In the year 845...
the Colossal and Armored Titans
suddenly appeared, destroying the wall,
along with the life we'd known.
Humanity abandoned Wall Maria,
losing twenty percent of its population and a third of its territory,
to retreat within Wall Rose.
Now, in the year 850...
Our counterattack
has only just begun!
Our target is the Colossal Titan before us!
This is our chance!
Don't let it get away!
Hey, there...
It's been five years.
First Battle Battle of Trost (1)
He was after the fixed cannons!
It's no coincidence it went for the gate, either...
This thing really is...
sentient!
But this is our chance!
He's the only one that can take out the walls!
If I can kill him...
Too slow!
You're mine!
What?!
Go!
I missed?
No...
The Colossal Titan vanished?
Eren!
Did you defeat it?
No!
It was the same as five years ago...
He appeared out of nowhere, and vanished just as suddenly!
I'm sorry.
I let him get away.
Why are you apologizing?
The rest of us couldn't even move—
Hey, there's no time for discussion!
The wall's been breached.
If we don't patch it fast, the Titans will get in like before!
What are you doing?
The contingency plan for the Colossal Titan has already begun.
Get to HQ!
Anyone who made contact with it, don't forget to report!
Yes, sir!
Best of luck to the advance team!
Keep all personal belongings to a minimum!
Remain calm during the evacuation!
If they make it through,
we'll relive the tragedy that befell us five years ago!
We stop the Titans here!
Prepare to intercept.
Fire!
Attack!
You trainees have all passed
the final training exercise, and now are full-fledged soldiers.
We expect great things from you.
It's okay, Hannah...
I'll protect you.
Franz...
Are you okay, Armin?
I-I'm fine.
I'll get over it soon enough.
B-But we're in bad shape.
We currently don't have the means to quickly patch an eight-meter hole...
We never even managed to dig up that big rock near the front gate!
Since we can't seal the hole, we'll have to abandon the town.
It's only a matter of time before they breach Wall Rose!
Besides,
they can wipe out humanity whenever they want, anyway!
Armin!
Calm down...
Things are different now.
Humanity won't be defeated by Titans anymore!
I'm sorry.
I'm all right...
Hey, are you paying attention?
Look...
I win again.
I'm nice enough to play with you every month,
but you never improve, Pixis.
I'm still no match for you, Marquis Bart.
Aren't you the high commander overseeing the southern region?
How can you defeat the Titans with that level of intelligence and skill?
Commander Pixis!
Urgent message!
How dare you interrupt our game—
The Colossal Titan has appeared in Trost.
It's destroyed the gate!
This drink is excellent...
It will be my honor to take it with me into battle.
H-Hey...
Wait, Pixis!
Pixis! Wait, will you?!
I won't allow you to leave.
You must gather your forces, and defend my territory!
That's your duty, isn't it?
Marquis Bart,
my men are risking their lives in Trost right now.
Commander, I'll ready your horse.
And it's likely that many have already lost their lives.
Many more dying this very moment, as we indulge in idle chitchat.
They are expendable... Let them die.
And you've never even won at chess.
Your presence at the battle will accomplish nothing.
Do not worry yourself, Marquis.
In a real battle against the Titans,
it is unnecessary for the commander to throw the match.
That's enough.
Marquis Bart,
please enjoy a peaceful day, as you would any other.
Wait...
Pixis! Come back, Pixis!
Pixis!
Information We Can Share So Far:
Fixed Cannons (1) Anti-Titan weapons in existence before the invention of 3D maneuver gear. Placed on the walls and modified for defensive purposes to address the dearth in mobile troops.
Information We Can Share So Far:
Fixed Cannons (2) Grapeshot: Low lethality; used to slow Titans. HE Projectile: Powerful, but extremely inaccurate; targeted strikes are rarely successful.
Just follow your training! Split into groups!
Under the Garrison's orders,
you will resupply combatants, relay orders,
and kill Titans!
Garrison intercept forces will form the vanguard!
Vanguard
Trainees, led by the supply team, will comprise the middle guard!
Middle Guard
The Garrison's elite forces will form the rearguard.
Rearguard
Also, messengers report that the advance team has been neutralized.
The outer gate has been compromised,
and Titans have entered the city.
In other words, the Armored Titan
may appear at any time, to destroy the inner gate!
No way.
You're kidding...
If we lose Rose, too...
Silence!
As we speak, the vanguard is engaging them.
We have but one objective in this fight:
to defend Wall Rose with our lives until the evacuation is complete!
Also, as you are all surely aware,
desertion in the face of the enemy is punishable by death.
Mark this well, and fight to your last dying breath!
Dismissed!
Yes, sir!
Why today?
As of tomorrow, I would've been in the Interior...
Are you okay?
No... No, no...
No, no... No!
You're in the way.
Hey, Jean... What's wrong?
"What's wrong?"
Unlike you, I don't have a death wish!
Since you wanted to join the Survey Corps,
I'm sure you're ready to become Titan food anytime!
But I was to go to the Interior tomorrow!
Calm down!
I'm supposed to stay calm and die?
No!
Don't forget
those three years of hell we endured!
In the past three years, we almost died so many times...
Some of us really did die.
Some ran, and some were kicked out...
But we made it!
Didn't we?
So we can make it through today!
You'll survive today, and go to the Interior tomorrow, right?
Damn it.
Let's go, Daz!
Stop sobbing!
Yeah...
Eren...
When the fighting gets fierce, come find me.
Huh?
You and I are on different teams!
Plans will fall apart in the chaos of battle.
But I will protect you.
What are you saying—
Trainee Ackerman...
You're being specially moved to rearguard.
Follow me.
B-But I'll only slow them down!
I'm not asking your opinion.
The evacuation's falling behind.
We need as many skilled soldiers overseeing civilians as possible.
B-But...
Hey!
Enough, Mikasa...
Don't you freak out, too!
Humanity is in danger of being wiped out.
What you want doesn't matter!
I'm sorry.
I wasn't thinking clearly.
But I do have one request.
Please... Don't die.
I'm not going to die.
I can't die here.
I still have no idea what the world is really like.
Surviving historical documents
say nothing about the Titans' origins.
We know very little about them.
What information we do have comes from
reports made by the Survey Corps.
There has been no evidence that their intelligence approaches our own.
Consequently, attempts to communicate with them have been unsuccessful.
The Titan body structure
differs fundamentally from that of other creatures.
They lack sexual organs, and their means of reproduction remains unknown.
However, most appear male.
They have extremely high body temperatures.
And inexplicably, they show no interest in any creatures besides humans.
Their sole purpose in life seems to be the consumption of humans.
But considering they have survived for more
than a century in an environment devoid of human life,
we can assume they have no need to eat at all.
In other words,
we believe their goal in feeding isn't to gain sustenance, but simply to kill.
As to why they have posed such a threat to humanity,
their incredible vitality is the main factor.
Humanity has possessed cannon technology since antiquity,
but it has proved insufficient.
Even decapitated Titans will not die.
And while this isn't universally true,
they are capable of regenerating their heads within one to two minutes.
No way...
Just their size is enough of a problem.
Sir, does this mean the Titans are invincible?
They are not.
There is one way to defeat them.
Target this area.
Severe damage here will prevent regeneration,
and the Titan will die.
Thus, we use two swords to rend away their flesh.
If you can strike that vital spot,
you'll kill them before they have time to regenerate.
Hey, Armin...
Isn't this a great chance?
If we're successful here,
before even joining the Survey Corps,
we'll definitely rise quickly through the ranks!
Yeah, you're right.
Just to be clear,
a lot of people want to join the Survey Corps this time around.
You got the best of me earlier, but not anymore.
You think so, Thomas?
Then let's see who can kill more Titans.
Don't pad your numbers...
Team 34, advance!
Support the vanguard!
Okay, let's go!
Look at all those Titans!
The vanguard's been routed!
What are they doing?
After all their boasting?
I never thought this would be easy,
but this is...
An Aberrant!
Stop!
Huh?
How dare you?!
Eren!
Stop! Don't go alone!
Wait!
I'll avenge Thomas...
I won't let you get away!
Eren!
No!
Please don't!
Why am I...
watching my friends be devoured?
Why
can't I
move?
A...
Armin...
Eren!
What's wrong, Armin?
My grandpa was hiding this...
A book about the outside world!
About the outside world?
You aren't supposed to have that!
The Military Police will arrest you.
Forget all that...
It says that the majority of the world is covered
by a huge body of water called the "sea."
And it's all saltwater!
Salt?
No way! Salt's worth a fortune!
The merchants would take it all.
It's too big to take it all!
There's no way...
And there's more...
Flaming water! Frozen earth!
Plains of sand, white as snow!
I'm sure the outside world
is many times bigger than the world inside the walls!
The outside world...
Also...
This is still a secret, okay?
But my mom and dad say they're going beyond the walls soon.
The outside world!
Hey, Eren...
Wouldn't it be great if, one day, we could go explore the outside world, too?
Eren!
I can't die here...
Hey, Armin...
You told me about the outside world.
So...
I'm going out there...
Eren! Hurry!
A sudden rainfall.
The quiet sound of rain.
The humid air.
The scent of rain, ever so slightly sweet,
makes Mikasa remember a gruesome event from her past.
The World the Girl Saw The Battle for Trost (2)