Eren frees Ymir and starts the Rumbling but with Light & Shadow playing on the background 

Zeke gave her a command. Eren gave her a choice.

This theme makes it look like a heroic moment, while the original makes it look like a terrifying apocalypse

It's just incredible how one song can change the whole mood of a scene. In this case, the original track make it look like it is the beginning of the end of humanity while this track make it look like the rumbling will proceed to make the world a better place. By hearing the track alone, it would make you feel scared by the original track while, this track can make you feel being saved.

It definitely fits, but honestly, I prefer the silence in that moment with Ymir. It really emphasizes the moment between the three of them. Then the dark and foreboding music after.

Each time I see Ymir tears, it breaks my heart because when u think about all she went through during 2000 years... happy that Eren is the only one that realize who's the main victim of all the story

I just realised the reason those with royal blood can command the founding titan/Ymir, is not because they carry the blood of Ymir, but because they carried the blood of the "King", who acts as her Master/slaver.

Absolutely love Light & Shadow over Eren speaking to Ymir as a person. The buildup gives the scene this feeling--Ymir, after living in an endless hell, finally someone is here to free her, save her, and to end the cycle of suffering

Ymir was waiting for someone like Eren for 2000 years. The episode 1 of AOT is named "To you, After 2000 years. Episode 80 is named: "From you, 2000 years ago"

Something about Eren saying “your not a slave, your not a god, your just a person” pulls emotionally in a way that I can’t explain it in words but hits deep non the less.

I'm JUST out of WORDS. JUST WANT TO THINK OF THIS MASTERPIECE

When ymir crying, I just felt her pain. Man her life is just slavery

This works but with the different music it almost makes Eren seem like a hero.

I want to hug Ymir too. She's a victim of the world's cruelty.

The way Ymir doesn't care Fritz's lineage anymore and gives her strength to the Eren. She chooses herself for the first time. Thanks for edit.

The original was how everyone else saw the Rumbling. This is how Eren saw it.

People still confuse Eren on this scene. He clearly understood Ymir's suffering, and how her descendants had been pursued, and oppressed, but also if they rose in power how THEY too would again become a force of oppression. A vicious cycle of suffering where people were tethered together for years and years. THIS is the whole issue with his desire for Freedom, because even if he dies, he would be part of the Paths where all past Titans reside and are passed down to the new bearers. His power granted him vision of the past and future, and he wanted to destroy the cycle to be free, but also for his close friends like Armin and Mikasa. Yet he knew that there needed to be ONE evil where all would focus, and by becoming that evil and eliminating the vast majority of the population of the world, even when there would be tensions, this time people would worry more about surviving than to fight for power and dominance over one another. And also he set Ymir free of her own self imposed enslavement, she was a victim of Stockholm Syndrome in her life and when she merged with Hallucigenea and became the Founding Titan, that never changed her attachment to her abuser. So as she resided in the Paths, she continued her Zombielike existence bowing to the will of her king and father of her progeny, but she yearned to end the suffering bind and Eren understood this as kinship. In the end she didn't have the will to become free until Eren gave her the choice and made her see that she mattered more than something to be used. She then released Hallucigenea and It merged with Eren. In a way Eren was not necessarily evil for the sake of being evil, he wanted to be the ultimate evil to in fact save the world from itself and the pettiness of others. He wanted his friends to not have to continue in the same cycle and by extension humanity itself...this is a parallel with the character of Muad'Dib in DUNE, who sees far into the future and sees the extinction of humanity, although it is his son that takes up the mantle to save humanity by becoming the ultimate evil and free them from the rule of others and extinction by stagnation. I wonder if Izayama was also inspired by the DUNE novels when he wrote AOT.

This scene is just beautiful. Zeke treats her like a slave, Eren treats her like a human.

I'am deeply saddened Our Eren, he broke the literal "Chains of Fate" he was bound by to save Ymir and give her a choice What a beautiful and powerful scene this is, I will never forget this The author made Eren say he is an idiot with power in the last Episode I cannot take this misery

This is perfection! I know they couldn't use that ost but it fits so well, thank you!

Eren, what a man you are Ymir was totally waiting for you this whole time, i want everyone to think that for the rest of their lives, for 10 years at least

Ymir's endless suffering ended. I feel so relieved for her. Both in life and in death, she's suffered and suffered. Finally someone like Eren came and spoke to her as a person. Not a slave. Not a tool. Not anything but a person. On a different note, I hope that douche King Fritz is still burning in hell. That ultimate lowlife!

Don't care what people think, i support eren and his decision.

"She was only a slave." Nobody told her she can be more than that "She's loving and kind in nature" she also wants to be loved, therefore wanting to belong somewhere. Being a weapon was probably all the "love" she ever gotten.

What I love about this scene is that we really see how Eren feel for Ymir. Although we know that most of what he did in season 4 was pretending to be THAT guy, he really just seemed mad cold and seeing him feel compassionate, emapthetic and sad for Ymir warms my heart

I’ll never forget how a year ago I watched a video of a guy doing the fan made voiceover for this scene and he used Light and Shadow. It was so well done that it became my expectation for the anime, when the anime shined by itself. Seeing this song used for the anime version puts a smile on my face still, brings big nostalgia back :D

The fact that Eren did that obviously to achieve his goal, buyt also because he understood that she should also have freedom after all those years

As good of a character as Eren is, I think this will always be my personal favourite moment of his, just because I love Ymir (she might actually be my favourite character) and seeing her finally, finally, finally find the one person that could understand her and allow her to make her own choices is one of the most relieving moments I’ve seen in any story ever.

This music actually makes this scene more epic in my eyes. Edit: I feel after the part she gives Eren the power it didn’t fit.

This song bringing a heroic vibe is kinda how Ymir felt in this scene. After so long of being the victim, there is finally someone there for her. Freeing her from the torment that she've endured. Eren was the hero in her eyes

Just some warnings, since a lot of people doesn't seem to read the description neither the video title: 1 - The song name is Light & Shadow, it's composed by Hiroyuki Sawano (The same composer of Shingeki's past seasons). Yes, it was made for League of Legends, for the Star Guardians video. You can find the song just by searching "Light & Shadow" or "League of Legends Light & Shadow". 2 - This is an animated version of J05H manga motion video, where he used the same song to the same scene, but with the manga. I just wanted to see how it would look like in the anime version. At that time, the anime wasn't out yet, so we didn't know which song would fit the scene. 3 - Making the scene "heroic" or "epic" wasn't my intention, I just wanted to put Hiroyuki Sawano song because I like Hiroyuki Sawano and it fits Shingeki, that's it. I don't care what you think about the Rumbling, I know is not a good thing and it wasn't my intention to make it look like a good thing. I literally just like the song, that's it. 4 - What this video is about is literally in the title. If you prefer the original song, good. There's no problem in that, but I don't know what you were expecting when you clicked on this video after reading the title. 5 - I'm not very good at editing stuff, so some parts are indeed not synchronized. I apologize for that. This was not a serious video, I just wanted to see what would the scene look like with this song. Anyways, that's it. c:

Nah that silence and cut to Ymir crying after the last drum is unbeatable.. this is cool too

The lesson I've learned: Don't let yourself be a slave, but don't be arrogant too... Just be a normal and simple person😊

I am totally with Eren. Destroy this world and everything in it.

This track : The World will be a better place when there are no more human left to kill each other.

01:00 very emotional and fits for that, really awesome.

FINALLY WITH LIGHT AND SHADOW THEME

If you think about it, it is really sad how it took Ymir 2000 years to be finally free. She was a slave to the Royal Blood descendants all this time. Eren set her free.

Zeke be like “heh what’s he going to do? It’s pointless I already gave her a command!” And then is like “oh S*** he’s treating her like a person!”

❤️♾️💗♾️💜♾️💙 I Love You Eren Yeager Absolutely Infinitely

It's cool to see an animated version of that one trending video that used this combination, but honestly, the official version we got is supreme in every way and incredibly dark and chilling.

This should be called, "The Rumbling, But, Eren is the Hero"

Eren is/acts like a true king 🤴. (Leader) One who wished to protect his people and their future even at the cost of his own life....

Funny how Eren hugged Ymir when mikasa didn’t know

Knowing how the manga ends, the way the music re-contextualizes this scene fits really well.

I still think of this edit. It's incredible, thank you for this.

just a little reminder that Eren did nothing wrong

Generations upon generations of abuse of one girl who had done nothing wrong leads the destruction of the world.

I lowkey wanna see the rumbling played in a heroic theme while they show the brutality of the casualties. To portray that the universe of AOT is never just black and white.

Can you imagine how powerful that hug felt to her? Finally someone cared

Eren giving his great great grandma a hug

Man, the animation team sure knows how to make creepy faces… I mean, this shiz gives me goosebumps.

All of this gone to waste because Isayama wanted to retcon everything in his ending

The density of the moment is just too much to handle. Its impossible to decribe what that does to you in words.

Mate, let me tell you something... This is one of the best scenes of the anime, seeing Ymir crying gave me goosebumps like few scenes do. She really was waiting for Eren.

psychologists looking at it will be like Ereh Haters XD these ppl will always find justice and freedom and rage as a concept of nothing more than trauma side effect agressive disorders Lmao

It’s actually sad. Eren does it all out of genunine kindness He truly wants to protect his home and family And even as he wanted to use Ymir, he also wanted to set her free of her suffering and let her choose for herself It’s the biggest twist of all time, how the protagonist does all this suffering and doesn’t really change and still wants to help those that matter to him

Holy cow! The insert song match perfectly with the video. Truly masterpiece!!!

I really feel sad for Ymir.. everyone used her,, until eren understood her hidden pain..

Okay they should’ve played this song with Eren freeing Ymir because it fits so well

Honestly, the hero we thought Eren was died at the end of season 3. The moment he kissed Historia's hand, everything came full circle and fate took over.

That was the moment when Zeke realized that his dreams will never come true, only Eren's just as their father foresaw in the future

See how music changes the very perception of a scene. While original invoked a feeling of caution and fear, Light & Shadow made this scene like that Eren is a hero who sacrificed himself for Eldia.

this will be my favourite video on YT for at least the next 72h straight into my "play it til you hate it" playlist

man, Japanese voice actors are straight up 🔥

Suggestion: adjust it to make it sync It probably still works and will be more legendary

Yo this was on point! The moments hit with the music just right!! It matched a perspective I learned after realizing the first episode was titled To You, in 2000 Years

So damn mysterious how Music changes ways you would see if you know the plot in the End Eren looks more like a Hero than a Villain

The speech of Eren with this OST is incredibly best of just silence of the official one I found, because it amplify the power of this scene, and all emotions So perfect 👌

"it's hard to beat someone who doesn't want to quit"

And this is how he began his world tour with his only single "The Rumbling"

This feels like when Eren first blocked the hole in the wall. Tatakae!

This is one of the most incredible scenes!! I’m still not over it

The eren zeke and ymir moment in the paths is definitely better with light and shadow but the part where the walls fell down and the colossal titans started to emerge is way better with the footsteps of doom.

Fun fact, when she started crying Ymir had the same face Eren had when he touched Historia’s hand. This means the moment he saw when he kissed her hand was this exact moment.

For 2000 years she's suffering.... Zeke gave her an order,Eren gave her a choice.... The choice to chose rage over mercy

To you, in 2000 years. From you, 2000 years ago💔💔

Attack on titans fans trying to not add youseebiggirl or light & shadow to every single scene

In order to save a real victim and his friends, Eren shoulder all the blames, hatred of all people. For 2000 years even in her past life Ymir had worst life. Your King uses you and treat you like a slave/weapon he never loves Ymir, Fritz also forced her children to devour Ymir. What did you expect? Eren is always right no one in this world should expirence what Ymir expirienced.

This looks good as a single scene, but what Mappa is doing awesomely is making a whole episode, they have to make sure everything flows smoothly. And also dont forget that we r now in war era, not some inspiring shits of previous seasons anymore.

This really fits imo, Ymir was outright treated like a pig and she was so deprived of her humanity that she was desperate to please literally any person, you would think that her kind meek demeanour would get her some attention or approval but no, she was the the one living amongst pigs, all she got was a betrayal by EVERYONE she knew with false accusation, an arrow and cruel sentence. Then she fell into the "Tree of Life" and lucky her, obtained Godly Power- so maybe this time she will get approval or even find love, but no once again she is meerly and arrogantly called worthy to bare the children of his, by the King and how grateful she must be for this honour, she was so deprived of her humanity, her self, that she accepts even with overwhelming power, still hoping in being a part of her fellow humans, part of atleast 1 "circle" or family. Then only sacrifice her life to save the Vile Creature they call "King", To have him disgrace her death by calling her weak to die from an arrow and thereby decided by the filthy f*ck that their own children to eat there mother (alive) to preserve her power for his use. I know it's an anime but damn that ticks me the wrong way. The soundtrack is amazing with this scene for the fact that after all of that she still has love, hope and wishes for someone in this humanity to free her, waiting 2000 years just for that someone to give her the mere words of acknowledgement and affirmation of her humanity, of her own free will, so she may finally, Be free from her own compulsive restraints not knowing how to do anything for herself and Eren does just that while Zeke tries to assert his bloodline of "royalty" and false control over her freedom and choices just like the King.

But but mikasa was the chosen one 😂

The only person who got to understand Ymir , it was eren . She was waiting for someone like him for 2000 thousand years , now he came to end everything , and to show them who he is and what he can do

Fits so well in my opinion

I just wish Wit studios had this chance to animate this scene.

"You're not a slave, but you're not a god either. You're just a human"

"You're not a slave! You're not a god! You're just a person!" This hits hard

Ymir is just like Historia. The kindest girl in the world.. But when she realized teh question is where she can find love , friendship and freedom.. She decided to be the _Baddest Girl_ in the world.. Historia : I'm starting to hate humanity. Let them all get killed by titans.I'm humanity's biggest enemy. I'm the Worst girl in the World.

If you think about it, the Eldians have always been used as slaves or tools of war. The dynamic between Fritz and Ymir has played out into the future in the form of Marley and Eldians.

OH GOD! You nailed the match between the music and the scenes! I love this video 👍 This music replaced the 'Armageddon' feeling from music before with 'Hope' nuance 😁.

I loved it so much ! 😍😍😍The songade me extraa emo🥺. Nicejob man!!!!

This is addictive. I've seen this now 20 times. And gets better each time

-And then she spent a "few" more years making Erens founding titan

“It was Mikasa” 🤡🤡🤡

Light and shadow is such a powerful song. Truly represent ymir background. And that tear😢

this ost was used for league of legends. But lets be fair - Eren told hiroyuki sawano to make it for this scene.

Ymir didn’t deserve what happened to her she was a whole child! She needed to hear that! She needed that hug

Jk mikasa was actually the one to free her

Incredible. It brings out the emotions

0:07 best line in anime

Paradis perspective: Light and Shadow OST The rest of the world perspective: footsteps of catastrophe OST