Chapter Summaries

Tetsuhiro tested a portal to the Kabaneri World, where enemy forces ambushed the first scouts and prompted him to begin a war of attrition. The arrival of Uchiha Hikari revealed that she had been imprisoned after awakening her Mangekyō Sharingan, and Madara vowed to find those responsible.

• Tetsuhiro opened a portal, but Tobirama's tests showed that it severed connections to Ninjutsu and the Box of Ultimate Bliss.
• Jingzhi lost contact with the Kabaneri after they entered, so Tetsuhiro sent the Pot Chickens to scout the other side.
• Enemy troops ambushed the Pot Chickens with guns, artillery, and prepared defenses, but some observers returned with intelligence about the world.
• Tetsuhiro ordered the Kabaneri and technological troops to enter in alternating waves, then asked Madara about the black-haired girl beside him.
• The girl introduced herself as Uchiha Hikari and denied being related to Madara, leaving Tetsuhiro shocked by her identity.
• Hikari recalled being imprisoned after awakening her Mangekyō Sharingan, and Madara angrily demanded to know who had abused her.

Uchiha Hikari recounted her tragic past as the Senju and their allies prepared to fight the forces beyond the portal. After Li Tetsuhiro learned that Eren’s power could alter the timeline, he changed the plan and sent the younger generation to the battlefield while the others prepared to stop the Colossal Titan’s explosion.

• Uchiha Hikari told Madara and the others that the Senju used her as a weapon before sealing her away, and Tetsuhiro inferred that she came from an earlier era.
• Tobirama ordered the technological troops through the portal, where Pure Titans devoured the invading Kabaneri and shrugged off gunfire.
• Commander Pica ordered the Intelligent Titans to prepare and Commander Erwin to execute Plan A; President Darius approved the orders, and Jean relayed them.
• Erwin rallied the Survey Corps with a final speech and ordered them to move out, then quietly entrusted Levi with the mission and thought of Eren.
• Li Tetsuhiro identified the enemy world and explained that Eren could see the future and alter the timeline, prompting him to revise the battle plan.
• Tetsuhiro sent nine Wood Release Clones to prepare defenses, assigned Tobirama and Jue their tasks, and joined Madara and the others in preparing to hold the line.

Tetsuhiro and the Shinobi forces battled Marley’s titans and troops after entering another world, while Mima’s Kabaneri fighters joined the assault. The Shinobi forces drove the fighting forward as Bai Reiko transformed into Black Smoke II to confront the Armored Titan.

• Tetsuhiro and Madara fought the Colossal Titan, while Tobirama revived the Warring States warriors, who were immediately blasted apart by enemy gunfire.
• Airships dropped titans onto the battlefield, and Mima, Mebuki, Reiko, and the Hunt Faction attacked them as the Kabaneri army came under fire.
• Madara defeated the Colossal Titan by cutting off its limbs and removing Bertolt from its nape, then dismissed the titans as weak opponents.
• Might Duy kicked the Armored Titan away, and Ōnoki reduced it to dust with Dust Release, though Reiner survived underground.
• Hiruzen, Danzo, and the other Shinobi joined the battle, while Tetsuhiro watched and Hiruzen took over shielding the army from incoming shells.
• Mima injected Bai Reiko with Danzo’s new drug, and the surrounding Kabaneri formed Black Smoke II around her as she charged the Armored Titan.

Ishikawa’s resurrection technique failed to hinder the Titans, but Little A, Might Duy, and their allies overwhelmed the enemy forces and captured Reiner, Ymir, and Pica. After Little A revealed that he was only a rookie in the Ten Thousand Worlds Ninja Nation and urged Reiner to join them, Reiner turned his fury toward Eren Yeager.

• Ishikawa revived the battlefield’s dead with Dead Soil, but the Titans quickly crushed them, and Little A defeated the Jaw Titan while Might Duy shattered the Armored Titan’s armor, only to find both their human opponents had escaped their napes.
• Reiko summoned a tapir to restrain the Cart Titan, and Danzo killed the soldiers in its control room with Wind Release, prompting Reiner to protect Pica while Ymir helped the enemy retreat.
• Might Duy and Little A pursued the retreating Titans, repeatedly struck down the Cart Titan, and knocked both Ymir and Pica unconscious as they tried to intervene.
• Little A overpowered the Armored Titan, pulled Reiner from its nape, and told him he was a rookie who wanted to recruit him into the Ten Thousand Worlds Ninja Nation.
• Reiner reacted with shock to Little A’s offer, accused Eren Yeager of misleading him, and shouted Eren’s name in anger.

Little A and Duy captured Reiner, Ymir, and Pica, and Tetsuhiro tried to persuade Pica to join the Empire. Before Pica could answer, the Survey Corps charged the Kabaneri, and the chapter ended with Levi and Kenny approaching the Portal together.

• Pica surrendered to Little A, who knocked Reiner unconscious, while Duy captured Ymir.
• Little A and Duy brought the captives to Tetsuhiro and Madara, and Tetsuhiro offered Pica freedom and equality if he joined the Empire.
• The Survey Corps charged the Kabaneri, with Erwin, Mike, and Hange leading their forces into battle.
• The Survey Corps blasted a giant black monster's head apart, but its falling body revealed that it was made of humanoid monsters that infected soldiers through bites.
• Hange's squad lost Nifa to the infection, and Hange began leading the group more cautiously.
• Levi and Kenny reached the Portal's entrance through an underground passage.

Levi and Kenny attacked Madara but struggled to penetrate his Susanoo and faced his overwhelming counterattacks. As Madara advanced, Kenny took Levi’s Thunder Spears and set out to make a close-range attack, leaving Levi behind.

• Li Tetsuhiro spotted Levi and Kenny approaching Madara and rushed toward them.
• Levi and Kenny attacked Madara with shotguns, blades, and Thunder Spears, but his Susanoo blocked most of their assault.
• Madara repelled Kenny’s shots with Shinra Tensei and advanced on the pair with a massive Tachi.
• Levi proposed detonating Thunder Spears at close range, but Kenny took the weapons and headed toward Madara instead.

Kenny and Levi fought Madara but were badly wounded before Li Tetsuhiro intervened and revealed that their own people had used them. He took the two Ackermans through the Portal for treatment, then set out to save the Survey Corps.

• Kenny and Levi attacked Madara, but Susanoo's blades and Madara's powers overwhelmed them.
• Kenny sacrificed his last Thunder Spear to save Levi, and Levi in turn knocked Kenny clear of Madara's attack.
• Madara demanded their names, and Levi identified himself as captain of the Survey Corps while Kenny gave his name as Kenny Ackerman.
• Hashirama stopped Madara from killing them, and Li Tetsuhiro told the wounded men that their own people had used them.
• Li Tetsuhiro carried Kenny and Levi to the Portal, healed their injuries with golden light, and sent them with the Personal Guard for treatment.
• Li Tetsuhiro and Madara flew off to rescue the Survey Corps.

Erwin and Mike led the Survey Corps in an attempt to destroy Black Smoke II, but Mima stopped their attack and overwhelmed them. After realizing their plan had failed, Erwin ordered most of his soldiers to retreat while Mike Squad stayed behind to cover them.

• Erwin named Hange as his successor and rallied the surviving Survey Corps soldiers to attack Black Smoke II.
• Mike led his riders toward Erwin's force, and Nanaba killed the transformed Heiniger as they passed.
• The Survey Corps exposed Black Smoke II's glowing core, but Danzo, Hiruzen, and Mima arrived and Mima snapped their maneuvering cables.
• Mima defeated Erwin, Mike, and Nanaba in combat, while the Survey Corps' attacks failed to stop him.
• Erwin ordered the soldiers to retreat and protect their comrades, and Mike Squad volunteered to cover their withdrawal.

Mima overwhelmed Mike Squad while Erwin led the surviving Survey Corps through a monster-filled encirclement. After escaping with Hange’s squad, Erwin chose a western route to lure their pursuers toward traps and resolved to bring everyone back safely.

• Nanaba persuaded Mike Squad to return and use their ODM gear against Mima, while Hiruzen and the others let them attack.
• Mima revealed his speed and strength, knocked out Nanaba and Mike, and left Mike Squad defeated.
• Erwin’s group found themselves surrounded by controlled monsters and used Thunder Spears to break through, then joined forces with Hange’s squad.
• Erwin realized the retreat had been a trap and led the survivors west, avoiding a direct fight and planning to lure their pursuers toward prepared traps.
• Erwin suppressed his doubts and ordered the group to move, determined not to give up before bringing them back safely.

Erwin led the Survey Corps into a trap for the pursuing Hunt Faction, but the battle left both sides captured and wounded. As Erwin struggled with the realization that the Hunt Faction had used tranquilizers rather than intending to kill, Shari arrived and demanded the captives’ release at gunpoint.

• Erwin and Hange lured the Hunt Faction into a collapsing-ground trap, killing many pursuers, but Hange was shot as the survivors escaped.
• Moblit stayed behind to protect Erwin, and the arriving Levi Squad fought Uryu and Xiaohuo; Moblit and Petra were shot with tranquilizer rounds.
• The Levi Squad was subdued, and the Survey Corps returned with Erwin to capture Uryu and Xiaohuo after learning that the fallen soldiers were only unconscious.
• Erwin realized the Hunt Faction had not intended to kill the Survey Corps and questioned his assumptions about war, while Uryu vowed revenge.
• Shari arrived with another Hunt Faction squad, aimed at Erwin, and demanded that he release Uryu and Xiaohuo; Erwin threatened to kill the captives if they did not let the Corps leave.

Mima restored Reiko’s senses while Eren transformed into the Founding Titan and began the Rumbling, sending the Wall Titans marching across the world. As Zeke and Annie fought alongside him, Li Tetsuhiro watched the battle unfold.

• Shari ordered his troops to fire on the retreating Survey Corps, while Erwin struggled over whether to kill or take Uryu and the other prisoner with them.
• Reiko lost control and attacked Mebuki, but Mima calmed her by telling her he needed her, and she returned to his side.
• Eren activated the Founding Titan, revealed that he had rejected Zeke’s euthanasia plan, empowered his friends, and erased Zeke’s dream from his mind.
• Eren severed his friends’ connection to the Paths, and Mikasa, Armin, Sasha, and the others awoke in a Paradis prison with their memories intact.
• Eren unleashed the Rumbling as the Three Walls collapsed and thousands of Colossal Titans began marching; Zeke and Annie transformed to fight the opposing forces.
• Zeke used Ksaver’s throwing technique to break the water wall, while Annie’s Female Titan charged through the Undead Army and Kabaneri.

The ninja army joined the battle as the Rumbling began, and the Coalition Army faced a series of devastating attacks. While Madara fought the altered Titans and Tobirama unleashed Jue, Hiruzen captured senior enemy officials as the coalition's remaining soldiers mobilized.

• The Female Titan rescued Erwin and the others, then fought off Chiyo, Ebizo, and their puppet army while Mima pursued the fleeing Survey Corps.
• Five captured Titans attacked Madara Uchiha, who crushed them with Super Shinra Tensei before Reiner, Bertolt, and the others attacked to hold him back for Eren.
• Li Tetsuhiro reported that the Rumbling had begun, and Tobirama released and controlled three Jue to send toward the battlefield.
• Nine Tailed Beasts emerged from the Portal, joined the fight, and began charging Tailed Beast Bombs as the Coalition Army's morale collapsed.
• The Coalition Army's leaders ordered their remaining soldiers to mobilize, but the Tailed Beasts and other giant creatures threatened their command post and forced the officials to flee.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi's group trapped the officials' vehicles with earth techniques and captured the senior officials, while Hiruzen celebrated taking the credit.

The Coalition Army’s remaining leaders survived the Rumbling’s first blasts but surrendered when Hiruzen and the ninja arrived. As the Empire’s forces captured the defenders, Hiruzen prepared his troops for the coming battle against the Colossal Titans.

• Commander Pica ordered the queen evacuated as the Coalition Army fought back, but the Tailed Beast Bombs struck behind the headquarters and the Rumbling advanced.
• Jean feared Historia had been trampled, but she returned after forcing President Darius to bring her back.
• Hiruzen’s ninja surrounded the survivors and escorted them away while Hiruzen ordered his troops to prepare for the real war.
• Mifune Hisashi continued attacking after the Coalition Army raised white flags, until Li Tetsuhiro authorized accepting their surrender cautiously.
• The Head of State and Mifune Hisashi began disarming and transporting the captives as the Technology Corps prepared to retreat from the approaching Titans.

Danzo’s forces captured Zeke and the Female Titan while the Ninja army and its allies fought back the Colossal Titans. Eren gained Ymir’s power and summoned Titans from the past, abruptly turning the battle against the Ninja forces.

• Hashirama trapped the Beast Titan in a wooden cage, and the Technology Corps crippled it with cannon fire while Danzo’s Ninja cut Zeke from its nape and captured him.
• Hyuga Steel Plate reported that his unit had captured the Female Titan, while Danzo ordered the Ninja forces to summon beasts and prepare defenses.
• Ōnoki and more than a hundred Ninja trapped seventy Colossal Titans in trenches, then sealed them in scalding concrete as Little A and Might Duy attacked the remaining Titans.
• Hiruzen discovered that Danzo had diverted him to seize temporary command, then joined the battle alongside the Ninja, summoned beasts, and Tailed Beasts.
• Eren embraced Ymir in the Paths and persuaded her to lend him her power, transforming his body and melting the Ice Release holding him.
• Eren summoned more than twenty gray-white Titans of the Past, whose attacks wounded summoned beasts and tied down the Tailed Beasts, erasing the Ninja army’s advantage.

The ninja army struggled against Eren’s Titan forces until Madara arrived and began devastating the battlefield. Eren redirected Madara’s first meteor, but Madara summoned a second, larger one, leaving the defenders with no easy escape.

• Kagami awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and used Amaterasu and Susanoo to fight the Titans.
• Madara arrived with Reiner and the other bound captives, warned Kagami about overusing his eyes, and attacked the Titan horde with his Susanoo.
• Eren confronted Madara as the Founding Titan and destroyed Madara’s Chibaku Tensei core with giant bolts.
• Eren coordinated the Colossal Titans to redirect Madara’s first Tengai Shinsei meteor into a valley, where seawater cushioned its landing.
• Madara summoned a second, larger meteor, and an exhausted Eren faced the threat with only one last method remaining.

Eren and the Colossal Titans fought desperately to stop Madara’s meteor, but Madara overwhelmed Eren and turned the battle in the Ninja army’s favor. Hikari displayed her Mangekyō abilities against the remaining Titans while Li Tetsuhiro and Madara discussed their clans, and Tiezhu began considering plans for future talents.

• Eren commanded the Colossal Titans to leap at Madara’s meteor and joined them in striking it until it fell into the ocean, leaving more than half of the Titans destroyed.
• Madara used Limbo: Border Jail to batter Eren, but Eren broke through the Susanoo and nearly stabbed Madara before Super Shinra Tensei blasted him into the ground.
• Danzo ordered the Ninja army to attack the uncontrolled Colossal Titans while the Tailed Beasts fired Tailed Beast Bombs.
• Uchiha Hikari trapped four Titans in black flames, marked others with Tsukuyomi, and used Yachihoko to bring 2,000 Titans under her control.
• Li Tetsuhiro descended beside Madara, who declared that his Uchiha clansmen would not lose to Hashirama’s people, while Tiezhu thought about future Uchiha talents and plans for the Empire.

Li Tetsuhiro and Madara entered the Paths and found Ymir, who demanded death in exchange for the titans’ power. Li Tetsuhiro proposed transferring Ymir’s burden to Eren, and Ymir began making Eren her replacement.

• Li Tetsuhiro stopped Eren from detonating the Intelligent Titans, and Madara used Genjutsu to take control of him.
• Madara and Li Tetsuhiro brought Eren into the Paths, where they found Ymir shaping titan bodies from sand.
• Ymir said she wanted freedom and threatened to turn every Eldian into a Pure Titan if the warriors refused her demand.
• Li Tetsuhiro suggested that Ymir transfer her power and endless labor to Eren, and Ymir eagerly agreed.
• Ymir began transferring the Founding Titan’s power and the shackles of her service to Eren, while Li Tetsuhiro quietly gave Madara further instructions.

Eren explained that he had accepted a permanent role in Paths to end the Titan bloodline and secure a future for the Eldians under Shinobi Country. He persuaded Mikasa to kill him as the only way to save their people, and she raised her blade as he asked her to forget him.

• Mikasa, Armin, and Connie entered the Founding Titan's mouth and found Eren with Li Tetsuhiro and Madara.
• Mikasa attacked Li Tetsuhiro, but he stopped her blade with one finger, and Eren revealed that he had become trapped in Paths.
• Eren explained his plan to end the Titan bloodline and told his companions that killing him and surrendering to Shinobi Country would let them survive.
• Madara demanded that Eren alter the Eldians' memories and remove the lifespan limit on the Intelligent Titans.
• Eren told Mikasa to kill him, and after Armin handed her the blade, Eren asked her to burn his scarf and forget him.
• Mikasa swung the blade toward Eren's exposed neck.

Mikasa killed Eren, and Madara and Tetsuhiro learned that Eren had resisted Madara’s genjutsu but surrendered because of his love for Mikasa. After the Shinobi Empire conquered the world and rebuilt it, Levi, Kenny, and the other survivors began adjusting to peaceful life.

• Mikasa beheaded Eren, kissed him goodbye, and left carrying his head while Armin and Connie mourned.
• Madara revealed that Eren had resisted his genjutsu, and Tetsuhiro concluded that Eren had let himself be controlled because of love.
• Eren awoke in Paths as Ymir completed her final task and faded away, leaving him to fear that his identity would be erased and regret his fate.
• Under Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju, the Shinobi Empire defeated the remaining resistance, and the nations surrendered; the Empire preserved their cultures and began rebuilding the Titan world.
• Six months later, Levi visited an orphanage and remembered Isabel and Farlan before Kenny arrived to summon him to an International Confederation of Wizards meeting.
• Levi and Kenny raced through the city, drawing complaints from Nien and others, while Sasha stole meat at a barbecue stall and her friends teased her.

Levi attended a council meeting where former enemies coordinated Titan-removal serum production and international cooperation, then visited Eren’s unmarked grave. He ended the night telling orphanage children that Eren was an idiot who chased freedom, while remembering the freedom Eren had left behind.

• Erwin announced the serum allocation plan, and the council approved Shields artisans’ visit to the Myriad Worlds Workshop.
• Hange presented bio-cement research, while Levi found Armin and Annie discussing Zeke and Levi’s enhanced strength.
• Levi saw the memorial to those who lived for freedom and watched Reiner and Ymir salute it.
• Levi left flowers at Eren’s unmarked grave as Zeke stood nearby beneath the banyan tree.
• Levi read to the orphanage children and described Eren as an idiot who chased freedom.