Recap: The Recon Corps manage to capture the Female Titan. However, she has one last trick up her sleeve…

Gee’s Thoughts: Shit is getting real on Titan this week as Erwin’s plan succeeds and the Recon Corps manage to subdue and capture the Female Titan. In fact, considering the plan went so well (ignoring the deaths of literally dozens of corpsmen) that you’d almost think things were looking up for our heroes. Too bad this is Attack on Titan, and thus, things go horribly wrong. Turns out Titans can emit some kind of roar which summons all the normal dumb Titans to them. The Titans who had initially been content aimlessly trying to reach the corpsmen at the edge of the forest rush towards the Female Titan, and in a stunning display of ingenuity, devour the Female Titan before the Recon Corps can extract any information. With the operation an utter failure, Erwin orders a retreat.

But this wouldn’t be Attack on Titan if things didn’t go from bad to worse. Turns out Hanji’s suspicious are true and there are other Titan shifters that have infiltrated humanity, and with one of Levi’s veteran corpsmen already dead at the hands of our mysterious assailant, it’ll be a tough fight ahead.

If you doubted that the Female Titan had human intelligence before, I think the events of this episode prove that without a doubt, humanity has enemies from within. And with the Colossal and Armored Titan still mysteriously absent, it’s clear that there are other elements in hiding. Of course, this leads to the question: Why haven’t they started moving until now? The Female Titan has been shown to be an experienced fighter who’s clearly in control of her Titan abilities, unlike Eren. If the intelligent Titans aren’t trying to destroy humanity (at least for now), then what is their aim? If it were as something as contrived as world domination, I don’t think they’d be murdering humanity by the thousands.

Now, as anyone who’s been watching Titan can tell, Petra’s continuous insistence to Eren to place his trust in her and the others is probably not going to end well. This is Titan in top form, keeping the tension constant and heavy, as we viewers watch the carnage unfold. Here’s hoping our heroes manage to discover the identity of our mysterious Female Titan before it’s too late for everyone.