#snk 138

Sorry Anon, your guess is as good as mine here. We waited years for Yams to explain Ackerman lore and all we got was crumbs that amounted to nothing. The fact that he dropped this into the penultimate chapter without providing any further explanation just makes it even more frustrating.

It's not remotely clear how Levi knows that Ackermans can't be turned into Titans. He's not exactly a fount of Ackerman knowledge himself, hell he didn't even know he was an Ackerman until 4 years previously, and I doubt he learned much from Mikasa or Zeke in the interim.

It's possible that Levi did drink the wine in the forrest, which would explain how he knows this, but there's no canon proof that he did and to be honest, I don't think it's likely. In chapter 113 we see Levi asking his soldiers why would they need wine when they're on duty, especially as they already have tea (lol). I had a look at chapter 113 again and judging from Zeke's monologue as he flees the scene after transforming Levi's soldiers into Titans, it does appear that he knew Levi would not be affected. How much Zeke actually knew about the Ackermans is anyone's guess and sadly Isayama isn't telling ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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