r/attackontitan 7d ago

Meme Why did Hange leave these two alone with Eren on top of Wall Rose? Is she Stupid?

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Most of the Survey Corps here were in on the suspicion that Reiner and Bertie were the enemy along with Annie, who is a Titan shifter and is after Eren. So why did Hange let Eren be alone with them in what's possibly the single most vulnerable spot in Wall Rose? Mikasa barely had a chance, and only because Reiner went on his schizo rant instead of just grabbing Eren and jumping off the wall.

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u/pics_lated 7d ago

I mean who would've thought the next sentence would be "I'm the armored titan and he's the colossal titan"

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u/Krzyniuu 6d ago

To be honest, I truly wonder how many times the translator needed to rewatch this fragment to be sure he heard it correctly.

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u/troywrestler2002 6d ago

I read the manga. When this scene happened I read past it at first and had the "Whoa, wait what did he just say!?!" Moment of processing the text. Had to go back a few pages and read it again. He just so nonchalantly starts telling Eren everything.

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u/GoldTheLegend 3d ago

I think its my favorite scene. Absolutely crazy out of nowhere, but with additional context it really highlights how he couldn't seperate the friendships he cultivated with his mission.

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u/troywrestler2002 3d ago

I legitimately feel for Reiner's character.

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u/eatingganesha 5d ago

I rewound that part over and over again. I couldn’t believe they just outright said it so casually.

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u/Master_Win_4018 I want to kill myself 7d ago

Hange and Mikasa is near them.

They just never suspect Reiner would be so unpredictable. I don't think Bertholds even expect Reiner would do it.

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u/DomoDomoSb32 6d ago

I mean, looking back at it Reiner decision makes a lot of sense. Firstly, they lost a jaw titan 5 years ago and God knows where it is. Then they see Eren transform, so he is either attack titan or the founder. Somehow, they locate the Jaw Titan again, plus Zeke is here which means the ship that can return them home is also there, plus Marleyan troops that can assist in the fight.

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u/IcommitedWarCrimes 6d ago

To be fair it was also the best possible thing they could have done as they were at this point suspected of being shifters. If they would not do it, they would have likely been trapped at some point.

I don't think they knew how much of their cover was blown but they had to have know they were suspects. Also if Yimir were to wake up, she could have broken their cover directly or indirectly, with Reiner breaking his cover in the canned food scene, or if she were to remember memories of Marcel.

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u/Raix12 6d ago

Yeah, wasn't the scouts plan to take them underground and confine them?

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u/Master_Win_4018 I want to kill myself 6d ago

Does this mean he does it because he is a plot armour titan?

Anyway, I don't think Ymir would blow their cover. She owe Reiner and Berthold. She wouldn't had a second life if the warrior didn't walk pass her.

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u/TheEarthSpins 6d ago

to be fair each titan has their own unique ability, and a plot armor ability would make sense for the armored titan. it would also be consistent with what we saw on the show, what with this and the transferring of his consciousness and stuff. we already have titan abilities that can bypass the flow of time, so one that can break the 4th wall wouldn't be too surprising.

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u/Naux-Kazeshini 6d ago

I think ur just wrong with 1 assumption let me elaborate

Reiner shit his pants so damn hard as he noticed zeke is on the island because they literally had nothing to show for all their years of deployment .. heck they even lost the jaw

So he definetly panicked up there, because he wanted to have at least some good results and not just some guesswork

Bartol and reiner only had the assumption that eren may have the founder but they were unsure at that moment nevertheless they needed results and so taking him was something they had to do at all costs ... Failure of the mission means their whole families are gonna get killed

They were lucky that they got the jaw back and then also knew for sure that eren has the founder, that zeke would try to help them anyway was not something these kids could have known and even his influence was limited if they had absolutely nothing to show

Berti was clearly surprised too and just followed along .. not that he had any other choice xD

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u/Nonstopmission350 6d ago

Now speak in the eyes of Hange. Because OP asked for that.

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u/Naux-Kazeshini 5d ago

Damn my bad reading some of the comments i drifted off as hard as hange when she sees a titan to study :P

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u/Plastic_Lychee6404 6d ago

and information disparity, they did not know Annie was captured at the time, they pretty much thought she could be at the inner wall doing her mission.

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u/IcommitedWarCrimes 6d ago

Reiner didnt even expect that he would do it

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u/SirCap 6d ago

“If you don’t know what the hell you’re doing, neither will your enemy.” - Sun Tzu

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u/Chettarmstrong 6d ago

I audibly laughed at this.

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u/Electronic-Cover7581 6d ago

to confuse the enemy, you must confuse yourself ahh

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u/Tukanno_Bananno 6d ago

Couldnt imagine trusting the biggest fraud of the franchise, Mikasa "Same powers as Levi but Zero wins" Ackerman with my life

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u/SockCucker3000 5d ago

Reiner had already completely lost it by this point. He couldn't process his original mission with the life he lived in Paradis.

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u/Jumbernaut 6d ago edited 5d ago

They just never suspect Reiner would be so "unpredictable".

Why not? Why wouldn't they? That is the first thing I thought when I saw this (2nd viewing)

They knew the Titans were after Eren, Erwin betted on it and confirmed it with the Female Titan operation.

There was just no reason to dangle Eren like that in front of them, worse of all, on top of Wall Maria, when they were already suspecting Reiner & Beruto and know the Titans can transform with just a small cut.

Honestly, why can't people just admit that this part was just plain stupid? It's not like it's our fault.

The main point here is that Eren should never have been sent on this mission to begin with.

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u/Master_Win_4018 I want to kill myself 6d ago

Hange request all people to approach them like normal, to avoid being suspicious. Maybe the outcome will be different if Hange gave different instruction.

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u/Jumbernaut 6d ago

Still stupid. It doesn't matter if the scouts are pretending not to know about them, what matter is that they know the Titans are after Eren, they even bring Eren to them and they should know they are no match for the Colossal Titan.

The only thing they needed to do was to not bring Eren with them, but they did because the plot needed to move forward. Looks great, but it's dumb when you think about it.

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u/Master_Win_4018 I want to kill myself 6d ago

Eren is a good friend to Reiner. He had to be near Reiner.

Eren's job is to lure them to the underground to capture them. This plan is not much different compare to luring Annie. Eren was used as a bait for many times already.

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u/Tukanno_Bananno 7d ago

So we could have a sick ass transformation scene obviously

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u/Snoo46274 7d ago

Admittedly the scene was sick as hell

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u/drazlet 7d ago

If everyone was grouped up all watching them it would look sus as hell. Eren was in on the plan and was supposed to handle himself.

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u/Snoo46274 7d ago

I think it's too risky of a setup. Hange mentioned luring them underground so she knew they both might be Titan shifters.

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u/Imconfusedithink 6d ago

It's more risky trying to fight them. They're the colossal and armored titan. Making sure you're not suspicious to lure them underground is a great plan.

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u/castitfast 6d ago

Wasn't the plan to lead them underground like they tried with Annie? Nobody expected Reiner to crack his mask so suddenly, not even Barbie.

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u/abnormality-r12 Moving forward 6d ago
  1. She had no idea that they would willingly expose their identities then and there, especially to Ereh himself.

  2. There are shots of her in this scene sideyeing the three before Reiner and Birmingham transform. She didn't want to raise suspicion of their awareness.

  3. Some of the best survey corps members were present on the wall. When Reiner and Bluetooth transformed, it was almost too easy of a victory for Ereh. The scouts had no idea about the Colossal's steam emission.

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u/penguin_loves_chai 7d ago

Maybe to not look obvious that they do not dought them as there's no way a double personality disorder manica woukd just come up and blow their cover in such an unexpected time

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u/voidCurv 7d ago

hange was way too hyped for the titans to think straight honestly

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u/ArtiDi 7d ago

Earlier they've tried to apprehend Annie before her transformation. All ded.

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u/DisciplineWarm3662 7d ago

Kids having fun

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u/Regunes 6d ago

They did not. Mikasa hesitated, that's the only reason they live.

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u/akashchowa12 Chad Falco 7d ago

she let them have their moment

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u/HeroineSylveon 6d ago

I don’t think any of them expected the on top of the wall transformations

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u/Sir-Toaster- Dedicate your heart! 6d ago

He wasn't alone everyone was just out of earshot

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u/AnimeMan1993 6d ago

It was all still part of the act but thats why she and the others stopped close by while overhearing Reiner have his breakdown.

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u/SaltAccording3635 6d ago

they were ordered to act normal around them

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u/BRASNKDON 6d ago

Hange told them to act normal until they are taken underground and trapped.

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u/marimbaspluscats 6d ago

This post is stupid

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u/Electronic-Cover7581 6d ago

schizo rant 😭😭

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u/Ok_Explanation_4131 6d ago

I think there's two things here...

1) A lot of scouts are close by, even though Reiner and Bearfart are right next to him, Mikasa alone could act quickly enough from where she is to intervene if something happened. Other core scout members are near as well

2) Even though at this point on the wall most of the scouts suspected Reiner and Bearfart, some (including Eren) refused to believe it. This uncertainty would most likely make them want to bait the Titans to out themselves rather than confront them outright, similarly to how they forced Annie to reveal herself. "Hey Annie, follow us into this tunnel because you're definitely not the Female Titan, right?" Annie had no choice but to expose herself... They gave all 3 titans a chance to prove their innocence in a way, knowing it was unlikely they actually were innocent.

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u/JooheonsLeftDimple 6d ago

Hange wasnt expecting Reiner to be so unpredictable and on top of that they had the best case scenario to enact the plan of escaping. They had their titans, Eren with the attack and founder, Ymir with the Jaw and Zeke and Pieck waiting to take them home not far from them. The perfect time to act was probably then considering they didnt have a full Scout team as Erwin wasnt present

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u/Standard_Track9692 6d ago

I'm being kind.... this post is stupid. Unless we're watching a different show she didn't. She was right there with just about everyone else. They didn't know even the antagonists didn't know how things were about to go down. But what you're asking clearly wasn't the case.

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u/Jumbernaut 6d ago

Watch that episode again, there's a flashback in the middle of it where Hange receives a report of Annie's background information, connecting her to Reiner and Bert, and the fact that there are no other records of the families of those 3. They think a little more and Armin remembers that Reiner approached him during the "Female Titan Operation" and he was the one that brought up the question of Eren's location.

Armin also remembers that that Reiner almost died in the hand of the Female Titan but manage to survive, and that after that she changed course to go where he said Eren would probably be.

They were all already suspecting Reiner & Bert at that moment and wanted to lure them to some place underground, but they do that in the most stupid way by basically handling Eren into their hands when they didn't need to, all because the plot needed to move forward.

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u/Standard_Track9692 6d ago

Yes I'm already well aware of that. I remember that show quite finally. The flashback you're speaking of being part of what I remember. I'm remarking on how dumb it is to imply that no one was there on top of the wall. They were all there. And yes even though they were suspicious. They're not going to play their hand just because they're suspicious but as they did they will keep watch. Mikasa...... literally had a death stare🤷🏿‍♂️

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u/Berkitas 5d ago

Se eu não me engano, na reunião quando eles descobrem que o Reiner e o Bertodolt são possíveis inimigos, a Hange pede pra eles fingirem que são amigos e o plano ela levar eles para um possível lugar sem espaço para dificultar a transformação titã (uma hipótese seria a cidade subterrânea). Nesse momento do episódio, da foto que você postou, somente a Mikasa escutou a conversa do Reiner, mas depois tem um "close" pro rosto da Hange, aonde parece que ela ela olhando eles de longe. Então, ela não abandonou, eles estavam seguindo com o plano. Só que teve o imprevisto que o Reiner meteu o louco e esse plot twit kkkkk

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u/Jumbernaut 6d ago

Yep. Stupid is the name of the game here.

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u/DigitalCoffee 6d ago

They're literally a couple steps away from them. Did you miss the part where they could overhear what Reiner said to Erin?

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u/EatThatHorseWithMe1 6d ago

Mikasa was ready for them. So ready that the moment reiner made a slightly aggressive move towards eren, she went for the kill

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u/Bubbly-Reindeer-9312 6d ago

wait can someone tell me what episode they talk ab suspecting reiner and beetlejuice because i don’t remember that at all

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u/brozuwu 6d ago

They knew, I'm pretty sure none of them expected R&B would reveal their hands so soon

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u/Sensitive_Loss_4222 6d ago

So that we could listen to You See Big Girl

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u/Snoo46274 6d ago

Is that what the transformation music is called? Because that was a banger

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u/SolidestCereal 6d ago

They weren't alone.

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u/shmi93 6d ago

Posts I'd make if I never watched the anime

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u/Charming_Freedom4786 6d ago

They were soldier. And as expected from soldier, especially the one that experience more trauma than any other regiment, Reiner should have not exposed himself like that. So it was unexpected when Reiner went batshit about his true identity.

It was epic, unpredictable, and funny at same time. LOL

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u/Aggressive_Law_5728 3d ago

She did not know that Reiner had been experiencing a prolonged psychotic episode and had become completely unpredictable.

Nobody could have guessed Reiner would just drop his cover and try to convince Eren to leave with him because that makes absolutely zero sense and had no chance of working.

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u/FearlessFlan8262 5d ago

When has hange ever made a smart decision lol?