Today, we cover my favorite volume in Attack on Titan. It's got some wonderful moments in it, including one page that Isayama himself adores. Hope you're excited to dive in.
Last time, we were introduced to the continent of Marley after four-year timeskip. After Marley lost the Colossal titan at RTS, the rest of the world took advantage of their lowered firepower and the Mid-East Alliance entered into war with them. We began with the last battle of that war, which was an effort to capture Fort Slava and destroy their Mid-East Alliance's Navy. Five warrior cadets were introduced to us, including the universally loved Gabi, and we were introduced to two new Marleyan titan shifters - Porco Galliard (Jaw Titan; inheritor of Ymir's titan) and Pieck Finger (Cart Titan.) The battle was won, although it was made clear that the power of the titans could not match up to technology for long. Reiner has PTSD from his stay on Paradis + from his childhood, and he encourages the warrior candidate Falco to overtake Gabi in the race to inherit the Armored Titan.
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Well, they needed Bert and Reiner to take down the walls, and the plan was to have Annie and Marcel alternate between carrying the others there. That just left Marley with Zeke and Pieck, of which the former is much more useful in war, so I understand their decision.
