History Heartwarming / Attackontitan

* When all of Eren's friends in the 104th decide to become members of the Survey Corps, Christa starts crying out of fear of fighting the Titans again. Ymir tells her, "If you're gonna cry, you shouldn't stay." But the way she said it wasn't really "If you're gonna be a big baby then go home." It was more, "If you're scared, you don't have to stay. It's okay if you wanna leave." Which is really nice coming from someone like Ymir.

*** It's even better in the anime, where Paradis is shown to become a futuristic city, heavily implying that virtually all the surviving characters we've known and loved had a gentle, calm life after the war with their goals for peace becoming reality, and if the last ending song is a indication, it lasted for a whopping 20,000 years!

* Keith had long realized that he wasn't meant to accomplish anything important. But in a meta sense, he really did -- think how different everything would've been if he'd never met Grisha and brought him to the place Carla worked. Keith was the indirect cause for much of the good in this series, that's not too shabby.

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* [[https://mobile.twitter.com/AboutElizabethM/status/985632534414245888 Elizabeth posted this tweet in 2018]] of her and Bryn hugging in Lexacon 2018. It speaks on the significance of the relationship between Ymir and Historia.

* 139.5

* The final "Publically Available Information" screen is a hopeful summarization of the story's bittersweet themes.

-->"''Even if the Titans disappear, the fear will not. Even if the number of people decreases, conflicts will not. Still, someone must wish for it someday. There should be a world where we can join hands with each other. There should be a future where we can respect and talk to each other. That future is just around the corner.''"

** Armin thanking Eren for shouldering the worlds hatred onto himself, giving him the shell he found on the beach all those years ago, and the two embrace one final time. However in the anime, instead of thanking him, Armin calls him out that his actions would still lead to another war and Eren regrets that his action led to Sasha's and Hans' deaths and acknowledges that he's an idiot. Regardless, Armin understands what Eren is going through because he's the one who shares his vision of going outside the walls. Therefore, he would bear the sins as well, reassuring Eren that they would carry the burden together.

*** It's even more better in the anime, where Paradis is shown to become a futuristic city, heavily implying that virtually all the surviving characters we've known and loved had a gentle, calm life after the war with their goals for peace becoming reality, and if the last ending song is a indication, it lasted for a whopping 20,000 years!

*** Before that, the anime version expands on it by having Mikasa and the Alliance visiting Eren's grave.

** Armin thanking Eren for shouldering the worlds hatred onto himself, giving him the shell he found on the beach all those years ago, and the two embrace one final time.

** After the timeskip Gabi and Falco stick together with Onyankopon and the now wheelchair-bound Levi and lead seemingly happy and ordinary lives in a well-prospering city somewhere in the world.

* While Eren’s words art hat he says after the final ending song has a lot of interpretation, an heartwarming one is that he was addressing ''us'', the audience, essentially saying goodbye.

* While Eren’s words after TheStinger in the anime has a lot of interpretation, an heartwarming one is that he was addressing ''us'', the audience, proclaiming that the entire series was a message from him to us and essentially saying goodbye now that it’s over.

* While Eren’s words after TheStinger in the anime has a lot of interpretation, an heartwarming one is that [[BreakingTheFourthWall he was addressing ''us'', the audience,]] proclaiming that the entire series was a message from him to us and essentially saying goodbye now that it’s over.

* Hange's bizarre interactions and personality fascination with captive Titans is also astonishingly compassionate considering the state they've reduced humanity to. She even admits she still holds a great deal of hate in her heart but decided that she needed to cast it away for a fresh perspective. The mark of a dispassionate scientist but when it comes time to test Titans for further weaknesses, (often in the form of torture), Hange is beside herself at causing them to suffer.

* [[BeleagueredAssistant Moblit]] defending Hange from Djel's snide remarks about the Corps. He may constantly berate her eccentricity but its clear he has a deep reservoir of respect for her.

** Hange ensuring that Mrs. Springer, the only survivor of Ragako, is treated well even though she's a Mindless Titan, commanding her subordinates to pull out the stakes they've put in her useless hands and feet.
** Relatively minor, but Hange comforting an obviously rattled Levi after it's revealed Titans may actually be humans with a firm, "Didn't I say that it wasn't confirmed yet?" that goes against everything she had said up to that point. Then, Levi returning the favour in the next chapter when she is noticeably upset about Pastor Nick's death and her part in it, and as a result is too afraid to try anything else, although it's more of a WhatTheHellHero speech. Point is, it's obviously tailored to her needs at the moment, and at the end he gives ''her'' the choice of what they should do next (not to mention he calls her by her name and nothing else throughout the entirety of it, a rarity up to this point in the story).

* Freida being the CoolBigSis to Historia. Teaching her to read and write, taking her on horseback rides, even in one panel in the manga we see from Historia's perspective that she's being flung up in the air by Frieda as a parent would for their infant child!

!'''"Outside The Walls of Orvud"'''

* There is something rather heart-warming about how Levi kneels next to Eren while handing him a kerchief after his nose begins bleeding and even in a roundabout way, warns Hange to give Eren a break from all the hardening experiments; as he doubts the amount of mineral he can create is unlimited.

* Hange holds Mikasa back from attacking Levi and hugs her from behind, sympathizing with her outrage and tells her that she also has people that she wants to bring back from the dead. However, signing up with the Survey Corps means inevitably being separated from the people you love and that no matter what you do, people will end up being killed and die.

* Hange is visiting Roy and Peaure, the two reporters she befriended in the Uprising Arc, to discuss the information found in the basement. Despite the mixed public reception, the news has brought Roy tells Hange that he is proud of her, both as someone who worked with her in the past, as well as a fellow human being. The praise is enough that it makes Hange blush.

** Hanji on her own initiative as the new Commander of the Survey Corps took measures to capture all Marleyan Reconnoitres even before Zeke sent his most trusted agent to facilitate communications. And she almost frantically tries to bring them to the diplomacy table despite the horror stories Eren will no doubt have told her about the attitudes' of their enemies.

** When Sasha innocently asks why Onyankopon's skin is black, he shares with the team his religious views, saying that the Sky God made the many races of humanity varied in appearance, nature, abilities and temperament for the sake of our differences. He even lauds the unique nature of the people of Ymir! Earnestly saying that their powers are God's Gift and not the Devil's Curse.
** Despite Marley's propaganda about the "Eldian devils," the Eldians of Paradis eventually befriend many of the captured Marleyan soldiers. One of them, Nikolo, is moved when Sasha compliments his cooking, while another one teaches the Eldians about trains.

** Even though he was a Marleyan soldier, Nikolo comes to pay his respects for Sasha at her grave. This shows how much even a Marleyan could become close to an Eldian.
** Connie thanks Nikolo for cooking for Sasha and comments that Sasha was like his twin, finally stating just how close their bond was.
** In order to honour Sasha, Nikolo offers to cook for her family for free. Mr. Blaus, unlike his fellow countrymen, have no disdain for the Marleyan, is glad to see how many friends Sasha had made over the years and accepts the soldier's offer.

** Niles goes out of his way to make sure Falco escapes Paradis custody, even so far as risking getting himself shot by Colt as he passes Falco over to him.

** A small moment before that. Levi salutes Hange and tells her to 'dedicate your heart', and Hange excitedly mentions that it's the first time he has ever said the Survey Corps motto. It's a fitting way for Levi to see off his old friend and compatriot and show how dedicated he has become to the Survey Corps, and gives Hange a much needed laugh in the face of imminent death.

** Levi reveals why he chose to save Armin's life over Erwin's- that Armin had the same look in his eyes that Erwin once did. It's nice to finally see someone who sees the value in keeping Armin alive.

* Didn't think an Opening of AOT could reach almost TastesLikeDiabetes sweet proportions of sheer wholesomeness? Think again. Red Swan knocks it out of the park, alongside a touching montage of our [[TrueCompanions Shiganshina Trio's]] childhood shenanigans that encapsulates their incredible bond as well as their wanderlust and desire for adventure beyond the Walls. Accompanied with what little good was in Levi's, Erwin's and Historia's early lives. Capped with a still of Carla and Grisha doting over a newborn Eren. And we see our boy the Jaeger-bomb is remembering those halcyon days with steel in his eyes; he's going to take everything back! It ends with the current new page image which is just about the ''purest'' illustration of innocence and joy we'll ever see in the Series.