Attack On Titan: Yelena's Origin Twist Explained (& Why It Matters)
Attack on Titan reveals the truth about Yelena's origin — and her hidden story is more important than you might realize. The final season of Hajime Isayama's epic Attack on Titan narrative is coming to an end, and with only a few episodes remaining, Eren Jaeger's Founding Titan threatens to destroy the entire world. So, are Attack on Titan's heroes in the midst of a climactic final battle, knee-deep in Wall Titan guts and gunning for Eren before he claims more innocent lives? Not quite. Attack on Titan episode 84 («Night of the End») brings the main cast together for a nice chat.
Their fireside conversation does, at least, yield a few important moments. The Survey Corps finally learn how Marco really died, while Annie makes her allegiance known, having previously been focused squarely on pie. The most shocking reveal, however, concerns Zeke's right-hand woman, Yelena. Best known for that creepy face earlier in Attack on Titan season 4, Yelena claimed to hail from a nation Marley invaded and destroyed. She allegedly threw her weight behind Zeke's cause to avenge her homeland and prevent others suffering the same fate through Zeke's Eldian euthanization.
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Attack on Titan episode 84 reveals Yelena fabricated that entire origin. Magath and the other Marleyans expose Yelena as one of them — a full-blooded resident of Marley, with no foreign heritage whatsoever. Compared to most in Attack on Titan's dystopian world of perpetual war, Yelena would've enjoyed a peaceful life among Marley's main population, not oppressed like the Eldians, nor forced into military service like the prisoner she purported to be. Whether Yelena comes from Marley proper or one of its
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