Chapter Summaries

Yago received the Attack Titan’s power from the older Eren and urged him to stop influencing the present Eren before the older Eren vanished. Back with Annie and his friends, Yago gave Eren an Armor serum that could grant him full-body Hardening.

• Yago asked the older Eren how often he had genuinely smiled since the operation to retake Wall Maria, and the older Eren recalled three moments.
• The older Eren gave Yago the green sphere of the Attack Titan’s power, and Yago asked him to stop influencing the present Eren so he would not have to carry so much.
• The older Eren thanked Yago, said he might have lived out the four years Mikasa hoped for if she had not answered “family,” and disappeared.
• Yago returned to Annie and Eren, reassured them, and heard Eren complain that his crystallization could not break through Reiner’s defenses.
• Yago remembered that Eren had used the Armor serum to gain Hardening, retrieved the bottle he had found at the Reiss Family’s underground altar, and gave it to Eren.

Yago confronted a dispirited Erwin, who planned to leave command of the Survey Corps after learning that humans lived beyond the walls. Yago challenged Erwin to honor the fallen by carrying their meaning forward, leaving Erwin shaken and reconsidering his despair.

• Yago found Erwin disheveled and drinking in a dark, cluttered room.
• Erwin told Yago that he had accepted a post as an operations adviser and intended for Hange to replace him as commander.
• Erwin confessed that the existence of humans beyond the walls had made him question the purpose of the Survey Corps and its soldiers' sacrifices.
• Yago rebuked Erwin for retreating into despair and reminded him that the living gave meaning to the fallen.
• Yago left after repeating Erwin's words about entrusting the meaning of the dead's lives to those who lived on, and Erwin murmured over their meaning.

Hange and the Survey Corps tested the Thunder Spears on Yago’s Fate Titan, revealing their destructive power and leaving Yago injured. After Yago climbed out of the Titan, Moblit summoned the new recruits to meet Historia.

• Yago transformed into the Fate Titan and covered its nape, face, and arms in Hardening.
• Hange had Mikasa attack the Fate Titan with the Thunder Spears while Levi, Armin, and the others watched.
• Mikasa detonated two Thunder Spears against the Fate Titan’s nape, damaging its Hardening and forcing it to one knee.
• Yago emerged with burns and internal injuries, while Annie worried over him and Mikasa expressed relief that Eren had not been the test subject.
• Moblit called the new recruits together because Historia wanted to see them.

Yago and his companions visited Historia before her coronation, but masked attackers broke into the manor and overwhelmed them. Yago was knocked unconscious as the attackers decided to take him and Mikasa to their King.

• Marlo let Yago and his companions enter the manor to see Historia.
• Historia invited the group, including Annie, to attend her coronation as honored soldiers.
• A gunshot sounded outside Historia's study, and Yago heard signs of Omni-Directional Mobility Gear.
• Four masked attackers rushed the group, overpowering Armin and Ymir and forcing Yago and Mikasa to fight.
• Yago unmasked one attacker, but another voice made him dizzy and he lost consciousness.
• The attackers said they would take Yago and Mikasa to their King.

Yago and the others were held captive by Claude, who claimed the masked warriors were Ackerman slaves created by the Claude Family. While the military investigated the kidnapping, Father Manke identified the Claude Family as the likely force behind the attack.

• Nile ordered martial law and a full-scale search after learning that Historia, Eren, President Zackly, Mikasa, and Yago had been kidnapped.
• Yago woke in a prison cell with the other captives and pretended to remain unconscious as Claude arrived with five masked warriors.
• Claude berated and repeatedly struck A-Yi for bringing Yago and losing her mask, while another masked figure secretly showed anger at her treatment.
• Nile presented a mask at an emergency meeting, and Father Manke identified its emblem as belonging to the Ackerman clan's warrior retainers.
• Father Manke named the Claude Family of Stohess District as the family behind the warriors, surprising the assembled leaders.

Yago confronted Earl Claude after Claude’s family kidnapped Historia and revealed its plan to marry her to Claude’s son and control the Royal Family. When soldiers surrounded the estate, Claude ordered some Ackerman Warriors to delay them and prepared to escape through a tunnel.

• Earl Claude beat President Zackly and claimed his family trained Ackerman Warriors to serve the Royal Family.
• Yago challenged Claude’s claim of loyalty, and Claude proposed that Historia marry his son and bear heirs for the family.
• Claude threatened to use Mikasa as a source for future Ackermans, but Mikasa headbutted him and made his nose bleed.
• A guard reported that Military Police and Garrison Soldiers had surrounded the estate, and Claude blamed A-Yi for losing her mask.
• Claude ordered A-Two, A-Three, and A-Four to hold off the soldiers while he and A-Wu gathered men to escape through a tunnel.

The Military Police and Garrison Soldiers surrounded the Claude estate, but a furious Annie transformed into the Female Titan and stormed its underground passages. As Claude tried to flee with Historia, Eren, and Yago, Yago sensed Annie nearby and prepared to fight the Ackermans blocking his way.

• The estate guards surrendered to the Military Police and Garrison Soldiers, who entered and searched the grounds.
• Claude’s guards brought out his grotesquely obese son, and Yago grew impatient as Claude ordered the young man taken away.
• Annie transformed into the Female Titan in the estate’s underground passages and killed guards as she pursued them.
• Yago sensed Annie approaching, while Claude ordered Ackermans A-Yi and A-Wu to help him escape with Historia, Eren, and Yago.
• Yago challenged A-Yi after she followed Claude’s order to attack him, and yellow arcs began to rise from his palm.

Yago transformed into the upper half of the Fate Titan when A-Yi threatened him, while A-Wu turned against Claude and surrendered to Historia. Elsewhere, Armin and the Female Titan captured the other Ackermans, and Annie emerged asking where Yago was.

• A-Yi aimed a dagger at Yago, who transformed into the upper half of the Fate Titan and seized her.
• A-Wu held Claude at knifepoint, scarred his face, and declared that the Ackermans were surrendering to Historia.
• Yago struck down the remaining guards while Mikasa freed Eren, and A-Wu knelt before Historia.
• Armin used Hange's Titan Trap to capture two Ackermans while the Female Titan held another.
• Annie emerged from the Female Titan's nape and asked where Yago was.

After the rescue, Yago reunited with Annie and spoke privately with A-Five about why he turned against Claude. A-Five revealed how Claude tortured and trained the Ackermans, while Historia, Ymir, and Annie overheard their conversation.

• Ymir hugged Historia after she emerged from the underground passage, and Annie reunited with Yago.
• The Military Police escorted Claude, his son, and the captured Ackermans away while a doctor treated Zackly's injuries.
• Yago got permission from Nile to speak with A-Five and took him to a pavilion on Claude's estate.
• A-Five explained that he was the oldest of the Ackermans and that Claude tortured him and the others to trigger their powers.
• Historia, Ymir, and Annie were caught listening to Yago and A-Five's conversation.

A-Wu explained how Claude and Cruel Sean had tortured and controlled the Ackerman children, then revealed that he had poisoned Claude. At Wall Maria, Zeke considered what the people inside the Walls knew, while Reiner insisted they could not leave without Bertholdt.

• A-Wu recounted how the Ackerman children cared for a young girl until Cruel Sean's torture awakened her power and left her emotionless.
• A-Wu revealed that Claude had used a family notebook to find Ackermans and had Cruel Sean torture them before brainwashing them.
• A-Wu told Yago and the others that he had poisoned Claude and asked Historia to pass judgment on them.
• The Cart Titan asked Zeke whether they should withdraw after losing three Titans, but Reiner refused to leave Bertholdt behind.
• Zeke studied a map of the Walls, heard that the Survey Corps planned to reclaim Shiganshina, and wondered what secrets Eren Jaeger’s father had left behind.

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.