Attack on titan season 4 episode 14 review & recap

Eren severs ties that no longer fit his narrative sầu and Zeke reflects on the past as Attaông chồng on Titan sets the stage for the Jaegerists’ master plan.

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By Daniel Kurl& | March 21, 2021 | | Comments count:0
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Attaông chồng on Titung Season 4 Episode 14: Savagery

“You know what I hate the most in the world? People who aren’t không tính tiền. They’re no more than cattle.”

”I wanted to talk with you guys…”

Those were the ominous words that Eren shared with his old comrades & new enemies at the over of Attachồng on Titan’s previous episode. This anime regularly features an exceptional amount of destruction courtesy of deadly powers & brutal battles, but this season’s development of Eren Jaeger is so substantial that seven words can be even more terrifying than dozens of strikes. 


So, they talk. Nearly a third of this episode is talk as Eren calmly dresses down his best friends & every second of it is emotionally explosive. Floch takes over the Survey Corps with fellow Jaegerists & he talks lớn them khổng lồ sway the masses & inspire a revolution. Zeke even talks to lớn Levi in a manner that allows hyên to lớn let down his guard enough that he’s temporarily able to lớn make a play to escape. Attaông xã on Tichảy is full of painful physical altercations, but “Savagery” is all about how the savage nature of words can hit harder than any Titan punch and sometimes be even harder khổng lồ recover from.

Mikasa và Armin try to lớn properly get inside Eren’s head & understand his recent actions, but he has absolutely no interest in justifying himself or explaining his actions lượt thích he’s a super villain in the third act of a story. Eren’s goal is very simple và rather than waste any time he systematically hits his friends with mind games where they’re left destabilized & vulnerable. Eren’s words are devastating, but his ice cold expression through the whole chat is just as alarming. He’s lost the Kruger outfit, but he’s even more unrecognizable.

Eren is absolutely ruthless when he flatly tells Mikasa that he’s always hated her & doesn’t flinch when her tears start to lớn run. He knows better than anyone else how much this callousness will destroy Mikasa as well as how integral she’s been in his prolonged survival for all of these years. It’s heartbreaking to lớn see Eren so thoroughly abandon the few remaining people that actually care about hlặng as a person & don’t just view hlặng as a means khổng lồ an kết thúc or a weapon of destruction. He praises Zeke just as much as he insults Armin and Mikasa.


Armin and Mikasa are stunned through most of this and they have every right to be. A lot of time has passed offscreen, but it’s ridiculous to think that season three concludes with Eren & Armin excited about the future while they splash in the tide of the sea & now they’re decking each other out while they spill each other’s blood. It’s been a while since a conventional fistfight has come up in Attaông chồng on Titan and it hits even harder since it’s Eren and Armin.

There are clear parallels in the choreography of Eren’s beatdown on Armin that mirror the Attaông xã Titan’s assault on the Armored và Jaw Titans. It’s a breaking point for this duo that have sầu always had each other back & the audience is still left to question if Eren has truly fallen for Zeke or if there are still other levels of deception present here where this behavior is a mask for something bolder.


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Every second that passes in this conversation there’s another grain of the old Eren that falls through the hourglass and he’s less recognizable from the moment before. Every word bites và it’s even more gutting when Mikasa instinctively defends Eren & attacks Armin over the situation like she’s some brainwashed partner in a toxic relationship (và in many ways, she is). Mikasa is still compelled khổng lồ help Eren, even after all of this và she’d probably even go down smiling and thank Eren if he just snapped và decided lớn eat her. Some of this has to vị with the chilling information that Eren reveals about the nature of the Ackermans and how Mikasa is basically imprinted to hyên on some degree, but even without this inherent connection it still feels lượt thích Mikasa would selflessly be by Eren’s side & hope for the best.


Another component of Eren’s plan plays out elsewhere with Hange, Floch, và the new trainees in the Survey Corps. Floch is able to lớn so swiftly influence these recruits and poison the well, which makes for a frightening extrapolation of the Jaegerists’ previous terrorism. So many honorable characters have fallen over the past episodes, but it stings to watch a group like the Survey Corps become completely bankrupt of values and just another tool for the enemy. So many characters use words lượt thích the ammunition for a weapon in “Savagery,” but it’s a strategy that fails Hange. She tries lớn cốt truyện the news that the wine is spiked with Zeke’s spinal fluid, but she’s ignored & her treatment remains horrendous. It looks lượt thích she’s phối to be a hostage for the time being, that is if she’s not just outright killed as some trust exercise that Floch puts his new recruits through like he does with Keith Shadis.


Whether Floch & company believe or care about Zeke’s spinal wine is irrelevant because everyone gets khổng lồ figure this out the hard way once Zeke puts his power inkhổng lồ action. The forest very quickly fills up with Titans and the second half of “Savagery” is full of action lớn balance out the war of words that happens earlier. Many of Marley’s residents get triggered by Zeke’s gambit và it’s exciting khổng lồ see the side effects of this “wine hangover” go fully into lớn effect.

Unfortunately, Levi’s own men enjoyed these libations, which forces him to take down his comrades with zero time khổng lồ contemplate alternatives. This decision clearly weighs heavily on Levi và reflects how committed he is lớn his mission. “Savagery” makes this exercise especially painful as Levi sees the faces of his friends before he cuts down their Titung forms.

This is a mentally exhausting maneuver for Levi, but it’s also a stunning action sequence that’s one of the best fights in Attachồng on Titung since season three. There’s wonderful choreography khổng lồ Levi’s carnage as he takes advantage of his claustrophobic settings. It’s satisfying lớn see the anime go all out with this encounter & that Levi doesn’t stumble over these obstacles và allow Zeke lớn get away.

The tension between Levi and Zeke has been present in Attack on Tichảy for seasons và the assault in Liberio only teased the tension that exists between these two. This has been a long time coming & it’s given the attention that it deserves. Perhaps the best part of it is that Levi shares this success with Erwin và declares that this is just as much his victory và that his spirit can find some peace now.

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A lot is left up in the air by the end of “Savagery” và each episode continues to unearth the status quo more than before. Levi và Zeke’s story concludes on the most disturbing note of the lot as Levi keeps Zeke in a khung of grisly suspended torture that would make Asamày from Audition blush. It’s the most extreme action that Levi has ever taken and it’s another reflection of how everyone is getting pushed past their limits.


However, these past few episodes have proven more than anything that this type of radical behavior seems to be the only way khổng lồ survive sầu & those that don’t adapt khổng lồ these heartless ways are the ones that get trampled over by “progress.” Zeke just wants lớn return to lớn that game of catch from his innocent youth, but it’s impossible. The kids in Eldia & Marley are more familiar with hvà grenades than they are with baseballs. “Savagery” begins this thought và “Sole Salvation” shows that the two can sometimes be equally dangerous.


Attaông xã on Titan Season 4 Episode 15: Sole Salvation

“Sole Salvation” begins right where “Savagery” finishes, but the two episodes are structured so differently that it’s hard not to get whiplash when watching them back-to-bachồng. Levi’s torturing of Zeke greatly intensifies, yet the episode retreats into Zeke’s subconscious as he mentally suffers for his actions và hopes lớn stumble upon absolution while he physically gets ravaged và turned inkhổng lồ living viscera.

This flashbachồng inlớn Zeke’s childhood and one of his last remaining moments of true innocence might initially feel like a disappointment from the heavy action that’s present in “Savagery.” However, it’s presence here is not unlike how memories from past Titan bearers will flood the current users at unexpected moments. They have no control over when these memories will overlap with their own and are left to lớn ponder the greater significance of it all.

The purpose of “Sole Salvation” is nebulous at first, but then it becomes clear why this piece of the story is currently being told. “Sole Salvation” functions as a release of pressure from a run of episodes that have become impossibly tense. In the past, flashbacks have sầu been utilized lớn fill in context from different perspectives and also allow the audience a much-needed breather. The jump backwards this time seems like it’s a gentle khung of escapism, but there’s still a dark edge lớn it that amplifies the dread that’s prevalent in the present. It’s not so much a reprieve from danger as it is an explanation for the bloody turn that’s about khổng lồ take place.

“Savagery” highlights Eren’s rage towards the “cattle” & “slaves” of the world, yet “Sole Salvation” underscores that these are exactly the conditions that brought Eren and Zeke into lớn this world. Grisha’s entire mindmix towards family and children is even comparable to a cattle breeder. The biggest question that’s hung over the second half of this season is how exactly Eren & Zeke have sầu come khổng lồ terms with each other & “Sole Salvation” beautifully gets that point across in the most tragic way possible. 


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Zeke và Eren are two attempts at the same idea và they’re able to lớn find an empowering và dangerous invincibility in their dark roots. It’s almost as if they consider their increasing need for bloodshed và violence vindicated because they were always designed to be destructive sầu weapons. One doesn’t get upmix at an atom bomb for exploding . Eren and Zeke are just the two explosions at the end of very long wicks that Grisha lit years ago.


Zeke’s upbringing succeeds as a valuable counterpoint khổng lồ what’s been shown with the childhoods of Eren, Grisha, Reiner, Gabi, and Falteo. Grisha hammers in the ideology to lớn his son that if he hates the world then it’s his responsibility to lớn change it. This mantra soon becomes synonymous with Zeke’s desire khổng lồ become a Warrior, which begins as an extension of his father, but blossoms into a bold act of independence. A young Zeke gets pulled in two directions as he forms a friendship with Tom Ksaver, a Titan researcher & the previous bearer of the Beast Titung.

Tom’s influence on Zeke is a vital part of the boy’s development và Ksaver feels lượt thích the type of productive sầu person that Grisha could have sầu become under purer circumstances. Tom selflessly uses himself as a guinea pig for the sake of knowledge, whereas Grisha endangers his own family for data.

Tom isn’t without his own sins and he becomes a mentor figure for Zeke, but it’s fascinating khổng lồ consider how differently Zeke & Eren’s lives might have sầu gone with someone lượt thích Tom as their father. They could maybe be living normal lives rather than the immensely complicated scenartiện ích ios that their existences have become. They’re ready lớn commit genocide khổng lồ an entire group of people & Eren và Zeke still treat this like the lesser of two evils. It’s just an extended game of catch that’s been going on for generations.

“Savagery” and “Sole Salvation” bởi vì not mess around & in a season of very strong episodes they’re two installments that immediately st& out & feel memorable, but for completely different reasons. Both entries are emotionally draining & connect on every level. It genuinely hurts lớn see these characters tear each other down after they’ve gone through so much together.

So much of the second half of this season has revolved around Eren and Zeke’s secret plan & with only one episode remaining it’s truly unclear where this all will land. Eren’s half of the plan seems lớn be successful, especially from the Jaegerists’ perspective sầu, but Zeke appears to have hit a real roadblochồng that may or may not ruin what Eren has in motion.

Other crucial players like Gabi, Annie, and Reiner also need to fit into all of this somehow. Attachồng on Titung has always been heading towards a dark & depressing ending, yet the moral compasses of so many characters have sầu become magnetized và off center that even the “winners” might be too disgusted with who they’ve become khổng lồ be able to celebrate.