Shoukei to Shikabane no Michi

Shoukei to Shikabane no Michi (憧憬と屍の道) is the fifth opening theme of the Attack on Titan anime, and is sung by singer-songwriter Revo of.

It replaced Red Swan in Episode 50.

Opening Animation
An explosion occurs in Shiganshina District which the Colossal Titan emerges out of. The title card is revealed.

Erwin, Dirk, and other Scouts jump off Wall Maria. Levi watches a line of Titans and draws his sword.

A kettle and three mugs lay in the grass. Armin Arlelt, Mikasa, Jean, Conny, and Sasha turn their faces, looking surprised. Reiner, Bertholdt, and Zeke sit on top of Wall Maria, drinking from their mugs around their camp. It transitions to Reiner and Bertholdt each patting the other on the back, with Reiner facing inside the wall and Bertholdt facing outside.

Burning buildings collapse and are launched into the air by the Colossal Titan. Eren hardens his Titan knuckles. A horde of Pure Titans is created. The Beast Titan throws a boulder which shatters into countless debris that devastate the village outside Wall Maria. A cavalry of Scouts led by Erwin charge, firing their green signal flares.

Eren punches the Armored Titan, cracking its face. Jean, Sasha, and Conny zoom across with their ODM gear and launch their Thunder Spears.

Mikasa flings herself into the air and several Scouts face the Colossal Titan. Levi lunges the Beast Titan. A bloodied Hange Zoë is seen without her glasses. A Titan skull looks down, half of it is bones. Armin wakes up. A burned body briefly appears. Jean and others detonate the Thunder Spears in the Armored Titan's nape. Erwin and the Scouts charge at the Beast Titan, its horde, and the Cart Titan, everybody with their hearts glowing. The case containing the Titan injection is held by two people, one appears to be dying. Eren is seen crying.

Then, images flash by in rapid succession: Christa and a demon, a field with a pond and an oval-shaped structure, a seashell, the gate of a city behind small walls, the door to the basement, and a line of enormous Titans walking. A soldier is seen with an arm. A soldier steps on grass and a blood droplet ripples. A picture of a woman briefly appears. Historia turns around.

Erwin stands in front of his fallen allies. The Wings of Freedom split into two birds that fly away into the setting sun. A scene of going beyond the walls is shown, which transitions to a desert. Then everything rewinds to Eren's house from the beginning and it zooms in on the basement.

Throughout the opening animation, there are flashes of blurry images inserted between scenes, many of Shiganshina. They include the field where Eren took a nap; the stairs where Eren, Mikasa, and Armin were when the Colossal Titan first appeared; the inner gate of Shiganshina; the boats that carried the refugees out of Shiganshina; the aftermath of the Colossal Titan's explosion; a fence with barbed wire; the top of Wall Rose; etc.

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