1 00:00:38,125 --> 00:00:39,333 Oh, no. 2 00:00:42,458 --> 00:00:45,833 [CONNY] Look at all those houses up in the sky. 3 00:00:45,916 --> 00:00:48,708 One of 'em could be yours, right, Eren? 4 00:00:48,791 --> 00:00:51,333 How's it feel to have your own roof over your head again? 5 00:00:51,416 --> 00:00:53,875 Get it? 6 00:00:53,958 --> 00:00:55,250 [CONNY laughing] 7 00:00:55,333 --> 00:00:57,958 Sasha, could you smack him for me? 8 00:00:58,041 --> 00:00:59,500 [CONNY groans] 9 00:00:59,583 --> 00:01:02,250 It doesn't look like Bertholdt knows our location. 10 00:01:02,333 --> 00:01:03,416 You're right. 11 00:01:03,500 --> 00:01:05,125 He's just scattering burning debris 12 00:01:05,208 --> 00:01:08,291 to turn Shiganshina into a sea of flames. 13 00:01:09,791 --> 00:01:11,500 [EREN] That bastard. 14 00:01:11,583 --> 00:01:13,125 You're back. 15 00:01:13,208 --> 00:01:17,041 And this time you wanna burn down my city? 16 00:01:17,125 --> 00:01:17,958 [SASHA gasps] 17 00:01:18,041 --> 00:01:19,458 Hey, Armin! 18 00:01:19,541 --> 00:01:21,125 Your orders? C'mon! 19 00:01:21,208 --> 00:01:22,791 What should we do? 20 00:01:24,208 --> 00:01:25,750 [BERTHOLDT] I can tell I'm right. 21 00:01:25,833 --> 00:01:27,708 I mean, just look at the way you're shaking. 22 00:01:27,791 --> 00:01:30,333 You're scared outta your mind, aren't you? 23 00:01:33,041 --> 00:01:36,416 Jean, can you take over for me? 24 00:01:36,500 --> 00:01:37,916 What? 25 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:39,500 [ARMIN] I don't know what to do. 26 00:01:39,583 --> 00:01:41,500 I'm worried I'll screw up. 27 00:01:41,583 --> 00:01:43,791 I made a mistake thinking we could talk to Bertholdt, 28 00:01:43,875 --> 00:01:45,375 and look where it got us. 29 00:01:45,458 --> 00:01:46,416 Please, Jean! 30 00:01:46,500 --> 00:01:48,041 You're better suited for this! 31 00:01:48,125 --> 00:01:49,333 [gasps] 32 00:01:52,208 --> 00:01:53,291 Move. 33 00:01:53,375 --> 00:01:55,000 Make for the river! 34 00:01:55,083 --> 00:01:56,416 Everyone aboard Eren! 35 00:01:56,500 --> 00:01:58,250 Conserve our gas! 36 00:02:03,166 --> 00:02:04,541 [JEAN] Eren. 37 00:02:04,625 --> 00:02:06,583 At some point, we'll have to get Bertholdt's attention, 38 00:02:06,666 --> 00:02:10,291 but until then, you need to stay out of sight. 39 00:02:10,375 --> 00:02:12,166 --Hey, Armin. --[ARMIN gasps] 40 00:02:13,666 --> 00:02:15,500 [JEAN] I'm all right with judgment calls, 41 00:02:15,583 --> 00:02:19,250 but I don't have some genius plan for getting us out of this. 42 00:02:19,333 --> 00:02:21,958 In the end, you're the one we're gonna be counting on. 43 00:02:27,916 --> 00:02:32,875 ♪ Opening Song ♪ 44 00:04:04,541 --> 00:04:06,416 [whirring] 45 00:04:06,500 --> 00:04:07,500 [gasps] 46 00:04:07,583 --> 00:04:09,166 This area's all mopped up. 47 00:04:09,250 --> 00:04:10,666 The only ones left for us to eliminate 48 00:04:10,750 --> 00:04:12,833 are way up at the front. 49 00:04:12,916 --> 00:04:14,541 But I still don't see how we're going to 50 00:04:14,625 --> 00:04:16,916 take down the Beast Titan. 51 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:18,875 It doesn't seem like he's got any intention 52 00:04:18,958 --> 00:04:21,041 of budging from that spot. 53 00:04:21,125 --> 00:04:22,125 That's true. 54 00:04:22,208 --> 00:04:24,583 Looks like the big guy's a coward. 55 00:04:24,666 --> 00:04:27,583 Not that he ever had any balls to begin with. 56 00:04:27,666 --> 00:04:29,041 Save your energy. 57 00:04:29,125 --> 00:04:31,958 We can finish off the rest of the runts out there. 58 00:04:32,041 --> 00:04:32,916 Let's go! 59 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:34,333 [SCOUTS] Yes, sir! 60 00:04:36,916 --> 00:04:38,083 [LEVI] Shit. 61 00:04:38,166 --> 00:04:40,208 That explosion just now... 62 00:04:40,291 --> 00:04:42,416 Are Hange and the others all right? 63 00:04:42,500 --> 00:04:44,208 Or did they get caught up in it? 64 00:04:45,250 --> 00:04:47,250 [LEVI] I need to get to the other side and-- 65 00:04:53,875 --> 00:04:55,625 [grunts] 66 00:04:57,875 --> 00:04:58,916 [gasps] 67 00:05:00,375 --> 00:05:06,208 [SCOUTS screaming] 68 00:05:06,291 --> 00:05:07,916 [LEVI gasps] 69 00:05:16,458 --> 00:05:18,125 [ZEKE TITAN] Hmm. 70 00:05:18,208 --> 00:05:21,250 That one was a little higher than I would've liked. 71 00:05:21,333 --> 00:05:23,541 Huh? Oh, good work. 72 00:05:23,625 --> 00:05:24,916 Leave it there. 73 00:05:28,583 --> 00:05:32,333 No problem, we'll just consider the first pitch a warm-up. 74 00:05:32,416 --> 00:05:36,500 I'm going for nothing less than a perfect game today! 75 00:05:36,583 --> 00:05:39,083 [ERWIN gasps] Frontal bombardment! 76 00:05:39,166 --> 00:05:41,125 All troops, take cover now! 77 00:05:41,208 --> 00:05:42,750 --[MARLO gasps] --[SANDRA] What the--? 78 00:05:42,833 --> 00:05:43,791 Damn it! 79 00:05:43,875 --> 00:05:45,875 Get down! 80 00:05:48,125 --> 00:05:52,375 [DIRK groaning] 81 00:05:52,458 --> 00:05:53,625 [DIRK gasps] 82 00:05:58,375 --> 00:05:59,833 --[SCOUTS screaming] 83 00:05:59,916 --> 00:06:01,583 --[LEVI grunts] --[SCOUTS screaming] 84 00:06:01,666 --> 00:06:06,500 --[SCOUTS screaming] 85 00:06:10,625 --> 00:06:12,666 [ERWIN gasps] 86 00:06:12,750 --> 00:06:15,416 Guys, any idea what the hell that sound was? 87 00:06:15,500 --> 00:06:17,541 So does the enemy have cannons or something? 88 00:06:17,625 --> 00:06:20,083 If so, there's gotta be a hundred of them! 89 00:06:20,166 --> 00:06:22,000 Calm down, everyone! You're scaring the horses! 90 00:06:22,083 --> 00:06:22,958 [LEVI] The Titan's throwing boulders! 91 00:06:23,041 --> 00:06:24,541 [ALL gasp] 92 00:06:24,625 --> 00:06:26,083 [MARLO] Captain Levi! 93 00:06:26,166 --> 00:06:27,250 Move, now! 94 00:06:27,333 --> 00:06:28,750 Take the horses and retreat to the wall. 95 00:06:28,833 --> 00:06:29,708 [ALL gasp] 96 00:06:29,791 --> 00:06:31,250 Yes, sir! 97 00:06:31,333 --> 00:06:32,666 [ALL gasp] 98 00:06:32,750 --> 00:06:35,791 Move! Stay out of the line of fire! [grunts] 99 00:06:39,791 --> 00:06:41,416 [FLOCH screams] 100 00:06:41,500 --> 00:06:43,625 [LEVI] You wanna die? Get up! 101 00:06:45,375 --> 00:06:47,333 Commander! 102 00:06:47,416 --> 00:06:48,875 How's it looking? 103 00:06:48,958 --> 00:06:50,375 Terrible. 104 00:06:50,458 --> 00:06:52,208 The front line of houses is gone. 105 00:06:52,291 --> 00:06:54,208 He decimated them. 106 00:06:54,291 --> 00:06:57,833 If he keeps throwing those, everything will be leveled. 107 00:06:57,916 --> 00:07:00,625 We won't have anything left to hide behind. 108 00:07:00,708 --> 00:07:03,625 [LEVI] And we can't retreat to the other side of the wall? 109 00:07:03,708 --> 00:07:04,958 [ERWIN] No. 110 00:07:05,041 --> 00:07:07,208 The Colossal Titan is already heading this way, 111 00:07:07,291 --> 00:07:10,000 setting fire to everything in his path. 112 00:07:11,916 --> 00:07:15,125 Theoretically, we could scale the wall to evade the stones, 113 00:07:15,208 --> 00:07:17,500 but the horses can't. 114 00:07:17,583 --> 00:07:21,000 We retreat here, and there's no hope for victory. 115 00:07:21,083 --> 00:07:23,041 What happened to Hange's group? 116 00:07:23,125 --> 00:07:25,333 Is Eren all right? 117 00:07:25,416 --> 00:07:26,750 I don't know. 118 00:07:26,833 --> 00:07:27,875 Most of them are gone-- 119 00:07:27,958 --> 00:07:30,541 caught up when the explosion occurred. 120 00:07:30,625 --> 00:07:33,083 We've sustained a great many casualties. 121 00:07:34,166 --> 00:07:36,083 [ERWIN] The Beast Titan directed the small Titans 122 00:07:36,166 --> 00:07:40,083 in such a way that our soldiers would group up in one place. 123 00:07:40,166 --> 00:07:42,583 Dirk Squad, Marlene Squad, and Klaus Squad 124 00:07:42,666 --> 00:07:44,000 were engaging the small Titans, 125 00:07:44,083 --> 00:07:45,291 which put them in the line of fire 126 00:07:45,375 --> 00:07:47,166 when he launched the bombardment. 127 00:07:47,250 --> 00:07:48,958 They were all wiped out. 128 00:07:50,125 --> 00:07:51,333 [ERWIN] In other words, 129 00:07:51,416 --> 00:07:53,875 our remaining forces on this side of the gate 130 00:07:53,958 --> 00:07:59,541 consist of you new Scout recruits, Captain Levi, and me. 131 00:07:59,625 --> 00:08:01,541 No others. 132 00:08:01,625 --> 00:08:06,000 [SCOUTS screaming] 133 00:08:06,083 --> 00:08:07,708 [SCOUT 53C] We're doomed! 134 00:08:07,791 --> 00:08:09,166 So what now? 135 00:08:09,250 --> 00:08:11,208 Do you have any kind of plan? 136 00:08:14,833 --> 00:08:16,125 [JEAN] Yell at him, Eren! 137 00:08:16,208 --> 00:08:19,583 We can't let Bertholdt get any closer to the wall! 138 00:08:19,666 --> 00:08:25,458 [EREN TITAN yelling] 139 00:08:27,791 --> 00:08:29,083 He heard you. 140 00:08:32,666 --> 00:08:33,833 [JEAN] The bastard's ignoring us. 141 00:08:33,916 --> 00:08:36,041 He's heading straight for the wall! 142 00:08:36,125 --> 00:08:37,833 So what do we do now, Jean? 143 00:08:37,916 --> 00:08:38,791 If he gets there-- 144 00:08:38,875 --> 00:08:40,416 We're not letting him. 145 00:08:40,500 --> 00:08:43,583 Hey, Eren! Tackle that lanky jerk's leg! 146 00:08:46,750 --> 00:08:47,916 Hang on. 147 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:49,833 Do we actually have a plan for this? 148 00:08:49,916 --> 00:08:51,000 With that steam he puts out, 149 00:08:51,083 --> 00:08:53,583 he can make our ODM gear useless! 150 00:08:53,666 --> 00:08:55,750 It won't connect! 151 00:08:55,833 --> 00:08:57,958 You think I don't know that? 152 00:08:58,041 --> 00:09:01,125 I'm well aware, but we have to give it a try anyway. 153 00:09:01,208 --> 00:09:03,541 We can figure out his weakness as we fight! 154 00:09:03,625 --> 00:09:04,750 I can kill him. 155 00:09:04,833 --> 00:09:06,583 You just keep him distracted. 156 00:09:06,666 --> 00:09:08,625 Conny, give me your Thunder Spear. 157 00:09:08,708 --> 00:09:10,666 [CONNY] Uh--sure thing! 158 00:09:10,750 --> 00:09:11,875 Listen, Armin. Odds are, 159 00:09:11,958 --> 00:09:13,875 we're still gonna need a plan from you. 160 00:09:13,958 --> 00:09:16,375 So stop moping and observe him from afar. 161 00:09:16,458 --> 00:09:18,916 We have to believe we can win this! 162 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:19,916 [ARMIN] Right! 163 00:09:22,208 --> 00:09:24,041 [JEAN] Now! Scatter! 164 00:09:26,416 --> 00:09:29,291 [EREN] How dare you look down on me! 165 00:09:29,375 --> 00:09:30,791 After what you've done, 166 00:09:30,875 --> 00:09:34,541 you should be on your knees begging for mercy! 167 00:09:50,791 --> 00:09:52,416 Whoa. He pushed him! 168 00:09:52,500 --> 00:09:53,916 You can do it, Eren! 169 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:55,666 Knock him on his ass! 170 00:09:55,750 --> 00:09:57,208 [JEAN] There must be a way. 171 00:09:57,291 --> 00:09:59,541 We just have to find it. 172 00:09:59,625 --> 00:10:00,791 [gasps] 173 00:10:02,250 --> 00:10:03,375 Huh? 174 00:10:08,375 --> 00:10:10,375 [BOTH gasp] 175 00:10:13,416 --> 00:10:15,875 [MIKASA] Eren! 176 00:10:15,958 --> 00:10:19,125 [EREN groans] 177 00:10:19,208 --> 00:10:20,375 [LEVI] Damn it. 178 00:10:20,458 --> 00:10:22,541 That's Eren up there. 179 00:10:22,625 --> 00:10:25,791 There's only one Titan that could fling him like that. 180 00:10:25,875 --> 00:10:27,375 The Colossal. 181 00:10:29,291 --> 00:10:31,916 [MIKASA gasps] Eren's not moving. 182 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:33,500 He's still alive, though. 183 00:10:33,583 --> 00:10:36,250 Focus on keeping Bertholdt off him. 184 00:10:36,333 --> 00:10:38,916 That might have been pushing it too far. 185 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:42,750 That's what'll happen if we charge at him without a plan. 186 00:10:42,833 --> 00:10:44,041 Now what? 187 00:10:44,125 --> 00:10:46,625 Unless we can turn the tables somehow, 188 00:10:46,708 --> 00:10:48,708 this operation will fail, 189 00:10:48,791 --> 00:10:50,041 all of us will die, 190 00:10:50,125 --> 00:10:53,666 and eventually, humanity will fall. 191 00:10:53,750 --> 00:10:55,000 Well, screw it then. 192 00:10:55,083 --> 00:10:56,833 Plan or no, I'm not just gonna sit around 193 00:10:56,916 --> 00:10:58,416 and wait to get slaughtered. 194 00:10:58,500 --> 00:11:01,041 Let's take the fight to him! [grunts] 195 00:11:01,125 --> 00:11:02,083 [BOTH grunt] 196 00:11:04,625 --> 00:11:06,625 [JEAN] He doesn't know about the Thunder Spears yet! 197 00:11:06,708 --> 00:11:09,791 Sasha and Conny will help me distract him! 198 00:11:09,875 --> 00:11:11,750 Mikasa, you go for the kill! 199 00:11:11,833 --> 00:11:12,791 [CONNY, MIKASA, SASHA] Right! 200 00:11:14,333 --> 00:11:15,500 Hey, freak-show! 201 00:11:15,583 --> 00:11:17,125 You forget your skin somewhere? 202 00:11:17,208 --> 00:11:19,041 You look so gross! 203 00:11:19,125 --> 00:11:22,416 No one wants to see all that, ya pervert! 204 00:11:22,500 --> 00:11:24,958 [JEAN] This distraction is way too obvious. 205 00:11:25,041 --> 00:11:28,041 But we only need one good hit. 206 00:11:29,541 --> 00:11:30,666 [MIKASA grunts] 207 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:35,666 [MIKASA gasps] 208 00:11:35,750 --> 00:11:38,541 [JEAN grunts] 209 00:11:38,625 --> 00:11:39,583 [gasps] 210 00:11:42,791 --> 00:11:43,750 [MIKASA groans] 211 00:11:45,958 --> 00:11:47,208 [BOTH grunt] 212 00:11:47,291 --> 00:11:48,708 [JEAN, SASHA, CONNY yell] 213 00:11:48,791 --> 00:11:50,750 [ARMIN] Guys! 214 00:11:50,833 --> 00:11:52,333 [ARMIN] Is there nothing we can do? 215 00:11:52,416 --> 00:11:55,666 That steam even knocked away the Thunder Spears mid-flight. 216 00:11:55,750 --> 00:11:57,416 [coughing] 217 00:11:57,500 --> 00:11:58,666 Conny! 218 00:11:58,750 --> 00:12:01,708 Damn it. I breathed some in and burned my throat. 219 00:12:01,791 --> 00:12:02,583 [MIKASA grunts] 220 00:12:02,666 --> 00:12:04,375 [ARMIN] Mikasa! You're hurt! 221 00:12:04,458 --> 00:12:05,833 It isn't bad. 222 00:12:05,916 --> 00:12:08,458 A bit of shrapnel from the Thunder Spears got me. 223 00:12:08,541 --> 00:12:10,833 Figured something out yet? 224 00:12:10,916 --> 00:12:12,083 Huh? 225 00:12:12,166 --> 00:12:14,500 Tell me. Is there a way that we can fight back? 226 00:12:14,583 --> 00:12:16,458 [gasps] 227 00:12:18,666 --> 00:12:20,125 [ARMIN] I don't know. 228 00:12:21,625 --> 00:12:23,291 [ALL gasp] 229 00:12:26,625 --> 00:12:31,333 [ALL gasping] 230 00:12:51,416 --> 00:12:55,791 [SCOUTS yelling, sobbing] 231 00:12:55,875 --> 00:12:58,625 [LEVI] This place is gonna look like a honeycomb before long. 232 00:12:58,708 --> 00:13:00,791 The Beast Titan knows where we are. 233 00:13:01,833 --> 00:13:03,416 Erwin. 234 00:13:03,500 --> 00:13:06,708 If there's no chance that we can turn this around then tell me, 235 00:13:06,791 --> 00:13:08,791 and we can still cut our losses. 236 00:13:08,875 --> 00:13:11,625 Go shake the shit out of Eren till he wakes up. 237 00:13:11,708 --> 00:13:14,875 Have him run away with as many people as he can carry. 238 00:13:14,958 --> 00:13:17,166 Then we'll have at least some survivors. 239 00:13:17,250 --> 00:13:18,791 [SCOUTS yelling, sobbing] 240 00:13:18,875 --> 00:13:21,083 [MARLO] It's our job to guard the horses! 241 00:13:21,166 --> 00:13:22,791 Why'd you let yours run away? 242 00:13:22,875 --> 00:13:23,833 Shut up! 243 00:13:23,916 --> 00:13:25,291 Like it even matters now. 244 00:13:25,375 --> 00:13:27,041 What was that? 245 00:13:27,125 --> 00:13:28,916 Those other scouts were insanely strong 246 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:31,166 and all of them died in an instant! 247 00:13:31,250 --> 00:13:33,750 What chance do we have where they failed? 248 00:13:33,833 --> 00:13:36,583 There's no reason to guard the horses. 249 00:13:36,666 --> 00:13:40,291 Because there's not gonna be anyone left to ride them home! 250 00:13:40,375 --> 00:13:44,833 [SCOUTS gasping, murmuring] 251 00:13:44,916 --> 00:13:47,541 There was a point when it all made sense. 252 00:13:47,625 --> 00:13:50,291 If everyone just cowered behind the walls and waited, 253 00:13:50,375 --> 00:13:54,208 then someday Titans would come out of nowhere and wipe us out. 254 00:13:54,291 --> 00:13:55,833 It was obvious that someone needed to 255 00:13:55,916 --> 00:13:57,750 bite the bullet and fight. 256 00:13:57,833 --> 00:13:59,333 It would be dangerous, yeah, 257 00:13:59,416 --> 00:14:01,750 but the soldiers who did it would be risking their lives 258 00:14:01,833 --> 00:14:04,458 to protect their loved ones. 259 00:14:04,541 --> 00:14:07,416 So when the recruiter asked us, 260 00:14:07,500 --> 00:14:09,458 "Which of you has the courage?" 261 00:14:09,541 --> 00:14:12,000 I actually thought I could do it. 262 00:14:12,083 --> 00:14:14,541 Thought I'd be some kinda hero. 263 00:14:14,625 --> 00:14:15,958 I didn't get it. 264 00:14:16,041 --> 00:14:17,458 I didn't know. 265 00:14:17,541 --> 00:14:18,833 I thought that if I died, 266 00:14:18,916 --> 00:14:22,583 it would at least have some meaning... but it won't. 267 00:14:22,666 --> 00:14:25,791 It didn't for the others. They're just gone. 268 00:14:25,875 --> 00:14:27,375 You know what? 269 00:14:27,458 --> 00:14:31,833 I bet almost everyone ends up having that same final thought. 270 00:14:31,916 --> 00:14:34,625 I was so stupid for coming here. 271 00:14:34,708 --> 00:14:37,291 Why did I think I'd be different? 272 00:14:37,375 --> 00:14:40,708 [FLOCH sobbing] 273 00:14:42,458 --> 00:14:44,750 You could tell what's left of the recruits and Hange's group 274 00:14:44,833 --> 00:14:46,375 to run away on horseback. 275 00:14:46,458 --> 00:14:50,333 They won't have much of a chance, but they'll be decoys. 276 00:14:50,416 --> 00:14:53,333 They can give Eren a shot at escaping. 277 00:14:53,416 --> 00:14:54,416 Tell me. 278 00:14:54,500 --> 00:14:56,583 How would you fit into this plan? 279 00:14:56,666 --> 00:14:58,625 I'm gonna go after the Beast Titan. 280 00:14:58,708 --> 00:15:00,250 I'll draw him away somehow and-- 281 00:15:00,333 --> 00:15:01,583 You can't. 282 00:15:01,666 --> 00:15:04,083 You won't even make it near him. 283 00:15:04,166 --> 00:15:05,916 Probably not. 284 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:08,958 But, if you and Eren make it home alive, 285 00:15:09,041 --> 00:15:10,833 then there will still be hope. 286 00:15:10,916 --> 00:15:12,041 All things considered, 287 00:15:12,125 --> 00:15:15,250 I feel like that's the best we can ask for. 288 00:15:15,333 --> 00:15:17,666 We've been brutalized. 289 00:15:17,750 --> 00:15:19,291 To be honest, sir, 290 00:15:19,375 --> 00:15:20,791 it seems like this battle will be 291 00:15:20,875 --> 00:15:23,875 where the Scout Regiment gets finished off. 292 00:15:23,958 --> 00:15:25,291 Yes. 293 00:15:25,375 --> 00:15:28,458 If we had no way to fight back, then you would be right. 294 00:15:28,541 --> 00:15:29,666 [gasps] 295 00:15:31,916 --> 00:15:33,416 Is there a way? 296 00:15:33,500 --> 00:15:35,416 There is. 297 00:15:35,500 --> 00:15:37,708 [LEVI] You could've mentioned that before. 298 00:15:37,791 --> 00:15:41,083 Care to explain why you kept your shitty mouth shut? 299 00:15:41,166 --> 00:15:43,125 The plan could go a few ways. 300 00:15:43,208 --> 00:15:45,125 Best case, you'll have a decent chance of 301 00:15:45,208 --> 00:15:47,000 killing the Beast Titan. 302 00:15:47,083 --> 00:15:51,250 But for it to succeed... the recruits and I have to die. 303 00:15:51,333 --> 00:15:56,250 [SCOUTS screaming] 304 00:15:56,333 --> 00:15:58,666 The Survey Corps may survive. 305 00:15:58,750 --> 00:16:01,791 But regardless, most of us will end up dead. 306 00:16:02,916 --> 00:16:07,541 Frankly, we're almost guaranteed to be defeated, no matter what. 307 00:16:07,625 --> 00:16:09,625 The recruits and I will be staking our deaths 308 00:16:09,708 --> 00:16:11,833 on the slimmest chance of victory. 309 00:16:14,875 --> 00:16:16,291 [ERWIN] For this to work-- 310 00:16:16,375 --> 00:16:19,166 to convince these youths to charge toward their deaths-- 311 00:16:19,250 --> 00:16:20,625 it would take an expert con man 312 00:16:20,708 --> 00:16:23,000 and a whole slew of blatant lies. 313 00:16:24,083 --> 00:16:26,208 [ERWIN] If I don't lead the vanguard myself, 314 00:16:26,291 --> 00:16:28,333 then none of them will have the courage. 315 00:16:28,416 --> 00:16:31,500 Which means I must be the first to charge. 316 00:16:31,583 --> 00:16:34,000 And the first to be slain as well. 317 00:16:34,083 --> 00:16:35,916 So I'll never learn the truth. 318 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:38,125 Huh? 319 00:16:39,375 --> 00:16:41,708 [sighs] 320 00:16:45,458 --> 00:16:49,208 I just... wanted to reach that cellar. 321 00:16:50,458 --> 00:16:52,958 Everything I've done up to this point, 322 00:16:53,041 --> 00:16:55,708 I did in the hopes that this chance would come. 323 00:16:56,833 --> 00:17:00,666 I dreamt... that I'd get to prove I was right. 324 00:17:02,333 --> 00:17:03,791 [ERWIN] Many times, 325 00:17:03,875 --> 00:17:07,916 I thought that death would've been easier, but then I... 326 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:12,083 I think of the questions I needed answered. 327 00:17:12,166 --> 00:17:13,916 They're what I lived for. 328 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:17,291 And now those answers are no more than a coward's leap away. 329 00:17:20,333 --> 00:17:22,750 [ERWIN] I'm so close, but... 330 00:17:25,291 --> 00:17:27,000 Can you see them, too? 331 00:17:28,833 --> 00:17:32,041 Our comrades. They're all standing around us. 332 00:17:35,666 --> 00:17:38,291 They've been watching us all this time. 333 00:17:38,375 --> 00:17:39,500 They want to know what we did 334 00:17:39,583 --> 00:17:42,416 with the sacrifices that they made... 335 00:17:42,500 --> 00:17:44,916 What became of the hearts they gave... 336 00:17:48,083 --> 00:17:52,375 [SCOUTS screaming] 337 00:17:52,458 --> 00:17:55,083 But that's probably just in my head, right? 338 00:17:55,166 --> 00:17:58,125 Of no more import than a child's bad dream. 339 00:18:04,166 --> 00:18:05,958 [LEVI] You led us well. 340 00:18:06,041 --> 00:18:07,541 Fought hard. 341 00:18:07,625 --> 00:18:09,958 No one else could've gotten us this far. 342 00:18:12,166 --> 00:18:14,083 I'll make the choice for you. 343 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:18,791 Give up on your dream and charge to your death. 344 00:18:18,875 --> 00:18:22,041 Lead those crying children straight to hell. 345 00:18:22,125 --> 00:18:25,458 I'll reach the Beast Titan and tear him apart. 346 00:18:26,500 --> 00:18:27,500 [gasps] 347 00:18:40,125 --> 00:18:42,041 --[SCOUTS yelling] 348 00:18:42,125 --> 00:18:43,458 --Huh? --[SCOUTS yelling] 349 00:18:43,541 --> 00:18:47,375 --[SCOUTS yelling] 350 00:18:47,458 --> 00:18:49,958 [ERWIN] Charge! 351 00:18:50,041 --> 00:18:53,958 [ERWIN yells] 352 00:18:54,041 --> 00:18:55,208 Huh. 353 00:18:55,291 --> 00:18:58,916 I didn't expect them to lay down and die, but... 354 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:01,291 A suicide charge? 355 00:19:01,375 --> 00:19:05,125 For some reason I thought they'd do better than that. 356 00:19:05,208 --> 00:19:08,083 All right. Fire! 357 00:19:11,666 --> 00:19:13,583 Is that smoke? 358 00:19:13,666 --> 00:19:17,583 Oh, it's from those signal guns they use. 359 00:19:17,666 --> 00:19:19,541 Incoming. Spread out! 360 00:19:19,625 --> 00:19:23,625 [SCOUTS yelling] 361 00:19:23,708 --> 00:19:26,375 I'm about to announce our final mission. 362 00:19:26,458 --> 00:19:27,708 All troops, line up! 363 00:19:27,791 --> 00:19:30,291 [SCOUTS gasp] 364 00:19:30,375 --> 00:19:32,458 [ERWIN] We're going to mount a cavalry charge, 365 00:19:32,541 --> 00:19:35,500 rushing the Beast Titan directly. 366 00:19:35,583 --> 00:19:39,166 Clearly, this will make us ideal targets for him. 367 00:19:39,250 --> 00:19:41,833 So we'll wait until the moment he's ready to throw, 368 00:19:41,916 --> 00:19:44,291 and then we'll fire our smoke signals together. 369 00:19:44,375 --> 00:19:46,791 That should somewhat reduce his accuracy. 370 00:19:47,833 --> 00:19:49,708 While we distract the Beast Titan, 371 00:19:49,791 --> 00:19:53,041 Captain Levi will get in position to dispatch it. 372 00:19:53,125 --> 00:19:55,791 Does anyone have questions? 373 00:19:55,875 --> 00:19:57,125 [LEVI] What? 374 00:19:57,208 --> 00:20:00,291 You want me to go after him with just ODM gear? 375 00:20:00,375 --> 00:20:02,500 He's standing in the middle of a field. 376 00:20:02,583 --> 00:20:05,625 I can't fight without a house or tree to hook on. 377 00:20:05,708 --> 00:20:06,958 You're wrong. 378 00:20:07,041 --> 00:20:08,250 Huh? 379 00:20:08,333 --> 00:20:09,750 [ERWIN] There happens to be a line of objects 380 00:20:09,833 --> 00:20:12,166 at just the right height for your approach. 381 00:20:13,875 --> 00:20:15,791 [ERWIN] Use his thralls to advance unseen... 382 00:20:15,875 --> 00:20:17,083 [LEVI grunts] 383 00:20:17,166 --> 00:20:19,708 [ERWIN] ...and assassinate the son of a bitch. 384 00:20:19,791 --> 00:20:20,875 [LEVI grunts] 385 00:20:21,916 --> 00:20:26,250 [SCOUTS yelling] 386 00:20:26,333 --> 00:20:27,750 [LEVI] I'm sorry. 387 00:20:30,958 --> 00:20:35,250 [SANDRA gags, vomits] 388 00:20:35,333 --> 00:20:37,041 There's no point standing around. 389 00:20:37,125 --> 00:20:39,625 We'll only be showered by more boulders. 390 00:20:39,708 --> 00:20:41,583 Ready your horses, on the double! 391 00:20:42,625 --> 00:20:43,833 Be honest. 392 00:20:43,916 --> 00:20:48,458 Are all of us... riding to our deaths? 393 00:20:48,541 --> 00:20:50,333 Yes, we are. 394 00:20:50,416 --> 00:20:51,750 And since we're dying anyway, 395 00:20:51,833 --> 00:20:53,708 you're saying that it's better... 396 00:20:54,875 --> 00:20:57,125 ...if we at least die fighting? 397 00:20:57,208 --> 00:20:58,750 I am. 398 00:20:58,833 --> 00:21:03,708 But wait, if we'll die anyway, then who cares what we do? 399 00:21:03,791 --> 00:21:06,125 We could just disobey your orders... 400 00:21:06,208 --> 00:21:08,083 ...and it wouldn't mean a thing, would it? 401 00:21:08,166 --> 00:21:09,625 Yes, you're precisely right. 402 00:21:09,708 --> 00:21:11,041 [gasps] 403 00:21:11,125 --> 00:21:13,041 Everything that you thought had meaning-- 404 00:21:13,125 --> 00:21:16,583 every hope, dream, or moment of happiness-- 405 00:21:16,666 --> 00:21:18,541 None of it matters as you lie, bleeding out, 406 00:21:18,625 --> 00:21:20,708 on the battlefield. 407 00:21:20,791 --> 00:21:23,875 None of it changes what a speeding rock does to a body. 408 00:21:23,958 --> 00:21:25,333 We all die. 409 00:21:27,125 --> 00:21:30,166 [ERWIN] But does that mean our lives are meaningless? 410 00:21:30,250 --> 00:21:33,250 Does that mean that there was no point in our being born? 411 00:21:34,916 --> 00:21:37,625 Would you say that of our slain comrades? 412 00:21:37,708 --> 00:21:39,708 What about their lives? 413 00:21:39,791 --> 00:21:41,583 Were they meaningless? 414 00:21:43,083 --> 00:21:44,625 They were not! 415 00:21:44,708 --> 00:21:48,125 Their memory serves as an example to us all! 416 00:21:48,208 --> 00:21:49,750 The courageous fallen! 417 00:21:49,833 --> 00:21:51,333 The anguished fallen! 418 00:21:51,416 --> 00:21:53,708 Their lives have meaning because we, the living, 419 00:21:53,791 --> 00:21:55,500 refuse to forget them! 420 00:21:55,583 --> 00:21:57,666 And as we ride to certain death, 421 00:21:57,750 --> 00:22:01,166 we trust our successors to do the same for us. 422 00:22:01,250 --> 00:22:03,625 Because my soldiers do not buckle or yield 423 00:22:03,708 --> 00:22:06,208 when faced with the cruelty of this world. 424 00:22:07,291 --> 00:22:09,333 My soldiers push forward! 425 00:22:09,416 --> 00:22:11,708 My soldiers scream out! 426 00:22:11,791 --> 00:22:14,750 My soldiers rage! 427 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:31,958 ♪ Closing Song ♪ 428 00:23:57,666 --> 00:23:59,791 [NARRATOR] For friends who gave their hearts. 429 00:23:59,875 --> 00:24:02,750 For friends who gave up on their dreams. 430 00:24:02,833 --> 00:24:04,625 Until everything burns out, 431 00:24:04,708 --> 00:24:06,750 they'll charge through the chaos 432 00:24:06,833 --> 00:24:09,541 to spite the fear they've been taught. 433 00:24:09,625 --> 00:24:11,958 Next episode: "Hero."