Memories of the Future - Attack On Titan Season 4 Episode 20

[@AegeChill]

This show needs to R E L A X but even with everything going on, we got to give it for the goat VA of Grisha. MANS ALWAYS DELIVERS 👏 YERRRRR! THE NEXT 2 EPISODES ARE LIVE NOW FOR CHANNEL MEMEBRS, THANKS FOR SUPPORTING GO ENJOY! kzbin.info/door/zftdMJ61a9Hz3owc8gEBNwjoin

[@bryandiaz3749]

Is it making your head hurt yet?

[@AegeChill]

@@bryandiaz3749 lol you tell me when you get to the end discussion

[@MikasaAckermann831]

Aot "what did you say!? keep the foot on the pedal?!"

[@Findail]

Not gonna lie, I can't remember any other reactor piece things together as they go as fast as this

[@HC.Hobbies]

I remember after this ep, Eren got nominated as Best Protagonist and Best Antagonist at the same time 🤣🤣

[@hayscollins5867]

“Thanks for the to be continued” 😂 never thought you would say that. Probally the only episode in this show where is gladly brought on

[@DrawingPicture]

Aege and "to be continued" is the enemies to lovers story nobody saw coming 😂

[@davyespectador]

12:22 Aege makes sure Eren is not behind him.

[@rex6rocks]

haha Exactly

[@GalEl1806]

Im dead lmao

[@JamesJones-ts5fl]

The best way to think of this interaction is to imagine Zeke and Eren are in a movie theater, but only Eren snuck his camera in and is live streaming the whole thing back to past Grisha. So while Zeke can only watch the “movie” of those memories, Eren can influence and change them. It gets kinda convoluted but that’s the best analogy I’ve found.

[@nicomeneses886]

It's also like Grisha stumbled upon a movie playing in the theater or tv, but found out he could talk to a character in it. He could ask them questions and they would respond to him through the movie. It's weird for him because the movie couldn't really change dialogue on the spot because it is a finished product and who knows how many times the movie has been shown there without him seeing it, but somehow it can respond to him. It can respond to him because the director of the movie knows what and when he will ask while making the movie...because the director is seeing Grisha asking those questions while he was making the movie. I guess this is what you meant by it getting "kinda convoluted", but the above scenario is how this whole interaction between Grisha and Eren worked.

[@deiondre0]

Loving Aege's development with the To Be Continued. It was always just trying to help him

[@Connor-jt3qr]

the true character development lmfao

[@hirvale]

It4s just looking out for his health, trying to get him to sleep

[@davidukeme9218]

Man was actually happy for the to be continued

[@peytonalexander5300]

Sometimes the thing we think we want is not the thing we truly need. The truth is, if Attack on Titan episodes were an hour long, there would be a spike in strokes and seizures across the world due to excessive mindblowings.

[@BlazingInferno00]

Last time I saw him so happy for the to be continued was.... Sasha....

[@co6589]

One distinction to make is that Grisha wasn’t actually seeing Eren. Remember he can only see Eren’s future memories, and specifically ones that Eren wants him to see. So Grisha knows they’re there because he’s seeing himself through Eren’s eyes. That’s why he looked in Eren’s direction in the underground chapel. He saw himself from the perspective of that spot so he knew where Eren was. Also, If you go back to the scenes where Grisha sees Zeke, it’s only when they are both in Eren’s direct line of sight. And when he “hugged” Zeke he was really only hugging the air, but he knew where Zeke was because Eren was looking at them. It’s also cool to think that future Eren intentionally allowed Grisha to see Zeke, since he can only see the memories Eren wants him to see. He either did it out of kindness for them, or because it’s part of whatever master plan he has going on.

[@stripehead1]

I always thought the "hugging air" thing was stupid, We see them physically interacting. But this is an interesting way of understanding how Grisha can see them.

[@Limpass610]

Phantom feeling. Your body cannot differentiate between memory and the present. That's why some memories can enact stress and other emotions. If he is truly having 2 input.( his eyes and eren's eyes) It makes sense it molding together. That's close to going schitzo( or something of the same type). He cannot associate with the other input

[@rodrigovaccari7547]

@@stripehead1 We see what they're feeling.

[@crydunkey5982]

I don't know if it's like that, since eren and zeke aren't seeing the memories from grishas eyes, but more like they're actually there, maybe grisha gets his own perspective too

[@shadowedblight1673]

@@crydunkey5982 I think they get to see it because of founder powers

[@madman7753]

Zeke: Eren, I'll show you how your father manipulated you Eren: Nah, I'll show you how _I_ manipulated my father

[@ronc5825]

No matter what you interpret from all this, Grisha's voice actor is a freaking GOAT. Never been that shaken by a performance before his.

[@tsverokiller7773]

He was so lost in the thoughts he missed it all😂😂

[@ayla-40]

Yeah, honestly I think Grisha’s voice actors in both sub and dub are the best va’s in their versions respectively. Of course, Grisha’s Japanese actor takes the whole cake though, he nailed it

[@transfo47]

@@tsverokiller7773Yeah, kinda unfortunate but we know he watches previous episodes again.

[@14s0cc3r14]

You know the most tragic part of Eren seeing the future? It means there is no such thing as freedom. He doesn’t just see future possibilities, he sees THE future, as in singular. Nothing can be changed, and no free will exists. In other words, despite Eren having all this power, all it let him do is learn he can never be truly free.

[@Lumina178]

thats what makes erens story so sad, because everyone else who doesnt know about the future can at least believe in the idea of free will, but with eren he cannot, which is even worse when you see him non stop fight for freedom and then realise that he himself is not truly free

[@VladdViever]

Eren, a character obsessed with freedom, discovering he lives in a deterministic universe, is one of the most horrific things that could've happened to him. No wonder he wasn't the same since the season 3 finale.

[@CreativeYetCrazy]

You know the episode is crazy when Aege says thank you to the To Be Continued...

[@zamamirokusoyaro3684]

I admire you so much that you caught on to the twist when the screen showed Eren kissing her hand. Most reactors don’t even have a clue what’s going on. Amazing perception bro!

[@hayscollins5867]

I love for most of the show we BEG for answers. And they always give a HUGE chunk and we are like “too much”

[@bluethan806]

I don’t think I’ve ever seen that hand-kiss moment CLICK so hard with anyone before, that was awesome

[@hayscollins5867]

I’ve lost count of how many episodes in this damn show that make me go back and watch the show with a completely different meaning. Ugh it’s too good

[@hirvale]

The way you put it is so dope that I can't get over it. The Founding Titan is ruled by the past while the Attack Titan is ruled by the future. Zeke is trying to ensure Eldia's past does not repeat itself while Eren is trying to make sure Eldia has a future! I swear, not a single AoT watchthrough goes by without me discovering an important aspect of it I overlooked before! Isayama is goated!

[@masterofmagicians]

My grandfather passed away a week ago and I’m been feeling odd and dealing with toxic family members…. I NEEDED this episode ❤ I’ve been waiting for this episode

[@AegeChill]

Yo, sorry for your lose and you having to deal with that, I know the feeling all too well. Hoping you can get through the rough patch and find some peace soon ❤

[@masterofmagicians]

@@AegeChill thank you ☺️ and thank you for the superb content and reactions ✨

[@Connor-jt3qr]

bro if you ever on a content draught a rewatch of this would be AMAZING. You have no idea how much foreshadowing there is and subtle hints etc, it'd be fun to see you watch again knowing what you know

[@Connor-jt3qr]

ayo why my name built like that wtf happened

[@jo2362]

I love that you pointed out how Eren is robbing people of their freedom while preaching about freedom. It's a contradiction that makes him even more interesting. You also correctly pointed out that the Attack Titan cannot see forward, it only receives memories from future Attack Titans.

[@rinhyugaa6565]

He did say rather than letting someone take his freedom he'll take theirs first lol

[@essiensamuel1816]

I don't think of it that way...griesha after doing all this could've simply just decided not to give young eren the power....same thing in the next episode... It's more like eren poses his ideas and proposition to people and even though it seems horrible and those people aren't all for it, when they weigh their options they end up siding with eren... Eren didn't take over his father's body to kill the reiss he just reminded his father of the reason why he was there in the first place...eren didn't give himself the power, his father gave it to him (even after saying please stop eren) he went back and saw the horrors from the collosal and armors attack and decided yeah even though j didn't like what eren just showed me ill still give him the power

[@Limpass610]

​@@essiensamuel1816 But he also mentioned that eating a shifter fundamentally changes your peraonality due to the memories He kept planting the memories in the dreams Which also changed their decision

[@Ultimaniacx4]

10:13 So yeah, if you go back to the very first chapter of the manga, you can clearly see Grisha with his head facing nothing at the doorway like that while talking to Eren with his eyes shaded over. Isayama planted the seed that far ahead. A chapter 1 payoff 10 years later.

[@Limpass610]

You are the only reactor that got the bound to future/ past stuff. Attack and founder are literally doing 4d chess. It's a really cool concept

[@BruHEEZ]

“Just had a little dreamy dream” “ >:l “

[@alexish.6003]

Also the times Grisha could see Zeke was becasuse Eren was behind Grisha so he got those glipmses of Eren's POV of Zeke being there

[@danah-hx6mk]

that "OHHHHH" at 14:29 😭 an episode so overwhelmingly hard on the brain it got Aege thanking the "To be continued..." screen lmaooo. you're doin great piecing things together!

[@alexinator-hh5fe]

Eren whispered in Isayama's ear and told him to write this story On a serious note, it's really scary how Grisha, someone who was so anti-Marley and pro-Eldia, saw one glimpse of Eren's plan and was like, "Zeke. You have to stop him." Despite Grisha's hate for Marley and how far he was willing to go, even HE thought his plan was too far. He was genuinely horrified. Whatever Eren's plan is, Grisha does not want it to happen. Speaking of, Zeke and Grisha finally getting to work out their issues and hug each other in a moment of pure love is really heartwarming. Grisha understood his mistakes when raising Zeke before. Instead of only treating him as a tool, he treats him as his son. Zeke is finally able to take his first step towards closure after years of trauma. Even if they had their differences, Grisha and Zeke can at least agree with one thing: Stopping Eren. I think Eren does care for his older brother. The same way that Zeke cares about Eren and wanted to show him the light of his plan, Eren cares about Zeke but won't stop moving forward to reach his.

[@Philthorn]

There's no scarier titan ability than the combined power of the attack and founding titan

[@defiante1]

"Before someone can steal my freedom, I steal theirs first." Older Eren in a nutshell. He is about that life and if he even suspects you might bother his plans he comes for you from the future.

[@irecordwithaphone1856]

This has to be one of the biggest mindfucks in fiction

[@Panda-Wan]

first time i have seen someone thanking for the "to be continued" 😂😂😂 this episode was overwhelming tho, to be fair

[@alexiedean888]

Man I was waiting for this reaction! My brain literally fell apart watching this episode, absolutely incredible writing! Your reaction was as GOATED as the episode itself though and did not disappoint! Thank you

[@jamesleggett9644]

3:00 Aege couldnt help himself lmao

[@countchrollo7483]

This is my favorite episode of the show because of the implications that it has on the story as a whole and I've been waiting FOREVER for you to get to this episode and react and it did not disappoint

[@moistraven1849]

One of my favorite episodes, my jaw was dropped for the last part of the episode, and after abit of thinking to fully understand how the memory thing would work from grisha's point of view (He's seeing glimpses of himself, through Eren's PoV, as memories.), easily one of my favorite moments.

[@tonywalker1954]

This is by far the calmest he's been on a to. Be continued screen. He was like fuck finally you poped up

[@ChaosDragon]

I've been looking forward to this day. This is easily my favorite episode, and in excited to see your reaction. Edit: your reaction did not disappoint, and I am so glad you pieced everything together so easily. So many people watch this episode and are completely lost, I'm so glad you aren't.

[@jr4it06]

When I read this chapter in the manga I went back to volume 1, isayama had this since chapter one, grisha never looked at eren when he spoke of the key, he stared in to nothing, and years later he reveals he was looking at himself from the future through erens memories, this story is on another level PS: I wouldnt doubt eren went in to isayamas head and told him to write the whole thing xD

[@brandonkallem9385]

Love seeing you give Grisha’s VA the praise he deserves! Dudes on a whole nother level!

[@TheDominator169]

I’m actually impressed by how quickly aege can connect plot points together as he watches the series. I’ve had to rewatch the show 3 times and watch explanation videos just to grasp an idea of what’s going on

[@We_Love_Eli]

“ you forcin your father to do all this shit how is that freedom ⚰️😭bro they otw to freedom mah boi

[@matiaspereyra9392]

16:53 wow, there are lots of things to talk about (comments I am an anime watcher don't murder or spoil me here please I've gone unspoiled for 10 years at this point) first; eren showing dominance by A-posing menacingly so much symbolism this episode, characters bonded by blood but also the paths itself sharing the same facial expression (which they have done before such as every jaw titan having moments of selflessness where their truest self shows rescuing people despite 3 of the 4 users we have seen being selfish and or mean most of the time or Armin and Berthold having the same corporal language at moments even before Armin got the titan powers), the attack and the founder titans being controlled by a future and a past user respectively as well as all the royal blooded people on that scene dressing in white while the attack titans are wearing black I like those moments where you see shots of baby eren and Griesha just looking and clearly seeing themselves from eren's pov for like a split second because they are sort of unconsciously tapping into the paths even tho baby eren isn't a titan yet (but also what is yet when we know the paths transcend time and space right?) as you would know the fandom isn't all there sanity wise so people SCOWERED the past episodes of the anime when this came out in the manga looking for bg characters with medium length hair, blonde with a white coat and dark brunette with a black coat (symbolism alert) in proximity of each other and although they found some in at least episodes 1 and... 10 or 11 I think this is like that meme from always sunny we or I (an anime watcher) don't know if griesha's statement about the attack titan being able to see a glimpse of the future is a thing of the attack titan itself or a thing that eren gained from being in the paths with Zeke that he retroactively puts into the past attack titans because griesha said "why won't YOU show me everything" and even though mechanically it would be the same this implies the existence of AN eren from some point in time sort of pulling the strings even of his past self making the attack titan the least free titan and the show at this point has established the conflict between determinism and free will as far as season 2 with Ymir's backstory and what he had to say about it, the show also sort of brought it more to the front in Reiner's reunion with eren 10:07 in the little I've read from the manga (I'm in S1 territory) you can actually see a little of griesha's face during this close up of the key and you can sort of see his face turned like he's looking away which is such cool detail

[@wonkerz2050]

Welcome to Attack on Titan Aege

[@AegeChill]

I wanna go back to the prologue, its too real out here 😅

[@hzfishas]

Perfect timing, just picked up dinner. Clicked immediately! Welcome to attack on titan

[@arclite95]

Last episode broke the internet. This episode is my absolute favorite in the show. The 2 episodes together are phenomenal.

[@xainreaper6458]

The most ironic thing is Eren, the guy who values freedom more than anything else being railroaded into one path because he knows what the future is and can't stray from it. He's the least free of anyone.

[@Limpass610]

Or he is convinced this is the only and right path. He is so free he enslaved himself. Back to square one

[@BlazingInferno00]

Don't read Aege, this might be considered a spoiler for anime only but it's more like a theory of mine than a spoiler. A lot of shows with time involved stuff seeing the future changes it because of what you do in response to it. Not so with AOT because Eren is actually getting future visions that take his reactions to them into account. Meaning that in order to change them he'd half to be able to see ALL of the future laid out in front of him. He can't decide to do X instead of Y because the future he sees already takes that decision into account. Meaning he can see the future and do precisely nothing to change it. Imagine seeing all the suffering before you and over the years seeing more and more examples of you inability to do anything to alter it. Absolutely crushing

[@heathersmith4042]

@@Limpass610 It seems that the Attack Titan specifically really doesn't have a choice, just based on their rules for "time travel". the future inheritors can selectively feed past inheritors memories to force them into the path that the future inheritors want, like here with grisha. grisha *didn't want* to kill the reiss family, but Eren selectively fed him memories to force a mental breakdown- and what memories has Eren been fed?

[@Limpass610]

@@heathersmith4042 more like he forced the options. Another way to put it is. You may have freedom of choice. But if the choices are chosen by someone else, you aren't exactly free. I think this is how eren enaved himself

[@Jellysfrickingstuff]

Yeah another spicy bit detail is that Eren’s speech to Grisha on the floor is basically identical to the one Kruger gave him. And yes there’s loads of foreshadowing throughout to plenty of things. Especially with Reiner, Bert and Annie in season 1

[@frenchiekolsson]

"THANK you for the 'To be continued'" never have I ever thought we'd hear that this shit gets WILD dog

[@BruHEEZ]

THE DAY HAS COME

[@Kellibel]

Absolutely. The rewatch is worth it to see all the hidden gems along the way.

[@DaRealXotic]

Remember what Eren said, he'd take away anyone's freedom if it meant keeping his own. *Anyone's.* Anyways he's basically seeing the memories his son is allowing him to see, meaning he is seeing himself from a third perspective through Erens eyes.

[@W0lfSh1eld]

Finally! I've been waiting for 2000 days for this episode!

[@hopeful3386]

Eren only knows what his future self gave grisha. When eren kisses historias hand he see grishas memories which is isn’t future eren handing down memories too him.This is why when Sasha dies he laughs and is at lost because he did all of that but still couldn’t save Sasha. He doesn’t know everything that will happen. Another example is how he was surprised when zeke actually could control the founding Titan and not him and got uno reversed. He still doesn’t know fully what will happen in the future.

[@zero-0-clock]

thank youuuu too many ppl thing Eren is like omniscient lol

[@mahaesuperior]

THE FIRST TIME I THINK I SAW YOU EVER BE THANKFUL FOR THE TO BE CONTINUED LMAO

[@AshRain-nu3vz]

This episode forward... Eren is on straight fuckin Demon Time.

[@beepboopbadoop]

Grisha Jaeger, the doctor so nice, got his life totalled by his sons (twice!) His voice actor is in this show so infrequently, but it's like every time he pops up he takes the bar for chilling, gut-wrenching performances and says "lets kick it up a notch". This is one of few episodes in this show that completely recontextualises almost everything that came before it. Moments like discovering the titans we thought of as mindless monsters are all actually transformed human, the basement and learning that Marley/the wider world exists, and now this. Attack on Titan is like nested Plato's Caves.

[@BlueDiamonds103]

"Thank you for the To Be Continued" We love Aege character development! Also, Eren and Zeke out here just pulling Uno reverse cards on each other 😂😂😂

[@daniellaaa24]

I love how you literally predicted the title of this episode waaay back.😹 When you were talking about "time transcending" and podering about "memories of the future," I was just like daaaamn🔥👏 Homeboy is also transcending and predicting future episodes😹

[@flahatya]

This is what we meant when we were telling you “attack on titan is finally about to start” after you finished season 3 LMAOOOOOOOOOO

[@bob513993]

You know it was a mindfuck when mans says “thank you” to the TBC screen lmaooo

[@lukethiel]

I genuinely feel like this episode was PEAK. This episode was the TIP TOP of the AOT 10/10s. Grisha VA SNAPPEDDDDDDD.

[@randomguy2402]

16:58 the one time he’s not annoyed by the “to be continued” lol 😂

[@felicianocortes]

The way I think about the Historia hand-kiss scene at the end of S3: Eren did see Grisha's memories from that night at the chapel. But he saw everything - not just what we were shown back then. He saw Grisha hesitate. And then he saw Grisha go through with it anyways because Eren himself forced him to. In other words, Eren saw himself force Grisha to retake the Founder when he saw those memories... And you're exactly right that Eren wasn't the same since that scene. Because what he saw basically dictated that his future was already decided... he lost his freedom of will, hence the face 😖. Thank you for the awesome reactions Aege, it's always a pleasure revisiting memories of this show through your POV 😏

[@toamanga12]

Yoo I've been watching for a while now and love the reactions! What better episode than this to finally get my beanie and support the channel! I can also highly recommend rewatching the show once you've finished it, I've probably rewatched it in it's entirety hundreds of times and still find new things every time. AOT is truly a modern classic.

[@hessiankyojin]

12:22 Dude looking at the back like he thinks Eren might be behind him.

[@scorp8576]

Not aege saying “I know my limits” about time stuff while being one of the few (really REALLY few) reactors to piece things together that fast. Most of the others either never understand it or only in the following episodes after either thinking it through or have it explained to them by other fans.

[@lafatte24]

Nah. What's tragic is Eren, who cares so much about freedom, realising he was never free to begin with. His future self was already set.

[@rashad0026]

The voice acting in AOT is on another level.

[@non-fictionbeing5530]

Was planning to go and sleep then I saw Aege had finally posted. This episode and the next I am looking forward to

[@bleachbleachBLEACHER]

Bro... I KNOW I did not just hear our boy say the words "Thank you for the 'To Be Continued". Who is this man and what did he do with Aege? But yeah, Zeke took Eren into Grisha's past, allowing Eren to influence his father's actions in order to bring about the future wherein Zeke would take Eren into Grisha's past, allowing Eren to influence his father's actions in order to bring about the future wherein Zeke would take Eren into Grisha's past...... And just like that we have a Time Loop.

[@braedenmartin8596]

Back in the first episode Aaron was having weird dreams he was getting visions from the future

[@InsaneDrunkenAngel]

One thing I wanna mention, is that Eren's words to Grisha, also mirrors Eren Krueger's words to Grisha to convince him to infiltrate Paradis. Just a little tidbit that blew my mind :P

[@vacilion]

eren got no chill bro, he literally manipulated the past

[@crapface911]

i think thats the first time hes said thank you for a "to be continued"

[@ViolentVibrator]

Zeke: our father traumatized me. Erin: I traumatized our father. WE BUILT DIFFERENT!

[@ethanisrael4970]

You can't receive or send memories to yourself in aot. At the ceremony, Eren actually unlocked the rest of his father's memories(including ones sent to him by erens future self). Which is how they got around that whole thing it's actually pretty cool. Which means that up until this point, Eren can't see how it all ends because grisha doesn't know how it ends either. It's only next episode when he gains access to the founding titans full power that he can see everything. Just so you don't get confused because most people don't realize that and it changes the way people see Eren.

[@DaDarkGuy]

A cool thing to think about is how with the other 8 titans, it's always been the memories of the previous user that are inherited by the next. With the case of the attack titan, it works backwards and Eren is influencing all the previous users of his titan.

[@Jellysfrickingstuff]

5:30 For the people saying that he’s only seeing the memories of Eren and Zeke through Eren’s perspective, that hypothesis falls out really quickly when you see that Eren is also shocked here. And also by the fact that he stares directly at them several times. They’re represented as third person viewers for a reason

[@nsan48]

He is shocked because he's learning as it happens as well. Just as he was shocked when he kissed Historia's hand and learned of his own manipulation.

[@Jellysfrickingstuff]

9:20 it’s definitely still Mappa. The only Wit shot is Grisha pulling out that key and the flashbacks of Kruger. One of the most iconic shots in anime history

[@theCommentDevil]

I must be the attack titan cause I knew you'd love this episode

[@denjipochita3398]

Memories of the Future. Perhaps the greatest twist in fiction? Seems everyone agrees. Grisha Jaeger is incredible.

[@joejeff800]

You’re pretty there bro with that analysis- LFG I was dying when you saw him kiss historians hand it seems that shits coming around huh

[@loganshalloe5927]

Yeah Mappa reanimated that ep1 scene, though apparently Wit gave them the old background scenery (like, the room, windows and the objects in it)

[@alguemalguem]

If Aege ever watches Dark, dude's gonna go full Pepe Silvia trying to sort it out.

[@TheBruce1]

Yea when eren kissed historia's hand, he saw EVERYTHING.

[@Limpass610]

He saw everything THROUGH grisha's eye. He saw himself whispering to himself( as grisha) That's why he was so disgusted

[@francispierre9945]

I literally have been waiting for you to see this episode since I first saw it brother 😭😭😭

[@ZACK90]

16:57 did u said: "thank you for the 'to be continued...' stuff??? say whaaaaaaaaat????

[@1ilovebuddy]

So excited!!! I needed this surge of happiness today, Aege. Thanks for everything! ❤

[@oggrim2824]

Grisha wasn't willing to pay the price of freedom. Eren just reminded him that he's gonna pay for it whether he wants to or not.

[@LethalMlTCH]

This, and the next episode are just mind blowing.

[@hayscollins5867]

FINALLY!!!! THANKS FOR MAKING MY NIGHT!

[@AegeChill]

👌

[@We_Love_Eli]

THEY DID MIKE SO HARD BROO BEEN WAITIN FOR SOMEONE TO SAY THAT SHIT

[@Jellysfrickingstuff]

Aege got a glimpse into the live action movie with the giant titan baby

[@kimkai_ren4968]

I actlly got to see the mangaka of AOT in a panel at Anime NYC. Someone directly asked him what does "freedom" mean to him. He deadass said idk 💀💀 Crazy he said that considering he wrote this whole story.

[@Limpass610]

Lowkey that's the best response. The story is asking the viewer what really is freedom

[@RAGEAlanBun]

The Attack Titan can’t see any memories of any future Titan. Whoever has the Attack Titan can choose to share their memories with past inheritors. So Grisha can’t just look into the future and see whatever he wants, BUT Eren can share whatever memories he wants with Grisha. Normally, you can’t just interact with the past Attack Titan, but what’s important is that because Eren and Zeke are currently able to look into Grisha’s full memories because of the Coordinate/Founder, Eren can choose to share his memories of them watching Grisha at that point at time. So Eren talks to Grisha, then shares the memory with younger Grisha, meaning he is effectively able to actively communicate with Grisha in the past and convince him to kill the Reiss family. I also think for the time travel aspect it’s a fixed timeline. So you can’t change the past. It’s a bit like if you’ve seen Harry Potter 3, when they go back in time. Nothing actually changes, you see all the things like the swing of the axe killing Buckbeak, but it’s just the guy hitting the plank of wood. Basically them going back in time has already happened and so nothing they do will change the future. Next episode is gonna be some heavy LORE but hopefully won’t be as much of a mind fuck as this one haha!

[@marcelo.pastorelli]

Loved this episode! Can't wait for the next one. You're a real one

[@tintedpalette653]

An episode so overwhelming that Aege was grateful for the to be continued LMAOOO

[@GOTOSEE9]

BEEN WAITING PAINFULLY FOR THIS EPISODE!!!!!!

[@clucas2097]

Ladies and Gentlemen, the first and last "Thank you for the To Be Continued"

[@fenrirhere]

great reaction man. Thanks.

[@tiffanydorris3125]

Surprise AOT was really a villain origin story the whole time! Lol jk not really, but... Eren did look kind of scary right there 😳 But on a serious note, Grisha's character is more developed than certain main characters of other shows. Dude had very little screen time, but each time he's on screen, it's a treat. He's been introduced and re-introduced to us every time, and that is S-tier character writing right there! Also, on a not serious, but low-key serious note... Grisha got some Bad Ass Kids!!! How both your kids end up on some genocide war crime type ish!?!?

[@Limpass610]

EXACTLY I'm surprise more people dont recognise this This was a villain origin from the start. The real twist Bringing the whole sympathise with the villain to the right level