Chapter Summaries

Eren’s rescue squad was overwhelmed by the Intelligent Titans blocking their path to Yago, and the chapter left them preparing to gamble on a desperate plan. In a star-filled room, a short figure urged a taller one to merge while a strange many-legged creature crawled along a silent girl’s arm toward them.

• The Attack Titan freed the Sea-Swimming Titan from the Armored and Jaw Titans, while the Cart Titan pulled Aili from its nape.
• Eren saw that the rescue squad was exhausted and could not reach Yago through the thousands of Intelligent Titans, while the Titans continued emerging beneath the Fate Titan.
• Reiner’s Armored Titan was overwhelmed, and the Fusion Titan lost an iron hoof under attacks from War Hammer Titans.
• The rescue squad declared they would take a gamble.
• In a star-filled room, a short figure told a taller figure that merging would make everything they wanted come true as a many-legged creature crawled along a silent girl’s arm toward them.

Mikasa fought to protect Ivanor’s fallen Fusion Titan while Reiner faced death inside the Armored Titan. Historia rescued Reiner and Eren turned half the past Titan Warriors against the others, as Zeke arrived to defend his younger brother.

• Mikasa ran out of Thunder Spears and used her blades to kill Intelligent Titans attacking the Fusion Titan.
• Reiner expected to die after the Armored Titan’s nape hardening began to crack, but Historia’s Royal-Blood Jaw Titan pulled him free.
• Historia’s roar awakened nearly half the past Intelligent Titans, causing them to attack the Titans controlled by the fate titan.
• Eren used the founding titan power to control the awakened Titans as the others charged toward him.
• Zeke appeared as the Beast Titan and hurled hardened crystal fragments into the charging Titans, tearing through the horde.

Eren revealed that Yago had secretly taken the Founding Titan power and planned the events leading to the end of the World War, sacrificing himself to secure Eldians’ future. As Eren’s forces lost ground, he told Annie that she was their last hope, while signs of resistance appeared in the white room.

• The rescue team reunited beside Eren’s temporary Founding Titan shell, and he explained that Zeke and Historia were helping him remotely.
• Eren revealed that Yago had obtained the Founding Titan power through royal blood and had planned the events leading to the war’s end, accepting his own sacrifice to change Eldia’s fate.
• Eren told the others he could not accept Yago’s sacrifice, and Annie tearfully vowed to confront Yago once they saved him.
• Red-eyed Titan Warriors grew more ferocious and overwhelmed Eren’s forces, prompting him to tell Annie that she was their last hope.
• In the white room, the short figure struggled to move a game piece as the tall figure trembled and the little girl showed relief.

As Eren’s power waned, the rescue squad launched Annie and Pieck toward Yago so Annie could try to wake him. The others transformed to hold off the Red-Eyed Titans while the attempt unfolded.

• Eren told Annie that Yago had to break free of the Fate Titan’s control himself and urged her to wake him, as the Green-Eyed Titans fell under the Red-Eyed Titans’ overwhelming numbers.
• The Beast Titan encased Annie and Pieck in a hardened sphere and hurled them over the Red-Eyed Titans toward the Fate Titan’s position.
• Reiner transformed into the Armored Titan and vowed to hold the line until Annie and Pieck succeeded.
• Bazel transformed into the Fortress Titan, and he and Reiner stood together to block the advancing Titans.
• Porco transformed into the Flying Claw Titan, while Aili and Ivanor returned to battle with the Sea-Swimming and Paladin Titans, joined by the Royal-Blood Jaw Titan and Beast Titan.

Annie and Pieck emerged beneath the Fate Titan and fought their way up the skeletal spine toward it, pursued by red-eyed Intelligent Titans. The Cart Titan was badly injured by a War Hammer Titan’s flail, but Annie’s attack suddenly pierced the War Hammer’s chest.

• Annie and Pieck emerged from the sphere beneath the Fate Titan as dozens of red-eyed Jaw Titans and Cart Titans rushed toward them.
• Pieck transformed into the Cart Titan and carried Annie up the skeletal spine while Annie anchored her arm inside Pieck’s body to hold on.
• Pieck’s Cart Titan bit through the nape of a red-eyed sheep-headed Beast Titan and knocked pursuing Titans down with his falling body.
• A red-eyed War Hammer Titan attacked the climbing Cart Titan with a spiked flail as more Intelligent Titans closed in.
• Annie shot the Jaw Titan that leaped onto Pieck’s back, and Pieck used it to shield herself from the flail, which still crushed her chest.
• As the War Hammer Titan prepared another strike, a blood-covered, Hardened fist burst through its chest.

Annie's Female Titan and Pieck's Cart Titan fought the red-eyed Intelligent Titans, while a second Fate Titan suddenly appeared and struck Annie down. Pieck was rescued by a green-eyed War Hammer Titan, who revealed she had made a deal with Eren Jaeger to help them in exchange for her freedom.

• Annie's Female Titan fought through the red-eyed Titans and ran toward the Fate Titan while Pieck's Cart Titan held back their pursuers.
• A hardened platform formed beneath Annie, and a seventeen-meter Fate Titan emerged and smashed half of her Female Titan's head with one punch.
• Pieck transformed repeatedly to keep fighting, but exhaustion and the red-eyed Titans' numbers began to overwhelm her.
• A green-eyed War Hammer Titan impaled Marcel's red-eyed Jaw Titan and helped Pieck.
• The War Hammer Titan told Pieck she had made a deal with Eren Jaeger to help them in exchange for her freedom, then smashed a red-eyed Armored Titan with a mace.

As Eren’s forces dwindled, Mikasa and the allied Titans fought to protect the Attack Titan while Eren’s body began to fail from using his remaining Founding Titan power. Annie defeated the false Fate Titan and looked up at the real one as Yago continued to resist the figure controlling him.

• Mikasa exhausted her battered blades and drew her last pair while she and Zeke guarded Eren against the Red-Eyed Intelligent Titans.
• Eren contacted Lara Tybur for help, but the effort left him coughing blood and fearing his body would explode; he called for Yago to emerge.
• Reiner and the other allied Titans fought off the Red-Eyed Intelligent Titans as they attacked the Attack Titan.
• Annie recovered from the Fate Titan’s assault and battered the false Fate Titan until she destroyed its head and knocked its body from the platform.
• Annie looked up at the real Fate Titan connected to Hallucigenia’s tail as Yago insulted the short figure in the white room, which struck the game board in anger.

Yago confronted Hallucigenia in the Paths and learned that the ancient being had created all life and caused the events surrounding the Titans. Hallucigenia explained how it had merged with the slave girl Ymir, whose submission to King Fritz began the history of the Eldians and Titans.

• Yago rejected Hallucigenia’s claim to be his perfect self and accused it of orchestrating fate.
• Hallucigenia said Founding Titan Ymir was only a discarded shell and credited Yago’s father with helping it escape her body.
• Yago understood that Hallucigenia had awakened in the ancient past, created life, and later sought to preserve itself by sleeping again.
• Hallucigenia awakened when Ymir fell into a hollow tree and merged with her, taking the form of a Titan based on her fears.
• Ymir returned to the Eldian tribe and submitted to King Fritz, whose treatment deepened her slave mentality and began the origin of the Titans.

Hallucigenia’s history and plan to use the Fate Titan to merge with Yago were revealed, including how Norman Russell’s arrival disrupted its original design. In Paths, Yago confronted Hallucigenia as their complete union approached.

• Hallucigenia’s influence on Ymir and later Eldians shaped the origins of Paths, Pure Titans, and the thirteen-year limit for Intelligent Titans.
• Hallucigenia planned to use Eren to unleash the Rumbling, but Norman Russell introduced knowledge of another future and enabled Hallucigenia to affect humans beyond Eldian blood.
• Hallucigenia influenced Ebson to eliminate Norman and set its Fate Titan plan in motion.
• Norman unexpectedly reached Paths after death and used its unique nature to influence Hallucigenia.
• Yago accused Hallucigenia of planning to erase humanity for its own benefit, and Hallucigenia said they would become one in a minute.

Hallucigenia nearly completed its fusion with Yago before Eren used the last of his Founding Titan Power to hide Annie, who entered the Paths and attacked it. Eren collapsed as the rescue squad continued fighting, and the Beast Titan, Royal-Blood Jaw Titan, and War Hammer Titan dissolved into ash.

• Hallucigenia watched the rescue squad fight and began counting down as it neared completion of its fusion with Yago.
• A violent upheaval shook the Paths and interrupted the fusion, and Annie appeared and punched Hallucigenia.
• Ymir warned Annie that the creature was Hallucigenia, and Annie attacked it again.
• Eren used the last of his Founding Titan Power to conceal Annie as she climbed toward Hallucigenia, then collapsed.
• Mikasa rushed to Eren while the Beast Titan and Royal-Blood Jaw Titan dissolved into ash.
• The War Hammer Titan threw a final spear to protect the Cart Titan before dissolving into ash.

Yago regained control inside the Paths and stopped Hallucigenia from killing the rescue team. As the winged Fate Titan carried his friends toward the Scarlet Base’s gate, Yago melted the final barrier with a pillar of fire.

• Hallucigenia stripped the rescue team of their Titan powers, leaving them surrounded by Red-Eyed Intelligent Titans.
• Yago regained control of his body and reunited with Annie in the Paths.
• Yago stopped the Red-Eyed Intelligent Titans, and the Fate Titan tore Hallucigenia free from the skeleton and sprouted wings.
• The Fate Titan rescued the team and carried them toward the edge of the Scarlet Base.
• Yago formed a crystal road to the steel gate and melted it with the Fate Titan’s pillar of fire.

Yago fused with Hallucigenia to prevent himself from becoming the force that destroyed humanity, leaving Annie to kill their merged form with a mysterious blue light. As Hallucigenia realized the light still existed, Annie prepared to carry out Yago’s final plan.

• The Fate Titan returned to the Scarlet Base with the rescue team and Annie, then dissolved into ash, revealing Yago trapped inside Hallucigenia’s severed body.
• In Paths, Yago rejected Hallucigenia’s claims about fate and confessed his love to Annie, who told him she loved him too.
• Yago fused with Hallucigenia, shattering Paths and connecting every human’s bloodline to the creature, which gained the power to kill them all.
• Great-Grandmother Ymir gave Annie a cool, blue beam of light and pointed her toward Hallucigenia.
• Annie recalled Yago’s instructions to kill their fused form, while Hallucigenia panicked at the sight of the light.

Yago used Hallucigenia’s own body to wield the Blue Light after Annie could not bring herself to kill it, knowing the act would erase him from history. As Annie awoke among the Rescue Squad and cried out for Yago, he aimed the Blue Light at Hallucigenia’s heart.

• Hallucigenia revealed that a remnant of its origin power had stayed within Ymir, and Ymir restrained it while Annie approached with the Blue Light.
• Hallucigenia pleaded with Annie and warned that killing it would erase Yago, but Annie could not strike.
• Yago urged Annie to act, then told her to live well as her vision blurred and she woke among the Rescue Squad.
• Annie shouted Yago’s name toward the Scarlet Base after her companions asked what had happened to him.
• A dozen surviving Restoration Army Soldiers prepared to face the advancing Far East Army, and their colonel ordered them to fire.
• Yago took control of half of Hallucigenia’s body, picked up the Blue Light, and aimed it at Hallucigenia’s heart.

Yago escaped Hallucigenia’s fusion when Ebson intervened, but Ebson took Hallucigenia’s place and Yago killed them both. As Paths collapsed, Yago reunited with Bill and heard Litt entrust him with the Eldians’ future.

• Ebson stopped Yago from using the Blue Light and revealed that he had fused with Yago before Hallucigenia entered the picture.
• After tempting Ebson with power, Hallucigenia watched as Ebson used the Blue Light to tear it away from Yago and take its place.
• Yago stabbed Ebson with the Blue Light, killing him alongside the writhing Hallucigenia despite feeling conflicted about his father’s murderer.
• Great-Grandmother admitted she had helped Ebson stay hidden, and Yago thanked her before asking whether he could escape the collapsing Paths.
• Bill embraced Yago and apologized for failing him, while Litt encouraged him to lead the Eldians toward revival and prevent another family tragedy.

Yago survived Scarlet Base and reunited with Annie, while the survivors learned that the Hallucigenia and the thirteen-year curse were gone. He returned to Paradis aboard the New Future, escorted by allied fleets.

• The Winged Titan and Silver-Split Titan carried Yago out of Scarlet Base, then vanished into ash.
• Annie punched Yago and clung to him as he promised never to leave her again; Eren and the others then beat him up for his recklessness.
• Yago discovered that his Titan power might not be completely gone when a missing tooth regrew, while Great-Grandmother continued making sand sculptures in the void.
• Selina learned Yago had returned, ordered a memorial for two hundred soldiers, and leaders across Paradis welcomed the news.
• Annie woke Yago aboard the New Future as it neared Paradis Island, and Yago smiled and said he was back.

The author reflected on writing Fate Titan, from its beginnings as an Attack on Titan fanfiction to its happy ending and the support readers gave it. The author announced two happy-ending side stories for the next two days and invited readers to follow an upcoming Demon Slayer novel.

• The author explained that a scene from Attack on Titan inspired the idea for Fate Titan while they were a university student.
• The author described publishing the story on Qidian, where it gained little traction but brought friendships with other Attack on Titan fanfiction authors.
• A friend introduced the author to Tomato, where Fate Titan earned reader support and its rating rose from 6.9 to 9.4.
• The author explained choosing Annie as the female lead and developing the artificial Titans and Ebson as major story elements.
• The author said they had fulfilled their promise to give Fate Titan a happy ending and would share two side stories over the next two days.
• The author thanked readers and invited them to join the upcoming Demon Slayer novel.

Yago and Eren prepared for their joint wedding while Annie and Mikasa got ready as their brides. Their crowded ceremony was about to begin, with friends, family, and foreign representatives gathered at the venue.

• Yago teased Eren as Armin and Connie urged the grooms to finish getting ready.
• Annie and Mikasa dressed for the wedding while Historia, Ymir, Hitch, and A-Yi visited them, and Sasha brought them snacks.
• Hundreds of guests, including representatives from other countries and former Restoration Army members, gathered at the venue.
• Jean mocked Reiner for being too cowardly to confess his feelings for Historia.
• Levi kept Zeke under surveillance, and Zeke offered him Marleyan wine before nervously clarifying that it was not connected to his other-timeline self.

Yago and Eren married Annie and Mikasa in a ceremony attended by their families, friends, and political allies. As Yago celebrated with Annie, Norman and Pei Xi watched from new Paths before fading away.

• Pyxis urged Erwin to accept leadership roles, while Hange refused to be drawn into the discussion and Floch reprimanded Alex.
• Lucia and Carla watched proudly as the wedding guests gathered, and Mr. Leonhardt waited to walk Annie to the stage.
• Mr. Leonhardt and Zeke escorted Annie and Mikasa down the aisle, and Mr. Leonhardt handed Annie's hand to Yago with a warning to care for her.
• Yago and Eren exchanged vows with Annie and Mikasa, and the officiant pronounced both couples married.
• Yago kissed Annie and called her his wife as Norman and Pei Xi watched the weddings from new Paths before fading away.

Lia and Tia learned that their long-absent father, Yago Norman, had returned home and planned to retire from government service. As the family headed to Lia and Tia’s parent-teacher meeting, Yago tried to make up for lost time and planned a romantic trip with Annie.

• Lia complained that Tia was bullying him, but Annie dismissed him and Tia made him hand over half his allowance.
• Lia spotted Yago on the news and hoped he was coming home, while Annie angrily chopped food and complained about her absent husband.
• Tia reminded Lia about the next day’s parent-teacher meeting, and Annie discovered his poor math score and beat him.
• Lia woke in the night and found Yago comforting Annie, then realized his father had returned home.
• Yago told Annie he intended to retire, and the next morning he walked Lia and Tia to school while discussing family news and plans for a cruise.

Yago attended Lia and Tia’s parent-teacher meeting, where he reunited with Eren and Mikasa before learning about Lia’s poor report card. Later, in the new Paths, a mysterious figure who had sent Yago’s father away introduced him to Shinichi, the protagonist of another story.

• Lia complained that Tia bullied him, and Yago promised to teach Tia martial arts.
• Yago’s arrival caused a commotion at the school, and Vice Principal Levi scolded him for disrupting it.
• Yago met Eren, Mikasa, and their shy daughter Kiyu, then teased Lia about making her his future wife.
• Yago saw Lia’s report card and complaints from his teacher, then told him that he and Annie would make him bamboo shoots with pork.
• In the new Paths, Yago met a white figure who said it had sent his father to this world and introduced the swordsman Shinichi as the protagonist of its next story.