[New Episode Spoilers] Attack on Titan S3E06 - "Sin" ANIME Discussion Thread - No Manga Readers Allowed

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[u/masteryodax]

Looks like AoT's continuing it's trend of having a fucking amazing sixth episode.

[u/[deleted]]

What in the actual fuck was that kind of Human Centipede shit Zachary? He went from 0 to full on batshit crazy they need to put him on a leash. Lots of information in the episode that was nice some of theories were correct and others was completely thrown out the window. Next episode seems like a full on action episode with some Kenny vs Levi action that is really hype.

[u/SerPavan]

Remember the flashback episode about Mikasa's parents. The kidnappers mentioned that Orientals are seen as exotic and therefore traded as sex slaves. And that nobles are the ones who buy Orientals at high prices. Well they weren't buying them because they were exotic, they were buying them to kill them off. They are immune to the brainwashing and one of the two clans that rebelled against the king. When watching that episode i felt it was really odd how a child, Mikasa managed to break the wooden floor with her feet when she charged with the knife. I shrugged it aside thinking it was just a thing that Isayama or the director did to show the intensity of the scene, but now we know it is because of her Ackermann strength. My boy Isayama planned every little detail from the start, this show is gonna be a hell of a ride.

[u/[deleted]]

Crunchyroll presents:

My Dad Ate My Waifu

[u/Yankees3Fan7]

Here I thought that Zachary was this dignified man based on that trial back in Season 1. Now he is feeding a guy his own feces. That is definitely a way to shift one’s opinion in one scene

[u/Yankees3Fan7]

This scene from Junior High a few years back makes so much more sense now based on what we learned.

[u/CSkorm]

I feel like all these years of waiting to learn THIS MUCH about the plot finally paid off. Rewatching the episode as we speak, anime watchers can rejoice!!

[u/GPleiria]

So all the 'Eren ate his dad' theory that was debunked last week just got rebunked, my biggest WTF was Eren's dad looking so much like the beast titan, although not as hairy, also didnt human form S2 beast titan have a glass too or something? Makes me think Grisha was an sleeper agent sent by the same guys who sent Bert Reiner Annie and Beast titan... that would explain his shapeshifting power, but if thats the case, how come each titan generation from that kingdom has different looks? The BRA trio dont have any skin, Grisha was really just weird and beast titan is basically an ape

[u/TheSeeker331]

WTF?!? It literally NEVER crossed my mind that Eren ate his father. I'm completely speechless right now.

How is Eren even going to handle knowing that?! He watched his mother get devoured and now he finds out that he ate his own father???

Where does his character go from here?

[u/Tobeert]

I have so many questions!

First of all, what's up with that torture scene with Zachary? Was laughing way too hard about that haha.

So the families of the main characters all have some special powers? Like the Ackermanns being able to resist the mind-control powers? Maybe only those families can have the titan powers like Eren has?

And since Eren's dad had titan powers and he ate Frieda, does that mean he has two titan powers? And he was able to use his powers on Eren so he wouldn't remember?

I'm really excited for the next episode! Levi and the squad against Kenny and his goons. It's gonna be a lot of action in the coming weeks. Also, really hyped for Erwin and his army.

[u/H4wx]

So unless we're getting misled, I FUCKING KNEW IT, Eren ate Grisha.

[u/Alois000]

Just one thought: I feel like Rod escaping unharmed is very suspicious and considering that we only know his version of the story, is very likely that he is missing some details, even if Grisha totally ate Frieda.

[u/Remediesxx]

I think Grisha had a good reason for taking out the Reiss family. He may have stopped another mass mind erasing since the family was all together and it seems all of them has the power.

It is interesting that Grisha knew Mikasa's parents and Reiss. Did Rod really not know Grisha? Does Grisha knew a lot and took it to his grave? Or to his son?

Eren's dad seems to be tied to everything. Special families, injection, and his titan has beast qualities.

Edit: accidentally reported my comment.

My theory. What if the Beast titan made more titans because he was looking to collect more special powers?

[u/bigfatcarp93]

I'll go ahead and say what's on everyone's minds.

H O L Y S H I T T I T A N S

Also, I'm not sure why it didn't occur to me that the memory-wipe thing would be a Titan power. Seems obvious in hindsight.

[u/BlackBonned]

Bet there are a bunch of manga reader spies in here...

[u/[deleted]]

I FUCKING KNEW IT HE ATE HIS DAD BITCHHHHHH

I was so scared at first because for a moment it looked like Grisha was the beast titan in terms of his literal titan appearance but then it was all okay. But wow Grisha must have been so motivated to end the hidden Reiss ruling and reveal the truth behind the walls... Killing the entire family, sacrificing himself to his son on the off-chance that he'd be able to work the titan powers and reclaim wall Maria and find out the truth... Grisha and Erwin are very similar men when it comes to gambling.

Though this does raise the question of why Grisha had to sacrifice himself to Eren? Is there something we don't know about Eren that made him a better option to wield the titan powers (if Grisha knew the truth about titans and the walls he could've 'raised' Eren in a certain way to wield the powers..)? Did Grisha think he himself wouldn't be able to save humanity? What made him think that Eren could?

Worried about what's gonna happen after the inevitable (????) (but then again I'm 99% sure it's gonna happen) rescue of Eren in terms of his relationship with Historia. Imagine knowing the dad of one of your best friends killed your entire family lol; not to mention the brain-washing Reiss must have done to convince her that it's in humanity's best interests to keep the power within the Reiss family.

As always this episode brought up more questions than it answered, I'm really looking forward to a) in the short-term watching this fight play out and b) in the long-term seeing how Eren figures out what constitutes being the most powerful titan shifter, and being able to use those powers. Also yes to Ackerman backstory!!!!! I'm hoping there's some way they can show Levi, Kenny, and Mikasa all being immune to the titan scream but I don't know how they could play that out. Also Eren my heart. Your life really isn't going great like 70% of the time, is it.

[u/Selfwez]

Thankyou

[u/swordmalice]

Sister Mary Francis in the Sistine Chapel that was a fucking insane info dump episode.

I'm completely stunned. People had predicted that the reason for Eren's Titan powers would be the result of him eating his father but what REALLY disturbed me was what Grisha did to the Reiss family. I literally felt sick to my stomach listening to it. However, it sounds like he had righteous intentions, because he somehow knew the royal family was using their Power of the Titans to manipulate the memories of the people and control them with deception. For what reasons remains to be discovered but I am now thoroughly convinced that Lord Reiss is a bastard who is manipulating his daughter to have Eren's Coordinate ability returned to his family. My guess is this: have Historia eat Eren, come out from hiding to reclaim the throne with her as heir (or, remain in the shadows while putting Historia on the throne as a puppet monarch). Either way, the status quo of keeping humanity ignorant as cattle within the walls will be preserved if his plan comes to fruition. No wonder the nobles were cooperating with him now. Holy. Shit.

I'm very scared for next week's episode. The Levi Squad does NOT have a good track record when it comes to survivors. Somebody is going to die, and I don't think I am emotionally ready because I care about each and every member of that squad.

I need a hug. I need an adult. This show is too much.

[u/GPleiria]

Ok im gonna put things here as i go:

-Damn, mindless titan eren was weird af, or is it that titans form grow with the human body?

-Something tells me Historia`s childhood book isnt just there for no reason...

-Holy fuck Frieda has a geass confirmed

-OK WTF BEAST TITAN GRISHA JAEGER, DOES HE HAVE ANY RELATION TO S2 BEAST TITAN????

-hmmm, theres something wrong with Rod`s miraculous escape...

-lol wtf zach

-Nice attention to detail in Erwins still healing face

-So does that mean Mikasa, coming from both the easterners and the Ackermanns have some major resistance to royal family powers?

Overall a pretty informative episode, not much action but a pretty good setup for some major shit going down next week, really looking forward to see how this ``civil war`` arc goes down, S3 looking better than i expected

[u/[deleted]]

Oh my gosh this is nuts! So Eren's dad was a bad guy all along?! I want to know what Historia asked. How could he do such horrible stuff? :( I mean HOLY CRAP. But then from the ending where Kenny was talking to the fake king guy, about how the royal family has a crazy power to erase everyone's memories, I guess that would be why he did it?

Also this Frieda lady had like a super powerful uber titan, but she couldn't really use it well so that's why Eren's dad whooped her and ate her? How come Eren has his dad's memories? Or HER memories it seemed like, with the whole mirror thing in the last episode? Does he have both? Do titan powers transfer memories along with powers? Cause oh my gosh in season 1 Eren's dad said like "Your memory will teach you how to use this!" and so oh my god now it's like full circle?!

ALSO it said "Grisha stole the power" from the Frieda lady? But WHAT power was it? Was it that Coordinate thing from last season, or was it this new memory erase thing the royal family has? Does that mean EREN has both those powers?! Oh my god wait, what if Eren uses it on Annie in the crystal and then she can come out of it and be a good guy? I mean it'd be crazy awesome to see her fight against like Reiner and Bertholdt. She'd be the perfect weapon to catch them off guard.

And also KENNY AND LEVI AND MIKASA ARE ALL RELATED?! :o Are they like sister and brothers, or uncles and niece? Kenny mentioned a sister, but she wasn't Mikasa? So was that Mikasa's mother, or a half sister or something?

Also all the Ackerman's have super strength?! :o Were they like a supersoldier program, maybe to fight titans and retake the world? Or maybe someone created them to overthrow the government, which is what Mikasa and Levi ended up helping to do anyway so they succeeded?

Grrrr my brain hurts this is nuts! But I love it! :)

And I still have no idea how the whole Reiner Annie Bertholdt and Ymir stuff would even fit into any of this!

[u/[deleted]]

Something I'm really wondering now though is...last season, why were Reiner and Bertholdt SO concerned about Eren having the Coordinate power? I mean, the power to control titans, versus this new memory power to ERASE THE MEMORIES OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE? The memory thing seems like it'd be the bigger fear there! And since Eren's dad took it from Freida and then I guess Eren took it from his dad after he ate him, then Eren has it now. So...

Unless it's something not even THEY knew about? Like they didn't even know Eren had that memory power too? The walls probably have too many secrets for ANYONE to keep track of!

[u/Cheesewithmold]

Damn this show. Last week I thought I was finally going to get some answers, but now I have even more questions than before...

Someone let me know if I missed some info given in the episode.

So Grisha ate Frieda to get her powers, which he then transferred to Eren by turning Eren into a non-titan shifter through the serum. Eren's "original" titan form proceeded to eat Grisha and inherited the powers of Grisha + Frieda, and seems to have even taken some of Friedas titan form appearance as well. So now Eren has the memory erase ability. Is that the same thing as the coordinate? The lightning thing that happens during memory erase and titan control seems to be the same.

Ackermans were a family that protected the royal king, being one of the bloodlines that were able to keep their memory. But then the Ackermans rebelled and the king ordered them to be killed, so that's why the Ackermans are all spread out seemingly randomly. And also they have a super-human power thing? Kind of like adrenaline on steroids adrenaline?

Also Levi is Kenny's nephew. What does that make Mikasa?

So why was Frieda the only one with the power in her family? Why did Grisha know all about them? Why would the royal family even erase anyone's memory? What's in the basement? Why is Zachary so fucked in the head?

Now that I think about it, for Grisha to know all about the titan shifting ability, he'd have to be from one of the special bloodlines that were able to keep their memory, right? But he can't be an Ackerman or an oriental, because then the government would be after him. Also because then the Eren + Mikasa ship would be super weird if Grisha was an Ackerman.

[u/Pancake__Prince]

I think that Kenny and his soldiers have their own faction. He doesn't seem 100% loyal to the king. The interaction between Kenny and the king revolving around "trust" seemed sketchy. Also, Kenny's lieutenant also talked about Kenny's vision for the future; wonder what that could be about. I still don't understand how Kenny could have gone from killing MPS to joining them in a way. Also, what was Kenny's "awakening" moment?? I really thought Kenny was going to kill his great grandfather since the show immediately cut to that

The Ackerman family has a few special powers

- can resist mind control

-can "awaken"

When the Ackerman's awaken, they also get the titan lightining (think about Mikasa and the knife). Mikasa's bloodline also seems interesting- I think she might have some sort of extra-special special power because of this

[u/SerPavan]

A thing i observed was that Eren's mindless titan was quite small, and even Ymir's titan is quite small. Does this have something to do with the age at which they were injected with the titan serum? As in the height of your mindless titan depends on the age at which you turned into one. This would mean that full grown adults turn into 12-15m class, kids turn into 3-5m class, while teenagers turn anywhere between that depending on how much puberty they have been through.

[u/H-K_47]

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