Door Of Hope | ATTACK ON TITAN | Reaction 4x3

Reiner went from a side character to the second protagonist of the story. This is the episode that solidified him as my second favorite character. Also I love the fact that he's half Eldian and half Marleyan, makes the split identity of his much more compelling.

After watching this episode it makes more sense why Reiner, Annie, and Bertolt took an interest in Eren back when they were cadets. They weren’t masterminding the entire scenario, they were kids trying whatever they thought could give them a chance to complete their mission and go home. When they found out Eren was from Shiganshina, Bertolt took pity on him because he ruined his life, so he helped him with the ODM gear (before anyone knew his equipment was sabotaged by Shadis). Annie respected his desire to go against the system he was forced into, which she wanted to escape from, so she taught him some of her fighting style. Reiner saw a version of his past self and tried to build him up the way he had wanted someone to do for him back then. So while they made plans to capture the Founding Titan they befriended him instead by accident, and the moment they saw him emerge from his Titan form in Trost they realized they were helping the person who hated them the most become a more powerful enemy to them

9:24 if you can recall season 1, that old man’s story is the story Bertoldt told Eren as his cover.

This is what I'm looking forward to every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Much love to you ladies.

Hayla's face was saying "this is Eren" the whole time he was talking. Pure gold, excellent

Kenny is friends with Uri aka the previous founding titan and knows who the real Royal family and everything. Showing how close Annie was to figure out the founding titan

The warrior trio all dealt with their trauma differently Reiner dissociated and his brain created a different personality to forget all he's done. Annie kept herself distant from everyone to avoid the pain she will get if she became close with everyone. And Bert was just stuck in the middle..unable to make a decision

kenny was the personal guard of the king, so this means that Annie was deep into the royal capital to find where the founder titan was. And yes, as you said she made up the whole father thing to mislead kenny

A popular theory of Bert's sleeping position is that it represents the 'hanged man'. At training, the upside-down form (reversed) represents delays, resistance, stalling, indecision.

0:42 Lamp lit means Reiner is full of hope. 1:05 Lamp extinguished means Reiner has lost hope.

To see how little they were during the invasion of Marley..makes you see the whole first episode differently..like imagine seeing the first episode, with the colossal and armored only to realize..those tiny children were in it

It's a very sad situation😔''If people knew it would come to this, nobody would go to war. But most people are pushed by something, forced to march into hell. That 'something' wasn't their choice. Their situation or others made them do it. But people who push their own backs see a different kind of hell. They can see something beyond the hell. It might be hope. It may even be another hell. Only those who keep moving forward will ever know...'' Isayama is a genius🔥🔥

Annie kicking Reiner's head in is a metaphor for what this show does to our brains

Reiner is the 'Eren' in their group. He had no specific talents but strong passion towards freedom, same as Eren.

In fact, the Aplle Seed OST speaks directly about Bertholdt and his suffering, and this episode is evidence of that... “old man please remember me"

You ask one question during this reaction that got me SCREAMING lol. You'll know what I mean... eventually

if it walks and quacks like Eren, its Eren

The next episode has an after credit scene, which is very important So don‘t skip

it's funny the story the man was telling them at 9:23 was the same cover story reiner and bertholdt told eren in the barracks when they asked where they were when it happened

a thing i always loved from Annie is that she never seem to actually hate paradis eldians or go along with Marley, she saved Connie and pardoned Armin in S1, not because of her split personality or coping mechanism but because she wanted to, in S3 we know that she didnt wanted to kill Marco but Reiner pressed her and now the same but with attacking paradise Also, theres a thing that the anime didnt showed, we see how Annie is unconscious after the first attack and right before that we see how Reiner extrangulates her, which could lead to think that she passed out because of him, but in reality, she was tired because she had to lead the pure titans with her low-range scream (as Armin pointed out in S1) while transporting Reiner and Bert