ISAYAMA

ATTACK
ON TITAN
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HAJIME
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“Attack on Titan’
Character Introductions
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Eren rateeae childhood friend.
Though Armin isn't athletic in the
least, he is an excellent thinker and
can produce unique ideas.
‘Annie Leonhart
Mikasa graduated at the top of her training Longing for the world outside the wall,
corps. Her parents were murdered before Eren aims to join the Survey Corps.
her eyes when she was a child. After that, He can turn himself into a Titan.
she was raised alongside Eren, whom she
tenaciously tries to protect.
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Superior at vertical maneuvering.
Jean is honest to a fault, which
often puts him at odds with other
Annie's small stature belies her Has a high degree of skill in Graduated second in his training
great skill in the art of hand-to-hand everything he's been taught, but corps. Reiner is as strong as an ox and
combat. She's a realist through and is indecisive and lacks initiative. has the will ta match. His comrades
through, and tends to be a loner. have a great deal of trust in him.

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Extremely short, with Sasha is very agile and has Effective at vertical maneuvering, Yearned to join the Military Police
friendly, warm-hearted remarkable instincts. Owing to her but slow on the uptake, so his Brigade so he could serve the king.
personality. unconventionality, she isn't suited comprehension of tactics is less Marco died during the Titan mop-up
for organized activity. than stellar. operation.

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A doctor Captain of [ommander Z&

and Eren's the Survey / of the
father. He Corps, Survey
went said to be Corps.
missing the
after the strongest
hen human
attack five alive.
years ago.
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TITAN
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ORGANIZATION
KNOWN AS
THE SURVEY
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RAN VERTICAL
NORTH. MANEUVERING
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LEGS HORSE
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WE FIGHT TO ‘ _ _ HUMANITY. WE DO
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ITS
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TITANS... TITAN HAD
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DO-OR-DIE THE SOUTHERN
OPERATION TO GATE OF TROST
Ne
TAKE BACK THE DISTRICT...
TERRITORY HAS
SUCCEEDED,
AND THE GATE
WAS SEALED.
Aid
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THEY'RE
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COURSE, E WAS
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OF HERE.

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HANGE,
A SQUAD
LEADER IN
THE
SURVEY
 HE'S MIKE
ZACHARIAS,
ALSO A SQUAD
LEADER.

BELIEVE
ME, HIS
SKILL AS A PROBABLY
SQUAD DOESN'T
LEADER MEAN
ANYTHING.
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DUNGEON
BELOW THE
C OURT-
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YOU'VE PLEDGED
YOUR LIFE TO
SERVE THE
PUBLIC.
CORRECT?

‘| REGULAR LAW
CANNOT APPLY
ULTIMATE IN THESE
AUTHORITY EXCEPTIONAL
HAS BEEN CIRCUMSTANCES.
ENTRUSTED THEREFORE,
THIS WILL BE A —
MILITARY
TRIBUNAL. SECO.
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THAT WILL
WILL BRING
HOPE TO THE LEAD US TO
DESTRUCTION.
HUMAN RACE.
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EVENTUALLY FORCED EXPECTED,
TO MAKE AN OFFICIAL IT PROVED
ANNOUNCEMENT IMPOSSIBLE TO
ABOUT YOU, IT WILL HIDE YOUR
INEVITABLY PRODUCE EXISTENCE FROM
A NEW THREAT IN THE GENERAL
ADDITION TO THE PUBLIC.
TITANS.

WE'RE HERE TO
DECISION WILL DECIDE WHICH BRANCH
DETERMINE OF THE MILITARY WILL
HOW YOU ARE BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
DEALT WITH. YOUR ACTIVITIES.

MILITARY
POLICE
BRIGADE
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| HEAR FROM
TAM CHIEF THE
NILE DOK OF MILITARY
THE MILITARY
POLICE
BRIGADE...

WHICH IT my ..THAT EREN'S

SHOULD BE | BODY SHOULD
DISPOSED OF BE
WITHOUT THOROUGHLY
EXAMINED...
DELAY.

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CONSIDERATION
LED US OF THE GRAVE
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EXISTENCE
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THOSE PEOPLE,
INCLUDING THE WHO HOLD THE
ROYAL FAMILY, HAVE |! gaat SS TUR
STUCK TO THEIR REINS OF POWER
POLICY OF NONINTER-
FERENCE IN MATTERS IN THE CENTER
OUTSIDE THE WALL, REGARD HIM AS
JUST AS THEY DID |
\ EIVEYEARS =A A THREAT.

AS A RESULT, MASSES SEE EREN

AS AHERO FOR HIS
WE MAY EVEN SEE PART IN THE
A CIVIL WAR COUNTERATTACK.
CONSUME WHAT THIS HAS SPARKED
TERRITORY WE A BACKLASH,
CHIEFLY AMONG
HAVE LEFT. MERCHANTS AND
THE PEOPLE OF

UNDENIABLE THAT
HIS TITAN POWER
DESERVES CREDIT
FOR REPELLING
THIS LATEST
ATTACK.

TTS
IN NO TIME, ALSO FACT
HE'S BECOME THAT HIS
A HIGHLY EXISTENCE
POLITICIZED CAUSES
FIGURE. REAL HARM.
 THEREFORE,
AFTER WE
EXTRACT AS
MUCH
INFORMATION
AS WE CAN
FROM HIN...
WE WILL
TURN HIM
INTO A
MARTYR
FOR THE
HUMAN
RACE.

HE IS A PEST
HE SHOULD THAT CIRCUN-
VENTED THE DIVINE
BE EXECUTED
PROTECTION OF THE
IMMEDIATELY!
WALL THROUGH
TRICKERY!

I...THAT
UNIFORM...
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NOW HEAR ~
T'M ERWIN
THE
Sa
tia

SMITH, THE 13TH

COMMANDER OF
THE SURVEY
CORPS.

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IS NOW TO LAUNCH
THAT GATE 5 EXPEDITIONS
WILL COMPLETELY
NEVER SEALED, IS IT ‘JA OUTSIDE THE
OPEN (7, WALL GOING
FORWARD?

...CON-
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FROM SS WE WISH
SCRATCH. : | TO SET OUT
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KARANES
DISTRICT.
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IF WE JUST COLOSSUS
REINFORCED TITAN HAS
THOSE AREAS, ONLY BEEN
THEY WOULD ABLE TO
yee DESTROY THE
GATES IN THE
ATTACK US grat
AGAIN...

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WE WON'T
LET YOU DOGS IN THE
PLAY AT MERCHANTS’
BEING ASSOCIATION /
REALLY WANT
FURTHER LAND THAT
INTO RUIN! BADLY?!

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HUA ie:

... BUT WHERE'S

YOUR GUARANTEE
THAT THE TITANS
WILL WAIT
PATIENTLY WHILE
WE WALL UP THE
GATES?

YOU PIGS TAKE NO YOU'RE \\

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PEOPLE WHO CAN'T } ABOUTMY = | NDS Tic : YOU
EAT BECAUSE FRIENDS, WHO |r ) Rae : SAY
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ENOUGH LAND! WHILE YOU
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NONSENSE, @
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| | ew “MY COMPREHEND?!
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WE TELL EVERYBODY'S
THEM WE PUTTING
WHYWONT =2 PUT OUR THEIR OWN
E THEYBELIEVE S LIVES ON INTERESTS
: THAT? =N THE LINE... FIRST...2

TREY BT CAN You :

NY CONTINUE AS A
NS ‘“A5) SOLDIER AND
USE THIS TITAN
POWER FOR THE
BENEFIT OF
THE HUMAN

THIS IS
FROM THE
REPORT ON
THE RECOVERY
MISSION.
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SWUNG YOUR
FIST THREE
TIMES AT
MIKASA
ACKERMAN.

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REMEMBER
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CONTROL.

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SECOND
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SHIELDED
ARMIN AND
ME FROM
{ \ ExpLANosive

THE FIRST
TIME, A TITAN
WAS ABOUT TO
 EVERYTHING
YOU JUST SAID BELIEVE
ISIN THE THESE
REPORT... FACTS
SHOULD BE
CONSIDERED

f ...BUT WISHFUL
.-REDUCING
THINKING HAS
THEIR OBJECTIVE
SEVERELY
VALUE, IN MY
CLOUDED YOUR
JUDGMENT.
VIEWS...

WHILE
7 INVESTIGATING IKNOW
EREN’S BACKGROUND, WHY YOU ARE
T CAME ACROSS A TAKING EREN’S
RECORD OF AN SIDE.
INCIDENT FROM SIX
YEARS AGO.

. THEY
STABBED ASTONISHINGLY,
THREE ADULT WHEN THESE
ROBBERS TO TWO WERE NINE
YEARS OLD...
 SHOULD
WE ENTRUST
HIM WITH THE E IT RAISES ACTIONS ARE
LIVES, TH DOUBTS AS
RESOURCES, AND UNDERSTANDABLE.
(T WAS LEGITIMATE
THE VERY FATE OF TO EREN’S
THE HUMAN
BASIC SELF-DEFENSE...
RACE? HUMANITY.

THAT'S RIGHT!
THE END, HE HE MUST BE A TITAN
COULDN'T THAT TOOK THE
HIDE HIS FORM OF A CHILD
VIOLENT
NATURE! TO INFILTRATE OUR
SOCIETY!

TS THIS
HE'S RIGHT IN ANY TIME TO
THOSE FRONT OF US, BE HAVING A
SHACKLES LIKE A POWDER LEISURELY
MEAN KEG THAT COULD DEBATE?
NOTHING! EXPLODE ANY
MINUTE!
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T'VE
ALWAYS
FOUND PAIN
THE MOST
EFFECTIVE
PUNISH-
MENT.
 CAN'T BE
TAUGHT WITH LESSON
WORDS... YOU NEED TO
LEARN RIGHT

AND
YOU'RE
KNEELING,
WHICH MAKES WITH
YOU EASY TO ACTION.
KICK.
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YOU'RE THE
ONES WHO WE DO IF
YOU
WANT TO
MAKE
DISSECT HIM,
HIM MAD,
AND HE
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APPARENTLY
THE FACT
KILLED 20
THAT HE HAS TITANS WHEN
INTELLIGENCE HE WAS A TITAN
COULD MAKE HIMSELF,
HIM A STOPPING
FORMIDABLE ONLY OUT OF
ENEMY. EXHAUST-

WONDER...
COULD YOU PERSECUTED [|Z
REALLY
KILL

MANDER-
IN-CHIEF..
THAVEA
PRO-
POSAL.
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ARE MANY
ml THEREFORE,
UNKNOWN
ELEMENTS
IN THE EVENT
WOULD THAT YOU
BEHIND
EREN’S TITAN
PAIR HIM DECIDE TO
PUT HIM
POWER.

UP WITH UNDER OUR

CONTROL...
CAPTAIN
LEVI AS A
DANGER
FAILSAFE. WILL
ALWAYS BE |;
LURKING
BENEATH

MEAN
THE CAPTAIN
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MAKE MY 14 INQUIRY.
DECISION.

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TAKE THE AWARE THAT
4 PROBLEMS OUR
ja, OFTHE acres | |WILL YOU
INTERIOR OUTSIDE THE | |DO ABOUT
LIGHTLY. WALL DEPEND
ON THE
M STABILITY OF
|) THE HUMAN
RACE.

.-WE'LL PROVE
I WOULD THAT EREN IS A
LIKE TO VALUABLE ASSET
TO HUMANITY IN
OUR NEXT
EXPEDITION
BEYOND THE
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HOWEVER,

DEPENDING
ON HIS
ACCOMPLISH-
MENTS.
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PLAY THE Mi
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TO WORKING
WITH YOU.

THANK YOU
FOR HAVING

N-NO, SIR.
I KNOW YOU
NEEDED TO
PUT ON A
SHOW.
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T'D SAY COULD'VE
THAT HE SHOWN
BEATS BROKE | SOME RE-
A STRAINT
GETTING =n |

DISSECTED TOOTH!
ANY DAY.

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BACK...
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FACILITY HEAD-
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THAN AN OLD THE f
CONVERTED SURVEY f
CASTLE.
CHARMING IN
ITS WAY,

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CORPS HAD
JUST BEEN THIS FAR
-g) FORMED, AND FROM
“| THE souDiers |J USELESS BOTH THE
| WERE STILL TO THE
FULL OF ) SURVEY WALL AND
AMBITION

.- THAT THIS
OVERSIZED
DECORATION
WOULD BE
THE BEST
PLACE TO
KEEP YOU
LOCKED
UP?
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ABOUT THIS
TITAN BUSINESS,
BUT THE IDEA OF
CAPTAIN LEVI
CONSTANTLY
CHAPERONING A
PISSANT LIKE YOU
4 MAKES ME-
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MAKING |- NG LIKE THAT
A FIRST
ONAHORSE.... f
OF COURSE |
THINK HE YOU'RE GOING
WAS JUST TO BITE
SURPRISED YOUR
TONGUE.
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FOOL YOU

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WITHHIM. LE ff\ STOP IT, WOULD
YOU?

DON'T
YOU THINK
YOU'RE WHAT, ARE YOU
GETTING TRYING TO REIN
...1'M YOUR LWISH — CARRIED ME IN, PETRA
COMRADE YOU'D — AWAY JUST \F YOU WANNA
INARMS! BITTEN BECAUSE ACT LIKE MY
THAT'S NOT YOUR THE WIFE, THERE
TONGUE CAPTAIN ARE A COUPLE
OFF AND CHOSE STEPS YOU
DIED FROM YOU? SKIPPED.
\ BLOOD
LOSS...
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CORPS SPECIAL LEVI
OPERATIONS HAND-
SQUAD, COMMONLY - PICKED
CALLED “SQUAD EVERYONE
LEVI.” SO THIS HERE?
\S WHERE
THEY'VE
ASSIGNED

THEY'RE
HERE TO
IFI RESTRAIN
GO OUT OF ME WHEN
THESE 4 = CONTROL... TUSE MY
PEOPLE ARE 2m
— GOINGTO - TITAN
KILL ME. POWER.

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AMATOR HASN'T
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IN ALONG
TIME, SO
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CLEANED,

SIR, WHERE
SHOULD T
SLEEP IN THIS
FACILITY?

TF YOU'RE
UNDERGROUND,
WE'LL BE ABLE 2 | YOuUSTILL
TO RESTRAIN tl =! | CAN'T HOLD
YOU EVEN IF | iN%..\ YOURSELF
YOUTURNINTO = ee
A TITAN WHILE Tl
SLEEPING.
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ONE OF THE
CONDITIONS
WE WERE
GIVEN WHEN
THEY PLACED
YOU IN OUR
CUSTODY.

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y OUN- e \ SEEM LIKE THE
STRUNG, EG y » PERFECT HERO
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AND UN- SHORT f o{\ I m ff TO BE, DOES
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?
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ABLE.
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HE CARRIES A LOT OF
| WEIGHT, THAT HE WOULDN'T
| BE CONCERNED WITH RANK
OR THE COMMAND
STRUCTURE?
OBEDIENTLY |X
HE ACCEPTS JL
DECISIONS
RIGHT... I
THOUGHT HE
WOULDN'T TAKE
ORDERS FROM
ANYBODY...

T HEARD
KNOW ALL
KNOW WHAT THAT BEFORE
THE DETAILS...
HAPPENED, BUT CAPTAIN LEVI
BUT I THINK
4) SOME PEOPLE JOINED THE
HE USED TO
** Bi SAY COMMANDER SURVEY CORPS, BE PRETTY
@ ERWIN BROUGHT HE WAS A CLOSE TO
HIM INTO THE NOTORIOUS THUG
IN THE CITY'S
UNDERGROUND
MARKET.
 .-BUT
I HEAR PROBABLY
THEY'RE BE ORDERED
THINKING OF TO STAY ON
LAUNCHING A STANDBY
LARGE-SCALE FOR THE
EXPEDITION NEXT
PAST THE SEVERAL
WALL IN 30
DAYS.

IBET THE RAW AND

THE BRATS RECRUITS THAT
WERE JUST WENT ELD... THEY'RE
PARALYZED THROUGH A \S THAT RUSHING
WITH TITAN TRUE? TO PUT
\ FRIGHT. INVASION! SOME
RECENT
GRADU-
ATES IN
THE
MIX.

I'M
NOT IN
CHARGE
OF PLAN-
 THAT'S HIS
DEPARTMENT...
HE'S GOT ALOT
MORE TO THINK
ABOUT THAN
WE DO.

eh ON ONE HAND,
THE MARIA
COMPLETELY RECOVERY mg :
NEW HOPE ROUTE THAT ancl
J HAS SPRUNG] 7 WE SACRIFICED STANCES
UP INITS SO MUCH TO UNE
PLACE. BUILD WAS cance
SEALED OFF IN So Wicd.
AN INSTANT...

.-BUT
WHAT
HAPPENS
WHEN YOU
“BECOME”
A TITAN,
EREN?
 .-BUT
IDO IT'S LIKE ...MY
KNOW THAT TLOSE MEMORIES
THE TRIGGER OF IT
\S SELF- AREN'T
INFLICTED REALLY
PAIN. I BITE
MY HAND
LIKE...

COME TO
THINK OF IT,

IF SHE
SCREWS UP THOUGH
WHILE POKING T DOUBT
AND PRODDING SHE'LL
YOU, IT MAY BE KEEP HER
THE DEATH OF
YOU, EREN.
 AND I'D
LIKE YOU TO}
ASSIST ME I'M
WITH MY CURRENTLY |
EXPERIMENT HANDLINGTHE \(A@7
TOMORROW, EXAMINATION
EREN. OF THE TWO
TITANS THAT
WERE
CAPTURED IN

WELL,
YOU SEE...
IT’S JUST
UM SEETHING
PTE THING ea
AUTHORITY 1S, [CAN'T RAGE!
OVER GIVE You
MYSELE PERMISS-
THESE ION.
DAYS...
] CLEANING
[ THE YARD.

WHAT DO
YOU MEAN
BY TITAN
EXPERI-
MENT?

I THOUGHT
YOU LOOKED
CURIOUS.
 THIS ISN'T
FIRST, I THE FIRST
REPEATED THE TIME
EXPERIMENT WE'VE
WE TRIED FIVE SUCCESS-
TIMES IN THE FULLY
PAST, SNARED A
WHENEVER WE
HAD A CAPTIVE
TITAN: AN
ATTEMPT TO
COMMUNICATE.
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HOWEVER, THE
TWAS FORCED TO
CONCLUDE THAT

CONVERSATION IS
IMPOSSIBLE
THAT IT MADE
ME FORGET HOW

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ENERGETIC AS NIGHT
WEARS ON, SO THIS TITANS OF
EXPERIMENT SUNLIGHT.
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eS
TESTED THE
HYPOTHESIS THAT
THEY DERIVE
SOMETHING FROM
SONLIGHT THAT GIVES |
THEM VITALITY.

..BEAN
WAS AS
FRISKY AS WHEREAS
EVER FOR SONNY
THREE BECAME
HOURS LETHARGIC
STRAIGHT. Zl AFTER JUST N
ONE HOUR
WITHOUT
@ SONLIGHT...
 THEY DON'T
NEED FOOD OR
WATER, AND EVEN
THOUGH THEY HAVE
VOCAL CORDS, IT
ISN'T NECESSARY
FOR THEM TO
BREATHE... ALL
THEY REQUIRE IS
SUNLIGHT...

ZN INTERESTED
BUT AF IT > Be r | \NWHAT WOULD
oe
KILLED THEM,
f | HAPPEN IF THEY
END OF MY WERE CUT OFF
EXPERIMENTS. | | COMPLETELY
| FROM
SUNLIGHT...

SOT
MOVED
ON TO THE
NEXT STAGE:
DIRECT
CONTACT WITH
THE TITANS’
BODIES!
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A POIN BEAN
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ESS
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A
THERE
UWeN
*
BEAN!
YOU'LL
MAKE IT!
 YOU SEE, I
HAD TO SEE
WAS VERY WHETHER THE
TOUGH FOR TITANS HAVE A
ME TO DO WEAK POINT
OTHER THAN
THE NECK...

YOU DO
KNOW THAT
T'M STABBING
DOESN'T YOU THROUGH
HURT? HOW
THEHENRT Hl COMPARED
DOES IT
TO BEAN, THE
INTROVERTED
SONNY
DIDN'T HAVE
MUCH OF A
REACTION AT
} GONNA
DIE!
 HOW CAN BITE MY
YOU BE SO \ HEAD OFF. SO YOU CAN
Ma) |SEE THAT
CHEERFUL RX] SONNY HASA
AROUND HARD TIME
EXPRESSING
TITANS? HIMSELF

IMEAN...
TITANS ARE
MS. HANGE, OUR NATURAL
YOU MUST'VE ENEMY! THEY
BEEN IN DROVE THE
DANGER HUMAN RACE TO
FROM THEM THE BRINK OF
YOURSELF A EXTINCTION
NUMBER OF
TIMES...

T'VE SEEN
MY COMRADES
GET
THE SURVEY SLAUGHTERED
CORPS, I BY THE TITANS
RELIED ON MY RIGHT BEFORE
HATRED TO ey MYEYES
GET ME MORE TIMES
THROUGH A THANT
BATTLES WITH \ CARE To
THE TITANS. \ RECALL.
 AND
THEN, ONE
TT WAS AS DAY, I
T KICKED THE REALIZED
DECAPITATED SOME-
HEAD OF A THING.
3-METER*
CLASS TITAN.

TITAN'S

AND ALL THE TITANS IN THE FIRST

ARE LIKE THAT... THE PLACE, THAT TITAN
WEIGHT OF A SEVERED SHOULDN'T HAVE
ARM WASN'T NEARLY BEEN ABLE TO
WHAT IT SHOULD'VE STAND, MUCH LESS
BEEN, CONSIDERING WALK, ON TWO
ITS SIZE. LEGS.
 THEN I HEAR
ail
THAT WHEN YOU
TURNED INTO A
TITAN, EREN, YOUR
TITAN BODY JUST
FORMED UP OUT
OF NOTHING.

.-LS THAT
WHAT WE
" CAN SEE
TOTAL
pirrer-LY | Were "| eGllti e
TRUE NATURE
ENT ff OF WHAT
NM ACTUALLY
THINGS. > EXISTS...

I WANT TO
TRY LOOKING DECADES
AT THE TITANS NOW,
FROM A WE'VE
DIFFERENT MADE AN
ANGLE THAN EFFORT
THE TO
PREDOMINANT THRIVE
T MAY r VIEW. ON
JUST BE HATRED
SPINNING AND MOVE
MY AGGRES-
WHEELS... SIVELY.
 IT's
LIKE I'VE
BEEN INA
IT'S NOT [i E CONSTANT
| ONLY MS. md ae
PAN E = STATE OF
| HANGE. THIS Wie SURPRISE
|
JORGANIZATION 3 Wy = ge a |
| IS FULL OF } :
| ODDBALLS... J off _ WyTHE SURVEY|
P THAT'S a
3 THE =
~ LOOKING TO
CHANGE THE —
|i CORPS.
STATUS
Quo.

EREN...
ADDING YOU AS
AND IF IT
A COMPONENT
DOES, THAT
IN THE
COULD MOVE
EXPERIMENTS
US ONE STEP
MAY TEACH US
AHEAD.
SOMETHING
NEW.

IT'S
THERE'S POSSIBLE
NEVER I'M JUST
BEEN A BEING A PAIN
CHANGE IN THE ASS
| LIKE THIS AND
BEFORE. EXPECTING
 IF YOU DON’T
MIND, I'D LIKE
TO HEAR MORE
ABOUT YOUR
EXPERIMENTS.

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7 | tt GET ANY NEW
INFACT, VEX ON Z| \NFORMATION OUT
EVERYTHING EE= gm [C- : OF THIS LATEST
T'VE TOLD YOU See a ROUND OF
IS ALREADY : _ EXPERIMENTS.
TAUGHT TO 3
TRAINEES.

T KNEW
TALL
ALREADY.

2 THEN LET
FIRST OF ALL, .. \I ME EXPLAIN
REGARDING : IT TO YOU
COMMUNICATION, f f : AGAIN, THIS
THERE WASA ty \ .- \| TIME MIXED
CURIOUS CASE FMS (Uo | INWITHMY
INVOLVINGA jaya eo (OWN
SOLDIERNAMED fie. NB\Wee\ SPECULA-
ILSE oy We
LANGNAR.
 LOOKS LIKE
THEY WERE BOTH
KILLED AT THE
SAME TIME, HAVEN'T AY NO! DIDA }.
BEFORE DAWN. BY FOUND “VaW)] SOLDIER |’
THE TIME THE THE —] DONT?
GUARDS NOTICED, CULPRIT.
WHOEVER DID IT
HAD ALREADY
GOTTEN AWAY
USING VERTICAL
MANEUVERING

IF THEY . THEY WERE SO

THIS WAS
ea.
WEREN'T i GS 3) IMPORTANT
TEST PRE-
MORONS... SS SUBJECTS. MEDITATED,
yy WITH TWO
THEN WHY'D RU uy 7 ahi rial MOR MORE
: x ~. |OF MORO
THEO aye UALS]
a : wou... LOOK
a VI
> | PEOPLE
. INVOLVED
HANGE.
SHE'S
GONE
OFF THE

GO...THE
[ RESTIS
| UP TO THE
MILITARY
POLICE
BRIGADE.
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FOR
ASKING
SUCH A
STRANGE
QUES-
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SIX DAYS WAS THE

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HA
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so Yt - | WAST
YOu
CAN GET
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FOR
KILLING

WEIRD, BUT
THEY WERE
VALUABLE
TEST
SUBJECTS.
 AND NOW
THEY'RE
LOOKING FOR
WE'RE ALL THE CULPRITS
STILL WORN HERE... AS IF
OUT FROM A TRAINEE
THE COULD‘VE
MOP-UP DONE IT!
AFTER THE
BATTLE...

WHOEVER (= ~ IN
DIDITMANY = Lee WNee\\\\|_ BUT THIS 1 soMEONE
x]
Om! FOR
HAVE SATISFIED |f//_/ SYS” TN\| PRACTICALLY “= 1) UsTING
THEIRTHIRST Wo "PA Q) HELPS THE
FORREVENGE, [4 As Me) TITANS...
BUTIT'SA p
BLOW TO
THE HUMAN
RACE.

BEFORE \ LOSE
T SAW MY YOUR
FIRST TITAN, | ABILITY
T REALLY
WANTED TO
JOIN THE
SURVEY
CORPS...
 .-BUT NOW...
INEVER
WANNA SEE
ANOTHER TITAN
AS LONG AS T

7 DAMNIT.
EVEN JEAN
SAID HE'S
= é GONNA JOIN
— u THE SURVEY

HE SAYS
HE'S
7§ GONNA
J JOINTHE
f CORPS.

YOU'RE VY
GOING | ~
WITH THE | (@/
MP OA
BRIGADE, |
RIGHT...2
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THERE ARE \FI
TIMES
PEOPLE HAVE COULD}
TO DIE... UNDERSTAND | \
EVEN IFI WHYIHAD | ~
DT / “\ TODE...
 IX MEAN, ITY
BET YOU SEEMS LIKE
{| HNEA YOU DON'T
| REASON FOR WANT US TO
JOINING THE JOIN THE
MILITARY
POLICE. {//

TO SAVE
MYSELF
 / SO INTHE
END, I GUESS
WHO THEY DIDN'T
THE FIND ANY
HELL SOLDIERS WHO
DID IT, USED VERTICAL
THEN MANEUVERING
GEAR WITHOUT
AUTHORIZA-
TION.

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ME... TO BE
IT WONDER 3 HONEST, I'M
oT ~ MORE
HOW MANY
CONCERNED
= Mag ce ABOUT TODAY'S
AREGONNA [2 :
a yy , RECRUIT
JOIN THE
CORPS ON i 7 44m a% SOLICITATION /
AWHIM... rN | \\ CEREMONY.

EREN. IS
THERE
ANYONE
FROM YOUR
TRAINING
GROUP WHO
WANTS TO
JOIN UP?
 BUT I
DON'T
KNOW HOW
THEY
FEEL
 I MEAN...
I THOUGHT },

COURSEI| yy
==
: YOU WERE

DON'T
LIKE IT
THE
CORPS, I

T MAY'VE
CHOSEN THE
SURVEY
CORPS, BUT
NOT ‘CAUSE
I'M NOT
| AFRAID OF
_|\ THE TITANS.

AND
I'M NOT
GOING TO SAY
SOMETHING
LIKE, “SKILLED
SOLDIERS
HAVE A DUTY
TO JOIN THE
CORPS.”
 TRAINEES,
FALL IN!

aiattan.s
FF

NOBODY
: A CONVINCED ME
THIS ISN'T ! A TO PUT MY
THE KIND OF i ~~~, ere a
JOB YOU Se Tf (NG
CAN DO :
WITHOUT
REALLY
CHOOSING IT
YOURSELF

Vee
VE"

ASS
GEARS
 TODAY, YOU CHOOSE
WHICH DIVISION TO
JOIN. THE REASON
T'M UP HERE I$ TO
INVITE YOU TO | —
BECOME APART OF — | | T camsonvey
THESunveyconps. || \ “am fj spas
fo COMMANDER
ERWIN SMITH.

THE KING
HAS GRANTED
ME AUTHORITY
OVER ALL
SURVEY CORPS
ACTIVITY.

BUTI
SHOULD WARN
T'M SURE YOU. IN THE
NOTHING ELSE IN = RECENT TITAN
YOUR LIVES CAME [ose SWIG VER =) ATTACK,
CLOSE TOIT. : EVERYONE HERE
THOUGH YOU'RE fe EXPERIENCED
TRAINEES, YOU WHAT THE
EXPERIENCED AVERAGE
SACRIFICE. fez ONS EXCURSION
OUTSIDE IS
 ASA
RESULT,
.. YOUR OWN I'M
LIMITS, AND SURE
THE TERROR YOU
OF THE CAME TO
TITANS.

|
EVERYONE
=
.- THE HUMAN
\S AWARE RACE HAS
ADVANCED WHILE
IT'S TRUE
TOWARDS WE
VICTORY LIKE SUFFERED
NEVER HEAVY
LOSSES IN
BEFORE. THIS
ATTACK...

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Pa
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Disha
aTommi
leant)
 .-AND
WE HAVE THE
OBTAINED A EXISTENCE
PATH TO OF EREN
UNDER-
STANDING A Turoucuis) YEAGER.
THE TRUE ACTIONS AND
NATURE OF ALL OF YOURS,
THE TITANS. THE TITAN
INCURSION
“\ WAS HALTED...

_.BUT BELIEVE
ME, HE’S PROVEN T'MNOT AT
HIMSELF AS AN ALLY LIBERTY TO TELL
WHO'S WILLING TO YOU MUCH HERE
LAY HIS LIFE ON REGARDING
THE LINE. EREN...

AND WE
ALSO KNOW
THAT IN THE
BASEMENT
OF HIS OLD
.. THERE ARE HOUSE IN
ANSWERS SHIGANSHINA
ABOUT THE DISTRICT...
TITANS THAT
EVEN HE
DOESN'T
 ...L BELIEVE
IF WE
WE'LL FIND CLUES CAN JUST
THAT MAY FREEUS LE GET TO THAT
FROMACENTURY f3
= .
Vp \ BASEMENT...
OF DOMINATION
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B oy
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SS
SSS
SOs SSR

SS

THEY
.-BUT WANT TO
MAKING THAT
INFORMATION
PUBLIC...?

TF WE'RE
ON THE VERGE
OF FINDING OUT
WHAT THE TITANS
REALLY ARE,
THEN THE
SITUATION MUST
NOT BE
THAT BAD!!

= WEMUST 2
= HAVEAN =
= AGENDA.
 ai

f WHAT'S?
© THE
= COM |
1 MAND- |
ER ¥

.-LF WE ARE
TO PERFORM A
.-WE FIRST FULL INVESTIGA-
NEED TO TAKE TION OF THAT
BACK WALL BASEMENT
ROOM IN
SHIGANSHINA...

THE PATH .-BUT NOW THAT

WE CAN NO LONGER
THAT TOOK USE THE GATE IN TROST
ONE OF OUR DISTRICT, WE HAVE NO
BATTALIONS CHOICE BUT TO TAKE
FOUR YEARS TO THE LONG WAY AROUND,
CLEAR IS FROM EASTERN
KARANES
COMPLETELY /) DISTRICT.
LOST.
>>

DURING THOSE
THAT'S FOUR YEARS, OVER
90% IN 90% OF THE
FOUR SURVEY CORPS
| YEARS. SOLDIERS DIED.
 3r
'

... WOULD
MEAN FIVE TIMES
THE CASUALTIES

"WORK THOSE
‘i 0
BEST
NCASE,THESENDING
AREN'T REALISTIC
FIGURES. ANOTHER
BATTALION TO
WALL MARIA...

LESS
SSCS A

Ee
ULFe
VEL See
CZ¢eZ
 SINCE MANY A
ARE KILLED THE SURVEY
EVERY TIME 7 CORPS IS
WE GO OUT, WE ny } ALWAYS
SUFFER FROM LOOKING FOR
A CHRONIC : TALENTED
SHORTAGE OF SF), PEOPLE.
PERSONNEL. Yes

THOSE OF
YOU WHO JOIN
A SUPPLY THE SURVEY
ROUTE NEEDS |“ CORPS WILL
TO BE PUT IN PARTICIPATE IN
PLACE AS AN EXPEDITION
SOON AS BEYOND THE
POSSIBLE. f WALL ONE
MONTH FROM
NOW.

BUT THOSE | — T BELIEVE

WHO DO GET \ “~ THE MORTALITY
THROUGH IT GO : - RATE FOR NEW
ON TO BECOME mo 2 RECRUITS GOING
SUPERIOR ._ ON THEIR FIRST
SOLDIERS WITH : PS JOURNEY
AWIGH SURVIVAL [SS \ OUTSIDEIS
ABOUT 50%.
 NOW YOU KNOW
THE DISMAL STATE
OF AFFAIRS. THOSE
OF YOU WHO ARE
STILL WILLING TO
PUT YOUR LIVES
ON THE LINE,
REMAIN HERE.

ene

ASK LET ME
YOURSELVES IF * REITERATE... THE
YOU REALLY MAJORITY OF THE
HAVE IT IN YOU PEOPLE WHO STAY
TO SACRIFICE HERE AND ENTER
YOUR LIFE FOR THE SURVEY CORPS
HUMANITY. WILL LIKELY DIE.
 THOSE gf AE
OFYOUWHO 4 om, WY
WISH TO JOIN S729
THE OTHER
DIVISIONS ARE
DISMISSED.

TRAINEES
THAT ARE |
LEFT MUST
FEEL LIKE MANDER,
THEY'VE DID YOU
BEEN HAVE TO BE
THROUGH
THAT
INTIMIDAT-
ING?
 DON'T GET
AWAY FROM
HERE NOW...
T’LL HAVE
 ILEFT
THE VILLAGE
TO BECOME A
MILITARY
POLICE
OFFICER...

ALREADY
KNOW...
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 EVERY-
ONE...
YOU LOOK
GOOD.

THIS IS
VERY WELL!
DEVOTE MY REAL I WELCOME
YOUR SALUTE! THE NEWEST
MEMBERS OF
THE SURVEY
BOK
Os
i
aCe,
SURVEY
CORPS,
OF ALL
THINGS

T WANNA
GO BACK
TO THE
VILLAGE...
 \F
YOU'RE
GONNA CRY
HERE, YOU
MIGHT AS
WELL
QUIT.
 ISEE 21
MEMBERS IN
— THE1O4TH
7 SURVEY CORPS
WHO HAVE
GIVEN THE
SALUTE.

YOU HAVE
YOU WITHSTOOD
HAVE MY YOUR FEAR
HEARTFELT WELL... YOU'RE
RESPECT. ALL BRAVE
SOLDIERS.
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ME WHAT NOW THE
YOU'VE D, HUMAN RACE ¢
LEARNED TAKES
I! ANOTHER
STEP
FORWARD!

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Current Publicly Available Information
10. Survey Corps Horses

THE STABLE HORSES USED BY THE SURVEY CORPS ARE SELECTIVELY BRED TO
BE APPROXIMATELY 160 CM (5 FEET 3 INCHES) TALL AND 450-500 KG
(990-1,100 LBS). THEY CAN GET BY ON A SIMPLE DIET AND TRAVEL FOR MANY
HOURS WITHOUT COMPLAINING. THESE HORSES HAVE A MILD TEMPERAMENT
AND RARELY PANIC, EVEN WHEN CONFRONTED WITH TITANS. THEIR TOP SPEED
IS BETWEEN 75-80 KPH (46-50 MPH), AND THEY CAN MAINTAIN A SWIFT 35 KPH
(22 MPH) GALLOP. THE HORSES ARE TENACIOUS, ABLE TO MAINTAIN A FINE SPEED
OF 20 KPH (12 MPH) EVEN WHEN PULLING A CARRIAGE. THEY AREN'T THE TITANS’
DIRECT GOAL AND ARE ABLE TO OUTRUN THE TITANS ON FOOT, MAKING THEM THE
ONLY METHOD OF ESCAPE. THESE HORSES ARE EXTREMELY VALUABLE. IN
MONETARY TERMS, ONE |S WORTH AN AVERAGE PERSON'S LIFETIME INCOME.
(WITH THANKS TO UKYO KODACHI AND KIYOMUNE MIWA)
ts || ot Se
_E GET PAST THE
ABANDONED
_ TOWN. AFTER -
 WE'LL
ORGANIZE INTO A
GIANT FORMATION
TO PROTECT
OURSELVES FROM
THE TITANS.

SPECIAL
OPERA-
TIONS f
SQUAD, IS
RIGHT
HERE.
N

REMEN-
RUN FOR THE BER, THIS WE'RE GONNA SHOULD BE
REALDEAL, | \<C4 FY | suorr GET MORE THE SAFEST
GETTING You | f | SNONT PROTECTION PLACE IN THE
TO SHIGAN- \ \ OUTSIDE THAN EVEN BATTLE
THE SUPPLY FORMATION.
WAGONS.

OUR PURPOSE
THIS TIME IS
TO GO OUTA
BIT AND COME
BACK INTACT.
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E prorect 4%
e uM

-PROTECT -
> EREN, AT
LL
costs! ee

PRENTWE \ | T HAVEN'T
cernca | [SS J! BEEN TOLD YET
ummept | \fe WHAT TO DO WITH
AHEAD OF : MY POWER, IF IT
. \ OURSELVES BECOMES
NECESSARY... /

DID YOU
UNDERSTAND

oof
WHAT THE
COMMANDER
MEANT BY
WHAT HE
ASKED YOU < oy
_\BACK THEN? miei
—-

feet
eae Lee
pL
 I DIDN'T
GET IT AT
ALL
EITHER.

EITHER WAY, MAYBE

OUR DUTY IS COMMANDER
HAS THERE'S A
MERELY TO PURPOSE TO
DECIDED
HEAD OUT, AND THAT IT THIS MISSION
COME BACK. SHOULDN'T APART FROM
BE
EXPLAINED
JUST GOING
TO THE OUT AND
RANK AND COMING BACK
ALIVE.

3
LET'S | RIGHT,
HEAD THIS IS
BACK TO FAR
THE ENOUGH.
CASTLE.
 WILL T
BE ABLE
WILL
TO BUILD
THERE BE
RELATION-
ANYONE I
SHIPS
CAN RELY BASED ON
ON, NO
MATTER
WHAT...2

.-BUT
HEY
REALLY AT THE
DID END
JOIN YESTER-

OLUO, DO
YOU MIND IF
I TALK TO
MY FELLOW
TRAINEES A
BIT?

LIKE IT’S
BEEN SO
LONG.
 DID THEY GIVE
YOU ONE OF THAT YOU SOME
' THESE SHORTY IS SORT OF
CANTBE | {pays ty
TALKING TAKE HIM , OO FULL OF INVASIVE
ABOUT DOWNA f\ HIMSELE.. EXAMINATION?
CAPTAIN DID YOU
SUFFER ANY
MENTAL
STRESS?

N-NO.
NOTHING

JOINED THE
SURVEY

IN THEN ONLY
ANNIE, MARCO,
AND JEAN
WENT WITH
= | _THEMILITARY
EVERYONE — POLICE
ELSE FF \ BRIGADE.
EITHER
JOINED THE
CORPS OR /
 WHAT ARE
YOU DOING
HERE? “a

(| OF

I DON'T KNOW
WHAT HIS LAST APPARENTLY,
MOMENTS NOT EVERYONE
WERE LIKE... GETS TO HAVE
BUT HE WASN'T A DRAMATIC
WEARING DEATH.
VERTICAL
MANEUVERING
GEAR...

(1) EREN

HE DIED,
AND -
NOBODY
WAS
THERE TO
SEE IT.
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HEARD YOU
WHAT TRIED TO KILL
THE HELL MIKASA WHEN
YOU TURNED
WAS THAT INTO A
ABOUT?

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bee:

MIKASA,
THAT SCAR
ON YOUR
CHEEK
LOOKS
PRETTY
DEEP.
 IT SEEMS
“SEEMS TO TO BE TRUE...
BE?” SO YOU AFTER
HAVE NO TURNING INTO | i|

IN OTHER WORDS,
UNTIL NOW, YOU HAD
= \ | MEMORY OF f ATITAN, I |
NO IDEA YOU EVEN |
POSSESSED THIS
TITAN POWER AND
HAVE NO MEANS OF
KEEPING IT UNDER
CONTROL?

DID YOU
PEOPLE
HEAR

wie
Wes
 THIS THIS IS
\S WHAT WHAT OUR
LIVES AND
WE'LL DIE FOR, THE FATE
OF
AND LIKE WITH HUMANITY
MARCO, EREN RIDE ON.

WON'T EVEN
KNOW ABOUT

WHAT'S
DRIVING og) om |THE
EREN INTOA Jim
CORNER

WE'RE
NOT ALL LOOK,
VOLUNTEERING EVERY. ||MKASA
TO DIE FOR BODY
EREN. IS LIKE
 OTHERWISE,
WE MIGHT .. WHAT OUR
HESITATE IN A LIVES ARE
CRISIS. GOING TO BE
USED FOR.

BUT WE'RE
LOOKING TO
EREN TO GIVE
US SOMETHING
IN RETURN.

...90 WE CAN
AND LET US
DECIDE
CAREFULLY
WHETHER IT'S
APPRAISE ITS |
WORTH OUR
LIVES.
 TING
ON YOU.
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yu EF HELL HAVE OLUO! DO
LITTLE ! YOU THINK
SHIT... AN mae | MY OLD
EXPLOR- BNSC O-TRAINEES
ATORY | CAN BEAT
EXPEDI- ) THE TITANS?
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ENGAGING
THE
TITANS!

YOU NEW
RECRUITS HAVE
ONE MONTH TO
LEARN THIS THIS IS
“LONG-DISTANCE THE PLAN
ENEMY SCOUTING CON-
FORMATION” MANDER
BACKWARDS AND ERWIN
FORWARDS. DEVISED.

THANKS TO
THIS FORMA-
TION, OUR
SURVIVAL RATE
HAS RISEN
DRAMATICALLY.
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SOLDIERS
ARE SPREAD OUT
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DISTANCE WITHA
SEMICIRCULAR
THIRD COLUMN, THIRD: FORMATION IN
COMMUNICATIONS ‘Ss FRONT, BUT

Ho % E YOU'RE SPACED
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ON STANDBY

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COMMUNICATIONS

AS MUCH SECOND COLUMN, FOURTH:

COMMUNICATIONS
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COMMUNICATIONS,
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IT'S THE ENEMY
SCOUTS IN THE
FIRST COLUMN
- WHO COME INTO
CONTACT WITH
4, THE TITANS.

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WHENEVER
THEY COME
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THEY'LL
FIRE OFF A
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WILL KNOW = i i j, ae
THE TITAN'S nas a
POSITIONAS < cu
QUICKLYAS ES A
POSSIBLE.

~ TO INFORM
THE WHOLE
FORMATION OF
THE DIRECTION,
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; . THIS SYSTEM
SEE, MOST ALLOWS THE
TITANS CAN'T — COMPANY TO
MATCH THE ~ — HEAD FOR ITS
: DESTINATION
PROLONGED = WHILE AVOIDING
RUNNING CONTACT WITH
SPEEDOF . TITANS.
HORSES.

AND WHEN A
~
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HOWEVER,
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IS

THEY RE NOT MOVEMENTS BECOME

EASILY EXTREMELY
OUTWITTED SLUGGISH,
LIKE THIS DEPENDINGONTHE wS
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"OR THEY MAY

BE DETECTED § >TNS
TITANS HAVE
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THE LAY OF THE LAND DIFFERENCES.
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IT TO THEW
THE MIDDLE HORSE'S =
IN THAT FORMATION. ea 1
CASE, THE SHORT
FORMATION IS BURSTS
IN DANGER OF
BEING DIVIDED
OR EVEN
DESTROYED... OF
COURSE, HEAVY
LOSSES WOULD
ENSUE.
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BEHAVIOR IS
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COMES TO THE
ABNORMALS AND
THEIR UNPREDICTABLE
BEHAVIOR, THERE'S
NO CHOICE BUT
TO FIGHT!

IT TO
STOP!

STILL... I
CAN'T LET IT
COULD BE VERTICAL
BREAK THE
FORMATION. AS SEPARATED =a) CHANCE oF FG]MANEUVERING
47 SUCCEEDIN
SOON ASZ FROM THE REALLY WORK
BRING THAT GROUP
| WELL ON
THING DOWN,
LEVEL
WE'VE GOTTA
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(IGNORED — THE HELL
THEM ARE THE
AND IS RIGHT
JUST FLANK
COMING SCOUTS
DOING?

GUESS WE
HAVE NO
CHOICE...
SAME
OPERATION,
ONE MORE
TIME,
SISS!
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GONNA BE
TOUGH
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TELL ME,

WHAT
SHOULD T
DO? WHAT
IS THAT?!

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THEN IT
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Y \T'S GONNA THE BODY |
KILL ME!! OF A
TITAN! |
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SEPTEMBER ZOU13S! mean
YMIR, PAGE 12 [12.5]

NO SPOILERS HERE, BUT IN NORSE MYTHOLOGY,

YMIR WAS THE PRIMEVAL GIANT SLAIN BY ODIN AND
HIS BROTHERS. THEY CREATED THE EARTH FROM
HIS BODY AND THE SEA FROM HIS BLOOD.
 Attack on Titan volume 5 is a work of fiction. Names, characters,
places, and incidents are the products of the author's imagination
or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or
persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

A Kodansha Comics Trade Paperback Original

Attack on Titan volume 5 copyright © 2011 Hajime Isayama
English translation copyright © 2013 Hajime Isayama

All rights reserved.

Published in the United States byKodansha Comics, an imprint of
Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC, New York.

Publication rights for this English edition arranged through

Kodansha Ltd, Tokyo.
First published in Japan in 2011 by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo
as Shingeki no Kyojin, volume 5.
ISBN 978-1-61262-254-5

Original cover design by Takashi Shimoyama (Red Rooster)

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Translator: Sheldon Drzka
Lettering: Steve Wands