Chapter Summaries

Reiner decided that he and Bertholdt would breach Wall Rose to draw out the Founding Titan, while Annie reluctantly let them proceed. Later, Annie joined Yago, Eren, Mikasa, and Armin in choosing the Survey Corps, leaving the group poised to join forces despite the danger ahead.

• Reiner announced that he and Bertholdt would breach Wall Rose, and Bertholdt agreed despite his fear while Annie refused to endorse the plan.
• Annie told Reiner she would help only if they abandoned the mission and left when it yielded nothing, then walked away.
• Annie met Yago outside the mess hall, and he revealed through his thoughts that he had fallen for her.
• Eren came outside in tears, followed by Mikasa and Armin, and Armin and Mikasa declared they would join the Survey Corps.
• Yago reminded Eren of his promise to look after him, and Eren and Annie also chose to join the Survey Corps.

On the eve of graduation, Yago completed an equipment inventory with Ili and watched the Survey Corps depart on its fifty-sixth expedition. With the Survey Corps beyond the walls, Reiner urged Bertholdt to attack, and Bertholdt transformed in a flash of lightning.

• Yago and Ili were assigned to inventory Garrison Regiment training equipment while their fellow cadets maintained the wall's cannons.
• Annie asked Yago about his assignment and seemed relieved he would not be on the wall; Ili then told Yago that he had joined the Training Corps to avenge his father, but had abandoned that goal after the noble's estate was destroyed.
• Yago and Ili watched Commander Erwin, Levi, and the Survey Corps leave for their fifty-sixth expedition beyond the walls.
• Yago and Ili finished the inventory with Hannes and left the Garrison base with their records.
• Reiner urged Bertholdt to seize the Survey Corps' absence to attack, and Bertholdt leaped from the wall and transformed in a burst of lightning.

Yago and Ili witnessed the Colossal Titan breach Trost District, plunging the city into chaos. As the cadets prepared to defend Wall Rose, Yago searched for Annie and found her class.

• Yago and Ili saw the Colossal Titan appear over Trost District and watched it destroy the wall’s fixed cannons before vanishing.
• The breach sent civilians fleeing, while the Garrison Regiment’s advance unit charged the Titans and was wiped out.
• Yago equipped himself and worried that the Armored Titan might appear and breach Wall Rose.
• Kitz Werman ordered the Training Corps to support the Garrison Regiment and defend Wall Rose as the Titans entered Trost District.
• Yago searched the panicked cadets for Annie and found Class 27 gathered around a corner.

Yago was reassigned from the 34th Class to a Garrison squad tasked with rescuing Duke Vald’s daughter, Lisa, from a tower near the breach. After the squad fought through Titans and lost a soldier, Yago reached the tower, where Lisa appeared and apologized for her steward’s behavior.

• Yago handed command of the 34th Class to Thomas and left to join Yuwen’s Garrison squad.
• Yuwen told the squad to rescue Lisa, Duke Vald’s only daughter, from a tower surrounded by Titans.
• After a signal drew many Titans away, Yuwen’s squad advanced, and Yago killed five Titans.
• A Titan caught a Garrison soldier, and Yuwen stopped the others from attempting a rescue as the Titan killed him.
• The squad reached the tower, where Steward Rosen berated them for arriving late and complained about the Titans.
• Lisa emerged from the darkness and apologized to the soldiers, asking Rosen not to make things difficult for them.

Yago and the Garrison soldiers escorted Lisa out of the tower, but two Abnormal Titans ambushed them and devastated the rescue party. After Steward Rosen died protecting Lisa, Yago saved her from being eaten and prepared to fight the Titan.

• Lisa thanked the soldiers who rescued her and changed into practical clothes before leaving with them and Steward Rosen, who insisted they bring the carriages of valuables.
• Yuwen sent Niki and three soldiers to attack two approaching Titans, but an Abnormal Titan ambushed and killed all four.
• A second Abnormal Titan attacked the group, killing another soldier and leaving only Yago, Yuwen, and one male soldier alive.
• Yuwen ordered the survivors to flee as the Titans attacked the carriages and scattered the attendants.
• Steward Rosen hurled Lisa toward a nearby house to save her, but the Titan crushed him and then seized Lisa.
• Yago severed the Titan's hand, caught Lisa as she fell, and set her on a rooftop before readying his blades to fight.

Yago killed an Abnormal Titan, rescued Lisa Vald, and helped clear a dispute at Wall Rose’s inner gate. He then left to find the 34th Class and Annie, while Lisa promised to repay him.

• Yago dodged the Abnormal Titan’s attacks, wounded its eyes, replaced his worn blades, and killed it with a strike to its nape.
• Yago carried Lisa toward Wall Rose’s inner gate, where he found civilians still waiting to evacuate and a Titan’s corpse nearby.
• Yago discovered Mikasa threatening merchant chairman Dimo Liebus over his attempt to move his goods through the gate first.
• Lisa persuaded Dimo to let the civilians pass, and Yago declined an invitation to join the rear guard so he could find his class.
• Mikasa asked Yago to protect Eren if he found him, and Lisa learned his name and promised the Vald Family would repay him.

Yago searched the battlefield for the supply unit and encountered the Abnormal Titan that had attacked his squad. After transforming into the Fate Titan and defeating it and many other Titans, he recovered a hidden set of Omni-Directional Mobility Gear and headed for the supply depot.

• Yago found squad leader Yuwen's mangled body and realized the Abnormal Titan was nearby.
• The Abnormal Titan attacked Yago, but his worn blades failed and he ran out of gas.
• Yago transformed into the Fate Titan, crushed the Abnormal Titan's head, and finished it by stomping its nape.
• Yago defeated nearly forty Titans, including several Abnormals, then avoided approaching the supply depot while still transformed.
• Yago returned to a wooden house, retrieved his repaired Omni-Directional Mobility Gear, cleaned away the marks and Titan residue, and set off for the supply depot.

With the retreat underway, the cadets in Trost District found themselves trapped without enough gas to reach Wall Rose, while Titans surrounded the supply depot. As morale collapsed, Reiner began acting erratically, Annie hid her distress, and Armin blamed himself, leaving the cadets without a clear way forward.

• Yago headed toward the supply depot to find out why no supply soldiers were in sight and how the 34th Class was faring.
• Jean, Mark, Connie, and the other cadets realized they lacked the gas to reach Wall Rose, while more than twenty Titans surrounded the supply depot.
• Connie urged the cadets to attack the depot, but Jean and Mark warned that the assault would likely cost many lives and consume their remaining gas.
• Jean thought of Eren as someone who would charge into danger, while Sasha tried to rally the others and Armin sat curled up beside Mina.
• Bertholdt questioned whether their actions were right as Reiner babbled between calling himself a warrior and a soldier, then suggested they wait until the others gathered at Wall Rose.
• Annie secretly struggled with tears, while Armin blamed himself and rejected Mina's attempt to encourage him.

Yago found Naik, Milius, and other survivors trapped by Titans, then led an assault to retake the supply station so they could replenish their gas. After killing fourteen Titans and drawing others away, he reached the tower and was shocked by what he saw there.

• Yago learned from Naik and Milius that Thomas and Ili had been killed, while the whereabouts of the other cadets remained unknown.
• Yago rallied the stranded cadets and Garrison soldiers, then led them toward the supply station to break through the Titans and refill their gas.
• Yago killed Titans along the route and told Naik to lead the others across while he lured the Titans away from the station.
• Yago encountered Mikasa, Armin, and Connie, then turned back to fight the Titans chasing him as the others headed for the supply station.
• After killing three more Titans, Yago reached the tower above the supply station and was shocked by what he saw.

Yago reached the supply station and learned that Eren, Maddie, Thomas, and Ili had died during the retreat, while Armin and Mina had survived. After the cadets followed Armin’s plan to eliminate the Titans inside and replenish their gas, Yago and Mikasa watched the exhausted pointy-eared Titan outside, suspecting it concealed a secret.

• Yago found Annie safe at the supply station, then learned from Armin how Eren and Maddie had been eaten and Thomas and Ili had died.
• Yago comforted Armin and embraced Annie, while Armin devised a plan to draw Titans to the lift and kill them from the rafters.
• The cadets and Garrison soldiers used flintlocks to distract the Titans, then attacked; Mikasa saved Sasha when she lost her blades.
• The group eliminated the Titans inside the supply station and replenished their gas as the pointy-eared Titan weakened outside.
• Yago prepared to approach the pointy-eared Titan, but Mikasa joined him, saying she wanted to uncover its secret.