Episode 5
First Battle: The Struggle for Trost, Part 1
May 5, 2013
8.8 Rating
Arc: Battle of Trost District
Episode Overview
The Colossal Titan reappears and the second wall is breached with the newly graduated cadets in the direct line of the advance. The episode refuses to shelter new soldiers from reality — several named cadets die within minutes.
What Fans Think
A benchmark episode for depicting military catastrophe in anime. The deaths of characters the audience just met hit harder than expected, establishing that no one is safe.
Aggregated fan sentiment from community discussions.
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