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Year 845.
The Colossal Titan and the Armored Titan appeared out of nowhere.
Instantly, the walls were shattered, along with the illusory peace of everyday life.
Mankind abandoned Wall Maria.
They lost a fifth of their population, and a third of their territory,
as human activity was pushed back to Wall Rose.
Then in Year 850,
the Colossal Titan once again appeared out of nowhere and broke the wall,
and humanity allowed the Titans to advance further still.
Soldiers fell one after another facing down the Titans.
Then...
Eren!
Come!
Eren Jaeger, despite having been eaten by a Titan,
suddenly emerged from a mysterious Titan's corpse.
Attention!
Dot Pixis, the Commander-in-Chief of the defense of the southern territories
set eyes on Eren's power to turn into a Titan in battle,
and set a certain operation in motion.
He will transform into a Titan, pick up that giant boulder near the front gate,
carry it to the breach in the wall, and block off the hole with it!
When this plan succeeds,
it'll be the first time we've ever reconquered land from the Titans!
It will mean mankind has finally managed an attack on the Titans!
However, the moment the operation commenced, it appeared to have failed already.
We managed to lure most of the Titans to this distant corner of the town,
but despite avoiding combat as much as possible, we lost a fifth of our men.
We didn't lose them.
The soldiers didn't just die on their own.
I sent them to their deaths on my orders.
This is a critical point in mankind's survival.
If it means mankind will live on, I don't mind being called a murderer.
Ackerman!
Cut it out, Ackerman! Get away from him!
Eren, don't you recognize me? I'm Mikasa!
I'm your family!
You must block the hole with that boulder!
The operation has failed.
It was obvious from the start that no secret weapon existed.
Eren! You're human! You're—
Dodge, Ackerman!
What's up with him?
He's just a stupid Titan like all the rest!
Eren!
Squad leader Ian!
Two approaching from ahead!
One 10-meter and one 6-meter class!
Another's coming from behind! It's a 12-meter class!
Ian, we gotta pull out!
That brat ain't gonna block no gates!
Yeah. We've got no choice but to leave him here.
Red signal flare from the elite team confirmed.
A serious problem has interfered with the blocking operation.
My comrades died in vain!
Was it all a waste?
Hey, look at that!
Look, what's that?
Did they... fail?
Why?
Hey! Armin! Where are you going?
Commander Pixis, we should fall back to defending the gate.
Do you approve?
No.
Order the elite team to retreat.
No need.
Keep luring the Titans to the corner of the town.
As for the elite team, they have the authority to act as they see fit.
They aren't merely just skilled soldiers.
They are the elite among the elite that I entrusted with the future of mankind.
Giving up so easily would be unforgiveable.
We cannot allow our comrades' deaths to be in vain.
We must struggle to our very last breaths.
Hey, what are you waiting for?
You're in command!
Ian, it's not your fault!
This plan was dubious at best!
Everyone knew that!
It was worth giving it a try,
and we've already tried it, with no success!
Listen! We're going up the wall!
Wait.
Wait. Calm down, Ackerman.
Rico, take down the 12-meter class coming from behind!
Mitabi's squad and mine will handle the two in front of us!
What?!
I'm the one in command here!
Be quiet and listen to my orders.
We can't leave Jaeger defenseless.
We're changing our objectives.
Until Jaeger can be retrieved, we'll protect him from the Titans.
He represents a precious possibility for mankind. We can't just abandon him.
Unlike us, he can't be replaced.
Hundreds have already died for that hulking failure of a human weapon!
Now you want to recover him, just for us to go through all that again?!
That's right! No matter how many die, we must try again and again!
What happened to Eren?
Armin's headed there alone.
I think... they'll be fine.
think?
They'll be fine! I'm sure!
Eren will do it.
I can't help but think it's pointless to gather the Titans in the corner of town.
Fighting the Titans always becomes a battle of attrition.
We can't let our soldiers perish at this stage.
So those who already died, they perished in vain?
This is bound to turn into an all-out war sooner or later.
We must preserve our forces as much as possible until then.
Keeping our casualties to the minimum is only natural!
I am right.
Are you sure?
I'm sure of it!
Then let's try not to become casualties ourselves.
Ian, are you out of your mind?!
How else can mankind win against the Titans?!
Tell me, Rico! What other way is there to get through this?!
How can we win against the Titans without more people dying, while staying humans ourselves?!
What should we do?!
Of course I don't know a way to defeat the Titans.
That's why this is all we have left.
For that messed-up human weapon's sake,
we must risk our lives and give it our all!
Isn't it pitiful?
That's all we can do as humans.
So what will you do? This is the only way we can fight.
This is as much struggle as we can manage!
I can't accept that.
Rico!
I will follow the plan. I think what you're saying is right.
But while I struggle, I'll show them just how dreadful humans can be.
I refuse to die a dog's death.
Leave the 12-meter class behind us for me and my men.
Let's go. The two ahead of us are ours.
Yeah.
Thank you, squad leader Ian.
Ackerman, you shouldn't thank me.
I almost shat myself because I had no clue what you were about to do.
Move ahead on your own to execute the original plan.
Your abilities are best utilized that way.
Yes, sir.
Defend your boyfriend.
He's my family.
Huh? His wounds aren't regenerating.
Is it because of the damage he suffered before?
What effects did that have on Eren?
Is there any guarantee he can return to his normal form again at all?
I should stop. It's not something I can figure out by thinking.
Right now, I must do what I can.
Eren! Mikasa! What happened?!
Huh?
What... am I doing?
Am I sitting?
I can't see a thing.
What day is it?
Where am I?
Oh, I'm at home?
I need sleep...
Eren!
What are you doing, Eren?!
Do you understand? We mustn't let the Titans leave this corner!
Focus only on that goal, and lure them close enough!
Do you understand?
You won't have to fight.
Cadets will form groups of three and run on the ground.
Once you're under the Wall, climb up it.
Try not to die.
If by some minuscule chance any Titans stray away, we'll crush them.
Minuscule chance? I'd say it's more likely than that.
Are we free to act as we see fit in the case of emergency?
If you can sort it out that way, sure.
Kirstein squad, move out!
Okay!
This isn't good! Behind us!
A 13-meter class is heading for Jaeger!
More Titans are coming in through the gate!
Looks like four 10-meter class!
Ackerman, handle the one behind us!
Roger!
Don't let them reach Jaeger!
We'll stop them here!
Roger!
Even though they're the elite,
just two squads can't handle four at once...
Oh, no... Why are there so many Titans?
There are hardly any humans around here.
Don't tell me... They're drawn to Eren?
Mikasa! What happened to the plan?
Armin?
What's wrong with Eren?
It's dangerous! Get away from there!
Eren can't control that Titan!
It didn't respond even when I tried talking to it!
There's no use in anyone else trying either!
And the plan?
It failed.
We can't leave Eren behind, so everyone's fighting!
But with this many Titans,
we're bound to get wiped out!
From the back of the head to the nape of the neck...
One meter vertically. Ten centimeters horizontally.
Armin?!
I'll get Eren out of here!
Mikasa! Protect us from the Titans!
What are you...
Eren came out of the Titan's weak point before.
This has to be related to the mystery of the Titan's true nature.
It'll be fine.
As long as I avoid the middle, it won't be fatal.
It's just going to hurt a bit!
Armin!
Armin, don't be a fool!
Mikasa! Right now, do what you can!
If you go, there are lives you can save!
Leave Eren to me and get going!
Eren, can you hear me?!
Get a grip, man!
If you don't come out of there, we're all dead!
Don't let a mere Titan body control you!
Hurry up and get out of that lump of flesh!
Get out of here? Why?
I'm so sleepy...
Eren! Come out! Hurry! Eren! Eren!
What happened to avenging your mother?!
Weren't you going to exterminate all the Titans?!
Don't you hate those bastards for killing your mom?!
What are you saying, Armin?
My mom's right here.
Eren! Wake up, please! Eren!
I know you're in there, Eren!
If you stay here, we'll be killed by the Titans!
Everything will end right here!
I told you, you're making no sense, Armin.
Why should I go outside?
That's right. Why should I...
Join the Recon Corps...
I guess we'd better move on our own now!
Gotcha!
Take that, you piece of shit!
Keep your distance!
Ackerman reporting in!
I'll join Mitabi's squad!
Huh?
Jean!
Hurry the fuck up!
I've had enough of people dying on my account!
Shit, it just had to break right now?!
Jean!
What's wrong? Why isn't he using his 3D Maneuver Gear?
Don't tell me it broke!
I'll sort this out myself!
Dammit! Now I'm holding other people back?
Will this really work out?
Eren! Eren!
Weren't we going to explore the outside world?
Far, far beyond these walls...
To the burning water and the land of ice.
To the snowfields of sand.
To that world my parents were always hoping to see...
I thought you'd forgotten about it, but you'd just stopped bringing it up
because you didn't want me to join the Recon Corps.
The outside world...
Eren, answer me!
Even though you knew hell was raging outside the walls...
Even though we might end up dying horrible deaths like my parents...
Why did you ever want to see the outside world?
Why, you ask? Isn't it obvious?
Because I was born to this world!
Go. Run. Live.
On the battlefield, where many words echo and many lives end,
Eren gives hope to humanity as he heads for the gate.
Wound
Defense of Trost (pt 8)
Basic Needs
Defense of Trost (pt 9)
Currently Disclosable Information
Body-weight control equipment of the 3DMG (pt 1) Body weight will be held by one side of the waist at all times. Even when a soldier appears to be dancing lightly in the air, they are actually using all the muscles in their bodies to the limit.
Currently Disclosable Information
3DMG Training (pt 3) For that reason, sometimes instructors will cut the safety ropes to see how the cadets react. It would be hard to call such training safe, but those who die are not fit to stand against the Titans anyway.
No one remembers the names of the trampled flowers
Fallen birds await the next wind before they try again
Prayers won't save us
Only the will to fight can change our world
Ignore those pigs who ridicule you
for having the will to step over dead bodies and move on
Our complacence as livestock strengthens this false reality
We're as free as starving wolves!
Channel the humiliation of imprisonment into your arrows and begin the resistance
Far beyond the confining walls, you'll slay your prey!
As your body burns with an overflowing urge,
pick up your burning bow and gash through the twilight
Fumareta Hana no Namae mo Shirazuni
Chiriochita Tori wa Kaze wo Machiwabiru
Inotta Tokoro de Nani mo Kawaranai
Ima wo Kaeruno wa Tatakau Kakugo da
Shikabane Fumikoete
Susumu Ishi wo Warau Butayo
Kachiku no Annei Kyoi no Han'ei
Shiseru Garou no Jiyuu wo
Torawareta Kutsujoku wa Hangeki no Koushi da
Jouheki no Sono Kanata Emono wo Houru
Hotobashiru Shoudou ni Sono Mi wo Yakinagara
Tasogare ni Hi wo Ukatsu Guren no Yumiya
sono yume wa kokoro no ibasho
inochi yori kowareyasuki mono
nandodemo sutete wa mitsuke
yasuraka ni saa nemure
myakuutsu shoudou ni
negai wa okasare
wasureteshimau hodo
mata omoidasu yo
kono utsukushiki zankoku na sekai de wa
mada ikiteiru koto
naze to tou bakari de
ah bokutachi wa kono tsuyosa yowasa de
nani wo mamoru no darou
mou risei nado nai naraba
Your dream is where your heart seeks comfort
It is more fragile than your life
You can abandon it, and yet always find it again
Now, sleep in peace
My pulsing rage
defiles the wishes I harbor
before I forget them
only to remember once more
In this beautiful and cruel world
we keep on asking ourselves
why it was we who survived
What will we protect
with our strength and our weakness
if reason and logic hold true no longer
sono yume wa kokoro no ibasho
inochi yori kowareyasuki mono
nandodemo sutete wa mitsuke
yasuraka ni saa nemure
myakuutsu shoudou ni
negai wa okasare
wasureteshimau hodo
mata omoidasu yo
kono utsukushiki zankoku na sekai de wa
mada ikiteiru koto
naze to tou bakari de
ah bokutachi wa kono tsuyosa yowasa de
nani wo mamoru no darou
mou risei nado nai naraba
Your dream is where your heart seeks comfort
It is more fragile than your life
You can abandon it, and yet always find it again
Now, sleep in peace
My pulsing rage
defiles the wishes I harbor
before I forget them
only to remember once more
In this beautiful and cruel world
we keep on asking ourselves
why it was we who survived
What will we protect
with our strength and our weakness
if reason and logic hold true no longer