PREVEW -- Attack on Titan Season 3 Part 2 | Official PV

Well, if you have been only watching the anime and not reading the manga, the only thing I'm going to say is that shit is about to get real at this point of the story. We've seen our heroes survive the turmoils of the civil war within the Walls as the military crowned their new "queen" in Historia Reiss while Eren and the rest of the Survey Corps set out to unlock the basement underneath Eren's home.

When they get there, they are locked within a battle between the Colossal and Armored Titans - along with their newfound ally, the Beast Titan. I'm anxious to see how far into the story they go with this season as the events of the manga are quite a while off.

PREVIEW -- Attack on Titan Season 3 Episode 12 Ending - Levi VS. Mikasa (Teaser)

I seriously doubt the English dub of Attack on Titan/Shingeki no Kyojin will show this, but man, that "tease" that interrupts the ending credits at the end of Episode 12 of Season 3 was insane. This isn't a "spoiler" so get out of my comments with that.

It just falls back to why I love this anime so much in terms of adaptations from the manga's source material. If you haven't kept up with reading the manga, you'll have NO context on that scene but to say that showed that off before going on their reported hiatus prior to finishing this season up is definitely going to have people talking.

Now if you want to know what happens in this scene in its entirety without waiting until 2019 when Season 3 of the anime continues, then read below.

*** SPOILERS BELOW -- YOU'VE BEEN WARNED ***

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Okay, here we go. That scene is DIRECTLY from the manga where Eren and Mikasa both flip out at the end of the next story arc where the Survey Corps are almost entirely wiped out in a bold kamikaze move to provide a distraction that allows Levi to get close enough to nearly slay the Beast Titan in the process. Levi found himself in an unique situation as he could've pursued the Beast Titan and killed, but he opted to retreat and tend to the dying Commander Erwin on the battlefield. Meanwhile on the other end of the battlefield, Armin's elaborate plan got him nearly burnt alive after getting in close quarters against the Colossal Titan, using himself as bait that allowed the Corps to deliver the finishing blow while Eren fought with the Armored Titan. The Armored Titan managed to escape with the Beast Titan, allowing what remained of the Corps to realize what happened to both Erwin and Armin during these pivotal battles. 

Both Erwin and Armin laid in critical condition with the remainder of the Corps screaming that they need to make a decision on what to do with the injection of Titan fluid that was taken from the corpse of Kenny Ackerman. An argument breaks out between Levi, Mikasa, and Eren, where the latter two of the three are begging Levi to save Armin's life instead of Commander Erwin, who Levi is dead set on saving. Time is of the essence as whoever becomes a Titan will have to eat the maimed body of Bernholt before he is able to recover from his injuries and become a Titan Shifter like Ymir and Eren before them. Mikasa is willing to go as far as killing Levi to save Armin's life. 

When the smoke clears on this ordeal, it's Armin that's given the injection to the surprise of EVERYONE at this point and he's left to eat the remains of Bernholt to become the new Colossal Titan. 

PREVIEW -- Attack on Titan Season 3 - Official Subtitled Trailer

Without spoilers, if you've read this far into the manga, you would know that this is the part of the story where there's more of a focus on humanity within the walls instead of the Titans. This creates a civil war of sorts between the government and the Survey Corps over who should "control" Historia and Eren Yeager. What brings things to a boil is that the government has their own black ops hitman squad, led by Kenny Ackerman - the very same man who raised Levi. That last name should be familiar as he's a relative to Mikasa's family lineage. I know they are going to take some liberties here on storytelling like they did in Season 2 to differentiate from the manga, so I'm anxious to see how this is going to play out as there's not much action in this story arc outside of the skirmishes between the two factions within the walls.