Memories of the Future | Attack on Titan S4 Ep 20 Reaction 

WTF!?

When you realize Eren got Grisha to spare Rod Reiss, so Historia can defeat him and become Queen, so everyone in the Walls is united towards freedom, so Eren later gets to kiss her hand and see the future.

What's amazing is the parallel this show revealed. The Founding titan is ruled by its predecessor...and the Attack titan is ruled by its successor.

Zeke: but you said you were disguised by Grisha's actions Eren: exactly, weakness disgusts me

Eren is such a chad he can be the protagonist, he can be the writer, he can be the antagonist, he can be whatever he wants.

Grishas voice actor deserves an award every time he speaks I get chills

Basically every time Grisha "sees" Zeke or Eren, he's seeing them because of Eren's memories of that exact moment. Whenever he sees Zeke, Eren is always looking at him from behind Grisha.

Isayma: So... I was thinking to give the founding titan's power to Zeke Eren: No you wont. Isayma: No I wont.

Holy shit, I just realized, the reason why Eren laughed/got angry when he asked Connie if Sasha's had any last words, was because he'd probably already seen the future and her death was his confirmation that everything else he saw was going to happen!

personally I think when Eren said he was "disgusted" at what his dad did, I think Eren meant he was digusted that his Dad almost didn't go through and hesitated from taking the founding titan.

Hiroshi Tsuchida, Grisha's va, delivered an outstanding performance in this episode. He was able to effectively portray Grisha's anguish, desperation, and despair. It felt so real. This is without a doubt one of his best performances.

The fact that the very first episode of Attack on Titan is titled "To you, in 2000 years" and next week's episode is titled "From You, 2000 years ago" is some insane foreshadowing.

Thank you Eren for making Isayama write this amazing story.

Zeke: I'm going to show you memories of how our father brainwashed you Meanwhile Eren: I'm going to show you memories of how I brainwashed my father

The thing is that people don’t seem to remember that in S3 E22, Eren kissed Historia’s hand, and from that point forward he knew the future, and how everything was going to play out. In other words… the game was rigged from the beginning

9:52 Eren's face XD Get this editor a medal!

Eren pulling the strings behind everything the whole time is next level crazy. This episode was mind blowing.

The scene in which Grisha is apologizing and saying he loves Zeke hurts A LOT

Eren was kind of broken even before his mom got eaten. Think back when he saved Mikasa. Killing those dudes made sense, but stabbing them over and over again was crazy. Plus he didn't flinch at all doing it.

When Eren asked Connie what Sasha’s last words were and Connie replied “Meat” This was the sign that he was on the “right” path.. why he started laughing.. because he knows how much more death is to come..

Zeke: “Eren, I will save you from Grisha’s manipulation.” Eren: “You thought I was manipulated but actually IT WAS ME, EREN who’s manipulating.

I like how Lupa gets the reality that Eren's memory loop makes him INCREDIBLY UNFREE

Eren- "Ight, I'm no longer brainwashed" Zeke-"Nah fam, no need to rush. I got more footage"

Interesting fact: the scene at 6:25 is 1:1 with Episode 1 save for a few shots since the animation team had access to WIT's previous materials like backgrounds. They redrew the character designs to fit the current art style, but their movement is almost perfectly the same.

For ANYONE confused: Think of Eren as a camera for Grisha, so when Eren is staring at Grisha. Grisha can only see someone looking at him in future memories. That is also why he is able to see Zeke: Because Eren was kind enough to stand far back so both Zeke and Grisha were in his sight :)

Isayama: I don’t feel like writing today. Eren: You’re writing today. Isayama: I’m writing today.

As an English/Literature major, this anime has the best storyline of perspective if you understand what's going on. Everyone is a hero in their own story.

12:37 I actually really love Sheera's analysis here but I think I'd make a slight change to it for my interpretation. I think rather than the Attack Titan being doomed to rebel against Fate, it's actually just a slave to fate and the future in the same way the Founding Titan is a slave to the 145 king's will and the past. Eren Kruger does what he does because he sees memories of Armin and Mikasa, Grisha does what he does because he sees the memories that Eren shows him and pushes him to murder Frieda, and Eren does what he does because he sees himself in the future manipulating Grisha. All the attack titan users simply carry out the actions because they see what they think is an inevitable future. I think this best vocalized several times by Eren saying something along the lines of "I always keep moving forward, until all my enemies are destroy." And I think that's the real reason why the Founding Titan and the Attack Titan are always on opposites sides of a conflict: the Founding Titan is a slave to the past while the Attack Titan is a slave to the future

I love how MAPPA animated Eren's anger added with the sound of rumbling when Frieda proposed that only Eldians would have to die. Eren cannot accept this.

Another thing that people miss is that All Attack titan users can't see the future- they can only see the memories that are shared with them. That is how eren is able to manipulate even Kruger by letting him know about Armin and Mikasa and his dad into doing those things. Eren only shares enough memory of certain things to influence them to do what eren wants. And what he wants is his and his peoples freedom. He's only considered a "vilian" because people don't grasp that he's willing to do whatever it takes to accomplish that.

Lots to unpack here. 1. All these memories flooded Eren's mind when he first touched Historia's hand 2. The Attack Titan can see and also plant memories of its other holders. (Eren could see Kruger in the past, plants the memory of Mikasa and Armin for example) 3. Everything. Literally everything has been a 'separate timeline' since the moment the 9 Titans were formed. Since the 1st Attack Titan time has been a flat construct. 4. Zeke isn't 'there' when Grisha hugs him, but Eren plants the memory that Zeke is there. Zeke never experience this and it never happened but the memory is still just as real to Grisha. It took me a while to piece it together properly. Go rewatch when Eren kisses Historia's hand. Now watch the dominos fall.

8:44 “Just kidding” That was way funnier than it should have been

When Sasha died and eren asked what her last words were he started laughing manically because he realized nothing that he did could change the memories of the future he saw

Love that Lupa pointed out if young Eren is to blame for any of this. Because ever since they let this whole time loop thing happening, the entire existence of "free will" is being brought to a question.

When Zeke says he’ll “fix” Eren he just saying in general no deep meaning behind it because Zeke believes Eren is brainwashed by there father . So “fixing” him is curing him from that . Hence showing him all the memories

I love how much Lupa is trying to understand/empathize with Eren and the mental anguish he was going through after seeing the memories from kissing Historia’s hand. Eren’s demeanor change didn’t come out of nowhere. He seen some shit. Literally.

The last 2 episodes in a nutshell: Eren: You won’t control the founder Zeke: No you Eren: No you

I got shivers up my spine when the moment came where Eren kept getting angrier and angrier, you could hear a 'Rumbling' in the background. Also, as a non-manga reader, Grisha saying 'Please, stop Eren', everyone I've watched react to this thinks its him speaking to Zeke, making a request of his eldest son to stop the younger, but I think the opposite, I think Grisha is begging Eren to stop now and not do whatever he's about to do, that Grisha has already seen and knows is 100% going to happen. But before that, the fact Zeke brought up Eren saying he was disgusted with their father in that moment of killing the Reiss family, but I haven't seen anyone I've reacted to realize, Eren didn't lie, he was disgusted by Grisha in that moment... not because he killed the children, but instead because he faltered and hesitated to kill them.

The way they captured the madness grisha was going through during and after the slaughter of the royal family , is just so brilliantly done by mappa . kudos to them , couldnt be happier as a manga reader

No spoilers The Attack Titan future thing goes like this: - In these episode Grisha was seeing Eren’s POV, that’s why the only times he “sees” Zeke was when Eren was behind both of em. - When Eren talked to Grisha, he saw himself from Eren’s eyes and heard him. Same thing when Grisha was saying to little Eren bout the basement - When Eren kissed historia’s hand he saw what Grisha saw, that this future Eren showed to him, that’s why they had the same expression. - This episode implies that Future Eren pretty much set everything up lol (obviously just with the hosts of the attack titan) (Could be wrong tho, but this is the best I can do) This episode was heat, man

So the interesting thing is that Grisha HATES Marley. He hates Marley with every fiber of his being. So imagine the horror of what Grisha saw when even he turns to Zeke and says Marley doesn't deserve what Eren is going to do to them

Eren was the child grisha wanted in Marley while zeke was the child he wanted in paradis. Storyline is absolutely AMAZING

GOD TIER EDITOR strikes again "Just Kidding" "Eren creep smile" Hot damn you guys are a fantastic group - every single time xD

Grisha wasn’t actually looking at them, he was basically looking at nothing during that time, he just saw himself through Erens memories and can see from his POV. For Example, when Eren convinced Grisha to kill the Royal Family, Eren wasn’t actually there when it happened, Grisha saw from Erens POV of Eren convincing him to do it. And when Grisha hugged Zeke, he didn’t actually hug him, he just hugged the Air. He just saw Zeke from Erens POV since he was standing behind them. So Grisha was seeing himself from a 3rd person view because he was seeing from Erens POV

Kruger saying "Who's memories are those?" blows my mind even more now

When parents say "You can be whatever you want when you grow up"... I guess Eren took that literally. He's the protagonist, he's the antagonist, he's the writer, he's everything lmao

Whenever Eren said I shouldn't have been born, now everyone understands his words!

As a manga reader i was smiling while i watched this episode. The plot twist that eren was behind it the whole time was something no one expected

9:52 that Eren's smile was unexpected 😂

This is the part where you go back to Episode 1 of Season 1 and you can literally see long haired Eren in the background of a few shots. shits insane

Zeke finally giving in and crying was pretty heartwarming. But yeah, everything in this episode is just mind blowing

9:52 WHOEVER EDITS THESE ACTUALLY HAD ME CRYING LAUGHING HERE WHO DECIDED TO DO THAT TO MY BOY’S FACE

Explanation: Eren is able to see both the future and the past. He sends memories from the future to Kruger telling him to tell Grisha to protect armin and mikasa. And he sends his memories back to his dad forcing him to kill the family. He only sends the memories at a steady pace though, he makes it seem like if he kills the Reiss family it will protect Eldia.

Oh man, Grisha's VA when he's screaming, "Are you happy now Eren? Is this what you wanted? Will Eldia really be saved with this?" I could feel the pain in my bones

I think the part where Eren said he lost all hope in his dad was true, he was truly disappointed in his Dad when he didn't kill the royal family on his own

In episode 1, at the house scene where Grisha showed Eren the key to the basement; his face wasn't shown in that frame. But here, his face is shown to be staring directly at Eren in terror. Coincidence, I think not.

I knew this episode will break the internet cause it's so fking good, Isayama is an absolute genius, and mappa's adaptation was on point. Really happy to see everyone's reaction and Anime only's perspective.

As a manga reader, shera’s thoughts at the end really made me see things so much clearer

Fun fact: One of the animation directors for this episode (Masaru Kitao) used work on Death Note. It’s most evident in the exaggerated facial expressions as well as Grisha’s character movements during his breakdown

The real twist is everyone and everything in the series is playing a game of chess and taking turns controlling the board and meanwhile Eren is just watching a recording of the game and is fast forwarding and reversing the footage to points that work for him and his agenda

What's also really cool is, in the manga this whole dialogue/backflash ends with Eren kissing historias hand, so the moment he first touched Royalty, he got all of this information which is why he froze and looked so incredibly shocked after kissing Historias hand. They show a glimpse of that moment in this episode too but it's very hard to see.

This is the only react channel where I'll watch the commentary part like their analysis' are so good

Whats even crazier is that the next episode is called, “from you, 2000 years in the past” when the first episode was called, “to you, 2000 years in the future”

Grisha's breakdown, Eren's chilling voice.. dang, the AoT VAs are really giving it their all! Such a great casts!

Greatest storytelling anime in history. AOT is a on league of its' own

I never read the manga but personally, I feel like everything derailed and Eren finally settled on his path in that very moment he kissed Historia's hand and his contact with the royal blood prolly flooded his memories. And from there and to the point of the final season, there was a lot of time for him to figure everything out for himself. The image of his kiss on Historia's hand even flashed somewhere in this episode.

You guys are one of the few RU-vidrs who caught the fact that Eren in season 3 saw the future him and Grisha situation and that’s why he was different in the end of Season 3. Absolutely Amazing 🤩

I've watched literally thousands of movies, hundreds of other series and anime, and I can say with certainty, the AOT plots are among the best plots in the history of entertainment.

That was one of the best analyses of this story beat I've ever seen

This episode was just as crazy as last weeks. So much info was given (I haven’t read the manga)

For Clarification: When Eren kissed Historia's hand he saw the entirety of Grisha's interaction with the Reiss family. This includes seeing his future self from Grisha's perspective. Future Eren also gave Grisha memories of his own future. So Eren also saw his own future, from Grisha's memories, the rumbling. Him seeing the future is what set him on the path of starting the rumbling. Also Eren's reasoning for why he's doing what he's doing has already been answered in this episode. As he said, "he's always been himself since he was born". Unlike Zeke, Eren is meant to reflect being inherently a certain way, and not molded by his environment. As you guys noticed, that's why Eren was different after the kiss with Historia. I'm trying to keep it vague, cuz I don't want to spoil anything.

Grisha’s VA came back for one episode and stole the whole show. Especially at the end when he was apologizing to Zeke for being a horrible a father, I really felt that.

Congrats on getting this video trending gang. Can't tell you how much joy yall reviews have brought me over the past couple years 🤘🏽

The best analysis and understanding of the episode I've seen out of all the YT reactors so far.

Grisha: "Zeke, stop Eren" Also Grisha: **Proceeds to give Founding Titan to younger Eren**

The girl sitting to the left actually predicted this in the episode where Eren Kruger mentioned Mikasa and Armin. She said it for a second and quickly forgot about it. As a manga reader watching the reaction I was like “Wow, that’s a good prediction”

9:52 that smile of Eren is crowd jewel

12:16 Eren never disgusted of how things played out. He said it himself, he is who he is. he never changed, he only see the future that he wanted

9:52 Eren's cheeky smile makes Zeke's expression 100x better, what a sneaky edit

So in order to avoid any confusion regarding the time travel mechanics, I will break down what type of Time travel we're dealing with here. AOT operates by a particular type of time travel where it's almost impossible to change the past even if you somehow go back in time. And any change that you tried to cause was always meant to happen in the overall timeline. Here time is a fixed circle, not a stream. We may see Eren meddle in the past but that was always meant to happen. The Attack Titan's ability is to receive the memories of its future inheritors. This was hinted when Kruger mentioned Mikasa and Armin towards the end of S3. Keep in mind, they can only view these memories but can't interact with them. So how was Eren able to meddle in the past? Well, he had 3 perfect conditions: 1. ⁠⁠He had the ability of the Attack Titan 2. ⁠⁠The ability of the Founding Titan 3. ⁠⁠He was also in contact with someone with royal blood AKA Zeke. After Zeke tapped Eren's head, they were able to view Grisha's past memories with Eren using the power of the coordinate. They were freely able to view the past as if it were through a one way mirror. Now if Eren had any other Titan other than the Attack Titan, he would only be able to look. But since Attack Titan can see forward in time, Grisha can use this to see Eren's recollection of the same event that he's currently experiencing in real time. So this mean that whenever Grisha can see or hear Eren, he's actually recieving a brief future memory from Eren's POV where he can see out of his eyes and hear his words. That means he is seeing himself from a 3rd perspective. Then if he responds, his response is simply part of the memory that Eren/Zeke are viewing, allowing for a two way communication through time. Also Note that everytime, Grisha sees Zeke, Eren is always standing behind his dad. So whenever Grisha sees Zeke, it is from actually due to the memories from Eren's POV Another thing to add: Eren did NOT see everything in the future. Eren only saw CRUCIAL moments in the future, for example, he saw Pieck pointing a gun at him when he kissed Historia’s hand 4 years ago, this is why he was so calm when she threatened to shoot him, because Eren KNEW she wouldn’t shoot him. However, Eren DIDN’T know that Porco was going to try to eat him just a couple of minutes later. Even Eren doesn’t know EVERYTHING that will happen Also, this isn’t my comment, I did not make this, *ALL CREDIT GOES TO u/Skyclad_Observer*

From what I understand so far, eren controls which memories zeke and grisha can see which is why grisha only saw certain moments into the future and which is why he could see zeke because eren wanted him to see him in those certain moments. So basically eren is in some kind of time paradox that he kinda put himself in and constructed the entire series so that he can be born and everything starts over the exact same way. Oh and eren is probably the reason the owl guy saw memories of mikasa and armin, because he wanted him to see it. Certain memories make the characters recat in a different way manipulating them to do what eren wants, like grisha killing the family

Yall killed it in this reaction 💪🏽 amazing discussion and theories

Episode written by:- Eren Jaeger Producer:- Eren Jaeger Main Cast:- Eren Jaeger Supporting Cast:- Eren Jaeger Director:- Eren Jaeger Executive Producer:- Ymir Fritz

By "fixing him" Zeke meant that he would free Eren of his father's brainwashing And in this episode Grisha isn't actually seeing Eren, he's seeing himself through Eren's eyes because he's seeing Eren's memories of the future. And also Eren can't see all of the future, he can only see what he showed his father to manipulate him.

This episode was sooooo gooood if Grisha’s VA doesn’t get an award for his performance imma start the rumbling myself.

Something interesting that I noticed in the episode is that Eren’s mom says when Eren lies his ears turn red and in the whole episode and even in the flashback when Zeke throws the ball to him his long hair is down covering his ears but in Season 4 Part 1 when he talks to Mikasa and Armin and even the scouts his hair is up almost either consciously or unconsciously letting them know he is lying when he says he trusts or is on zekes side. Then again his hair was up with the Jaegerists too so I might be wrong but I thought it was an interesting mini detail/3 am theory😂😂😂

9:53 I was still shocked by this episode, then this scene came I couldn't hold back my laughter

I was waiting for this episode! Easily one of the best plot twists in anime😤 mappa never fails to impress me they animated this so well.

Grisha changed his tune when he found out that Carla got eaten and that reawakened his hate for Marley which is why he went through with giving the Titan to Eren. Thats why Future Eren didnt show him everything. Thats why Eren told Zeke "we havent seen when i eat dad"

Man i love how you guys analyze stuff especially the guy on the right ♥️♥️

this episode left me speechless 😭 never in the amount of years I’ve been watching anime I would expect Attack on Titan to take this route in its storytelling like I’m completely mind blown. It just might skyrocket into my top 10 fave anime.

Sheera is too OP for animes like this 😂 She's so damn sharp. I've read through the manga to the end and I was confused for months until the final chapter was released. But here she just catches on so quick for just that short glimpse of an episode/memories 🤧 Cant wait for the upcoming episodes 👀

Love how yall talk about the shows you're the best

I have waited so long for this to be adapted. One of my favorite chapters from the series.

6:57 This shot of Grisha looking at adult Eren is amazing. I went back to see episode 1 to see where Grisha was looking when he talked to kid Eren about the key during this exact time. It didn't show his eyes in episode 1 (only the key in his hands) but the direction Grisha was looking in that episode while telling kid Eren about the key, it was a 100% clear what he was really looking at. This is some INSANE story writing right here and to think Eren was the one who was responsible for causing the start of this whole story from the very begining of episode 1 makes my my mind completely blown. Also give Grisha's VA (Hiroshi Tsuchida) some kind of an award because MAN he really sold me the emotions behind the character of Grisha. The VA clearly put immense passion and dedication voice acting Grisha and it really shows in this episode!

One of the best plot twists in this show and the Manga.

Holy cow congrats! This is on the trending page!

When Eren said I can't believe he found it so quick make soo much sense now

Eren really pulled the "You outsmart me, but I outsmarted your outsmarting" 🤣🤣

That boy Zeke was watching the shit unfold like a telenovela 😂