Attack on Titan (進撃の巨人)

After setting out to establish a route to Shiganshina,

the Scout Regiment encountered an intelligent, female Titan.

As soldier after soldier fell,

the regiment rushed into a forest of giant trees,

much to everyone's puzzlement.

Who can possibly stop it, if not the Levi Squad?!

Another one's dead!

We could've saved him, too!

Choose.

Will you trust yourself,

or me, these guys, and the entire Scout Regiment?

I'll go with you!

Fire!

You don't mean?!

They're going to take that Titan alive?!

What do you think of that, Eren?! We caught that Titan!

This is the might of the Scout Regiment! Don't underrate us, you idiot!

Now do you see?!

Yes!

It looks like she's stopped.

We can't drop our guard yet.

I'm just impressed you managed to lead her to this spot.

The credit goes to the rear squad members who gave their lives fighting her.

They bought us time.

It would've been impossible otherwise.

Is that so?

Yes.

Thanks to them...

...we get to see who's inside this one's nape.

Let's just hope they're not wetting themself inside there...

* I won't let your deaths be meaningless *

* even if I'm the last one standing *

* In both hands, Gloria *

* On my back, Flügel der Freiheit *

* Clenched determination to my left chest *

* What slashes across is Linie der Torheit *

* Soaring across the azure skies *

"Erwin Smith" -The 57th Exterior Scouting Mission, Part 4-

An Abnormal...

Or is it like the Colossal Titan?

Wait, did Commander Erwin actually...?

Hey! Quit spacin' out!

Eren!

You can think later! We need to get further ahead!

Right!

Wait, Levi.

We need to be extra cautious.

Waves 2 and 3!

Fire!

Use the reserves too!

Umm, they're starting to climb up...

Indeed.

If they make it up this far, perhaps I'll step out of the way.

Although...

I suspect we'll soon be given orders to withdraw anyway.

Does it have something to do with those explosions inside the forest?

I don't know.

Mikasa...

What do you think those sounds are?

Are cannons being fired inside the forest?

I didn't see them bring any cannons in, though...

What's with all this damn noise?

Hey, Mr. Bertholdt.

Do you know which way Christa went?

Sorry. I don't.

Nothing makes sense anymore.

What are we even doing now, and why?

I wanna go home...

- Let's move away, Armin! - Right!

Looks like the bastard's gotten the hang of it.

It's gotten better and better at tree-climbing!

The scary thing is that this means they can learn.

Although I'm sure it's different for each Titan too.

Armin.

They seem to be up to something inside the forest,

and I think I've figured out what it is.

They lured that female Titan here

to capture her.

Or, more precisely, to capture the human inside.

That was Commander Erwin's goal...

...from the very start.

Wasn't it?!

Still, I can understand keeping it from us rookies, but you guys too?!

You've been Scouts a long time!

Man, you're annoying!

Are you suggesting the commander and the captain don't trust us?!

N-No, but that's what this means, doesn't it?!

Petra! Knock out his teeth!

Switch his front teeth with his back ones!

No, Eren's right.

The captain must've had a reason for not trusting us implicitly.

Like what?

There's only one reason he couldn't trust his comrades.

There's someone in the regiment who can either turn into a Titan

or is working as a sort of spy for them.

You think so too, right? That there's someone in the regiment...

Mm. I think there is.

A spy?

Are you really sure?

At the very least, the commander must believe so.

I assume the only soldiers informed of this operation

were the ones who survived five years ago.

I see.

So that's why...

Yep, that's gotta be it.

Get it, Eren? That's what's goin' on.

Mm. In that case, it couldn't be helped.

Yeah...

Five years ago was when the wall first fell...

Could they be using that fact to narrow down suspects

on the assumption that's when the spy got inside?

Does that mean this person killed Sawney and Beane too?

The commander asked me something after that happened...

What do you see here?

What do you think the enemy is?

Is that what that meant?

We might've been allowed to join the operation

if we'd known the answer to that question.

I doubt any of us could have, though.

Well, I knew.

But I decided not to say anything. Do you guys know why?

Why?

What, you mean you don't know?

I guess guys like you wouldn't know, huh?

You're nowhere near my level yet, after all.

Seriously, are you still trying to imitate Captain Levi?

He doesn't talk like that.

If this succeeds, we might actually learn the truth about this world.

Still, even for that...

...way too many people have died.

Do you think the commander was wrong to do this?

He wasn't in the right, I'll tell you that.

If we'd actually been told that a Titan had inside info,

we would've handled things differently.

Your own squad members, for example...

- No, it wasn't wrong. - Huh?

How can you say that?

Do you know how many soldiers have needlessly died?!

Jean.

In hindsight, it's easy to say what should've been done.

But...

No one can tell how things will turn out.

Yet, at some point you have to make a choice.

The lives of a hundred comrades...

...or the lives of everyone inside the walls.

The commander chose.

He chose to throw away the lives of a hundred comrades.

Eren.

If you didn't know already, you'll soon learn why

Erwin Smith was put in charge of the Scouts, of humanity's hope...

It's why he even has Captain Levi's trust!

That's assuming you survive long enough, of course.

I don't have much life experience yet...

...but I do know one thing.

If there's anyone who can bring about change,

it's someone capable of giving up what matters most.

In particular, people who are capable of abandoning their humanity

when forced to rise above monsters.

Those who can't abandon anything...

...can't change anything.

Fire!

How do you like that?