ISAYAMA, Hajime


“ Attack on Titan / 進撃の巨 人 ”

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To You, Two Thousand Years Later

[The episode begins with the  focus on birds  redirecting back and forth between the citizens (staring in amazement at the sky) of the inner town of the  Wall Maria . The birds fly past a huge hand and Eren begins the introduction ]

EREN : On that day, mankind received a grim reminder [ Shadow hovers over the town] …of the terror of being at their mercy...  [ Giant skin-lacking head appears] …of the humiliation of being trapped inside a cage… We lived in fear of Titans, and were disgraced to live in these cages we called walls.

[Scene switches to the Forest of Giant Trees with the Survey Corps on galloping horses]

COMMANDER:  All soldiers prepare for battle! There’s only one target! We will exterminate it and claim this spot as humanity’s first stronghold beyond the walls!

SOLDIER: Target approaching!

[Shows Titan walking. Commander makes hand signal]

COMMANDER: Split into fives groups just as we practiced! We’ll act as the bait! All assault squads switch to omni-directional gear!!

[Soldiers are lifted off their horses by the omni-directional gear and traverse landscape using the giant trees. They surround the Titan.]

COMMANDER: Strike from all directions at once!

SOLDIER:  [flies toward the nape of the Titans neck, spinning with both swords in hand like a propeller.]  Taste the power…of humanity!

[A slice is heard and the screen goes black.  Theme song plays – Crimson Bow and Arrow.   Beautiful purple flowers under the sun are presented and then blood splatters and taints. Open mouth is shown; a man’s body lays on the ground with blood on his face and is then lifted; a small house is shown in a sunlit plain; Titans appear around it; a in-house fireplace is shown; bloody face; a room filled with child’s toys; an eye with a bee around the sclera; more blood gushes; giant teeth are show; giant hands picking up a body. Eren wakes up. Two birds fly in the air. Mikasa is kneeling down looking at him as his head rests on a tree in a plain]

EREN: Huh? Mikasa…

MIKASA: We should be getting back.

EREN: What are we doing here…?

MIKASA: You were that deep asleep that you’re still only half-awake?

EREN: No…It just feels like I had this really long dream or something... What was it about? I can’t remember.
[Mikasa stands up with fire wood carrier on her back]

MIKASA: Eren, why are you crying?

EREN: Huh? [Touches face]

[The same purple flowers are shown in his real life scenery. Screen goes black and shows the year is 845 in the Shinganshina District.  Cannon on top but pointed outside the Wall Maria is shown. Titans are displayed, walking toward, grabbing, sitting, and standing outside the wall.  Camera pans the town as the Wall Worshipper preaches to the community.]

WALL WORSHIPPER: Listen! It was by God’s great wisdom that these walls were built! These wall are His divine work. No one must be allowed to defile the walls!

[Switches to Eren and Misaka walking through town]

EREN: Don’t you dare tell anyone I was crying.

MIKASA: I won’t. Still crying for no real reason. You should have your dad five you a checkup

EREN: Don’t be stupid! I can’t tell him!

[Hannes surprises Eren and Misaka as they walk through a tunnel.]

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