Beast Titan (Episode)

## Beast Titan

> Only when a person stops fighting do they lose. As long as we continue to fight, we are not beaten!
>
> Mike speaks words of hope to Nanaba

**Beast Titan** is the 1st episode of the 2nd season and the 26th episode overall of the *Attack on Titan* series, produced by Wit Studio and Production I.G.

## Overview

Hange interrogates Pastor Nick after discovering a Titan within the Wall, but gains no valuable information. 12 hours earlier, Titans are spotted southwards by Mike Zacharius, whilst watching suspect recruits. The soldiers ride out to warn civilians. Mike splits off to engage the spotted Titans alone.

The main Scout contingent is warned of the invasion. Mike kills 5 of the 9 Titans, and goes to leave. However, a beast-like Titan throws his horse at him, causing him to fall to the ground. He is questioned by the Beast, but stays silent. It takes his ODM gear, and has the nearby Titans eat Mike.

## Summary

For just over a hundred years, humanity lived in peaceful ignorance within the Walls safe from the threat of the Titans until the day the Colossal and Armored Titans came to Shiganshina District, breaching Wall Maria and reminding humanity of the hell beyond the Walls. Five years later, humanity discovers that some of their Titan foes are hiding among them as humans, and in Stohess District they capture the first of these Titan spies: Annie Leonhart.

As Annie's crystal is restrained and carted away by the Survey Corps, several soldiers look up at the ruined section of Wall Sina where the Female Titan attempted to scale the Walls. In an exposed portion of the Wall, a Colossal Titan peers down at the humans below. Section Commander Hange Zoë stares at it in shock until they are met by a fatigued Pastor Nick, who warns Hange and the others to keep the Titan out of the sunlight at all costs. Elsewhere in Stohess, Commander Erwin Smith is informed of the Survey Corps's measures to cover the Titan in the Wall. Meanwhile, Marlo and Hitch start cleaning the wreckage from the aftermath of the battle between the Female Titan and Eren's Titan, suspicious and bitter towards the loss of innocent lives.

Atop Wall Sina, Hange and the Scouts finish covering the exposed Titan as Nick observes their work. Hange questions Nick as to his knowledge of the Titan and why his followers said nothing of it in the past. Nick ignores Hange's questions, demanding restitution for the damages to his church, and Hange loses their temper. Holding Nick over the edge of the Wall, they remind Nick of the many sacrifices the Scouts have made for the sake of learning the truth while Nick's church can afford to stay quiet. Nick insists that neither he nor his followers will answer to questioning and encourages Hange to let him fall, but Hange spares his life while claiming their anger was not serious. Hange's assistant comes to their side as they muse on how long it has been since they last felt such terror. Suddenly, a bell rings out in Stohess as a Scout arrives with urgent news for Commander Erwin.

Twelve hours earlier, the recruits of the Survey Corps are kept under watch in an outpost in the southern region of Wall Rose. Sasha and Connie express their boredom, suggesting they should sneak away to their home villages. Reiner takes their suggestion seriously, offering to help them escape. He notes that their situation is an abnormal one, given their orders to wait on standby in plainclothes without weapons while their superiors keep watch in uniform with ODM gear. Sasha tiredly puts her head on the table, but jolts back up at the sound of thuds in the distance. As Sasha explains herself, Section Commander Mike Zacharius detects the presence of Titans in the distance. He immediately sends out Tomas to alert Commander Erwin in Stohess of the incoming Titans while Nanaba joins the recruits below to alert them of the situation. While the recruits ready their horses, Nanaba joins Mike on the rooftops, expressing her lost hope at the thought of Wall Rose being breached with no clear cause. Mike comforts her, stating that as long as they continue to fight, their battle is not lost.

The Scouts ride out from the outpost, and Mike orders his squad to split into four teams to spread word of the invasion in all directions. He asks if any soldier or recruit is familiar with the terrain, and Sasha states that she has good knowledge of the northern terrain near her village. She speaks for Connie's knowledge as well, but Connie realizes that the Titans are coming from the direction of his own village. He offers to join the south team but requests to visit his village once the news is spread, and Mike allows it. Reiner chooses to join Connie, and asks Bertholdt to join him. After some reluctance, Bertholdt agrees. Nanaba reminds the recruits of their dire situation and encourages them to give their mission everything they have got.
At the edge of the distant forest, the Scouts notice the Titans starting to run erratically towards them. Mike breaks away from the group, placing command of the southern team in his subordinate Gelgar. The other Scouts worry for Mike, but Gelgar insists that his skill is second only to Captain Levi. The Scouts continue on their route as Mike attacks the Titans.

In Stohess, Eren awakens from a memory where his mother scolded him for picking a fight, telling him to show restraint for Mikasa's sake. Eren gets up from his bed, noticing that Mikasa has fallen asleep sitting at his bedside. She stirs awake as her scarf slips from her hand, which Eren picks up for her. He proposes finding her a new one when there is an opportunity. Suddenly, Armin bursts into the room to inform them of the Titan invasion in Wall Rose. While the Scouts in Stohess prepare to ride out, Levi visits Erwin. Erwin asks if Levi is fit to join them, and Levi states that he has little choice. A Scout comments on the wise decision to have Mike watch the recruits, and Erwin hopes for the best.

Earlier in Wall Rose, Mike kills the fifth of the nine Titans present in the nearby group. Believing he has bought the other Scouts enough time, he calls for his horse, though a nearby Abnormal Titan covered in fur catches his attention and he begins to worry. As his horse approaches, the Beast Titan grabs it off the ground and sets its sights on Mike. Before Mike has enough time to process the situation, the Beast throws the horse at Mike with alarming precision, sending Mike falling off the rooftop where a large-eyed Titan catches him, crushing his legs in its bite. Mike screams in pain, but the Beast Titan tells the Titan to wait.

As ordered, the Titan holds Mike steady as the Beast Titan kneels down to see him face to face. The Titan bites down on Mike's legs a second time, and the Beast seems irritated with its disobedience. He crushes the Titan's head, and Mike slips to the ground.

Staring up at the talking Titan in horror, he is unable to speak. As the blood evaporates on the Beast Titan's hand, the creature asks Mike what the name of his equipment is, though Mike is too terrified to answer. He notes this, as well as the swords and remarks that it is fascinating.

The Beast muses on his silence, having thought that they spoke the same language. Unwilling to wait for an answer, the Beast reaches down and takes Mike's ODM gear, leaving him where he sits as he takes his leave, further unharmed.
Mike panics, but regains some hope as he remembers his words to Nanaba that morning. He lets out a battle cry, but the Beast Titan turns to the three remaining Titans and lets them know they have permission to move again.

In horror, Mike desperately tries to escape their grasp, but he is caught as all three Titans begin to eat into his flesh at once. Hearing Mike's cries for help, the Beast remarks that he was right about the Scout's ability to speak.

The Beast Titan takes his leave of the scene, commenting on the creativity of the gear humanity has created. Meanwhile, Mike continues to scream in pain and terror as the Titans eat him alive until their feasting tears his body to pieces.

## Characters in order of appearance

1. Colossal Titan (recap)
2. Armored Titan (recap)
3. Eren Jaeger (recap)
4. Thomas Wagner (recap)
5. Nack Tierce (recap)
6. Mina Carolina (recap)
7. Mikasa Ackerman (recap)
8. Armin Arlelt (recap)
9. Reiner Braun
10. Annie Leonhart (recap)
11. Erwin Smith
12. Jean Kirschtein (recap)
13. Levi Ackerman
14. Hange Zoë
15. Moblit Berner
16. Nick
17. Marlo Freudenberg
18. Hitch Dreyse
19. Nifa
20. Abel
21. Keiji
22. Tomas
23. Hannes
24. Rico Brzenska
25. Krista Lenz
26. Ymir
27. Henning
28. Nanaba
29. Connie Springer
30. Sasha Braus
31. Mike Zacharius (killed)
32. Bertholdt Hoover
33. Gelgar
34. Lynne
35. Carla Jaeger (flashback)
36. Beast Titan

## Cast

* Charlie Gillespie as Eren Jaeger
* Naomia Bassett as Mikasa Ackerman
* Owen Joyner as Armin Arlelt
* Patrick Schwarzenegger as Reiner Braun
* Paul Walker as Erwin Smith
* Shane Sweet as Levi
* Elena Satine as Hange Zoë
* Jerry Jewel as Moblit Berner
* Francis Henry as Nick
* Todd Haberkorn as Marlo Freudenberg
* Brittney Karbowski as Hitch Dreyse
* Madeleine Morris as Nifa
* Daman Mills as Abel
* Orion Pitts as Keiji
* Marcus D. Stimac as Tomas
* David Wald as Hannes
* Morgan Garrett as Rico Brzenska
* Elle Fanning as Krista Lenz
* Courtney Eaton as Ymir
* Troy Hughes as Henning
* Lydia Mackay as Nanaba
* Zach Callison as Connie Springer
* Clara Rugaard as Sasha Braus
* Jason Douglas as Mike Zacharius
* Nat Wolff as Bertholdt Hoover
* Jason C. Miller as Gelgar
* Felecia Angelle as Lynne
* Jessica Cavanagh as Carla Jaeger

## Trivia

* In this episode, the second opening "Die Flügel der Freiheit" was replaced by the third opening, "Opfert eure Herzen!."