Attack on Titan Creator Opens Up About the Finale's Most Emotional Scene
The third part of the fourth and final season of Attack on Titan is arriving next year, bringing to an end the conflict between the Eldians and Marleyians. Unfortunately for the world at large, Eren Jaeger has gained the power of the Founding Titan, unleashing a wave of Colossal Titans that are seeking to destroy the world outside of Paradis. In a recent interview, Hajime Isayama shared his thoughts on one of the most tragic scenes that will take place in the anime adaptation in 2023.
Warning. If you want to go into the fourth and final season of Attack on Titan's anime with no spoilers, you might want to avoid this article as we'll be diving into spoiler territory for events that took place in the manga.
One of the most devastating scenes that have yet to be animated solidifies Eren as the villain of the Final Arc, using his wave of Colossal Titans to smash both the guilty and the innocent into the dirt. Two such victims of the wandering behemoths are the refugee children which Eren and his friends encountered during the previous finale of part two of season four. To start this exploration of this scene, creator Makoto Yukimura of Vinland Saga fame addressed the brutal death of the young victims:
"I was shocked at the scene where the refugee children were crushed. I was horrified to think that these children were born to be crushed. That clearly shows the sinfulness of what Eren did, doesn't it?"
Isayama responded to this question but affirming Yukimura's thoughts while also bringing up how this relates to Vinland Saga and its star, the young viking Thorfinn:
"That's exactly right. When it comes to the description of how hard it was to atone for his sins, if you read up to the latest volume of Vinland Saga, I think there was a different ending. It has taken so many volumes to depict Thorfinn as suffering. That's how I learned the importance of layering the story in order to depict a moving scene. I'm sure readers who have followed Thorfinn's journey so far can relate to the weight of his redemption."
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