Chapter Summaries

Levi questioned Erwin about sending Eren and the other recruits toward Wall Rose, suspecting Erwin planned to use Eren as bait, while the Survey Corps and Military Police marched through the night. Mike fought a group of Titans alone as the Beast Titan approached, and an unseen observer watched it with scarlet eyes.

• Levi asked Petra about visiting her father and confronted Erwin over ordering Eren and the other recruits to Wall Rose, but Erwin stayed silent.
• Levi questioned why Erwin had brought Wallist Church priests along, then noticed Hange talking with them and wondered whether Erwin had anticipated the Church’s rise.
• Mike left the South Squad to fight more than a dozen Titans while Gelgar urged Jean and the other recruits to continue evacuating civilians and spread word of Wall Rose’s fall.
• Mike used his Omni-Directional Mobility Gear to kill Titans and drew the rest toward himself, then planned to use nearby houses as the fight intensified.
• The Beast Titan approached Mike, followed by a strange four-legged Titan carrying a large crate, while an unseen figure with scarlet eyes watched the Beast Titan.

Mike confronted the Beast Titan, which spoke, disarmed him, and left him to be attacked by other Titans. Yago’s Fate Titan defeated the Beast Titan and saved Mike, but its pilot’s identity remained concealed.

• Mike spotted the approaching Beast Titan holding his dead horse and attacked it with his grappling hooks.
• The Beast Titan blocked the hooks, flung Mike to the ground, and took his Omni-Directional Mobility Gear while questioning him about his weapons.
• The Beast Titan sent nearby Titans toward Mike, but Yago’s Fate Titan appeared and struck the Beast Titan’s head with a hardened fist.
• Yago’s Fate Titan tore off the Beast Titan’s limbs and battered its nape, defeating it.
• A cloaked Survey Corps soldier in Omni-Directional Mobility Gear killed the last Titan near Mike, but Mike could not see the soldier’s face.

Yago's Fate Titan fought the Beast Titan, but the Beast Titan escaped with help from other Titans and bombarded Yago with thrown rocks. The Fate Titan finally collapsed under the barrage while Annie escaped with the unconscious Mike.

• Yago's Fate Titan pinned the Beast Titan and struck his nape, but his hardened fist shattered before he could break through.
• The Beast Titan roared, summoning seven Titans that piled onto the Fate Titan while a small Titan helped him escape.
• Annie remembered Yago's warning not to use the Female Titan's power, then watched as Yago broke free and the Beast Titan transformed again in the distance.
• The Beast Titan hurled rocks at Yago, and the Fate Titan shielded Annie and the unconscious Mike while suffering severe injuries.
• Annie carried Mike into the forest after Yago signaled her to leave, and Yago charged the Beast Titan using Titan corpses as shields.
• The Beast Titan's stone barrage broke the Fate Titan's knee and battered him until he collapsed.

Yago defeated the Beast Titan and nearly captured Zeke Jaeger, but Pieck arrived in the Cart Titan and helped Zeke escape. Afterward, Yago and Annie worried that Eren was in greater danger.

• The Beast Titan mistook Yago for the Female Titan’s power holder and tried to tear him from the Fate Titan’s nape.
• Yago revealed himself, transformed, and punched through the Beast Titan’s chest before tearing Zeke from its nape.
• Pieck arrived in the Cart Titan and struck the Fate Titan, giving her time to carry the exhausted Zeke away.
• Yago abandoned the chase, then told Annie that Zeke believed he had stolen her power.
• Annie warned Yago that he would become a target, and Yago said Eren seemed to be in even greater danger.

The Survey Corps and Garrison Regiment searched for the breach in Wall Rose while protecting civilians and confronting personal tensions. By night, Erwin pressed Nile to keep the Military Police Brigade behind to help the refugees, while Hange continued probing Pastor Nick about the Wallist Church.

• Reiner urged Connie to leave the Titan trapped on a house, and Connie rode on after wondering whether it resembled his mother.
• Gelgar led the South Squad along Wall Rose toward its rendezvous, though the Scouts still had no sign of a breach.
• Nanaba refused Ymir's request to leave the North Squad, and Christa confronted Ymir about why she had joined the Survey Corps.
• Kitz's Garrison unit destroyed Titans with cannons, while Rico worried that the scouting squads had not returned and the breach remained undiscovered.
• Hange questioned Pastor Nick about the Wallist Church and told Moblit to watch the church closely.
• Erwin asked Nile to leave the Military Police Brigade behind to help civilians, and Nile accused Erwin of trying to sideline his brigade.

Zeke welcomed the loss of the Female Titan as an advantage to his plan while Eren, Mikasa, and Armin were sent to Wall Rose, where Armin warned that enemy shifters were hiding among the recruits. At Utgard Castle, Reiner accidentally revealed that he could read a foreign label, and Ymir secretly worried that Christa had come to the island.

• Zeke concealed his satisfaction at the Female Titan’s loss and decided to wait for news from Reiner and the others.
• A Survey Corps messenger ordered Eren, Mikasa, and Armin to assemble at Wall Rose, where Titans had reportedly appeared inside the wall.
• Armin reasoned that Annie had accomplices among the recruits and that intelligent Titans had infiltrated the walls by living as humans.
• Eren insisted on following the Commander’s order and vowed to expose any traitors, while Armin whispered two names to him.
• The Survey Corps squads found no breach in Wall Rose and took shelter at Utgard Castle for the night.
• Reiner read the words on a tin of pickled herring aloud, and Ymir pretended not to notice while secretly fearing for Christa.

Yago and Annie waited under Mike's suspicion while the Survey Corps prepared an ambush for the Female Titan near Wall Rose. As the recruits arrived, Erwin ordered everyone to get ready.

• Ymir urged Christa to leave, but Nanaba ordered the recruits to move out and rendezvous with Erwin.
• Mike interrogated Yago and Annie, doubting their claims despite Yago's reminder that they had saved him from the Beast Titan.
• Annie showed Yago the drawing he had given her, and Yago embraced her and promised to stay by her side.
• Eren, Armin, and Mikasa discussed the danger Eren faced as Survey Corps soldiers prepared their defenses on Wall Rose.
• Erwin told Levi and Hange that the Wallist Church had been separated from the Survey Corps, and Hange reported that four Elite Squads were ready to ambush the Female Titan.
• A scout reported that the temporary South-North Squad was arriving with the recruits, and Erwin ordered everyone to get ready.

Reiner revealed that he was the Armored Titan and Bertholdt was the Colossal Titan, then tried to persuade Eren to go with them. The Scouts ambushed and restrained the pair, while Ymir turned to face an unknown soldier.

• Captain Nile ordered the recruits to collect their Omni-Directional Mobility Gear, and Scott sent Reiner and Bertholdt to fetch more supplies.
• Eren confronted Reiner and Bertholdt about their plan to return to their hometown, and Reiner admitted that he was the Armored Titan while Bertholdt was the Colossal Titan.
• Reiner urged Eren to join them, but Eren denounced them as traitors and threw Reiner over his back.
• The Scouts rushed into the tent, pinned and gagged Bertholdt, and Mikasa broke Reiner's arm before the soldiers restrained him.
• Ymir tensed at the Scouts' signal and pulled Christa close, then turned toward a calm voice behind her.

Erwin’s plan exposed Reiner and Bertholdt as the Titans responsible for destroying the walls, and the recruits struggled to accept the revelation. As the Survey Corps guarded the captured pair, Sasha was shocked to discover that Yago had returned alive, with the injured Mike beside him.

• Armin’s analysis persuaded Erwin to identify Reiner and Bertholdt as the enemies and capture them.
• Jean, Connie, Mina, and Christa reacted with disbelief and distress to the truth about Reiner and Bertholdt, while Ymir remained conflicted about her own secret.
• Hange excitedly questioned the gagged captives, and Levi left the tent after dismissing her behavior.
• An unknown curly-haired soldier bumped into Levi, who sensed something was unfamiliar but saw that others recognized her.
• Sasha returned after entrusting the rescued girl to her father and stole potatoes from the supply squad.
• Yago, supporting Mike, encountered Sasha, who mistook him for a ghost and offered him her potatoes.

Yago faced the Survey Corps over his connection to Annie, but the confrontation was interrupted when Eren and Reiner transformed atop the wall and began fighting. The chapter then revealed that Pieck had infiltrated the Survey Corps camp and freed Reiner and Bertholdt.

• Yago refused to reveal Annie's whereabouts, and Erwin prepared to decide how to handle him.
• Eren and Reiner transformed atop the wall and clashed, prompting Erwin to order the soldiers to support Eren.
• Levi accused Yago of conspiring with Annie to free the enemy, while Yago denied knowing what was happening.
• Twenty minutes earlier, Pieck entered the tent where Reiner and Bertholdt were held and cut them free.
• Reiner spat out his gag and asked Pieck why she had come.

Pieck helped Reiner and Bertholdt escape the Survey Corps camp, allowing Reiner to reach Eren and trigger a fight between their Titans. As the Survey Corps rushed to stop them, Yago knocked Nanaba down and flew away.

• Pieck explained that she had used an anesthetic to incapacitate the Scouts, while a fire distracted the camp.
• Reiner and Bertholdt entered Eren's tent, and Reiner demanded that Eren come with them.
• Armin warned Eren, but Reiner attacked; Eren and Reiner transformed into Titans as Mikasa pulled Armin to safety.
• The Attack Titan and Armored Titan fought on Wall Rose and fell off the Wall together.
• Erwin ordered the Survey Corps to rescue Eren, while Levi led Petra and Juda into the fight.
• Yago knocked Nanaba down, activated his Omni-Directional Mobility Gear, and flew away.

The Scouts immobilized Reiner's Armored Titan by targeting his joints and bombarded him with upgraded cannons. An enormous bolt of lightning appeared beside Wall Rose, and Erwin identified the arriving Titan as the Colossal Titan.

• Reiner's Armored Titan rammed Eren's injured Attack Titan into a stand of trees while Mikasa rushed to attack.
• Mikasa's blades shattered against the Armored Titan's hardened nape, and Levi redirected her toward attacking his joints.
• Mikasa and Levi cut through the Armored Titan's knees and elbows, leaving Reiner immobilized as Levi ordered the Scouts to retreat.
• Erwin ordered the upgraded mounted cannons to fire on the trapped Armored Titan, and the bombardment began deforming his body.
• A huge bolt of lightning appeared beside Wall Rose, and Erwin warned the Scouts that the Colossal Titan was forming.

The Colossal Titan devastated the Scouts’ cannons and used superheated steam to repel Nile’s attack, while the Scouts charged the weakened Armored Titan. Yago captured Pieck near Eren, but she transformed into the Cart Titan and fled toward the Armored Titan before Levi cut into her nape.

• The Colossal Titan destroyed most of the cannons, then burned Nile and the Scouts who tried to attack his nape with superheated steam.
• Erwin saw the Cart Titan charging toward the Armored Titan and led the Scouts in an attack.
• Yago revealed himself beside Eren and captured Pieck, who had approached in a Survey Corps uniform.
• Pieck grabbed Yago’s blade, transformed into the Cart Titan, and raced toward the surrounded Armored Titan.
• Levi cut into the Cart Titan’s nape, recognized Pieck, and jumped away when she began transforming again.

The Cart Titan rescued Reiner and Bertholdt, foiling the Scouts’ capture operation. The Military Police arrested Erwin and disarmed the Survey Corps, while Bertholdt asked Pieck to release Reiner as they fled.

• The Cart Titan tore off the Armored Titan’s nape, then escaped over the wall with Reiner as the Colossal Titan vanished.
• The Scouts regrouped, and Levi reported that Yago had run off while Eren rested after overexerting himself.
• The Military Police arrived with orders to arrest Erwin for disobeying orders and suspected involvement in the Colossal Titan’s appearance, and to disarm the Survey Corps.
• Erwin went with Nile’s men and noticed members of the Wallist Church before boarding their carriage.
• Bertholdt asked Pieck to let Reiner out of the Cart Titan, and Pieck stopped as they fled from the wall.

Yago and Annie followed the Cart Titan to Zeke’s hideout, where Reiner reported the Warriors’ losses and proposed another chance to capture Eren. Zeke discovered Yago eavesdropping, and Yago stepped out to face him.

• Pieck spat Reiner out of the Cart Titan, and Bertholdt helped him recover before they continued toward Zeke.
• Yago and Annie followed the Cart Titan, and Annie found gas canisters at an abandoned Survey Corps outpost.
• The Cart Titan carried Reiner and Bertholdt to a ruined village inside Wall Maria, where they found Zeke waiting.
• Reiner admitted that the Warriors had failed to learn about the Founding Titan and had lost the Jaw and Female Titans, then argued they could still intercept the Survey Corps during its return to Wall Maria.
• Zeke threw a stone toward a ruined house after detecting someone listening, and Yago emerged and greeted the group.

Yago confronted Zeke, Reiner, Bertholdt, and Pieck, claiming Annie’s power and accusing them of destroying Wall Maria. After Yago and Reiner transformed, the Fate Titan gained the upper hand until the Beast Titan and Cart Titan intervened, leaving Yago surrounded by Marley’s warriors.

• Zeke claimed Yago had taken Annie’s Female Titan power, and Yago let Bertholdt believe it while accusing the warriors of killing people after Wall Maria fell.
• Yago reminded Reiner of Ilse and Thomas, then said he had seen Annie’s memories and transformed into the Fate Titan as Reiner became the Armored Titan.
• The Fate Titan broke through the Armored Titan’s defenses and battered Reiner until he fell.
• Zeke ordered Pieck and Bertholdt to help reclaim the Female Titan’s power, and Pieck’s Cart Titan attacked Yago alongside the Beast Titan.
• The Cart Titan tore off Yago’s right leg while the Armored Titan recovered and Bertholdt readied a dagger, surrounding Yago with Marley’s warriors.

Yago endured the Marley warriors’ assault until a horde of Titans disrupted their attempt to capture him. Annie arrived amid the chaos and escaped with Yago using Omni-Directional Mobility Gear.

• The Beast Titan, Armored Titan, and Cart Titan battered the Fate Titan, and Pieck bit into its nape to crush Yago’s arm and prevent him from transforming.
• Yago managed a partial transformation and howled, drawing at least twenty Titans toward the Marley warriors.
• The Beast Titan attacked the approaching Titans while Reiner hesitated after Bertholdt was seized by a 10-Meter-Class Titan.
• Annie appeared behind an Abnormal Titan and cut it away from the Fate Titan.
• Yago climbed onto Annie’s back, and she fled with him through the Titan horde using Omni-Directional Mobility Gear.

Zeke escaped after the Beast Titan’s fight, while Yago recovered with Annie and planned to ensure his mother’s safety. Meanwhile, Hange revealed to Erwin that the king was a false king and that Christa was Historia Reiss, as the Interior Military Police pressured Nile and Levi’s group waited for answers.

• Zeke emerged from the Beast Titan and vowed to meet Yago Norman again, while Bertholdt rescued the unconscious Reiner.
• Yago cut off his crushed arm, told Annie he needed to make sure his mother was safe, and reassured her.
• Hange told Erwin that Ymir had transformed to save Christa and that the Interior Military Police had killed priest Nick.
• Hange revealed Christa’s real name was Historia Reiss, and Erwin asked her to deliver a letter to Commander Pixis.
• An Interior Military Police officer urged Nile to imprison the Survey Corps, but Nile refused without an order from Command Headquarters.
• Levi told Petra to wait for Hange to discover what the Interior Military Police wanted, while Historia apologized to the unconscious Ymir.

In Trost, Dimo Liebus faced pressure from the Central Military Police to help them arrest two people, while Yago and Annie walked through town in disguise. After spotting Jean and Sasha hurrying with large bags, Yago and Annie followed them to learn what had happened.

• A Central Military Police officer threatened Dimo Liebus and urged him to help complete an arrest task, showing him two portraits.
• Dimo told Freyr Liebus to buy more food and call Mike, then studied the portraits.
• Yago and Annie disguised themselves as an ordinary young couple and walked through Trost, buying and sharing sweets.
• Yago recognized Jean and Sasha beneath their hoods as they hurried past carrying two large bags.
• Yago and Annie exchanged a nod and followed Jean and Sasha.

Jean and Sasha returned with supplies as Levi prepared to draw out the people pursuing Eren and Historia by using Jean and Armin as decoys. Levi’s confrontation with Yago and Annie ended with Yago injured, leaving the group on the verge of a fight as he demanded a chance to explain.

• Jean and Sasha brought food and medicine to Historia, who remained withdrawn and unsmiling.
• Levi explained that Jean would impersonate Eren and Armin would impersonate Historia to lure out their pursuers.
• Levi attacked an intruder in the doorway, and Yago and Annie stumbled into the room after fighting him.
• The group confronted Annie and questioned Yago’s connection to her, while Annie struggled to answer.
• Mikasa punched Yago and Levi kicked him as he tried to protect Annie, and Yago raised his hand and demanded that everyone listen.