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Chapter 5: Declaration of War

He just wants to be judged, he resonates in the present and in front of him is Eren Jeager, who wants to speak to Reiner. In the outer and upper part, Willy was the true liberator of humanity and the one who imprisoned his ethnic group by telling the lie that everyone knows he is revealing the truth that everyone ignores. Two titans in Marley's service are trapped and unable to operate when a suspicious soldier sets them up. While in the lower part the "I am like you" sounds from Eren, who will fight for his own justice and will not rest until he eliminates his enemies, at that moment becomes a Titan and thus accepts the declaration of war.

Chapter Opinion

Compilation and interpretation, these are the terms I can summarize today's chapter. Why? Compilation because they tell us a story we kind of already knew about the Titans and their battle and how King Frietz decided to go to Paradis and added some subtle things like Annie's father and the memories of Falco and Reiner. Interpretive because it is no longer seen under the eyes, but these acts are taken to give a new and convenient meaning to the parties that use them: Willy and Eren.

It may sound far-fetched to some, but there is a symbolism in the places where the actions take place: Willy in the light of everyone, Eren in the underground and in privacy. Let's stick to what will serve us later.

Double statement

When the last chapter ended I thought it was Eren who would declare war and announce Reiner, but no, it was Willy who called to arms to defend the peace. It seems that Eren already knew about it and was just waiting for the moment Willy said everything to enter the scene. Eren wasn't going to stay either, but it was a move waiting for the enemy's move and knowing how to enter. In the end, it's a double explanation as Willy throws the ball and Eren receives it. Accepting war also means declaring it.

By the way, Eren's voice sounds mature and evolving, no longer the child who complained about everything, who was scared and wanted to destroy the titans. He has a mature voice that gives the character more "realism". The same goes for whoever I suspect is Armin.

Cases

Pieck, Porco and Zeke are taken to another location by a soldier who he says is Magath's command. Zeke is sent in a different direction, while Pieck and Porco are led into a trap into which they can fall and turn into titans, otherwise it would be their ruin. Pieck mentions that this soldier is familiar to him. It appears that it is Armin who managed to infiltrate as a Marley soldier. The plan was simple: separate them and capture them so that they do not interfere in the subsequent events, which must consist in conquering the Titan Warhammer. At least in the beginning it worked.

The truth controls the masses

Let's get a little more serious. First of all, I have to admit I loved the Willy part because it describes our reality: how stories shape our mentality and how they build nations. The story of Helos reminds me of the songs of the Gesta, which are nothing more than narratives of the uprising for the construction of an identity as a nation, as was done with Helos. Marley's mystique and superiority is based on this false narrative.

What would have happened if Eren hadn't attacked? What would have happened to find out the new truth? I would have liked to have seen it, but it will not be possible because the unity of people on the continent will not be based on a new myth, but on a common hatred similar to that of Lelouch from Code Geass: hatred of a common enemy.

In the end, this gives one the opportunity to ponder which narratives we accept as truth without bothering to find out the truth. An example: Were the Spaniards really the bad guys? Go to the last section to talk a little more about this.

I am like you

Do you remember the closed, underground, private space? I hope so what do you do when you want to talk to yourself? Aren't you looking for privacy or, in any case, the non-interruption of others? Eren did this in order to speak to himself, which was reflected in another (Reiner). He was looking for a private place. Intimate truths cannot be revealed to the public, but must remain as internal as possible. Eren declared war on the continent through Reiner as if he (Eren) were telling himself, and that was what mattered.

Both want to be heroes of their respective parts and both become heroes, at the same time both are enemies of the other. Both had to live with the enemy and both understood them, but that does not erase sins or remove hatred from all towards the few and from the few towards all. Eren declares war on himself on the other side and Reiner accepts war on the other side.

The good, the bad, and the eren

This season: is Eren the protagonist or the antagonist? When do I know my act is good or bad? What intrigued me is that Eren accepts his evil, accepts that he is the villain of the story, but also implies that he is a hero. The dichotomy is maintained in Eren while Reiner does not accept it as much, Reiner did not mature like Eren, or did so in a parallel and opposite sense. Willy stands as a hero for the continent, as a crystal hero whose power corresponds to that granted by tradition and the possession of a weapon. But are they really the good guys? Does Defending a Continent Make Them Really Good? The weak line between good and evil is emphasized in a desacralized world where the national will is imposed and the nation sets the limit, which in the end is artificial.

So is this chapter of ShingekiThe next chapter apparently comes by force. Waiting for the time to arrive.

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