“Shingeki no Kyojin” is one of the anime that has best kept secrets and given plot twists in recent decades. I mean, I think there was a certain time when absolutely we were all appalled by things like ‘the revelation’ by Reiner and Bertholt‘ or what Eren sees when he comes into contact with Historia. Well, another of the great anime mysteries is that of the Eren’s basement, his father’s more precisely, and it’s also something that marks a before and after in the tradition.

Then, I go painstakingly dissecting all the secrets that guarded this basement who changed the perspective of the world of “Shingeki no Kyojin”.

Why is there so much mystery with Shingeki no Kyojin’s basement?

  • Eren couldn’t visit this basement that belonged to his father until he was already a member of the Exploration Corps and moreover, he ended up being part of an official mission. Why did it take so long to visit him?
  • When I was small his father and mother never allowed him to visit the basement in question, alleging that it contained all sorts of tools of Grisha (the father) to carry out his work as a doctor.
Shingeki no Kyojin’s Mysterious Basement That Changes EVERYTHING
  • Grisha told Eren that he would only allow him to visit the basement’when he realized what really matters‘.

What exactly is in the basement?

  • Before ‘what’, it is important to specify ‘where’. Although the basement was not difficult to locate, this He was on the Wall Mariawhich, after the initial onslaught of the titans, made access completely impossible.
  • Knowing the gravity of the situation, Grisha ends up leaving Eren with a special key that doesn’t open the basement door, but a drawer in the desk that could be in the same drawer.. Along with the key, this is when Grisha injects Eren with a dose to turn him into a Titan, while allowing him to be devoured and inherit the powers of the Attack and Founder Titan. Eren completely loses his memory of it.
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This mysterious photograph of Grisha could be found in his basement
  • After entering the basement a few years after the initial incident and opening the drawer with the key his father gave him, Eren realizes there is a false bottom. In it, hide a series of diaries and photographs which revealed the following secrets of Shingeki no Kyojin:
    • “The Secret” of the Titans.
    • Grisha’s past.
    • The world beyond the walls.

The contents of the journals in Eren’s basement

  • The content of the logs begins with Grisha’s pastEren’s father, who turns out to be NOT born in Shiganshina or raised within the walls, but rather originally lived in the Marley area.
  • Here it is also discovered that Eren’s family, including Grisha, belongs to the line of Eldia. When Grisha was a child, he lived in Liberio, a town in Marley with an internment area where all Eldians were found. One day playing with her sister outside the boundaries of this area, Grisha and her sister are intercepted by officers from Marley. Later, Grisha returns home, but his sister is found dead. Thus, these agents go to Grisha’s home to complain that the children had wandered away from the border area, but they deny being involved in the murder of the sister. Grisha’s father simply nods and tells Grisha that whatever they are suffering now is deserved for Eldia’s past crimes..
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The moment Zeke betrayed Grisha and the Eldia revolution
  • Already an adult Grisha becomes a doctorbut finally something more important happens to him: he comes into contact with a front of resistance and restoration of Eldiawhere he also meets To Fritz, of royal blood. Grisha marries this woman and has their first child: Zeke.
  • Years later, Grisha finds out that Marley is recruiting people to absorb the powers of the Titan Shifters, and has Zeke volunteer as it could be a big step forward for his cause. However, Zeke himself ends up leaking all the plans for the revolution and wanders his father, Grisha, and everyone involved, until they reach Paradis like unchecked titans..
  • In Eldia’s catering operations, someone named ‘The owl’ that’s always been the key. So it is that when Grisha is about to be turned into an out-of-control titan, two essential things:
    • Dina finds herself turned into a titan by Marley’s officers and begins to lash out with everyone. in his wake, losing his mind. Moments before, Grisha tries to avoid it by almost revealing that Dina is of royal blood, but Kruger stops her.
    • This Kruger, who was acting as an officer for Marley, turns out to be The owl saves Grisha from transformation and he transforms into a Titanhaving already told Eren’s father that he would explain EVERYTHING he needs to know about the Titans.
  • Kruger revealed several key elements of the story:
    • He is actually a revolutionary eldian under cover that he had to commit all sorts of crimes to maintain his position.
    • Trust Grisha to retrieve the Founding Titan and continue the restoration of Eldia.
    • He explains that he cannot do this since each bearer of a moving titan dies at 13and it’s been 13 years since he inherited his titan.
    • This also explains that all the Eldians are “connected” by “pathways” to the Founding Titan.
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Grisha and Kruger
  • After all the explanations, Grisha accepts Kruger’s mission and inherits the famous Attack Titan from him..
  • In the end, it is revealed that Grisha was later found just outside the walls of Paradis., near Shiganshina District. There he was rescued by Keith Shadis, and pretends to have amnesia. Back in Paradise, Grisha manages to find a job as a doctor and he married Carla, who would be Eren’s mother.

And that’s all you need to know about the relevance of Eren’s basement in “Shingeki no Kyojin” and why visiting this location ends up being key to the lore. By the time Eren descends to the basement in question, some pretty significant aspects of the world of “Shingeki no Kyojin” have already been revealed, but there is no doubt that all the revelations that occurred in the basement marked a definitive before and after.

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