Chapter Summaries

Pixis announced the plan to recover Trost by having Eren transform into a Titan and seal the breached gate with a boulder, while Su Yang offered a blunt view of humanity's conflicts. Armin helped refine the soldiers' tactics, but the operation remained uncertain as the frightened troops struggled to believe Eren could control Titans.

• Su Yang told Pixis he could kill at least a hundred Titans in succession and explained that human conflict ultimately stemmed from competition over resources.
• Pixis brought Eren and Su Yang with him, and Eren briefly drank from Pixis's flask before spraying it out.
• Pixis announced that Eren would transform into a Titan, carry a boulder to the breach, and seal the hole while soldiers protected him.
• Armin proposed using a large group as bait to draw Titans away and forming an Elite Squad to protect Eren.
• Armin and the soldiers acknowledged the plan's uncertainty and the growing danger as more Titans entered Trost.
• The soldiers below questioned whether Eren could control Titans and protested that they were being asked to risk their lives on an unbelievable plan.

As soldiers lost their nerve, Pixis persuaded them to fight by revealing the truth about humanity’s past and the danger of another breach. He assigned Ian’s Elite Squad to protect Eren as the operation to seal the wall began, while Su Yang urged the group to keep a low profile.

• Daz and other soldiers tried to abandon their posts, but Pixis pardoned them and turned them back by warning that humanity would destroy itself if Wall of Rose fell.
• Pixis told the soldiers that the earlier Wall Maria operation had been a government effort to reduce the population, and pleaded with them to risk their lives to prevent humanity from killing itself.
• Eren resolved to use his Titan power and Nen ability to lift the boulder and become humanity’s hope.
• Pixis assigned Ian, Lico, and Mitabi to protect Eren, appointed Ian as their commander, and sent them to begin the operation.
• Ian added Su Yang and Mikasa to Eren’s Elite Squad, and Su Yang told Mikasa, Eren, and Armin to keep a low profile.

Eren began the operation to seal the wall breach, transforming into a Titan after the Pawns drew most of the Titans into one corner. His transformed body attacked Mikasa instead of lifting the boulder, and Su Yang stepped in as the chapter ended.

• Lico warned Eren that the Pawns had names and families, and that he had to make their sacrifices count.
• The Pawns lured Titans toward the wall’s corner, while Pixis accepted responsibility for the nearly twenty percent lost under his orders.
• After Lico fired the green signal, Eren reached the boulder and transformed into the Black-haired Giant.
• Eren’s Titan punched toward Mikasa, smashing a building; Mikasa deflected rubble with a Nen-infused blade, which shattered.
• Su Yang reached Mikasa and kicked at Eren’s next incoming fist.

Su Yang fought Titan Eren away from the Elite Squad, while a red smoke signal warned the commanders that the gate-sealing operation was in trouble. Ian ordered the soldiers to protect Eren and keep fighting as Titans closed in, leaving the squad divided over whether the mission was worth their lives.

• Su Yang kicked Titan Eren's attack aside, then struck him in the forehead and knocked him down as Lico fired a Red Smoke Grenade.
• The Elite Squad spotted approaching Titans, and Mitabi urged Ian to retreat while Armin rushed toward Eren's position.
• The commander refused to order a retreat and left the Elite Squad to decide what to do on the spot.
• Ian assigned Lico, Mitabi, Su Yang, and Mikasa to fight the approaching Titans and protect Eren, insisting that humanity could not abandon him.
• Jean met Marco and Connie on the wall, where they discussed Armin's attempt to help Eren and the soldiers who had already died.
• Lico challenged Ian's decision, but Ian argued that risking their lives to protect Eren was the only path they had to defeat the Titans.

As the soldiers fought to keep the Titans gathered near the wall, Eren remained fused to his Titan and drifted into a dream of his family. With more Titans approaching the gate, Su Yang rushed to face them while Mikasa guarded Eren.

• Mikasa charged the distant Titans, leaving Su Yang to watch over Eren, while Lico committed her squad to fighting the twelve-meter-class Titan.
• Armin hurried to Eren’s motionless Titan and found Eren apparently dreaming, his face partly fused to the Titan’s muscles.
• The commanding officer ordered Jean, Annie, and the other trainees to draw Titans into a corner of the city without engaging them unless necessary.
• Mikasa killed a Titan that had approached Mitabi, while Ian warned that more Titans were advancing toward Eren and pouring through the gate.
• Su Yang told Mikasa to protect Eren and sped toward the Titans at the gate, astonishing Ian with his Maneuver Gear skills.

Su Yang and the Survey Corps fought to hold the city gate as Titans poured in, while Armin tried to wake Eren and make him control his Titan. The battle remained critical, and Ian ordered a retreat and regrouping as the Elite Squad faced overwhelming numbers.

• Su Yang killed ten Titans in rapid succession, but more continued to swarm through the city gate.
• Mikasa told Armin that Eren showed no sign of consciousness, and Armin decided to reach Eren's nape while she defended the area.
• Armin stabbed into Eren's nape and urged him to wake up and control his Titan, but Eren remained unable to control its body.
• Yō, Annie, and Connie moved through the battle as Ian killed a Titan that was about to eat a soldier and saw dozens more approaching.
• Ian pulled Mitabi away from a Titan's strike, ordered the team to fall back, and told Mikasa to join Mitabi Squad.

Jean struggled to escape after his Omni-Directional Mobility Gear malfunctioned, but Connie, Annie, and Marco helped him survive and return to the wall. The group then spotted a Titan moving an enormous boulder as Lico’s squad suffered heavy losses and fifty Titans approached the town gate.

• Jean’s grappling hook launcher malfunctioned, so he hid in an alley and found a dead pawn’s apparently usable Omni-Directional Mobility Gear.
• Jean tried to remove the dead pawn’s gear, while Marco distracted an approaching Titan and Connie and Annie watched from the wall.
• Connie and Annie rushed to help Jean, who put on the gear but fell when its stiff trigger disrupted his gas propulsion.
• Connie fought off a Titan, and Annie diverted another Titan’s mouth so Jean could escape back to the wall.
• Annie pointed out a Titan moving an enormous boulder, while Lico ordered her two remaining teammates to fall back as fifty Titans approached the main gate.
• Armin continued calling to Eren, unable to pierce the muscles around Eren’s nape easily because they had been unconsciously reinforced.

Eren overcame his fading consciousness and carried the boulder toward the gate while the soldiers risked their lives to draw Giants away. Su Yang and Mikasa fought to protect the route, but the battle continued to take a heavy toll as Eren approached the gate.

• Eren awakened when Armin reminded him of their dream of seeing the outside world, then lifted the boulder and started toward the gate.
• Ian ordered the soldiers to protect Eren, while Mitabi's squad lured nine Giants away from him on the ground.
• Ian, Mikasa, and others joined the ground-level effort, reducing the Giants targeting Eren from over a hundred to around eighty or ninety.
• Su Yang used enhanced Omni-Directional Mobility Gear to kill an Abnormal Giant and clear the path, replenishing his fuel with Psychic Power.
• Mikasa rescued a soldier from a Giant, then Armin urged her to focus on protecting Eren and Su Yang as more soldiers died.

Eren sealed the gate with a massive boulder, marking humanity’s first victory against the Titans, though the battle left many dead and wounded. During the cleanup, Jean recognized Marco’s mutilated body and struggled to understand how he had died.

• Lico and Mikasa fought Titans near the gate while Eren carried a boulder into position and smashed it into the gate, sealing the breach.
• Lico fired a yellow flare to signal success, and Su Yang received his sign-in reward.
• Su Yang pulled Eren from the Black-haired Giant and killed four approaching Titans before Levi arrived and helped clear the district.
• The Survey Corps and artillery eliminated the remaining Titans; the battle left 117 dead or missing and 597 wounded, while two Titans were captured.
• Two days later, Jean found Marco’s half-body during cleanup, and a female officer urged him to identify the corpse and continue working.

After the battle, Su Yang gained the power of a Dragon-class Ghoul while Eren was questioned in an underground prison about his Titan abilities and his plans. Eren chose to join the Survey Corps, and Levi accepted him under threat of execution if he became a danger.

• Jean identified Marco and continued working inside the gatehouse, where soldiers found a mass of fused corpses that Titans had vomited up.
• Annie watched the dead trainees with guilt, while Reiner told her to help handle their funerals.
• Su Yang had Armin follow Eren’s escort, took Mikasa aside, and received the Dragon-class Ghoul bloodline, then tested its Kagune powers.
• Erwin and Levi questioned Eren in the underground prison about his father, the basement in Shiganshina, and his Titan power.
• Eren said he wanted to join the Survey Corps and kill Titans, and Levi accepted him while warning that he would kill Eren if he betrayed them or acted recklessly.

Eren was brought before the Special Military Tribunal as the Survey Corps and Military Police Brigade contested who would take custody of him. The hearing began with Darius Zackley holding the power to decide whether Eren would live or die.

• Pixis told Erwin that Zackley would decide Eren’s fate based on whether he benefited or harmed humanity, while Erwin said he had prepared a proposal.
• Armin warned Su Yang and Mikasa that Eren’s hearing could determine whether he lived or died, and soldiers ordered them to attend as witnesses.
• Eren endured his confinement and reflected on how frightened people were of him before Hange and Mike escorted him from his cell.
• Soldiers brought Eren into the Assembly Hall, restrained him, and positioned him before the Special Military Tribunal.
• Zackley opened the hearing, confirmed Eren’s identity and military oath, and stated that he alone had authority to decide whether Eren lived or died.

Eren faced a military hearing to decide whether the Military Police or Survey Corps would take custody of him, as officials debated whether to execute him or use his Titan Power. After Mikasa testified that he had both attacked her and repeatedly saved her, Eren condemned the officials for making assumptions and refusing to fight for humanity.

• Nile Dok proposed executing Eren after extracting information, while the Wall Cult demanded his immediate death.
• Erwin asked the Survey Corps to take Eren and use his Titan Power to reclaim Wall Maria, and he described a route toward Shiganshina.
• Levi rebuked the Merchant Guild representative for proposing that the gates be sealed, and the Wall Cult objected to altering the walls.
• Darius Zackley asked Eren whether he would use his power for humanity, then questioned him about attacking Mikasa after transforming.
• Mikasa confirmed that Eren had attacked her but also testified that he had saved her and other soldiers several times.
• Eren protested when officials suspected Mikasa of covering for him, then shouted that they were cowards for refusing to fight.

At Eren Yeager’s tribunal, Levi beat him as part of a plan to secure his transfer to the Survey Corps, which was granted with Levi given authority to execute him if needed. Eren was moved to the Corps’ old headquarters, where Hange discovered his teeth had already regenerated.

• Eren demanded that everyone put their bets on him, and Nile Dok ordered the soldiers to raise their guns as Levi began beating Eren.
• Erwin proposed taking Eren into Survey Corps custody for an investigation, and the president approved the transfer while granting Levi priority authority to execute him.
• Hange treated Eren’s injuries, and Erwin apologized before welcoming him to the Survey Corps.
• Levi asked Eren whether he hated him, and Eren said he understood the beating had been necessary for their plan.
• Hange noticed Eren’s broken teeth had grown back, astonishing the Survey Corps members.
• The Survey Corps secretly brought Eren to its old headquarters, where a blond soldier bit his tongue after his horse stepped on a stone.

Eren and Levi's squad settled into an old castle, where Levi assigned Eren a basement room and demanded strict cleaning. The squad discussed an expedition beyond the walls planned for thirty days later, as Erwin sought to prove Eren could benefit humanity.

• Petra mocked Oluo for imitating Levi, while Eren recited the Levi Squad members' Titan kill records and considered the danger of losing control around them.
• Levi ordered the squad to clean the neglected castle, then told Eren he had to sleep in the basement so they could restrain him if he transformed.
• Petra told Eren that Levi had once been a famous thug from the Underground before joining the Survey Corps under Erwin.
• Levi returned and ordered Eren to redo his cleaning, while Erwin told Mike that proving Eren's usefulness to humanity was urgent because the Military Police Brigade might interfere.
• At dinner, Erde told the squad about a large expedition planned for thirty days later that would include newly graduated recruits, and Levi said Erwin was responsible for planning it.

Hange visited Levi Squad to recruit Eren for Titan experiments and spent the entire night explaining her previous research. Eren was left exhausted, while Hange prepared to continue her experiments with him.

• Eren explained that self-harm triggered his Titan transformation, though he remembered little about what happened.
• Hange arrived and got Eren’s agreement to help with her experiment the next day, despite his uncertainty.
• Hange told Eren how she tested whether captured Titans could communicate and named them Sonny and Bean.
• Hange described covering the Titans to test how sunlight affected their activity, finding that Sone slowed down sooner than Bean.
• Hange recounted her experiments on Titan pain responses and past accidental deaths, then asked Eren whether he had already learned all this.
• Eren admitted he knew the information while fighting exhaustion after listening to Hange talk through the night.

After Sonny and Bean were killed, the military investigated the Pawns and their Omni-Directional Mobility Gear but failed to find the culprit. As the recruits faced choosing their military branches, Eren returned with Levi Squad and prepared to attend the recruitment ceremony.

• Hange discovered that Sonny and Bean had been killed, while Erde reported that the Titans were apparently attacked by multiple people who escaped using Omni-Directional Mobility Gear.
• The authorities ordered inspections and questioning of nearby Pawns, and Armin and Connie discussed the suspected killer’s motives and which branches the recruits might join.
• Connie recalled Jean’s grief over Marco’s death and how Jean had resolved to join the Survey Corps despite his fear.
• Annie said she wanted to save herself, while Armin acknowledged that he might obey an order to die if he believed there was a reason.
• Levi Squad returned to base, where Eren told Gunther and Erde that he no longer knew whether anyone from his training class planned to join them.
• Levi ordered the squad to prepare for the recruitment ceremony and warned Eren not to fall more than two horse lengths behind him.

At the orientation, Commander Erwin urged the new recruits to join the Survey Corps by revealing the mission to reach Eren’s basement and the deadly odds of the next expedition. As most recruits left, Connie and Sasha chose to stay and submit their applications, while Erwin asked whether anyone else would join.

• Jean told Sasha and Connie that he would join the Survey Corps because he did not want to keep hating himself, not because he lacked fear of Titans.
• Commander Erwin explained that the Survey Corps planned to reclaim Wall Maria and reach the basement in Shiganshina, warning recruits that the coming expedition carried a high risk of death.
• Most of the recruits left after hearing Erwin’s warning, while Jean watched the crowd depart and Sasha and Connie hesitated.
• Connie decided to join the Survey Corps, and Sasha chose to join with him.
• Connie and Sasha submitted their applications to Erwin, who asked the remaining recruits whether anyone else wanted to join.

Commander Erwin recruited willing trainees into the Survey Corps and assigned Connie and Sasha to investigate the murder of the Experiment Subject. After the Corps debated whether recruits should join the expedition beyond the walls, Eren encountered Armin and learned he was in the Survey Corps for a personal matter.

• Commander Erwin urged the hesitant trainees to join the Survey Corps, and several agreed.
• Connie told Sasha he had joined to make his mother proud, while Sasha worried about facing Titans and losing her companion.
• Commander Erwin assigned Connie and Sasha to investigate the true culprit behind the murder of the Experiment Subject and report any clues.
• After the investigation found no results, Survey Corps members debated sending recruits on the expedition beyond the walls a month later and settled the matter.
• Eren encountered Armin and asked why he was in the Survey Corps, and Armin said he had something to take care of.

Armin kept Eren from leaving so Jean could question him about controlling Titan Power. Eren admitted he could not control it, and the chapter ended with Jean calming down after Su Yang stopped him from attacking Eren.

• Eren tried to leave, but Armin and his companions blocked him and led him into a house.
• Jean asked Eren how to control Titan Power, and Eren said he could not control it.
• Jean charged at Eren, but Su Yang stopped his fist and urged him not to act impulsively.
• Jean sat down in distress, then calmed down and walked over to Eren.

Eren promised to master Titan Power after Jean asked him to help prevent more deaths, and Su Yang offered him a method to practice controlling it. As the Female Titan attacked, Captain Reiner protected Eren and Su Yang rescued Reiner, while Eren warned that their small group could not defeat the Female Titan alone.

• Jean apologized to Eren for nearly hitting him, then asked him to master Titan Power so fewer people would die.
• Eren promised everyone he would work hard to control Titan Power, and Su Yang shared a possible practice method with him.
• Captain Reiner shielded Eren from the Female Titan's fist and was wounded in the shoulder.
• Jean insisted that the group would not abandon any comrade, and Captain Reiner prepared to face the Female Titan.
• Su Yang pulled Captain Reiner out of the way of another blow, and Eren said their group was too small to defeat the Female Titan.