Attack on Titan: Counter Rockets (2015–…): Season 1, Episode 1 - Episode #1.1 - full transcript
ATTACK ON TITAN
Counter Rockets
More than a hundred years ago
the Titans suddenly appeared
devouring the vast
majority of the human race.
Our civilization
was completely destroyed.
Those fortunate enough
to escape the Titans
have built three massive,
circular walls
to prevent another Titan attack.
They lived peacefully within
the walls since then.
It was however demonstrated
that this peaceful life
was merely a prelude
to a life spent on fight for survival,
crushed under their heel.
No future.
Our dreams - crushed.
But humanity hasn't given up yet.
Our last hope...
The days of being crushed
by the Titans
are over!
Give your hearts!
Despite despair, there is a woman...
High morale, even very excited...
I need to catch a Titan!
And full of curiosity.
Through indifferent eyes,
she observes the future of mankind
Omni-Directional Mobility Gear.
There is also a girl...
Your parents sold you to save money.
I'm very sorry.
...abandoned by relatives...
Let her fend for herself.
She is deprived of everything,
even the right to be hungry.
You give me food every time.
But she reached out,
grasping at hope.
There is also a couple...
I will protect you.
that live for each other...
For love, they fight...
Do not leave me!
They die...
I'll kill the Titans!
The Titans outnumber them
and their strength seems unstoppable...
By far...
A legendary hero appeared.
I could use a Titan hottie
with nice tits for a change.
One presumed dead returns...
But even though they
fight with all their might,
Many of them are eaten.
The world is cruel
We have no chance of winning!
Then remain a disgrace
till the day you die!
In the chaos, they ran...
Get down! Get down!
...they were cornered...
You won't die here!
Their defeat seems inevitable...
but…
a mysterious titan appears,
turning the tide.
Is it an enemy or an ally?
Nobody knows.
This story happened a year ago
Ten months have passed
since the Titan invasion.
Give your hearts to Mr. Izuru!
I'm Izuru, the official in charge of
the Public Security Command Bureau.
This settlement has been built
using precious taxes
and thanks to that, we have
a place for training of our soldiers
and continue our research
into the Titans.
All of this in order to realize
the people's most cherished wish:
the repair of the outer wall.
Congratulations on your promotion!
I am in your care.
Give your whole hearts to Mr. Izuru!
The training of soldiers was supervised
by Squad Leader and Captain Yunohira
and achieved good results.
"Captain Yunohira"
Although the research into the Titans
didn't produce any breakthrough,
I was assigned that responsibility.
It's here that met someone
who'll bring hope
to this never-ending war.
Mr. Izuru, it's time
for the budget meeting.
As you can see, we need to blind them.
It's the best solution.
Next!
I really saw it with my own eyes!
"Anti-Titan Combat Funding Conference"
The Titan froze when we fired at it with the cannon.
I therefore propose a solution:
it is imperative to build
a more powerful cannon!
I need this research funded!
Not enough explosives
available. Denied.
Next!
We need a pit!
We dig a giant pit
and attract the Titans into it.
We'd need to make them fall in
and then bury them right away!
Please give the budget to our team
to build a giant excavator!
If they'll be attracted to it instead,
it'll be destroyed. Denied.
Next!
Director Izuru,
Have you ever seen a tortoise shell?
By tying up the Titans in that way,
we could immobilize them!
Therefore, we'd like to
produce large enough chains
so that there is no chance
they break out of it!
Please! Grant the funds to my team!
Who's going
to tie up the Titans? Denied!
That'll be all.
Jeez...
None of them could possibly work.
Quiet!
Quiet!
Hey!
What about her?
You really shouldn't talk to her!
What?
You'd like to hear me out?
Then I will tell you about
"Hange Zoë, Weapon Researcher"
my face-to-face encounter with a Titan.
No... I'll start with how
I became interested in the Titans.
No, still not enough!
I could start with how I felt
when I first heard of the Titans,
but then I'd also have to explain
my harsh life before that...
Wait!
Is this going to take long?
Don't worry, I'll make it fast.
"After zero hours"
So, it started when my father...
"After an hour"
So, it started when my father...
"After two hours"
"Three hours later"
And that's when my grandparents
fell in love and...
well, they were fascinated
with the legend...
They had to get married quickly...
Are you following me?
When are you going to talk
about your encounter with a Titan?
In 10 minutes.
10 minutes?!
"Three hours later"
Before approaching the Titan...
"Four hours later"
So the story of my parents...
"Five hours later"
This is why I think
their sleeping patterns are important.
When night falls,
their activity levels slow down.
What my grandparents told me
was really true!
Oh my! It's really interesting!
What is it?
You can sleep with your eyes open?
No...
I know we're getting closer
to the subject,
but it takes forever to get there!
The Titans don't need water or food.
What?
Then why do they eat people?!
Sorry, I don't know.
You...
You've got potential.
Thank you very much.
Exactly!
We don't know!
There are too many things
we don't know about the Titans.
That's why I want to know!
I wanna know everything!!!
That's all.
I'm leaving.
It's over?
Please wait!
Mr. Izuru! Please!
"The Start of the Counter-Attack"
What is this place?
Titans...?
What are you doing here?
I... Umm...
Tell me the truth,
or I'll chop your head off.
You know so much
about the Titans that...
Of course.
You know a lot about their structure,
so I thought
you might have captured
one and it's in there...
You have potential.
Thank you very much.
What you'll see,
keep it to yourself.
Do NOT report this to the
Public Security Command Bureau.
Promise me!
Yes! Yes!
Turn the right handle.
Yes.
Hange, that's a...
Be careful.
Titans ignore the sounds
coming from their surroundings,
But they're
very sensitive to human voices.
Rise 'n shine!
Good morning!
You're too close, it's dangerous!
You don't have any pain?
Did you sleep well?
Are you hungry?
Aren't you scared?
He's not the first.
It's the second time
I've captured a Titan.
Second?!
I didn't know that.
It was Captain Shikishima
who ordered me
not to say a word
to the Security Bureau.
Captain Shikishima told
you not to report it?
As with the previous specimen,
we tried communicating with it.
Hello there!
Mr. Titan!
How do you feel today?
Ahhh, it stinks!
Still in a bad mood, huh?
Hey... Sonny!
Oops!
Unfortunately,
we concluded that it was
impossible to communicate with them.
Still, time spent
with the Titan was precious
and made me forget
about everyday struggle.
I never get bored.
We tried to remove
all exposure to sunlight.
Turn the left handle.
The experiment showed us
the Titans were
less active at night.
There is a difference between this one
and the previous specimen.
The first one could last
3 hours before it got quiet.
With this specimen though,
the effect is immediate.
Hange!
Huh?
Always surprising me...
The Titans don't need food
and they don't drink.
They possess the anatomy for speech,
but they don't need to breathe.
The only thing they need is sunlight.
I so wanna know what would happen
if we starved it of sunlight,
but it'd be stupid if it dies!
And now...
the next step...
is direct contact.
To verify if it feels any pain.
Hange, you don't have
to shout like that!
Who could do this kind of thing
without screaming?!
Look how Bean is hurting!
Bean! Hang in there!
Look.
It's stuck into its heart.
Does it hurt?
How does it feel?
Oh?
Is he dead?
Hey! What's wrong?
What? What's wrong with you?
You almost had me!
Step back!
It might really get you this time!
Oh!
This is bad!
No! Not the neck!
No? Why not?
What have you discovered?
The weakness of Titans is their neck.
The nape.
Their weak spot is the nape?
They don't have other weak spots.
It's useless to shoot them
or push them into a pit.
This is crucial information!
You have to report this to the Bureau.
They already know.
What?
It'll be public knowledge soon.
And you...
How did you discover all this?
The Titan we had before
this one got killed.
They severed its head
from the base of its neck.
Sonny!
It got killed?
Who could have done it?
I don't know who killed Sonny,
but…
it was someone who knew about
the Titan's weak spot.
If it was the Public Security
Bureau that did it, then...
The most important thing is what
I noticed next when I kicked its head...
...it was extremely light.
The Titans are very light.
Uh... light?
Basically, with their body mass,
they shouldn't even be able
to walk on their feet.
It's like that also
when we cut off their limbs.
The severed arms are very light.
Meaning they are lighter
than they would appear to be?
Titans are our enemies,
invading our living space.
I saw my friends being eaten
right in front of my eyes.
One year now since the wall crumbled.
My research is motivated by hate.
And I tell myself...
What we see,
and what really exists
are completely different!
I'm asking you as the person
in charge of the budget:
What should we do
to exterminate the Titans?
That's something...
I, myself, do not know...
We need to aim at their napes!
But they're enormous!
How to get up there
without being eaten alive?
They regenerate,
bullets are useless!
Can't do this!
It's complicated but
I love such puzzles!
Wait!
It's me, Yunohira!
Close the door.
I'm coming now.
Quick! We need to escape!
The middle wall got destroyed!
Apparently, the Colossal Titan who
destroyed the outer wall came back!
What?
The Titans are coming in,
just like last time.
Are you sure about this?
That's the message I got.
This place is in danger.
Leave the research here.
We'll escape inside the inner wall.
You must abandon this Titan.
You think you can
run away with it?
You knew about it?
My superior just told me.
What are you doing?
Hange!
Get out of there.
No way!
It's a precious specimen!
It's an order from
the Public Security Bureau!
I must eliminate the Titan!
I'm taking the specimen with me.
Don't talk nonsense.
His buddies are coming to kill us!
Careful!
Bean! Wait!
Bean…
Hange!
I'm sorry.
I killed your precious specimen.
I'm sorry!
Enough! There's nothing left here.
Let's go!
If the Titans get in here,
we won't make it!
Let's go!
Wait!
Where were you?
You should go inside
the inner wall now.
About that...
The report saying the Titans
got inside the middle wall...
Looks like the Bureau
gave us false information.
False information?
Still, the order to kill
the Titan inside was true.
A Titan...?
There was a Titan inside?
No. It was nothing.
In any case,
please return to your posts.
Yes, sir!
Yes, sir!
The false report
was surely on purpose.
What do you mean?
The Public Security Bureau
deliberately gave you
false information, so that
you would kill the Titan.
What does this all mean?
Don't you think so, Hange?
Hange?
What's wrong with her?
The specimen is dead
and she's freaking out.
Since that day,
Hange secluded herself in her room
and continued with her reseach.
Six months later,
her research was presented
to the people in charge of the
Public Security Command Bureau.
What is this?
Wasting money on such gadgets...
That is impossible!
She is coming!
This is a waste of money...
I agree.
Who'll take responsibility?
This is Omni-Directional
Mobility Gear!
Let's imagine there's
a Titan over there.
I'll show you...
Now, with the Omni-Directional
Mobility Gear,
the victory is ours!
Are you OK?
Is she dead?
To avoid such results,
we need to properly train our troops!
Please allocate the budget for the
Omni-Directional Mobility Gear.
I cannot commit the budget
to such dangerous equipment!
I beg you!
Give me the budget!
I wanna fly...
Hange.
It was decided to recruit people
to operate the Omni-Directional
Mobility Gear.
Is that so?
Would you like to fly?
Let's gather our best soldiers!
Our counterattack starts now.
"The Start of the Counter-Attack"
ATTACK ON Titan
Counter Rockets
Tormented by a cruel destiny...
I have to eat more!
Where did she come from?
But she shoots the arrows of hope.
She is not an ordinary girl.
I dare him to deprive me
of my reason to live!
Story of a young girl
You can't escape!
Counter Rockets
More than a hundred years ago
the Titans suddenly appeared
devouring the vast
majority of the human race.
Our civilization
was completely destroyed.
Those fortunate enough
to escape the Titans
have built three massive,
circular walls
to prevent another Titan attack.
They lived peacefully within
the walls since then.
It was however demonstrated
that this peaceful life
was merely a prelude
to a life spent on fight for survival,
crushed under their heel.
No future.
Our dreams - crushed.
But humanity hasn't given up yet.
Our last hope...
The days of being crushed
by the Titans
are over!
Give your hearts!
Despite despair, there is a woman...
High morale, even very excited...
I need to catch a Titan!
And full of curiosity.
Through indifferent eyes,
she observes the future of mankind
Omni-Directional Mobility Gear.
There is also a girl...
Your parents sold you to save money.
I'm very sorry.
...abandoned by relatives...
Let her fend for herself.
She is deprived of everything,
even the right to be hungry.
You give me food every time.
But she reached out,
grasping at hope.
There is also a couple...
I will protect you.
that live for each other...
For love, they fight...
Do not leave me!
They die...
I'll kill the Titans!
The Titans outnumber them
and their strength seems unstoppable...
By far...
A legendary hero appeared.
I could use a Titan hottie
with nice tits for a change.
One presumed dead returns...
But even though they
fight with all their might,
Many of them are eaten.
The world is cruel
We have no chance of winning!
Then remain a disgrace
till the day you die!
In the chaos, they ran...
Get down! Get down!
...they were cornered...
You won't die here!
Their defeat seems inevitable...
but…
a mysterious titan appears,
turning the tide.
Is it an enemy or an ally?
Nobody knows.
This story happened a year ago
Ten months have passed
since the Titan invasion.
Give your hearts to Mr. Izuru!
I'm Izuru, the official in charge of
the Public Security Command Bureau.
This settlement has been built
using precious taxes
and thanks to that, we have
a place for training of our soldiers
and continue our research
into the Titans.
All of this in order to realize
the people's most cherished wish:
the repair of the outer wall.
Congratulations on your promotion!
I am in your care.
Give your whole hearts to Mr. Izuru!
The training of soldiers was supervised
by Squad Leader and Captain Yunohira
and achieved good results.
"Captain Yunohira"
Although the research into the Titans
didn't produce any breakthrough,
I was assigned that responsibility.
It's here that met someone
who'll bring hope
to this never-ending war.
Mr. Izuru, it's time
for the budget meeting.
As you can see, we need to blind them.
It's the best solution.
Next!
I really saw it with my own eyes!
"Anti-Titan Combat Funding Conference"
The Titan froze when we fired at it with the cannon.
I therefore propose a solution:
it is imperative to build
a more powerful cannon!
I need this research funded!
Not enough explosives
available. Denied.
Next!
We need a pit!
We dig a giant pit
and attract the Titans into it.
We'd need to make them fall in
and then bury them right away!
Please give the budget to our team
to build a giant excavator!
If they'll be attracted to it instead,
it'll be destroyed. Denied.
Next!
Director Izuru,
Have you ever seen a tortoise shell?
By tying up the Titans in that way,
we could immobilize them!
Therefore, we'd like to
produce large enough chains
so that there is no chance
they break out of it!
Please! Grant the funds to my team!
Who's going
to tie up the Titans? Denied!
That'll be all.
Jeez...
None of them could possibly work.
Quiet!
Quiet!
Hey!
What about her?
You really shouldn't talk to her!
What?
You'd like to hear me out?
Then I will tell you about
"Hange Zoë, Weapon Researcher"
my face-to-face encounter with a Titan.
No... I'll start with how
I became interested in the Titans.
No, still not enough!
I could start with how I felt
when I first heard of the Titans,
but then I'd also have to explain
my harsh life before that...
Wait!
Is this going to take long?
Don't worry, I'll make it fast.
"After zero hours"
So, it started when my father...
"After an hour"
So, it started when my father...
"After two hours"
"Three hours later"
And that's when my grandparents
fell in love and...
well, they were fascinated
with the legend...
They had to get married quickly...
Are you following me?
When are you going to talk
about your encounter with a Titan?
In 10 minutes.
10 minutes?!
"Three hours later"
Before approaching the Titan...
"Four hours later"
So the story of my parents...
"Five hours later"
This is why I think
their sleeping patterns are important.
When night falls,
their activity levels slow down.
What my grandparents told me
was really true!
Oh my! It's really interesting!
What is it?
You can sleep with your eyes open?
No...
I know we're getting closer
to the subject,
but it takes forever to get there!
The Titans don't need water or food.
What?
Then why do they eat people?!
Sorry, I don't know.
You...
You've got potential.
Thank you very much.
Exactly!
We don't know!
There are too many things
we don't know about the Titans.
That's why I want to know!
I wanna know everything!!!
That's all.
I'm leaving.
It's over?
Please wait!
Mr. Izuru! Please!
"The Start of the Counter-Attack"
What is this place?
Titans...?
What are you doing here?
I... Umm...
Tell me the truth,
or I'll chop your head off.
You know so much
about the Titans that...
Of course.
You know a lot about their structure,
so I thought
you might have captured
one and it's in there...
You have potential.
Thank you very much.
What you'll see,
keep it to yourself.
Do NOT report this to the
Public Security Command Bureau.
Promise me!
Yes! Yes!
Turn the right handle.
Yes.
Hange, that's a...
Be careful.
Titans ignore the sounds
coming from their surroundings,
But they're
very sensitive to human voices.
Rise 'n shine!
Good morning!
You're too close, it's dangerous!
You don't have any pain?
Did you sleep well?
Are you hungry?
Aren't you scared?
He's not the first.
It's the second time
I've captured a Titan.
Second?!
I didn't know that.
It was Captain Shikishima
who ordered me
not to say a word
to the Security Bureau.
Captain Shikishima told
you not to report it?
As with the previous specimen,
we tried communicating with it.
Hello there!
Mr. Titan!
How do you feel today?
Ahhh, it stinks!
Still in a bad mood, huh?
Hey... Sonny!
Oops!
Unfortunately,
we concluded that it was
impossible to communicate with them.
Still, time spent
with the Titan was precious
and made me forget
about everyday struggle.
I never get bored.
We tried to remove
all exposure to sunlight.
Turn the left handle.
The experiment showed us
the Titans were
less active at night.
There is a difference between this one
and the previous specimen.
The first one could last
3 hours before it got quiet.
With this specimen though,
the effect is immediate.
Hange!
Huh?
Always surprising me...
The Titans don't need food
and they don't drink.
They possess the anatomy for speech,
but they don't need to breathe.
The only thing they need is sunlight.
I so wanna know what would happen
if we starved it of sunlight,
but it'd be stupid if it dies!
And now...
the next step...
is direct contact.
To verify if it feels any pain.
Hange, you don't have
to shout like that!
Who could do this kind of thing
without screaming?!
Look how Bean is hurting!
Bean! Hang in there!
Look.
It's stuck into its heart.
Does it hurt?
How does it feel?
Oh?
Is he dead?
Hey! What's wrong?
What? What's wrong with you?
You almost had me!
Step back!
It might really get you this time!
Oh!
This is bad!
No! Not the neck!
No? Why not?
What have you discovered?
The weakness of Titans is their neck.
The nape.
Their weak spot is the nape?
They don't have other weak spots.
It's useless to shoot them
or push them into a pit.
This is crucial information!
You have to report this to the Bureau.
They already know.
What?
It'll be public knowledge soon.
And you...
How did you discover all this?
The Titan we had before
this one got killed.
They severed its head
from the base of its neck.
Sonny!
It got killed?
Who could have done it?
I don't know who killed Sonny,
but…
it was someone who knew about
the Titan's weak spot.
If it was the Public Security
Bureau that did it, then...
The most important thing is what
I noticed next when I kicked its head...
...it was extremely light.
The Titans are very light.
Uh... light?
Basically, with their body mass,
they shouldn't even be able
to walk on their feet.
It's like that also
when we cut off their limbs.
The severed arms are very light.
Meaning they are lighter
than they would appear to be?
Titans are our enemies,
invading our living space.
I saw my friends being eaten
right in front of my eyes.
One year now since the wall crumbled.
My research is motivated by hate.
And I tell myself...
What we see,
and what really exists
are completely different!
I'm asking you as the person
in charge of the budget:
What should we do
to exterminate the Titans?
That's something...
I, myself, do not know...
We need to aim at their napes!
But they're enormous!
How to get up there
without being eaten alive?
They regenerate,
bullets are useless!
Can't do this!
It's complicated but
I love such puzzles!
Wait!
It's me, Yunohira!
Close the door.
I'm coming now.
Quick! We need to escape!
The middle wall got destroyed!
Apparently, the Colossal Titan who
destroyed the outer wall came back!
What?
The Titans are coming in,
just like last time.
Are you sure about this?
That's the message I got.
This place is in danger.
Leave the research here.
We'll escape inside the inner wall.
You must abandon this Titan.
You think you can
run away with it?
You knew about it?
My superior just told me.
What are you doing?
Hange!
Get out of there.
No way!
It's a precious specimen!
It's an order from
the Public Security Bureau!
I must eliminate the Titan!
I'm taking the specimen with me.
Don't talk nonsense.
His buddies are coming to kill us!
Careful!
Bean! Wait!
Bean…
Hange!
I'm sorry.
I killed your precious specimen.
I'm sorry!
Enough! There's nothing left here.
Let's go!
If the Titans get in here,
we won't make it!
Let's go!
Wait!
Where were you?
You should go inside
the inner wall now.
About that...
The report saying the Titans
got inside the middle wall...
Looks like the Bureau
gave us false information.
False information?
Still, the order to kill
the Titan inside was true.
A Titan...?
There was a Titan inside?
No. It was nothing.
In any case,
please return to your posts.
Yes, sir!
Yes, sir!
The false report
was surely on purpose.
What do you mean?
The Public Security Bureau
deliberately gave you
false information, so that
you would kill the Titan.
What does this all mean?
Don't you think so, Hange?
Hange?
What's wrong with her?
The specimen is dead
and she's freaking out.
Since that day,
Hange secluded herself in her room
and continued with her reseach.
Six months later,
her research was presented
to the people in charge of the
Public Security Command Bureau.
What is this?
Wasting money on such gadgets...
That is impossible!
She is coming!
This is a waste of money...
I agree.
Who'll take responsibility?
This is Omni-Directional
Mobility Gear!
Let's imagine there's
a Titan over there.
I'll show you...
Now, with the Omni-Directional
Mobility Gear,
the victory is ours!
Are you OK?
Is she dead?
To avoid such results,
we need to properly train our troops!
Please allocate the budget for the
Omni-Directional Mobility Gear.
I cannot commit the budget
to such dangerous equipment!
I beg you!
Give me the budget!
I wanna fly...
Hange.
It was decided to recruit people
to operate the Omni-Directional
Mobility Gear.
Is that so?
Would you like to fly?
Let's gather our best soldiers!
Our counterattack starts now.
"The Start of the Counter-Attack"
ATTACK ON Titan
Counter Rockets
Tormented by a cruel destiny...
I have to eat more!
Where did she come from?
But she shoots the arrows of hope.
She is not an ordinary girl.
I dare him to deprive me
of my reason to live!
Story of a young girl
You can't escape!