Trost is safe and the Titans are slain and the nightmare can end for those with in it’s walls. However the nightmare will never end for humanity no so long as the Titans remain. This time we will take a look at the immediate fall out from the Battle of Trost and just what it means for it’s survivors and it’s saviors. So hit the link…or Levi will make you clean stuff.

When word spreads through out Trost about a Titan siding with the humans, the populace is divided over whether Eren is their savior or a threat. Eren is brought to a military tribunal being judged by the Commander-in-Chief of the military, Darius Zackley, who will decide whether Eren should be given to the Military Police or Recon Corps, both of whom have their own reasons for wanting him. Commander Pixis and Erwin talk along the top of the wall that the Recon Troops must keep Eren no matter the costs. The Military Police wants Eren killed as he is seen as an unknown threat and might cause a civil war while the Recon Corps want to use his Titan powers to retake Wall Maria. As both sides get into arguments over Eren’s Titan powers, one of the merchants siding with the Military Police accuses Mikasa of being a Titan as well, much to Eren’s anger. When Eren calls out the Military Police and their supporters for their cowardice, one of them attempts to shoot him, only for Levi to beat Eren to the point of teeth flying from his mouth. Despite Eren being brutally beaten, he does not change into a Titan which Levi shows to the court that the Recon Corps can control him and proposes that he is to be made part of his squad. In the end, Zackley gives Eren to the Recon Corps where Erwin and Zoë Hange welcome him with Hange stating that Eren’s lost tooth has already regenerated.

Soon after his release into the hands of Levi and his Special Op Squad, composed of Petra Ral, Auruo Bossard, Erd Gin, and Gunther Schultz, who are all elites chosen by him, bring Eren to the old Recon Corps headquarters where Eren will learn to control his Titan’s power under their watch. The headquarters has long since been abandoned and is located outside the city.  As Levi orders the castle to be cleaned, Petra assures Eren that despite his rude and mean demeanor, Levi does care about the people under his command he just has a odd way of showing it. . Meanwhile, Erwin and Mike talk about the new recruits joining the Recon Corps and how they must prove Eren’s usefulness to Military Command within a month. While discussing about his powers with Levi’s Squad, Hange arrives and asks Eren to help her in her experiments with the two Titans they have captured, which she names Sawney and Bean after a legend about a tribe of cannibals. Hange is revealed to have an obsession with Titans that she treats them like people despite the many times she puts herself in danger. In her talks with Eren, she reveals the Titans need sunlight to survive and despite their size, their bodies are very light. Eren agreeing to help out decides to listen to Hange the entire night in hopes it will help him learn. Unfortunately for Eren though it is wasted effort as everything Hange tells him through the entire night is nothing new and doesn’t help Eren in the slightest.  However the following morning, the Recon Corps learn Sawney and Bean have been killed. As Hange mourns for them, the Recon Corps learn the culprit is a soldier who escaped using their Maneuver Gear which makes Eren wonder who their true enemy is as Erwin asks him who he thinks did it.

Finally while the recruits are investigated over the killings of the Titans Sawney and Bean, Annie, who will be joining the Military Police later, gives some advice to Armin and Connie that it is their choice to decide on which branch of the Army they can join. The recruits are later greeted by Erwin who tells them the Recon Corps’ next expedition within a month is to reclaim Shiganshina and find the secret hidden in Eren’s basement at his home. After telling the recruits of the Recon Corps’ fatality rate in each expedition, Erwin tells the recruits that they may stay and join them or leave to join the other branches. As many recruits leave, Jean joins the Recon Corps in honor of Marco with others joining him as well including Mikasa, Armin, Sasha, Connie, Ymir, Krista, Reiner, and Bertholt despite their fears. As the Recon Corps prepare themselves for the expedition, Eren is reunited with his friends and learns what happened to the others. Jean questions Eren if he can truly control his Titan powers as they are risking their lives for him. With everything ready, the Recon Corps begin their 57th Expedition.

So one of the reasons this is so late is this was a three episode are and honestly not a lot happened.  If anything this is kinda a three part primer to get us used to those in taking center stage in “Season 1 Part 2” so to speak. Levi is actually pretty likable and the fact that he is a massive clean freak while a bit cliche is still quite humorous. Hange on the other hand I’m not quite sure what to think of her. I’m fairly certain and while she explains her motives in the second episode of the arc I still think there is something horribly broken about her and she’s lost her mind. It’s nice to see that the old group will be joining the new group so we keep our cast together save for Marco.  All in all pretty good, but ultimately very light on anything outside of more character introduction and interaction with the older cast. The new theme songs are hit and miss for me personally. While the new opening is good and certainly carries the air of victory and grandness of the power they have in Eren. However its not as good as the original opening because there is just something about that original opening that made the show. It was the new guiles theme practically anything could go with that song and made it even more epic. Now the new ending is leaps and bounds better than that little melody they threw at us previously.