Chapter Summaries

Chen Si crowned Historia Empress and declared the Eldia Kingdom an empire, winning the crowd’s acclaim. After visions of Historia and Mikasa left him unsettled, he reaffirmed his commitment to Eldia and its people.

• Chen Si forged a jeweled crown and proclaimed Historia Empress as the nation became the Eldia Empire.
• Erwin and the crowd cheered Historia’s coronation, and Chen Si placed the crown on her head.
• Chen Si saw fragments of Historia and Mikasa grieving by the sea and told Historia he wanted her authority secure even if he was gone.
• Sean and other residents thanked Chen Si for healing their loved ones, while Yasuo proudly showed that he had mastered the one-sword style.
• Chen Si declared that he would always stand with the people and that Eldia would never fall.

After the Survey Corps returned to Paradis, Chen Si reunited with Annie at the port and admitted he cared about her but could not ignore his feelings for Mikasa and Historia. Annie accepted that and said she would stay with him to the end, while Chen Si hinted that he might someday disappear in battle.

• Combat engineers began moving and maintaining the Reconnaissance Ship, while Steve was marched away in restraints and Erwin told Levi that Chen Si came from another world.
• Chris told Levi that she was like Chen Si, and Levi said he did not care where she came from as long as she remained herself.
• Louise reunited with Mikasa and thanked her for saving her in Trost, while Eren noticed Mikasa's different attitude toward the girl and Chen Si disappeared from their group.
• Annie watched the sunset alone at the port, and Chen Si approached her and fastened a pearl necklace around her neck.
• Annie asked what she meant to Chen Si, and he admitted that he cared about her but also cared about Mikasa and Historia.
• Annie said she did not mind sharing Chen Si and promised to stay with him until the end if he faced an enemy he could not defeat.

After Chen Si rejected Annie gently and left her with a pearl necklace, Historia announced her engagement to him, driving Mikasa into a furious rush to the King Fritz Palace. Mikasa reached the palace gates with her friends and comrades arriving to stop her as Chen Si pursued her.

• Annie awoke unharmed with a pearl necklace, remembered Chen Si's explanation, and accepted that it was enough for her.
• Chen Si reflected on his feelings and the future memory inside him while standing atop Thunder God Mountain.
• Blake and Glyde told Chen Si that Historia had announced her engagement to him, and Mikasa rushed away before he could speak to her.
• Mikasa reached the King Fritz Palace and drew her blade, but Armin, Eren, Sasha, Jean, and others arrived to restrain her.
• Levi, Petra, and Chris arrived at the palace gates, and Levi reprimanded the group for blocking the entrance.

Chen Si faced a dispute over his engagement to Historia when Blake and the Church of Thunder intervened in support of Mikasa. He postponed marriage until Marley was defeated, easing the confrontation without resolving the romantic tension.

• Historia ordered Chen Si’s engagement ceremony to proceed, and Chen Si agreed while Mikasa watched in dismay.
• Blake Ackerman arrived with Church of Thunder followers and argued that Chen Si and Mikasa were bound together by their doctrine.
• The ministers condemned Blake’s intervention, while Zackly and Pixis discussed the growing conflict between the crown and the Church of Thunder.
• Chen Si declared that he would marry no one until Marley was destroyed and asked everyone to withdraw.
• Blake and Zackly ordered their followers to leave, and Levi praised Chen Si for redirecting the dispute toward the war.

Chen Si and the Survey Corps captured Marley’s reconnaissance ships while waiting for Yelena to arrive on Paradis Island. After Chen Si killed Captain Matthew with lightning, Yelena revealed her allegiance to the Marley Volunteers and declared her admiration for Chen Si and Eren.

• A week after the Engagement Incident, Chen Si waited at the harbor as Eren brought another Marley reconnaissance ship ashore, and Hange and Levi captured its crew, including Niccolo.
• Offshore, Captain Matthew ordered more Marley soldiers to land, but Eren lifted their ship and carried it to shore, where Hange welcomed the captured soldiers.
• When Matthew condemned the islanders, Chen Si struck him with lightning, killing him in front of Yelena and the Marley soldiers.
• Chen Si recognized Yelena’s reaction as a response to his show of power, while a Marley adjutant identified him as the Lightning Ruler.
• Yelena ordered the Marley Volunteers to aim their guns at the Marley soldiers, then excitedly greeted Hange and declared that she had finally met Eren and Chen Si.

Yelena finished organizing the Anti-Marleyan Volunteers’ supplies and was finally brought to meet Chen Si and the Survey Corps. Meanwhile, Olyanpo tried to befriend Sasha and Connie, and Sasha rushed off after hearing about the kitchen.

• Yelena asked Floch to arrange a meeting with Chen Si, and Chen Si sent Floch a mental message to bring her to camp.
• Olyanpo introduced himself to Sasha and Connie, who first mistook him for a beast before learning he was human.
• Niccolo brought seeds for Olyanpo, but Sasha grabbed them and ate them with their shells.
• Niccolo promised to fetch sauce from the kitchen, and Sasha dashed off while Connie and Niccolo chased after her.
• Floch brought Yelena into the camp, where she greeted Chen Si and the assembled Survey Corps members.

Chen Si questioned Yelena about the Anti-Marleyan Volunteers and learned that Marley planned to attack Paradis Island to seize the Founding Titan. He ordered preparations for war, approved plans for a new city and possible ties with Hizuru, then agreed to hear Yelena’s private information with Eren remaining in the tent.

• Yelena told Erwin that the Volunteers were getting along with the Survey Corps, though they resented their restrictions, and Hange left after praising Yelena’s blueprints.
• Chen Si warned Yelena that Chris could expose her thoughts, and Yelena insisted that the Volunteers had come to help Paradis Island resist Marley.
• Yelena explained that Marley needed the Founding Titan to break its military stalemate and would not negotiate with Paradis Island as an equal.
• Chen Si ordered the island to prepare for all-out war, set deadlines for a railway and a new city, and Erwin ordered Levi and Mike to prepare the port for Hizuru’s envoy.
• Order confirmed that no Grotesque was among the Volunteers, so Chen Si lifted their movement restrictions while requiring them to follow Survey Corps regulations.
• Yelena asked to speak privately with Chen Si, and after the others left, Chen Si told Eren that he could stay.

Eren learned that Zeke and Chen Si’s euthanasia plan would sterilize the Eldians, but agreed to pretend to support it after Chen Si secretly urged him to play along. A month later, construction began on Paradis Island’s harbor and a new city, while Chen Si sought ways to address the shortage of experienced workers.

• Yelena told Eren that the euthanasia plan would prevent Eldians from reproducing and let them die out, prompting Eren to grab her by the throat.
• Chen Si telepathically told Eren to agree for now, and Eren released Yelena and claimed he had only been testing her loyalty.
• Chen Si reassured Yelena that he and Eren shared Zeke’s aspirations, and they toasted to a successful partnership.
• A month later, Yelena and Olyanpo planned a new city as repairs to the harbor finished and construction began on a railway.
• Floch questioned whether Marleyan volunteers could be trusted, and Chen Si urged Paradis residents to work alongside them and learn their skills.
• Olyanpo explained that the volunteers lacked enough experienced workers to build the city quickly, and Chen Si asked him for ideas.

Chen Si agreed to bring Olyanpo’s people from Brittany to Paradis Island and went to the camp kitchen after tasting Niccolo’s food. There, the Cooking Mastery system activated when Chen Si picked up a jar of modern seasoning.

• Olyanpo proposed rescuing displaced people in Brittany from Marley and bringing them to Paradis Island, and Chen Si agreed.
• Chen Si planned to build a fortified coastal city and went toward the camp kitchen after Mikasa offered him a lobster leg.
• Sasha ate Niccolo’s unfinished fish, praised his cooking through tears, and rekindled his desire to live.
• Niccolo feared Chen Si would kill him, but Chen Si only picked up a spice jar.
• Chen Si acquired Cooking Mastery after making contact with modern seasonings.

Chen Si learned that Order could not reliably locate Grotesque and refused to restore its power by killing its other hosts. After deciding to protect his companions, Chen Si turned to cooking, astonishing Mikasa, Sasha, and Niccolo with his fried rice.

• Order told Chen Si that Grotesque might be with Roald but admitted it could not pinpoint him, and Chen Si rejected killing Order’s other hosts to restore its power.
• Chen Si explained that he would not sacrifice his companions to protect them, while Order secretly searched his memories for the meaning of emotions.
• Chen Si let Sasha eat and led Mikasa to look through Niccolo’s seasonings, then began cooking fried rice.
• Chen Si prepared a plate of fried rice with effortless skill, and Mikasa tasted it and praised its flavor.
• Sasha rushed over for the food, and Niccolo tried some himself before collapsing in disbelief at how delicious it was.

Chen Si learned that Chris could mimic other people’s auras, but she could not sense the Hallucigenia or the progenitor of the Titans, leaving him uncertain how to break the deadlock. Meanwhile, Magath learned that a Hizuru envoy was secretly sailing toward Paradis Island and wondered what the country intended to gain there.

• Chris used aura mimicry to pose as Annie and tease Chen Si and Mikasa, then explained that she could copy an aura for only five seconds.
• Chen Si asked whether Chris could mimic royal blood or detect the Hallucigenia, but she could not; he worried that finding it might require killing a companion.
• Chris offered to give Chen Si her power, but he refused to take her life for it, and she wondered whether her ability could break the deadlock.
• Mike brought Chris a meal with chopsticks, and she thanked him with a kiss while reflecting on her feelings for Chen Si and Mike.
• Magath received a report that a Hizuru warship carrying a special envoy was heading for Paradis Island, and he and Koslow speculated that Hizuru might be seeking the Founding Titan.

Tōjin Kiyomi traveled from Hizuru to Paradis Island to seek iceburst stone, while Yelena told Chen Si about the powerful new Marley warrior, Roald Galliard. The chapter left Chen Si suspecting Hallucigenia was influencing Roald and noting the Tybur envoy’s unexplained connection to Titans.

• Magath decided not to confront Hizuru publicly and considered meeting Marley’s true leaders.
• Tōjin Kiyomi sailed toward Paradis Island to secure iceburst stone and strengthen her family’s position in Hizuru.
• Yelena met Chen Si and reported that Zeke had warned her about Roald Galliard, a new warrior of extraordinary strength.
• Yelena explained that Roald had lost control, destroyed Marleyan vehicles, and routed two Mid-East divisions before his mother calmed him.
• Chen Si suspected Hallucigenia was influencing Roald, and Yelena added that Roald had called a Tybur envoy a Titan.

Chen Si and Erwin prepared to intimidate Hizuru’s approaching delegation, while Tōjin Kiyomi assessed Paradis Island’s strength from her warship. The chapter ended as an enormous bolt of lightning descended, leaving the delegation stunned by what would appear next.

• Floch warned Chen Si that a warship was approaching, and Yelena told him Roald was dangerous, but Chen Si dismissed the threat after comparing him to Zeke.
• At Paradis Island’s harbor, Chen Si suggested giving the approaching ship a show of force, and Erwin ordered the Survey Corps to prepare for battle.
• Mina teased Annie about her pearl necklace, and Annie hid it in her clothes when Erwin called the troops to attention.
• Tōjin Kiyomi’s delegation identified the island’s soldiers, while Eren transformed into a Titan and roared at the warship.
• Tōjin Kiyomi continued toward the shore despite the display, then watched another lightning bolt summon the Female Titan and a third, far larger bolt descend.

Paradis Island displayed its Titan forces to the Hizuru delegation, then rescued their warship from a tsunami and brought it safely ashore. Tōjin Kiyomi met Erwin and learned that the young Chen Si was Paradis Island’s supreme military commander.

• The Colossal Titan appeared off the coast and sent an enormous tsunami toward Hizuru’s warship, alarming Tōjin Kiyomi and her delegation.
• As the crewmen fought over the lifeboat, Tachibana Masao killed one who charged and insisted that Tōjin Kiyomi leave first, but she refused to abandon the ship.
• Just before the wave struck, Chen Si’s lightning-cloaked Titan appeared, and the warship was transported to Paradis Island’s coast in calm waters.
• Erwin introduced himself as a general and welcomed the delegation to the Eldia Empire, while Tōjin Kiyomi stepped ashore and greeted him as an envoy from Hizuru.
• Chen Si transformed back into human form, and Erwin identified him as the empire’s marshal and supreme commander; Tōjin Kiyomi thanked Chen Si for saving them.

Yasuo proved he could cut through eight posts but Kenny made him practice fighting enemies from every direction before allowing him to join the Front Lines. In the Royal Capital, Ymir agreed to train with the Training Corps so she could protect Historia, just as Zackly arrived at Historia’s office.

• Yasuo cut through eight wooden posts in one stroke, but Kenny challenged him to defeat enemies positioned in all four directions with a single attack.
• Kenny told Yasuo to master the four-post exercise before joining the Training Corps, while privately intending to keep him away from the coming war.
• Ivanka reported that Chen Si had returned with envoys from the Across-the-Sea Nation, and Kenny ordered the Royal Capital’s main routes sealed near the Imperial Palace.
• Historia asked Ymir whether she would train with the Training Corps, and Ymir agreed so she could serve as Historia’s Personal Guard.
• Zackly knocked on the door of Historia’s office and was invited inside.

Historia met Hizuru envoy Tōjin Kiyomi to discuss diplomatic relations and trade, while Erwin demanded advanced technologies in exchange for Paradis’s iceburst stone. Kiyomi tried to downplay the stone’s value, and Chen Si challenged her claim.

• Historia entered the reception hall, where the officials and military leaders stood to greet her, and she met Tōjin Kiyomi across the conference table.
• Kiyomi proposed establishing relations and trading Hizuru’s technology for Paradis’s iceburst stone.
• Erwin gave Kiyomi a list of extensive requests for manufacturing, transport, and electrical technologies, and she was stunned by the demands.
• Chen Si had deliberately set high demands to strengthen Paradis’s bargaining position, and Armin recognized his strategy.
• Kiyomi argued that the requested technologies were too valuable to sell lightly, while Erwin invited her to name an iceburst stone price.
• Kiyomi claimed iceburst stone had limited applications and little value, and Chen Si questioned whether she was saying it was useless.

Chen Si and Erwin negotiated with Tōjin Kiyomi over Hizuru’s access to Paradis Island’s iceburst stone in exchange for technology. They signed a trade agreement granting Hizuru exclusive mining rights for fifty years, and the deal was formalized in March 852.

• Chen Si revealed that iceburst stone could power many machines and had extraordinarily high energy efficiency, surprising Erwin and the other officials.
• Tōjin Kiyomi offered Hizuru exclusive mining rights in exchange for nearly all of its technologies, while Erwin and Pixis argued that Hizuru could not claim all of Paradis Island’s iceburst stone.
• Chen Si proposed giving Hizuru exclusive mining rights for thirty years in exchange for the listed technologies.
• Tōjin Kiyomi countered with fifty years and excluded electric power and engine technology; Chen Si accepted before Pixis could object.
• Chen Si signed the agreement, adding his name in Eldian script after Tōjin Kiyomi questioned his Chinese characters, and the Eldia Empire and Hizuru formalized the deal in March 852.

After the treaty with Hizuru was signed, Chen Si protected Mikasa from Tōjin Kiyomi’s attempt to confirm her Azumabito heritage. That night, he caught a Marley agent secretly transmitting from the hotel, revealing that Paradis Island was already fighting a covert war.

• Historia ordered Kenny to send his ten-year-old apprentice to school and told Zackly she wanted schools established in their country.
• Tōjin Kiyomi asked Mikasa to uncover her wrist after recognizing the Azumabito crest, but Chen Si intervened and refused to let her pursue the matter.
• Chen Si noticed that one of the Hizuru attendants had been watching Mikasa’s bandage, while he secretly tracked the man’s movements.
• That night, Maren, a Marley Special Operations Bureau agent embedded in the Azumabito Family, dug up a hidden machine and used it to send a telegraph message.
• Chen Si approached Maren, knocked him unconscious, and brought him to Tōjin Kiyomi’s hotel, realizing Marley’s agents had been preparing for conflict with Paradis Island.

Chen Si captured Maren, uncovered Marley’s spying in Hizuru, and gained Tōjin Kiyomi’s promise of support for Paradis Island. At Survey Corps Headquarters, Chris revealed the codenames of three dangerous Marleyan agents as a message from Dusk arrived at Marley’s Central Command.

• Chen Si captured Maren and his Marleyan telegraph machine, then Tōjin Kiyomi agreed to provide him with twenty telegraph machines.
• Chen Si told Tōjin Kiyomi that Mikasa descended from her family’s royal line, and he agreed to aid Hizuru if Mikasa wished it.
• Chen Si summoned Dietrich to Survey Corps Headquarters for the next morning.
• Chris questioned Maren, and the Survey Corps recorded intelligence about Marley’s spy bureaus and agents Dusk, Angel, and Poet.
• A messenger delivered a message from Dusk to Captain Magath at Marley’s Central Command.

Magath received false intelligence claiming Paradis Island had infiltrated Marley and that Willy Tybur was secretly aiding Eldia, prompting a sweeping security panic. As Marley searched for spies, Chen Si prepared to enter the country under false documents, and Eren watched Hizuru’s envoy depart.

• Magath and Koslow read intelligence accusing Paradis Island of placing agents in Marley and Willy Tybur of supporting Eldia, then ordered investigations, blood tests, and the Tybur Family confined to the capital.
• Magath warned the military leadership, and Marley recalled troops for testing while the Mid-East Allied Forces searched for the Marley spy known as the Poet.
• Zoe received orders from Rundstedt and Magath, worried about her family, and sent a telegram to Angel Moriarty.
• Magath kept his suspicions about Willy Tybur from Marshal Calvi, while Chen Si realized his false intelligence had thrown Marley into turmoil.
• At Paradis Island’s harbor, Chen Si asked Tōjin Kiyomi for travel documents and a medical license, and she promised to send them with supplies in two months.
• Tōjin Kiyomi and her party sailed for Hizuru, and Eren told Chen Si it was time to go.