Attack on Titan — Chapter 3

NOW THAT YOU’VE COMPLETED YOUR TRAINING...

THE GARRISON, WHICH REINFORCES THE WALLS, THEREBY PROTECTING ALL OF THE TOWNS...

THE SURVEY CORPS, PREPARED TO SACRIFICE THEIR LIVES OUTSIDE THE WALLS BY DEFYING THE TITANS IN THEIR OWN DOMAIN...

AND THE MILITARY POLICE BRIGADE, WHICH EXERCISES CONTROL OVER THE KING’S SUBJECTS AND MAINTAINS ORDER...

OF COURSE, OUT OF YOU RAW RECRUITS, THE ONLY ONES WHO CAN JOIN THE MILITARY POLICE BRIGADE...

...ARE THE TEN WITH THE HIGHEST SCORES.

Episode 3: Night of the Disbanding Ceremony

BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE 104TH TRAINING CORPS IS OFFICIALLY DISBANDED! DISMISSED!

SOON, I’LL BE ASKING YOU WHICH BRANCH YOU WANT TO BE ASSIGNED TO.

YES, SIR!

I'M SURE YOU'RE GONNA JOIN THE MILITARY POLICE BRIGADE, RIGHT?

HUH?

LUCKY BASTARDS, MAKING THE TOP TEN!

THAT GOES WITHOUT SAYING! WHY THE HELL ELSE WOULD I HAVE AIMED TO CRACK THE TOP TEN?!

GETTING TO WORK NEAR THE KING... IT'S AN HONOR!!

I'M GOING WITH THE MPs, TOO.

ARE YOU STILL PLAYING THE GOODY- GOODY, MARCO?

YOU CAN'T WAIT TO GET INTO THE INTERIOR, RIGHT?

TELL ME HOW YOU REALLY FEEL.

WE CAN FINALLY ESCAPE THIS SHITTY, SUFFOCATING FRONT-LINE TOWN!!

A SAFE, COMFORTABLE LIFE IS WAITING FOR US IN THE INTERIOR, RIGHT?!

SH-SHAME ON YOU! AT LEAST, I'M NOT...

I FORGOT YOU WERE A PRIZE PUPIL!

OH, SORRY! MY BAD!

BUT WHAT WOULD YOU GUYS DO?

I MEAN, GETTING THE CHANCE TO LIVE IN THE INTERIOR, IT'S ALMOST UNHEARD OF, RIGHT?!

OR GIVEN THE CHOICE, WOULD YOU RATHER STAY HERE IN THIS "HUMAN STRONGHOLD", OR WHATEVER THEY LIKE TO CALL IT?!

SO IF IT MEANT NOT HAVING TO COWER IN FRIGHT WHEN YOU HEAR TITAN FOOT- STEPS...

...NONE OF US ASKED TO BE BORN IN THIS BORDER TOWN.

YOU'D ALL LIKE TO GO TO THE INTERIOR, RIGHT?

SO... HOW ABOUT YOU GUYS?

GOOD ANSWER...

I'M APPLYING TO THE MILITARY POLICE BRIGADE.

...BUT I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO THINK I'M LIKE YOU.

ME TOO...

YOU SAID THE INTERIOR IS COMFORT- ABLE...?

HAHA HA- HA!!

UNTIL FIVE YEARS AGO, THIS TOWN WAS PART OF THE INTERIOR, TOO.

JEAN... YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE INTERIOR.

I MEAN, ISN'T THE INTERIOR OF YOUR BRAIN SOFT ENOUGH FOR YOU?

W A A H ...

S- SORRY !

DON'T.

...THAT I'M AN IDIOT, EREN?

WELL, I'M NOT ...I'M LOOKING AT REALITY.

ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY...

...MORE THAN ANYONE.

FOUR YEARS AGO, TWENTY PERCENT OF THE HUMAN POPULATION WAS SENT OUT TO RECOVER TERRITORY STOLEN BY THE TITANS.

AN ALL-OUT ATTACK WAS LAUNCHED...

HOW MANY MORE WOULD WE HAVE NEEDED TO RETAKE OUR LAND?

AND MOST OF THEM ENDED UP WALKING STRAIGHT INTO A TITAN'S MOUTH, SWALLOWED WHOLE.

HOWEVER, THE NUMBER OF TITANS WHO DOMINATE THIS PLANET IS A LOT MORE THAN 1/30TH OF THE HUMAN RACE.

FOR EVERY ONE OF THEM THAT WE DEFEATED, AN AVERAGE OF 30 HUMANS DIED.

I THINK IT'S CRYSTAL CLEAR.

HUMANITY...

...DOESN'T STAND A CHANCE AGAINST THE TITANS.

LOOK... IT'S LIKE A FUNERAL IN HERE, THANKS TO YOU.

SO WHAT ?

SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS, "I DON'T THINK WE CAN WIN, SO I'M GIVING UP."

HUH? WERE YOU LISTENING TO ME?

IS IT BETTER TO ESCAPE FROM REALITY, TO THE POINT WHERE YOU'RE THROWING AWAY YOUR HOPE?

TELL ME... WHAT'S SO GOOD ABOUT GIVING UP?

IN THE FIRST PLACE...

...IT'S A GIVEN THAT WE'D LOSE TO THE TITANS IN MATERIAL TERMS.

WE LOST THEN, BUT THE INFORMATION WE GAINED WILL SURELY LEAD TO OUR HOPE FOR THE FUTURE.

ONE OF THE CAUSES OF THE DEFEAT FOUR YEARS AGO WAS OUR IGNORANCE ABOUT THE TITANS...

AND YET YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE UP ON DEVELOPING STRATEGIES TO FIGHT THEM? DO YOU WANT TO BE TITAN FOOD THAT BADLY? GIVE ME A BREAK.

I HAVE A DREAM...

IT'S TO EXTERMINATE THE TITANS AND LEAVE THIS CRAMPED WALLED- UP WORLD. MY DREAM IS TO EXPLORE...

...THE OUTSIDE WORLD.

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?! YOU MUST BE THE ONE WITH THE SOFT NOGGIN!

W H A T ?!

HA!

LOOK AT THEM! NOT A SINGLE PERSON HERE AGREES WITH YOU!

OKAY... YOU'RE RIGHT...

I GOT IT...

OF COURSE, THAT'S JUST WHAT I'M GONNA DO, BUT YOU WANNA GO OUTSIDE THE WALL, RIGHT? GO ON AHEAD! THE TITANS YOU MUST LOVE SO MUCH ARE WAITING FOR YOU!

SO SHOVE OFF TO THE INTERIOR... HAVING A DEFEATIST LIKE YOU HERE ON THE FRONT LINE IS BAD FOR MORALE!

PAIN IN THE ASS...

THERE THEY GO AGAIN !!

COME ON, EREN! WHAT'S WRONG?! IF YOU'RE HAVING TROUBLE AGAINST ME, A MERE HUMAN...

...YOU'RE NOT FIT TO GO UP AGAINST THE TITANS!!

!!

OF COURSE NOT, IDIOT !!

NGH ..!!

HNF!!

JEAN, DID YOU FORGET WHAT EREN'S HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT SCORE WAS?!

HEY! THAT'S ENOUGH!

UH- OH...

IT WAS THE TOP OF OUR CLASS!

...?! MIKASA ?!

OR, WAIT... WAS HE SECOND TO MIKASA?

P-PUT ME DOWN !!

JEAN, IF YOU GUYS KEEP MAKING A RACKET, THE INSTRUCTOR'S GONNA COME BY!

THIS IS THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE FAREWELL PARTY! DON'T STOP ME!!

LET'S STOP FIGHTING AMONGST OUR- SELVES!

UM, NO... I THINK WE'VE ALL HAD OUR FILL.

HEY... FRANZ... !!

PUT ME DOWN, MIKASA...!

HAVING MIKASA TO CARRY YOU AROUND LIKE THAT!

YOU'RE LUCKY, EREN!

I BET YOU'RE PLANNING TO DRAG HER INTO THE SURVEY CORPS JUST THE SAME WAY!

YOU ALWAYS ACT IMPULSIVELY WHEN YOU GET ANGRY...

...THAT HURT, DAMMIT!!

OOF!!

ABOUT WHAT HE SAID...

WHICH BRANCH DO YOU WANNA ENLIST IN?

THEY'RE CALLING YOU THE MOST TALENTED PERSON WHO'S EVER BEEN THROUGH TRAINING... I'M SURE YOU'D GET SPECIAL TREATMENT!

YOU WERE AT THE HEAD OF OUR CLASS... APPLY FOR THE MPS!

I'M JOINING THE SURVEY CORPS.

IF YOU JOIN THE MILITARY POLICE BRIGADE, THEN SO WILL I.

IF YOU JOIN THE GARRISON...

WITHOUT ME AROUND, YOU'LL DIE AN EARLY DEATH.

...I'LL DO THE SAME.

AS LONG AS WE LIVE...

I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO STICK WITH ME!

HOW LONG DO YOU INTEND TO KEEP AT THIS?!

I DIED ONCE AND WAS RESTORED TO LIFE. I WON'T FORGET THAT DEBT.

BUT MORE THAN ANY- THING...

I DON'T WANT TO LOSE ANY MORE FAMILY...

LET'S GO BACK TO THE DORM.

THE PARTY'S BREAKING UP, YOU TWO...

OH... HEY, ARMIN...

WHICH BRANCH ARE YOU GONNA APPLY TO?

!!

I'M GONNA JOIN THE SURVEY CORPS!

ARE YOU SERIOUS?

I MEAN, YOU'RE...

I'M WEAKER THAN THE AVERAGE PERSON.

YEAH, I KNOW...

AND IT WAS A MIRACLE THAT I PASSED THE SIMULATED COMBAT GRADUATION TEST...

MAKING AN INEFFICIENT CHOICE THAT DISREGARDS YOUR STRENGTHS? I WOULDN'T CALL THAT COURA- GEOUS.

BUT DIDN'T THE INSTRUCTOR TELL YOU TO BECOME A TECHNICIAN, SINCE YOU'RE ACADEMICALLY AT THE TOP OF THE CLASS?!

IF I DIED IT WOULDN'T MATTER!

ALL RIGHT, YOU'RE DISMISSED FOR TODAY.

YES, SIR!

DISCIPLINE IS IMPORTANT, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO YOU GUYS, I JUST CAN'T GET USED TO IT...

UH... AT EASE.

BEEN A LONG TIME, HUH...?!

AH... YOU RUGRATS HAVE GOTTEN BIGGER AGAIN, HAVEN'T YOU?

I SEE... IT HAS BEEN FIVE YEARS SINCE YOU CAME TO THIS TOWN, HUH?

A DRUNKARD LIKE YOU, NOW A SQUAD LEADER IN THE GARRISON...

I CAN'T GET USED TO IT EITHER...

YOU DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE.

ENOUGH ABOUT THAT AL- READY.

...I COULDN'T SAVE YOUR MOTHER.

I'M SORRY...

BEFORE YOU GUYS WERE BORN...

BUT THEN ONE DAY, DR. YEAGER APPEARED WITH THE ANTIBODY FOR IT...

...MY FAMILY CAME DOWN WITH THE DISEASE THAT KILLED SO MUCH OF OUR TOWN.

MY WHOLE FAMILY WAS CURED.

HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO HEAR THIS?

I STILL DON'T HAVE THE SLIGHTEST CLUE ABOUT WHERE YOUR FATHER, DR. YEAGER, IS.

I WANTED TO PAY BACK THAT DEBT TO YOUR FAMILY, BUT NOW I'LL NEVER GET THE CHANCE...

THE ONLY THING TO POSSIBLY GO ON IS YOUR MEMORY, SINCE YOU WERE THE LAST ONE TO SEE HIM...

DO YOU REMEMBER ANYTHING?

EREN ?!

O-OH, THAT'S RIGHT. SORRY... I TOTALLY FORGOT ABOUT THAT...

MR. HANNES!

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT, EREN ?!

I-I'LL BE OKAY...

...BUT WHY DOES THIS HAPPEN? FEELS LIKE MY HEAD'S... GONNA SPLIT IN TWO!

EVEN THOUGH... I CAN'T REMEMBER A DAMN THING...

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!

STOP IT! DAD!

EREN !!

YOU'VE BEEN ACTING CRAZY EVER SINCE MOM DIED!!

HOLD OUT YOUR ARM!

EREN ...!!

?!

...ARE YOU OKAY? YOU COLLAPSED RIGHT AFTER THAT, SO WE CARRIED YOU HERE TO THE DORM.

YOU WERE CRYING OUT IN YOUR SLEEP. WHAT WERE YOU DREAMING ABOUT?

WHAT WAS IT ABOUT? ...HUH...? I FORGOT ALREADY.

THEY MAY CALL IT A FRONT-LINE TOWN, BUT...

Y'KNOW...

...WE'RE GETTING MORE PEOPLE.

WELL, NOTHING HAS HAPPENED FOR FIVE YEARS NOW.

NOT TO MENTION WE'VE MADE THE WALL A LOT STRONGER THESE PAST FIVE YEARS.

PEOPLE CANNOT LIVE IN FEAR FOREVER.

MAYBE THAT COLOSSUS TITAN HAS GIVEN UP ON US...

YOU'RE GETTING AHEAD OF YOUR- SELF, EREN! TO EVEN THINK WE'D MAKE A GOOD COUPLE ...

MARRIAGE HAS TURNED YOU SOFT!

WHAT'S THAT FOOLISH CRAP?!

WH- WHO SAID WE WERE MARRIED ...?!

YOU TWO...

WHAT...?! YOU'RE GONNA JOIN THE SURVEY CORPS?

YOUR SPEECH LAST NIGHT HAD AN EFFECT ON HIM.

CONNIE... YOU'RE NUMBER EIGHT, RIGHT?! BEFORE, YOU SAID YOU WERE GONNA JOIN THE MP BRIGADE...

NATURALLY, THE MILITARY POLICE BRIGADE'S A WISER CHOICE... BUT STILL...

HUH ?!

THAT DOESN'T EXPLAIN WHY YOU'D JOIN THE SURVEY CORPS...

S-SHUT THE HELL UP!! I DECIDED FOR MYSELF!

W-WRONG!! I... IT WAS...THAT'S RIGHT! IT WAS JEAN!

I JUST DON'T WANNA BE IN THE SAME BRANCH AS THAT BASTARD!

BESIDES, YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE...

DON'T BE SO EMBARRASSED! SOMETIMES EVEN WHEN YOU KNOW WHAT YOU SHOULD DO, YOU STILL HESITATE TO FOLLOW THROUGH.

PARDON ME, BUT...

I BORROWED A LITTLE MEAT FROM THE SENIOR OFFICERS’ PRIVATE STOCK.

YOU KNOW, YOU REALLY ARE DUMB.

SASHA... YOU WANNA GET THROWN INTO SOLITARY...?

SCARY DUMB.

THAT’S RIGHT! EVER SINCE OUR TERRITORY SHRANK, MEAT HAS BECOME INCREDIBLY PRECIOUS!

LET’S SPLIT IT UP LATER. SLICE IT, SLAP IT BETWEEN SOME BREAD... HEEHEEHEE...

PUT IT BACK!

DON’T WORRY.

HUH?

ONCE WE RECAPTURE OUR TERRI- TORY...

...WE'LL BE ABLE TO KEEP MORE COWS AND SHEEP AGAIN.

I SEE YOUR POINT.

ONCE WE EAT IT, ALL THAT'S LEFT IS PREPARING OURSELVES FOR THE WORST!!

IT'LL BE LIKE A CELEBRATION IN ANTICIPATION OF REGAINING WALL MARIA.

THOMAS..

I'LL EAT THAT MEAT, TOO!!

WHAT ARE YOU STANDING THERE SPEECHLESS FOR, EREN? YOU WANNA GET BUSTED?

IT'S NOT LUNCHTIME YET!

I-I'LL HAVE IT, TOO! SO SAVE SOME FOR ME...!!

THAT WAS... ...FIVE YEARS AGO.

DAMN IT, WHY DO PEOPLE FROWN ON...

...EVEN THE SLIGHTEST MENTION OF GOING OUTSIDE ?

FINALLY, AFTER LOSING A THIRD OF OUR TERRITORY AND 20% OF THE POPULATION...

...THE HUMAN RACE IS TAKING BACK ITS DIGNITY.

WE CAN WIN...

HUMANITY'S COUNTERATTACK...

...BEGINS NOW!

WHA.. ?!

IT BURNS ...?!

WHAT'S.. ?!

?!

UNGH ...!!

SWITCH TO VERTICAL MANUEVER- ING!

RIGHT !!

?!

SASHA ?! AH!!

HEY!! SAMUEL !!

UNH... UNHHH..

SAMUEL! DON'T MOVE!

?!

THAT WAS CLOSE...

?!! ...

I'M GONNA DESTROY THEM!!

EACH AND EVERY

...DAMN ONE OF THEM!!

EVERY...

...LAST ONE!!

S A S H A !!

AGAIN... THE TITANS ARE GONNA COME IN AGAIN...

DAMMIT... THE TITANS REALLY ARE GONNA...

IT BROKE THROUGH THE WALL...

TAKE CARE OF SAMUEL !!

PRE- PARE FOR COMBAT !!

?!

FIXED ARTILL- ERY SQUAD 4!

THE TARGET IS HERE!!

THE COLOSSUS TITAN!!

DON'T LET THIS CHANCE GET AWAY!!

ONLY THE COLOSSUS TITAN CAN DESTROY THE WALL!!

IF WE CAN JUST KILL HIM ...!!

...HELLO THERE.

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