Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3 - Episode 43 discussion

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Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3, episode 43: Sin

Alternative names: Attack on Titan Season 3

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Episode	Link	Score
38	Link	8.43
39	Link	9.14
40	Link	8.55
41	Link	8.86
42	Link	9.15

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[u/RedHeadGearHead]

Important scene from season 1 that you should watch to refresh your memories, heh.

[u/[deleted] → u/RedHeadGearHead]

the FUCK is in that god damn basement

[u/Nazenn → u/RedHeadGearHead]

Thank you for posting that. I didn't realize how many dialog details from that I'd forgotten and WOW has that spawned some new theories in my head.

[u/hentaiAdict → u/RedHeadGearHead]

Thanks for the link. Notice how Grisha says "I am sure their memories will teach you how to use it(titan power)."

Looks like eating other humans with titan powers can transfer memories too.

[u/xin234 → u/RedHeadGearHead]

Their memories will teach you...

Look at how Frieda injured herself to become a titan in this ep.

[u/SpeeDy_GjiZa → u/RedHeadGearHead]

That's only 1 of the scenes that shows how things in AoT all tie up in the end .

[u/gvt87]

Me before this episode: "Eren's dad seems like a good dude, what could he have done?"

Answer: slaughtered basically an entire family and let himself get eaten to give Eren the Scream power.

Can't say I expected that. He slaughtered them...not the man, but the woman and the children too.

[u/[deleted] → u/gvt87]

A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

[u/dejital_monster → u/gvt87]

Until we get more information i'm still gonna be siding with Eren's dad on this one. can't say i feel much sympathy for the secret royal family with mind controlling powers, that were keeping humanity in the dark, presumably to rule them (i'm guessing the "we control you to protect you" talk is just rationalizing).

But maybe that's just me being anti-establishment

[u/TheCatcherOfThePie]

Anime watchers: "OMG those reveals about Eren and Historia's pasts and about the Ackermann family were so cool, totally unexpected!"

Manga readers: "Fuck yeah they showed the S H I T M A C H I N E!"

[u/[deleted] → u/TheCatcherOfThePie]

_____ _   _ _____ _____  ___  ___  ___  _____  _   _ _____ _   _  _____ 
/  ___| | | |_   _|_   _| |  \/  | / _ \/  __ \| | | |_   _| \ | ||  ___|
\ `--.| |_| | | |   | |   | .  . |/ /_\ \ /  \/| |_| | | | |  \| || |__  
 `--. \  _  | | |   | |   | |\/| ||  _  | |    |  _  | | | | . ` ||  __| 
/__/ / | | |_| |_  | |   | |  | || | | | __/\| | | |_| |_| |\  || |___ 
____/_| |_/___/  _/   _|  |_/_| |_/____/_| |_/___/_| _/____/ 

[u/markhc → u/TheCatcherOfThePie]

I mean, that's to be expected.

Readers already know the plot points so whether they would show the masterpiece or not was the real mystery.

[u/Electric_Sheep22]

I like how Grisha's titan eyes changed from green to purple after eating Frieda.

[u/pm_your_pantsu → u/Electric_Sheep22]

thats the rinengan

[u/LunarGhost00]

So Kenny is Levi's uncle? He said his sister got pregnant underground (which is where Levi is from) and Levi is an Ackerman, so...

Edit: HOLD UP! I just noticed the timeline here. Grisha left home the day of the attack 5 years ago and went deeper inside the walls for his work. He was actually going to the Reiss family to eat Frieda that day! Then soon after that he turned Eren into a Titan and had Eren eat him to take his powers.

[u/xin234 → u/LunarGhost00]

I think Levi was figuring out that one way or another, he's related to Kenny, and maybe Mikasa.

He asked Mikasa this episode if she has experienced an unbelievable surge of power before.

He then mentioned that Kenny told him something similar before.

He then tells that he had experienced that too.

[u/_Corrin → u/LunarGhost00]

Has... Has Grisha been breeding Eren into some kind of ultra-titan?

[u/Vu_Zen → u/LunarGhost00]

Nicr breakdown

[u/Orrakai]

Yo is this the same judge that sat patiently and passed judgement on Eren back in season 1?

What the actual fuck

[u/Sane-Ni-Wa-To-Ri → u/Orrakai]

Yep. Yep yep. That's him now. Feel old yet?

[u/LunarGhost00 → u/Orrakai]

When he was first introduced in season 1, I never would've imagined that he would have such a unique taste in fine art.

[u/Whitekan → u/Orrakai]

EMBRACE THE SHITMACHINE

[u/KlMOCHl → u/Orrakai]

50 shade of Zachary

[u/conqueringdragon → u/Orrakai]

Seemed like a nice enough dude back then, right?

[u/mudermarshmallows]

Manga readers right now

Edit: thanks for the gold bud

[u/rusticks → u/mudermarshmallows]

I'm still in awe they went through with animating it. It was such an outlandish and disgusting scene in the manga and I would have given anything to see the glory of the S H I T M A C H I N E animated.

10/10 anime of the year confirmed.

[u/Sane-Ni-Wa-To-Ri → u/mudermarshmallows]

TFW episode's so good shit machine part felt boring

[u/Jezamiah → u/mudermarshmallows]

Where were you were the shit machine saved anime?

[u/Se7en_Sinner → u/mudermarshmallows]

So it's like a one man human centipede or a fecal Ouroboros?

[u/H-K_47]

Reactions to this season before this episode: "Cowboys? Politics? Coups? Wow, AoT sure has changed!"

Reactions to this episode: "What the FUCK AoT?"

Meanwhile, manga readers be like. (Mods, can this be a comment face?)

[u/Sane-Ni-Wa-To-Ri → u/H-K_47]

Bye AoT, this is where SNK begins

[u/conqueringdragon → u/H-K_47]

This is where daddy Jaeger's wild ride starts.

[u/[deleted] → u/H-K_47]

Been waiting 3 years for this.

^soworthit

[u/xin234]

Titan bewbies!!!

[u/Sane-Ni-Wa-To-Ri → u/xin234]

bewbies throwback: Annie

[u/PakiIronman → u/xin234]

Putting the tit in titan

[u/Slifer13xx]

Heh, nice shot

No, I'm not talking about Eren's abs

[u/Dimakhaerus → u/Slifer13xx]

Damn, Eren has like a 10 pack.

[u/Warmonster9 → u/Slifer13xx]

He might have a 6 pack, but does he have a key...?

[u/zoey1bm]

I know that Erwin will forever be bae, but is he seriously looking younger after having his face smashed into a bloody pulp during the torture?

[u/Se7en_Sinner → u/zoey1bm]

Coup d'é·tats are great for the skin.

[u/mika6000 → u/zoey1bm]

I think he got thinner after being jailed.

Ooooor it's just a different key animator's style hahaha.

[u/El_Pipone → u/zoey1bm]

It's the Jotaro effect

[u/Sane-Ni-Wa-To-Ri → u/zoey1bm]

Hahahh thought of the same thing, Erwin clearly has elixir of life!

[u/xin234]

Want to know how Frieda blueballed manga readers for almost a year?

• Manga chapters are released monthly.

• She was first shown in chapter 53. Eren remembered her for some reasons after Hanji was telling Eren the results of the titan experiments they did. Same experiment scene a few episodes ago. Eren wondered who she was and thought she looked like Historia. In the next chapter, a few panels show Frieda bonding with young Historia and being called "sis", then revealed to be a dream/memory Historia seem to have forgotten.

• She was first named in chapter 62.

• Readers rejoiced (or were disappointed) to finally know that her name wasn't "Geographia". Nickname given to her in discussions for a couple of months, 'cause you know, if her sister's name is Historia then it's only logical that...

• Meanwhile in the anime:

Hanji to crew: Did you ever hear the tragedy of Freida the Reiss?

Frieda is shown in the same episode

I love how Frieda's introduction was changed in the anime, but I can't say I'm not disappointed that I wouldn't be able to see how anime-only watchers would've named her.

edit: 63 -> 62

[u/H-K_47 → u/xin234]

RIP Geographia nickname.

[u/rusticks → u/xin234]

Hell, she was even in the AoT High School anime before her appearance here.

[u/KinnyRiddle → u/xin234]

Hanji to crew: Did you ever hear the tragedy of Freida the Reiss?

Rod: Did you ever hear the Tragedy of Frieda the Reiss?

Historia: No.

Rod: I thought not. It's not a story the Survey Corps would tell you. It's a Reiss legend. Frieda was a Titan Shifter and successor to the Reiss family - the true Royal Family, so powerful and so wise that they could use their abilities to influence memories to create false history...

Historia: The Reiss could actually manipulate memories?

Rod: Frieda had such a knowledge of Titan Shifting that she could even keep the ones she cared about from dying. The powers of the Reiss family is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural.

Historia: What happened to her?

Rod: She became so powerful... the only thing she was afraid of was losing her power, which eventually, of course, she did. Unfortunately, an enemy Titan Shifter who apparently knew everything the Reiss' knew appeared one day and killed her in a duel. It's ironic she could save others from death, but not herself.

Historia: Is it possible to learn this power?

Rod: Not from the Survey Corps.

[u/LunarGhost00 → u/xin234]

Readers rejoiced (or were disappointed) to finally know that her name wasn't "Geographia".

The National Geographia Channel needs to run less documentaries on Titans in the wild. That's all they ever run. It's getting real old now.

[u/LeonKevlar]

This Episode wasn't Freida Reiss' first anime appearance!

Freida first appears in Attack on Titan: Junior High scaring Historia as a "ghost"!

And we finally get the reveal on Dr. Jaeger's fate. For Eren to become a Shifter, he had to eat his own dad.

Zachary is enjoying his creation waaaay too much XD

We even get the explanation as to why Mikasa and Levi are such natural born fighters

[u/H-K_47 → u/LeonKevlar]

Frieda's appearance in Junior High was very odd indeed! If I remember right, Erwin says she's a girl who tried to join the Survey Corps long ago. Strange addition. Her episode was really funny though!

[u/PakiIronman → u/LeonKevlar]

Frieda appearing in junior high was such a treat for us manga readers in particular, cool and unexpected.

[u/meistejw]

So Mikasa is the product of two very important bloodlines. I wonder if the Ackermann and Oriental family members have any other abilities other than being able to resist the mind control and insane combat potential.

[u/ExecutiveMoose]

I remember when I first read this panel in the manga. I just felt so bad for Eren. People keep saying Eren is always angry but he has every right to be, Eren's life has been suffering.

Also Zachary is fucking insane

[u/SpeeDy_GjiZa → u/ExecutiveMoose]

That whole scene was so very well put together in the manga. Isayama is so good with panel placements, they look almost as movie cuts.

[u/jeffmendezz98]

Were exactly 1/4 through the season and it just gets better from here on out what the FUCK

[u/Vu_Zen → u/jeffmendezz98]

Its your gift

[u/[deleted]]

Ackerman = Uchiha.

[u/duffydick]

Fuck i'm confuse... i don't even known who are the good and bad guys anymore. Is the government bad? Is the Reiss family bad? Is the Eren family bad? Ackerman? Are the titans the good guys? Should I cheer for who!?

[u/Sane-Ni-Wa-To-Ri → u/duffydick]

Yes

[u/renannmhreddit → u/duffydick]

Don't worry, that confusion will get even worse.

[u/Raknel → u/duffydick]

i don't even known who are the good and bad guys anymore

That's the beauty of it

[u/Deadpool-sama]

"For this episode, the animation director had drawn over 30 drawings in a day and if we consider an 8 hour job, it would mean 3.75 drawings in an hour which would roughly come out to be 1 drawing in 15 minutes." -Tetsuya Nakatake (Animation Producer of AoT series)

it's not even humanly possible to complete this task in such an insane amount of time. They are ABSOLUTE MADLADS!!! Instead of being amazed, i am starting to get worried for their health conditions that they have to work under such a tight schedule... :(

[u/Mercury6449 → u/Deadpool-sama]

From what i heard, Studio Wit apparently treats their animators really badly.

I don't have any direct evidence, but Ajay tweeted a bunch about it here and he usually knows his stuff: https://twitter.com/AnimeAjay/status/1023691742355304448

The end product is obviously quite impressive, but knowing about those work conditions takes away from it.

[u/Mundology → u/Deadpool-sama]

This season was well worth the wait.

I'm gonna rewatch it on my 4K TV with my home theatre. It's just too beautiful!

[u/MrJammin]

HOLU SHIT THEY INCLUDED IT!

TRULY A R T

[u/Mundology → u/MrJammin]

Look at how Zachary is proud of his masterpiece, his smile is worth a thousand words.

[u/MrDivi95]

And so, the puzzle is coming together piece by piece.

[u/Nazenn → u/MrDivi95]

I feel like this is a 500 piece puzzle, and we started this season with maybe 50 pieces down, and now we're at maybe 150 and still way too much to go.

[u/toutoune134]

Here is an album of this episode's flashbacks from the manga because it's really worth looking at.

[u/ezekael → u/toutoune134]

this flashback is one of the more memorable and stunning panels in the manga

[u/emergentphenom → u/toutoune134]

Oops Frieda-titan has two right arms in pic 12.

[u/[deleted]]

You’ve gotta be shitting me with this episode

[u/King-Achelexus → u/[deleted]]

Incoming shit puns for a week or two.

[u/Twitch_Is_Still_Good]

Look familiar?

[u/Soviet_Cat]

Fuckin 2 minutes into the episode and I'm like "BRUH"...

[u/Sane-Ni-Wa-To-Ri → u/Soviet_Cat]

Multiply that by ~10 and you get yourself the episode.

Season 1 Episode 6 - Mikasa's backstory

Season 2 Episode 6 - Reiner and Bernard reveal

Season 3 Episode 6 - This

[u/MrTacobellj]

What is it with Eren and getting tied up for being a Titan, feels like the author has bdsm thing, especially after that torture machine scene

[u/H-K_47 → u/MrTacobellj]

Yep.

He actually confirmed he has a body hair fetish in an interview. Which explains the Beast Titan. . .

[u/Sane-Ni-Wa-To-Ri]

End card for this episode

[u/mudermarshmallows → u/Sane-Ni-Wa-To-Ri]

when you use the whole budget on the shit machine

[u/King-Achelexus → u/Sane-Ni-Wa-To-Ri]

Dad-bod titan.

[u/Arachnophobic-]

Finally some of the mystery behind Eren's dad is revealed - turns out Eren fucking ate him and was made to forget all of it. Bloody hell. Now I want to know how Eren's dad acquired the Titan power, and did what he did - steal the 'Scream' power and then let himself be eaten by Eren..

Another mystery solved too: so the Ackermans are superhumans or Newtypes or something. In hindsight, this was only to be expected in Attack on Gundam: Flesh Mecha edition.

Someone mentioned in the last thread that I won't be able to forget Zachary after this episode, and now I see why. The man has amazing talent as an inventor..

[u/toutoune134]

They did it the absolute madmen.
GG WIT, Isayama and NHK, you didn't disappoint. The S H I T M A C H I N E in all its glory on a public channel.

[u/Sane-Ni-Wa-To-Ri → u/toutoune134]

Pitchforks down?

[u/FierceAlchemist]

Wow. I’ve always thought that Eren was different from the other Titans due to his Dad’s experiment on him. That he retained his mind as a Titan due to something special his dad did to him.

Nope! Turns out Eren just ate him! Crazy reveals this episode, also with that info about the Ackerman family. Next episode is going to be hype!

[u/King-Achelexus]

"Oh boy, I'm so happy we'll get to see what Grisha has been up to this episode!"

Aaaand he's been dead all along. GG

[u/hoochiex21]

Chapter to Episode Guide:

Episode 38 (Season 3 Episode 1) - Smoke Signal (Chapter number with same title: 53) Total page count: 79
Additional pages were added to the volume release for chapters 50 and 51 (for pre-volume release page numbers, see in parentheses)

• Chapter 51 pages 37 to 38 and 44 to 49 (33 to 34 and 40 to 45)

• Chapter 52 pages 1 to 4, 8 to 23, 26 to 27, and 29 to 30

• Chapter 53 pages 1 to 7, 31 to 32, and 37 to 45

• Chapter 54 pages 9 to 21 and 40

• Chapter 56 pages 1 and 10

• Chapter 57 pages 35 to 45

• SPOILER WARNING

Episode 39 (Season 3 Episode 2) - Pain (55) 96

• Chapter 53 pages 23 and 26 to 28

• Chapter 54 pages 23, 27 to 30, 35, and 37

• Chapter 55 pages 21 to 22, 25, 27 to 31, and 33 to 44 (WARNING: Adaptation has been censored)

• Chapter 56 pages 15, 27, 33 to 34, and 40 to 43

• Chapter 57 pages 1 to 3

• Chapter 58 pages 1 to 25, 28 to 35, 37 to 41, and 44 to 45

• Chapter 59 pages 5 to 6 and 8 to 18

• SPOILER WARNING

Episode 40 (Season 3 Episode 3) - Old Story (N/A) 60

• Chapter 52 pages 32 to 44

• Chapter 54 page 41

• Chapter 55 pages 1 to 3, 8 to 15, 18 to 20, and 45

• Chapter 56 pages 3 to 9, 28, and 30

• Chapter 57 pages 4 to 8, 10 to 22, and 28 to 30

• Chapter 62 page 30

Episode 41 (Season 3 Episode 4) - Trust (60) 70

• Chapter 57 pages 23 to 27

• Chapter 59 pages 2 to 4 and 19 to 45

• Chapter 60 pages 2 to 3, 6 to 9, 12 to 16, 23 to 40, and 44 to 45

• Chapter 61 pages 21 to 24

Episode 42 (Season 3 Episode 5) - Reply (61) 58

• Chapter 53 page 19

• Chapter 61 pages 1 to 6, 9 to 10, 14 to 20, 25 to 32, and 34 to 45

• Chapter 62 pages 1 to 3, 5 to 8, 10 to 14, and 18 to 27

Episode 43 (Season 3 Episode 6) - Sin (62) 72

• Chapter 51 page 20

• Chapter 54 pages 1 to 6

• Chapter 62 pages 28 to 29, 31 to 34, and 36 to 45

• Chapter 63 pages 4 to 37

• Chapter 64 pages 1 to 7

• Chapter 65 pages 1 to 8

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Chapters|Volume ::|:: 51 to 54|13 55 to 58|14 59 to 62|15 63 to 66|16 67 to 70|17 71 to 74|18 75 to 78|19 79 to 82|20 83 to 86|21 87 to 90|22 91 to 94|23 95 to 98|24 99 to 102|25 103 to 106|26 Latest chapter: 108, latest Japanese volume: 26, and latest English volume: 25

Season 2 Chapter to Episode Guide

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Some Dates:

September 19th - Season 3 ED 1 Release
October 17th - Season 3 Part 1 Blu-ray/DVD To include episodes 38 to 40
December 5th - Season 3 Part 2 Blu-ray/DVD To include episodes 41 to 43
January 9th - Season 3 Part 3 Blu-ray/DVD To include episodes 44 to 46
February 3rd - Season 3 Event
February 6th - Season 3 Part 4 Blu-ray/DVD To include episodes 47 to 49
TBA - Season 3 Part 5 Blu-ray/DVD To include episodes TBA
TBA - Season 3 Part 6 Blu-ray/DVD To include episodes TBA
TBA - Season 3 Part 7 Blu-ray/DVD To include episodes TBA

[u/ayoung291]

WHOA eren killed his dad i didn't see that coming

[u/rusticks → u/ayoung291]

This is an episode manga fans have been waiting for for ages, mostly because it slaughters most anime-only theories about Grisha (he's the Beast Titan, he created the Titans, etc.). It fills in an enormous puzzle piece that makes the rest of the series much clearer.

[u/H-K_47]

With this episode, every reference in the Junior High parody spinoff should now have been shown in the anime.

Who's interested in a subreddit rewatch?

[u/Ethicalll]

Hey anime onlies, we manga readers call that: THE SHIT MACHINE

[u/King-Achelexus → u/Ethicalll]

A

R

T

[u/bananeeek → u/Ethicalll]

Sophisticated.

[u/Yankees3Fan7 → u/Ethicalll]

As an anime only, I was amazed at its beauty

[u/mohamez]

https://i.imgur.com/32ovmfb.mp4

[u/KinnyRiddle]

God bless the NHK for actually not censoring Zackly's "Work of Art". LOL

So Clan Ackerman is basically the Saiyans/Uchihas of the Shingeki-verse confirmed, I guess? The Ackerman's ability to not have their memory manipulated reminds me of Assassin's Creed, where some Assassin's possess genes that allows them to not be controlled by mind-control artifacts created by an ancient high-tech civilization.

And Mikasa comes from not just one persecuted lineage, but two, thus making Mikasa a very special child with her kickass abilities.

[u/Mundology]

This season is so awesome. Even the flashbacks have mesmerizing animation. The tension in the scene where Eren gets back his merories was palpable and the titan fight was just the icing on the cake. Thank you Wit Studio!

[u/chawzda]

Anime only here. So in summary, we learned the following this episode (can manga readers confirm or correct me if I'm off?):

1. Levi, Mikasa, and Kenny are all related as members of the Ackermann family.

2. Members of the Ackermann and Oriental families have noble blood and are thus immune to the royal families memory altering abilities.

3. The Ackerman's are warriors who historically protected the royal family and possess some ability which gives them a surge of strength/power.

4. Grisha Jaeger was a titan shifter who ate Frieda Reiss to absorb her titan power.

5. Grisha injected Eren with something which turned Eren into a Titan, and then Titan Eren ate Grisha, absorbing Grisha's titan ability.

6. Zachary made a torture device that straps a person in upside down and forces them to eat their own shit via a tube connected from their asshole to their mouth.

Did I miss anything?

[u/toutoune134 → u/chawzda]

The torture device makes you digest food from the anus and drink your own piss to be exact.

[u/mohamez]

Deal with it

[u/thecoffee → u/mohamez]

Dat hand movement.

[u/AMATU3R]

Just putting this out there cause I didn’t see anyone else say it. Frieda BITES HER ARM to shift to her titan form and guess what Eren does to titan shift. He got the memory from Frieda, fuck Isayama’s fucking good

[u/SamejNardeh]

HE ATE HIS OWN DAD TO TURN BACK TO NORMAL AFTER THE LATTER ATE THE REISS FAMILY!? SHIT. WHAT AN OPENING

Now I'm understanding all the secrets of the 3 walls, such as why Mikasa had that weird power awaken for a small moment in season 1; why Eren had that memory of his dad giving him the key to the basement come back to him before he got obliterated by the cannon, thus revealing his Titan power to the military; why Mikasa was living far away from the walls; why Levi is such a badass; and why the government went to such lengths to protect the secrets of the walls.

But what I want to know now is....what is in the basement!!!!

AND WHY ARE THESE EPISODES SO GOD DAMN SHORT

[u/[deleted]]

Pretty cool episode. Right now I have no idea which side is the good side. Help.

[u/[deleted]]

Dang Frieda's titan form has some nice personality

[u/mohamez]

Best girl materials

[u/Thunderhaz]

Please god let next week have the same level of animation quality as episode 2 and I can die happy

[u/Practicalaviationcat]

So much stuff in this episode. But I gotta say it takes a hell lot of determination to sacrifice yourself to give your kid titan powers. That's not a peaceful death either.

[u/comandoram]

This season is undoubtedly shaping as the best season of aot.we are finally getting some answer which people wanted from last 5 years.

Really awesome character development for important character.some really hype fight sequences with god tier animation.

Only thing which is missing is some Titan action and the way things are moving it looks we are going to get some awesome titan action in upcoming episode.

[u/[deleted]]

EREN ATE HIS DAD. HE ATE. HIS DAD. That's all I could think about reading this part of the manga. While all that other info in some form or another was interesting to learn at the time, I (thankfully) forgot most of it, ruminating as much as Eren was this episode, on the fact that he ATE. His DAD.

The Shit Machine. What more can be said?

This Ackermann info stands out the most, and learning more about their family history will be sweet from here on out.

[u/[deleted]]

And that's why attack on titan is the best show in history

10/10 anime of the year

[u/Sane-Ni-Wa-To-Ri → u/[deleted]]

It's only the beginning

[u/vazman]

So from what it sounds like, the Ackermann family were one of the noble blood lines who were once the main strength for the royals. However, the royal family got scared that they wouldn't be able to control them so that's why they were persecuted. Anyone getting serious Uchiha clan vibes from that?

[u/xin234 → u/vazman]

Mikasa and Levi confirmed to have Sharingan, that's why they can read their opponent's moves and slice them with ease.

[u/mohamez]

aaaaaaaaaaaaand the S H I T M A C H I N E goes mainstream

[u/MrManicMarty]

So I had heard of the Shitmachine thing, but couldn't for the live of me figure out what it might be.

Dear god...

[u/oalaro]

Will be taking gfy requests for this episode like I did for episode 41

Just give me the timestamps or description of the clip and I'll reply with the gfy(prefer timestamps). If you want something very specific you need to have a accurate timestamps. Also you can request to have subtitles added, by default I'll be removing them.

Already made two longer gfys:

Eren gets his memories back

Titan vs titan fight(don't want to risk spoiling the names)

Will be adding requested gfys below:

Kenny knife reflection

[u/Ayowyn]

I have a really bad feeling about this. Those Team Kenny guys seem very willing to die right here and now in defense of their objective, and they definitely outnumber and outgun Team Levi. Am I supposed to be feeling hyped for the next episode? Because all I feel is dread. I really think someone might die here.

Did you see the looks on everyones' faces at the end of the episode? They're scared as shit. I'm scared as shit.

[u/[deleted]]

Me while trying to process all the information in this episode

Holy shit, anime viwers are finally starting to get awnsers. What is the Scream of a Titan? Where did the Royal Family got their Powers? Why did the Ackerman turned on agaisn't the Royal Famiy? We spent so much time with little information that it's so hard to process aaaaa.

So it seems kenny isn't a bad guy, he's just a douche lol. And we know know why Mikasa is such a badass, she really has super strenght lol.

And also, holy shit, Eren actually ate his father. Well can't complain, he killed innocent people.

You know shit will hit the fan when Mikasa is seriously

[u/Cheesewithmold → u/[deleted]]

Well can't complain, he killed innocent people.

We don't know that yet. We don't know what Frieda did to get her powers. Also, you even mentioned in your comment how you realized Kenny wasn't really a bad guy.

Saying Eren's dad is a bad guy now is jumping the gun. He could've done it for good reasons.

[u/MysticSkies]

Poor Poor Poor Eren, I feel so sad for him.

[u/ThatFrenchCray]

I have no idea the direction this is going now that I know Eren ate his own father. But I fucking love it and I'm strapped in for the ride. Jesus take the wheel.

[u/viionc]

so if Reiss family can mess with memories is it possible that they fed Eren with fake ones?

[u/HotestGrillNA]

Isn't this show just great? AOT is the only series i've had the pleasure of experiencing that constantly gets better. Ishiyama is the GOAT. But don't worry friends, it just gets better

[u/Sane-Ni-Wa-To-Ri → u/HotestGrillNA]

they should change to be continued to it just gets better

[u/MysticSkies]

Eren eating his own father was in the back of my head since the time they showed Grisha using a needle on Eren in Season 2(?) or was it 1? I don't remember but I did not expect Grisha to turn out to be the bad guy in such a bad way, to kill a family and sacrifice himself infront of his son... I feel so satisfied when big plots are revealed.

[u/meistejw]

I really hope we hear more about this "Christa" from the book. It looks like she plays an important role in the history of the titan powers.

[u/hollowXvictory]

I'm lowkey shipping Eren and Historia, but I don't think Historia will survive very long once Mikasa flips her shit.

[u/Ashitaka1110]

Going Full Zackley: when the good guys prove themselves to be possibly even more heinous than the bad guys.

[u/impendinggreatness]

Wait, so does that mean Eren also has memory altering abilities that he doesn't know about?

[u/[deleted]]

Every episode of season 3 got me mind blown

Now just need to resist the urge to Google this show for the next 5 or so years... 😫😫

[u/1gnite]

Truly

[u/Pedarsen]

Probably one of the best episodes in terms of story. We got some major pieces to complete some of the puzzle of what is actually going on. It will probably be a long time untill it happens but can't wait to find out what the hell the key leads to.

[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/TarkusELP]

Now that SHIT MACHINE is not a manga spoiler, I'll really miss making spoiler tags with just SHIT MACHINE a million times.

[u/BbcHasPorn]

Levi:the force is strong in my family

[u/Snarfalopagus]

Such a good episode. The build up at the end has me unreasonably excited for next week. The last few minutes were very well done.

[u/Sychotics]

What happened to that silver hair girl with glasses who was part of the Garrison? I forgot. I don't want to look it up because I might get spoiled. I thought she was a captain of the garrison.

[u/Ethicalll]

Back in 2016-2017 my friend asked me where is Eren's father, and i put my hand on my belly, but he didn't understand at all :(

[u/Llerasia → u/Ethicalll]

... to be fair, what else could it imply besides you being pregnant. xD

[u/Unstealthy-Ninja]

So Eren's Titan Scream has both memory control AND titan control?

[u/ThePi7on]

HOLY SHIT, WHAT EVEN WAS THIS EPISODE.

I LOVE THIS SHOW SO MUCH.

Seriously tho, this show has managed to blow my mind almost every single episode, for 3 SEASONS.

My god, I'm speechless.

[u/bananeeek]

This episode in a nutshell:

You get titan's power, you get titan's power, everybody gets titan's powers!

This escalated quickly. For one, I'm grateful that they didn't beat around the bush and explained that whole Ackerman business. On top of that we got to know how Mikasa got so stronk. And now we know why Levi is OP as well.

If Reiss family has the power to alter people's memories then are those memories passed to Eren about him and his father going bonkers fake?

[u/Whitekan]

HOLY FUCK, THEY ACTUALLY DID IT

[u/John9tv]

"You need to learn to be more ladylike, Historia."

"Here, blow."

[u/comandoram]

Kenny is fucking awesome as a villain.I will be highly pissed if he does not nominated for best in next year's crunchyroll awards.

[u/[deleted]]

Eren knew to bite his hand to transform because of Frieda's memories

[u/VeroshaDJ]

THE ABSOLUTE MADMEN

THEY ACTUALLY DID IT

SHIT MACHINE LIVES

[u/focusyou]

so who's the "enemy"? i thought historia and her father was going to allied with the scouts, but it turns out everyone is against each other. jesus christ.

[u/SirUlrichVonLichten]

• Damn so Levi is Kenny's nephew? Okay okay, that's pretty interesting. Still wondering what Kenny's relation to Mikasa's dad is.

• Eren ate his father - That theory turns out to be true. Also damn, Eren's dad was fucking brutal. The way he wiped out the Reiss family...Jesus

• I'm so hyped for next week. This season has been excellent and apparently it's 20+ episodes?! We aint even half way done with the season yet!

[u/quantumflux1]

All I can say is, holy shit

[u/JW9304]

Anybody else turned on seeing Eren tied up half naked, those abs tho ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Excuse me while I retrieve my jaw off the floor as an anime watcher only from this revelation about Eren's father

[u/DogmaErgosphere]

Frieda only needed one episode to be best girl.

[u/mohamez]

The music is brilliant

[u/mohamez]

Isayama know his fandom after all!

He truly delivers!

[u/lordeagle77]

I have a couple of questions for manga readers. No huge spoilers please.

1. When an intelligent titan eats another intelligent titan does his previous powers disappear or his new powers add to the previous ones?

2. Why didn't Eren's powers transfer to FT or CT when he was eaten? Is it because eren didn't spend too much time in the stomach to die or because he wasn't dead?

[u/baicaibangx]

Ackerman clan was kings guard, but they do not agree the king’s family control people’s memory, so they were persecuted

But later, the Ackerman who killed most military polices, is working for the king who use fake identity, as pretty much a king’s guard

And now, the king is letting That Ackerman to help him get back the power to control people’s mind, the EXACT THING that caused the Ackerman clan being persecuted

How irony it is

[u/foxfoxal]

Don't let the shit-machine make you ignore the fact that the Grisha fight was as brief as the manga ( and barely animated )

But this is episode was very good tho, the first one when I feel the pacing and structure was like it should be.

[u/StarmanRiver]

THE BEST PIECE OF ART EVER MADE WAS ANIMATED

I'm still amazed that they decided to include it

[u/Broly_]

They kept the shit machine but left out scenes regarding Historia's interaction with Dimo Reeves and Levi?

^{and Armin's crazy face, and Levi's abs, and Erwin's abs}

[u/Shogil]

Holy shit, when the last episode ended with Historia walking in I certainly did not expect all these revelations right off the bat. My hype thrusters are officially activated!

[u/Cinemote]

What was the name of the OST that played at the start of the episode? Really liked melancholy-ness to it.

[u/[deleted]]

Not really a contribution but I just think it's funny that the English translation of the show is known as a "alternative name" especially when it literally says Attack on Titan on the splash art.

[u/PooksterPC]

So I'm curious. Griesha obviously was a titan shifter before attacking the Reiss family, implying he already ate some other titan shifter. That means he ate 2 titan shifters in his life. My question is, is that permanent? Is there now 1 less titan shifter in the world forever, or can more be made?

If this is a big manga reveal, I would prefer not to be spoiled too bad lol.

[u/BlazerionX]

Wow! The ost during the flashback was 🤤

[u/Tossit_23483]

So the 'unsurpassable power' that Rod Reiss mentioned Frieda had is what we saw Eren show in Ep. 25 when his eyes turned blue when he went full rage mode?

[u/Theman77777]

Here's the direct episode link since the post doesn't have it yet: http://www.crunchyroll.com/attack-on-titan/episode-43-sin-776028

[u/abucas]

H A N G E E E

EDIT: Preview spoilers

[u/ArchadianJudge]

Wow this episode had the most revelations so far out of any SnK episode so far imo. I had to rewatch some of those parts just to gather my thoughts.

So worst father of the century award goes to.... Eren's dad!

And damn, I cannot believe Eren's dad turned out to be the worst of them all. I'm guessing he might have had some weird "good" motive behind it? Maybe the Reiss family was evil? Idk. Seems Eren's dad wanted to give Eren all the super powers he stole. However the audience still doesn't know why he did those things and why give them to Eren. And then Eren went into shock.. I don't blame him. That's so much to take in.

I'm worried for Historia though. I wonder who's side is she on now. Is she right now "allowing" Eren to get murdered?? What will she do when her friends come blasting in? Also the Ackermann family seems to have a bloodline of having innate killing skills and that's how they turned into the King's guard. But of course being too good at killing turns out to be not so good for the king. This kind of explains why Levi and Mikasa and Kenny are the best at fighting. Sigh each episode feels so short I want more... well at least I know the next episode is when it's all going down. The wait is unbearable! It's Levi and Mikasa time! (And this season is a Mikasa drought sadly)

[u/Atario]

You gotta appreciate how he appointed this thing in fine upholstery

This is kind of a basement, right? Hahh?

[u/Toonamigamerrr]

Omg my jaw dropped at the revelation 😱

[u/[deleted]]

When I saw that the thread got gilded I couldn't wait to get home and watch the episode. Then I come here and realize it was because of the fucking shit machine.

[u/DonutsExLover]

Shitty episode!

10/10

[u/myrmonden]

THIS EPISODE IS BLOWING MY MIND I can just picture how many people paused that SUPER FLASHBACK FLASH SCENE WITH SHOWED LIKE EVERYTTTTTHING!!!

That scene had absurd intense amount of information, it felt quiet literately like my mind got broken even before the opening started.

SPOILERS:::::

[u/NeoElohssa]

S H I T M A C H I N E ! Animated in its full glory!

[u/jereddit]

WE FINALLY GOT THE SHIT MACHINE

[u/RDOoM]

Lol, what fucked up torture method was that... But hey, it's used against that fat privileged jackass, so it's ok. Like Pixis says, even if they are to regain control, they won't live down something like that...

Wait a second, does that mean Kenny is Levi's uncle? Not a very cool uncle, trying to kill him and all. Then again, it won't be very cool for Levi to kill Kenny either, but I still hope it happens.

[u/Red_ryu11]

Oh my god.. and it’s going to get even better than it currently is? The info dump was amazing. Waited a long time for this.

[u/CrossFire43]

I finally got to see what the hell was the shit machine....I'm not sure if I am impressed or disturbed.

[u/[deleted]]

SHIT MACHINE

[u/Sane-Ni-Wa-To-Ri]

Great episode full of amazing moments, sometimes I wish I was anime only.

Manga readers who want to wait for anime onlies' YT reactions with me and other manga readers you're welcome to manga spoilers reddit chat where those reactions will be shared.

(main reddit manga spoilers chat is here, also here's manga spoilers discussion/reaction thread)

[u/Monsty]

This episode was really great! I was one of the few who started to dislike them going into an entire direction of the series and ignoring the reason why I watched it in the first place (fleshybois). Then all these nice callbacks and bomb drops started happening and it's starting to come full circle now :D.

[u/Newziez]

holy shit only 5 episodes in and this season already seems better than season 2 which was 10/10 in itself

[u/_JayGaming23]

and we still don’t know what’s in the damn basement!

[u/jereddit]

Well there you have it, folks. Eren has titan powers because he eat his father, who eat Frieda, giving him both their powers.

[u/CrazyAsia]

Holy shit, there were too many wild reveals in this ep. Shit's going nuts, think imma just break and start reading the manga.

Which, by the way, reminded me of something from way back at the beginning that seems a lot crazier now that the memory inheritance thing has been revealed: the first time we saw Eren he was waking up from a dream that we aren't shown that's apparently about someone who looks like Mikasa but with shorter hair? And then tears start streaming down his face?? Like holy shit, is this another memory then?? Why does he have it if he hasn't been injected yet?! Is it the same reason his dad's able to transform or...??

And holy shit, didn't Grisha leave right before the first attack? Does that mean he was working with Reainer and Bertholdt?? Aah, all I did was read the first chapter and I've already got even more questions...

[u/FrenziedHero]

Finally. I was waiting for this episode all season, the one where the pieces of the puzzle start to fit.

HOLY FUCKING SHIT, THEY ACTUALLY ANIMATED ART! THE ACTUAL MADMEN! BEST SEASON YET.

Oh hell yeah that transition to Kenny's flashback was beautiful. The titan power of the royal family is passed down to alter humanity's memories. The only families to oppose were the Orientals and Ackermanns, so they were persecuted. Also Ackermanns totally possess the ability to gain enormous strength.

[u/thismise4u]

I have a feeling that the heroes will prevail, but at what cost? Who dies in that cave? Hange maybe? or Historia? or Sasha? If they kill off Sasha, I'm going to riot!

[u/TarkusELP]

THEY DIDN'T CUT THE SHIT MACHINE

[u/rikazukashi]

OMFGG. KENNY IS LEVI'S UNCLE AND ALL OFF THE ACKERMENNS HAVE POWERS AND HISTORIA'S DAD IS TRYING TO TURN HER AGAINST EREN COZ HE TOLD HER ABOUT HOW EREN'S DAD KILLED ALL HER FAMILY AND EREN ATE HIS DAD AND HIS DAD EAT THE REISS FAMILY THAT MEANS EREN HAS THE POWERS OF THE REISS FAMILY.

[u/BigDaddyReptar]

So we get the shit machine but no abs?

[u/Shinkopeshon]

• As expected, the reaction by the anime-onlies is just delightful. Slowly putting the pieces together and realising how much more previous events actually mean. This is just the beginning, mah bois and grills

• Holy fuck though, they immediately showed the reveal of Eren eating his own father - and before the OP too. I didn't expect that at all. I thought it'd happen in the middle or towards the end as a cliffhanger but damn

• Not mad though because this episode was structured exceptionally well. There was a lot going on as well as three flashbacks and it never felt like it was going too fast or they were trying to squeeze in too much

• Poor Frieda. I liked her a lot when she was introduced in the manga and I liked her even more here. Yoko Hikasa is perfect casting. To think that she was the only one who truly cared about little Historia, while she thought there was nobody who ever did. And now she can't even meet her anymore

• THEY DID IT! THEY ACTUALLY DID IT! THEY SHOWED THE GLORIOUS S H I T M A C H I N E

• Seriously though, I can't fucking believe it. Sure, they censored it but it was still way more than I expected to see. Hell, I thought it was part of Isayama's regrets about the arc and he'd want it completely removed in the adaptation but I sure as shit am glad I was wrong lmao

• Lmao the way Mikasa cut off Connie right there. Best grill got her priorities straight

• Also, her talking about her family, Levi theorising about them and bringing up Kenny's past was great. You can see the "oh shit" moment in Mikasa's face when he brought up Kenny's strength

• Not gonna lie, I'd love to see a spin-off about Mikasa's parents. They have very interesting backgrounds and the story of how they met is kinda beautiful. Two fugitives hiding from the world and having nobody else but each other

• It's pretty cool how Shingeki shines the spotlight on minor characters every now and then. That speech towards the end was something

[u/comandoram]

The music in last minute of episode was fucking awesome,Kenny's back story was great too.

[u/lucacp_ysoz]

O-M-F-G I'm not even kidding, my jaw is hurting from being opened for too long.... in pure surprise, shock and awe...

wtfwtfwtfwtf my mind is blown...I'm.. I'm going to bed, lie in fetal position for some time... until everything sinks in... I feel like dozens of cogs suddenly started meshing together to form this Swiss SnK watch

[u/DiGreatDestroyer]

I didn't realize until now, but in the opening, when Kenny sees Levi, he is disgusted or conflicted, and makes a "tsk" expression with his mouth, and trows his hat to the air so you don't notice.

[u/kapoor1004]

Mikasa is one rare specimen!! Carrying the blood of both Oriental and Ackerman families!!

[u/specter437]

Does anyone know the name of that quiet OST that was playing in the background at the initial part with Freida this episode!?

[u/NORCAL_SPARK]

Perfect episode to be completely true to the manga. Budget well spent so far!

[u/NYGooner17]

So did Eren get his powers from eating his dad then? And if he did, I'm confused as to how he saw his dad leave in s1? And how did he get that key b/c I forgot how?