Recaps

Arthur reunited with Armin, Jean, and Reiner after fighting the Female Titan and revealed that she was Annie. The Female Titan escaped toward Eren in the Forest of Giant Trees, while Arthur hinted that preparations awaited her there.

• Armin urged Jean and Reiner to carry news of the Female Titan to the others, but Arthur, Mikasa, and Historia arrived with spare horses.
• Arthur told Armin, Jean, and Reiner that he had fought the Female Titan and identified Eren as her target.
• Earlier, Arthur left Mikasa and Historia behind and confronted the Female Titan, recognizing Annie from her fighting stance.
• Arthur wounded the Female Titan and blinded one of her eyes, but she summoned nearby Titans with a howl and used them to escape toward the Forest of Giant Trees.
• Arthur killed the Titans blocking his way, then returned to Mikasa and Historia before finding Armin and the others.

Levi Squad led the Female Titan into an ambush, where Erwin’s forces captured and restrained her. When the Survey Corps failed to cut through her hardened hands, the Female Titan roared, alerting Arthur and the others nearby.

• Levi ordered Eren and Levi Squad to keep moving while support soldiers sacrificed themselves to delay the pursuing Female Titan, and Eren chose not to transform.
• Erwin’s ambush trapped the Female Titan with spearheads and ropes, and Levi left Eren with Petra and the others to join the capture force.
• Levi and Mike tried to cut through the Female Titan’s hands but their blades snapped against her hardened crystal-like defense.
• Erwin ordered the engineers to prepare explosives, while Levi threatened the Female Titan and noticed fear in her eyes.
• The Female Titan roared, and Arthur, who had just arrived near the forest with Mikasa and Historia, wondered what she was doing.

Arthur learned that the Female Titan’s roar had drawn a horde of mindless Titans, then joined Erwin’s forces in fighting them. After the horde was defeated and the Female Titan was nearly devoured, Arthur concealed the strange bloodlust that had overtaken him during battle.

• Arthur explained to Armin that the Female Titan’s roar attracted mindless Titans, then left Mikasa and Historia to defend the others while he flew to Erwin’s ambush site.
• Mike warned Erwin that Titans were approaching from every direction, and Erwin ordered Levi and the Survey Corps to prepare for the horde.
• The Titans ignored the soldiers and rushed to devour the restrained Female Titan, overwhelming the defenses despite everyone’s efforts to stop them.
• Arthur arrived and helped turn the battle around, but the bloodshed stirred a strange voice and drove him into a murderous frenzy until Levi called him back to himself.
• Arthur denied that anything was wrong when Erwin questioned his behavior, and Levi, Hange, Mike, and the Survey Corps killed the remaining Titans while the Female Titan was almost entirely devoured.

Arthur discovered that Annie had escaped the Female Titan during the chaos and warned Erwin that she could transform again and target Eren. Annie tricked Levi Squad into revealing their position, transformed, and pursued them, leaving Gunther and Eld preparing to cover Eren's retreat as Eren chose to fight.

• Arthur inspected the Female Titan and found Annie had escaped, and he told Erwin and Levi that he had identified her.
• Erwin ordered a retreat signal, and Arthur replenished his equipment and flew to protect Eren and Levi Squad.
• Annie used a flare to lure Levi Squad toward her position, but Arthur fired a warning signal and Gunther halted the group.
• Annie revealed herself and transformed into the Female Titan, then chased Eren and Levi Squad through the forest.
• Gunther and Eld prepared to cover Eren's retreat, but Eren decided to transform and fight alongside Levi Squad.

Eren and Levi Squad fought the Female Titan, but she gained the upper hand and injured the squad. When Arthur arrived, Annie fled, and the group began returning to the main force with Gunther.

• Petra agreed to let Eren fight, and Gunther, Petra, Eld, and Oluo blinded the Female Titan before Eren transformed to attack her.
• The Female Titan restored one eye, ambushed Gunther and knocked the others aside, but Eren intervened and held her back.
• Petra found Gunther unconscious but breathing, while Eren struggled against the Female Titan’s relentless attacks.
• Arthur arrived, and Annie recognized him and fled before he could confront her.
• Arthur explained that he had warned the group with a Red Signal Flare, then led Eren, Petra, Eld, and Oluo back toward the main force with Gunther.

After the Female Titan escaped, the Survey Corps mourned its dead, fought off Titans drawn by two soldiers carrying bodies, and returned to public scorn. The expedition’s failure left the Corps’ future in jeopardy as Erwin and the other leaders were summoned to the Capital and Eren’s transfer was finalized.

• Erwin ordered badly mutilated soldiers to be listed as missing, and Dita angrily challenged the decision before leaving with a companion to retrieve bodies.
• Arthur and Mikasa rescued Dita and his companion from pursuing Titans, and Levi joined them to kill the Titans.
• Levi gave Dita the dead soldiers’ Wings of Freedom emblems, and Dita wept as he realized Levi and Erwin also grieved their comrades.
• The Survey Corps returned inside the Walls and faced jeers, while Eren was moved by the admiration of two children and understood the Corps’ hardships.
• Petra’s father thanked Levi for caring for Petra, and Arthur regretted failing to capture Annie during the expedition.
• Erwin and the other Survey Corps leaders were summoned to the Capital, and the plan to transfer Eren to another regiment was finalized.

As the Survey Corps faced possible disbandment, Erwin gathered Arthur and the others to plan Annie Leonhart’s capture in Stohess District. The operation was set for the next day, while the decision to detain the other 104th Cadet Corps members left Arthur worried for Historia.

• Pixis warned that the Survey Corps might be replaced or disbanded and ordered its activities restricted.
• Arthur told Erwin’s group that Annie Leonhart was the Female Titan and explained that her fighting style and recent movements had exposed her.
• Erwin laid out a capture operation for noon the next day in Stohess District and said Eren would be needed if Annie transformed.
• Erwin announced that the other 104th Cadet Corps members would be temporarily detained, prompting Arthur to confront him before Levi restrained him.
• Arthur and Mikasa told Historia about the plan to detain the cadets, and Historia asked them to take care of themselves.

Annie agreed to help Armin, Eren, Arthur, and Mikasa escape Wall Sina, but the group’s plan was a trap to capture her as the Female Titan. After Annie exposed the deception, she transformed, leaving the confrontation about to begin.

• Annie accepted Armin’s request to help free Eren and led the group toward an abandoned underground passage.
• At the passage entrance, Annie refused to go inside and revealed that she had noticed everyone around them had disappeared.
• Arthur exposed Annie’s distinctive fighting habits, while Mikasa and Arthur confronted her as the Female Titan.
• Annie prepared to fight, but Arthur stopped Armin from firing a signal flare because he noticed the spike hidden in Annie’s ring.
• Annie used the ring’s spike to cut herself and transformed into the Female Titan.

Annie transformed into the Female Titan and rampaged through Stohess District while trying to reach the wall, prompting Arthur, Eren, and the Survey Corps to pursue her. Eren overcame his confusion and joined the fight, and the chapter left Annie blinded and being overwhelmed by Eren’s trained grappling.

• Annie collapsed the underground passage and transformed into the Female Titan to escape, but Arthur and Mikasa rescued Eren and Armin.
• Arthur confronted Eren about his hesitation, and Eren and Armin regained their resolve to fight Annie.
• Arthur, Mikasa, Eren, and Armin emerged into Stohess District and learned from Jean that Annie was causing civilian casualties while evading the Survey Corps.
• Eren chose to transform into a Titan, and the group caught up with Annie near the wall as Arthur and Mikasa joined the attack.
• Mikasa severed muscle in Annie’s arm, while Arthur blinded her and Eren used grappling and joint locks to overpower her.

The Survey Corps captured Annie after Eren and Arthur disabled her, but she sealed herself inside a crystal before they could extract her. As the soldiers prepared to take Annie away, part of the Wall collapsed and revealed a living Titan inside.

• Erwin told Nile that a Titan had been hiding in the Military Police Brigade, while Jean abandoned his disguise and joined the fight.
• Arthur disabled Annie's limbs, but Annie roared, climbed the Wall, and tried to escape.
• Mikasa cut off Annie's hardened fingers, and Eren tore open her nape before Annie encased herself in a crystal and nearly trapped him.
• Levi rescued Eren, and Hange ordered the soldiers to bind Annie's crystal and take it away.
• A section of the Wall fell away, revealing a Titan inside, and the Wall Church priest urged Hange to cover it from sunlight.

Arthur and Hange tried to force Pastor Nick to reveal why a Titan was hidden inside the wall, and he finally agreed to talk after Arthur repeatedly terrified him. Before they could take him somewhere private, a messenger reported that Wall Rose had been breached, and Arthur rushed to find Historia and the other cadets.

• Hange questioned Pastor Nick about the Titan inside the wall, but he refused to reveal anything.
• Arthur threatened Nick by dangling him over the wall, repeatedly hauling him back up until Nick finally agreed to talk.
• Nick asked to speak somewhere private, saying that revealing the secret could put his life in danger.
• A Survey Corps messenger reported that Titans had breached Wall Rose, shocking Hange and Arthur.
• Arthur learned where the 104th Cadet Corps was being held, prepared his gear, and rode off to reach Historia and the others.

Several Titans approached from the south, forcing Nanaba to evacuate the 104th Cadet Corps and nearby residents. Mike stayed behind as bait to slow the Titans and buy time for the others.

• Connie and Sasha talked about their nearby homes while Reiner questioned why the cadets were being kept unarmed and under guard.
• Sasha heard rumbling footsteps and insisted that Titans were approaching.
• Nanaba arrived and ordered everyone to mount up and warn nearby villages and houses to evacuate.
• Mike devised a plan and led Nanaba and the cadets away from the approaching Titans.
• Mike turned his horse toward the Titans to draw them off and give the others time to escape.

Mike stayed behind to protect the recruits but was captured by a speaking Beast Titan, who took his Omni-Directional Mobility Gear before Arthur rescued him. After reuniting with Sasha and Kaya, Arthur learned Historia and the others were inspecting Wall Rose and rode off to find them as night approached.

• Mike drew the Titans' attention so Nanaba could evacuate the recruits, but the Beast Titan threw his horse at him and a Titan captured him.
• The Beast Titan spoke, killed the Titan holding Mike, and took Mike's Omni-Directional Mobility Gear before ordering the remaining Titans to attack him.
• Arthur rescued Mike and learned that the Beast Titan could speak and control Titans; Arthur then brought the injured Mike to a nearby village.
• Arthur and Mike found Sasha protecting Kaya from a Titan, and Arthur killed it.
• Sasha told Arthur that Nanaba was leading Historia and the others to inspect the wall, so Arthur sent Sasha and Mike to report the Beast Titan and rode off to find them.

Hange discovered that the walls were made from the hardened skin of Titans, and Father Nick revealed that Historia Reiss held a key to their secret. After Mike reported that the Beast Titan had caused Titans to appear inside Wall Rose, Erwin led the Survey Corps to reinforce Arthur and the others.

• Gelgar and Nanaba reunited their groups, found no damage to the walls, and led everyone to rest at Utgard Castle.
• Hange compared fragments from Annie and the wall and concluded that the walls were formed from large Titans.
• Father Nick told Hange, Eren, and Armin that Christa Lenz could help uncover the walls' secret, and Mikasa revealed that Christa's real name was Historia Reiss.
• Mike and Sasha arrived, and Mike reported that the Beast Titan was likely responsible for the Titans inside Wall Rose.
• Hange and Armin urged an immediate rescue mission, and Erwin approved the plan and led the Survey Corps toward Arthur and the others.

Connie, Reiner, and the others were trapped in Utgard Castle when Titans surrounded it, led by a beastlike Titan that hurled rocks at the defenders. As Nanaba faced capture, Arthur arrived alone to rescue her and reunite with Historia, while the main force had yet to arrive.

• Ymir found canned food whose writing she could read, prompting Reiner to question her before Gelgar interrupted them.
• A lookout warned that Titans surrounded the castle, and the group spotted a seventeen-meter beastlike Titan among them.
• Nanaba and Gelgar fought the Titans while the recruits barricaded the doors, but the beastlike Titan hurled rocks that killed two soldiers and battered the castle.
• Gelgar ran out of supplies and fell, while Nanaba exhausted her gas and was left surrounded by Titans.
• Arthur rescued Nanaba, reunited with Historia, and told the others that he had arrived alone while the main force was still on its way.

Arthur and Nanaba fought off the Titans attacking the tower until Nanaba ran out of strength and Arthur was overwhelmed. With Arthur trapped and Historia desperate to save him, Ymir transformed into a Titan and rushed to his aid.

• Arthur and Nanaba replenished their supplies, jumped from the tower, and attacked the Titans threatening Historia and the others.
• Arthur used his maneuvers to draw Titans away from the tower while he and Nanaba killed the attackers.
• Arthur gave Nanaba his remaining blades and gas, then sent her back to the rooftop to protect the others.
• Arthur drew most of the Titans toward himself, but one struck him to the ground and damaged his Omni-Directional Mobility Gear.
• Ymir asked Connie for his knife, jumped from the tower, cut her palm, and transformed into a seven-meter Titan.

Ymir transformed into a Titan and rescued Arthur and the others from the collapsing tower, but they were soon surrounded again. Arthur used his power to summon ghosts and save Ymir, then succumbed to its influence and turned against Historia before attacking the Titans with a supernatural scythe.

• Ymir transformed into a Titan, killed the Titans surrounding Arthur, and carried him to safety.
• Ymir rescued Arthur, Historia, Connie, Nanaba, Reiner, and Bertolt from the collapsing tower, but Titans surrounded them again.
• When Ymir was captured and the group was trapped, Arthur decided to use his power and summoned dozens of ghosts that slaughtered the Titans and freed Ymir.
• As the ghosts fought, Arthur became bloodthirsty, shoved Historia away, and threatened the people around him.
• Arthur formed a red-glowing scythe from black particles, moved with supernatural speed, and cut a Titan's head off, leaving Connie and the others shocked.

Arthur’s violent alternate personality took control, slaughtered the Titans, and threatened the Survey Corps before collapsing as Arthur began to wake. Armin concluded that Arthur shared his body with another person, Gu Shun.

• Ymir escaped her Titan and reunited with Historia while the group worried about Arthur’s violent behavior and feared he might attack them.
• Arthur and the ghosts killed the remaining Titans, then Arthur sensed the approaching Survey Corps and called them ants.
• Erwin ordered everyone to stay on guard, but Arthur appeared among them and declared that his name was Gu Shun, not Arthur.
• Gu Shun sensed Arthur waking and collapsed; the scythe, black particles, and ghosts vanished, and Mikasa caught Arthur.
• Armin reasoned that Gu Shun was a second person living inside Arthur’s body, leaving the others shocked.

Erwin’s group confirmed Wall Rose had no breach and prepared to return to Trost, while Arthur remained unconscious and Ymir agreed to supervision. Reiner revealed that he and Bertolt were the Armored and Colossal Titans, then declared he would fight after Eren rejected his offer to leave with them.

• Historia visited unconscious Arthur, and Mikasa admitted she had known about his ability because he had asked her to keep it secret.
• Ymir told Hange she had enlisted to protect Historia, denied working with the Female Titan’s allies, and accepted Erwin’s plan to supervise her.
• Hannes reported that the Garrison had found no damage along Wall Rose, confirming that the Titans inside it had not entered through a breach.
• As the group prepared to leave, Reiner confessed to Eren that he was the Armored Titan and Bertolt was the Colossal Titan, then demanded that Eren and Arthur come with them.
• Eren dismissed Reiner’s confession as exhaustion and refused to go, but Reiner accepted that he was a warrior and announced he would fight, walking toward Eren.

Reiner and Bertolt transformed, captured Eren and swallowed Arthur, prompting the Survey Corps to fight back. Eren and Levi gained the upper hand against Reiner’s Armored Titan, whose armor began to crack under Eren’s grappling hold.

• Mikasa attacked Reiner and Bertolt, but Reiner knocked her away before he and Bertolt transformed into Titans and seized Eren and Arthur.
• Ymir carried Historia to safety as the Colossal Titan swallowed Arthur and a Survey Corps soldier; Hange and the others rescued Historia and Ymir from its grasp.
• Reiner leapt from Wall Rose with Eren, who transformed and attacked him after condemning the pair as traitors.
• Mikasa tried to reach the Colossal Titan but was burned by its steam, while Levi directed her and Petra’s squad to help contain it and assist Eren.
• Levi blinded Reiner’s Armored Titan while Mikasa distracted him, allowing Eren to pin him with Arthur’s grappling hold.
• Eren kept tightening the hold until the Armored Titan’s exoskeleton began to crack.

Eren and the Survey Corps gained the upper hand against Reiner and Bertolt, but the Colossal Titan’s sudden fall let Reiner and Bertolt take Eren and Arthur. Five hours later, the injured survivors resolved to regain their strength and pursue them.

• Eren pinned Reiner’s Armored Titan while Levi and Mikasa attacked its exposed legs, but Reiner dragged Eren beneath the Colossal Titan and called for help.
• Bertolt dropped the Colossal Titan onto Eren and Reiner, and the blast knocked out Mikasa and injured many Survey Corps soldiers.
• Reiner grabbed Eren’s Titan while Bertolt emerged carrying the unconscious Arthur, and the two took them away.
• Erwin learned that Eren and Arthur were missing, while Historia and Armin told the recovering Mikasa that five hours had passed.
• Mikasa broke down over Arthur’s capture, but Hannes urged her, Historia, Armin, and Ymir to eat and prepare to pursue their friends.

Erwin led the Survey Corps toward the Forest of Giant Trees to rescue Eren and Arthur from Reiner and Bertolt. While the captives were bound, Arthur exposed Reiner’s split personality, and the chapter ended with Reiner carrying them toward Wall Maria as the Survey Corps closed in.

• Erwin ordered the pursuit of Reiner and Bertolt, and Armin, Connie, and Jean agreed they had to treat their former comrades as enemies.
• Eren awoke in the Forest of Giant Trees with his arms severed and found Arthur unconscious beside him.
• Reiner and Eren argued about the destroyed walls and Reiner’s hometown, until Reiner suddenly began speaking as though he were still an ordinary soldier.
• Arthur awakened and explained that Reiner had a soldier personality and a spy personality, a truth Bertolt admitted he had already noticed.
• A Survey Corps signal flare appeared, and Reiner and Bertolt tied up Arthur and Eren before Reiner transformed into the Armored Titan and carried them toward Wall Maria.

The Survey Corps pursued Reiner’s Armored Titan through Wall Maria to rescue Arthur and Eren. Ymir transformed and tried to stop them, but Bertolt used Arthur as a hostage; Mikasa wounded Bertolt, and the Scouts reached the Armored Titan without freeing the captives.

• Erwin led the Survey Corps in pursuit of Reiner while Mindless Titans followed them.
• Armin spotted Arthur and Eren captive beside Bertolt on the Armored Titan, and Ymir transformed to catch up.
• Ymir attacked Reiner, but Bertolt threatened Arthur with his blade, forcing her to back down.
• Mikasa slashed Bertolt’s ear while trying to rescue Arthur, and Reiner sheltered the captives beneath his hand.
• Historia and the other Scouts reached the Armored Titan and demanded that Bertolt release Arthur and Eren.

Erwin led the Survey Corps and a horde of Titans into the Armored Titan’s path to rescue Arthur and Eren. Arthur broke free, rescued Eren, and escaped with Mikasa and Levi as the others withdrew.

• Bertolt confessed his guilt and refused Mikasa’s demand to release Arthur and Eren.
• Hannes warned everyone as Erwin and Levi arrived with the Survey Corps and Titans in tow.
• Erwin ordered the troops to charge, and the Titans swarmed the Armored Titan while Reiner shielded Arthur, Eren, and Bertolt.
• Mikasa and Levi rushed toward the captives as Historia and Ymir followed, and Historia used Aerial Waltz of Annihilation to kill two Titans.
• Arthur snapped his bonds, struck Bertolt, freed Eren, and leaped into the air before throwing Eren to Levi.
• Mikasa caught Arthur, and the group escaped while Mikasa warned Historia and Ymir that Arthur and Eren were free.

Arthur protected Mikasa as the Survey Corps fled Reiner and Bertolt, but Reiner’s thrown Titans and a massive group of Titans trapped the soldiers. Eren awakened the Coordinate and sent the Titans fleeing, while Arthur drove Reiner and Bertolt away with a spear before collapsing from exhaustion.

• Erwin ordered the Survey Corps to retreat with Eren and Arthur, but Reiner hurled Titans at them and knocked Arthur and Mikasa from Earl.
• Historia and Ymir rescued Arthur and Mikasa as a horde of Titans appeared, scattering the Survey Corps and trapping its survivors.
• Hannes saved Eren from a blond Titan, but the Titan caught Hannes; Eren struck it and awakened the Coordinate, causing the Titans to flee.
• Reiner abandoned his pursuit of Arthur and charged toward Eren, but Arthur formed a spear from black particles and pierced Reiner’s Armored Titan.
• Reiner and Bertolt retreated, and Arthur collapsed unconscious after overtaxing himself.