A Sudden Visitor: The Torturous Curse of Adolescence

Sudden Visitors is the second OVA episode of the Attack on Titan anime. It was produced by Wit Studio and Production I.G, and was included with a limited edition of Volume 13.

Overview
In the year 847, Jean Kirstein, after an argument with his mother, decides that he will join the Military Police. 2 years into his training, Jean and the rest of the 104th Trainees Squad are sent to Jean's hometown of Trost for a defensive training exercise. Following the exercise, a frustrated Jean gets into a fight with Sasha, Connie and Reiner about how they "stole" his opportunity to impress the instructors. A drunken Dot Pixis intervenes, stating that they should settle their differences with a cooking contest at midnight, with him as the sole judge.

After failing again to secure supplies for food, Jean is visited by his mother, who delivers to Jean his favorite omelette. Embarrassed, Jean again drives his mother away, but, after realizing how much she means to him, decides to prepare his own omelette for the cook off. Jean defeats Sasha and the two make peace, and Jean muses that he will pay a visit to his mother.

Summary
In the year 847, Jean, in bed and under covers, intently sketches a picture of a girl who shares similar features with Mikasa. Suddenly, Jean's mother enters the room with supper in hand, and an embarrassed Jean yells at her for not knocking. His mother states that she has been trying to tell him that his omelette is ready, but Jean angrily drives her away. Frustrated, Jean tears his drawing apart before vowing that he will join the Military Police and secure a pampered life far away in the interior walls.

2 years later, the 104th Trainees Squad are sent to Jean's hometown of Trost for a mock defense drill. Word of a monstrous wild boar roaming the nearby forests is currently the talk of the town, and Connie mentions how he has never been to Trost before, while Sasha states the town should have plenty of delicious food. An arrogant Jean boasts that once he joins the Military Police and Connie and Sasha wind up in the Garrison, he'll visit them. Armin and Marco wonder if Jean will visit his mother, but Jean angrily refuses to even consider the idea.

On the first day of practice, Jean teams up with Armin and Annie, and, knowing that Garrison Commander Pixis is watching, Jean takes his group far beyond their designated post. Armin notices this, and warns Jean that their mission is to only handle targets that pass the first line, but Jean reminds him that it is their duty as soldiers to attack Titans, and Annie comments that Jean is only thinking about looking good. Locating a Titan target, Jean is cut off by Mikasa who swoops in for the kill, and Jean, rather than being too upset, silently compliments her. Finding more targets, Jean is again cut off, this time by Connie, Sasha and Reiner, who take down the targets before Jean has a chance, to his frustration.

After the practice, Jean confronts Connie and Sasha, calling them cheaters for stealing the targets he found. Sasha states that all's fair when it comes to hunting, though Jean states he doesn't want to hear "Potato Girl's" hunting logic. Insulted, Sasha and Connie demand Jean apologize for his insinuations, and Connie teases that Jean is on edge because he misses his mom. Enraged, Jean nearly turns the confrontation physical, but is stopped by Reiner. Just as Jean declares that they will settle things during their next practice, Pixis enters, finding their exchange interesting. Pixis insists that Jean and Sasha settle their dispute by having a cook off at midnight, which he will personally judge. Jean is hesitant, but Sasha accepts the challenge and, after some goading by Connie and her, Jean accepts, declaring that he will win and put Sasha in her place. Eren and Mikasa look on in confusion.

Assisted by Armin and Annie, Jean heads into the forest to hunt for something to cook. Annie asks Armin why they should hunt, Armin only answers that is an order to follow. Jean says that if they hunt the giant wild boar, they will have the best meat for the contest and they will win easily. However Sasha, Connie, and Reiner appear next to them, thanks to Sasha's ability of smelling meat. Once Jean and his team arrive to the forest, they got lost while Sasha's team are following clues and they find the giant wild boar sleeping. Reiner is pretty pessimistic about killing the animal and says that it is impossible and they should return. Sasha hits Reiner twice, and tells him that if that's the way he will try to save the world, Reiner apologizes her quickly. While on it, the giant wild roar wakes up and tries to escape. Sasha and her team goes after the animal. Jean and his team go after the animal too, however he's too fast for them, so Armin tries to distract Sasha with potatoes but is useless so Armin concludes "he can't win against the power of meat". Sasha kills the animal with an arrrow that goes perfectly into the giant wild boar's head. Later back in the village, Sasha, Connie and Reiner pressume the dead body in front of all citizens, while Armin, Annie and Jean are watching them, Jean eventually curses that moment.

Eren and Mikasa are putting boxes in a truck, while Eren is having a hard time with one box Mikasa, easily lifts 3 boxes without problem much to Eren disgust. Mikasa offers Eren a hand with the box, and Eren is not letting her help. Jean's mom appears in front of them, asking where she could find Jean. Meanwhile, Jean, Armin and Annie are eating, and Jean splits his drink on his pants. An officer calls Jean, due to his mother is there. Jean doesn't take her visit very well and he's ashamed of her for calling him Jeanbo, and trying to clean the drink he spilled on his pants. He humillates her in front of all his comrades, and kicks her out of the place. Eren reminds him that he shouldn't be that bad with his mother.

Later, Jean tells Annie and Armin his plan to steal meat from the superiors's grocers. Armin panics with the idea of stealing something from superiors and due to his moment of panic, he broke his leg while trying to run away from Jean's idea. Annie also disagrees with the idea of stealing something from the superiors. Jean has to do it in his own, while he was on it an officer stops him and gives him a bag that his mother sent him.

Jean opens the bag, and realize that his mother send him "Omu - Omu". Jean has flashbacks of his childhood and how his mother was always there for him and even how he really cared his mother, that she was the only person in this world that after all is the only one who thinks he's really a good guy.

Sasha and Jean with the help of their teammates are now preparing their meals to show them to Dot Pixis. When the time has come, Dot Pixis (who's very drunk) first choose Sasha's meal, being only a size of meat. Once Pixis tastes it, he eventually goes in an extasis - a bizarre mode inside his mind, he's fighting titans in an clear way and he is eventually is stopped by Krista, Mikasa, Connie, Jean and Armin in their hypothetic Titan forms.

Once Pixis goes back to reality, asks for Jean's meal. Everybody has their doubts due to the simplicity of the food, to what Pixis only says "It looks pretty". After eating it, he stays quiet for a time, then procceds to give the winner of the contest.

To everyone's surprise Jean won, Armin and Annie congratulate Jean, while Sasha faces Dot Pixis saying that she can't accept the result and asks for an explanation. Pixis asks her what is meat; Sasha's answers meat is meat. Pixis explains her that means meat can't be nothing more than that and that's why she lost. Sasha cries over her loss but Jean offers her a hand to stand up and says to her that she wasn't the only one who was cooking after all. Both makes peace.

In the end, Jean says that he will be visiting his home the next day, while he says that we can see his mom sitiing in her home knitting and then we see Jean's bed with a letter from his mother with an apple on top of the latter.

Trivia

 * This OVA is fully centred on Jean, and makes Eren and Mikasa as minor characters. Armin is also a major character.
 * The OVA is takes place during the 104th Trainees Squad arc and before the Battle of Trost District arc.
 * In the opening, the song Feuerroter Pfeil und Bogen was used, but was heavily altered to revolve around Jean in a comedic tone.
 * Dot Pixis was drunk during the entire episode.
 * The Titan forms of Connie, Jean, Armin, Mikasa and Historia, albeit fake, made a cameo when Pixis is daydreaming with Sasha's meal.
 * Both teams have Titan Shifters present, in Sasha's team it was Reiner and in Jean's team it was Annie.
 * For Sasha, being called "Potato Girl" is an insult.
 * From what it looks like, Mikasa only hangs around Eren while Armin, hangs out with other people like Annie and Jean.
 * No human or Titan was killed in this episode.

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