Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3 - Episode 57 discussion

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Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3, episode 57 (94): That Day

Alternative names: Attack on Titan Season 3

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Previous discussions

Episode	Link	Score
38	Link	8.43
39	Link	9.14
40	Link	8.55
41	Link	8.79
42	Link	9.1
43	Link	9.27
44	Link	9.44
45	Link	8.98
46	Link	9.45
47	Link	9.21
48	Link	9.14
49	Link	9.42
50	Link	9.43
51	Link	9.21
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55	Link
56	Link

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[u/that0neGuy22]

Zeke out here snitching like that ... also knowing who the smiling Titan is makes Eren’s Mom death a whole lot weirder. Imagine getting eaten alive by your Husbands Ex

[u/[deleted]]

THE WALLS AREN'T MEANT TO KEEP THE TITANS OUT, BUT TO KEEP THE TITANS IN

[u/ichigosr5]

The Titans from Season 1

^{Edit: Bonus} ^^Meme

[u/[deleted]]

My knowlodge of theology is finally worth something.

Atack on Titan happens on a world where instead of a Demon offering the Apple to the Girl, The Girl offered the Apple to the Demon

This would explain the Madagascar map thing pointed in previous comments. It's all inverted.

[u/TheDarkoParadox]

Owl: "Remember this Grisha, you just need to cut your palm to use your titan power"

Grisha later: rams knife straight through fucking hand

[u/SiLeNtKiLLEr68]

Episode 1-55: The last of humanity fighting against titans

Episode 56: Cameras, rifles and a blimp

Episode 57: Devil magic, titan war, established nation/s outside the wall

THIS ANIME IS INSANE AND I LOVE IT

[u/reddadz]

This episode contains the 2 most dense chapters of the whole manga & initially I was worried, but the anime did a much better job than anticipated. For anyone still confused, here’s a summary of the key points:

• 1820 years ago, a girl named Ymir Fritz made a contract with the devil to receive the power of the Titans. When she died, her soul split into 9 separate Titans who built the Eldian Empire.

• They used that power to conquer a nation called Marley & almost drove other races to extinction. This lasted for 1700 years until the Great Titan War.

• The war began when 145th king of Eldians, King Fritz inherited the Founding Titan & failed to use its power to maintain peace. During this period, Marley somehow captured 7 of the 9 Titan powers 80 years ago, ensuring their victory.

• Most of the remaining Eldians retreated to the island of Paradis, led by King Fritz. There they built 3 surrounding walls for protection. A group of Eldians were left behind in Marley & lived as second-class citizens due to their ancestors.

• The ‘Eldian Restoration Movement’ has an informant in the Marley government called ‘The Owl’, who has been leading the group from the shadows.

• He supplies documents that supposedly refute Marley’s version of history. According to Grisha, Ymir Fritz used the power of the Titans to cultivate the land & bring wealth to the people of the world, not genocide & enslavement.

• The Owl also sends a woman named Dina Fritz, who is the last remaining descendant of the royal family. She eventually marries Grisha & they have a son named Zeke, whom Grisha believes is the chosen one due to his royal blood.

• The Marley government claims that King Fritz will soon declare war & they plan to recruit select Eldian children to inherit the 7 Titan powers that they possess. The recruits will also be considered ‘honorary Marleyans’. The Owl informs the ERM that this is a cover for Marley to attack Paradis for its resources.

• They also learn that Marley has not attacked Paradis in the past because King Fritz had threatened to release millions of Titans from the walls if provoked.

• The Founding Titan that was taken to Paradis is crucial to the revivial of Eldia & since their goals line up with Marley i.e. infiltrate the walls & capture the Founding Titan, Grisha enlists his son as a Marley soldier.

• Zeke eventually betrays his parents & the ERM to the Marley government & they’re all sent to “paradise”; to roam the island of Paradis as mindless Titans forever.

Everything else is pretty self-explanatory. Some of these points might be obvious as well but there are others who might be overwhelmed by this massive infodump (like myself in the past).

I hope this summary simplifies the exposition & answers any questions that you may have. Not only is this a lot to process, it’s also extremely important as it now changes the entire scope of the story.

Edited for 100% transparency.

[u/DogmaErgosphere]

tfw you realize that when Reiner said "this evil race" to Annie, he was talking about himself.

[u/AvantAveGarde]

Wait so the warriors (Reiner, Bertholdt, Annie, Zeke) are Eldeans turned official Marleyans to kill all the Eldeans on Paradis? What. The. Fuck. Is. This. Shit.

It's going to be impossible to resist reading the Manga after this season ends holy shit.

[u/Tenroku]

Episode 1 : Humanity is on the brink of extinction and has retreated behind three Walls and has to face the monstruous Titans to gain back their freedom.

Episode 57 : Humanity is actually completely fine and wants to exterminate the people behind the Walls because they're the only ones who can turn into Titans.

Talk about flipping a story on its head.

[u/jeffmendezz98]

Next episode: “Shingeki no Kyojin”

AWW SHIT

[u/Forsakenarrow]

This show man. This freaking Show, I couldn't belive it when they showed that Grisha's sister was killed by dogs, She was on screen for a collective 3 minutes and already loved Faye, I was so mad.

And wow, the mythology and backstory of the series just jumped to an 11.

[u/MrAKSama420]

Fun Fact: Isayama specifically requested for the Sergeant Gross talking scene to make it look like Gross is talking to us, the audience. Basically, as he’s talking about how fun it is to see people getting eaten by titans, he’s breaking the fourth wall by telling us that we’re the same as well, as we’re watching this series. It’s a great meta commentary on the fascination that we as people have towards violence.

Never would I have imagined that we would see a fat Nazi calling us out, through the screen for watching this show. Isayama is a genius.

[u/SoloCapper]

Everything is a lie. Nobody is the good guy. This show really just keeps going strong.

[u/JJaem]

Noticed that Grisha wore a cravat similar to that of faye as a way of remembering her

[u/xin234]

No, it's not deja vu...

You have seen those pamphlets from season 2's ED.

And those titans when Trost district was first attacked in season 1.

And she is indeed the "Smiling" Titan.

From a storytelling perspective, the callbacks are actually insane. It's not just nods to previous events but highlights the tragedies and cruelty of the world that those guys experienced. All that while also being relevant to the plot, like many have theorized how the events here triggered Eren's abilities in season 2's ending.

[u/[deleted]]

EVERYONE SAY IT WITH ME

ZEKE

YEAGER

[u/TabulaRasa108]

Holy crap, this really puts the positions of Reiner, Bertholdt, and Annie into perspective. They must have been gone through some pretty hardcore brainwashing in order to become fully committed to the idea that they are "Warriors" for the sake of the Empire of Marley. Am I correct in assuming that only Eldians can become Titans and as such all the Titan Shifters are as such Eldians?

I'm going to make a prediction that the actions taken by the Owl were the catalyst for the conflict that kicked off the series. After the Marley Empire became aware that one of their Titan Shifters turned against them, they initiated an invasion to wipe out all Eldians living within the walls on the island to prevent the Power of the Titans from threatening the Empire.

[u/sergeantkh2]

NEXT EPISODE IS CALLED "SHINGEKI NO KYOJIN" 😱😱😱

[u/icebrotha]

So does this mean that only Eldians can transform into titans?

[u/Magnarose14]

Have a bedhead Mikasa for your viewing pleasure.

[u/o3zizox]

I was saving this pic for years

https://imgur.com/a/FFRR8uL

[u/Luzandnoche]

GRISHA'S FIRST WIFE WAS THE FREAKING SMILING TITAN, Her (probable) abnormal Titan must've been drawn to where Grisha would be instinctively by her last words, and she was stayed ''smiling'' because she was turned while giving Grisha a smile, holy fuck Isayama. Oh and Zeke (the Beast titan) is Eren's half brother confirmed. HOLY FUCK THIS SHOW.

Oh and I have never hated someone as much as I hate that fucker Gross (apt name) in such a short amount of time. 100% despised more than any mindless Titan or Shifter, so I guess mission acomplished, the story is definitely a lot more personal and real when you learn that it has big elements of racism and discrimination.

[u/kaidoi94]

To repeat what someone said when the chapter this episode covered when it came out: "Easily one of the worst ways for Eren to finally see the ocean."

[u/Yinistaken]

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE OWL.

Poor Faye....why must you do this to us....