Certain people have the capacity to turn into special, intelligent Titans, amongst them Eren and three of the Scout's former allies who turned out to be spies. By this point in the show, we've discovered that the mystery surrounding Titans is much deeper than we possibly could have imagined. The latter half of Season 3 revolves around humanity's greatest all-out advancement against the Titans. Main characters can and do die, sometimes unceremoniously. Unlike similarly 'dangerous' fantasy series–say, Game of Thrones, which conceived a brutal world at the onset (famously executing Ned Stark at the end of Season 1) but then decked out all its main characters in loads of plot armor– AOT's heroes perform every action in a constant state of risk. One of the most impressive elements of Attack on Titan is how it doesn't shy away from the nearly insurmountable odds set up against its protagonists.
***SPOILERS THROUGH AOT SEASON 3, EPISODE 17: 'HERO' AND GAME OF THRONES AHEAD***Īrmin Arlert ©Hajime Isayama/KODANSHA LTD
