Attack on Titan (進撃の巨人)

The walls stood for a century.

A bastion of peace and security.

Gone was the terror of living at their mercy.

Mankind had acclimated to living like cattle.

Then...

The Titans breached what we'd

long taken for granted.

The fight for humanity's survival began.

Death reigned,

claiming soldiers and civilians alike.

The casualties were staggering.

Staggering, too, was the hard-won knowledge

that Titans were hiding among our own.

Five years after the first wall fell,

we successfully captured one of these

treacherous creatures alive.

A fellow soldier. Annie Leonhart.

And yet,

even as the smoke of battle cleared,

the next threat was already close at hand.

What the--?

Guys! Look!

Wh-What is that?

It's a Titan!

In the wall?

Impossible!

Section Commander, your orders?

Uh. Well, I'm not sure.

Is... Is this just a coincidence, or...?

Oh, no. Surely it doesn't mean!

Pastor Nick?

Listen to me.

Whatever else you do, don't let sunlight touch it!

Mm.

For the time being,

we've covered the Wall Titan with sheets.

It seems to be holding up.

Further measures will be taken after sundown, commander.

Understood.

Forgive me, sir,

but what are we supposed to make of all this?

I mean, I never imagined there could be

Titans inside the walls.

Why would you? No one did.

There are only those who knew

and those of us completely in the dark.

Why are they keeping quiet about this?

It's an earth-shattering discovery for god's sake.

What's the point of playing it off?

Status quo, right?

Yeah, higher ups play it close to the vest.

All this carnage, and they couldn't even

be bothered to come up with a decent cover story.

All right.

You wanna tell me what's going on?

Why a Titan? What's the purpose?

What on Earth's the point of having one

hidden inside the wall?

And why choose to keep it a secret?

I need answers, and I'm gonna need them right now.

I don't have time for this nonsense.

I'm a busy man. My flock has been devastated!

I demand restitution! Do you know who I am?

Let me down from here this instant!

If that's what you want.

Will straight down do the trick?

--Commander! --Hold!

Let me ask you something.

Do you have any concept of how many Scouts

have laid down their lives fighting these monsters?

More than you can count!

They died fighting for your freedom!

I was with them!

I was willing to lay down my own life!

Now, you can explain, or you take the plunge.

Your choice. I can always move on to the next blowhard.

Matter of fact, they'd probably know

more than you anyway. Why am I bothering?

Let go! Unhand me!

That's kind of what I had in mind.

Do it!

Don't try to call my bluff.

Please, don't!

You think I'm afraid to die in the service of my belief?

We fulfill our duty whatever the cost!

I don't care! The Lord is my shepherd!

Let his humble servant fall!

Lord, grant release.

-- --

Lighten up. I was just kidding around.

C'mon, Pastor Nick. Spill it.

Are all the walls made of Titans?

At least tell me that much.

Section Commander.

Ugh. How long's it been since I felt like this?

Wow. Must've been when I stepped outside

the walls for the first time.

Talk about terrifying.

Hurry! I have to tell Commander Erwin!

Hyah!

The Titans have breached Wall Rose!

How much longer do you think

--they'll keep us here? -- Who knows.

Y'know, my village happens to be

just a little bit south of where we are now.

Huh. Town where I'm from's pretty close by, too.

Why can't I go see my people?

Maybe I'll just sneak out after dark.

My people told me not to bother coming back home

till I'm normal, so... there's that.

Hm. Well, folks where I grew up always tried to tell me

I was too puny to be a soldier.

No question I had the brains for it.

I was top ten in my class, actually.

Somebody's gonna be eatin' their words,

that's a promise.

Conny, I'll help you if you really wanna go.

Yeah? Why would you?

Doesn't this feel a bit strange?

We're on standby in our plain clothes.

They won't let us wear our uniforms.

We can't even train.

What's even more suspicious:

our superiors are armed to the teeth.

We're inside the wall, not at the front line.

So who exactly are we fighting?

I don't know, man.

Maybe they're worried about bears.

Sure. Bears.

All you need for bears are guns.

Uh. Guys, I think I'm hearing footsteps!

What?

Knock if off, Sasha.

So what, you're trying to tell us Titans are here?

Come on, that would only be possible

if Wall Rose had fallen.

What is it, Miche?

Tomas. Ride out of here. Take three couriers.

Notify the districts.

The odds of there being any Titans hiding

in the 104th Cadet Corps are low.

We've got multiple Titans incoming from the south!

Wall Rose has been compromised!

Look, I'm not pulling your leg! I hear something!

Is everyone here?

What it is, Nanaba?

We've got company.

Approximately 500 meters to the south and closing.

Titans. Headed this way.

There's no time to suit up with your ODM gear.

I want everyone on a horse STAT.

Evacuate every home and settlement in the area.

Get to it.

The south? But that's--

Do we know if the wall's really been breached?

Ride! I'm sorry, but I'm afraid lunch

is going to have to wait!

Miche.

Nine of them. In that swarm up ahead.

They must've broken through Wall Rose.

Damn it. We never even got the chance

to figure out what in god's name these things are.

Now, it's too late.

Humanity has lost. This is the end.

Like hell it is. We're not done.