Chapter Summaries

Yago saw the Sea-Swimming Titan alongside Marley's Second Fleet and suspected it was connected to him. In Marley, Willy Tybur worried that new Intelligent Titans and Marley's decline would disrupt the world, while his sister Lara revealed herself as the War Hammer Titan.

• Captain Inoue told Yago that Marley’s navy was weak and that its war with the Middle East was going poorly.
• A massive white Titan surfaced beside Marley's fleet, and Yago felt an unsettling connection to it.
• Captain Inoue identified his ship as a cargo vessel and changed course when Marley ordered it to make way.
• Marley’s sailors called the Sea-Swimming Titan back to the fleet, while Yago recognized that his situation had grown more complicated.
• Willy Tybur confided his worries to Lara about new Intelligent Titans, the changing balance of power, and Marley’s decline.
• Lara understood that the Tybur Family would eventually have no need for other Titan Powers and revealed that she inherited the War Hammer Titan.

Yago and Annie traveled from Hizuru toward Marley's capital, posing as an ordinary young couple. On the train, Yago heard Marleyan nationalists blame Eldian soldiers for Marley's military defeat.

• Hange eagerly inspected the automobile at Hizuru's docks before Kiyomi Azumabito welcomed her and Moblit as representatives of Paradis Island.
• Kiyomi gave Yago twenty Rute Gold Coins and explained that he and Annie would need to change trains in Marley's Texi Province.
• Yago and Annie boarded a train dressed to blend in, and an elderly woman chatted with them about her life and mistook them for a couple returning from a holiday.
• Yago openly called Annie his girlfriend, and the two relaxed together as the elderly woman told stories from her youth.
• Young Marleyan nationalists passed through the carriage, condemning Eldian soldiers for Marley's defeat, while Yago reflected on Marley's weakening military power.

Yago and Annie met a Marleyan elderly woman who sympathized with Eldians and shared her food with them on the train. As Annie fell asleep beside him, Yago thought about the Rumbling and the difficult choices facing Paradis.

• Yago asked the elderly woman what she thought of Eldians, and she said they were ordinary people who deserved gratitude for their sacrifices for Marley.
• Annie's stomach growled, and the elderly woman offered her and Yago bread and sausages without asking for payment.
• Yago and Annie helped the elderly woman carry her belongings off the train, and he secretly left a gold coin in her basket.
• Yago and Annie waved goodbye as the train departed, and Yago worried that the Rumbling might destroy the woman's village.
• Annie fell asleep against Yago, who covered her with his trench coat and looked out the window.

Yago and Annie arrived in Texi Province, where Yago encountered Ramzi while buying ice cream. He persuaded Annie to let him enter the Marley Capital alone to rescue Mrs. Leonhardt, and she agreed only after making him promise not to look for Doctor Ebson.

• Yago and Annie arrived in Texi Province, and Yago bought them ice cream with a Rute Gold Coin before learning its value was a hundred thousand Marley dollars.
• Yago chased the coin after it rolled away and met Ramzi, who returned it to him.
• Yago gave his ice cream to Ramzi, then explained to Annie why she should stay behind while he went to the Marley Capital alone.
• Annie hugged Yago and agreed to his plan after making him promise not to look for Doctor Ebson.

Yago reached Marley’s capital, arranged for Annie to stay with Ramzi’s family, and obtained a permit to enter the Liberio Internment Zone. After asking Wick to find Doctor Ebson, he entered Liberio carrying gifts for Ms. Leonhardt and returned to the place of his childhood.

• Yago recalled how Ramzi’s family had welcomed him and agreed to shelter Annie, though they refused most of his offered payment.
• Yago visited a general store and told Wick that Yelena had sent him, then asked for a permit to enter and leave the Liberio Internment Zone.
• Wick gave Yago a permit and agreed to investigate the Marleyan noble Ebson Louis.
• Yago entered the Liberio Internment Zone with wine and cigars, remembered his childhood, and headed to see Ms. Leonhardt.

Yago returned to the Liberio Internment Zone to make amends to the people who had helped him as a child, then visited Annie’s mother, Ms. Leonhardt. After Yago revealed that Annie was safe and called himself her boyfriend, Ms. Leonhardt crushed her wooden cup, leaving him wary of her reaction.

• Yago revisited familiar shops from his childhood and left money to repay what he had taken, including a substantial sum for Ms. Maddie-na.
• Yago went to the Liberio Internment Zone, where Ms. Leonhardt insisted to Mr. Hoover that Annie would return safely.
• Yago approached Ms. Leonhardt with gifts but stumbled over his introduction and revealed that he knew Annie.
• Yago identified himself as the boy Ms. Leonhardt remembered as dead, and she recognized his face.
• Yago told Ms. Leonhardt that Annie was safe and called himself her boyfriend, prompting her to crush her wooden cup.

Yago encountered Gabi and the other Warrior Candidates in Liberio, and his memories of Sasha’s death drove him to nearly hurt Gabi before he let her go. He left her with a banknote and a warning to himself, while Gabi’s faith in becoming an Honorary Marleyan began to falter.

• Yago reached an intersection and collided with Gabi, who was running with Falco, Udo, and Zofia.
• Recognizing Gabi from Big Eren’s memories as Sasha’s killer, Yago grabbed her arm and frightened the children with his killing intent.
• Falco, Udo, and Zofia pleaded for Gabi, and Yago released her after she apologized.
• Yago gave Gabi a banknote and walked away, while Gabi asked Colt whether Marleyans would still discriminate against Warrior Candidates.
• Colt took the children to the Warriors’ assembly point, and Yago vowed he would crush Gabi if she became the person he remembered.

Yago learned that Ebson Louis controlled a powerful arms company and went to investigate the Louis Estate, suspecting Ebson was connected to artificial Titans. At the same time, Zeke’s Warrior Unit prepared to attack Theosila Fortress, while Lara Tybur headed to the Louis Estate as well.

• Wick gave Yago information about Ebson Louis, the Louis Arms Company, and the estate’s address.
• Yago set out for the Louis Estate despite Annie’s warning, fearing Ebson was creating artificial Titans.
• Zeke’s Warrior Unit gathered at Theosila Fortress as the Marley General ordered them to support the assault.
• Zeke assigned Aili Ambas to attack the enemy fleet in the harbor, and Aili agreed.
• Lara Tybur traveled toward the Louis Estate in a formal dress as Yago approached from another direction.

Yago infiltrated the Louis Estate to search for Ebson, while Lara Tybur arrived to assess Ebson’s loyalty and threat to Marley. After learning Ebson was away, they both prepared to leave, but Bill discovered Yago and shot him, leaving Yago wounded as Bill approached.

• Yago sneaked into the Louis Estate and searched the villa for Ebson.
• Lara Tybur arrived to question Ebson’s intentions, recalling his offer to create intelligent Titans and the Tybur Family’s alarm over his artificial Titans.
• Bill told Lara that Ebson had left for Aude Province, and Yago overheard that Ebson was absent.
• As Lara and Yago prepared to leave, Bill fired at Yago after identifying him by the tobacco smell from his room.
• Yago’s Titan power began healing his bullet wound as Bill reloaded and advanced toward him.

Yago fought Bill at the Louis Estate, but after Bill shot him, Yago took Lara Tybur hostage to escape. Lara identified him as an enemy of Marley and transformed while pressing the dagger to her own throat, leaving Yago stunned by the yellow lightning.

• Yago disarmed and battered Bill, but Bill got back up and shot Yago in the thigh and arm.
• Yago grabbed Lara Tybur and threatened to kill her unless Bill let him leave.
• Bill stepped aside, and Yago moved through the estate with Lara as his hostage while guards held their fire.
• Lara questioned Yago about his purpose and accused him of being an enemy of Marley.
• Lara called Yago a fool and pressed the dagger against her throat as yellow lightning erupted before him.

Yago transformed into the Fate Titan and fought Lara’s War Hammer Titan at the Louis Estate. The battle continued as Bill summoned Newt and threatened to keep Yago there.

• Bill recovered from his injuries while guards watched two Titan transformations erupt inside the Louis Estate.
• Yago realized Lara was the War Hammer Titan and transformed into the Fate Titan, while she waited for him to finish.
• The War Hammer Titan attacked with a hardened hammer, but Yago dodged, broke its handle, and struck at her behind a hardened shield.
• The War Hammer Titan shot Yago with a barbed bolt, and he grabbed the broken hammer as he fell.
• Bill ordered a guard to bring Newt and declared that Yago would not leave.

Yago’s Fate Titan defeated Lara Tybur’s War Hammer Titan at the Louis Estate and dug Lara out of her hardened shell. As Bill ordered Newt to attack, an artificial Titan unleashed a pillar of fire at Yago.

• The Fate Titan fought Lara Tybur’s War Hammer Titan, breaking her shield and trading brutal blows with her across the estate.
• Yago’s Fate Titan overpowered the War Hammer Titan, pinned her down, and pulled Lara Tybur from the hardened sphere underground.
• The guards panicked after the War Hammer Titan’s defeat and discovered that Bill had left them.
• Bill ordered Newt to burn the Fate Titan, threatening him by invoking his wife’s medication.
• Yellow and red lightning erupted behind the Fate Titan, and a vast pillar of fire roared toward him as Yago realized Ebson might have created another Titan.

Yago survived the Red Fire Titan’s flames and claimed to be Eren Jaeger, then faced another blast by charging forward behind a shield of Hardening. He drove through the fire toward the Red Fire Titan as Bill watched in shock.

• The Red Fire Titan burned the Fate Titan and melted Lara Tybur’s Hardening, but Yago survived and emerged from the charred body.
• Yago told Lara Tybur that he was Eren Jaeger, while Bill ordered Newt, the Red Fire Titan, to burn him again.
• Lara Tybur and several guards fled, and Yago transformed into the Fate Titan as the Red Fire Titan prepared another attack.
• Yago charged into the flames behind a cracked Hardening shield taken from the War Hammer Titan, forcing his way toward the Red Fire Titan.

Bill dealt with the aftermath of Eren Jaeger's escape while Yago collected Titan-powered blood and left the area. On the battlefield, Marley broke through a Middle Eastern fortress at great cost, prompting the government to send reinforcements and recruit Marleyan nobles.

• The Fate Titan smashed the Red Fire Titan's head, and its falling body crushed Bill beneath the Louis Estate's ruined upper floor.
• Bill emerged from the rubble, kicked Newt aside when he asked for his wife's medicine, and worried that Eren Jaeger had escaped despite the War Hammer and Red Fire Titans.
• Yago collected blood from his dagger in a vial, noted that Doctor Ebson's intelligent Titans might be real, and departed by carriage with the War Hammer's power and a vial labeled "Colossal."
• The Armored Titan withstood the Middle Easterners' shelling as their anti-Titan cannons remained far from the front, while a sea Titan destroyed their fleet and a bone spear killed their commander.
• Marley's army took the fortress after the Warrior Unit opened a breach, but its general reported heavy losses and requested reinforcements from Marshal Calvi.
• Marley sent more troops, deployed the Marleyan Guard Corps, and persuaded young nobles to enlist for purposes its leaders kept hidden.

Ebson ordered Bill to dispose of the escaped Eldians while preparing the final stage of God's Plan. Yago brought the survivors of the Eldia Restorationists to Wick, who agreed to help them reach Paradis Island, and Yago headed for the Liberio Internment Zone.

• Ebson learned that the War Hammer Titan belonged to a woman, ordered Bill to hand Newt to the Marleyans, and said God's Plan was nearing its critical stage.
• A guard reported that the Eldian prisoners had escaped, and Ebson ordered Bill to dispose of them.
• Yago brought the surviving Eldia Restorationists to Wick's General Store, where he asked for help getting them out of Marley.
• Yago explained that Ebson had betrayed the Restorationists and experimented on their families, and Wick agreed to get the survivors onto a survey ship bound for Paradis Island.
• Yago entrusted the Eldians to Wick and set off for the Liberio Internment Zone.

Yago intervened when Marleyan soldiers threatened Mr. Leonhardt, who had thrown a cup at them after they insulted her and her daughter. The soldiers then mistook Yago for a lieutenant colonel they had met earlier and saluted him.

• Two Marleyan soldiers questioned Mr. Leonhardt about unfamiliar Eldians and grew hostile when she denied seeing any.
• The soldiers noticed Mr. Leonhardt’s Honorary Marleyan armband and left, mocking her and her daughter as they went.
• Enraged by their insults, Mr. Leonhardt threw a bamboo cup at the tall soldier, who aimed his rifle at her.
• Yago rushed in, took the soldier’s rifle, and kicked him aside before checking that Mr. Leonhardt was safe.
• The tall soldier recognized Yago as a lieutenant colonel and saluted him, prompting the shorter soldier to salute as well.

Yago left the Marley Capital by train with Mr. Leonhardt, having rescued her and obtained blood samples from the War Hammer and Colossal Titans. As they headed to Texi Province to reunite with Annie, Mr. Leonhardt feared her daughter might reject her or fail to recognize her.

• Yago observed that the Marley Capital station was crowded with armed Marleyan Guard Corps soldiers, whose fame had overshadowed the Eldians sacrificed in their celebrated battle.
• Yago disguised the limping Mr. Leonhardt, bribed a ticket inspector with his travel pass and money, and boarded the train with her.
• The ticket inspector gave Mr. Leonhardt a walking stick, and the train departed the capital with soldiers and passengers aboard.
• Yago reflected on bringing Mr. Leonhardt back, Ebson's new Intelligent Titan, and the War Hammer and Colossal Titan blood samples he had obtained.
• Mr. Leonhardt wondered what Annie had become and feared that her daughter might reject her or not recognize her.

Annie reunited with her father, Mr. Leonhardt, at the train station and thanked Yago for helping bring them together. As Annie and Yago shared a kiss, another train carried young Marley officers toward the front, including a quiet lieutenant colonel.

• Annie waited anxiously at the station with Ramzi and his grandfather for Yago to return with Mr. Leonhardt.
• Yago arrived supporting Mr. Leonhardt, and Annie ran past Yago to embrace her father.
• Mr. Leonhardt apologized to Annie, and she called him Father as they wept together.
• Yago gave Ramzi banknotes to help his family move into a big house and asked him to keep the gift secret.
• Annie thanked Yago, then kissed him while Mr. Leonhardt watched in surprise.
• A train carrying young Marley officers from the Old Nobility traveled from the capital, and a quiet lieutenant colonel read a newspaper in their carriage.

Yago, Annie, and Mr. Leonhardt traveled by train, where Yago cleaned Annie’s ear with a cotton swab before they learned the train had been requisitioned to carry soldiers toward the front. On the way to the restroom, Yago met a Marleyan lieutenant colonel who looked remarkably like him, leaving him wondering whether the resemblance was coincidence.

• Mr. Leonhardt watched Yago make Annie laugh, then a train doctor treated a boy’s cut hand and gave Annie candy.
• Yago used cotton swabs to clean Annie’s ear, and Mr. Leonhardt watched awkwardly.
• Passengers confronted the conductor after the train changed route, and he explained that it had been requisitioned to carry troops toward the front.
• Yago and Annie headed for the restroom and collided with a Marleyan lieutenant colonel who looked much like Yago.
• Yago noticed the officer’s distinguishing scar and wondered whether their resemblance was a coincidence.

Yago sensed danger moments before Middle Eastern saboteurs destroyed a Marleyan train carrying reinforcements, while a Marleyan headquarters learned the officers had been attacked. The chapter left the fate of Yago, Annie, and Mr. Leonhardt uncertain and Zeke quietly pleased by the attack.

• Yago told Annie and Mr. Leonhardt about meeting someone who looked just like him in the Liberio Internment Zone.
• Middle Eastern saboteurs buried explosives along the tracks in Rhine Province to attack a train carrying Marleyan officers.
• Yago sensed danger, grabbed Annie and Mr. Leonhardt, and the explosion engulfed the train.
• At the frontline headquarters, Marleyan officers discussed Operation “Marley’s Wrath” as a costly way to attack enemy positions with Titans.
• A guard reported that the train carrying the reinforcement officers had been attacked, and Zeke privately approved of the Middle Easterners’ work.