To be honest, Bertholdt's Colossal Titan transformation in Attack on Titan's Third Season, Episode 15, had already gotten the fans fired up!
But Bertholdt's transformation was only the prelude to the incredible story of the battle to retake the Maria Wall!
Right away, in Episode 16, the Survey Corps outside the walls faced a deadly crisis!
Out on the open plain, the Beast Titan rained down volleys of stones, leaving the Survey Corps with heavy casualties!
Even Erwin wore a grave expression, seemingly on the verge of despair!
When Captain Levi suggested that he run, Erwin revealed his innermost thoughts to the fans, right there in the midst of their desperate situation!
He could persuade every member of the Survey Corps to die alongside him, using all their lives as bait so Levi could launch a surprise attack alone, protected by his comrades, and take down the Beast Titan!
It was a very workable plan.
However!
"If I don't run at the front, no one will follow me. So I'll be the first to die."
"I'll never find out what's in the basement."
Erwin's words left Levi and the other Attack on Titan fans stunned. Erwin was someone who didn't fear death, someone who could calmly devise a plan that used his subordinates and himself as bait. Yet, at this crucial moment, he hesitated over whether to abandon everything and head straight to Eren's basement, right now, to uncover the truth about the world.
But there was nothing funny about it. Lu Xiaowei only felt that this character was unbearably burdened and pitiful.
There were far fewer danmu, too. As Erwin talked with Levi, his expression was grave, frustrated, conflicted. What he ought to do was lead his team to defeat the Beast Titan. What he wanted to do was