In episode 10 we learn that Zeke became a double agent for Eldia and offered Eren and company a plan to save Eldia forever: wielding the power of the Titans as both a weapon of mass destruction and a bargaining chip to keep other nations at bay. Gabi may think that sheвЂ™s found some successes by pleasing Marley, but it will never be enough because their power as a nation depends on using Eldians as a military force. But Pieck immediately explains that no matter what they do, no matter how much they try to please the Marleyan authorities, theyвЂ™ll never be anything other than вЂњSubjects of YmirвЂќ (another name for Eldian).

When Pieck, another Eldian warrior in the Marleyan military, infiltrates Paradis and briefly tricks Eren into thinking sheвЂ™s turning to his side, Gabi is shocked at the thought of a mentor joining the Eldian devils. At this point, violence and death have become a sunk cost for the characters in Attack on Titan, and they have no reason to think that violence isnвЂ™t going to serve them now.Д«ut the ending of Final Season part 1 makes it clear that violence is not a permanent solution.

HeвЂ™s eliminated his homeвЂ™s Titans, and even cleaned up the government of those who hid the truth of the world from the people. Likewise, Eren has followed a path of violence and destruction since the moment the show began. GabiвЂ™s even earned the genuine respect of some Marleyan soldiers and officers, who would otherwise never even look her in the eye. As a candidate to replace Reiner as the next Armored Titan, sheвЂ™s elevated the social status of her family to вЂњHonorary Marleyans,вЂќ allowing them to occasionally leave their internment camp, as well as get healthcare and other vague benefits. Gabi, a character that instantly brought out strong opinions in fans after she killed the fan-favorite Sasha Braus in episode 8, spent the second half of the season spouting propaganda lines about Eldian devils and trying to prove herself a вЂњgoodвЂќ Eldian, despite her being on Paradis Island without a single Marleyan officer in sight. Though these characters have committed horrible acts, Attack on Titan spent a significant amount of time in the first part of the Final Season illustrating a world that would not only accept those atrocities, but encourage them. Now he plans to euthanize the entire Eldian race. At the same time, the show has turned its own protagonist into a hard figure to root for: Eren went from a bright-eyed kid swearing revenge on the mindless creatures who killed his mom to murdering innocent men, women, and children in episode 6 of this season.

Reiner, the guy who kickstarted the events of the show by breaking the walls of the city where our protagonists lived, was made to believe his enrollment in the Titan Warrior program would reunite his broken family Zeke grew up with the weight of an entire resistance movement on his shoulders. The antagonists are now complicated and even sympathetic characters with justifiable morals, while the show recognizes that our heroes may not be that heroic anymore.ДЄttack on Titan began as a show about survival, and grew into one rooted in morality and ideology. Attack on Titan Final Season doubles down on its complicated and uneasy appropriation of real Asian history by shifting perspective to the people that have been subjugating our heroes for the past eight years. Last season, Attack on Titan viewers learned that our main characters were not the last remnants of humanity, but a small group of Eldians - a race reviled both for its ability to turn into man-eating Titans, but also for a long history of conquest and alleged atrocities against other nations. The show is now expected to wrap after the manga ends in April, with Final Season part 2 due during the next winter season. The final episode of season 4, which premiered on Sunday, promised a bleak and bloody conflict to bookend a bleak and bloody show. After eight years, four seasons, and hundreds upon hundreds of dead characters, Attack on Titan is finally in its endgame.

Oz season 4 was 16 episodes