Warning: SPOILERS for Attack on Titan - The Final Chapters Special 1Eren Yaeger transforming into the Founding Titan and starting the Rumbling, an apocalyptic attack that uses the horde of Colossal Titans hidden in the Walls of Paradis Island to destroy the country of Marley and the rest of the world.
The official name of the Attack on Titan episode that aired on March 3 is The Final Chapters: Special 1. The story does not focus immediately on the main characters, choosing instead of zooming in on two young refugees, Ramzi and Halil, who live in the nation of Marley. Like many people in that country, they face terrible hardships as a discriminated minority, but all of that vanishes when the Wall Titans awakened by Eren approach. Despite their desperate attempt to flee, Ramzi and Halil are mercilessly crushed under the Colossal Titans' feet, just like everyone else around them. The anime perfectly captures the apocalyptic nature of the Rumbling by focusing on the people's desperate struggle to survive. In one chilling scene, a man shoots himself in the head second before being trampled.
The Rumbling Is Central To Attack On Titan's Story, And The Anime Did It Justice
The Rumbling is an important part of Attack on Titan's story. After the King of the Walls, Karl Fritz, decided to retreat with the majority of Eldians on Paradis Island and to seclude themselves, and the power of the Titans, from the rest of the world, he used the threat of the Rumbling as a deterrent to ensure that the Subjects of Ymir would be left in peace. Centuries later, after acquiring the power of the Founding Titan, Eren Yaeger decided to unleash the Rumbling upon the world, as he saw it as the only way to ensure the survival of Paradis Island and the Eldians, who were facing the threat of complete annihilation from Marley and its allies.
After Eren released the Wall Titans in Eren's power to have visions of the future) that he would kill them soon. The anime adds more layers to this, with its capacity of rendering the devastation of the Rumbling in all its apocalyptic glory.
Attack On Titan's Anime Perfectly Captures The Sense Of Inevitable Tragedy Of The Story's Finale
Switching its focus between the majestic, unstoppable Titans and the fragile humans fleeing from them, the Attack on Titan anime perfectly highlights the desperate feeling of hopelessness that the Rumbling transmits. The entire finale of the series (Attack on Titan - The Final Chapters: Special 2 in Fall 2023) is about watching an inevitable tragedy unfold, and that's what viewers get to do in this episode. The Rumbling is the physical manifestation of Eren's decision to become a monster, and the Attack on Titan anime brought it to the screen in a way that fans will hardly forget.
