The third season of The attack of the giants it ended with the desire, Eren, to find freedom. But years later, after countless events and incredible revelations, will the protagonist be able to find what he was looking for? An interesting theory puts this question in the spotlight.
Eren eventually threw off the mask and revealed his true plans: to exterminate humanity outside of Paradis and eliminate this circle of hatred in a drastic and radical way. Today we know that the author along with JOKE and then with MAPhas inserted several clues into the Attack on Titan anime, elements that seem trivial but actually hide a great meaning.
However, a fan of the series recently shared an interesting theory on the web about the concept of freedom introduced by Isayama. The author handles the matter based on the characters he has created, but the sentence that causes the most uproar is that of King Charles Fritz who maims the slaves and explains “Slaves don’t need eyes“.
This element becomes more apparent at the point of the coordinate where Ymir never presents her eyes, which are obscured by both the direction and in the manga until Eren saves her from her agony. But even the protagonist, who thanks to the founder has now achieved absolute power and is constantly in search of freedom, doesn’t seem to be able to freely define himself anyway. On several occasions, not just in this particular episode, Eren is shown with one eye out to readers of the manga and viewers of the anime. From the point of view of the user, this would therefore not be a purely aesthetic choice, but a rational choice by the author who wishes to underline a question discussed kenny. The latter actually explained that there is no one who is really free for he will always be a slave to something material or ideal. And that’s exactly the case of Eren, who deep down wouldn’t be as free as he’d like, but a slave to that very concept of freedom he’s so desperately sought. Half free, blind in one eye and imperfect.
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