Not sure if there's a full translation of this out there but I decided to go ahead with one anyway since it wasn't too long...
Translation below the cut, this was done very quickly and carelessly :D, disclaimers for mistakes and misinterpretation, please do not repost elsewhere, thank you!
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Erwin: We the Survey Corps welcome you the 104th as our new comrades from our hearts
Tonight you are the stars
Relax and enjoy yourselves
Well then, to the service of the 104th members of the Survey Corps—
Cheers!
Sasha: [munching noises]!
Jean: You Sasha
Don't eat without even listening to Commander Erwin's greeting!
Sasha: [more munching noises]!
Jean: Shit, (she's) not listening
… tch, I'm also going to eat!!
Eren: It's different from when I entered Squad Levi
To have prepared such food
Do the Survey Corps have such resources to spare?
Armin: …isn't it precisely because they don't have such a margin perhaps
In such conditions
without the occasional room to breathe
The seniors (senpai)…
Eren: … Ah, that might be the case
……
…Hey, Armin
You, do you regret joining the Survey Corps?
Armin: …to be honest, even now I'm still afraid
However, I don't regret
Because this is the first step towards our dream
Eren: is that so
…that's right
Levi: ……………….
Levi: ….(they are) too pampered
the number of listless brats has increased (lit. flat, with the air taken out of it XD)
do they intend to become Titan feed?
Erwin: Being a worrier as usual
They with their own wills
have volunteered for the Survey Corps
I believe in that will
For the sake of repaying such sentiments (想い omoi! XDD)
occasionally, we should have a night like this, don't you think?
Levi: …you're too kind
(T/N: I need to point out that Levi says お優しいことだ oyasashiikoto da, which, basically, he's using keigo, a politer form, which actually makes it come across as rather a bit softer than it would otherwise because of that tone of service (I don't know how to explain it help) like in a hospitality setting? XDD)
Levi: …so, The Esteemed Commander
spending time in such a place (very much "to make do with" vibes)
is also one of the kind considerations?
(T/N: However, this one gets weirder because he continues with the honorific language and it sounds very much more like "your royal highness has deigned to grace us with his presence" vibes. Coming from him it sounds very much like sarcasm this time XDD)
Erwin: Today's stars are the new soldiers
If I'm around (they) can't relax can they?
Levi: (back to normal tone phew XDD) how is it I wonder
There were also those who paid no attention to your greeting and so on and leapt at the food
Erwin: Isn't that reassuring
Overlook it for today
Levi
Levi: From the start, I have no intention of finding fault with it
Shaking hands, from experience is 100 times better than having people hanging around you like insects
(T/N: no idea what he's on about, except that shaking hands also means making up or being on good terms, so I guess it's his convoluted way of saying he wants peace and quiet tonight and basically doesn't want to start shit XDD)
Erwin: —however
Even though it's right after the battle at Trost
to have this many people join is
Levi: …it may be because it's right after that battle
Such a severe experience, changes a person's way of thinking too
Erwin: yes, that may be the case
The damage from that battle was huge
But the result likewise too was huge
Humanity winning against the titans—
It's because (they) were able to see such a possibility
It's probably that the number of people strongly wanting to fight for humanity's victory has also increased
Levi: …how many fellas(gn) do you think will come back alive from the next expedition outside the walls?
Erwin: The 57th expedition outside the walls
The situation will be very different
from the expeditions up till now
(We'll) do our best
But there's also the possibility of suffering great damage
However, even so we
cannot stop this progress (lit. walking)
for the sake of humanity's victory
…that's about what I can say now (Erwin uses ore ;)
Levi: …a fine answer (honorific again)
Nauseating (lit. [I'm] going to throw up XDD) (back to usual tone lmao)
Erwin: …isn't it?
However, this is the path that you chose
Stepping over of many of our compatriots' corpses
For their sakes too, I
have to continue advancing
Even if I have to sacrifice
all of the young people in front of me
Levi: …if I, with this hand
can strike down the titans, that will do
…(you) understand, don't you
Erwin: Yes… you are reliable / (I/we) are relying on you
Levi
Levi: Hmph…
…have you drunk too much?
Erwin: ……………
….perhaps
Erwin: It's a good time
Let's call it a night
…I've no intention of letting our subordinates die needlessly
Without (counter)plans we will not advance
ＡＮＳＷＥＲでリヴァイの主はエルヴィンって作者が公言してたわ
信者おめでとう
宗派違いご愁傷さま
“In the ‘ANSWER’ fanbook, Isayama confirmed that Erwin is Levi’s ‘master’. Congratulations to those who already believed that. My condolences to the deniers.”
“I see, it is true that Ackermans are all enamored with their ‘master’. Then Levi’s wish really was just to be by Erwin’s side. Just like Kenny’s feelings as he stood by Uri.”
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The fanbook ‘Answers’ was released today (http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?isbn=9784063930429), and inside, Isayama confirms the Ackermans all have one special person, a ‘master’, and that Levi’s special person is Erwin.
Just as I was thinking that I need to find some scans so I can confirm it before sharing this information, @b00kcake and @fifisheree sent me some. Thank you to both of you!
PART 2 Levi and Erwin, and all the changes that occurred
—–That’s new information! It’s true that for Mikasa there is Eren, and for Kenny there was Uri. They both have a ‘master-like’ presence in their lives.
Isayama: For Levi, that person is Erwin. He has acknowledged Erwin as an existence who is above him. It’s part of the Ackerman bloodline, or an instinctive part of them, you could say.
—I see… Levi maintaining his surroundings and distance, and the way he avoids facing those who wander in, it’s all because of the huge power he possesses?
Isayama: He may have been scared of building deep relationships. Since he is living in a world where he doesn’t know when he’ll be eaten by a titan, he avoided having people he considered as family.
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(There are some other pages from the new fanbook that I’ll translate soon as well!)
The Ackerman parallels have been confirmed from Isayama himself, and he even calls an Ackerman’s special person their ‘Master’.
Small reminder that the official Answers book, which confirmed that Erwin was Levi’s liege, or the “master-like” presence in his life, was also published 8 years ago today, on the same day as Midnight Sun 🖤
The translation above was posted by @ningen-suki days after it was published, @tsuki-no-ura’s more recent translation is here - Answers Guidebook Interview about Levi and Erwin.
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