Attack on Titan (進撃の巨人)

The soldiers had their lives squeezed out of them like fruit being juiced...

..and their scraps cast into the sea.

I suppose I should explain what the sea is.

The sea is a body of salt water that covers 70% of our world's surface.

*ATTACK ON TITAN* Season 03 Episode 21

"Attack Titan"

Episode Title: "Attack Titan"

Owl... Who are you?

I am Eren Kruger.

As you just saw, I possess one of the Nine Titans.

In other words, I'm a Subject of Ymir, just like you.

You pretended to be a Marleyan and infiltrated Public Security?

What about the blood tests?!

That was easy enough with the help of a doctor.

Doctors make good spies.

In all honesty, you did very well.

But in terms of results, Grice had every right to grieve like he did.

You're absolutely right...

I was a useless father, a useless husband, and a useless man.

And yet, why am I the only one who remains as a human?

Dina was someone special, being a Subject of Ymir with royal blood.

She can tap into a Titan's true power.

If you hadn't jumped to keep me quiet, Dina would--

Answer me! Why did you let only me live?!

Enough. Don't your fingers hurt?

Thanks so much for your concern!

You didn't seem to care so much when you were chopping them off!

Well?! If you had gone on a rampage as your Titan sooner,

wouldn't the others not be Titans right now?!

What was the whole point of letting them become Titans?!

What's wrong? You look pale...

It wasn't just fellow patriots...

I've severed thousands of fingers from Subjects of Ymir...

...and made them into Titans.

Women and children, too...

All while believing it was for the sake of Eldia.

I don't have much time, Grisha.

I'm entrusting you with the final task.

Not anyone else. Just you.

That day... The day I first met you,

if none of that had happened,

you wouldn't have festered enough hatred of Marley to come this far.

Is that... the reason you chose me?

That's part of it.

The country... Your father... Yourself...

The hate in your eyes was enough to burn the world to ashes.

I was once like that, too...

The royal family that stayed behind formed a revolution.

My father was part of it.

However, they accomplished nothing at all...

...and were burned alive.

I was so young, all I could do was peek through the closet door and watch.

Ever since then, I've sworn revenge on Marley and the revival of Eldia.

But all I've managed to do is cut the fingers off my fellow patriots,

kick them off this wall, and turn them into Titans.

It's because of the things I've done that my true identity was never discovered.

I'm no different than when I was little.

Perhaps I'm still looking at the world through a crack from the closet.

Tell me, Owl.

What is this task left for me?

It's to infiltrate the walls and retake the Founding Titan.

After you inherit my Titan, that is.

What did you say?

That would mean... you...

I'll be eaten by you as a Titan.

You'll take the Founding Titan from its owner the same way.

Why aren't you doing it?

Those who inherit the power of the Nine Titans perish in 13 years.

I inherited this power 13 years ago.

The Owl called it "The Curse of Ymir."

The founder Ymir lived that long after her powers awakened,

so it's only appropriate we live that long, too.

I've got 13 years left...

And you...

Eight years left... Not even.

You're wrong.

This has to be... a mistake.

It's wrong.

If one possessing the power of the Nine Titans dies without passing it on,

the power is inherited by a baby yet to be born by a Subject of Ymir.

It's as if all the Subjects of Ymir are connected by something we can't see.

One inheritor said they saw paths.

The blood and bones that form a Titan,

and at times, even memories and thoughts are sent through those paths.

All the paths cross at a single coordinate.

In other words, that's...

..the Founding Titan.

Every single Subject of Ymir is connected to that coordinate.

Who was the founder Ymir exactly?

Under Marley authority, she's a pawn of the devil.

During the Eldian Empire era, she was a miracle of God.

Some say she touched the source of all living matter.

Who's to say they're wrong?

Huh?

The only truth in this world is that there is no truth.

Anyone can become a god or a devil.

All it takes is for people to believe it.

You're the one who said that Dina had royal blood in her.

Was that a "truth" of yours?

Unfortunately, Dina having royal blood was true.

Then why abandon her?

Precisely because she had royal blood. I couldn't let the enemy have her.

It had to be done before Zeke told Marley everything.

Even so...

Even so?

Would she be better off giving birth to children for the enemy her entire life?

I've done my duty. You do yours.

Only someone with the power of the Titans is capable of reaching the walls.

To be perfectly honest, I don't think I'm fit for the job.

You will do it.

Look at that...

He was eaten alive by a Titan.

And you asked if watching that was interesting?

It wasn't interesting at all.

His screams of agony were unbearable to hear.

I... didn't know any better.

If I had known this was the price of freedom, I wouldn't have paid it.

Stand.

Fight!

For the sake of restoring freedom and dignity to Eldia...

Stand!

I...

..can't.

Look. I brought this from your home.

I can't look.

You can't look. Can't stand. Can't fight.

Have you no balls?

Did Marley castrate you?

It's pointless to try and make me recall my hatred.

All I have left now...

...are my sins.

That's more than enough.

The main reason I picked you was because you left the walls that day.

That day, if you hadn't taken your little sister and gone past the walls,

you would've taken over your father's clinic,

your sister may have grown up, married, and even had children.

But you did go outside the walls.

Ever since the first day I kicked a patriot off this wall...

Ever since that day you took your sister outside the walls...

We must push forward until the price of our actions is paid.

Even in death and after death.

This is...

..a story that you began, is it not?

There are names given to each of the Nine Titans.

That includes the Titan you will inherit.

No matter which era this Titan has found itself in,

it has pushed ever forward, seeking out freedom.

For the sake of freedom, it fights.

Its name...

The Attack Titan.

"Information Available for Public Disclosure" "The Nine Titans" "The true identity of Intelligent Titans stemming from a power exceeding human comprehension that sleeps in Subjects of Ymir. Said power is inherited along with memories through paths which transcend space and time. The 'Coordinate' where all paths intersect is the Founding Titan."

What are you doing?

The Attack Titan.

Didn't you just do that?

No.

Huh?! He did that, right? Didn't you two see it just now?

Yeah, but that was...

See?! What was that all about, Eren?

No, it's nothing.

It's the name of your Titan, isn't it? What were you doing talking to yourself?

Enough, Hange. He's 15 years old.

Everyone goes through a phase.

Huh? What kind of phase are we talking about?

Hange, I'll explain to you later. It's not right with him here.

Huh? What do you mean by that?

What the hell did you come for?!