Recaps

As Historia’s coronation preparations continued, Yago and Eren talked about visiting Carla and encountered Instructor Keith, whose behavior left Eren wondering what he was hiding. The chapter ended as Captain Levi and an unexpected companion approached them.

• Jean and Connie restrained Sasha when she tried to rush the banquet table for its meat.
• Historia’s attendants prepared her for the coronation, while Ymir admired her and Annie and Mikasa privately reacted to her appearance.
• Yago encouraged Eren to visit Carla after the ceremony, and Eren agreed.
• Yago and Eren spoke with Instructor Keith, who studied Eren and left him puzzled about what Keith was concealing.
• Captain Levi approached Yago and Eren with an unexpected companion.

Historia was crowned queen, while Erwin proposed a campaign to retake Wall Maria. The coronation ended with a lavish banquet, leaving Yago uneasy about the dangers ahead and puzzled by Annie’s cold stare.

• Erwin recovered his resolve, and Levi complained that Yago had left him in charge of the five Ackermans assigned to the Survey Corps.
• Erwin proposed organizing the Battle to Retake Wall Maria after Historia took the throne, and Eren eagerly volunteered.
• The Wallist Church prepared for the coronation, and Historia arrived with Annie, Mikasa, Ymir, and Sasha as honored soldiers.
• The high priest crowned Historia, and she delivered a stirring speech before the nobles and soldiers paid their respects.
• Historia saluted like a former soldier, then began her reign as queen as the banquet started; Yago noticed Annie giving him a cold look.

Yago and the others visited Wald Manor, where Eren reunited with Carla and the children shared a warm meal with their families. That night, Yago teased Annie about stealing her away from Leonhardt and promptly got kicked off the flower bed.

• Lisa Wald excused herself from hosting Yago and the others because she had family matters to handle.
• Lucia welcomed Yago and fussed over Annie before Carla came out to greet Eren, Mikasa, and Armin.
• Carla embraced Eren, who tearfully apologized for not visiting sooner.
• Lucia and Carla served the children a cozy lunch, while Yago noticed Mikasa's affection for Eren and Eren's hidden feelings for her.
• Annie praised Lucia, and Yago joked that Leonhardt would beat him for stealing her daughter, so Annie kicked him off the flower bed.

In Central City, Marley’s leaders discussed the Warrior Unit’s losses on the island and approved Zeke’s planned final attempt to capture the Founding Titan. They then watched the Louis Arms Company demonstrate new rifles, leaving Magath aware that a powerful Marleyan noble house stood behind the arms maker.

• Calvi opened a meeting with Magath and senior Marleyan officials, who learned that the islanders had captured the Female Titan, Jaw Titan, and Colossal Titan.
• Magath reported that Zeke planned one final operation to seize the Founding Titan, and Calvi authorized the Marley Navy to support him.
• Kenk of the Louis Arms Company demonstrated the Garand Type II semiautomatic rifle and proposed selling it to Marley.
• After officials objected to the rifle’s price and to arming Eldian troops, Magath suggested equipping the Guard Corps first, and Calvi agreed.
• Kenk offered to show the officials another assault weapon, while Magath recognized that a great Marleyan noble house backed the company.

Kenk reported that Marley’s military had ordered only a third of the weapons Ebson Louis expected, and Ebson instructed him to secretly sell arms to the Middle East through another company. Later, Ebson met with Eldia Restorationists Jack and Selina, supplied them with weapons and medicine, and warned them about their planned assassination of Landon.

• Kenk told Ebson that the Marley military had agreed to replace equipment only for the Marley Guard Corps, leaving the order far below their target.
• Ebson told Kenk to arrange arms sales to the Middle East under a different company name.
• Jack and Selina met Ebson, and Jack thanked him for secretly supporting the Eldia Restorationists.
• Ebson warned Jack that the planned assassination was risky, while Jack said they had to stop Landon from killing more Eldians.
• Ebson told Jack and Selina that their weapons and medicine were ready and entrusted Bill with taking them to the supplies.

Historia's government debated Erwin Smith's plan to reclaim Wall Maria, with concerns over its cost and casualties. Erwin proposed carrying it out with only the Survey Corps, and his plan won serious consideration, while Yago remained uncertain about the dangers beyond the island.

• Earl Duko opposed the Wall Maria Reclamation Battle because the government could not afford the troops, supplies, and rebuilding costs.
• Yago worried that Zeke's plans and the threat from people beyond Paradis mattered more than the Titans, and he hoped to prevent the Survey Corps from suffering heavy losses.
• Erwin argued that the sacrifices of fallen soldiers would be meaningless if the Survey Corps abandoned the effort to reclaim Wall Maria.
• Erwin said he would carry out the reclamation with only the Survey Corps and explained a plan that relied on getting Eren Yeager safely to Shiganshina District.
• Pyxis questioned whether Eren was the key to the plan, and Zackly raised concerns about the Titans remaining inside Wall Maria.
• Erwin said Hange Zoë had prepared and tested a plan to clear out the Titans.

Hange demonstrated a Titan-killing device built into the Crystal Pillars, impressing the commanders gathered atop Wall Rose. After Historia pointed out his gloomy mood, Yago realized Big Eren’s memories had been affecting him, embraced his role as the Fate Titan, and decided he should meet with Zeke.

• Hange lured a fifteen-meter Titan into the Crystal Pillars’ gaps, and the suspended log crushed its nape.
• Pyxis and Erwin praised the weapon, while Erwin urged retaking Wall Maria and warned that humans beyond the walls could become a threat.
• Historia teased Yago about always frowning, prompting him to realize Big Eren’s memories had been weighing on him.
• Yago decided that Big Eren’s memories were not his fate and resolved to meet with Zeke.
• Historia edged away when Yago smiled, unnerved by his expression.

The Survey Corps prepared for the Wall Maria reclamation expedition as support for the operation grew across the walls. Yago met Marlo and Hitch, who had transferred to the Survey Corps, and wondered why Hitch had joined alongside Marlo.

• The Survey Corps received supplies and volunteer reinforcements after Erwin's plan won approval and newspapers celebrated the coming expedition.
• Marlo and Hitch transferred from the Military Police Brigade to join the Survey Corps.
• Yago explained that Marlo had faced five awakening Ackerman Warriors, and Hitch was surprised he had not told her.
• Yago teased Hitch about why she had joined, while Annie scolded him for smiling strangely.
• Hitch called Marlo an idiot and left, while Yago and Annie joked that Marlo was even more clueless than Eren.

The Survey Corps departed Trost District to reclaim Wall Maria, with Yago receiving replacement Rotating Gear and leading his own squad. At the wall, Yago discovered that Historia and Ymir had joined the expedition despite his objections.

• Erwin rallied the Survey Corps with a call to dedicate their hearts before the soldiers set out.
• Annie gave Yago new Rotating Gear made by Lynch, and Yago strapped on the equipment he had once invented.
• Yago rode with his squad, including Annie, Marlo, Hitch, and five masked Ackermans, as crowds cheered the Survey Corps.
• The Survey Corps crossed the wall using lift platforms, and Yago spotted Ymir and Historia in Survey Corps uniforms.
• Yago tried to send Historia and Ymir back, but Historia refused and descended on a lift platform with Ymir.
• Erwin ordered the Survey Corps to advance.

Yago killed the Smiling Titan before Eren could, determined to keep changing the fate he had already altered by saving Aunt Carla. The chapter left Eren silent as the Survey Corps continued its Titan-clearing operation.

• The Survey Corps lured Titans into the woods, where Jean, Sasha, Connie, and the other soldiers killed them.
• Eren told Armin he had wondered why Yago stopped him from killing a Titan, then recalled spotting the Smiling Titan during the expedition toward Wall Maria.
• Yago prevented Eren from attacking the Smiling Titan and used his Omni-Directional Mobility Gear to bring it down.
• Yago remembered that the Smiling Titan had eaten Aunt Carla and triggered Eren's Founding Titan power, and resolved to keep changing fate.
• Yago killed the Smiling Titan and saluted as its body evaporated, while Eren watched in silence.

Zeke oversaw Marley’s preparations atop Wall Maria while Reiner brooded over his past. Elsewhere, Yago transformed into the fifteen-meter Fate Titan and called out to Zeke, setting their meeting in motion.

• Marley soldiers unloaded supplies from the Cart Titan atop Wall Maria as Zeke and Reiner watched the preparations.
• Zeke noticed Reiner’s dejection, while Reiner blamed himself for the deaths of Marcel, Annie, and Bertholdt.
• Captain Coris joined Zeke and explained that he trusted his old rifle more than the newer weapons issued to his soldiers.
• Zeke and Reiner sensed something in the distance, and Zeke murmured that Eren was calling to him.
• Yago pierced his palm and transformed into the Fate Titan, terrifying Annie, Marlo, and Hitch as he called out to Zeke.

Captain Nile led the Survey Corps in a retreat from Wall Maria, drawing out Zeke and the Marleyan ambush before the Scouts launched their attack. The Fate Titan began climbing the wall, Reiner transformed and struck him down, and Nile led the Scouts toward Wall Maria as Zeke prepared to attack with a boulder.

• Nile ordered the Scouts to retreat behind smoke, confusing the Marleyan soldiers waiting atop Wall Maria.
• Zeke transformed into the Beast Titan and summoned Titans around the Survey Corps, while Marleyan soldiers opened fire from the wall.
• The Fate Titan emerged beneath Wall Maria and climbed its face despite the Marleyans' gunfire and bazooka attack.
• Reiner transformed into the Armored Titan and smashed through the Fate Titan's facial armor, knocking both Titans to the ground.
• Nile led the Scouts toward Wall Maria as Zeke crushed a boulder and announced the power of the Spear of Marley.

Yago’s Fate Titan fought Reiner’s newly transformed, heavily armored Titan while the Scouts advanced on the Marleyan wall. As the clash intensified, another force of Scouts led by Erwin appeared behind the Beast Titan and Cart Titan.

• Reiner transformed his Armored Titan into a spiked form with enormous bone shields, surprising Yago.
• Yago’s Fate Titan struck the shields but could not break them, then dodged Reiner’s attacks while searching for an opening.
• Yago threw rubble at the Marleyan soldiers on the wall, briefly stopping their gunfire and giving Nile’s Scouts time to approach and climb it.
• Reiner struck the Fate Titan with a shield and charged as Yago rose to meet him head-on.
• Coris spotted movement behind the Beast Titan and Cart Titan, and Erwin led another wave of Scouts in a charge.

Zeke realized he had been tricked by the Fate Titan and ordered the Titans to attack the Survey Corps before retreating with the Cart Titan. Historia joined the fight as the Queen Jaw Titan, while Hitch and Marlo prepared a black-powder trap for Zeke’s approaching group.

• Zeke recognized that the Fate Titan had drawn him toward Eren and used the Beast Titan’s roar to send nearby Titans charging at the Survey Corps.
• Zeke ordered a retreat toward Wall Maria, and Levi led his squad away to escort Eren to Shiganshina District.
• Historia transformed into the Queen Jaw Titan and killed several Titans as the Survey Corps advanced.
• The Fate Titan grappled the Armored Titan and repeatedly struck its nape with a hardened fist.
• Hitch and Marlo waited beside wagons rigged with black powder and prepared to ignite the fuses as Zeke approached.

The Survey Corps overwhelmed Marleyan soldiers on the wall while Yago’s Fate Titan defeated Reiner’s Armored Titan and pulled him from its nape. Zeke and Pieck avoided the wagon trap, but five Survey Corps soldiers launched an attack as Zeke prepared to transform.

• Nile led Survey Corps soldiers in a close-range assault on the Marleyan troops atop the wall.
• Yago’s Fate Titan broke the Armored Titan’s hardened nape, but Reiner tore off his own arm to escape.
• The Fate Titan smashed the Armored Titan’s head with the severed arm, then tore through the nape and pulled Reiner out.
• Coris spotted the wagon trap and shot near Marlo, delaying him and Hitch as the fuses ignited and the explosives detonated before the Cart Titan arrived.
• Zeke realized the trap had been prepared for him, and five Survey Corps soldiers rushed the Cart Titan and Zeke from concealed positions.
• Zeke drew his knife, slashed his palm, and began to transform amid arcs of yellow lightning.

A-Wu, A-Yi, and the other Ackermans overwhelmed the Beast Titan and Cart Titan while Coris watched and Pieck tried to surrender. Yago arrived with Thunder Spears, but the Ackermans had already exposed Zeke and pulled him from the Beast Titan’s nape.

• The Beast Titan transformed, and Coris fled with the Cart Titan as A-Wu ordered the Ackermans to attack both Titans.
• A-Yi caught up with the Cart Titan, carved through its body, and severed its heels.
• Pieck surrendered after A-Yi cut her from the Cart Titan’s nape, but A-Yi severed Pieck’s arms and captured her.
• The Ackermans coordinated their assault to cripple the Beast Titan and cut away the flesh surrounding the Hardening on its nape.
• Yago arrived with Thunder Spears as A-Wu exposed Zeke, and the Ackermans pulled him from the nape and made him scream.

Yago questioned the captured Zeke about his euthanasia plan and considered cooperating with him while keeping Marley’s warriors imprisoned. On the way to meet Annie, Yago was ambushed by Coris, an old acquaintance who recognized him, but Annie subdued Coris before he could shoot.

• Yago told Zeke that he knew about the euthanasia plan, shocking Zeke and prompting him to hint at a strange rock beyond the walls.
• Erwin arrived with the Survey Corps, and A-Yi brought the captured Pieck, whose arms had been severed, before Yago.
• Yago ordered Marley’s warriors kept securely imprisoned and rode off to meet Annie, thinking about working with Zeke while retaining the enemy’s Titan powers.
• A hidden gunman shot at Yago, who dodged the bullets and disarmed him in a close fight.
• Yago recognized the gunman as Coris, who also recognized Yago, but Annie knocked away Coris’s pistol and held a blade to his neck.

Eren sealed the breach in Wall Maria with his Hardening crystals, marking the success of the reclamation battle. As the Scouts entered Shiganshina and freed Eren from the crystals, a strange noise and a bound man’s appearance interrupted Yago and Annie’s reunion.

• Levi led Eren and the Scouts toward the breach while Eren thought about his former home and the basement key.
• Eren transformed into the Attack Titan and covered the breach in Wall Maria with Hardening crystals.
• Petra fired a Green Signal Flare, and Erwin and the Scouts celebrated the successful reclamation.
• The Scouts entered Shiganshina with Zeke and the other prisoners, while Armin and Mikasa helped Eren out of the crystals.
• Yago promised Annie they would go to Marley and bring her mother, Ms. Leonhardt, to them.
• A loud crash interrupted Yago and Annie, and they found a bound, gagged man with a bleeding forehead.

Yago and the Survey Corps discovered Marleyan Eldians hidden in Shiganshina, but Zeke used his spinal fluid to transform them into Titans. The district descended into chaos as the Survey Corps faced a sudden Titan attack.

• Yago found a bound man wearing a Marleyan armband, who begged not to be turned into a Titan and mentioned the Eldia Restorationists.
• Survey Corps members across Shiganshina found more bound people, and Levi ordered Petra to stay back after hearing one woman whisper about becoming a Titan.
• Erwin recognized the armbands as those worn by Eldians in Marley and ordered soldiers to spread out and avoid the captives.
• Zeke raised his head inside his cage as Yago raced toward headquarters, realizing the soldiers were in danger.
• Zeke roared and triggered nearly a hundred Eldians to transform into Titans, who attacked the Survey Corps throughout Shiganshina.

Zeke used his remaining power to transform, and the titans he summoned rescued him, Pieck, and Reiner from the Scouts. As titans overran Shiganshina and Scott was killed, Yago tried to devise a way to turn the battle around by bringing Eren to the Jaw Titan.

• Zeke halted his healing and transformed inside his cage, blasting it apart and injuring Scott while Floch hesitated to strike.
• Titans dug Zeke from the Beast Titan, seized Pieck and Reiner's cages, and fled as Scouts pursued them.
• Floch blamed himself for freezing, but Scott encouraged him before a titan attacked and killed Scott.
• Yago transformed into the Fate Titan and realized he could not protect the scattered Scouts from the many titans.
• Yago sent Annie to find Eren and then charged toward the Jaw Titan, hoping to use the Founding Titan's power to change the battle.

The Scouts fought their way through Shiganshina as Levi led them toward Command Headquarters and Erwin prepared to act on Yago’s plan. Yago and Historia raced toward an urgent objective while Marlo, Hitch, and Ymir regrouped among the fallen Titans.

• Eren’s Attack Titan crushed Titans around the Scouts, and Petra saved Oluo from one that had crept up behind him.
• Levi recognized the approaching Female Titan, but Annie emerged from her nape and told him to take Eren to Command Headquarters on Yago’s instructions.
• Annie and Mikasa rode on the Attack Titan’s shoulder, bickered over their gifts from Yago and Eren, then grabbed each other’s sleeves when the Titan jolted.
• Erwin approved Yago’s proposed battle plan, left the medical tent despite his injury, and Hange followed him after demanding more Thunder Spears.
• Yago urged Historia, in her Jaw Titan form, to hurry as she darted between buildings toward their objective.
• Marlo admitted he felt unnecessary beside Hitch and Ymir, who had killed a Titan together, and watched the Ackermans fighting nearby.

Yago tried to use the Founding Titan’s power by bringing Eren and Historia together, but they entered Coordinate Space before their hands touched. There, Ymir struck Yago down and turned her attention to Eren as he began to wake.

• Yago gathered Eren and Historia on a rooftop and asked Levi’s group to defend them while he attempted to use the Founding Titan’s power.
• Yago brought Eren’s and Historia’s hands together, but he, Eren, and Historia convulsed and lost consciousness before their hands touched.
• Yago awoke in Coordinate Space and searched the white desert for Eren, Historia, and the girl who built things from sand.
• Yago found Eren and Historia unconscious near Ymir, but Ymir blasted him backward when he approached.
• Ymir turned toward Eren as his eyelids fluttered and his body began to stir.

Yago tried to stop Eren from choosing to make all Titan Power disappear, but the Founding Titan Ymir ignored him until Big Eren intervened. The voice and invisible barrier vanished, leaving Yago to try to wake Eren by shaking and slapping him.

• The Founding Titan Ymir repeatedly blasted Yago away, then asked Eren whether he wanted all Titan Power to disappear.
• Eren began repeating the question, and Yago realized that an affirmative choice would kill him.
• Big Eren appeared, denied influencing Eren or contacting Ymir, and watched as Yago struggled to reach Eren.
• Ymir told Yago that he was the Fate Titan itself, while Eren continued repeating the question.
• Big Eren embraced Ymir, causing the voice and invisible barrier to vanish.
• Yago rushed to Eren, shook him, and slapped him when he did not wake.

Yago slapped Eren awake in the Coordinate Space and urged him to ask Ymir the Founding Titan to stop the Titans rampaging in Shiganshina District. Ymir sealed the Founding Titan power for now and sent Yago, Eren, and Historia away, leaving Big Eren and Ymir together.

• Ymir the Founding Titan pointed out a distant silhouette, and Big Eren thanked her before heading toward it.
• Yago slapped Eren until he regained his senses, then told him to ask Ymir the Founding Titan to save the Survey Corps.
• Ymir asked whether Eren wanted all Titan power to disappear, but Yago warned that losing it would endanger Paradis and cost him his life.
• Eren asked Ymir to calm the Titans in Shiganshina District, and she instead made Yago, Eren, and the unconscious Historia dissolve into motes of light.
• Big Eren told Yago that the Founding Titan power had been sealed for now, while Ymir accepted three lollipops from him.

Eren’s cry triggered the Founding Titan’s power, causing the Titans across Shiganshina District to vanish and ending the Wall Maria Reclamation Battle in victory. Yago said the power was sealed, then joined Annie on the way to Eren’s basement as he wondered whether fate had changed.

• Eren cried out on the rooftop, and Titans throughout Shiganshina District began disappearing.
• Levi, Erwin, Hange, Floch, and the other Scouts watched the Titans vanish, while Zeke escaped with Pieck and Reiner in the Cart Titan.
• Yago told the others that the Founding Titan’s power had caused the disappearances but was now sealed, and he suggested Connie’s mother might possibly become human again.
• Green signal flares marked the Survey Corps’ victory in the Wall Maria Reclamation Battle, and Erwin vowed humanity would win through its own efforts.
• Annie invited Yago to Eren’s basement, and Yago took her hand and went with her.