# WebtoonLib — Attack on Titan #82

## Series
- title: Attack on Titan
- slug: attack-on-titan-3f8b17

## Chapter
- number: 82
- release_date: 2025-05-29

### Summary
In a desperate, final gamble against the Beast Titan, Commander Erwin Smith leads the Survey Corps recruits in a suicidal charge. Inspiring his soldiers to rage against their certain doom, Erwin sacrifices himself and countless others, including the idealistic Marlo Freudenberg, to create a slim chance for victory. The brutal, heartbreaking assault underscores the devastating cost of humanity's fight as the line between strategy and slaughter blurs into nothing.
- summary_source: graph_aggregator
- summary_verification: unverified

### Key events
- Armin allows himself to be burned alive by the Colossal Titan's steam to buy Eren time to seal Bertolt's nape.
- Erwin leads the recruits, including Marlo, in a suicidal cavalry charge into the Beast Titan's bombardment to create a distraction.

### Characters involved
- Marlo Freudenberg — Supporting
- Beast Titan — Supporting
- Erwin Smith — Supporting

## Spoiler
- level: auto

### Safe teaser
In a desperate, final gamble against the Beast Titan, Commander Erwin Smith leads the Survey Corps recruits in a suicidal charge.

### Spoiler summary
In a desperate, final gamble against the Beast Titan, Commander Erwin Smith leads the Survey Corps recruits in a suicidal charge. Inspiring his soldiers to rage against their certain doom, Erwin sacrifices himself and countless others, including the idealistic Marlo Freudenberg, to create a slim chance for victory. The brutal, heartbreaking assault underscores the devastating cost of humanity's fight as the line between strategy and slaughter blurs into nothing.

## Status
- data_status: complete
- summary_status: generated
- transcript: Hardsub chapter — image-only

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — Attack on Titan #82](/series/attack-on-titan-3f8b17/chapter-82)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/attack-on-titan-3f8b17

## Usage
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