The Other Side of the Sea

The Other Side of the Sea (海の向こう側) is the 1st episode of the 4th season and the 60th episode overall of the Attack on Titan anime, produced by and.

Overview
Marley besieges Fort Slava, aiming to end their four year conflict with the Mid-East Allied Forces sparked by their defeat in Shiganshina. Warrior candidate Falco Grice is saved by his brother Colt, who returns him to the trenches nearby. The presence of an armored train prevents Marley from deploying its Titans. Warrior candidate Gabi Braun is approved to destroy it by Marleyan Commander Magath, which she succeeds in through the use of perfidy.

The deployment of Galliard and Pieck has Marley clear the Mid-East trenches, allowing their airborne operation to begin. Zeke Jaeger uses his Titan power to transform Eldians into Titans, creating a powerful airstrike. The Armored Titan joins the battle, destroying the remaining anti-Titan artillery with the Jaw. With the fort secure, Zeke uses his Beast Titan's pitching to sink the naval fleet stationed nearby, however, artillery fire from the ships heavily damages the Armored Titan. A peace treaty is signed, but the battle's outcome reminds Marley of the growing need to acquire the Founding Titan.

Summary
As a bird flies above the battlefield, Falco, delirious from the fighting, calls for it to fly away. His brother, Colt, appears above him, and carries Falco to the trenches for safety. Colt's commander, Magath, approaches him, asking him for a status report on the situation on the battlefield. Colt reports that the Eldian unit is completely wiped from the defense and the unit could not expand their lines. This met with hostility both from Magath and his lieutenant.

Meanwhile, Falco is awakened by his friends, Gabi, Udo, and Zofia and seems to have forgotten what happened in the battle, as he describes flying around with a sword and a scene with Titans. Gabi cleans his wound and explains the situation. She states that the Battle of Fort Slava is the climax of the war between Marley and the Mid-East Allied Force that is ongoing for 4 years. If they destroyed the fort, or rather the navy stationed there, they could end the war victorious but need to overcome the fort's high ground in order to reach the port. Zofia asks why the navy could not destroy the fleet, to which Udo retaliates, saying that the navy took 4 years to control the sea and lost half of their ships in the process, angry at their incompetence and asking the army to capturing Fort Slava. As he rants, he does not notice that he is squeezing Falco's bandages, hurting him until Gabi hits Udo to stop him.

Falco ask why the Warrior candidates are in the battlefield, to which Gabi answered saying that it is a test to see who out of 4 candidates is most worthy to inherit Reiner's Armored Titan. Gabi is confident she will inherit the Armored Titan, as she not only have good grades, but has the resolve to carry the duty of serving the people and kill the "island devils" to prove the world that there are only good Eldians and to free her people from the interment zone. As she talks, she constructs a bomb.

Colt and Magath argue about dealing with the railroad as it will get the soldiers slaughtered while destroying the railroad as the enemy trenches are well defended and the fort artillery can bombard them. Colt suggests to send in the Jaw and Cart Titan, to which Magath refuses. They spot an armored train, which Magath explains that it has four 150mm artillery cannons, capable of killing Titans with a single shot. Colt argues that both Titans are fast enough to avoid the artillery fire. However, Magath refuses, stating that they would risk losing both the Warriors and the Titans, creating a repetition of their same mistake of when they lost the Colossal Titan and the Female Titan in Paradis, which caused the war between Marley and Mid East Allied Force as it seemed that Marley is losing their military, might due to losing a portion of their most powerful weapons, the Power of the Titans.

Magath sends his lieutenant to give the order to 800 Eldian soldiers unit to begin a suicidal charge against the armored train and railroad while the Warrior candidates stay behind for their promise of becoming Warriors.

Marley: A Military Dictatorship
''Following the Great Titan War where the hero Helos led them to victory, Marley was revived as a formidable military power. Utilizing seven of the Nine Titans as "Warriors," Marley conquers enemy nations with their overwhelming strength. In addition to their Warriors, Marley's army, navy, and airborne forces assist in trampling their enemies.''

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