Chapter Summaries

Bai Yu and his companions traveled deeper inland, where Titans had become more numerous, and he discussed the obstacles slowing Eldia’s aircraft and weapons development. After fighting nearby Titans, they spotted the two Colossal Titans that had chased them before and hoped Ming was still close by.

• Bai Yu led the group past two Pure Titans and explained that they would encounter more Titans as they approached the fighting between Marley and the Colossal Titans.
• Bai Yu described the challenges of building airships and airplanes, including scarce materials, limited specialists, and incomplete research.
• Bai Yu vented his frustration and blamed Erwin, surprising Xiate and Levi before the group continued its journey.
• As Titans grew more numerous, Bai Yu assigned Xiate, Kali, and Levi’s squad to deal with them while the Supply Squad kept its distance.
• Bai Yu and the others spotted the two Colossal Titans that had chased them before, and Bai Yu resolved to find Ming nearby.

Bai Yu and the others cleared Titans near the forest, including two Colossal Titans, as they searched for Ming. Near the place where Ming had stayed behind, Bai Yu spotted a distant figure and realized he had found him.

• Bai Yu led the group in killing nearly ten approaching Titans before they circled around the forest.
• Bai Yu explained that Ming had killed the Abnormal Titans and one Colossal Titan while covering their retreat.
• Bai Yu and Levi each killed one of the two Colossal Titans after they left the forest.
• Xiate and the others helped clear the remaining Titans as the group advanced toward the place where Ming had stayed behind.
• Bai Yu used a Telescope to examine a distant seated figure and said, "Found you."

Bai Yu approached Ming after he had become a Pure Titan and managed to bring him back safely. The group transported the unconscious Ming and planned to return before searching the Marley Continent for an intelligent Titan.

• Bai Yu told Levi and the others to stay back while he approached the kneeling Pure Titan alone.
• Bai Yu touched the Titan, who turned his wine-red eyes toward him and then collapsed, apparently adjusting his fall to avoid hurting him.
• Annie transformed into the Female Titan and helped strap the unconscious Ming onto a wagon.
• Bai Yu led the group back and said they would scout the Marley Continent for an intelligent Titan.
• Bai Yu reassured Eren and the others that they could face the future because they still had him.

Bai Yu returned to Paradis Island with the unconscious Pure Titan Ming and insisted that recovering Ming’s Titan power took priority, even if it meant capturing whoever had inherited it. Erwin planned an overseas expedition for the following week to investigate Marley and search for intelligent Titans while Bai Yu stayed behind with Ming.

• Bai Yu and the others returned to Paradis Island with Ming, and Bai Yu said they would focus on finding the War Hammer Titan, the Beast Titan, and the Cart Titan.
• Bai Yu declared that he would save Ming by having him eat whoever had inherited Ming’s Titan power, regardless of whether that person was an enemy.
• Ming woke aboard the island but remained calm and showed no desire to attack anyone; Bai Yu warned Hange not to provoke him and took him away.
• Bai Yu met with Erwin and agreed that an overseas expedition should set out the following week to verify information about Marley and look for intelligent Titans.
• Bai Yu gave Erwin sketches of the Titans to seek and told him to capture them if possible, then went to check on Ming.

Months after Marley’s fall, Bai Yu handled delayed paperwork with Historia and learned that Ymir was the Jaw Titan. A reconnaissance Airship then reported a War Hammer-like Titan deep in Marley, prompting Bai Yu to rush out to investigate.

• Bai Yu worked through overdue documents for Historia and postponed sending an urgent report to Commander Erwin.
• Bai Yu told Historia that Marley had fallen and that recent expeditions had found machinery and supplies on the continent.
• Bai Yu revealed that Ymir was the Jaw Titan, and Ymir confirmed it while Historia and Annie listened.
• Kali arrived with Airship intelligence about a Titan resembling the War Hammer Titan deep in Marley.
• Bai Yu left with Xiate, Annie, and the others to investigate, while Historia remained with Ymir and demanded an explanation for her secrecy.

Bai Yu organized an urgent airborne mission to capture the War Hammer Titan after examining reconnaissance photographs. As the Airship departed, Armin questioned whether capturing it was worth the risk if its holder was an innocent Eldian, and Bai Yu gave no answer.

• Kali gave Bai Yu reconnaissance photographs showing a white figure among Pure Titans, which he identified as the War Hammer Titan.
• Bai Yu asked Erwin for the Airship and a team including Eren, Dina, and Mikasa; Erwin approved and told him to take Eren's entire squad.
• Bai Yu summoned personnel and requisitioned equipment, then gathered the team and logistics crews at the Science Department within two hours.
• Aboard the Airship, Bai Yu explained that they would locate and capture the War Hammer Titan, with Eren and Dina using the Founding Titan's Power if he fired a yellow flare.
• Armin asked whether the mission was necessary if the War Hammer Titan's holder was an innocent Eldian, and Bai Yu closed his eyes without replying.

Bai Yu and his companions searched for the War Hammer Titan from the Airship and found it fighting a horde of Pure Titans. He ordered the Airship to hover above the battle and wait for the Titans to thin out before descending.

• A Survey Soldier reported that the Marley Continent was ahead, and Bai Yu ordered the Airship to continue toward their destination.
• Bai Yu and his companions landed near the War Hammer Titan's last known location, killed a nearby Pure Titan, and tracked the War Hammer Titan northwest.
• Bai Yu resumed the search aboard the Airship, changing course twice as the sky darkened.
• The group spotted an evaporating Titan corpse and found the white War Hammer Titan surrounded by dozens of Pure Titans.
• Bai Yu ordered the Airship to descend to about two hundred meters and wait for the Titans to thin out before anyone went down.

Bai Yu led the group in a coordinated assault on the Titans surrounding the War Hammer Titan, then captured its unconscious inheritor after Eren and Dina used the Founding Titan to suppress her transformation. The group boarded the Airship with the girl, and everyone questioned whether she was the War Hammer Titan.

• Bai Yu waited for the Titans to gather, then assigned landing positions and ordered the group to attack from four sides.
• Bai Yu and Xiate charged through the Titans, using Little Fish and blades to clear a path while Annie and the others fought alongside them.
• After Bai Yu fired a Yellow Signal Flare, Eren and Dina touched and used the Founding Titan to suppress the War Hammer Titan's transformation.
• Bai Yu cut the little girl out of the War Hammer Titan, carried her aboard the Airship, and signaled that the mission was complete.
• The group boarded the Airship and stared at the unconscious girl as someone asked whether she was the War Hammer Titan.

Aboard the returning Airship, Bai Yu restrained and sedated a little girl who had transformed into a Titan, intending to feed her to Ming to save someone he cherished. When she woke early, he questioned her and learned she remembered nothing about becoming a Titan, then sat with her and offered to tell her a story.

• Bai Yu checked the little girl's condition, injected her with a sedative, and ordered Xiate to tie her up so she could be fed to Ming.
• When the little girl woke less than two hours later, Bai Yu sent Eren and Dina into Paths to prevent her from transforming for twelve hours.
• Bai Yu carried the girl to another compartment, removed her gag, and asked how she had become a Titan; she said she had been eating before losing consciousness and dreaming for a long time.
• Bai Yu told the girl he could not let her live because her life was needed to save someone he cherished, and she asked whether that person was family.
• The girl crawled over to ask about Bai Yu's book, and he joked about its story before inviting her to sit and hear one from him.

Bai Yu agreed to let the little girl stay with him for a week before he killed and ate her, and she eagerly listed the ordinary things she wanted to experience. After she fell asleep and the Airship returned to Wall Sina, Bai Yu gave her glucose and candy, while reminding her that her death was still inevitable.

• Bai Yu read to the little girl, who asked whether she had to die and then bargained for one week with him.
• Bai Yu agreed to the week-long deal, and the little girl asked to visit a crowded street, hear stories, eat freely, avoid being hit, and lie in the sunshine.
• The exhausted little girl fell asleep in Bai Yu's arms as the others watched in silence.
• The Airship returned to the Research Department within Wall Sina, and Bai Yu asked Kali to write a report for Erwin.
• Bai Yu gave the little girl glucose and candy, and she excitedly asked about the candy house from a story.
• The little girl suggested that Bai Yu turn her into candy before feeding her to someone who disliked bitter things, and Bai Yu said that person did not mind bitterness.

Bai Yu brought the War Hammer Titan, now appearing as a little girl, back to the dormitory and cared for her despite Levi questioning whether he could go through with his plans. The next day, he took her shopping, where she delighted in seeing an apple for the first time.

• Bai Yu told Levi that the sleeping girl in his arms was the War Hammer Titan, then left without answering Levi's question about whether this had to be done.
• Bai Yu brought the girl to the dormitory, where she woke and asked him to stay with her; Annie warned that he might not be able to go through with his plan.
• The next morning, Bai Yu helped the girl dress and eat unfamiliar food, and she asked him to call himself Bai Yu instead of her big brother.
• Bai Yu took the girl into town, where she hid shyly from the crowds but eagerly pointed out an apple.
• Bai Yu bought and washed the apple for her, and she happily showed it off as bystanders recognized him as the Sleep-Deprived Reaper, the King's Knight.

Bai Yu took the little girl through town, introducing her to ordinary things and reading her stories on a hill. Annie, Xiate, Armin, Eren, and Mikasa watched from afar as Bai Yu said the girl could keep living.

• Bai Yu walked with the little girl through the streets, showing her fruit and writing the word “orange” in her notebook.
• Bai Yu bought the little girl two volumes of The Legend of Christa at a bookstore.
• Bai Yu took the little girl to a hill and read the books to her beneath a tree.
• Annie and Xiate watched Bai Yu and the little girl from a distance with Armin, Eren, and Mikasa.
• Armin said he wanted to see the little girl because he felt she should not have had to suffer as she did.
• Bai Yu said the little girl could keep living.

Bai Yu spent the little girl’s final seven days helping her experience the world, from watching the stars to playing in the snow. On their last day together, she gave him a sapling and asked him to care for it after she was gone.

• Armin objected to Bai Yu taking an innocent life, but Eren and Xiate told him not to interfere.
• Xiate and Annie brought food to Bai Yu and the little girl, who admired them as members of his squad.
• Bai Yu held the little girl as she watched the stars, granted her wish for candy, and shared her joy at seeing the world.
• During the following days, the little girl explored new sights with Bai Yu and recorded them in her notebook.
• On the last day, the little girl showed Bai Yu a sapling she had gotten from Xiate and asked him to care for it after she was gone.

Bai Yu brought the little girl to the Research Department, where he carried out a plan to save Ming by feeding her to the Titan. She thanked Bai Yu as he killed her, leaving him and the assembled witnesses to face the aftermath.

• The little girl wore the sky-blue dress Bai Yu had bought her and shared breakfast with him and Xiate, Annie, and Kali.
• Bai Yu took the little girl and the others to the Research Department, where Ming was held in Titan form.
• Armin, Levi, and Levi Squad arrived and tried to dissuade Bai Yu, while he ordered Kali, Little Xi, and Annie to release Ming's restraints.
• Bai Yu asked the little girl if she was ready, and she reminded him to finish his breakfast afterward.
• Annie transformed into the Female Titan and pinned Ming down as Bai Yu cut open Ming's stomach and placed the little girl inside.
• The little girl clutched her notebook, thanked Bai Yu, and died as he delivered the final cut.

Bai Yu brought the rescued Ming home, where they reunited and Bai Yu finally rested. Several months later, Ming demonstrated his mastery of the War Hammer Titan and invited Bai Yu to share a drink.

• Bai Yu carried the sleeping Ming away from the Titan as Xiate and the others followed, while Levi ordered the witnesses not to discuss what had happened.
• Ming woke at home and apologized to Bai Yu, thanking him for everything; Bai Yu fell asleep in Ming's arms.
• Several months later, Ming practiced in his War Hammer Titan form, impressing Hange and Eren with his weapons and Hardening abilities.
• Bai Yu praised Ming's strength, returned his bottle of liquor, and accepted Ming's invitation to have a drink together.

Bai Yu and Ming shared liquor and recalled their years together, with Bai Yu growing emotional over Ming’s shortened lifespan. Ming reassured him that their promise mattered more to him than a long life, while Bai Yu leaned against him and acknowledged his enduring feelings for Ming.

• Bai Yu asked Ming how long it had been since they met, and Ming replied that it had been eight years.
• Bai Yu and Ming drank together on the mountainside as Annie worried that Bai Yu was getting drunk and Xiate sent food over.
• Bai Yu apologized to Ming for the consequences of his past misjudgment, including Ming’s thirteen-year lifespan as a Titan shifter.
• Ming held Bai Yu’s hands and said he had never wished for a long life, but wanted to keep their promise until the very last moment.
• Bai Yu leaned against Ming, admitted he could not remember the promise’s exact words, and recognized that he still longed for Ming.

A year after Eldia began its campaign on the Marley Continent, Bai Yu directed the Survey Corps to scout the area and clear out Titans while searching for answers about them. In Paths, Ymir quietly told him that the power of the Titans could disappear.

• Bai Yu, appointed commander of Eldia's campaign on the Marley Continent, assigned Survey Corps teams to scout, clear Titans, and burn forests outside their inner perimeter.
• The teams cleared nearby Titans within half a month while excavating Marley's ruins and conducting aerial and maritime reconnaissance.
• In Paths, Bai Yu told Ymir stories from his world and asked whether the power of the Titans could be made to disappear.
• Ymir watched Bai Yu fall asleep, then softly answered that it could be done.

A girl and an older man escaped two Titans with help from Pieck Finger, the last known Titan inheritor in Marley. Pieck’s group had found food and metal supplies, giving the survivors outside the military base a small reprieve.

• A girl drove while an older man fired at two pursuing Titans, but he ran out of ammunition as they closed in.
• The girl spotted the Cart Titan, and Pieck used it to tackle the pursuers before emerging from its nape.
• The girl recalled how Eldians across Marley had transformed into Titans, the flying Titan had destroyed Marley’s airships, and Colossal Titans had devastated military bases.
• Pieck had led dozens of people to escape, and military officers later drove out nearly two-thirds of the survivors because their food supplies could not sustain everyone.
• The girl reported that Pieck’s group had found food, useful metal, vegetables growing in scattered fields, and a deer in the car trunk.

After clearing Titans from Marley’s resource sites, Bai Yu ordered fortifications and mining operations to resume. When Kali reported a flying Titan had shot down two reconnaissance aircraft, Bai Yu prepared to hunt it before it could threaten their strongholds.

• Bai Yu examined a mysterious token bearing the words “Humanity reigns supreme. We are no gods!” and received a system warning to keep it safe.
• Ming reported that the Titans around the resource sites had been eliminated, and Bai Yu ordered workers, weapons, and emplacements sent to secure the sites.
• Kali brought Bai Yu photographs of an eagle-like flying Titan that had shot down two reconnaissance aircraft.
• Bai Yu judged the creature likely to be an intelligent Titan and ordered aircraft grounded, defenses reinforced, and sightings reported.
• Bai Yu summoned Kali, Little Xi, Ming, and the Eren Squad to prepare for an afternoon hunt for the Beast Titan.

Bai Yu and the others lured a flying Beast Titan into an aerial trap, and Ming captured its controller. Bai Yu ordered Ming to eat the woman, leaving the group to trust his judgment.

• Bai Yu, Annie, Ming, Xiate, and Kali flew out with Eren, Mikasa, Armin, and Bai Yu to search for the flying Titan.
• Bai Yu spotted the Beast Titan and signaled the planes to form a triangle and wait for its attack.
• Ming and Bai Yu transformed as the Beast Titan struck Ming's plane, and Ming immobilized it with hardening.
• Xiate caught Ming as the Titans fell, and Bai Yu and the others landed nearby.
• Ming removed the Beast Titan controller from its nape, and Bai Yu ordered him to eat the woman.