By - BI Sasha
Written-on - March 4 2023
Attack On Titan Episode 87, "The Dawn Of Humanity," broadcast on April 4, 2022. Eren had the power of the Founding Titan and had already begun the Rumbling. The episode concluded with Eren attacking Marley and the Global Military Alliance. The show took a brief hiatus before releasing its last chapter, and it did not disappoint. On March 3, 2023, special 1 of the last chapters was released, and it included some major moments, which may be seen below. If you haven’t watched the Attack On Titan Season 4 Part 3, special 1. I recommend you don’t continue reading as this will contain major spoilers but if you don’t mind spoilers then go ahead
The episode begins with Mikasa waking Eren up under a beautiful tree in Wall Maria, they’re both kids and Eren makes mention of having a dream but he can’t actually remember what it was about. The episode was made up of two chapters or two parts with Chapter 1 being called “The Rumbling”. This part of the episode starts off with two refugee kids called Ramzi and Halil having a conversation about their struggles in life. They then see the fellow townspeople running away from something, to their greatest surprise it was colossal Titans and that’s when we get the shows’ logo.
Now we get a short flashback were Eren questions his actions and feels guilty as he can see the future and he knows what he’s going to do, Ramzi is bullied In front of Eren and he feels bad for the little kid but he knows what the future holds. He then takes the kid home apologizing with tears in his eye and sorrow in his heart.
Getting back the to the present, the townspeople try to flee to the mountains along with both of the kids but the titans come from all directions. They run and just keep running but are both eventually killed. The Titans Trample on Marley, destroying everything. They walk across different towns and cities in the region of Marley but the civilians just can’t escape, some kill themselves, others weep as transportation is useless. The Titans steam burn others to a crisp. We then get to see Eren’s full body, it’s a head with spinal bones and lower-body. That’s when fans get to know more about Eren’s thought process, you see he believes people from the outside world who experienced the wonders(beautiful oceans, snowy mountains, thick rainforests) of the world have attained freedom but there was always a wall blocking him.
The next scene was about Annie and Armin still on the boat. Annie thanked Armin for keeping her company while she was still frozen. she also wondered why he did that. It was this moment fans realized she likes Armin. Armin also blushed but we don’t know if its him or it’s Bertholdt’s presence in him. There was another conversation on the nature of a “Good Person” linked to Armin’s character trait but he rejects the claim saying he’s done a lot of bad things in the past. Armin also talks about how the outside world isn’t what he and Eren imagined when during their childhood.
When Armin and the others finally arrived at their destination, they find out the residents in the area(Odiha) have all fled South out of fear by water. Because of this, the Azumabito clan will be in charge of assisting Hanje and the others to get the “flying boat”(airship) in the sky. We later get a conversation between Pieck, Falco and Gabi with Falco being worried about what happened to Marley since the Rumbling has already started. Another interaction was between Mikasa and Annie as Annie tells Mikasa she won’t get on the flying boat and won’t fight. She says this with sadness on her face talking about what happens next and how Eldians have always been persecuted.
Furthermore, there was a conversation between Hange, Pieck, Levi (who insisted despite Armin telling him to relax) , Armin, Kiyomi Azumabito and Yelena with Yelena revealing Eren’s next move will be the Karifa Naval Port to go destroy the airships. They all also admitted Zeke’s Euthanization plan was right.
Jean, Connie, Onyankopon and Azumabito’s have been working on the flying boat the entire night with completion taking place at dawn. Reiner, Levi, Armin, Mikasa, Pieck, Connie, Jean, Onyankopon and Hanje are about to board it. Hanje asks everyone to inspect their gears as they are about to take off soon. We also get a conversation between Pieck, Reiner and Annie as Annie acknowledges she’s the only one fleeing from the fight. Annie, Falco, Gabi and Kiyomi left by boat because they didn’t want to be involved in the fight.
Pieck then says she will work with Hange because its General Magaths’s final orders. Hange and Levi also talk about how proud their dead comrades will be. Flock comes out of no-where and starts attacking Azumabito workers and firing aimlessly. This caused bullet holes in the fuel tank of the flying boat which required immediate fix. Suddenly, the colossal Titans show up with the issue at hand, Armin thinks of stalling for time but Hange refuses, saying Armin along with the others need to retain their strength. Hange then charges at the Titans, amazed at how beautiful they look, she cuts the nape of some stopping the momentum of the other Titans as they fall to the ground, she cuts off the legs making them fall down, Hange realizes Armin and the others need more time so she charges in like the iconic hero she is with flames on her body, her mind’s set in slowing them down even though she gets burnt in the process, the flying boat makes it at the cost of her life When Hange passed away , we got a scene of her talking to the deceased Erwin which just made the moment better
The second part of the episode was chapter 2 titled “Sinners”. We get a plane scene with the team (Reiner, Levi, Armin, Mikasa, Pieck, Connie, and Jean)making plans on how to defeat Eren. They talk about The Founding Titan's physique trying to figure out the weak point , Pieck says there’s a chance Armin can destroy a large majority of Eren's body if he transforms to the colossal Titan just like how he annihilated Liberio’s port, Armin then says it will be a last resort. Levi proposes stopping the Titans by killing Zeke first which will stop the rumbling but locating Eren and Zeke would be difficult. Levi s asks the others to help him take Zeke out.
The second conversation they had was basically Connie and Jean comparing themselves to Reiner and apologizing as they now know how it feels to be put in difficult situation (killing close friends). Reiner brings up a proposition about Eren wanting them to defeat him as he could’ve taken away their Titan powers but he didn’t. Suddenly, they all appear on the desert-like plain known as the world of Path created by Ymiir. Armin, Mikasa, Jean and Connie beg Eren to stop but he says they have to fight precisely saying “Clash Is Inevitable”.
In addition to that, there’s a boat scene between Annie, Kiyomi, falco and Gabi. Falco reveals he can see Zeke’s memories and it’s like he’s high up in the sky on top of the clouds. The kids have an idea brought this proposition to Annie because the female Titan has an ability to replicate powers of other Titans by taking parts of those Titans.
The episode concluded with a train scene. The family members of some of our heroes including Annie’s father and other civilians are trying to flee using the airships in the Karifa naval port, but they are shocked as they see all the airships heading towards the Titans, they are Marley’s last hope of defense but the founding Titan creates a beast titan with its bones destroying the airships by shooting hard materials at it. Just when everyone is about the lose hope, Armin and the others show up ready for a fight.
With how this episode ended, there’s going to be a lot to look forward for the next episode. Armin and the others will face off against Eren and it will be huge. Attack On Titan Season 4 Part 3, Special 2 is said to be released in Fall 2023.
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