welcome chad Eren.

[u/[deleted]]

I can't be the only one who found it hilarious how dry the conversation between Zeke and Levi was.

[u/naruto_D_mokey]

Even with an episode of just talking and flashbacks aot is still miles ahead of every other show

[u/Akame_xo]

Just when I thought I was finally over Sasha’s death :(

[u/Prior-Mention-8090]

Hange was too cute in this episode. Anyway, Onyankopon means God in Ghanaian language (twi)for anyone who wants to know😍

[u/youbenabou]

MAPPA is doing a horrible job this season. I mean, why are all the episodes thus far only 5 mins. long?

[u/JapanPhoenix]

I love how Hange is so incredibly exited anytime she learns something new.

[u/Lyrtil]

RIP to the best romance that ended before it even started.

[u/Shimmering-Sky]

Oh my god Sasha, you can't just ask someone why they're black.

Yes Connie, lobster is just that good.

And on the other side of the emotional spectrum, watch me cry even harder than I did last week because the aftermath always gets me worse than the death itself... Rest in Potatoes, Sasha.

[u/FeistyKnight]

Ah yes. Introduce Sasha's love interest after she's dead. Fuck you too Isayama

[u/Karl_the_stingray]

This episode felt very heavy in a way I can't quite explain; simultaneously dealing with aftermath of the last episode and explaining how we got here. Like the other episodes, it made a good job humanizing the people from Marley, but especially the soldiers. It's pretty difficult to root for either side knowing that in the end it's just simple humans trying to live their lives that get affected. Correct me if I am wrong, but initially Nicolo was heavily against Eldians, right?

I really like Nicolo. He seems like a nice guy. And of course, Sasha asking Onyakopon why he is black. Never chang- oh.

[u/Venator850]

Well done Mappa. This part of the manga can be hard to follow because of how often there were flashbacks and mixing of dialogue. They managed to keep a good pace while also not making it hard to follow the present vs past scenes.

[u/Hot_Interaction_5959]

Annie of the crystal, what is your wisdom ?

[u/Thatoua]

Sasha and I were like twins. It feels like half of me is gone.....

.......and the tears are back.

[u/[deleted]]

Anime only here.

I’ve been afraid of what might happen to Historia since end of S3P2 and now I’m super scared. Now they have Zeke, a bunch of serums, and even Marley people devoted to Zeke on the island.

As I have been saying, Zeke isn’t truly on their side and is totally a wild card. The only real connection he has on Paradis is Eren and Eren himself is dangerously unpredictable and broken inside. He just may end up siding with Zeke at some point or being used by him (more than now). I’m afraid that between the 20+ serums and Zeke being able to turn and control certain Titans and having some amount of support in the area, Historia just may die soon. Zeke is an insider/sleeper agent type that has evaded Marley’s policing and has embedded himself fully for something like 20 years. He is just extending his sleeper agent-ness to Paradis to get to Historia and Eren.

My prediction is that the Paradis military will either use Historia to turn her into a titan (to test out the theory instead of relying on Zeke) or somehow subdue Zeke to have her eat him and turn into the Beast Titan or maybe even that she is turned somehow by Zeke using the serum and his voice (or however it works) and controlled by him. I want Historia to be happy and live on to the conclusion, not die a horrible death or some short life as a Titan shifter. There is no way she is coming out of this unharmed as a royal blood and I’m really afraid that she will suffer and have a bad ending. I am not okay with this.

[u/Fetr1x]

“Why black?”

“Because God”

Racism solved

[u/BlackStorm615]

I know the whole premise of the show is despair, but it really is the Murphy's Law of anime. Anything that can go wrong has gone wrong and it sucks just to be alive in this world, but watching humanity try to thrive in the worst situation possible is just too damn good.

[u/thesagenibba]

Eren looked like Lelouch during the council meeting.

[u/inyourimagination_]

Zeke and Levi are an incredible dynamic duo LMFAO

Zevi supremacy❤

[u/[deleted]]

Why is Eren so damn attractive

[u/[deleted]]

why was no one talking abt connie's scene, it was so heartbreaking, "she was like my twin, i feel like i lost part of myself"

[u/Maverixx]

Wow... This episode was not as action-packed as the last few, but I liked it a lot! I feel we need episodes like those, to see how all the relationships develop, why things happen the way they happen.

I wonder what Zeke's plan is. Will Annie wake up? And poor Niccolo! :(

It was very interesting to see all of them young again. Armin dreaming of peace... Ehhh, nothing is easy.

Can't wait for next week's episode!

[u/BetaBoy777]

I hope Onyankopon and Niccolo survives, they’re so wholesome.

This episode was a great look at how ignorance separates people and how actually getting to know each other can get rid of it.

Edit: also, after this episode I’m more sure than ever before that Eren and Historia will end up together.

[u/minouneetzoe]

Rejoice! You have witnessed the birth of stupid sexy Eren! Praise be his chadness! No homo, but I’d let him fuck me.

Armin got that Bertholdt thirst for Annie. And props to Isayama for creating a ship after Sasha fucking died.

[u/ReasonableQuit75]

Annie in the Crystal: I'M COMING TO PEG YOU ARMIN, YOU'RE NOT GONNA ESCAPE ONCE I'M OUT
Armin: *is jacking off in the same room*

[u/[deleted]]

Throw your hands in the air! Wave them like you just don’t care!

[u/aidree1]

For those who don’t know aside from Armin and Eren, Sasha was actually Mikasa’s best friend. You can see Mikasa remained by her grave all day until the sun sets.

[u/Illuminastrid]

ties his hair to a man bun

Levi fans now migrating to the Eren Yeager faction

[u/xPlasma10]

Mikasa sitting against Sasha’s gravestone was heartbreaking

[u/Yaggamy]

Zeke: So, what happened to Annie?

Levi: She's like a museum display now.

Zeke: Meaning?

Levi: You can see her, but no touching. Armin has a hard time accepting the last part.

[u/Mtachii]

While we were all hyped and cheering for the scouts these past few episodes, Armin brought it back down to earth for me. Even though I believe Eren was right to carry out the plan, Armin is also right in stating that there is now no turning back.

I've been wondering for quite some time what the end goal is for paradis, from the gist of this episode it seems like they will eventually wake the titans in the walls and use them to stave of any sort of invasion. Although I wonder is being trapped behind the Titans any better than they were before?

I can't help but think that Armin may split ways from Eren and Mikasa. Armin is an optimist and a pacifist, he hasn't had that jarring moment that has continuously forced Eren and Mikasa to fight. Eren's conscience is become harder for Armin to rationalize and I wonder how far he is willing to see Eren go.

[u/dunnoman6400]

The last scene made me realise how fragile my heterosexuality is

[u/Silent_Shadow05]

Seeing Sasha crying happily while tasting seafood for the first time hurts so much :(

And that shot of Eren firing the gun and then the scene switching to Sasha getting shot was chilling to watch.

HOLY SHIT THAT FINAL SHOT OF EREN

[u/sm10017]

This episode won’t feel incredible because it’s following one of the best few episode runs in anime, but this was great as usual. We finally see what happened to Annie - I had my suspicions she may have been eaten but this makes sense too. We got proper introductions and backstory for the new soldiers, context for Zeke’s plan, and watching the Scouts, especially Levi, kidnapping the Marleyan soliders was cool as fuck.

[u/aidree1]

What AoT does masterfully is introducing new characters and make you fall in love with them instantly.

[u/AaryDeotale]

Niccolo looking in horror at Sasha eating like a savage and then blushing when he sees her crying with joy and thanking him has got to be one of the most tsundere scenes I've seen in this anime

[u/BestEve]

Falco is caged with some feral animal or something

[u/TatteredTongues]

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Dear anime onlies, some assholes are going around DMing spoilers.

Please check the thread below for some measures that you can take right now, but know that assholes are also tagging people in unrelated subs with these spoilers, there's really not much that can be done about that I think...

https://old.reddit.com/r/ShingekiNoKyojin/comments/99ha0s/psa_how_to_avoid_assholes_pming_spoilers/

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If you're an anime-only, DO NOT reply to this because you're putting yourself out in the open, so try your best to avoid spoilers in any way you can.

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In addition to this, also consider the following:

https://old.reddit.com/r/ShingekiNoKyojin/comments/l45td8/for_anime_onlies_having_problems_with_dms/

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Stay safe out there and enjoy the show, cheers!

[u/Silver_Sword209]

This thread is up early!

[u/aohige_rd]

I like how the gun Hange is looking at is straight up a German Mauser C96. Not even likeness of it, it just is lol.

[u/EasilyDelighted]

How is it that Anime character can pull off some hair cuts that in real life you'd be like "what have they done to you?" Yelena's haircut in the show looks oddly cool to me. But if I saw someone irl with it, I know they'd look weird as fuck.

[u/VeryNiceKapusta]

nooo Eren don't commit war crimes, you so sexy haha

[u/LegendaryRQA]

Ok, here's my hottake as an Anime only:

With this episode i think people are getting a little to hung up on the 1940s German imagery because there's another extremely obvious parallel...

Technology starts advancing very quickly after the island people who where isolated for centuries meet the boat people that lived far away. One of the technologies they were showed was a model train...

This along side a coup which overthrew the existing power structure to replace it with the traditional hereditary monarchy which traces it's roots back 2000 years to their most revered god, quickly turns the small island nation into a global superpower which in it's first debut battle completely annihilates it's enemies navy in a war basically everyone expected them too lose...

Now the new nation is unrecognizable from it's previous iteration and is slowly turning into something just as bad as it's enemies and since they're on the world stage they can only keep going down the path they've set for themselves because if they show weakness or back off they will almost certainly be crushed... Some within the government are now using that fear to threaten those who don't comply and justify their otherwise horrible actions...

Dear god, this fits waaaay too goddam well...

I wonder what's going to happen next...

Checks notes

Oh, god...

[u/[deleted]]

Not an episode goes by that Erwin Smith is missed dearly. Oh how would the world have been had he been alive.

[u/IDontCare5111]

TATAKAE man looked fucking YOKED

[u/BlueDragon101]

And there's still some idiots who think this series is Nazi Propaganda. Like, the entire fucking point is that bigotry is a endless cycle of violence that helps nobody and hurts everyone.

[u/Illuminastrid]

John Boyega for Onyankonpon's dub VA!

[u/[deleted]]

I love how Levi had the idea to just send Zeke into the forest

[u/[deleted]]

69 episode is coming soon

[u/xExecutive]

Am I the only one who smiled seeing Sasha devour Nicolo's food while her friends try to stop her?

I miss her already :(

[u/[deleted]]

One detail literally no one is talking about was when Niccolo went to Sasha's grave, an islander gave him the same treatment as the Marleyans do to Eldians in Marley.

They really are the same.

[u/[deleted]]

Gabi pls chill. Even Falco seems rational enough, even in this situation. Gabi on the other hand, she's going the Eren path.

[u/GhostOfLight]

Watched today's and last weeks episodes back to back and boy am I just glad I got time to breathe. Previous weeks episodes were amazing, but I loved these ones that give exposition, especially the twist of Zeke being on the Eldians side. Also Niccolo talking to Sasha's parents was easily the most emotional I've been all season, even with a character who had 30 seconds of screen time. I also wonder if the mention of this being the only path ties in with Paths^TM.

Also the contrast of Levi and Ranpo in Bungo Stray Dogs Wan this season is hilarious.

Edit: Also also, a massive fuck you to all the manga readers who upvoted clips of Sasha on the subreddit weeks ago and said, "well this is convenient timing"

[u/Wuskers]

I feel like this episode made the previous hit harder and feel more morally grey. Previously we explored that there's lots of people that are more or less innocent and are just subject to Marleyan indoctrination and the military industrial complex, so it's kinda like "there's good people but our hand was kinda forced". This episode however alludes a little bit to some form of peaceful reconciliation, with some marleyans being able to get along with the people of paradis, though also very interestingly is there is some inverse marley sentiment going on.

I understand why people of paradis would have a negative view of marleyans, the last years on paradis have been colored with so much loss at the hands of marley, so it's not unreasonable to feel some degree of contempt. The contempt of eldians is far less justified because no living marleyan is a victim of the eldian empire. While it's fucked up on some level I do wonder if any marleyan being mistreated on paradis might pause to think that this is how eldians are treated back home and it's pretty fucked up we treat them this way.

Also despite the possible implication of peace I still doubt marley would let it go, even if paradis firmly declared that they have no interest in warring with marley or the rest of the world as long as they're left alone, marley probably doesn't want a more potentially diplomatically active nation having access to titans. Also if Paradis were to be treated as a nation of eldians in it's own right that kinda undermines eldian oppression in marley, what's stopping them from wanting to flee to paradis? As long as marley has an interest in using titans militaristically, they are very unlikely to ever just leave paradis alone and even "knowing" their own eldian citizens aren't a threat like paradis is hasn't stopped them being aggressively racist and oppressive. "let's just show them we're not what they think" is a nice sentiment and may work on some folks, but eldians in marley have probably been saying that for generations and look where they are.

[u/kidface]

The direction, pacing and voice acting was amazing, MAPPA is doing a great work.

[u/_dsmith23]

Shirtless chad manbun Eren is good and all BUT who cares when we have Mikasa in a dress holding a rifle

[u/murfsters]

I’m seeing no love for my new fav guy Nicolo and it’s sad. I loved seeing him change (in the little screen time he got), going from “I’d rather die then be captured” to essentially having feelings for Sasha. He is proof people can change and it’s sad that many people aren’t like him.

[u/[deleted]]

cause innocent vast roll sable rinse subsequent fuel bear bells

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[u/i-have-severe-stupid]

this season is hitting different

[u/GosuGian]

Zeke : This is my hotel?

LOL.

And man bun Eren is finally here!

[u/thesagenibba]

Fuck. I remember a specific scene from the trailer & now I think I've pieced together something about Zeke's "hotel".

[u/CrimsonFist02]

Heterosexuality destroyed

Am now jaeger-sexual

[u/immallama222]

He's finally here

[u/seninn]

TATAKAE

TATAKAE

[u/Smoke_Santa]

Seeing Connie tell Nicolo that he and Sasha were just like twins is just depressing.

[u/[deleted]]

Zeke gets to stay in the forest where Annie killed almost all of Levi squad, brings back horrific memories. Wonder if that will be important later on

[u/Crown4King]

This show is great at quicky establishing a character and making them feel like part of everything. The new Marleyans have already fit into things really well and even though this episode laid exposition down thick I think they did it great justice. Sashas death did seem sudden, but the emotional aspect is pulling through harder with these flashbacks. This was one of my favorite "talky" and less action oriented episodes I think.

[u/CunningMenace]

Onyankonpon literally means God in Ghana btw. I have absolutely no clue how Isayama knew that but I’m glad.

[u/[deleted]]

If this episode hits 16K, then AoT will get the top 6 on this sub

[u/aman221B]

Eren finally tying his hair into a man bun

The Fandom : that sexy scene from the trailer is coming

[u/LeonKevlar]

It's so cool to see Eren carry something on his back again as the Attack Titan. Brings back some good memories of him carrying that boulder.

Hange put that gun down unless you want to lose the other eye too. Godfuckingdammit Yelena. At least tell her what she's doing is dangerous!

Goddess Historia getting some screen time. Now if only she can get some more. She's been wrapped up in politics that she's really taken the backseat. :(

"Oh my god, Sasha. You can't just ask people why they're black!" Funny in the manga and still funny in the anime. Onyankopon handled it really well though. What a charmer!

Isayama twisting the knife by showing us more hilarious scenes with Sasha. Also the point where Nicolo completely fell in love with her. He's such a tsundere.

Can we just take a moment and appreciate this shot of Mikasa posing while holding a rifle? Also it's been forever since the last time I've seen these three just together like this.

Back to the present with Mikasa sitting guard next to Sasha's grave. God that was just heartbreaking. Especially when Nicolo, Conny, and Jean showed up. :(

A Marleyan and an Eldian shaking hands during a solemn moment. I feel like this is the only moment so far in this show where we see actual peace. My heart. T_T

The sexual tension is insane! Just fuck already you two!

Oh hello Annie. It's been absolutely forever and you're still in your crystal. Oh and Armin visits her regularly to tell stories. Yep, just to tell stories. Don't ask what the stains on the crystal is.

Goodbye Hobo Eren and say hello to Daddy Eren! If you think Mikasa's muscles were tight, just look at this chad!

[u/Lekaetos]

Daddy Eren <3

[u/fridge_freezer]

The whole scene at Sasha's grave was painful, especially with Connie's line about losing half of himself. Wasn't expecting to see her father but it was nice to see him and Nicolo shake hands. It serves as a look at what could have been for Paradis and Marley, but given everything that has happened I think it's unlikely now.

I'm guessing that blonde girl who was with Sasha's parents is the girl she saved back in season 2, just to make it even sadder.

[u/Zigmanjames]

Thank goodness I realized I was bisexual a few years ago, or else post time skip Eren would’ve had me questioning everything.

[u/GGBVanix]

She ate lobster! :)

...

She ate lobster... :(

[u/tavi23]

Jesus Christ, Eren is hoooooooooot

[u/noname6500]

• Was first expecting Armin to be talking to Falco and Gabi, like tell them their side and maybe make them allies. Then it turns out he was talking to Annie. I wonder if he hes had these conversations before with her.

• Also, we were shown by the Warhammer titan that they can still sense their surrounding even inside the crystal. It could be that Annie is indeed hearing Armin's story. If she ever decides to come out of the crystal, I wonder if she would have a change of heart.

• So Zeke was organizing an anti-Marleyan group for some time now. Funny how that turned out huh, Grisha?.

• So from what I understand, Zeke was always planning to take down Marley even three years ago. The plan would be to get the founding Titan. But when with the aftermath of the Battle of Shiganshina, after he saw what the Paradisians are capable of, he changed his mind and decide to team up with his bro Eren? This could still be some leave for some hidden motives but I hope not. I don't like the old "Oh I switched sides? I was only pretending!".

• I love the seafood eating scene. Apparently a year after discovering the sea, they've never tried eating seafood yet.

• Sasha being the first one to dig in was adorable. That detail on her eyes when she takes a bite!

• Her family letting Nicolo cook them food is my favorite moment for this episode. It a good contrast to the rest of the episode where anyone from Marley isn't trusted.

• Also, highly recommend rewatching Episode 27 (S2ep2). It was basically a Sasha episode and we get to see the origin of that blonde girl with her parents.

• So even with all that they still don't fully trust the anti-Marleyan. Three years being allies as long but I guess it's only normal to be extremely careful after what Reiner, Bertolt and Annie did to them.

• Those Zeke and Levi scene's were a classic, Levi always reminding how he just wants to kill Zeke and just get on with it. Fanciest hotel being the forest of giant trees lol. Seems like Levi would be his personal "bodyguard". Zeke pretty chill with everything though. Letting him talk to Gabi and Falco would be fine. If anyone would convince Gabi change sides it would be Zeke.

• We still haven't heard about how Eren went alone to Marley from Armin's story, guess that's for next episode.

[u/kitzz11]

Monke and his giant forest hotel

[u/aidree1]

Bubbly Hange is always a treat to watch.VA did a great job.

[u/kiddfrommars]

HISTORIA

[u/omar99HH]

Zeke: hey Levi, I know that my titan looks like a monkey, but that's not a reason to send me into the woods

[u/Kistep]

I really liked how Niccolo fell in love with Sasha.. Also nice ''This world is cruel''back.

Guys who haven't read the manga lets discuss! What do you think about Annie? Do you think is she going to make a great comeback? I really wanna see a dialogue between Armin and her.

[u/-TribuneAquila]

Felt even worse for Sasha bc of Niccolo and Connie.

[u/TiedDegenerate]

Eren

Edit: I made it u/ErehBot

[u/RazorStrider_Hugo]

Armin: World peace.

Mikasa: If we win, we live.

Eren: Tatakae2x!

Hotel: Treevago

[u/tobeyornotoby]

I loved your daughter, she brought me so much joy, so please, come eat my food.

Is it free?

Yes.

We have a deal.

Also, do Marleyans also call her the Female titan? Why? What would happen if a male got the Female titan?

[u/ExecutiveMoose]

I’m just here to say take a second and appreciate that we are all watching the ending of one of the greatest anime of all time while it is airing.

Future show watchers will never be able to experience the excitement and anticipation of watching this season as it comes out.

[u/Mundology]

Annie is back, smug new characters, a new ship that sank too soon and Eren fanservice

[u/Alicizationnn]

A small bit that I really liked was how Onyanpokon added that everyone is free to believe anything after looking at Yelena who considers Zeke/Sieg a God

[u/GetMekdBro]

yaaay the anime’s finally starting the best arc!

[u/Josh_stokes2001]

Just when you think sashas death couldn’t be any sadder they give her a potential love interest and show her family and the girl she saved :(

[u/forcollegelol]

Wow Yelena just revealed Marley has 1 million soldiers, a massive fleet and an airforce. This proves in a conventional war Paradis has 0 chance.

[u/rebeccee]

I loved how Yelena's eyes were completely dark unless she was thinking/talking about Zeke; only then did she have any light shining in her eyes. Really cool little thing to add

[u/ccfnicolas]

Any of these last two episodes fares well as a closure for it, but 68 adapted the chapter I always saw as its final one ('Brave Volunteers'), so I waited till now to say this: the Marley arc is over, and it has been glorious. I never really managed to keep the high expectations I had for its anime adaptation in check, and now that its run is done I can confidently say they were met and sometimes even exceeded. I'm thoroughly satisfied.

The adrenaline-rushing action is always great, but episodes like this one I personally enjoy the most in this series. So exited for everything that's coming now.

[u/AwkwardOrchid380]

What I always loved about Sasha is she was just this really fun, weirdo chick who had agency and clout AND wasn’t sexualised. You don’t really get many female characters like that. The only other one I can think of off the top of my head would be Nobara from JJK. She’s a mood. There are probably more characters like them out there, but I can’t think of any right now.

[u/cuhhcr]

Nicolo getting the shit beat out of him hurt almost as much as when it happened to grisha.

Man almost like racism is a two way street, but I'm sure the fandom is gonna ignore the hints as blunt as a brick for the "Eldia good - Marley bad" approach.

[u/Endrassi]

Next question:

Why are you gay?

[u/[deleted]]

Onyankopon is so fucking based holy shit

[u/N4mFlashback]

Sasha discovering seafood is so precious.

[u/Josh_stokes2001]

Almost 70 episodes and Levi’s sarcasm still gets to me also hange pointing the gun right at her only good eye lmao

[u/LordTwillyDillydum]

Probably the best directed episode this season, Mappa seriously killed it this episode with everything. Absolutely elevated the source material in every way. Seems like they've become really comfortable with the character designs, everyone is looking great.

[u/sim0n2170]

Another great episode

[u/KingRichard360]

The boi Eren turned into a chad, but damn those attack titan memories really messed him up huh dude's so stoic now.

[u/pepperminthippos]

episode looks headed to ~18k. rip the 20k streak, but 18k is insane too

[u/Maxximillianaire]

We're getting to the point in the anime now where im seeing watchers ask a seemingly simple question and then someone replies with like 4 paragraphs for the answer lol.

Hange was great in this episode. The VA for her is awesome

[u/anonymous_idunno]

Mikasa: if you win you live. If you lose you die

Eren: if you don't fight, you can't win. So fight! Tatakae Tatakae!

[u/cxxper01]

Levi is the best custom officer ever

[u/[deleted]]

IF YOU DON'T FIGHT, YOU CAN'T WIN.

IF YOU LOSE, YOU DIE.

SO FIGHT.. FIGHT.

[u/[deleted]]

I don’t trust zeke. You can’t just kill the legend Erwin like that and come back like nothing happened!

Man I wish it was anyone but Erwin :(

[u/flyingmorningdew]

I am sure Mr. Braus will become a daily customer to Niccolo's seafood buffet, until the day they were broke.

[u/7_SK]

Erens character development is sick!!