01x08 - I Can Hear His Heartbeat - The Struggle for Trost (part 4)

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In the year , the Colossal Titan reappeared and demolished another wall.

Once again, humanity allowed the Titans to further their advance.

One after another, soldiers fell to the Titans.

And then...

Eren!

Hurry!

Eren fell prey to a Titan too.

Man, Mikasa's incredible...

How can she move so fast?!

No! She's not her usual, composed self at all!

I'll do whatever it takes to win!

Whatever it takes to live!

Mikasa found herself in dire straits as well when a mysterious Titan appeared and att*cked another Titan.

Unknown are the names of the flowers that have been trampled

Birds have fallen to the earth and long for the wind

Prayers won't solve anything

Only the will to fight can change the here and now!

O pigs who laugh at the resolve to walk over corpses to move forward

Livestock complacency? False prosperity?

Give us the freedom of dying, starving wolves!

The humiliation of being caged is what triggers us to fight back

We hunters slaughter prey beyond the castle walls,

consumed with surging bloodlust,

as our crimson bows and arrows pierce scarlet holes into the twilight

There!

Your mobility gear still works, and I've given you all my blades.

All I ask is that you leave me with this one...

I'd rather not get eaten alive, if I can help it.

N-No way...

Armin.

I'm not leaving you here.

B-But the place is swarming with Titans; you can't possibly carry someone while jumping..

Let's go!

No...

Please don't...

I'll only...

I'll only get more of my friends k*lled!

Wait!

Listen! I have a suggestion!

A suggestion?

Only you two can do it, so I leave the choice to you...

I know it sounds crazy, but could we use that Titan to our advantage?

That Titan?!

It att*cks other Titans and doesn't show any interest in us.

So I'm wondering if we could lead it to the supply building...

If it takes out the other Titans for us, we just might all survive!

Lead it?! How do you hope to lead that thing?!

My guess is it's fighting on instinct.

If you two take out the Titans around it, it'll go and look for other Titans.

That'll naturally lead it toward Headquarters.

W-We can't risk our necks for some hopeful guess!

But if it works, we could eliminate all the Titans attacking HQ in one fell swoop!

- It seems worth trying.
- Huh?!

Are you serious?!

It's better to take a gamble than wait for our inevitable deaths.

Let's go with Armin's suggestion.

You want us to fight Titans with a Titan?!

Yes. I do.

If we fail, we'll be laughingstocks.

But if we succeed, everyone survives.

It all comes down to resolve.

All right! Fine!

Am I really cut out for this?

Am I really fit to have a position of responsibility?

No!

No... now is the time.

Now is our chance, while the Titans are preoccupied over there!

Now!

Make for HQ while we have the chance!

Now is our only chance!

If we run out of gas, it's all over anyway!

Everyone, charge!

- Jean!
- Huh?

Thanks! You helped us get away!

Huh?!

It's all thanks to you!

It's like I said before! You make a good leader!

I'm not so sure about that!

Damn!

How many made it?

How many comrades' deaths did I use?!

How many people d*ed because of my orders?

You're with the supply team, aren't you?

Yeah...

Stop, Jean!

These are the ones who abandoned us!

People are dead because of you guys!

The Titans overran the supply room!

There was nothing we could do!

It's your job to deal with it anyway!

Hit the deck!

Crap...!

There are too many people!

- Hurry!
- Get further inside!

Stop! We can't all go at once!

Where'd Mikasa go?!

She ran out of gas!
She's long gone by now!

This is normal...

This must be what the real world is like...

Was I trying to delude myself up until now?

Surely I knew what the real world was like...

It's so obvious when you think about it...

There's no way we stand a chance against these monstrosities...

What?!

Huh?

What the hell...?

Mikasa!

Man, that was close.
It's completely empty.

We did it! We managed to make it!

Wh-Whoa, you're alive!

- We did it, Armin!
- O-Ouch!

Your plan worked!

Guys!

That Titan's an Abnormal!
It's killin' all the other Titans!

And it has no interest in us!

We can use it to our advantage to escape from here!

Use a Titan?!

A Titan, helping us?!

- What kind of nonsensical dream...
- It's no dream.

Whether it's an Abnormal or not, I don't care.

We're going to let it rampage here for as long as possible.

Because, realistically, that's our best strategy for survival now.

It's okay.

That Titan's tougher than ordinary ones.

I doubt they'll take down this building while that one's rampaging like crazy.

How much do you know about that Titan?

We can worry about that after we're safe.

Yeah. Let's survive first.

We found some!

They belong to the m*llitary Police!

Damn things are all covered in dust...

Are you sure buckshot is what we want to use?!

I mean, seriously...

Will g*ns even work against Titans?

They're far better than nothing, I feel.

If there are still seven Titans in the supply room that are three or four meters tall, this much firepower should be capable of blinding them all simultaneously.

First, we'll use the lift to lower a group of people from the center ceiling.

They'll then simultaneously fire at the faces of each of the seven Titans, thereby blinding them.

Then comes the moment of truth...

Seven people hiding up top will strike the Titans' vitals just after the g*ns fire.

In other words, this plan will put everything on the line... everyone's lives on the line... for a single att*ck.

Seven people will have to slay seven Titans at the same time in a single blow.

It'll be up to the seven most physically fit and adept soldiers we have here.

So, umm, I'm sorry for placing everyone's lives on your shoulders...

It's no problem.

If we fail, we die. The risk's the same regardless of who goes.

Still, is this shabby idea of mine really our best strategy?

We got no other choice.
We're out of time and options.

All we can do now is give it our all!

It'll be fine. Be confident.

You have a knack for figuring out correct solutions.

Huh?

You even used it to save my life and Eren's life before.

It did...? When?

The lift's ready!

The g*ns too! They're all loaded!

You just don't realize it.

- We can talk about it later.
- Yeah.

Still, can we really take out all the Titans without our ODM gear?

Of course we can!

These Titans are only three or four meters tall.

Targeting their vitals will be a cinch.

Yeah.

Regardless of size, their vitals go from the head to the nape of the neck...

...one meter high and ten centimeters across!

You can also shove one of these up their asses!

Those are their only two weak spots!

I never knew about that one!

This is the first I've heard of it, too.

Reiner.

Those could end up being your last words, you know.

Good. Their numbers haven't increased.

Proceeding with operation!

Stay clam! We need to lure them all the way in!

Steady...

Avoid a disadvantageous fight...

If you don't want anyone to die...

...then make this att*ck count!

Steady...

Ready...

Fire!

I got mine!

How about you guys?!

U-Umm...

- I'm sorry for suddenly sneaking up and...
- C-Crap...

I'm very sorry...!

Sasha and Conny!

Hurry! Lend them backup!

I'm... umm...

I'm very sorry!

Mikasa!

You saved me!

Are you all right?

Thanks to you!

Then get up.

I owe you one...

No problem.

Oh, man.

That was a close call, Annie.

I'm really glad you didn't end up hurt.

They've all been slain!

Switch to resupply work!

We did it!

- All right! We're gonna survive!
- And no more Titans are coming inside!

All thanks to that berserk Titan out there!

I caved in to that Titan...

I'm too ashamed to face the others...!

There'll be plenty of time to sneer at you later!

For now, we gotta escape!

I can't see myself as much of a leader.

Don't talk like that anymore.

I don't mean any offense by this, but I think the fact you aren't strong really lets you understand how the weak feel.

And your skill at recognizing a situation as it unfolds gives you a clear grasp of what needs to be done now, you know?

You made the right call.

It's what got me moving. It's why I'm alive now.

Everyone ready?! It's time to scram!

- Let's move!
- Scale the wall!

Rendezvous with the main forces!

Mikasa?!

Mikasa!

We have to get out of here!

That Titan...

They're cannibalizing it?!

I guess it can't regenerate its body?

I thought that if we could somehow figure out what's up with that Titan, it could've helped us break free from this hopeless situation...

I agree.

We'll learn nothing at all if it ends up getting eaten!

For now, we have to get rid of the ones clinging to it and help keep it alive!

Are you insane, Reiner?!

We can finally get our asses out of here!

And what if there's a chance that Titan could become our ally?

It'd be a more powerful w*apon than any cannon, wouldn't you agree?

Ally...?

Are you actually serious?!

That one...!

That's the Abnormal that ate Thomas!

Oh, man...

What was it you wanted to save again?

Looks like it's finished for good.

All right, that's enough! Let's get going!

As if that monster would ever be our ally...

A Titan's a Titan.

What's with you guys?

Mikasa!

It's Eren...

His severed arm and leg are back...

He'd been swallowed by a Titan back then...

Back then...

How is this possible?

Does this mean Eren did all this...?

Your dreams are where your heart is

They're more fragile than life itself

Over and over you cast them aside, only to find more

Now, rest in peace

Pounding impulses defile the things we wish for

and the more we forget the more we remember again

In this beautiful, cruel world

all I can do is ask why we're still alive

Oh, with our strength... and our weakness...

what are we going to protect if there's no sense

to anything anymore?

"I'm going to drive out the Titans."

That strong emotion transformed Eren into a Titan.

However, the Garrison Regiment deems him a thr*at to humanity and turns its swords at him.