Commander Pyxis tells the soldiers in the crowd that if they accomplish their task, it will be humanity's first victory over the Titans. As Eren and his group reach the boulder, he bites his hand and transforms into his Titan form. Seeing him walking toward the stone, Mikasa states to herself that she believes that Eren will accomplish the mission, but things go horribly wrong; Eren takes one look at the boulder, and attacks Mikasa instead.
At the boulder, Mikasa manages to dodge Eren's punches and much to the rest of the team's surprise, she hangs herself at Eren's face in an attempt to talk to him. Seeing Eren getting ready to launch another attack, Ian warns Mikasa to get away from him just as Eren punches his own head as Mikasa manages to evade. As Mitabi wonders what is wrong with
Eren, Ian is alarmed to hear from the rest of the squad that two Titans are approaching them. Meanwhile, Rico shoots a red signal flare as a message that the plan has failed.
On top the Walls, the soldiers witness the red signal flare. Seeing this, Armin decides to head to their location. A soldier then proposes focusing on defending and calling off the elite team, however, Pyxis orders them to continue luring the Titans and puts all his trust into the elite team, saying that they will not give up so easily.
Inside his Titan form, Eren is barely conscious, and begins dreaming about his family before the fall of Shiganshina. In the dream, Eren is surprised to find himself back in his home with his parents and Mikasa.
Mikasa saves Mitabi by killing one of the Titans, but then they see more Titans coming in, much to their surprise. Mikasa then realizes that it is Eren who is luring all the Titans in. She notices Armin who asks about the plan and Eren's state and tells him that Eren is unable to control the Titan. Believing that Eren coming out of Titan's weak point back then is
related to the mystery of Titans, Armin stabs the Titan's nape, leading the blade through Eren's left arm inside of the Titan. He tells Mikasa to defend everyone from the Titans and then attempts to talk to Eren.
In Eren's vision, he sees Armin banging on his house's window, trying to talk to him, and is confused by when Armin demands to know if he still plans to avenge his mother's death, claiming his mother is fine. He then wonders aloud why he would want to go outside the Walls, but pauses when asking why he would want to join the Scout Regiment.
In the streets below the Wall, Jean, Annie and Conny continue their mission. While Annie and Conny manage to reach the Wall, Jean's omni-directional gear breaks, and all he can do is run away on foot. He hides himself inside of a building and through a window, he spies a corpse of a soldier still wearing their omni-directional mobility gear. Meanwhile, Armin
continues talking to Eren, asking him if he remembers that they want to explore the outside world. He questions his motives for doing so and Eren answers that it is because he was born to this world, just as his vision erupts in flames and the Titan with Eren inside wakes up.
The elite soldiers continue to lead the struggle to defend Eren. However, Rico's squad, excluding Rico herself, are completely wiped out in the battle, leaving only her and one female soldier. As they are forced to retreat to the boulder's location, they witness the arrival of more Titans heading their way.
At this time, Jean is attempting to take a dead soldier's omni-directional mobility gear as his own one broke, while being watched from top of the Wall by Annie, Conny and now Marco as well. Having trouble with their gear, Jean is approached by a Titan. Luckily, Marco manages make it to Jean's location in time to distract the Titan long enough for Jean to acquire the gear and escape. Conny and Annie also rush in to help, and when Jean finds himself having difficulties controlling the gear, Conny distracts the Titan pursuing him in order to give Jean time to readjust. Jean finally manages to control the gear just to be approached by another Titan, however, he ends up being ultimately saved by Annie and all four of them successfully escape to the top of the Wall. Suddenly, they hear loud footsteps and much to their surprise, they witness Eren in his Titan form walking towards the gate, carrying the huge boulder.
The elite team, along with Mikasa, also watches in surprise. They are approached by Armin who tells them that "Eren won," and is trying to do his job now. He notes that if he manages to reach the gate, they will win. Seeing this as their ultimate chance, Ian orders the soldiers to protect Eren, even if it costs them their lives. Jean, Annie, Conny and Marco also descend from top of the Wall with the intention to support Eren. Afterward, Ian tells Armin and Mikasa, to go directly to Eren, and then goes into action himself, but suddenly stops, surprised to see Mitabi and his squad approaching the Titans on ground. Armin claims that staying on ground is suicide, but Ian states that it is the only way they have left to keep the Titans distracted from Eren and heads down to successfully distract a Titan, creating a
path for Eren.
As Eren keeps walking towards the hole, he notices Armin and Mikasa and becomes worried that they may get eaten by Titans. The soldiers continue luring the Titans, however, some of them are caught in the battle, including Mitabi, who gets crushed by a Titan's hand while distracted by the death of one of his comrades. Eren then recalls Armin questioning his motive for going outside. He states to himself that, "when people are born, they are free and people who deny that, no matter how strong they are, don't matter." Believing that seeing the world outside would make one the freest person, he keeps walking forward, determined to fight, no matter how cruel the world is.
Meanwhile, the soldiers keep getting eaten by the Titans with less than a handful of them remaining. Mikasa and Armin witness Ian Dietrich sacrificing himself by grabbing a soldier out of a Titan's mouth, which in turn grabs Ian and bites his head off. As one more Titan stands in Eren's way, Rico charges forward, cutting through its eye, with Mikasa finishing the job. Finally reaching the hole, Eren, while being encouraged by Armin, drops the boulder, successfully blocking the breach in Trost.
With tears in her eyes, a relieved Rico says that the soldiers did not die in vain and shoots a yellow signal flare as a message that the mission has been accomplished.
Unable to pry Eren out of his Titan, Rico determines he will have to be carved out. However, as they cut Eren out of his Titan, two Titans reach them. Before the Titans can attack, they are slaughtered by a mysterious soldier. Eren spots the "Wings of Freedom," the symbol of the Scout Regiment on the soldier's back. As the soldier approaches them, their savior turns out to be Captain Levi. Standing atop one of the Titans, Levi looks at Eren and friends, and questions the situation.
At an unknown place, Eren suddenly wakes up, and finds himself being watched by Erwin Smith and Levi Ackermann. Erwin asks him if he has any questions, and Eren nervously asks where he is.
The article is taken from a site, as I don't remember much for season 1...
There also some scenes been removed fully as it was cut for time...
Rating for Episode 1-13: 8/10
Rating for Movie: 8.5/10
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