Attack on Titan Season 4 Part 1

Hange and Floch's group hear the explosion of the Thunder Spear and decide to investigate. Meanwhile, a female Pure Titan approaches the dying Zeke, tears open her abdomen and places him inside. Yelena and the Volunteers hold the Paradis government hostage with the threat of them being turned into Titans as most of them have drunk the wine that was spiked with Zeke's spinal fluid. She then explains Zeke and Eren's euthanasia plan to the imprisoned Survey Corps members: a widespread Eldian sterilization to prevent the births of any more Subjects of Ymir until the death of Historia's child, after which humanity will be free from the threat of Titans. In the meantime, they will use the threat of the Rumbling to prevent interference on Paradis from other nations. Eren meets with Gabi, ordering her to cooperate with him, but is interrupted by Pieck who surprisingly offers to join the Jaegerists. She states that the Marleyans must be punished for their poor tr

The badly wounded Zeke Jaeger remembers his life. As a child, Zeke was treated harshly by his parents Grisha Jaeger and Dina Fritz, especially when he fell behind in his Warrior training. In addition, he also experienced the Marleyans' attitudes towards Eldians. They saw him as a tool in their plans to restore Eldian society and overthrow Marley. One day, Zeke encountered Tom Ksaver who was the current owner of the Beast Titan and over the years, they developed a father-son relationship while playing catch and sharing information. When Zeke learned that his parents were Restorationists, he turned them over to the police at the urging of Ksaver and to save himself from being turned into a Pure Titan on Paradis. Later, Ksaver told Zeke that his Titan research revealed that the Founding Titan is able to manipulate the body structure of Eldians, the Subjects of Ymir. Together, Zeke and Ksaver resolved to "save" the Eldian people from further persecution by s

At their round-table discussion, Eren claims he is acting on his own free will. As each Titan host is affected by memories of its previous owner, Eren asserts that Armin is being manipulated into regularly visiting Annie's crystal by Bertholdt's memories. Eren then reveals that Mikasa has been programmed to protect the Eldian royal family because of her Ackerman bloodline, being no more than a slave in his eyes, for which he had hated her since they were children. Enraged, Armin attacks Eren, although he's first unwillingly stopped by Mikasa. Eren repeats that it is due to Mikasa's lineage. Armin punches Eren in the face and is sent into a shelf. After Eren beats him and mentions he would never last in a fight, he and the Jaegerists take Armin, Mikasa and Gabi to Shiganshina District where Eren plans to rejoin Zeke. In the forest, Levi plans to have Zeke eaten by a Jaegerist to prevent Eren from using the Founding Titan. However, Zeke runs from the cam

In the forest, Zeke tells Levi that four years earlier on Marley's orders, his spinal fluid was released in a gaseous form towards the Ragako villagers on Paradis. He says it initially paralyzed them, then he turned them into Titans with his scream. Zeke claims he did it to maintain his cover, but Levi accuses him of not truly caring for the people he killed. During Nicolo's dinner for the Braus family, Kaya points him out to Gabi and Falco as the Marleyan who invited them, explaining that Nicolo was probably in love with Sasha. After the Survey Corps arrive in the restaurant to question him, he forcefully takes a bottle of Marleyan wine from Conny and Jean, telling them that it would be wasted on Eldians. Nicolo takes the wine with him to the cellar, to where Gabi and Falco follow him, revealing themselves as Candidates and telling him that a global alliance is preparing for an assault on the island. Nicolo deduces that Gabi killed Sasha, and attempts to blud

Gabi kills her prison guard and escapes with Falco into the wilderness. They are found by a young girl named Kaya who offers them food and shelter at the Braus stables. Lady Azumabito arrives at the completed docks with a Hizuru delegation and a covered aircraft powered by Iceburst Stone, which she describes as the "world's first flying boat." For leaking information about Eren's imprisonment to the press, Hange incarcerates four Survey Corps members including Floch and Louise. Meanwhile at the Braus stables, after Gabi rails against Kaya for being a "devil", Kaya reveals that she knows Gabi and Falco are Marleyans. Kaya explains how her village was destroyed and her mother was eaten alive by a Titan four years ago, and questions why these people should die for sins committed by Eldians hundreds of years ago. Falco calms the emotions between Gabi and Kaya, and the latter informs them that they have been invited to dinner at the restaurant r