Recaps

Far East generals argued against advancing farther into the Middle East, but their governments had ordered them to attack Hera Province at Ebson’s direction. General Evans gathered several officers to resist Ebson’s control, while Yago secretly sent Sasha, Connie, and Jean to withdraw Paradis’s troops and prepared Aili to depart for Twilight Town.

• General Aleksy argued that the Far East should halt its advance and consolidate its occupied territory, while General Evans reminded him that they had received orders from their governments.
• A Far East general revealed that Ebson had ordered the attack on Hera Province, prompting Aleksy to erupt in anger.
• After the generals’ meeting ended without a decision, Evans summoned Aleksy and other officers and declared that they should reject Ebson’s authority over the Far East.
• More than ten days later, Yago ordered Sasha, Connie, and Jean to relay verbal instructions for Paradis’s troops to withdraw and rendezvous with the Orient’s forces.
• Yago told A-Wu to prepare Aili to leave for Twilight Town, and A-Wu departed using his Omni-Directional Mobility Gear.

The freighter Knight carried Aili toward Twilight Town through waters contested by the Far East and the Allied Army, while European ships remained untouched amid shifting alliances. Aili enjoyed the voyage’s lavish food, and the Knight announced that its destination was near.

• The Far East’s surprise attack destroyed the Middle Eastern fleet at Hahn Port, while the Allied Army later assembled a fleet capable of resisting the Far East.
• European nations rejected Marley’s alliance offer, protected their merchant ships through secretive dealings, and reportedly used overseas colonies as bargaining chips.
• The European-flagged Knight passed allied and Far Eastern warships without being attacked, and a Far Eastern squadron escorted it through its waters.
• Aili feasted at the Knight’s cocktail party and ordered more food and orange juice, baffling a waiter with her manners.
• Aili scattered coins for the waiter, who then admired her simple tastes, as the Knight sounded its horn near Twilight Town.

Aili arrived in Twilight Town on the Knight and slipped through the harbor without using her false identity. Meanwhile, Ivanor demanded command of the Far East forces and entered a building under guard, leaving her purpose unclear.

• The Knight docked in Twilight Town, and its captain bribed the Far East inspection squad to finish its search quickly.
• Aili disguised her appearance, passed through the harbor checkpoint unnoticed, and hired a carriage to take her to an address on a slip of paper.
• Ivanor ordered the Far East forces' supreme commander to hand over command, and he begrudgingly accepted her authority because of her powerful Marleyan connection.
• Ivanor arrived on a quiet street, recognized a certain spot, and ordered her soldiers to seal off a building while she went inside.

Aili met Ivanor in Twilight Town, where Ivanor agreed to join the Eldia Revival Army and took Aili to Command Headquarters. Meanwhile, Annie learned that Aili had gone alone and confronted Yago about trusting her.

• Ivanor greeted Aili with an exuberant embrace, then told her she commanded the Far East forces in Twilight Town and could mobilize five thousand troops and thirteen warships.
• Ivanor admitted she was joining the Eldia Revival Army for Aili rather than for Eldia, and Aili welcomed her into the army.
• Ivanor pulled Aili into her military vehicle and introduced her to the Far East soldiers as her darling, then privately concealed her cold expression whenever Aili looked away.
• Annie asked Yago why Aili had gone alone, and Yago said he trusted her.
• Annie angrily challenged Yago's confidence in Aili, and Yago protested that no one could kidnap and traffic a Titan that huge.

Ivanor arranged for the European fleet to pass through Far East waters and reassured Aili that Litt could join their effort against Ebson. She warned Aili that the scarlet mist could turn non-Eldians into Titans and drive Titan Warriors mad, while Yago's Eldia Soldier fleet approached Twilight Town.

• The Far East fleet confirmed the European warship's identity and awaited orders from Twilight Town Command Headquarters.
• Ivanor ordered the Far East navy to let the European fleet pass and escort it, while a resentful Far East officer left his post in Twilight Town.
• Ivanor told Aili that Litt wanted revenge on Marley and might cooperate against Ebson and his allies.
• Ivanor explained the dangers of the scarlet mist, warning that it could transform non-Eldians into Titans and make Titan Warriors lose their minds.
• Aboard the Lancy warship carrying Eldia Soldiers, Yago studied Twilight Town's location.

Yago finalized a surprise attack on Ebson, using Ivanor’s Far East military plans to prepare the Eldians to seize victory for themselves. At Ebson’s laboratory, he learned that the fish had taken the bait and ordered Bill to prepare the latest Life Fluid for the arriving guests.

• Yago decided Ebson had to be eliminated because the Far East’s military and air force posed a threat beyond the Rumbling.
• Ivanor revealed that she had obtained the Far East army’s operational deployment plans and agreed to help Yago’s Eldia Revival Army.
• Yago finalized the surprise attack plan and told Ivanor they were acting for the future of the Eldians.
• Bill told Ebson that the Far East’s schemes were obvious, the Allied Army was likely finished, and the fish had taken the bait.
• Ebson shattered a bottle of scarlet liquid and ordered Bill to make the guests ready to meet the boy who would test the latest Life Fluid.

The Middle Eastern Army celebrated its victories and mocked the Far East, unaware that Marley had withdrawn to let a devastating attack begin. Eren watched the Rumbling advance and told Yago that the real show had begun.

• Middle Eastern soldiers in Hera Province celebrated their victories and speculated about why Marley had withdrawn.
• A soldier argued that Marley wanted to study Far East tanks, but the discussion was cut short when bombs began raining down on the Middle Eastern unit.
• Thousands of high-altitude bombs devastated the valley and the soldiers stationed there.
• Two hundred thousand Colossal Titans advanced beneath the ocean, boiling the water around them as the Founding Titan Attack moved above the waves.
• In Paths, Zeke told Eren to show how far he could go, and Eren said that Yago had been directing the story and that the real show had begun.

Yago’s team infiltrated the Scarlet Base disguised as a convoy carrying prisoners, aiming to surprise Ebson. As they neared the base, Yago acknowledged the Marley Warriors’ uneasy position and reflected on how circumstances had forced Eldians to bear Titan Power.

• A convoy carrying Allied Army prisoners approached the Scarlet Base, where Far East soldiers feared the mysterious Demon Mist and the people who entered the facility.
• Ivanor’s presence persuaded a checkpoint officer to let the convoy pass without inspection.
• A-Yi worried that a guard had seen her, and A-Wu prepared to attack before Yago stopped him to avoid raising the alarm.
• Yago’s strike team—Aili, Reiner, Porco, Pieck, A-Yi, and A-Wu—continued toward the base while Annie and the others waited outside to support them.
• Pieck questioned whether Yago trusted her, Reiner, and Porco despite their former ties to Ebson and the Marley Warrior Unit; Yago said he understood their circumstances and wished Eldians had never been burdened with Titan Power.

Yago and the others infiltrated Scarlet Base alongside Ivanor, disguised as Far East soldiers, and entered its heavily guarded underground interior. Their cover seemed intact until Bazel recognized something familiar about Ivanor’s masked companions and grabbed Aili.

• Yago and the others entered Scarlet Base wearing gas masks and disguised themselves among the Far East soldiers after the prisoners were taken away.
• Ivanor led Yago, A-Yi, A-Wu, Pieck, and Aili into the enormous main section of the base and brought them to a troop station.
• Bazel stopped Ivanor and questioned her about where she had been, but she brushed him off and tried to continue with her companions.
• Bazel grabbed Aili, noticed her silver hair, and left her frozen with fear.

Yago and his allies entered Ebson’s secret base with Ivanor’s help and prepared weapons and Omni-Directional Mobility Gear for a surprise attack. As they waited for Ivanor to locate Ebson and the other Titan Warriors, Porco discovered a strange device that showed his face on a screen elsewhere.

• Bazel grew suspicious of Aili and tried to remove her mask, but Ivanor slapped his hand away while Yago stopped A-Yi from attacking him.
• Ivanor led the group into the base’s core, where they heard roars from a massive steel building used for Ebson’s experiments on non-Eldians.
• The group reached a secluded corner, removed their masks, and found crates of Omni-Directional Mobility Gear, Thunder Spears, and other weapons.
• Ivanor showed Yago a map and planned to scout Ebson’s location while Yago and the others waited in hiding.
• Porco spotted a scarlet-glowing device, and a screen in a dark room displayed his confused face.

Ivanor confronted Bill as A-Yi and A-Wu ambushed a Far East patrol, exposing the group’s location. Yago led the others fleeing under a storm of gunfire while hundreds of Far East soldiers pursued them.

• Ivanor met Bill on a deserted path, and Bill accused her of luring the group into a trap for the Doctor.
• A-Yi and A-Wu killed seven Far East soldiers, but a returning soldier spotted them and fired a shot before they could stop him.
• The gunshot alerted Yago and the others, and a Far East officer sent hundreds of soldiers to surround their hiding place.
• A-Wu reported that the group had been exposed, while Aili suspected someone had betrayed them; Yago carried her away with his Omni-Directional Mobility Gear.
• A-Yi carried Pieck, A-Wu fled alone, and Reiner offered to carry Porco as they escaped through the buildings under heavy gunfire.

Yago’s group fought their way through the Far East soldiers pursuing them, but Porco transformed into the Flying Claw Titan and they discovered the Winged Titan waiting ahead. A-Yi and A-Wu struck the Winged Titan with Thunder Spears, sending him crashing into a steel building.

• Far East soldiers opened fire on Yago’s group, and Reiner struggled to carry Porco with his Omni-Directional Mobility Gear.
• After being shot and thrown from Reiner, Porco transformed into the Flying Claw Titan and attacked the pursuing soldiers and vehicles.
• Aili told Yago that Ivanor had tricked her, while Yago realized Ebson had laid a trap for them at Scarlet Base.
• The Winged Titan attacked the group with a shock wave, disrupting Yago’s control of his gear.
• A-Yi and A-Wu launched two Thunder Spears at the Winged Titan, who fell and smashed into a steel building, while Reiner slipped off a rooftop.

Selen Evans delivered Ebson’s challenge to Yago, then released Scarlet Mist among the Far East soldiers and transformed hundreds of them into Blood Titans. Yago and his companions faced a path of Blood Titans leading to the Laboratory where Ebson waited.

• Reiner lost his balance, but the Flying Claw Titan caught him and set him safely on the roof.
• Selen Evans told Yago that Ebson was waiting at the Laboratory and offered him the choice to submit.
• At Yago’s request, the Flying Claw Titan threw a bone claw that overturned Selen’s truck and exposed canisters of Scarlet Mist.
• Selen shot open the canisters, transformed into the Red Fire Titan, and burned nearby soldiers as the gas spread.
• More than a hundred Far East soldiers transformed into Blood Titans, while Selen left Yago and his companions facing a trail of Titans leading to the Laboratory.

Yago and his allies prepared to fight their way through the Blood Titans as the Winged Titan regenerated and flew off. After the Far East defeated the Middle East’s reserve army, Magath ordered Marley’s forces to clear the waters around Light Harbor and evacuate civilians, then learned that the War Hammer Titan had disappeared.

• Yago asked A-Yi, A-Wu, and Reiner to ready their blades, then planned for Pieck to carry Porco and Aili while the others cleared a path through the Blood Titans.
• The Winged Titan regenerated, killed several Blood Titans, and flew toward something in the distance.
• Ahmed learned that the Far East had routed the Middle Eastern Army, captured Hera Province, and left fewer than thirty thousand of its two hundred thousand reserve troops alive.
• Magath concluded that the Far East’s power matched the young man’s predictions and ordered Marley’s navy to clear Light Harbor’s waters and troops to forcibly evacuate civilians along the route.
• A Marley soldier told Magath that the War Hammer Titan had disappeared.

Ivanor reported to Ebson after helping lure Yago to Scarlet Base, while privately showing disgust and regret over her deception. Ebson’s obsession with the power he believed would satisfy his resentment intensified, and the chapter ended with Eren and Zeke seeing Ymir standing beside the expanding Blood Lake in the Paths.

• Ivanor returned to Ebson, who praised her for helping lure Yago to Scarlet Base and ordered his people to bring Yago back.
• After leaving Ebson’s laboratory, Ivanor cursed him, worried that Aili-chan would blame her, and swallowed a hidden slip of paper.
• Ebson brooded over his resentment toward Norman and convinced himself that gaining supreme power would finally satisfy him.
• Ebson roared in denial, kicked over the sofa, and revealed scarlet lightning in his eyes and a twisting shadow in his pupils.
• In the Paths, Eren and Zeke stood near the Coordinate as the Blood Lake expanded around the sand dune where Ymir stood.

Yago, A-Yi, A-Wu, and their allies fought through the Blood Titans toward Ebson’s laboratory in the Scarlet Base. Outside, Far East troops battled the Titans and Scarlet Mist, while an undercover soldier took the place of a man killed during a transformation.

• Yago and A-Yi cut through Blood Titans, and A-Yi used Thunder Spears to save Reiner from the encroaching monsters.
• A-Wu spun through the Titans with paired blades, then took Thunder Spears from the Cart Titan, where Aili and Porco rode with Pieck.
• Yago and the others neared Ebson’s laboratory as Blood Titans poured from the Scarlet Base toward the Far East army’s perimeter defenses.
• A Far East officer ordered his troops to attack the Titans, then killed a soldier who transformed after inhaling Scarlet Mist and forced another soldier to take his position.
• The replacement soldier concealed reddish-brown hair and pale yellow eyes behind his mask and helmet.

Yago and his companions advanced toward Bill, Bazel, Selen, and Ivanor, with both sides transforming into Titans as they prepared to fight. The chapter ended as Bill and the others began their transformations.

• Bill, Bazel, Selen, and Ivanor watched Yago and his companions approach the plaza.
• Yago transformed into the Fate Titan and destroyed two Blood Titans blocking his path.
• Aili transformed into the Sea-Swimming Titan after seeing Ivanor.
• Reiner transformed into the Armored Titan, while the Cart Titan and Flying Claw Titan joined him.
• Bill invited the approaching group to a fight, and Selen, Bazel, Ivanor, and Bill began transforming.

The Fate Titan and the other Titan Warriors charged the Titans blocking their path, beginning a battle outside the Laboratory Building. The Silver-Split Titan multiplied into five bodies, and the fighting continued as the Cart Titan drew two pursuers toward A-Yi and A-Wu.

• The Fate Titan led the charge, followed by the Armored Titan, Sea-Swimming Titan, and Flying Claw Titan, while the Cart Titan stayed back.
• The Silver-Split Titan split into five bodies, and the Red Fire Titan intercepted the Fate Titan as the others attacked.
• The Fate Titan crushed one Silver-Split Titan's head with bone claws, while the Armored Titan blocked another's spike and counterattacked.
• The Red Fire Titan's flames forced the Flying Claw Titan to dodge, while the Cart Titan fled from two Silver-Split Titans.
• A-Yi and A-Wu attacked the two pursuers' napes, but the split-off Silver-Split Titans kept fighting; the Sea-Swimming Titan charged the Paladin Titan as Ivanor focused on her.

Yago and his companions gained the advantage against the Titan Warriors, but Ebson unleashed the Blood Titans and sent the Winged Titan toward the square. A-Wu rushed to the Fate Titan as it destroyed another Silver-Split Titan, while the horde closed in.

• The Sea-Swimming Titan grappled with the Paladin Titan, while the Fate Titan impaled two Silver-Split Titan duplicates and the Armored Titan crushed another.
• Bill struggled to control his remaining Silver-Split Titans as Pieck used a Cart Titan decoy to emerge from its nape and destroy one pursuing duplicate.
• Porco waited out the Red Fire Titan’s flames and pierced its throat with the Flying Claw Titan’s spikes.
• Ebson activated a switch, turning the Blood Titans surrounding the square into a bloodthirsty horde and sending the Winged Titan flying toward the battle.
• A-Wu rushed toward the Fate Titan as it summoned a War Hammer-like weapon and smashed a Silver-Split Titan duplicate.

Yago left his allies to hold off the pursuing Titans while he flew away in the Fate Titan, entrusting Reiner with a hardened shield. As scarlet mist transformed Ebson’s Titan Warriors and intensified their powers, Reiner’s group prepared for a more dangerous battle.

• Pieck warned Yago that Ebson’s wounded Titans seemed suspiciously weak and might be setting a trap.
• Yago told A-Yi to lead the others in a breakout once he gave the signal, then revealed wings on the Fate Titan and flew away.
• The Fate Titan left a massive hardened shield for Reiner, who raised it as his allies took positions against the approaching Blood Titans.
• Bill said the Doctor had been right as mechanical pipes released scarlet mist around the Silver-Split Titan, Red Fire Titan, Paladin Titan, and Fortress Titan.
• The scarlet mist changed the Titans: the Red Fire Titan’s flames turned blue, the Paladin Titan charged into the Fortress Titan, and the Silver-Split Titan prepared to attack.

The Fate Titan broke into the Laboratory by using Hardening to deform its steel door, while the Far East Army routed the Middle Eastern Army and devastated Hera Province with incendiary bombs. At Light Harbor, Magath had Middle Eastern representatives removed from an Allied Army conference as Marley gained control over the weakened coalition, and Marley prepared to share crucial news from the front.

• The Fate Titan spread Hardening through the Laboratory door, then charged through it after its crystalline spikes warped the steel.
• The Far East Army drove Middle Eastern forces into a chaotic retreat across Hera Province, and its aircraft later burned tens of thousands of soldiers with incendiary bombs.
• Eren watched the scorched world through the Paths and questioned how humanity's violence differed from the Eldians' Titan power.
• Magath ordered Marley Guards to remove the protesting Middle Eastern representatives from the Allied Army conference at Light Harbor.
• The remaining representatives accepted Marley's growing influence over the Allied Army as Marley indicated it had crucial news from the front.

Erwin proposed forming a worldwide United Nations Assembly at a conference of Allied Army delegates, but faced open hostility toward Eldians. After Levi subdued guards and Erwin confronted a delegate who demanded the war be ended first, a bank of fog appeared across the ocean horizon.

• Erwin formally proposed a worldwide United Nations Assembly on behalf of Paradis Island and the Eldian people, citing a preliminary agreement with Marley.
• A delegate from Indi denounced Erwin and Eldians, while other delegates mocked his proposal and questioned whether Eldians deserved a place in the assembly.
• Erwin argued that nations should learn from the Eldians’ history and that a United Nations could prevent and mediate conflicts.
• When a delegate demanded that Eldians end the ongoing war, Erwin approached him, and Levi knocked down the Marley guards who tried to stop them.
• Erwin slammed the delegate against a window and asked whether he would support the proposal if Eldians ended the war, as dense fog began spreading across the ocean horizon.

At the Allied Army conference, Magath exposed Urnati and Tiao as Far East collaborators who had trapped the leaders at Light Harbor with a fleet of steel warships. As the Tiao fleet threatened the headquarters, strange fog and boiling seawater appeared around the ships, leaving the danger unresolved.

• Magath accused Urnati of secretly allying Tiao with the Far East and leaking details of the military conference.
• Urnati admitted Tiao's betrayal and threatened the representatives with more than thirty naval guns aimed at the command headquarters.
• Magath challenged Urnati to consider the power of the Eldian devils.
• A Tiao fleet general dismissed reports of mysterious fog near Light Harbor and ordered his ships to keep their guns trained on the headquarters.
• The water around the leading Tiao warship began boiling, steam struck the general, and crimson points appeared beneath the sea.

The Rumbling destroyed Tiao’s fleet before the assembled nations, leaving their representatives in despair. In the Laboratory, Yago confronted Ebson, who claimed he had started the war for Yago and urged him to recognize the greater power hidden behind the Eldians’ Titan abilities.

• The Colossal Titans overwhelmed Tiao’s warships, and the boiling sea killed soldiers who fell overboard.
• Urnati collapsed as the representatives watched Tiao’s fleet disappear beneath the Rumbling.
• Yago entered the Laboratory and confronted Ebson, who revealed that Ivanor had warned him Yago was coming.
• Ebson said he had launched the war for Yago because Yago had wanted a war and the Far East made a suitable opponent.
• Ebson urged Yago to look beyond Titan power to the greater treasure hidden behind it.

Yago confronted Ebson with the truth about the artificial titans and consumed the Colossal Titan’s blood, triggering a transformation that spread crimson power through Paths. As the fate titan changed, Eren watched the Rumbling continue its advance toward Hera Province.

• Yago explained that he was the founding titan of the artificial titans and accused Ebson of creating them from his blood to replace the original titan powers.
• Ebson admitted that he and Norman had sought to control Eldian titan power and extend it to all humanity, then urged Yago to fulfill Norman’s wishes.
• Yago rejected Ebson’s appeal and swallowed the Colossal Titan’s blood.
• Crimson lightning consumed the golden arcs around Yago, while storms swept through Paths and blood stained the fate titan’s sand-built body.
• Ymir watched the fate titan change with curiosity, as Zeke and Eren noticed crimson spreading across the paths of light.
• Eren watched the Rumbling’s two hundred thousand Colossal Titans trample everything in their path as they advanced from Light Harbor toward Hera Province.