Attack on Titan ENDING Explained! | AOT Finale Timeline
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This video explains the final ever episode of Attack on Titan. Along the way I’ll be explaining certain key moments, character motivations, small details you might’ve missed and my overall thoughts on the ending itself (especially the post credit scenes)
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Alright so the final final episode of Attack on Titan began with a flashback to 2000 years ago, when Ymir was still just a slave for the eldian tribe. At that moment in time she had no titan powers and no hope of escape and there are two key reasons why this scene is important. Reason number 1 is that it gave us a rare insight into Ymir’s motivations, specifically her feelings about freedom itself. Earlier this season we know that initially she had a peaceful existence that was brutally taken away and ever since then she’s had no control over her own life. However as she stares at the pigs in this scene, we see her come to the realisation that although she can’t attain freedom for herself, in this specific moment she at least had the power to grant freedom to something else. Despite the obvious risk involved, Ymir freed these pigs simply because she had the chance to and that’s why it’s so interesting that when she had the chance to be free in this moment and in this moment, on both occasions she chose to remain as a slave. This leads us to the all-important question, why is it that someone who clearly values freedom would willingly deny that same freedom for herself? Zeke theorised that it’s because there’s something Ymir couldn’t let go of and Eren confirmed that it was the love she had for King Fritz.
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00:00 Ymir’s Motivations
05:29 Mikasa & Ymir’s Connection!
06:13 Ancient Titans
09:16 INSANE DETAILS (Part 1)
12:09 Zeke’s Philosophy Explained
14:51 Bad Writing?
15:52 AOT World Building
19:31 Plot Hole?
20:54 Historia’s HUGE Influence
23:00 Why Did Eren Fight Armin?
24:30 Jean and Connie
26:20 Cabin Scene Explained
30:30 Ymir’s Resolution Explained
32:00 Why Eren did the Rumbling
33:00 Did Eren Kill Carla Yeager?
35:53 How Did Mikasa Get Home?
37:06 Imagine this happened…
37:44 Timeskip Analysis
40:03 INSANE DETAILS (Part 2)
41:54 Ending Explained
46:50 INSANE DETAILS (Part 3)
50:40 Overall Thoughts (Good & Bad) - Zábava
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Also did anyone check out the dub episode yesterday?
@@TurtleQuirkthe dub was excellent and the part where the kid version of eren and admin were talking
@@TurtleQuirkbro did you forget about what if armin got the armoured titan?
Bro what happened?! We were worried about you
And i don’t know if it was intentional but there’s a Easter egg, Gaby has a straw hat that looked like Luffy’s so i don’t know if it was a one piece Easter egg
I still remember the old days of season one when all we cared about was what was in Eren's basement
I still wanna know what’s in it
4th timeline in 2024??? The leaks are true copium!!!! 😊🎉🎉
Im rumbling so hard rn 🥵
@@cutie9 Grisha's s*x dungeon
Me too, which totally took a 180 % turn
If I recall correctly, Kruger received a future memory asking him to protect Armin and Mikasa. So Eren literally asked him for his help.
Omg how did I just realize this 😭😭
Excellent catch! Absolutely brilliant
Zeke: “Soooo, if we’re to stop this rumbling, I have to die like right now. How am I gonna accompli-“Oh! Hey Levi!! 👋🏻”
For real lol
if it wasnt levi he could have told to anyone lol dont put your thinking on meaningless stuff
@@AM17titan Goodness dude who pissed in your Cheerios?!?
@@AM17titan I think it was just a little joke, chill out. Ironically, you're putting your thinking on meaningless stuff.
@@AstonishingRed sorry
Recently I have been looking into comments and some people put nonsensical things just to hate the ending so I thought you were one of them and I think some of the likes which you got are those people
When Kruger turned Grisha into a titan he told him to help save mikasa and armin. this is probably why he was there willing to help Armin in the paths
That’s actually a pretty good explanation. Because that would’ve been one of his last memories from the future before he died. So when he actually met Armin it must’ve finally meant something to him.
I don’t think it’s because of that. I think it’s genuinely because total annihilation is not what the restorationists wanted. Eren was killing Grisha/Kruegers own interned Eldians across the world too. Krueger was fighting for freedom for his people while Eren was fighting for an idealistic vision of a free and unexplored/empty world. Krueger never would have helped had he seen what Eren was going to do, because it went against what he stood for. Grisha, who was initially devastated and hadn’t seen most of what he was going to do was helping at first, but after Eren showed him the Rumbling, he begged Zeke to stop him. Both of them (Grisha and Krueger) didn’t want their comrades and fellow Eldians trampled, they wanted them to be free of persecution and internment. That is why Krueger and Grisha joined in with Armin and Zeke. The Alliance was fighting to save the last of the non Paradis Eldians along with everyone else.
@@Alex-bw6ydThis is pretty much the exact same thing I was gonna put down. You’re so right about this. 😃 But I also believe it was in a small part because he saw Armin. 😊
You are 100% right never even thought of this
Nice try mikasa but my sister would not hold a scarf I gave her for more than an hour
Bro finally watched it💀
Bro we have been waiting for this breakdown for months😭legit thought u had forsaken us(but thanks for the incredible journey man 😭u made me love AOT and understand it better)
Fr
I agree!!! These videos make you dive so much more deeply into the amazing story of AOT. Thank you for everything and I wish every single person in the future to have the chance to enjoy this show
it was an hour long video he had to edit
He waited for the dub to release. It came out yesterday
He was waiting for the English Dub
Armin stripping himself of his odm while heading towards the soldiers to convince them that they're human gave me flashbacks to when he did the same for eren back in season 1
Ymir craved for someone to love her. Whenever she would do the King’s bidding he would praise her. Ymir in her manipulated mind interprets praise as love. Also him allowing to have 3 children with her. Ymir interprets that as love. Now Ymir did have love in her life but it was from her 3 daughters not her husband.
THIS ! People being mind-boggled by how she could love her abuser. It truly wasn't love , it was a craving for any sort of human interaction. King Fritz was good at manipulation and he did it to Ymir from a very young age and she died young too . Eren says that it's strange , but she loved the king : Eren didn't exactly know enough terminologies to describe such a phenomenon , which we might call Stockholm syndrome nowadays. She wanted her husband to look at her the way he probably looked at other women, his other concubines. When she took the spear , Fritz ordered her to heal and keep going because she was his slave , that moment she understood that she chased after an illusion of love and would never have it , so she gave up on her life . Later she regretted not being by her daughters whom she unconditionally loved , but didn't decide for herself if it was okay to kill a person she thought she loved because it would go against everything she did or everything she was taught.
@@subratanandy2142 I could instantly understand this when I watched the episode so I was pretty dumbfounded when i found out that so many people were incapable of believing this
@@LuisSierra42same.
@@LuisSierra42for real, man. just putting myself in the mind of a child slave and that trait of her made sense from the flashback alone
One moment that really sadden me was Levi last scene of the episode. He was so sadden. He has truly lived such a hard and tragic life. He deserved a moment of peace. He lost ALOT but accomplished something great at the same time. Maybe its fan service but I wish his character experienced that. He deserves it and everything he went through.
Fr!! I agree. Seeing him confined in wheelchair is so sad. That man loves moving around
it seems we'll get more of him (sadly) in April 30th
@@user66456wait what how?!
@@user66456 yea how?
Nahh I don’t think it was bad writing. I think Krueger was there because the attack titan had controlled so much of his final years.
Before Eren’s dad eats Krueger, the dude went on a monologue about how he tortured hundreds of Eldean’s, and served the Marley government for years but didn’t know why, Only that he had to to protect Mikasa and Armin and doing what he did was the only way.
I think people who get the attack titan become slaves to freedom. And maybe in death, Kreger might’ve disapproved of the attack titan’s influence over him.
Even Eren struggled with sanity near the end of the show. Saying he was struggling to live in the past present and future.
But yeah this video is amazing
i have to agree that aot is a masterpiece. the mysteries were perfectly planned and executed. and figuring out some mysteries gave rise to new ones. it was so fun to watch. the ending was gut wrenchingly sad for me. seeing Mikasa at Eren's grave as an old woman had me bawling my eyes out.
AoT = peak storytelling
Im gonna miss these in depth analysis videos, always looked forward to these after watching every episode to understand the metaphors and what was hidden in plain sight across the whole story. Thank you Turtle Quirk, for always taking the time to create these amazing videos espacially the last two of them.
Agreed. I needed these for Season 4
Fr
The most important difference between Ymir, and the boy with the dog, is that Ymir was seeking refuge. She was running away from the people that tried to kill her for wanting freedom. The boy is seeking the tree out of his own free will. With a friendly companion accompanying him. Freedom has finally returned to the world, but at what cost? and at what consequence?
Side note: also the boy finding the source of all living matter would likely also not result in titans returning. Cause remember, it granted Ymir what she wanted at that moment. She was wounded and dying, so she was granted an immortal body. She was yearning for power, so she was granted a powerful body. And she was yearning for freedom, so she was granted the power to make that choice. What would it grant the boy with the dog? What do you think. :)
Exactly. It’s really up to interpretation. Personally I don’t think anything is in there. It’s just symbolism.
If it was me, it would grant me an immortal best friend (my dog lasting forever)
This video is going in the CZcams hall of fame I just know it.
Idk. He's months late
@@Terrox_he is still giving his thoughts on it though. I'm sure he was working on getting his script right for a long time before he made the video. Not to mention I'm sure it is a pain to edit a video this length.
@@SerenaRosetail doesn't matter. Other CZcamsrs stole the views by now. It will take longer for him to grow views since it has been released months ago
@@SerenaRosetail mainly because less people are looking at aot now since they finished it
@@Terrox_ but his following will help the video grow and the more shares the better in my opinion. I know some of my videos that I thought would do horrible ended up doing well purely from shares alone. Not to mention, I have wanted to hear from him specifically his thoughts on the ending.
I also want to add another easter egg to the baby and mother cliff scene. It was a Schindler's List easter egg where just like in both movies only the baby/little girl were highlighted because they represent the innocence of the people being slaughtered.
I think the greatest irony of this show is that the Scout regiment, the branch in charge of finding out what happened to the outside world, would have probably been able to figure it out much more easily and with far less death and sacrifice if they decided to dedicate their resources INSIDE the wall. Instead of sending fodder out to battle in the titan fields, they should have spied on the people in power. And that goes along with what is one of the biggest themes of the show - the mistake of looking outwards for a problem that should be solved by looking in.
Hard to do when the government had a stranglehold on the populace of paradise. Thats the thing people forget about, is how necessary it is to overthrow the military to make anything change for the people of paradise. If the scouts focused on their resources inside the walls to prosper humanity, I'm certain people would still be pushed to the front lines by the government for "the sake of humanity".
I understand this point, but before grisha ate the founding Titan, it was impossible cuz they could just erase people's memories again and again
truuuueee@@lucasbrenner2916
In the last scene where ymir showed up infront of mikasa just when she's disappearing she closes her eyes and the next scene starts eith historia's kid opening her eyes so i think she got reincarnated since historia's baby would most likely be named ymir after her dead friend ymir the jaw titan😊
Thats a good theory. I wish they put that in the show
Ymir was def more than just a friend 😭 but yeah
Is it possible that Falco on the battlefield having a vision where he was flying was because he took Zeke's spinal fluid (Royal Blood)... So he was able to tap into some memories?
he literally said it in the episode, so nothing new
Stockholm Syndrome all day with Ymir, she wanted to be part of king Fritz entourage, but he only loved her power and security nothing more
Thank you so much for bringing up Carla saying don’t go, you’re the first person I’ve ever seen point that out and I’ve been mentioning it to friends for years!!
Litterally found your channel 2 days ago binged the Erwin what if (was amazing you should do more of those) and then binged the entirety of attack on titan and finished in a little over a day so this came out at the perfect time I look forward to watching whatever you create next
I’ve been waiting for this video for so long I completely forgot bout it, but I am so eager to sit down and watch this!!! Thank you for all the work you put in for this!
I’ve watched your aot breakdowns ever since the final season came out. Over 3 years your explanations have fully invested me Into what is now my favorite anime/ show ever. It’s sad that we won’t get anymore aot recaps but I thank you for keeping up with them and providing this content for us .
Phenomenal analysis. Really appreciate all the work and time you put in to making this breakdown video and it makes sense that it took you this long to drop it with all the work!
Watching through this analysis made me feel nostalgic on the series as a whole and remember the hype and emotions I had watching the finale.
Excellent job with this breakdown sir!
Thank you Turtle Quirk! I've loved watching your breakdowns; they've made me appreciate and understand this incredible show so much better. Much love
1. Excellent video, top notch jokes and wording xD and thanks for clearing up for me, how Eren could talk to Mikasa in the paths without erasing her memory :D
2. My headcanon is, that Armin as the new figure of promimence amomg the survivors probably sent Jean to secretly pick her up with a car or something and then organized a Ship to Paradis...
3. Reiner might not stand much chance against a TRex, but let's talk about how incredibly funny it would have been for the whale to drop on them instead of Berthold xD
We were legit worried bro. Thanks for doing this one!
This breakdown is amazing. Really great job. Really adds more depth to the final episode. Thank you for all your hard work.
it was a pleasure watching your AOT analysis trough the years, keep up your good work and Thanks
the last and final breakdown from a real one...i was waiting for this for a while! thank you!!
Finally, the breakdown video we've all been waiting for! I watched other videos after the finale but yours are more thorough especially with manga context. Thanks for all your work throughout the series, I'll be recommending anyone who wants to get into AoT to follow up with this channel, they pair together like PB & J
Yoooo I’ve been waiting so long for this. Thank you for all the videos you made about this show man they were just as fun as the episodes
Thank you for this. You’ve made my experience with this series amazing! Seriously, you rock bro.
Glad that your back with the final review of aot part 4. It's been one of the greatest animes of all times.
Awesome video dude, was very eager to watch you make this and upload it and it really helped out keep up the content 👍🏻🔥
Been waiting for this since the episode came out. Thank you!
Thank you very much I have been watching other reviewers and you're the only one who actually can make sense about the whole series👊🏼💥
I've been checking for this video every day for WEEKS 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Been waiting for this!
Been waiting Turtle..but excellent video, much appreciated.
I waited thx god ur back waited for days everyday hope u do well
The most tragic thing about Ymir is that what she felt for King Fritz was not really love. She was suffering from Stockholm Syndrome and if you don't know what that is there are loads of videos on YT explaining it. Ymir's story makes a lot more sense when you take this psychological state into account.
I've been waiting for your video on this, was worried about you. Glad you're back!!
You're awesome man !
Thank God you’re alive.. we’ve waited for so long 😭😭
i kept checking your page after the ending aired. glad you're back!!
Just finished part 3 last night and now this. Perfect piece of puzzle for me.
IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE LFG THANK U
Finally been waiting for a long time bruv thank u for this
Thank you for everything you have done for AOT
Cmon Turtle, I had been refreshing your yt channel since the ep came out. Awesome video!!!!
Insanely awesome video my guy. I totally needed all these breakdowns and explanations after watching the epic conclusion to AoT.
This video answered most of my questions and some questions that i didnt know i wondered. Thank you😢
i love when turtle quirk go in the extreme depth of one of my favorite anime , its so interesting to watch so much more than what the series have to offer . These videos open endless possibilities of an already finite series
Bro you took AGES TO DROP been waiting for this
I’ve been waiting for your video!!!
Best Breakdown of the complex story of AOT . Thanks !!!!!!
Awesome video Man!
i had been waiting for this video
bro i finished this lastnight and i still cant get over this ending its a biter sweet one
been waiting for this 😭💕
Excellent video 🙏🏻💗
I would like to hear your thoughts on the overall decisions made on the show. What you like what you don’t like, that’ll be great
Piece of advice if you haven’t seen the last season but have watched all first 3 seasons, don’t binge watch everything from episode 1. You will cry when you watch the last episode
Great video! Glad to see you're ok.
The Levi lollipop scene is about the 3 walls on paradise Island. That's what the spiral lollipop saddens him about.
Can you explain that?
@@crownclowncreations the spirals in the lollipop look like the 3 walls
BEEN WAITING ON THIS WOW
Thank you for all the recaps of s05, god what a great show, humans and their artistic drive is awe inspiring
Wow, this is the best breakdown I’ve watched so far! So many threads pulled up from the past episodes! Mikasa getting closure having spent quite a bit of time with Eren in that alternative reality right before his death seems really believable and is a huge relief tbh.
I really liked the moment where Eren talked to Zeke about Mikasa. When he was doubting her feelings and Zeke told him that she loved him (which also showcased their brotherly bond).
Also a nice take on Mikasa and Jean. I feel like it’s a nice kind of a relationship to settle with as well, for both of them, esp due to the fact that Mikasa gets to experience the same level of devotion that she gave to Eren, towards herself.
Well explained 👏
You are back!!
Haven't watched this yet but I can't wait! Sad that there won't be anymore reviews/breakdowns from you regarding AoT ☹️☹️☹️
Good now i dont have to wait ,ill come back to your vid when i finish the season 😅
Best breakdown video on CZcams!
Eren died a virgin and accomplished nothing! Lmao 🤣😂😂
Great job on this stellar breakdown of the end of AOT
Just when I needed him most this man returned
best break down video
Yo, you finally got one this down, though there is still a few more left that you could make a interpretation on before you completely close this series up:
1) SiM's "Under the Tree" video
2) the final OP that wasn't in the final two episodes (Linked Horizon's "Saigo no Kyojin")
3) the final ED too (Ai Higuchi's "Itterasshai")
that has to be on your list, good stuff on your work!
BRUHH!! YOU HAD US THINKING YOU WERE DEAD!!! 😢😠 SO GLAD YOURE OK!!!
You deserve the million views bro
sheer nostalgia & mindblowing
Yo finally this video finna be fresh
And the one with the if Erwin got the colossal titan vid
Btw that pic of ymir at 24:15 😑
Please do a what if series incorporating the sea, paths and blast titans in the show!
Welcome back !!!!
Omg my notifications for you don't work i keep missing videos!!!
Best video I've seen about the AOT ending BY FAR.
been waiting too long for this...
Just Finished Watching The English Dub Perfect Timing
I haven’t watched it yet. Is it good
@@NostalgiaNetwork Yes. And to add, Armin's VA did his job so well I would recommend everyone including Sub watchers view the finale in English dub as well.
Yoo man, where have you beeeeen?? Damn near had me filling a missing person report. 🤣🤣
We missed you man.
The things you have explained in this video are interesting, I also have some theories and some ideas to the events of the final chapters which might accurately explain the what all happened, there are infinite possibilities to what the power of the titans hold.
fantastic!
finally this came out!!
Great video 👏 My head cannon for Sasha: as her hairstyle looks different (full ponytail vs. finer hair) malnutrition from not eating a lot of meat. Also, what makes the end credits feel so real are the people who come to the grave and don’t go anymore, just like Turtle Quirk mentioned. People will live their lives and pass on, just like the secondary cast did, or always come back and remember those who passed. I believe that makes the ending nostalgic, real, and sometimes too hard to watch because of it being truthful
That was an awesome show man I bet the comic book was even better.
Something else that adds to the Jean theory is Armin has a dub only line where he mentions he knows a guy for her and they’re already close. It’s absolutely Jean lol
So jean feeling Matters and mikasa don't right, why would she ends up with someone whom she didn't loved.
I don't think it is jean, tbh he deserved happy ending than being second option to someone who doesn't love him back 😂
Armin didn't mentioned it in sub or in manga, he was teasing eren. Or even if he when did armin know jean loved mikasa.
Mikasa and connie had more interaction than jean and mikasa ....
Armin never know about jean feelings so don't make your own theory
@@KamleshPatel-md5kvimprovise. adapt. overcome
Pretty sure he’s referring to himself to rub it in for eren
Fantastic
It makes sense for me that kruger would stop eren. You say kruger was already going far and sacrificing people but that is not really true. The people he was torchering were going to be torchered by marley no matter what so he had no effect on those events. Knowing this I think its reasonable to think kruger wouldn't want the entire world to be destroyed espesially when alot of the people being killed are eldians.
Exactly. Kruger wanted the Eldians from the internment zone freed. Eren saw them the same as he did Marley: His enemy.
It makes perfect sense to me, kruger wanted to free eldians all around the world and eren is killing them all not to mention that despite this he was never genocidal. There is a big diffrence between saving your people and freaking genocide
well done
I have an idea how Mikasa reached Paradis. Kiyomi and Yelwna got stranded on a boat near Liberio , right ? After they reached the shore , Mikasa could've taken that boat . It would also explain how those two survived and Kiyomi joined Paradis . OR , given that Historia had an idea beforehand, she could've sent a ship to search for the scout survivors.. Jean and Connie remained for diplomacy purposes, Mikasa came back . She could've come back with the head , or , could've burned the head and took the ash and came back to bury it in an urn . It would also explain how she was able to live a low profile life in the Paradis, Historia hid her in the orphanage.
Great breakdown! I agree with everything you said. I even (mostly) agree with your criticism of the Mikasa relationship. My issue is also just as trivial compared to the masterpiece that is the overall story. For me, although they make a good case for Mikasa being the "one that Ymir has been searching for all this time," it is one of the only times that the point seems jarring and almost out of nowhere coming in the final episode. Although I suppose that since that Ymir looking into her was the real cause of her headaches it wasn't completely out of nowhere. I don't have too much problems with their relationship not being built up though - I think that the fact that a romance had no time to develop was supposed to be part of the tragedy. Remember they were still barely older than kids at the end of the series. And during that time Eren was either focused on his goal of "killing all the Titans" (and childishly feeling demasculated for being so much weaker than her) or messed up in the head living past/present/future at once.
TURTLE BRO WHERE U ATT!!!!!! I was dying for you to run this shit bro omg I was dyinggggggggg😢😢😢❤🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂
Sorry to keep you waiting bro! 2024 WILL be the year of consistent uploads, that’s a fact