♪ Opening Song ♪
[ROD] All right Historia, it seems we're finally alone.
Father.
I'm sorry for making you wait.
Listen, Historia.
I imagine that this will sound strange to you,
but Frieda isn't entirely dead.
Your sister's memories are still alive.
Would you like the chance to meet her again?
Yes!
[GRISHA] Understand, Eren? Think of your mother.
You can avenge her!
[EREN yelling]
[CAVEN gasps]
[CAVEN] Here they come.
[CAVEN gasps] Wait.
What are those?
[CAVEN] Shit.
Damn it.
Gunpowder.
Judging from those fires, the barrels must have
bags of oil on them.
This could get ugly.
[LEVI grunts]
--Here they come! --Shoot 'em down!
--[gunshot] --[MALE SOLDIER 44B] Huh?
Signal flares?
[CAVEN] We can't shoot if we can't see our targets.
Twenty-four. Thirty-two.
Thirty-five total! In the upper parts of the pillars!
Continue the plan! We'll take them all out right here!
Everyone scatter!
Let them spread out, then surround them!
[SASHA grunts]
I can't see shit! [coughs]
Damn it! Where'd they go?
[ARMIN] The Anti-Personnel ODM gear has a big weakness.
The anchor points in the same direction as the gun,
so once its deployed, the gun can't be aimed again.
[ARMIN] Which means that while the user's moving,
they're vulnerable to an attack from behind.
[MALE SOLDIER 44B] Huh?
--[JEAN yells] --[MALE SOLDIER 44B groans]
[groaning]
[yells]
Look over there! Fire!
[MALE SOLDIER 44C] I missed?
Lost him!
[CONNY grunts]
[MALE SOLDIER 44C groans]
Die!
[FEMALE SOLDIER 44A groans]
Sasha!
Conny! Get back into the smoke before they shoot you!
Take this!
Damn it!
[ARMIN] But their greatest weakness
is that once they've fired twice...
...they need a few seconds to reload their weapons.
[CAVEN] We're getting slaughtered.
Damn, she's fast!
[FEMALE SOLDIER 44B groans]
--[MIKASA grunts] --[MALE SOLDIER 44E groans]
[MIKASA grunts]
[CAVEN] Once they've closed the range gap,
swords have the advantage.
[MALE SOLDIER 44G grunts]
--[MIKASA grunts] --[MALE SOLDIER 44G groans]
[CAVEN] We have to stop them!
[MALE SOLDIER 44H, 44I, 44J groan]
[CAVEN] At this rate, they'll wipe us out!
[KENNY] Woo hoo!
[KENNY] Hey Levi.
I don't exactly have time to waste on ya.
But I just can't have ya getting' any further.
So be it. I'll just have to play.
Catch me if ya can, boy!
You're a lively one. Damn.
[KENNY] Tch.
[gasps]
[MIKASA yells]
♪
Ain't you tired of this game yet? All right.
[KENNY] I taught ya this one.
When you're chasin' your enemy,
you shouldn't just stare straight ahead!
[KENNY yells] Here, dimwit!
[LEVI yells]
[KENNY grunts]
--[LEVI grunts] --[KENNY groans]
You bastard.
That really hurt.
[CAVEN] They know our weaknesses.
Maybe I can use that.
[grunts]
Huh? Those shots weren't even close to hitting!
Heh. It looks like I've found another reckless spirit!
[gasps]
[groans]
[CAVEN grunts]
[yells]
[HANGE groans]
[ALL gasp]
[JEAN] Hange!
Now! We'll re-form our defense at the fallback point!
Time to regroup!
[LEVI grunts]
Stay out of our damn way, you little runt.
Let it down!
You guard the ritual site!
Will do. You try not to die.
[distant rumbling]
[ROD] It sounds like the enemy's drawing near.
This is it, we need to hurry.
--Right. --[EREN yells, muffled]
[EREN yelling, muffled]
What's the matter? Why are you glaring like that?
Because, he's realized what it is that we have to do.
The power his father stole for him must be returned
to its rightful place.
Historia. That place is with you.
[EREN yelling]
The cavern we're in now was built around a century ago
using the Titan power of our ancestor.
The very same power was employed to build the three walls.
And it's thanks to those enormous walls
that humanity has survived.
The voice of this "Founding Titan" reached out
to touch the people's hearts
and altered their memories forever.
Understand that although a few bloodlines were exempt,
even their knowledge was lost over time.
Today, humanity knows nothing of the world before the walls.
The only exception is your sister, Frieda Reiss.
Frieda possessed far more than the power to become a Titan.
She knew what this world was once like.
And she knew what brought it to its current state.
She was only fifteen years old when she took the burden
of that knowledge upon herself.
It was eight years ago, that she performed the ritual.
In this very chamber, she ate her uncle.
My younger brother.
[ROD] In doing so, Frieda inherited the Founding Titan
and the memories of this world.
As her uncle had before her.
As our ancestors have for a hundred years.
Does that mean--?
[sighs] It's true.
Had she survived, Frieda could have used
her tremendous powers to eliminate
humanity's woes with ease.
In time, she could've wiped the Titan scourge
from the face of the world.
But then his father came and stole that power away.
[EREN gasps]
[ROD] Now, that power resides within Eren.
But it's wasted with him.
The Founding Titan's might can only be wielded
by a member of our bloodline.
As long as he remains the vessel for that power,
this hell will never end.
[CHRISTA gasps]
Then...
[KENNY] Hey, hey, hey, just a damn minute!
[ROD] Kenny.
Sounds like you said that if someone who isn't a Reiss
eats Eren, they won't get the powers of the king.
Yes, that's right.
So then, what?
Even if I do turn into a Titan and eat Eren,
it ain't gonna do me any good?!
What are you saying?
Let him go!
What the hell's gotten into you? Do you think I'm lying?
No, I don't. I waited a long time for this day
because I knew if there was one thing
you weren't lying about, it was the succession ritual.
Damn. You prick.
You knew what I was after this whole time.
And you knew I didn't have a chance in hell of gettin' it.
But'cha went ahead and used me, huh?
I'm very grateful. When my brother first brought you
into his service, I thought it was just one of
his foolish whims, but y--
You keep on talkin' shit about Uri,
and you can kiss this half of your head goodbye!
[CHRISTA] Stop it! Get away from my father!
[ROD groans]
Come on. This is pitiful. Don't you get it yet, Historia?
Your daddy doesn't give a damn!
He brought you here so he can turn you into a monster.
And after that he's gonna make you eat your buddy Eren.
If that's my duty then that's what I'll do.
[KENNY] Yeah?
[CHRISTA] Yeah. I've decided.
I'll eat Eren and bring my sister back!
I'll inherit the world's history,
and exterminate every last Titan!
If that's my duty, then... I'll do it!
Damn it, Historia, think about this.
What the hell has this old bastard ever done for you?
--[metal scrapes] --[gasps]
Only reason he picked you up
is 'cause of that royal blood of yours.
This piece of trash is too scared to turn
into a Titan himself. That's why he forced
his brother and daughter to do it for him!
That's the kind of man your daddy is.
[KENNY] Ah.
He's wrong, Historia. That isn't the truth.
It's essential that I do not become a Titan myself.
You mustn't believe him.
I'm the only man alive you can trust.
[KENNY] Hmm. Is that so?
--[CHRISTA] Father! --[ROD coughing]
Kenny. You served me well up to this moment.
You're free now.
Go find another purpose for your life,
and live out your years.
That'd bore me to death. So...
Kenny. Just what are you planning to do?
If she wants to turn into a Titan,
well, then that's her choice to make.
But I say the boy should get a fair shot.
[EREN gasps]
[KENNY] They can both turn Titan and fight it out.
If Historia wins, well, then you'll have your peace.
But if Eren takes her down, the situation stays the same.
--[EREN gasps] --[CHRISTA gasps]
[KENNY] Go on livin' for the sake of drawin' breath?
That doesn't sound like any kind of life to me.
Historia! Take this injection and you'll become
a powerful Titan!
If you can remember, it's not enough
just to bite him anywhere.
To take his powers, you have to consume his spinal fluid!
[CHRISTA gasps]
[KENNY] Reckon I'd better step back.
Go on, you have to hurry!
[gasps]
[CHRISTA] Eren, why?
Why aren't you transforming?
You're gonna fight back, aren't you?
You can't just let me.
[CHRISTA] Defend yourself!
Historia! This is your chance!
It didn't have to be like this.
Huh?
All that death could've been avoided.
Five years ago, if Dad hadn't done what he did...
Your sister.
She would've been able to do something to stop all this.
But because my dad chose to steal your family's power
from its rightful owner,
countless people ended up getting killed.
[EREN] Armin's grandpa. Thomas, Nack, Mina, Milieus.
Marco. Everyone on Levi Squad.
The people of Stohess.
The soldiers who came to save me.
And Hannes.
I can never atone for all of their pain.
That never should've happened.
Those days I spent in training.
That stupid dream that I could see the world.
And me. I shouldn't have happened.
[EREN] If nothing else,
then at least let it end at your hand.
Take your power back, then use it to save humanity.
[EREN] It's all up to you.
Eren. I remember.
When you said I was a normal girl, I was so happy.
I see. This your idea of trying to be nice?
What's wrong, Historia? Are you scared?
All you have to do is inject the liquid into your body.
[CHRISTA] Wait. Father.
For a hundred years we had the power,
but we didn't use it.
Why didn't our family do something?
If we could control the Titans,
then why didn't we liberate humanity?
That's because the same king who built this world
within the walls for humanity,
wanted us to live in fear of the Titans for all of time.
The First King believed this to be the only path
to lasting peace. But I can't tell you why.
Because only those who've seen the world's memories can know!
Many years ago, my brother and I pleaded with our father
to free humanity from the Titans.
We asked him time and time again.
However, he would not fulfill our wish.
[ROD] Eventually, the time came for one of us to succeed him.
After my brother completed the ritual,
when I looked into his eyes, I understood.
My brother wasn't there. He had become something greater.
An omniscient being, exempt from death,
who built and rules over the world we live in.
Do you know what such a being is called?
God.
There is no other word aside from God.
So now it's my sacred duty to bring God back to this world,
and then to offer up my prayers.
I'm praying right now, Historia,
for God to return and lead mankind once again!
[YMIR] Christa.
I have no business telling you how to live your life.
It's not my place.
So I guess when you break it down,
this is really just more of a hope.
Christa, live a life you can be proud of.
[ROD yells]
What have you done?!
[ROD yells]
--[crack] --[groaning]
[CHRISTA] God my ass!
If it's such an honor to become him,
then why didn't you do it yourself?
I'm done with your shit,
and I'm not gonna let you murder me!
[gasps]
[laughing]
That's the spirit! This is gettin' good!
The hell are you doing, Historia?
Setting you free.
No, stop! You can't!
If you don't kill me, then everyone else'll keep suffering!
Just eat me already, damn it!
I can't live like this, so end it!
Shut up, dumbass!
Stop your crying! I don't care!
I don't care about killing all the Titans!
And I don't care about freeing mankind either!
I'm starting to get sick of humanity!
I say let 'em get wiped out by Titans!
And if that makes me an enemy of humanity?
So be it. I don't care if I'm the worst girl who's ever lived!
You get the hell out of here. I'll deal with the rest.
[groaning]
[ROD] Father.
Uri. And Frieda.
I'm coming. Just wait.
♪ Closing Song ♪
[NARRATOR] Rod Reiss becomes a Titan.
To protect Mikasa and the others from a cave-in,
Eren is forced to make yet another hard choice.
Next episode: "Outside the Walls of Orvud District."