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🚨Levihan lens on warning

Not Zeke but the flowers. Of course we can see little white flowers near the riverbank where Hange found and saved Levi.

So, I was thinking about something else but seeing the white flowers, I suddenly remember the white flowers from Ilse's notebook.

They may not be the same but if we think about how seeds and plants propagate, we can assume that they are usually found in the same area.

So, this thought came to me:

1) Could Hange and Levi's secret meeting place in the forest be the one where they found Ilse's body?

2) Levi had moved Zeke from the Giant Forest to somewhere, one where he can connect with Pixis/ Hange so that Zeke can be eaten.

He had known that Eren has rebelled and that Pixis is ready to negotiate with the Yeagerist using Zeke's location. So, in trying to understand Levi's action, I think he is trusting that Hange can send someone to that location, after the military realised that Zeke had defeated his guards in the Giant forest. (Remember only 3 Scouts plus Hange knew where Levi and Zeke were, and Pixis's instruction was to not let the Yeagerists know Zeke's location so they can use it as a leverage)

3) Hange, on the other hand, and for some reason, did not lead Floch to the Giant forest, but along the way to where Levi eventually was found after Zeke blasted himself.

Did Hange really wanted Floch to find Zeke? I think she had figured out that something had happened to Levi because Falco gave a twitch in the carriage when Zeke screamed. If Zeke, under the watch of Levi and his soldiers, had screamed, it can only mean that Zeke is making a move and attacking Levi and the soldier.

So, she can only hope that Levi's squad can survive and subdue Zeke, which would mean they will likely be at a hidden place, per Pixis' instructions.

In the other scenario where Zeke is successful, leading Floch to the Giant forest would increased the chance for Floch get to Zeke. Hence, Hange's lesser option is to still just lead Floch to there, delaying Floch as long as possible.

Indeed Floch and the Yeagerist had expected Levi to still be their greatest obstacle in reaching Zeke, even with Zeke's scream.

Anyway, I digressed but seeing the white flowers in both the places Hange saved Levi, and where they found Ilse's notebook, somehow connected this for me.

The focus on the flowers in Ilse's notebook manga.

And in this audio drama, Levi requested for just 1 white flower because Armin had called him out for "randomly" visiting a flower shop and urging him to get 1 stalk. Now it makes more sense , to me, what the white flower symbolises and who it could be for😏

And is it me or their arms are close enough to imply that they are holding hands? (Just my interpretation btw, cuz I know the sketch it’s not that clear, so... you don’t have to agree 😂)

This user from Twitter wrote: 原画もネームもごっそり撮りましたが一つだけ上げますね……

Which translate to: I took a lot of the original picture and the name, but I will give you only one ...

In the other tweet wrote: リヴァとハンなんですよ！！which translate to: It's Riva and Han! !!

Other user from Twitter mention this:

imagine if he said " the two of us , we run and hide together " what will Hange have a different reaction?

So I put on thicker levihan lens and looked at the times Levi smiled, and the times Levi smiled at Hange 😏

Now, it is known that there are 2 more obvious moments where Levi smiled in the whole AOT show: after Historia punched him in Season 3, and looking at the sky with Isabelle and Furlan in No Regrets OVA.

There are 2 more lesser-known ones, and it is quite difficult to determine if he did indeed smiled at the slightest bit. Warning: Levihan lens is on full mode.

1) Family reunion at the top of Shiganshina wall in Season 3

Ok. I have tried to just zoom in to Levi's face in these 4 frames but it makes it too blurry to see the change in his facial expression.

So I slowed the video down and tried to capture the frame by frame changes and these are the 4 frames which Levi's face changed as Hange stand up.

Now, it is obvious to me now that there is an obvious dip at the corner of his mouth from Frame 3 to Frame 4. And while I cant say that Frame 1 and Frame 2 show an upturned corner, it is definitely not a downturn one like in Frame 3. 😐😕🙁

Yes, it is not a smile like how he smiled after Historia punched him but I also wanted to compare the changes in his facial expression as he smiled.

Here are the 4 frames where he smiled as he looked down from the sky in the OVA (I tilted the frame to compare). It is quite obvious that Frame 3 and 4 here, our shortking had a little smirk at the corner of his mouth 😏

And if you compare Frame 2 from the OVA with Frame 2 from Season 3, as the angle of his face in these 2 frames are very similar, it is very likely that there is a small smile that he is trying to force his face into as Hange stands up.

2) Ilse's Notebook OVA

This one was tricky too, because the frames are all the same with Levi's mouth just moving for the lines.

The entire sequence, Levi's mouth only has 1 frame that is closed. And it is the top screenshot. So I really do not know if he had turned the corner up or down (which should be by default his facial expression).

Now, the Ah-ha moment came when I looked through the scenea when Historia punched Levi. Not from Levi himself, but from Mikasa

So you can see that the top, Mikasa and Historia are happy because they managed to throw a punch at Levi. Noticed how subtle the directors have drawn Mikasa's smile in the top frame? Thereafter, they froze (because they didnt get the effect they wanted from Levi) and Mikasa's mouth became downturn.

It is very very subtle so circling back to the moment in Season 3 at the rooftop, I am pretty sure that Levi had tried to smile, or attempt to be soft with Hange.

And if I look through my Levihan lens at the Ilse's notebook OVA moment, I can see that his left corner of his mouth is slightly higher than his right. And noticed how when he talks, his upper lip is downturned. So if he is being grumpy there should be even a slightest downturn on his left side when he closed his mouth.

Levi(joining)+ Zoë(life)=Joining life=Marriage/Partners/Soul mates

On the manga, Levi was sitting on a wheelchair and he's with Gabi, Falco and Onyakopon

Levi was holding a magazine/newspaper(?) in his hand, but instead of looking at it, his eye was looking at the plane above them... remembering Hange.

In Isayama's draft for this panel, the sketch for the plane was different. But Isayama redraw it to a similar flying boat that Hange protected. Isayama also crossed out the dialogue that says, 'The pain that we feel' and changed it to, 'The story we sought after'

Can't imagine how painful it is for Levi, losing everything and Hange 😢💔 (If only I could, I would give him a hug...)

On the anime, Mappa changed Levi's ending into Levi distributing candies to the children. When he saw a round lollipop, he blinked because he remembered someone.

He remembered Hange and the day they visited Marley with the kids...

Isayama and Mappa were trying to tell and show us that in whatever endings, Levi will always end up thinking about Hange.

Just how can he even forget the person who saved his life? The wounds that Hange treated before might've already healed, but he would always remember her by his scars.

Afterall, Levi spent more of his days with Hange than anyone else. Hange truly played a big and important role in Levi's life 🤧

9) IS LEVIHAN CANON?

Even without statement and confirmation from Isayama-sensei, I firmly believe that Eremika and Levihan are both canon.

There's a lot of evidence that proves their relationships are parallel to each other.

Just like Eren and Hange are both obsessed with Titans. Eren wants to kill titans while Hange wants to learn and study them.

Levi can recognize Hange by her knock while Mikasa can recognize Eren by only sensing him.

When Eren asked Mikasa, "What do you think about me?" Mikasa replied, "You're a family".

When Hange asked Levi, "Maybe we should just live here together. What do you think, Levi?" Levi replied, "If we just run away and keep on hiding, what will we have left?"

Both Mikasa and Levi lost Eren and Hange because they chose to say a safer answer. Had they answered differently and truthfully that time, then maybe they never lose them.

I think that's what really Ackermans are. They are physically strong, but they are not good in expressing their feelings through words. (They only show it through their actions)

When they bid a farewell to the love of their life. They didn't say, "Good-bye," ... But instead, they told them, "See you," / "See you later,"

They believe that they would see them again, in a place where there is no more war, no more pain, no more tears, no more regrets... A place where they can be happy together. A place where they could finally get the happy ending both Eremika and Levihan deserve <3

Bonus:

Isayama himself wrote, "Levihan" instead of writing it as "Levi and Hange" so he would lie if he'll say that he doesn't agree with Levihan ship 💜💚🤭

English is my third language so please forgive me if I didn't get to explain it well. I just really want to talk about Levihan because they mean so much to me 💜💚

Thank you for reading! 😊

That giving chocolate is also is an act of kindness which was done by hange in there first met during chp Hearts in manga

She was the only one who showed Levi and his friends kindness

So maybe Levi is also showing act of kindness to children.

I mean this about it

It could have been anything but chocolate it can't be coincidence

And even in manga the plane also referred to hange .....

Okay, since I’ve been seeing a lot of people bring up the ring collaboration with AoT featuring the famous “Dedicate your Heart” panel, I wanted to talk about it a bit more.

As most of us have figured out, the first time Levi had ever done the salute was when he was bidding farewell to Hange. It had always been something cheesy to him and out of character for him to follow with, but he still decided to dedicate it to Hange when they sacrificed themselves for the cause. A lot of us assumed he dedicated his heart to Hange here since he put his fist on Hange’s chest instead of his own- as the normal salute is done. Not only did Levi give Hange his first “Dedicate your Heart” salute, but it seems he gave Hange his heart as well. As he said the words and put his fist on their chest instead, right above their own heart. A metaphorical way of saying their hearts were now beating together in Hange. And I’ve heard the idea that the way we visualize the heart we see (like the emoji), represents two real human hearts put together to form the caricatured heart shape we know. Which to me means that Hange and Levi joining their hearts together created one.

I’m sure others have noted this too, but it’s something I just noticed for myself is the fact that Levi used his left fist instead of his right one. And you all know what the left hand entitles? That’s right, the hand that you exchange rings on when you marry. Because the left hand, and specially the ring finger is the one that has a vein that connects directly to the heart. One can pretty much interpret this scene not only as Levi dedicating his heart to Hange, but also promising himself to them from then on. So Hange pretty much took his heart with them to their final fight. This pretty much puts a new perspective to the whole “Till death do us part” part of wedding vows exchanged. Death literally brought them apart and Hange held onto Levi’s love to the end.

Bringing this back to the whole ring collaboration: the left hand with the ring finger, the vows indicating loving each other unconditionally to the end of life, and the connection of their hearts together through the “Dedicate your Heart” war cry, this pretty much sums up the fact that Levi and Hange were as close to marrying each other as possible. The collaboration pretty much indicates that they dedicated their lives to each other.

Another post I’ve seen on twitter (link), talks about how the anime depicted Hange walking down the boardawlk towards Levi for their final conversation is similar to one walking down the aisle to meet with their future spouse. And once you see it it’s hard to ignore the similarities. I think it just makes the whole Hange and Levi being in love and devoting their hearts to each other just that much more realistic.

And isn’t it fitting how the scene right after they bid each other goodbye, Hange is seen to use the ODM gear to latch onto a structure that resembles a church? When in the mange there isn’t anything similar to that structure seen? We all know that Hajime had a fair share of input in the anime creation for this season, so I’m wondering if he had brought up the idea as one of the changes he made.

I’m now going to cry myself to sleep since this made me all emotional again. I really hope they meet in the afterlife and get the happy ending they deserve together.

Kokoda

When Kenny and Hange are looking for their chibi rat/ Abnormal titan...

Alright, picking up from where I left from the double date to understand Hange's cold war response to Levi over his choice at the rooftop.

Ok, so finally they reached Eren's house and this time Hange spoke (as in the manga).

I wanted to say how pretty this frame is and look at where Levi is looking at.

Everyone is looking in astonishment at the devastation of Eren's house, but Levi is looking at another angle.

I tried to double-check with the manga and noted that in the manga, it seems Levi tilted his head to look at Eren's house when they reached but Eren's house in the manga is on flat ground. In the anime, they are all standing on stairs and Eren's house and atop it. So there is no reason why Levi needed to tilt in a different angle. Moreover, when Hange asked Eren if that was his house, Levi was shown walking straight up.

So I am guessing that Levi is still observing and checking if Hange is ready to end her silent treatment after a short walk across Shiganshina. Remember they dont need words to communicate with each other🤨. And with new things to explore, Levi probably is also hoping to sense Hange's old vibes back.

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Slowly back to normalcy

So I guess after a stroll, Hange's mood likely became better as the kids started to clear the debris to the basement. You can see here that Hange is slowly back to her normal self and she looked to Levi as she speak, as if looking for her usual audience. But now it is Levi's turn to throw a little tantrum at Hange.

I am thinking that his frustration started to build up and decided to do what he usually do to let off some steam - some leg exercise. He cant kick Hange in front of the kids, so he can only take it out on the debris. It is quite certain that he is not helping the kids because he is no where near the basement entrance. It could be out of his curiousity to kick around to look for any items worth investigating, or he could just be bored while waiting for Eren and Mikasa to clear the debris. But putting Hange looking at him as she finally speak her first words since Sasha's shut up at the Walltop, and his actions, I think it is likely he is frustrated too by the silent treatment and is showing it out now.

Thereafter, I think everyone tried to go back to nolmacy as they helped Eren to opened the door to the basement. Now, the blog I read pointed out 2 things. First is how Hange and Levi stood separately when trying to get the rock away, still putting a distance between them, and the second is how Hange is drawn to be excited after the basement door is opened in the manga, almost ready to go in, only to step back when Levi enter first.

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Levi let it out

Now, I like this scene so much because at first glance, I thought Levi was just being his rough self. But I think about it, there could be a few reasons why he kicked the door down.

1) He is in a hurry to go back.

Why do I say that? He told Eren to hurry with the lock. And also likely he doesnt want to waste more time although the wall has been sealed. There are injured soldiers still that may need treatment. He needed to get back to Trost where the kids can be dismissed and he can settle the cold war with Hange, in private.

2) He needed to vent his frustration out. The little debris is not enough for him to kick.

Yes, I do think that this is a display of his frustration at Hange's silent treatment towards him. Remember that Hange usually will have a huge display of violence and destruction to vent her anger (all the collar grabs, table kicking etc). I personally feel that this display of physical aggression is not only his outlet of his own anger, but also something to tell Hange that he knows what is going on with her.

Now, in a therapeutic sense, Levi kicking the door is a transference of Hange's anger towards him, one that she had masked under her silent treatment towards him so far. (Her last words directly to Levi had been "He's dead"). Remember how he know when she holds it in, and she can tell him whatever she is holding in? This time round, she is not going to do that because he is the one she is angry at, and he knows it.

I just want to point out the expressions of them here, especially Hange.

The moment Levi said that he will open the door, Hange looked more shocked then Eren and Mikasa. Likely because she knew that this kick was intended for her. Probably in the absence of Eren and Mikasa, her ass would have been the receiver of the kick (cue Levi/ Moblit smartpass short story). Which is why Eren and Mikasa was still shocked but Hange knew the real intention of the kick, and finally, speaking to Levi directly now

"Hang...... on...."

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All's well that ends well (Levihan crumbs)

With Hange finally talking directly to Levi, this 2 can finally be back to normal and continue to investigate the basement. You know that Levihan is back in operation when their telepathy-ness is back to normal

- the way they tell Eren to open the door and the drawer.

I know we have been robbed of this scene when they finally reached the sea in the anime....

But they added this glance at the basement instead

Come to think of it. The basement discovery basically changes everything. The sea is the evidence of what they discovered at the basement, and even Hange cannot help herself to examine the photo when Eren took it out from the book.

Instead of looking at the photo which is an exquisite piece of "painting", Levi had to glance at Hange first before looking at what they (and by extension, the dream of Erwin) had discovered.

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So I guess that glance is to really just to make sure that Hange has let off her anger. So yes, that is probably the first and only time the parents had a cold war and yes, Hange does have emotions too.

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Yeah This explains everything