Up until Episode 6, fans only knew Mikasa Ackerman as Eren’s quietly protective and scarily strong adopted sister in Attack on Titan, with no information on how she ended up in the Yeager’s care.

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Without diving too deeply into spoiler territory for either Attack on Titan’s finale or this new alternate ending, the series was one that saw the Survey Corps and Eren Jaeger at an impasse.