Chapter Summaries

Bai Yu watched Eren practice controlling his Titan before Erwin asked him to persuade Annie to help repair the wall with her Female Titan. The chapter ended with Erwin arguing that the Scouts had died for Eldia’s freedom and that they needed Annie’s power.

• Bai Yu and Levi discussed Eren’s Titan control and whether he might have hidden abilities.
• Xiate found Bai Yu lounging and teasingly scolded him before asking about the Attack Titan.
• Erwin arrived and told Bai Yu he planned to use the Female Titan to repair the wall.
• Erwin assigned Bai Yu to persuade Annie and oversee her, while Bai Yu tried to pass the responsibility to Levi.
• Petra objected that Annie had killed many comrades, and Erwin said their deaths demanded that the Scouts use every means to secure Eldia’s freedom.

Bai Yu persuaded the Survey Corps to accept the possibility of using Annie’s Titan power and agreed to take responsibility for her, while Erwin chose to trust him. After returning to headquarters, Bai Yu reassured Mikasa about Eren and left with Xiate to visit Annie and the others.

• Bai Yu reminded Petra, Gunther, Oluo, and the others that they had dedicated their hearts and might have to accept unfair sacrifices to protect their loved ones.
• Bai Yu agreed that his squad would take responsibility for Annie and said he would decide whether someone should inherit her Titan power if necessary.
• Erwin offered Trost District as a testing ground for Titan hardening, and Hange eagerly began planning further experiments with Eren until Bai Yu asked Levi to keep her in check.
• Levi asked Erwin whether they could trust the Female Titan, and Erwin replied that they should trust Bai Yu.
• Bai Yu and Xiate returned to headquarters, where Bai Yu reassured Mikasa that Eren was fine and had regrown his leg.
• After eating with the others, Bai Yu told Xiate they would visit Annie and the others, surprising the people who believed Annie was dead.

Bai Yu visited the imprisoned Warriors and killed Reiner before offering Annie a deal: help repair Wall Maria and serve Eldia in exchange for her safety and help bringing her father to the island. He demanded that Annie prove her loyalty by helping kill Bertholdt, leaving her to decide whether to accept.

• Bai Yu and Xiate entered the Survey Corps prison and found Reiner chained in a cell.
• Reiner pleaded with Bai Yu, who punched him in the chest and left him to die.
• Bai Yu found Annie and asked her to help repair Wall Maria in return for protection and help bringing her father to Eldia.
• Bai Yu demanded that Annie help kill Bertholdt by making him watch his successor inherit his Titan power.
• Annie bit her lip as Bai Yu urged her to choose Eldia, but she had not yet answered.

Bai Yu pressured Annie to kill Bertholdt in exchange for his protection, then arranged to keep her isolated in the dungeon. When Bai Yu silently brought her food, Annie remained terrified and helpless in the darkness.

• Bai Yu smeared his blood on Annie's cheek and told her to kill Bertholdt if she wanted his protection.
• Bai Yu ordered the Scouts to keep everyone out of the dungeon and said only he and Xiate would visit Annie.
• Bai Yu returned with Annie's meal, unlocked her chains, and let her take the spoon without speaking.
• Annie called Bai Yu's name as he left, but he did not respond, and she curled into a corner without eating.

Bai Yu brought the weakened Annie out of her cell and reminded her that she had chosen to kill Bertholdt. With Bertholdt bound before her and Titan spinal fluid in her hand, Annie faced the choice Bai Yu had prepared for her.

• Bai Yu repeatedly fed Annie in silence while she suffered from isolation and visions of the dead.
• Bai Yu blindfolded Annie, carried her to a cave, and gave her a larger meal to restore some strength.
• Bai Yu led Annie from the cave to Bertholdt, who was bound and too weak to transform.
• Xiate wheeled out the unconscious Jay Rubio, and Bai Yu gave Annie Titan spinal fluid obtained from Eren.
• Bai Yu reminded Annie that she had chosen to kill Bertholdt and gently urged her toward him.

Bai Yu forced Annie to inject Titan spinal fluid into Jay, who then devoured Bertholdt and inherited his power. The next morning, Annie accepted that she could not safely return to Marley, while Bai Yu planned to test her hardening and help seal Trost District’s gate.

• Bai Yu guided Annie's hand as she injected spinal fluid into Jay, and Jay transformed into a Pure Titan.
• Jay's Titan ate Bertholdt while Annie watched, and Bai Yu stopped her from trying to save him.
• Hange, Erwin, and the Survey Corps' senior officers arrived to witness the Titan inheritance, and Bai Yu took Annie away to rest.
• Annie woke the next morning, ate with Bai Yu, and acknowledged that returning to Marley would put her and her father in danger.
• Bai Yu told Annie he would test her hardening ability and then help seal Trost District's gate, while Xiate warned Annie that Bai Yu had saved her life.
• Bai Yu counted the Titans whose powers were accounted for and remembered Ymir.

Bai Yu tested Annie’s hardening ability as the Survey Corps prepared to retake Trost District. After Annie joined the corps, Bai Yu told Mikasa that she would see Eren the next day and confirmed to Marco that Reiner and the others were dead.

• Annie hardened into a crystalline statue during Bai Yu’s test, then emerged and agreed to help repair Wall Maria.
• Bai Yu asked Kali if she wanted to inject Reiner’s successor with spinal fluid, but Kali said she only wanted him dead.
• Bai Yu explained that Annie would stay with him and Xiate, and that she had joined the Survey Corps after he persuaded its members.
• Erwin announced that the Survey Corps and Garrison Regiment would retake Trost District the next day, with the recruits joining the operation.
• Mikasa confronted Bai Yu, who promised she would see Eren the next day.
• Bai Yu told Marco that Reiner and the others were dead, then urged the recruits to eat and rest before the operation.

The Survey Corps retook Trost District by having Annie seal its breach with hardened Titan crystal, then clearing the Titans inside with Eren’s help. Erwin announced that the next objective was Wall Maria, while Bai Yu proposed capturing a royal-blooded Titan to test whether she could activate Eren’s Founding Titan.

• Erwin began the retaking operation, and Annie transformed and hardened her Titan body to seal Trost District’s breach.
• Annie emerged from her crystal, and Bai Yu carried her away as the Survey Corps began clearing the district.
• Eren transformed and attacked the pure Titans, while Mikasa and the other soldiers trained to coordinate with him; Yishi also killed a Titan with Little Fish.
• The Survey Corps eliminated every Titan in Trost District, and Erwin announced that they would attempt to reclaim Wall Maria in the 55th Expedition Beyond the Walls one week later.
• Bai Yu showed Erwin a drawing of a blond, fourteen-meter Titan and suggested capturing her to test whether her royal blood could activate the Founding Titan inside Eren.

Bai Yu investigated an enormous Titan approaching Orvud District and found that its immense heat made it impossible to approach. He reported its size and course to Erwin, who prepared the Survey Corps while Jay’s untested Colossal Titan remained their last resort.

• Bai Yu ordered Erwin to have the Survey Corps watch for a particular Titan, but a soldier reported that a giant Titan had appeared inside the walls and was heading toward Wall Sina.
• Bai Yu rode out with Annie, Kali, Xiate, and Ming, then spotted the Titan and found it was nearly 130 meters tall, scorching the land around it as it crawled toward Orvud District.
• Bai Yu turned back and sent Ming and Kali to help evacuate civilians along the Titan’s path.
• Bai Yu reported the Titan’s size, heat, and direction to Erwin and sketched its appearance.
• Erwin and Hange explained that Jay’s Colossal Titan transformation had not yet been tested because its explosion could cause massive casualties.

Bai Yu proposed using Annie to lure the 120-meter Pure Titan and testing whether it would approach her Titan body, which could make the explosives plan safer. The test succeeded, and Bai Yu and Annie waited as the Titan drew near, preparing to see whether it would try to eat her.

• Bai Yu laid out a plan to lure the Titan with Annie and have Eren place explosives at its nape, and Erwin assigned the squads their roles.
• Erwin asked Bai Yu to test whether Leonard's ability could attract the 120-meter Titan, and Bai Yu led the group to observe it.
• Annie transformed into the Female Titan and roared, causing the 120-meter Titan to stop and turn toward her.
• Bai Yu directed Annie east, then told her to wait while the Titan crawled toward them.
• Erwin, Ming, and Xiate realized Bai Yu was testing whether the Titan would eat Annie's Titan body, which could let them deliver explosives more safely.
• Bai Yu stayed beside Annie as the approaching Titan's heat intensified, waiting to see what it would do.

Bai Yu and the Survey Corps prepared explosives to defeat the Titan by luring it with Annie’s Female Titan body. As they set out, Annie unexpectedly spoke in Titan form, stunning the soldiers and thrilling Hange.

• Bai Yu and Annie escaped the heat, then watched a Pure Titan eat Annie’s abandoned Female Titan body and confirmed it could be used as bait.
• Ming and the others caught Bai Yu acting out an edgy persona before he proposed attaching explosives to Annie’s Titan body and luring the Pure Titan into eating it.
• The Survey Corps returned to base, fed Annie meat buns so she could transform, and strapped explosives around her Titan body.
• As the Corps mobilized, Annie caught Bai Yu after he slipped from her shoulder and spoke aloud in Female Titan form.
• Hange rushed to Annie’s face and excitedly demanded that she speak again.

Bai Yu and Annie lured the 120-meter-class Abnormal Titan into swallowing Annie’s Titan body, triggering an explosion that destroyed its upper body. The Survey Corps destroyed the scattered remains and guarded the area as the Titan’s rear half evaporated.

• Hange eagerly examined Annie’s Female Titan until Bai Yu pulled her away, and Erwin ordered the operation to begin.
• Annie ran toward the target with Bai Yu and the Survey Corps, and Bai Yu confirmed that she could speak in her Titan form.
• Bai Yu used a Red Signal Flare to signal the scouts to scatter, then had Annie roar to draw the Colossal Titan toward them.
• When the Titan approached, Annie emerged from her body and escaped with Bai Yu on his Omni-Directional Mobility Gear as the Titan swallowed her prepared Titan body.
• The swallowed body exploded, and Erwin ordered the scouts to use Little Fish to destroy the Titan’s scattered remains.
• Bai Yu shared his canteen with Annie while the scouts finished destroying the remains and watched for signs of regeneration.

After Rod Reiss destroyed the vial of spinal fluid, Erwin assigned Bai Yu and his squad to protect Christa and help her gain public support for becoming queen. Bai Yu questioned Erwin about choosing Eldia over the outside world, then left to face more trouble with Annie and Xiate.

• Bai Yu and Erwin discussed Rod Reiss destroying the spinal-fluid vial and the complications for Christa's succession.
• Erwin ordered Bai Yu's squad to keep Christa safe and help her earn achievements during the Expedition Beyond the Walls so she could become queen.
• Bai Yu accused Erwin of preparing him to become the next Commander and asked whether he would choose Eldia or the people beyond the walls.
• Erwin chose Eldia, and Bai Yu said the Survey Corps fought for their own people rather than for humanity.
• Bai Yu met Annie and Xiate, who pinned him against a wall before Xiate declared she would sleep with him that night.

Bai Yu lured Christa into a storeroom, where Xiate and Annie joined them, and provoked Christa into slapping him. He then revealed that Christa was Historia, the last descendant of Eldia’s royal family, and told her they planned to make her queen.

• Bai Yu learned that Christa and Armin were in Nanaba’s squad and decided to speak with Christa first.
• Bai Yu tricked Christa into following him to a secluded storeroom, where Xiate grabbed her and Annie waited.
• Christa bit Bai Yu’s hand, and Xiate jabbed her with an iceburst stone to stop her.
• Bai Yu encouraged Christa to express her anger, and she slapped him before Annie and Xiate left the storeroom.
• Bai Yu revealed that Christa’s true name was Historia and said they planned to make her queen of Eldia as the last royal descendant.

Bai Yu explained the Founding Titan, the Reiss family’s downfall, and the risks of Christa inheriting Titan power, then told her she would be made queen and urged her to become a true ruler. Christa remained alone to consider her choice while Bai Yu left to find Annie.

• Bai Yu told Christa that her father Reiss had become the 120-meter Titan and that she was the last royal, so the others planned to put her on the throne.
• Bai Yu revealed that Eren could use the Founding Titan’s power by touching a royal Titan, but warned Christa that inheriting Titan power could limit her life to thirteen years and threaten the royal bloodline.
• Bai Yu explained that Christa’s inability to have children could lead to civil conflict and urged her to decide whether she would be a real queen or a puppet.
• Bai Yu gave Christa a red-and-gold cloak and said she would need to become a hero in the coming Retake War for Wall Maria.
• Bai Yu left Christa to think, told Xiate he wanted to see a different ending, and then noticed Annie crouching in a corner.

Bai Yu realized he had accidentally left Christa locked in a warehouse and brought her food after letting her out. Later, rumors spread about a giant Titan battle, Bai Yu’s injury, and a blonde girl who saved him, while most people still did not know his name.

• Bai Yu asked where Christa was and realized she might still be locked in the warehouse.
• Bai Yu freed Christa, apologized, and gave her food and water; she angrily punched him before eating.
• Bai Yu told Christa that she did not have to remain an obedient child, and she listened while eating.
• People discussed a 120-meter Titan near Orvud and claimed a blonde, blue-eyed girl led a squad to defeat it.
• Bystanders spread rumors that Bai Yu, known as the Sleep-Deprived Reaper, had been injured and saved by the girl.

Bai Yu wrote a flattering story to build Christa’s public image, then brought Historia to meet Erwin and accepted responsibility for protecting her. Afterward, he continued training in his space while struggling to get enough sleep.

• Bai Yu wrote The Legend of Christa, based on his fight with Annie, and dedicated it to Christa.
• Bai Yu told Christa to return to using the name Historia and said Commander Erwin wanted to see her.
• Bai Yu brought Historia to Erwin, who confirmed she knew the truth and asked whether she was prepared to become queen.
• Erwin ordered Bai Yu to prioritize Historia’s safety during support missions, and Bai Yu agreed.
• Bai Yu reviewed his stats and quests, then continued practicing and fighting Titans in the Training Space.

The Survey Corps prepared to retake Wall Maria, and Bai Yu helped Historia reveal a more regal appearance before the expedition began. As the townspeople watched and speculated about the pair, Erwin led the soldiers out through the gates.

• Bai Yu draped Historia in a red cloak, and Historia revealed that her real name was Historia.
• Bai Yu tied up Historia’s hair, giving her a queenly appearance, while Ymir protested his closeness to her.
• Annie reminded Bai Yu that the Survey Corps was ready, and he helped Historia onto her horse before joining the riders.
• The townspeople recognized Historia and Bai Yu, and their speculation made Historia uncomfortable.
• Erwin raised his blade and ordered the 56th Expedition Beyond the Walls to move out and retake Wall Maria.

Bai Yu’s Support Squad helped the Survey Corps fight Titans on the road to Shiganshina District, using Little Fish explosives to clear threats and protect the main force. After several battles, they continued toward the district while conserving supplies for the dangers ahead.

• Bai Yu signaled Erwin that his squad would support the right side, then led them to help a Scout Squad facing three Titans.
• Bai Yu assigned Historia to finish off the Titans with Little Fish while Nanaba and the others eliminated the remaining threats.
• Historia questioned whether Bai Yu’s midair assistance counted as cheating, and Ming and Xiate explained how she could learn to coordinate with the squad.
• Bai Yu’s group spotted two Abnormal Titans behind them, split from Nanaba’s squad, and turned back to provide support.
• Bai Yu’s Support Squad fought Titans across the scouting force and collected supplies while the Survey Corps continued toward Shiganshina District.

The Survey Corps continued toward Shiganshina District while Titan attacks caused casualties and Eren transformed to stop an Abnormal Titan. As the expedition reached a wooded staging area, Bai Yu led Annie and several squad members away to begin a plan, ending with Annie transforming into the Female Titan.

• Mike reported three dead and three wounded after small Titans ambushed the forward Scout Squads.
• An Abnormal Titan attacked the supply detail, killing three soldiers and wounding Eren, who transformed and killed it.
• Erwin ordered the Scouts to rest and warned Levi that Eren must not transform without permission; Bai Yu gave Annie the same order.
• The Survey Corps resumed its advance, changed routes around Titans, and reached a wooded area near Shiganshina District.
• Bai Yu led Annie, Jay, Xiate, Ming, and Kali away from the others, assigning Xiate, Ming, and Kali to cover Jay when he acted on a signal flare.
• Bai Yu called out to Annie, who transformed into the Female Titan, and he landed on her shoulder.