Episode
Attack on Titan: A Dim Light Amid Despair: Humanity's Comeback (1)
Overview
Eren begins his training with the Cadet Corps, but questions about his painful past overwhelm him. When he struggles with a maneuvering exercise, Bertolt and Reiner offer kindly advice.
Details
- Series
- Attack on Titan
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 3
- Air date
- 2013-04-21
- Runtime
- 24 min
Episode context
A Dim Light Amid Despair: Humanity's Comeback (1) is Episode 3 in Season 1 of Attack on Titan. It aired on 2013-04-21. The runtime is 24 min.
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Episode 2: That Day: The Fall of Shiganshina (2)
After the Titans break through the wall, the citizens of Shiganshina must run for their lives. However, those that do make it to safety find a harsh life waiting for them.
Episode 4: The Night of the Closing Ceremony: Humanity's Comeback (2)
Two years pass and the time for the recruits' graduation approaches. Annie proves her skill in a sparring session, Jean dreams of serving alongside the King, and graduation day brings shocking revelations — along with the sudden appearance of an old foe.
More episodes from this season
Episode 1: To You, in 2000 Years: The Fall of Shiganshina (1)
After one hundred years of peace, humanity is suddenly reminded of the terror of being at the Titans' mercy.
Episode 5: First Battle: The Struggle for Trost (1)
Five years have passed since the fall of Wall Maria and Eren faces off against the Colossal Titan after it appears out of nowhere once again, and knocks a strategic hole in the gate of Wall Rose. As Titans swarm the city, the newly graduated Cadets are called in to fight a brutal battle that won't be without casualties.
Episode 6: The World the Girl Saw: The Struggle for Trost (2)
Armin tries to cope with the loss of his friends and allies after Titans massacre his squad. Elsewhere in the city, Mikasa manages to take out several of the monsters, which brings back tragic memories of her past and the first time she met Eren.
Episode 7: Small Blade: The Struggle for Trost (3)
After the retreat bell sounds, many cadets find themselves without enough fuel to scale the wall back to safety. Mikasa begins to lose hope once she hears of the deaths in Armin's squad, but the appearance of a new type of Titan stokes her will to fight.
Episode 8: I Can Hear His Heartbeat: The Struggle for Trost (4)
Armin comes up with a risky plan that pits Titan against Titan as the abandoned cadets attempt to take back their headquarters. Getting into the building might be possible, but getting out alive and refueled will mean facing more of the giants.
Episode 9: Whereabouts of His Left Arm: The Struggle for Trost (5)
A miraculous return is met with anger and fear. Cannons are fixed on Eren as he struggles to remember what happened to him inside the belly of a Titan and how he ended up as humankind's enemy. One question is all that matters: is Eren human or Titan?
Episode 10: Response: The Struggle for Trost (6)
Cadets respond to Eren's terrifying transformation with doubt and fear as he struggles to understand it himself. If Armin can’t talk the commander into using Eren’s newfound powers for the good of humankind, all hope of stopping the Titans might be lost.
Episode 11: Idol: The Struggle for Trost (7)
Plans are made to use Eren's Titan powers to seal the hole in the wall in an attempt reclaim Trost. But with the government's bloodstained history and vocal dissenters in the military ranks, the biggest threat to humankind may not be the Titans.
Episode 12: Wound: The Struggle for Trost (8)
The plan to reclaim Trost falls apart when Eren's newfound powers turn him into a mindless giant. As Titans continue to swarm the city, it's up to Armin and Mikasa to make sure the cadets massacred during the mission haven't died in vain.
Episode 13: Primal Desire: The Struggle for Trost (9)
Jean takes desperate measures to replace his broken Maneuver Gear. Meanwhile, Eren is able to seal the hole in the wall thanks to the help of his fellow cadets, but the cost of humanity's first victory against the Titans will be enormous.