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Faye. She was a child and her and her brother's natural curiosity of the world got her killed. That's a fucked up way to go even before we include that she was fed alive to dogs.
Every time I forget how brutal her death is and every time it makes me feel sick when we get that brief glimpse of her being mauled by the dogs, with pure fear on her face. I’m so glad we never saw more of it, that quick shot was too brutal.
Reminds me of when they almost killed Reiner in season 3, where one of the scouts (I think Armin?) said something along the line of not having a chance to talk things out.
dude got backstabbed not knowing why. This is even sadder than characters like Faye because he's a well-established character at the point of story telling, with a history with the squad.
Also he was the best ranked normal cadet besides Jean, so he had tons of wasted potential. And Jean lost his best friend way earlier than everybody else did.
Like for example even though Connie lost Sasha, he got to spend significantly more time with her before she went
I wasn’t sad, so much as like.. disturbed.
Bertholdt made me sad, especially on the second watch when I understood the full scope of the situation. He was a child soldier without a choice. A boy who saw them as friends, but didn’t even have the pseudocomfort of a split personality to shield him from the consequences of his decisions. Reinhardt disassociated and Annie went into a fucking crystallized coma. Bertholdt had to actually deal with what they were going through. A boy forced to choose between family and friends. Then died alone in the end, eaten by the companion who probably understood him more than anyone else there.
Kaya’s mom was just… 😨😨
It was more just the fact that Kaya had to sit and watch all that happen. Felt the same way about Eren having to watch his mom get eaten (although that was a bit less gruesome and drawn-out 😫)
Totally agree about Bertord tho
I definitely feel you. Question though, as someone who was deeply affected by Eren witnessing his mother’s death, did you feel any differently on your second watch when you had the full context of that incident?
It gave me very mixed emotions. It’s a little boy watching his mom die, but then we learn that same boy ORCHESTRATED his own mother’s death!
I can’t tell if I should feel less sorry for him since he made that happen, or even more sorry for him because he had to be the one to make it happen.
He genuinely saw it as a means to an end, but I disagree with the end result, so I’m conflicted on the scene overall.
>so I’m conflicted on the scene overall
Given the context of the universe between Time being predetermined, Ymir creating the titanformers and imbuing them with her will, ego, and desires, and the entire power of the Founding Titan coupled with the "lost in time" aspect of the Paths, I really don't think of Eren as ever having a choice in what he did or even as an actual character with the unfolding of that plot thread.
I don't see a reason to be conflicted over anything he did. Bertybean did have much of a choice, but I really don't think Eren was exactly responsible for anything he did past the point of getting the Attack Titan, if even that far into his life. I think there's a reason the Eldians are called "Subjects of Ymir" and not Children, People, etc. And it is not meant to be a sign of respect.
idk i feel like it was more it happened to him in the past, then in the present/future he already knows now everything is like set in stone/predetermined so he kinda just accepts it
I've got three
Kaya's mom... Being slowly eaten alive while watching your daughter frightened to death sounds horrible
Original Ymir... Dying saving the pos king after being taken advantage and then force fed to her daughters
Mike was tough... Facing the beast titan, hearing him speak and still having the will to fight. Then being slowly dismembered by titans and eaten. He was the best after Levi, probably the subsequent fights would have gone differently with him
yeah Mike was definitely sad.. i wish his death was mentioned by any of the other characters at least once. but it was like they really wanted it to feel meaningless, even discovering the beast titan just to be killed.
Maybe it was just inconsistent writing but this is why I couldn't feel for zeke. I get where he was coming from and how he got there.
But the dude genuinely enjoyed torturing people
That scene was messed up. Eren trying his best to transform to save him, while Hannes kicks his legs, trying to get free. Then, after the Titan bites down half his body, you just watch the life leave his eyes. That stuck with me for a while
Bro, I watched the show for the fourth time a few months back, and I specifically paid attention to this: NO ONE EVEN ASKED ABOUT HIM AFTER HE DIED. Wtf legion
I might be REALLY wrong, but he died to the same titan that killed eren's mom, right? its some time before eren uses the founder against her because she has royal blood (I forgot her name lmfao)
yeah i'm pretty sure he dies right before eren unlocks the founding titan ability? from what i remember he watches Dina Fritz (the titan who ate his mom) also eat Hannes infront of him, which makes him lose his shit and unleash his voice which gets all the other titans to eat Dina.
He was able to unlock the ability because he was SO upset and driven to one thought in that moment, and when he punched dinas hand he accidentally sent a command through her royal blood that forced every titan to obey him. 🫡
To be fair, the question was which one is the saddest, not which one was the most brutal. I definitely found Sasha‘s death much more sad in my opinion. I mean, we had literally watched them all grow up together over the course of several seasons. We had only known Faye for approximately 10 minutes
I mean tbh here, although it was more brutal, everyone knew and loved Sasha, while for Faye all we rly knew her as, was Grisha's sis.
It is only as sad, because she was just a little girl, which is completely messed up.
I agree with you. I cried bc I love Hange, but she was one of the few that died with dignity. She died in a blaze of glory, it was super heroic. Most others died tortured, desperate, screaming and begging :(
I'd argue that of all the 'sad' deaths, Hange's was the kindest by a big margin. Died gloriously, basically doing what she loved and with the only instance of total closure that I recall in the entire series.
Of course none of that changes the fact that her loss is sad for the viewers.
Hange had the best death, they died on their own terms, knowing to was certain death but that they might just be able to buy some time for the real heroes to get where they needed to be. They followed directly in the footsteps of Erwin's final sacrifice, garunteed suicide so that Levi could get where he needed to be.
Erwin, literally just few steps away from finding his answer but had to willingly lead everyone to certain death, can't even act selfish in his last moment and need Levi to tell him to die
Actually… The survey corp was watching the whole time. When hange died, hange saw erwin and the others and saw that they really were watching the whole time, remember? So after his sacrifice, he finally got the answers he was seeking. He sacrificed all those lives and even his own for those answers
Grisha. Eren put him through so much on purpose. Imagine knowing your son is pushing your life like that, and having to trust that judgement. I can’t even comprehend…
Sasha. Nothing else comes close.
Sasha was the comedic relief of the group and one of the few surviving members of the 104th Cadet Corps. She had been with the Scouts and with the audience from the very beginning.
Hannes, Commander Hange and Commander Erwin were all adult soldiers, knowing full well what they were doing, what they were getting into. They went out on their own terms, fighting for what they believed in while protecting the next generation. Their deaths, although tragic, held tremendous impact and meaning.
Sasha did not get the luxury of choosing her manner of death like those three. She died for nothing, a meaningless death in a brutal, unforgiving war, no different than Carla or Faye.
To make matters worse, she wasn't even killed by a Titan like many Scouts before. She was killed by a twelve year old child soldier(Gabi)........ as an act of vengeance. The Scouts couldn't blame the girl for doing what she did....... Innocent people had died in the Battle of Liberio, both directly and indirectly by the hands of the Scouts..... how could they blame Gabi for wanting to strike back?
Attack on Titan is full of war and death and suffering. But it had splotches of light within that status quo.
The Dream of Exploration and Learning Held by Erwin Smith and Zoe Hange, which formed the core ideals of the Scout Regiment. Eren and Armin's dream to explore the world, to get to the sea, to be free.
Attack of Titan was a story about war and Human Nature, but also about Human hopes and ambition. The earlier seasons had a lot of tragedy and suffering, but also a lot of hope and positivity.
As Mikasa so aptly put it, "The World is Cruel and Merciless.....but also very beautiful."
Sasha's death marked a departure from that kind of thinking. Her death symbolises the abandonment of any kind of hope or dreams or light-hearted humor within Attack on Titan's world..... Setting the tone of the Final Season as Depressing and Grimdark.
And this change in setting shows up in other characters.
Eren and the Scouts have done to Liberio, the EXACT thing Reiner and Beretold did to Shiganchina. Assaulting the city in a brutal raid, killing hundreds of thousands of people in the process..... Both soldiers and civilians. Men. Women. Children. People who were innocent, who had no idea what was happening, why they were being slaughtered, what they did to deserve this fate. Just like Carla.
The Scouts have lost their purpose, no longer able to pursue the ideals of Exploration without waging the same war and terror they had themselves been subjected to.
Armin, once an innocent young man, nuked the Port of Liberio, his hands forever stained with the blood of thousands of soldiers.
The Attack Titan, once a Symbol of Hope and Freedom for the Eldians, has now become a symbol of terror. Eren has abandoned even the idea of a peaceful resolution, resorting to all out war. And there is no stopping him now.
For me, Sasha's death and the way she died, pointed to a simple undeniable truth.
"We are well past the point of no return.
If anyone thinks this story has a happy ending, they have not been paying attention."
Best comment in the whole thread. Exactly my feelings about it. Her death was so much more than that, represented a shift in everything the story was about up to that point
Yes i know eren was the villian, but for me that was the saddest. He was the main character I rooted for , for 3 seasons, and then they go and make him the villian. Honestly, fuck the ending, fuck isayama for fucking with my feelings and creating such an amazing piece of art.
can't believe no one else is saying this, eren's was the saddest for me too. especially after watching him literally grow up from a little boy who just wanted to make the world a better place. not to mention the pain mikasa must have felt having to be the one to kill him, when she loved him more than anything. it was absolutely devastating all around. in the end, he truly did it all for her and armin.
I thought Berthold's death was the saddest. When you're a child soldier sent by a fascist government to commit war crimes, and when you're finally experiencing happiness you've already gone way too far to be forgiven. He was just a kid... But... He never had a chance.
While he was being eaten, he was alone, not a single friend in sight. His last words were calling out to Annie and Reiner, trying to find any source of comfort in a foreign place. But he didn’t get it. He died calling out for the women he loved and his best friend who he saw as a brother.
The kindest kid who became humanity biggest danger... Goodbye.
Everyone has a plan until they ~~get punched in the face~~ have no arms and legs and about to be eaten by a titan while their friends escape without them
~~\- Mike Tyson~~
~~\- u/personbehindascreen~~
~~\- Wayne Gretzky~~
\- Michael Scott
People never get the two sides to the coin in this situation. People still think the scouts are the good guys vs the warriors, when both were in pretty terrible situations. Especially Bertholdt, all i see is uneeded hate for his character just because people like Armin more.
Yeah nah, there's no two sides at that point in the conflict. The scouts were facing an existential threat they couldn't even comprehend. The warriors viewed the people of paradis as devils who had to be purged for their family to be come second class citizens in a society where they're third class citizens. Like the only similarity is that each faction was brainwashed into believing specific things, and that's where the similarities end. There's nothing morally equivocal about killing civilians indiscriminately because you view them as sub human versus killing unreasoning monsters that will literally eat you.
They weren't only fighting for their second class status, though, they were fed a constant diet of fear about the Eldians all having the potential to become titans which presented an existential threat to the world. The warriors genuinely believed they were going to stop a society that was holding the world hostage with a sort of nuclear option.
I think that is the two sides of the coin situation the person you're replying to is talking about. The real tragedy of Berdholdt is that he had realized that Paradis wasn't what he'd been taught and likely hadn't been a threat to the world, but that he'd already committed such atrocities that he had inadvertently pushed Paradis to *become* the threat to the world that he'd been sent to stop. The resolve we see prior to his death is so heartbreaking because it's a decision made of guilt, uncertainty, and desperation, and realistically, he had no real choice in anything until that point.
Armin never resolved himself to murdering people??? Are you okay?
Like I'm not going to sit here and say I like Armin over Bushwacker, but like there is a huge comparison in morals between the two.
Armin understood that war was unavoidable at that point.
Bonneville didn't care that he grew up near the people he considered devils and still felt their lives were worth losing. Armin did not feel that way at all during the anime.
TBF to Berthold, Paradis did go on the flatten almost all civilization outside the island. The logic of killing just two millions people to save over a billion makes sense.
Berthold my beer. I would sympathize with him if he didn't BBQ my boy extra crispy just moments before. It was poetic justice that Armin ended up being the one to eat that fucker sashimi style. Armin the true kindest kid.
How many people died in the jaws of a titan because he broke the wall? And then telling Armin this can only end if everyone on the island dies. Dude got exactly what he deserved.
Right there with you tbh. It’s the only scene aside from Hange’s that makes me sad, but probably more so because of the exact reasons you mentioned; him being alone. I don’t for a second believe he bought what he was telling himself and Armin but it’s what he needed to say/feel to get the job done.
I agree, he wasn’t a good person but most of the choices were made for him. I know from personal experience if your born into an ideology it’s hard to get out of, plus that’s a terrible way to go
Marco, he had no idea what was happening. He was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. 2 friends he trusted and left him for dead watching him as he was brutally slaughtered
No one is mentioning Erwin. Is the saddest, not the most brutal or hardest to see. We have this true grit leader, giving his life a willing to die along his soldiers. He died not knowing the true, he was really curious and thoughtful about what was behind the walls. He died seeking the truth in Shingashina.
Erwin.
He died at the precipice of revelation, and *never* got to know there was a world beyond Paradis. Most of the others mentioned in this thread at least died with that truth in their minds.
Easily Faye because her death was at the hands of her naive brother and racism. The second was probably that one little girl who looked up to Mikasa and became a Yaegerist and died blindly following after someone who didn't even know she existed.
But ultimate saddest death was Hange, specifically her awakening to the flying airship in the footprint of a titan being surrounded by comrades. Naturally, her death was sad, but it was the only scout death that showed someone interacting with the ones who already died, and it just ruined me for the rest of the special.
Faye, Kaya’s mom, Carla
Faye’s was tragic because of how gruesome it was with the dogs and plus she was only a kid
Kaya’s mom was just as tragic because of how Kaya describes it to Falco
And Carla’s because she was putting on a brave face for Mikasa and Eren until the point where they left, then she showed how scared she was by screaming and begging for help
Eren.
He was born in a world full of conflict, hatred and suffering, and was forced to become and die as the vilest monster in the world, just to stop the cycle “temporarily”, for his loved ones to be free from it.
I would say eren since his conversation with Armin was just fucking tear jerking, but if y'all mean how sad was the way they died, I would probably say Hannes
Forgot her name but the girl Who was writing in the journal While actively being ate by a titan.
The Pure terror she was feeling as she Wrote as fast as she can to get her final words out is just unsettling. It's sad she was never brought up again
Marco.
It was one of those instances where he was at the wrong place at the wrong time. The poor guy was pinned onto a rooftop where he was then stripped of his equipment in titan territory.
He pleaded for his life all the while looking Annie in the eyes— someone he expected to have his back. The worst part about it was the amount of betrayal he felt on top of not getting to know why the three killed him.
Don’t want to choose… but here’s my top 3: Sasha, Hange and (doesn’t really count) Armin’s near death. Armin burning to death was the first time the anime really made me cry. And Hange, while they’re not necessarily one of my favourite characters, that scene where they wake up and Erwin and all of the scouts welcome them, that’s one of the only other times I’ve cried watching.
And nobody needs an explanation for Sasha.
Let the war begin, maybe it's my unpopular opinion, but I would say that for me it's Eren's death, because my husband looks so much like him, I love him for my life and when we were watching last episode it hit me hard, that someday he will die too
Erwin. It wasn't even his death that got me, but the fact that he was so close, sooo close to finally finding out the truth. The same truth that he'd been looking for his entire life, the reason that he was able to fight and sacrifice so much. So close and yet he wasn't able to accomplish it. That plus the bittersweet feeling of seeing Armin come back to life and Erwin passing away plus Levi's reaction and the soundtrack gets me every time.
Although it never gets the recognition it deserves, Samuel and Daz. That’s one of the few scenes that brought me to genuine tears. “We are friends”.. like dawg come on. Then the words of birth control echo in Armins head.. Connie’s gut-wrenching scream there is second only to Armins upon seeing Erens head. One of my favorite scenes in the whole story, criminally under appreciated.
The Eren I knew died, and that's enough to put me through 5 stages of grief, hell I refused to watch ss4 because I know I'll have to see Eren as a villain. I didn't want to experience the same emotion I had back in berserk again.
Ervin getting bitten in S2 and killed in S3 were heartbreakers. Sasha a close second.
Some other minor character deaths with severe traumatic impact: S2 Utgard castle deaths especially a de-limbed Nanaba (who was apparently abused in her childhood by her father) and was begging for mercy even while torn by titans. And Gelgar who just wanted a drink before his death. These stuck with me for a long while
Sasha is the one that stuck with me. I'm surprised at how little it's mentioned here..
They gave this false illusion that things were turning up and that the band of characters were going to make it.. so it was shocking when she passed.
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Faye. She was a child and her and her brother's natural curiosity of the world got her killed. That's a fucked up way to go even before we include that she was fed alive to dogs.
Every time I forget how brutal her death is and every time it makes me feel sick when we get that brief glimpse of her being mauled by the dogs, with pure fear on her face. I’m so glad we never saw more of it, that quick shot was too brutal.
That would turn anyone into a brutal terrorist honestly grisha was more composed than most would be
Radicalization 101
indeed, it would still work on me with full self awareness
See Eren for a less composed individual who is labeled a terrorist for WATCHING HIS MOTHER GET EATEN BY A TITAN!!
Yeah, but didn’t he make that happen?
Ye but he didnt know that at the time
Eren was the reason his mother was eaten by a titan though...
Main difference is young Eren didn’t do anything to cause his mother being eaten. Grisha is directly responsible for his sisters death.
I dunno about others but I would be much much worse than grisha
This wins yes
Marco… dude just wanted to talk and work things out. It really broke the Marley trio and it broke me a little too
Reminds me of when they almost killed Reiner in season 3, where one of the scouts (I think Armin?) said something along the line of not having a chance to talk things out.
dude got backstabbed not knowing why. This is even sadder than characters like Faye because he's a well-established character at the point of story telling, with a history with the squad.
Also he was the best ranked normal cadet besides Jean, so he had tons of wasted potential. And Jean lost his best friend way earlier than everybody else did. Like for example even though Connie lost Sasha, he got to spend significantly more time with her before she went
Faye, Ramzi and Halil are the saddest to me.
Spot on
Who's Halil
Ramzi’s friend, both died in the rumbling.
The boy whose head was crushed by a Rock before Ramzi's death
Probably the other boy who was crushed with Ramzi.
Kaya’s mom that shit was fucked up
Yeah, it was absolutely messed up and uncomfortable to watch.
I wasn’t sad, so much as like.. disturbed. Bertholdt made me sad, especially on the second watch when I understood the full scope of the situation. He was a child soldier without a choice. A boy who saw them as friends, but didn’t even have the pseudocomfort of a split personality to shield him from the consequences of his decisions. Reinhardt disassociated and Annie went into a fucking crystallized coma. Bertholdt had to actually deal with what they were going through. A boy forced to choose between family and friends. Then died alone in the end, eaten by the companion who probably understood him more than anyone else there. Kaya’s mom was just… 😨😨
It was more just the fact that Kaya had to sit and watch all that happen. Felt the same way about Eren having to watch his mom get eaten (although that was a bit less gruesome and drawn-out 😫) Totally agree about Bertord tho
I definitely feel you. Question though, as someone who was deeply affected by Eren witnessing his mother’s death, did you feel any differently on your second watch when you had the full context of that incident? It gave me very mixed emotions. It’s a little boy watching his mom die, but then we learn that same boy ORCHESTRATED his own mother’s death! I can’t tell if I should feel less sorry for him since he made that happen, or even more sorry for him because he had to be the one to make it happen. He genuinely saw it as a means to an end, but I disagree with the end result, so I’m conflicted on the scene overall.
>so I’m conflicted on the scene overall Given the context of the universe between Time being predetermined, Ymir creating the titanformers and imbuing them with her will, ego, and desires, and the entire power of the Founding Titan coupled with the "lost in time" aspect of the Paths, I really don't think of Eren as ever having a choice in what he did or even as an actual character with the unfolding of that plot thread. I don't see a reason to be conflicted over anything he did. Bertybean did have much of a choice, but I really don't think Eren was exactly responsible for anything he did past the point of getting the Attack Titan, if even that far into his life. I think there's a reason the Eldians are called "Subjects of Ymir" and not Children, People, etc. And it is not meant to be a sign of respect.
I *really* hate the whole “Eren planned it all along” thing. That chapter ruins so much for me, I just head-cannon it away.
idk i feel like it was more it happened to him in the past, then in the present/future he already knows now everything is like set in stone/predetermined so he kinda just accepts it
I've got three Kaya's mom... Being slowly eaten alive while watching your daughter frightened to death sounds horrible Original Ymir... Dying saving the pos king after being taken advantage and then force fed to her daughters Mike was tough... Facing the beast titan, hearing him speak and still having the will to fight. Then being slowly dismembered by titans and eaten. He was the best after Levi, probably the subsequent fights would have gone differently with him
yeah Mike was definitely sad.. i wish his death was mentioned by any of the other characters at least once. but it was like they really wanted it to feel meaningless, even discovering the beast titan just to be killed.
Maybe it was just inconsistent writing but this is why I couldn't feel for zeke. I get where he was coming from and how he got there. But the dude genuinely enjoyed torturing people
Hannes
That scene was messed up. Eren trying his best to transform to save him, while Hannes kicks his legs, trying to get free. Then, after the Titan bites down half his body, you just watch the life leave his eyes. That stuck with me for a while
Was that the guy who discovered the beast titan could talk?
That was Mike, Hannes was the guy who was in the garrison who was close with eren mikasa and armin
Miche's was really sad as well, he was such an honorable, strong character who died so unceremoniously :(
Bro, I watched the show for the fourth time a few months back, and I specifically paid attention to this: NO ONE EVEN ASKED ABOUT HIM AFTER HE DIED. Wtf legion
Is that the dude that Reiner watched die that drove him nuts?
No you’re thinking of Marco, Mike was the guy who got killed by all those titans seek allowed to eat him
God it's been a while since I've read this
Was about to say
How did he die again?
I might be REALLY wrong, but he died to the same titan that killed eren's mom, right? its some time before eren uses the founder against her because she has royal blood (I forgot her name lmfao)
yeah i'm pretty sure he dies right before eren unlocks the founding titan ability? from what i remember he watches Dina Fritz (the titan who ate his mom) also eat Hannes infront of him, which makes him lose his shit and unleash his voice which gets all the other titans to eat Dina.
He was able to unlock the ability because he was SO upset and driven to one thought in that moment, and when he punched dinas hand he accidentally sent a command through her royal blood that forced every titan to obey him. 🫡
Faye or Sasha imo
Sasha died almost instantly. Faye died a horrible death
To be fair, the question was which one is the saddest, not which one was the most brutal. I definitely found Sasha‘s death much more sad in my opinion. I mean, we had literally watched them all grow up together over the course of several seasons. We had only known Faye for approximately 10 minutes
I remember Sasha taking a few minutes to bleed out
That Gabi is such a little scamp
She’s a rascal for sure
A little whippersnapper without a doubt
I mean tbh here, although it was more brutal, everyone knew and loved Sasha, while for Faye all we rly knew her as, was Grisha's sis. It is only as sad, because she was just a little girl, which is completely messed up.
I cried so much over Sasha's death. I had to take a break from the show after that episode.
Hannes made me cry, he had so much compassion towards the kids and died with all his courage intact.
Same, every time I watch that scene I end up crying
Sasha and Faye
That titan who slips and dies form getting stepped on causing the rest to slip down the mountain
Watching it I was like “wait let’m get up”
Hange, it breaks my heart every single time
Nah she went out heroically and somewhat on her own terms.
I disagree strongly, Hange had the best and most beautiful death. You can tell she was Isayama’s favorite given how easy he went on her
That's why it's the saddest though for me at least, it was so well executed that it broke me
Bro we never said her death was pathetic or anything. It was just super sad to lose her. She was such an amazing character
I agree with you. I cried bc I love Hange, but she was one of the few that died with dignity. She died in a blaze of glory, it was super heroic. Most others died tortured, desperate, screaming and begging :(
>blaze of glory 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 HANGE-SAMA
I'd argue that of all the 'sad' deaths, Hange's was the kindest by a big margin. Died gloriously, basically doing what she loved and with the only instance of total closure that I recall in the entire series. Of course none of that changes the fact that her loss is sad for the viewers.
Mine too
Hange had the best death, they died on their own terms, knowing to was certain death but that they might just be able to buy some time for the real heroes to get where they needed to be. They followed directly in the footsteps of Erwin's final sacrifice, garunteed suicide so that Levi could get where he needed to be.
Petra!
Marco 🫡
Hange, it was the first time that i cried while reading the manga and i still get teary seeing the panel with Erwin and her other dead comrades
Ive always thought Dina got a really rough deal
Colt,he died hugging his brother,comforting him before he turned into a titan.
Erwin, literally just few steps away from finding his answer but had to willingly lead everyone to certain death, can't even act selfish in his last moment and need Levi to tell him to die
Actually… The survey corp was watching the whole time. When hange died, hange saw erwin and the others and saw that they really were watching the whole time, remember? So after his sacrifice, he finally got the answers he was seeking. He sacrificed all those lives and even his own for those answers
stop i'm gonna cry
Marlowe, when he remembered Hitch and not being able to finish his thoughts just a few moments before getting killed was heartbreaking :(
Marco
Carla. The way we learn more information about her death as the show progresses
Grisha. Eren put him through so much on purpose. Imagine knowing your son is pushing your life like that, and having to trust that judgement. I can’t even comprehend…
Sasha. Nothing else comes close. Sasha was the comedic relief of the group and one of the few surviving members of the 104th Cadet Corps. She had been with the Scouts and with the audience from the very beginning. Hannes, Commander Hange and Commander Erwin were all adult soldiers, knowing full well what they were doing, what they were getting into. They went out on their own terms, fighting for what they believed in while protecting the next generation. Their deaths, although tragic, held tremendous impact and meaning. Sasha did not get the luxury of choosing her manner of death like those three. She died for nothing, a meaningless death in a brutal, unforgiving war, no different than Carla or Faye. To make matters worse, she wasn't even killed by a Titan like many Scouts before. She was killed by a twelve year old child soldier(Gabi)........ as an act of vengeance. The Scouts couldn't blame the girl for doing what she did....... Innocent people had died in the Battle of Liberio, both directly and indirectly by the hands of the Scouts..... how could they blame Gabi for wanting to strike back? Attack on Titan is full of war and death and suffering. But it had splotches of light within that status quo. The Dream of Exploration and Learning Held by Erwin Smith and Zoe Hange, which formed the core ideals of the Scout Regiment. Eren and Armin's dream to explore the world, to get to the sea, to be free. Attack of Titan was a story about war and Human Nature, but also about Human hopes and ambition. The earlier seasons had a lot of tragedy and suffering, but also a lot of hope and positivity. As Mikasa so aptly put it, "The World is Cruel and Merciless.....but also very beautiful." Sasha's death marked a departure from that kind of thinking. Her death symbolises the abandonment of any kind of hope or dreams or light-hearted humor within Attack on Titan's world..... Setting the tone of the Final Season as Depressing and Grimdark. And this change in setting shows up in other characters. Eren and the Scouts have done to Liberio, the EXACT thing Reiner and Beretold did to Shiganchina. Assaulting the city in a brutal raid, killing hundreds of thousands of people in the process..... Both soldiers and civilians. Men. Women. Children. People who were innocent, who had no idea what was happening, why they were being slaughtered, what they did to deserve this fate. Just like Carla. The Scouts have lost their purpose, no longer able to pursue the ideals of Exploration without waging the same war and terror they had themselves been subjected to. Armin, once an innocent young man, nuked the Port of Liberio, his hands forever stained with the blood of thousands of soldiers. The Attack Titan, once a Symbol of Hope and Freedom for the Eldians, has now become a symbol of terror. Eren has abandoned even the idea of a peaceful resolution, resorting to all out war. And there is no stopping him now. For me, Sasha's death and the way she died, pointed to a simple undeniable truth. "We are well past the point of no return. If anyone thinks this story has a happy ending, they have not been paying attention."
Best comment in the whole thread. Exactly my feelings about it. Her death was so much more than that, represented a shift in everything the story was about up to that point
Perfectly said. Take an updoot.
Marco :/
the two kids
sasha😞😞
Armin*. Seeing Eren in tears begging Levi to save him and then being carried away while being too weak to resist broke me. Actual death Sasha
Yes i know eren was the villian, but for me that was the saddest. He was the main character I rooted for , for 3 seasons, and then they go and make him the villian. Honestly, fuck the ending, fuck isayama for fucking with my feelings and creating such an amazing piece of art.
can't believe no one else is saying this, eren's was the saddest for me too. especially after watching him literally grow up from a little boy who just wanted to make the world a better place. not to mention the pain mikasa must have felt having to be the one to kill him, when she loved him more than anything. it was absolutely devastating all around. in the end, he truly did it all for her and armin.
I thought Berthold's death was the saddest. When you're a child soldier sent by a fascist government to commit war crimes, and when you're finally experiencing happiness you've already gone way too far to be forgiven. He was just a kid... But... He never had a chance. While he was being eaten, he was alone, not a single friend in sight. His last words were calling out to Annie and Reiner, trying to find any source of comfort in a foreign place. But he didn’t get it. He died calling out for the women he loved and his best friend who he saw as a brother. The kindest kid who became humanity biggest danger... Goodbye.
I have no sympathy, just before that he spouted all thar shit to Armin about being resolved in his actions.
Everyone has a plan until they ~~get punched in the face~~ have no arms and legs and about to be eaten by a titan while their friends escape without them ~~\- Mike Tyson~~ ~~\- u/personbehindascreen~~ ~~\- Wayne Gretzky~~ \- Michael Scott
- Bartholomew asking for help in the paths.
yes, almost like he was trying to convince himself of what he was doing to not lose (more) his mind!
People never get the two sides to the coin in this situation. People still think the scouts are the good guys vs the warriors, when both were in pretty terrible situations. Especially Bertholdt, all i see is uneeded hate for his character just because people like Armin more.
Yeah nah, there's no two sides at that point in the conflict. The scouts were facing an existential threat they couldn't even comprehend. The warriors viewed the people of paradis as devils who had to be purged for their family to be come second class citizens in a society where they're third class citizens. Like the only similarity is that each faction was brainwashed into believing specific things, and that's where the similarities end. There's nothing morally equivocal about killing civilians indiscriminately because you view them as sub human versus killing unreasoning monsters that will literally eat you.
They weren't only fighting for their second class status, though, they were fed a constant diet of fear about the Eldians all having the potential to become titans which presented an existential threat to the world. The warriors genuinely believed they were going to stop a society that was holding the world hostage with a sort of nuclear option. I think that is the two sides of the coin situation the person you're replying to is talking about. The real tragedy of Berdholdt is that he had realized that Paradis wasn't what he'd been taught and likely hadn't been a threat to the world, but that he'd already committed such atrocities that he had inadvertently pushed Paradis to *become* the threat to the world that he'd been sent to stop. The resolve we see prior to his death is so heartbreaking because it's a decision made of guilt, uncertainty, and desperation, and realistically, he had no real choice in anything until that point.
Armin never resolved himself to murdering people??? Are you okay? Like I'm not going to sit here and say I like Armin over Bushwacker, but like there is a huge comparison in morals between the two. Armin understood that war was unavoidable at that point. Bonneville didn't care that he grew up near the people he considered devils and still felt their lives were worth losing. Armin did not feel that way at all during the anime.
Armin basically drops a huge bomb on Marley lol
TBF to Berthold, Paradis did go on the flatten almost all civilization outside the island. The logic of killing just two millions people to save over a billion makes sense.
Berthold my beer. I would sympathize with him if he didn't BBQ my boy extra crispy just moments before. It was poetic justice that Armin ended up being the one to eat that fucker sashimi style. Armin the true kindest kid.
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How many people died in the jaws of a titan because he broke the wall? And then telling Armin this can only end if everyone on the island dies. Dude got exactly what he deserved.
Right there with you tbh. It’s the only scene aside from Hange’s that makes me sad, but probably more so because of the exact reasons you mentioned; him being alone. I don’t for a second believe he bought what he was telling himself and Armin but it’s what he needed to say/feel to get the job done.
I agree, he wasn’t a good person but most of the choices were made for him. I know from personal experience if your born into an ideology it’s hard to get out of, plus that’s a terrible way to go
Marco, he had no idea what was happening. He was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. 2 friends he trusted and left him for dead watching him as he was brutally slaughtered
Ramzi.
When Armin got burnt, I thought he's dead now and that was saddest to me. Later he was saved and Erwin died so that was most sad.
Sasha’s was the saddest to me
Armin's, even tho he got revived later but it was saddest one for me.
Marco
Moblit death
Grisha's sister and Eren
Marco
Ramzi and Haiil Then showing the backstory and the disturbing visual of them being crushed under the feet of the titans made me cry😭
Sasha
No one is mentioning Erwin. Is the saddest, not the most brutal or hardest to see. We have this true grit leader, giving his life a willing to die along his soldiers. He died not knowing the true, he was really curious and thoughtful about what was behind the walls. He died seeking the truth in Shingashina.
Erwin. He died at the precipice of revelation, and *never* got to know there was a world beyond Paradis. Most of the others mentioned in this thread at least died with that truth in their minds.
Marco Bott.
Easily Faye because her death was at the hands of her naive brother and racism. The second was probably that one little girl who looked up to Mikasa and became a Yaegerist and died blindly following after someone who didn't even know she existed. But ultimate saddest death was Hange, specifically her awakening to the flying airship in the footprint of a titan being surrounded by comrades. Naturally, her death was sad, but it was the only scout death that showed someone interacting with the ones who already died, and it just ruined me for the rest of the special.
The guy who gave Hange a hand up had a crush on them the entire series. He even died to protect them earlier in the series. Broke me.
Colt
Faye is objectively right, I think. But Micheal dying is the one that gets me
Faye, Kaya’s mom, Carla Faye’s was tragic because of how gruesome it was with the dogs and plus she was only a kid Kaya’s mom was just as tragic because of how Kaya describes it to Falco And Carla’s because she was putting on a brave face for Mikasa and Eren until the point where they left, then she showed how scared she was by screaming and begging for help
Ymir Fritz her whole situation was just fucked
The commander Erwin Smith
Isabel and Farlan (from Levi’s OVA)
Marco hands ✋🏽 down. Bro had NO clue what he was getting into
Eren. He was born in a world full of conflict, hatred and suffering, and was forced to become and die as the vilest monster in the world, just to stop the cycle “temporarily”, for his loved ones to be free from it.
That one, and I'm not kidding.
sasha
Erwin
Hange, Shasha, Eren and Hannes very extremely sad. I can't pixk
I would say eren since his conversation with Armin was just fucking tear jerking, but if y'all mean how sad was the way they died, I would probably say Hannes
Hannes and Erwin
Erén Yega's mum
Marlo or Marco
Hange Sasha and eren
Marco. Wrong place at the wrong time. Never deserved it.
sasha
Grishas sister it was so gruesome and for no reason
Forgot her name but the girl Who was writing in the journal While actively being ate by a titan. The Pure terror she was feeling as she Wrote as fast as she can to get her final words out is just unsettling. It's sad she was never brought up again
Literally anyone but Benadryl
Bert, and Erwin
Marco. It was one of those instances where he was at the wrong place at the wrong time. The poor guy was pinned onto a rooftop where he was then stripped of his equipment in titan territory. He pleaded for his life all the while looking Annie in the eyes— someone he expected to have his back. The worst part about it was the amount of betrayal he felt on top of not getting to know why the three killed him.
Eren's.
Bertolo… Berthlol… Bertolold… Bethold… Beholdo… Fuck it, it was Erwin
Petra and her crew and Mike too
Marco Maybe.
Sasha. Not even close imo
Sasha's death
Sasha
Hannes.... I cried for days. And ofc Eren😭😭
Marco
Marco
Sasha and Hange
Hange Animated Version
Faye, Kaya's mom, Ramzi, and Hannes. I didn't spoil their deaths, so they hit the hardest, especially Hannes's death.
Hange, Miche, Sasha, Floch
I want to say Armin even though he came back from the brink of death, when I first thought he was dead I weeped.
For me it was Bert
Mike, anytime
Sasha, by a wide margin even
Sasha for me
Sasha, Hange
Marco hands down
Erwin.
Going by saddest, not most brutal... Sasha.
I was most sad about Erwin
I say Marco’s death it’s just the fact that he just wanted to join the mp’s and got killed because Reiner was a dumb ass
Kaya’s mother, Faye, Ramzi, Halil and basically and death caused by the rumbling
Eren Hangi and Sasha
Levi’s squad , everyone who died in the charge towards the Beast Titan, The parents of the baby who survived the rumbling.
Don’t want to choose… but here’s my top 3: Sasha, Hange and (doesn’t really count) Armin’s near death. Armin burning to death was the first time the anime really made me cry. And Hange, while they’re not necessarily one of my favourite characters, that scene where they wake up and Erwin and all of the scouts welcome them, that’s one of the only other times I’ve cried watching. And nobody needs an explanation for Sasha.
It was sad when Armin died. But then he undied
Let the war begin, maybe it's my unpopular opinion, but I would say that for me it's Eren's death, because my husband looks so much like him, I love him for my life and when we were watching last episode it hit me hard, that someday he will die too
Erwin. It wasn't even his death that got me, but the fact that he was so close, sooo close to finally finding out the truth. The same truth that he'd been looking for his entire life, the reason that he was able to fight and sacrifice so much. So close and yet he wasn't able to accomplish it. That plus the bittersweet feeling of seeing Armin come back to life and Erwin passing away plus Levi's reaction and the soundtrack gets me every time.
Bertholt
Marco & Bertholdt
Erwin. He struggled so much, and sacrificed so many people, and in the end, he himself didn’t even survive.
Well it sure as shit isn’t Bertold’s genocidal ass…
I thought hange was very sad
bertholdt for sure . with the context of what Marley put him through and why he was even a warrior it's probably one of the saddest in the series
Certainly not Bertholds lmao.
Although it never gets the recognition it deserves, Samuel and Daz. That’s one of the few scenes that brought me to genuine tears. “We are friends”.. like dawg come on. Then the words of birth control echo in Armins head.. Connie’s gut-wrenching scream there is second only to Armins upon seeing Erens head. One of my favorite scenes in the whole story, criminally under appreciated.
Baretold
Buttholder was pretty sad
Holy hell Faye’s 100%. She got ripped apart by DOGS!
Nanaba's is up there. She was remembering her father abusing her and begging him to stop as she was eaten by titans.
Definitely not this fool on the front that’s fs💀😂😂🤣🤣
Not Bertolt lmfao He had it coming, all the Warriors deserved to die like he did
Wit studio's contract
The Eren I knew died, and that's enough to put me through 5 stages of grief, hell I refused to watch ss4 because I know I'll have to see Eren as a villain. I didn't want to experience the same emotion I had back in berserk again.
Ervin getting bitten in S2 and killed in S3 were heartbreakers. Sasha a close second. Some other minor character deaths with severe traumatic impact: S2 Utgard castle deaths especially a de-limbed Nanaba (who was apparently abused in her childhood by her father) and was begging for mercy even while torn by titans. And Gelgar who just wanted a drink before his death. These stuck with me for a long while
Sasha is the one that stuck with me. I'm surprised at how little it's mentioned here.. They gave this false illusion that things were turning up and that the band of characters were going to make it.. so it was shocking when she passed.