I doubt this is something you want to hear, but just listen.
Three years ago...
Back then, we still might've been able to change something.
"3 Years Ago"
Captain! The team that went ashore hasn't made contact for two hours!
Hmm. Prepare to send teams two and three.
Yes, sir!
This island of devils defeated the Warrior unit.
Whatever the cost, Marley must learn what happened.
Hang on!
I-It's a devil!
Hello, friends from Marley! Welcome to Paradis Island!
I'm Hange, here to greet our guests who've come so far across the sea!
Now, step this way and join us for some tea!
By the way, we're already friends with this guest that arrived before you!
Isn't that right, Nicolo?!
Captain! Forget about me and shoot these devils!
What are you saying, Nicolo?!
- Captain! - What are you saying, Nicolo?!
He's tired of your shitty skit.
Nicolo! Understand this, you devils! Marley doesn't mingle with filthy blood!
Go drink your pig piss with your filthy friends!
Aww! Hey! You sure you wanna be rude to us?!
Can't you see the Titan behind you?!
We'll never yield to you devils! Say hello to this!
Hands up, Yelena!
Drop your weapons.
What are you...?
Do as she says.
Hange, I'd be happy to accept your invitation.
Let's have tea.
I've longed to meet you, Eren.
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"Brave Volunteers"
That huge lady of theirs shot and killed her comrade.
Wonder what her goal is.
Who knows? Whether friend or foe, she's not to be trusted.
No napping, Sasha.
But their willingness to share information is unbelievably lucky for us.
Yeah, we've been really lucky.
We stopped their landing by pure chance.
If Marley comes in force, we'll be screwed.
We've gotta do something.
Ah, I see! That's how it shoots a bunch!
That's standard-issue in Marley.
The Marley army has 20,000 soldiers per division.
With 50 divisions, that's 1,000,000 soldiers.
There's also the navy with three fleets, each comprised of 21 battleships.
They've made tremendous progress in new weapons and aerial warfare as well.
Aerial...?
Tsk!
Don't freak out or they'll think we're weak.
I know!
In other words, vehicles allowing one to attack the enemy from the sky.
- Huh?! From the sky?! - Hey!
If Marley had such capabilities this whole time,
why haven't they attacked in over a year?
There are two main reasons.
One being the Pure Titans released here.
Even with the latest weapons, they would hinder a land assault.
They were used as a tool to confine Eldians within the walls,
but in turn, they've protected Eldia from invasion.
Yeah. Well, ain't that funny?
Though dawn is coming soon, and that's when Titans are active.
But if we're way out here, sipping on tea outside the walls,
you must have killed all the Titans roaming around.
Is that true?
And what if it is? You gonna report it to Marley?
No, it blows away my expectations.
And the second reason?
Currently, Marley is at war with multiple nations.
They can't be bothered with Paradis.
You defeated the Warrior unit, the pride of Marley,
and captured two of their main weapons, the Colossal and Female Titans.
Marley's many enemies took notice and were quick to unite and declare war.
If you guys are secret agents who infiltrated Marley,
I'm guessing you came from conquered nations?
Oh, I'm right?!
If you're going up against Marley, I bet you've got big backers!
We're not secret agents or anything of the sort.
We were powerless. Marley took our homes and forced us to be soldiers.
We were close to losing hope at ever striking back.
Until we met him.
A Titan that people of the world feared, calling it a devil.
But I saw something completely different...
A god. One that gave hope to the powerless.
Under Zeke Jaeger's command, we shot our superiors.
We're the Anti-Marleyan Volunteers. Our goal: To free the Eldian people.
That concludes Zeke Jaeger's requests.
For the sake of all Eldians whose existence is threatened...
Absurd! I don't even want to hear it!
He's the Beast Titan!
He turned the people of Ragako into Titans and incited a panic!
This is the same person who nearly annihilated the Scouts!
His one and only goal is to retake the Founding Titan.
Since he can't do it by force, he'll attempt it diplomatically.
He should know we'll expect that. Let's hear what else he has to say.
According to Zeke, he has a secret plan to solve the Eldian issue.
To carry it out, it requires the Founding Titan and a Titan with royal blood.
With both, the world can be saved.
However, he will only reveal the plan when his conditions are met.
Bullshit!
He must think we're idiots!
Eren?
He's telling the truth. I remember...
The one time I was able to use the Founding Titan's power
was when I touched a Titan with royal blood.
That Titan had to be my father's other wife, Dina Fritz.
Zeke, Dina's son, must have figured out a way to elude the vow renouncing war.
The one single hope remaining for us Eldians:
To wake the millions of Titans sleeping in the walls and activate the rumbling.
You... Why did you keep quiet about this for so long?
I was concerned for Historia's safety.
I couldn't let her get made into a Titan based on some hunch of mine.
Yeah, it was careless of me.
We'll talk about it later.
But if that's really true, Zeke's secret plan holds up.
Are you nuts?! You trust them?!
Yeah! We can't have all those soldiers on the island!
We oughta hang 'em all!
No, we can't do that.
To protect the island from Marley's scout ships, we need the volunteers.
Without their "wireless radio"...
This is... fir... scout fleet. Request... aid.
This is... first scout fleet.
Second fleet. Go ahead.
What a relief! Our ship ran aground! We've been waiting for your help.
We're on the way! In the cove, huh?
How many ships? Don't worry! Two are headed your way!
Hey!
You okay?! We're coming to get you!
- It's the Colossal Titan! - How?!
Hey! It's the enemy!
Hurry! Jump!
Run!
Jump off!
Welcome to the filthy island of filthy devils. You're gonna love it.
As long as you like pig piss.
You can leave if you want, but not on a ship.
Are you good at swimming?
It was fun back then.
Certainly, we Eldians are feared and hated by the world.
By people across the sea whose faces we don't know.
But not everyone across the sea was our enemy.
And we found out the world itself was complex and full of unknowns.
By the way, why do you have dark skin, Onyankopon?
Because our creator thought, "It's more interesting with a mix of people."
You Subjects of Ymir are the same. We exist because we were wanted.
Who created us?
The one who gave the Founder Ymir power. God.
That's what some people believe. Aren't we free to think what we want?
What the hell is this food?
Is it even edible?
Smells fishy.
You've never had seafood? Nicolo's a master of Marleyan cooking.
Jerks. If you don't like it, don't eat. Eldians like you don't...
So good!
- Hey! - No fair, Sasha!
Nicolo! You're a food genius!
S-Stop eating like a pig!
I've never had anything like this!
There's plenty, so take your time.
The port will be finished soon!
Thanks to the Marleyan engineers, building it's been quick.
They've sure been cooperative.
It went bad at first since neither side trusted the other.
But given enough time, if we set aside our labels and see each other as people,
we can understand each other.
Armin. Have you seen Bertholdt's memories?
Huh? Yeah, but there's nothing that seems helpful.
There's not much time. Zeke has less than three years left.
Yeah, about that...
Do we really want to go along with Yelena's plan?
What's the problem?
Is using the rumbling to threaten the world the only way to protect Eldians?
Then we will be the devils that terrorize the world.
Before it comes to that, can't we talk?
If we can fix Marley and the world's misconception...
Misconception? What misconception?
You know, like how we're scary.
The world sees us as monsters who can turn into Titans. They're not wrong.
There're Marleyans who like us, too.
How many?
Most of the Marleyans are sitting in prison cells.
But given enough time...
Yeah. We need time.
That's right. And to buy us that time, we've gotta keep 'em at bay.
I wonder... did we make the right choice?
I can't help but think: Could there have been some other path?
I thought I understood Eren better than anyone. Even Mikasa.
But I don't know anymore.
Hey! Aren't you a Marleyan?! What the hell are you doing here?!
This graveyard is full of people your kind killed!
Let us take care of this guy!
Sorry. Please.
Marleyans can piss off!
Hey, Nicolo!
You okay?
Dammit! Why?!
Sasha's really dead?
Yeah.
Why? What the hell were you guys doing?!
Shot by a kid who sneaked on the airship?
It's too ridiculous to be true.
It was no ordinary girl. She'd been trained.
A Warrior candidate?
I let my guard down. Sorry.
Why apologize to me? All I did was cook her food.
Thanks for letting her eat so much tasty food, Nicolo.
What do you think about this, Conny?
Sasha and I were like twins.
It feels like half of me is gone.
You're...
Y'all knew my daughter, did ya?
U-Um...
I'm just a captive Marleyan, but I'm allowed to work as a chef.
Your daughter loved eating my food more than anyone else.
So... if you ever want to... please come and eat my food.
On the house, right?
Of course.
You guys are calling it a victory. Isn't ignorance a scary thing?
If I send your dead body to Marley and reveal your little plot,
your gramps and granny are done for.
But if this secret plan of yours is real, I can wait to chop you up.
Either way works for me.
I appreciate your graciousness. But don't I get to meet Eren first?
Don't be in such a hurry. We've got the finest hotel for you.
You can stay there and relax a while.
Hey... Can you please stop glaring at me?
This is all of the Titan serum we stole from Marley.
But you'll have trouble reproducing it.
No, we should manage fine with this much.
I only wish we could properly thank you.
We owe you so much already. We were ignorant, but you gave us hope.
For us to suspect you, we're truly no better than devils.
For three years, we've done nothing but show we're friends of the Eldians.
It's unfortunate. The guns we brought were meant to give Eldians freedom.
I know it's selfish to ask, but can you overlook our cautiousness for a while?
We have to keep Zeke on a tight leash.
It's fine, Commander Pyxis. We'll dine at the same table again soon.
This is my hotel?
You got a problem with it?
It's a forest of giant trees. I can't think of a better place for you.
Might be lots of fun with ODM gear.
Hey, Captain Levi. Think I could show Gabi and Falco this natural wonder?
Tsk.
Whether they see the sights or not depends on you.
Eren... Jaeger!
Eren would have done it alone.
Whether we helped him or not, the worst would've happened anyways.
In any case, we killed a lot of people.
The navy, army, and civilians got dragged into it.
And just like that, all were lost.
But unless that port was destroyed,
Marley would've retaliated and attacked the island.
We killed any hope for peace, but we had no choice.
Just like you guys that day.
Hey, Annie...
Say something, please.
Fight or die.
Win... and live.
The only way to win is to fight.
Fight.
Fight!
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Without any allies on the outside, they must kill their enemies to live.
Is that the right choice or not? There's not a soul who knows.
Next episode: "A Sound Argument."
"A Sound Argument"