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After the last attempt to get the Origin titan, in the battle of Shiganshina,
why did Marleyans wait for 4 years to try again after their defeat?


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Why did Marleyans wait 4 years?


The short answer is that the nation of Marley had **_suffered great losses_**
in the battles leading up to, and including, the Battle of the Shiganshina
District.

In the fourth story arc of Attack on Titan manga, Chapter 33,

> Annie Leonheart, the Female Titan, is forced to crystallize herself prior to
> being captured by the Eldians on Paradis Island. In this way, she prevents
> herself from being consumed by the Eldians but she also can not help the
> Marleyans in their military operations either.

Then, in the Battle of Shiganshina District, we see

> Levi Ackerman take on the Beast Titan, rendering both him and the Beast
> Titan incapable of further combat as both were considered to be at their
> limits.

Of course, elsewhere during the battle

> Eren and his teammates take on both Reiner and Bertolt incapacitating both
> with new technology (thunder spears) and excellent military tactics.

This left the Beast Titan with two choices:

> Save Reiner, the Armored Titan, or save Bertolt, the Colossus Titan. He
> chose to save Reiner and left Bertolt to the Eldians on Paradis Island.
> Armin, at risk of dying, was injected and chosen to consume Bertolt. And
> now, on behalf of the Eldians on Paradis Island, Armin is now in possession
> of the Colossus Titan.

So let's recap the events up until now:

> The Marleyans were never able to recover the Founding Titan. They also lost
> the Attack Titan many years before Eren was born. Eren then became in
> possession of both the Attack and Founding Titan. Armin took possession of
> the Colossus Titan and the Eldians on Paradis Island are in possession of
> the Female Titan who, in crystallized form, is incapable of performing any
> further military operations of behalf of the Nation of Marley. That means
> that, of the 9 titans, four of the titan-shifting powers remain in the hands
> of the Eldians on Paradis Island. Not only was the military operation to
> recover the Founding Titan a total failure, but the Marleyans also managed
> to lose two of their titan-shifters in the process. To be fair, they
> actually lost THREE of their titan-shifters but Ymir willingly gave her
> titan-shifting form back to the nation of Marley so that brought their
> losses back to two.

Up until that point, the only reason the nation of Marley

> wanted the Founding Titan was to take possession of the natural resources
> found on Paradis Island without suffering casualties as a result of the
> mindless titans roaming the land.

However, four years after the Battle of Shiganshina District,

> Marley's battle against the Mid-East Allies proved that their military power
> was weakening; human technology rendered the power of the titan-shifters
> almost obsolete. Thus, they decided to continue operations against Paradis
> Island at great risk to themselves in order to bring all titan-shifters,
> including the Founding Titan, within their power. Of course, realizing that
> technology would soon make their titan-shifters obsolete, the Marleyans are
> only pursuing this plan to buy them more time; the titan-shifters will give
> them enough time to improve or advance their own military technology.

So the long answer is

> the Marleyans had no intentions of returning to Shiganshina. They did
> attempt some naval operations but the ships they always sent never came back
> and so, they essentially gave up plans for Paradis Island. Then, four years
> later, the battle against the Mid-East Allies gave them greater motivation
> to go back and retrieve the remaining titan-shifters.


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