Take a close look at it, Zeke.
This is Liberio where we live in.
It is as small as a birdcage compared to the rest of the world.
We must live here for the rest of our life, unable to go elsewhere.
Zeke, do you want to leave this place?
Yes.
I do.
Oh my, what a surprise.
Visitors this early?
I'll come back later.
Ah, it's okay. We will leave now.
Oh, Eldians.
W-What?
We have the permit to be out here.
I'm the cleaning staff here, and it's my job to get rid of the filth.
You devils have tainted this place.
You, the descendants of devils who've massacred countless people!
And yet, here you breed like pests!
Damn devils!
Stay in the internment zone, dammit!
You stink.
Remember this well, Zeke.
This is the outside world.
If you hate this world, then you must change it.
Zeke.
You are going to save everyone.
(Sole Salvation)
So one of these children will be my successor?
Yes, one of them will be chosen.
There's one lagging behind. Who's he?
Ah, Yeager again?
All the other children are desperate to earn the title of honorary Marleyans.
But I don't sense any sign of that from him.
What is he even doing here?
How was your training, Zeke?
It was really tough.
I see.
But you will surely become a Warrior.
You have special power, after all.
Moreover, you're our boy.
Yes!
Dad, Mom, I'm leaving Zeke with you again tonight.
Okay.
I baked those pies you really like.
Hooray!
Social dance club again?
Zeke is really lonely, you know.
I'm doing this for the health of people in this zone.
I'm sure Zeke will someday understand what we're doing.
Yes, I get it.
A lot of people died, right?
Is your father properly teaching you our true history?
He taught me that Eldian did awful things towards Marleyans.
Which is why we must atone for that here.
Zeke... do you want to become a Warrior and fight for Marley?
Yes.
I want to become a Warrior.
It's time for bed now.
That's right! We can read that book about the cat's house next time.
Yay!
Begin!
You're so bad at this, Dad!
Dad!
Is that you, Zeke?
I finished early today, so--
Ah, I see.
Then that means we can do a lot of studying today.
Yeah...
In other words, the Fall of Lago never happened.
The Devastation of Monte and the Ravaging of Valle,
it's all just made-up stories to serve Marley's purposes.
Eldians never had such a cruel culture or customs.
Most of all...
Our great founder Ymir would never wish of it, therefore it's impossible.
That's right.
You finally understand, Zeke!
Yes!
If you don't have the drive, leave!
Marley is looking for those who are prepared to devote everything to their motherland.
An Eldian like you would never be entrusted with one of nation's Titans!
Hey!
You over there!
Can you toss that ball for me?
Not bad for a little kid.
Eh?
Nice catch!
I was getting bored playing with this wall.
Can you accompany me for a bit?
Red armband!
Then you're...!
A Marleyan Warrior you kids are striving to be.
But well, my Beast Titan is not really that useful in combat.
So I'm here playing ball to waste time.
Tom Ksaver.
My real job is a researcher in Titan science.
Here, what's your name?
I'm Zeke Yeager!
Zeke, huh?
You got nice form.
You can make a good pitcher.
I'm home!
Dad! Today I--
That's not what we agreed on!
Just what is going on, Grice?
The plan will be ruined if we can't make Zeke a Warrior!
But according to Owl,
Zeke himself needs to have high marks before he can intervene in the selection.
I got it okay! This is our one in a million year chance!
But it's still possible for Zeke to earn the position, right?
Yes, that's right.
Zeke will surely--
Ah...
I'm sorry-
Zeke!
You can do it!
You're our boy, after all!
I believe I already said Marley didn't need you.
Why are you here?
To show my loyalty to Marley and atone for the sins of Eldians!
Please allow me to participate in the open training!
What are you doing, Yeager?!
Run! Come on, run!
Dammit! It's not supposed to be like this!
Don't say that!
That boy is doing his best.
But he can't become a Warrior like that!
You sure was a mess that day.
It's not a laughing matter.
Since then, they forced me do odd jobs.
It's all over for me.
To me, you don't look like you want to be a Warrior, though.
I had to become one.
Yet, I can't do any good.
It's not your fault.
It'd be stupid for you to become a Warrior.
It's nothing but stupid move to shorten your lifespan and invade other countries for Marley.
Then why did you become a Warrior, Mr. Ksaver?
I wanted to know the secrets of the Titans.
I'm a researcher, after all.
They said it all began when the Founder Ymir came in contact with something.
I wanted to know what exactly happened at that moment.
I want it so much that I've shorten my own lifespan to look inside a Titan's memories.
That's why I'm completely useless in war.
However...
hate and conflict just sounds ridiculous compared to the mysteries of Titan.
That's why we're alike, as we both can't be bothered to play war with the world.
A fellow decent people, a real rarity in this world.
This is for the best.
It's okay to stay in the internment zone forever.
As long we can stay alive.
We finally got a tail on them.
They're calling themselves Eldian restorationist.
There are a lot of them this time.
I heard a traitor known as the Owl started it.
We already got few leads.
All left is to get some proof.
It's only a matter of time.
Zeke?
What's wrong?
Hurry up and eat.
M-My stomach is a little...
Dad.
Mom.
Please don't do anything dangerous anymore.
If they find out, they will send all of us to paradise.
To the island of devils...
...where they will turn us into Titans.
Have you learned anything from me all these time?
Unless someone stands up, everyone are forever doomed to die inside these walls.
That's right.
We told you that this is a fight for your future and the future of all Eldians, remember?
Even if it means I end up like aunt Faye?
Zeke!
In the first place, Faye was only killed because this world is crazy!
We must fight to prevent anyone from suffering the same fate as Faye!
We must take the strong Eldia back from Marley and win the right we deserve!
Unbelievable...
Your parents are restoratonist?!
Your whole family will be sent to paradise at this rate...
Yeah.
Mr. Ksaver.
Thank you for playing catch with me.
I'll be sure to remember you even after I turn into a Titan.
Well then, I'm going.
Accuse them.
Eh?
That is the only way.
If you show your loyalty to Marley by turning your parents in to the authorities...
You and your grandparents should be safe.
No, I can't do that!
Zeke!
Your parents have done something awful to you.
They gave up on you and didn't pay any single thought in what you want.
They... didn't love you.
Zeke...
...you did nothing wrong.
You're a smart and good boy.
Go easy on me, okay, Zeke?
Ah, I suppose it's too much for an elderly to handle.
Hey, I'm not that old--
Mr. Ksaver!
My term is close to over now.
Yeah...
I never got to be old, but I don't regret devoting myself to my research.
I should be able to present my finding in one compilation.
Oh, what did you figured out?
The various effects the Founding Titan has brought to the subjects of Ymir.
Ooh.
That memory control stuff?
Not just memory, it can also change our body structure.
About 600 years ago, an epidemic killed so many people that the population plunged.
But one day, the disease was eradicated from the Eldian Empire.
The king at the time used the power of the Founding Titan
and redesign the bodies of the Subjects of Ymir.
It proves that wherever we are,
we Subjects of Ymir are like a part of the Founding Titan's body.
Scary, right?
Then...
Why you gave birth to another devil?!
Can the Founding Titan make the subjects of Ymir lose their ability to have children?
If no more subjects of Ymir were born...
Titan would vanish from this world in the next hundred years.
The world wouldn't have to live in fear of the Titan or suffer anymore.
Moreover, if we'd never been born...
...we would never have to suffer!
Mr. Ksaver?
I never told you this.
But I once had a family.
I was a young and a fool, so I taken off my armband.
I lived with my wife and we had a child, all while keeping it a secret that I'm an Eldian.
My wife was a Marleyan.
However, there's no way I'd be able to deceive her forever.
After she learns that I'm an Eldian...
She slit our son's throat and as well as her own.
I became a Warrior so that I can spoil myself of the choice to kill myself.
But...
Over the last thirteen years.
I've devoted myself in studying Titans, meeting you, and play catch with you.
It had been fun.
I sought for my lost son in you,
and tried to run away from my sins using the power of the Titan.
If only I hadn't been born in this world!
I will inherit the Beast Titan.
Not for Marley.
I'll make the plan to retake the Founding a success and save the world.
I'll free the people of the world from their fear of the Titans...
...and free the Eldians from their suffering!
This is an information I never told Marley about.
It's the way to break pass the vow renouncing war.
And surprisingly enough, Zeke...
It is you who can make this possible.
When a Titan with royal blood make physical contact the person with the Founding Titan,
they should be able to draw out its power.
But you're not the one who can wield that power.
The actual decision can only be made by the one who posses the Founding.
In other words, your role is to be the key.
You must pass the Founding to someone you can trust.
Someone who can empathize with our Euthanasia plan.
You should be able to find that person.
I'll always be watching over you.
Zeke.
I will surely find it, Father.
Eren Yeager?
Yes.
Eren possess the Founding Titan.
And what seems to be a vital information is hidden in the basement
of his home in Shiganshina district where he grew up.
Did you hear anything from Eren about his father?
If I'm not mistaken,
Eren said he used to be a doctor and is now missing.
How could this happen?
That father was still alive!
Eren...
We're his victim.
You're being brainwashed by your father.
I will surely come and save you someday!
You're starting to look like our father.
First off, Eren.
Thank you for agreeing to meet me all the way here.
My thought is just like what Yelena told you.
Would you support the Eldian Euthanasia plan?
It was four years ago.
One day, something happened that opened our old man's memories.
The memory of when he slaughtered the royal family of the walls.
He moved around and smashed young children like bugs.
I still remember how it felt.
If those children were still alive,
the Founding Titan will get passed down to the royal family,
and we'd still be bound by the vow renouncing war.
And we, humanity inside the walls, will eventually die with it.
Their deaths lead to our survival.
I see.
So you believe that Father was right?
No.
Old man was mistaken.
And, I, whom he raised, am also one of his mistakes.
If Eldians had never been born,
including those in this town,
none of them would have to die in the plan we're about to carry out.
There's no better salvation than never having to be born into this world.
I'll do it.
I will put an end to 2,000 years of history ruled by Titan with my very own hand.
I will keep going forward until that day comes.
Isn't that right?
Brother.
Yes!
Yes. You're right.
Let's do it.
I would love to end this with a firm handshake.
But, well, it would be bad if we come into contact now.
Here, take this instead.
Eren.
We're going to save everyone.
The only salvation...
Eldian euthanasia...
What did you say?
Euthanasia?
Well, you're about to die inside a Titan's stinky mouth,
all while hearing the sound of your own body being chewed to pieces.
That's quite a merciful death for you, don't you think?
Considering the lives of my comrades that you stole.
I stole nothing.
I saved them.
I saved the children they would have...
...from this cruel world...
- Looks like you're growing another limb. - Isn't that right?
Mr. Ksaver!
Please watch over me!
The future we seek won't align.
We have no choice but to fight for it.
In Shiganshina, where everything began.
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