10 Second Anime: Attack on Titan Episode 23

Attack on Titan Episode 23

The Military Police are corrupt and lazy. Armin wants Annie's help to smuggle Eren out of the city. Psych! It's a plan to capture the female titan!

After seeing a typical morning for the new recruits of the Military Police, we see what a lazy and corrupt organization it is. Supposedly, the top 10 academy graduates can choose to join the MP, giving it a veneer of the elite, but it's really a place for the citizens' elite to place their children to keep them out of trouble. Most of them have not even fought a titan, and they need permission to even carry their maneuverability gear.

On their way to escort Eren through the city, Armin contacts Annie and asks for her help in smuggling him away from the MP. She agrees, but still is cautious and puts on a silver ring.

As Annie, Armin, Eren, and Mikasa make their way to an abandoned subway tunnel, Annie balks, and knows it's a trap meant for her. She had noticed that the neighborhood had already gotten very quiet, and asking someone who can transform into a titan to go into a confining tunnel takes away all her advantages. Still, Armin asks her to come and peacefully surrender, but Mikasa has enough of that crap, and promises to carve her up again. Armin signals the Recon Corps to capture her, but they didn't count on her ring having a concealed prick. Boom!

One thing that confused me the first time I saw this episode was why Armin was making a big deal of Annie wearing their late fellow cadet Marco's maneuverability gear. The reason why is because as an MP, she couldn't use standard issue without permission, so she wouldn't be able to escape and hide herself among the Recon Corps after transforming back into human form, so she would need a spare for covert missions.

Also, she didn't admit to being the one who killed the Recon Corp's captured titans to run their experiments. Obviously a much wider conspiracy is running around. Anyway, next week, Clash of the Titans take Manhattan!