# WebtoonLib — Attack on Titan #86

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

## Chapter
- number: 86
- release_date: 2025-05-29

### Summary
In the devastating aftermath of the battle to reclaim Wall Maria, Levi faces a gut-wrenching choice between two fallen heroes. After a bitter conflict, he makes the agonizing decision to let Commander Erwin Smith rest, entrusting the future to the next generation by injecting a dying Armin Arlert with the Titan serum. In a moment of brutal justice, a newly transformed Armin devours Bertolt Hoover, inheriting the power of the Colossal Titan and securing a bittersweet, costly victory for the Survey Corps.
- summary_source: graph_aggregator
- summary_verification: unverified

### Key events
- Levi chooses Armin, who transforms into a Pure Titan and eats Bertolt, inheriting the Colossal Titan.

### Characters involved
- Floch Forster — Supporting
- Bertolt Hoover — Supporting
- Mikasa Ackerman — Main
- Eren Yeager — Main
- Armin Arlert — Main
- Erwin Smith — Supporting
- Levi — Supporting

## Spoiler
- level: auto

### Safe teaser
In the devastating aftermath of the battle to reclaim Wall Maria, Levi faces a gut-wrenching choice between two fallen heroes.

### Spoiler summary
In the devastating aftermath of the battle to reclaim Wall Maria, Levi faces a gut-wrenching choice between two fallen heroes. After a bitter conflict, he makes the agonizing decision to let Commander Erwin Smith rest, entrusting the future to the next generation by injecting a dying Armin Arlert with the Titan serum. In a moment of brutal justice, a newly transformed Armin devours Bertolt Hoover, inheriting the power of the Colossal Titan and securing a bittersweet, costly victory for the Survey Corps.

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

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — Attack on Titan #86](/series/attack-on-titan-3f8b17/chapter-86)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/attack-on-titan-3f8b17

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