Bingo, huh? Here it comes!
It's the female Titan!
At the hands of the revived female Titan,
the Levi Squad's elites were defeated one after another.
I'll kill it!
Eren, having resolved to blame himself for his comrades deaths,
transforms for battle,
but is defeated and taken away by the female Titan.
Give Eren... back!
Wherever she goes,
I'll be sure to kill her,
slice her apart,
and get you out from that filthy place.
Sorry, Eren.
Wait just...
a little longer.
Stop!
What're you...
Fall back for now.
The Defeated The 57th Expedition - Part 6
Maintain this distance.
She must be exhausted.
Her pace seems to be slowing.
It looked like he was bitten out nape and all,
so is Eren dead?
He's alive.
The target appears to be intelligent,
and capturing Eren seems to be its goal.
Otherwise, they would've crushed him.
But the target deliberately stuffed him in its mouth before fighting to retreat.
It's goal may have been to eat Eren.
In that case, he'd be in the stomach.
Chances are, he's dead.
He's alive!
I hope you're right.
If you'd protected Eren, this wouldn't even have happened to begin with!
I see.
You're from back then...
Eren's close friend?
We'll stick to a single objective.
First, we'll give up on killing the female Titan.
But they've killed so many of our comrades!
As long as it can reinforce its skin, we have no chance.
Trust my judgment.
We'll place our hopes on Eren being alive
and rescue him before it gets out of the forest.
I'll hack away at it.
You draw its attention!
He's fast...
So fast that it doesn't have time to reinforce!
I can get the nape.
It's exhausted.
I'm sure it can't move!
I can kill it!
Stop!
Eren!
Hey!
We're pulling out!
Eren...
He should be fine. Alive, at least!
Filthy though.
Don't worry about it anymore.
We're retreating.
Don't lose sight of the primary objective.
Is it more important to sate your desires?
He's a dear friend of yours, right?
No, I...
They're coming back already?
What happened?
No idea.
Bet they'll be back with a mountain of corpses again.
It sounds like Eld's coming back.
I see.
I wonder if Oluo will be able to swing by here.
It wouldn't hurt to make extra, just in case.
Gunther's coming back.
I see.
I can never get used to this.
The same goes for everyone.
How my comrades are going to die...
How I'm going to die...
That's all I can think about.
I try not to dwell on that.
If I were to imagine my end,
I probably wouldn't be able to fight anymore.
Yeah.
It's just as you say.
I wonder how long I'll survive.
You've pulled through for now, right?
Yeah, for now.
Isn't that a good thing?
I mean, you're alive.
Can you say that facing the bodies of those who died?
I might not be able to go back home.
We're just about done.
There were about five bodies we couldn't recover though.
Not even a part of them?
We could for the ones not near any Titans...
But for those, I believe it'd be better for the families if we left them.
Put them down as MIA.
Sir.
We spotted several Titans near the forest,
but there aren't any heading this way yet.
We're moving out at once.
Relay the order.
Sir.
I refuse to accept this, Commander Erwin!
Hey, you...
We should recover them!
Ivan's corpse was right in front of us!
So was the Titan right next to him, remember?
We could've lost another life.
If they attack, we can simply kill them, can't we?
Ivan's an old friend that we grew up with.
I know his parents too.
At the very least, I want to bring him home!
Don't be selfish!
Quarreling brats?
Lance Corporal Levi...
If you've confirmed his death, that should be plenty, no?
Whether you have the body or not, his death is final.
Nothing can change that fact.
No...
We'll consider Ivan and the others MIA.
This is my final decision.
Give it up.
Don't the two of you...
have any semblance of human emotions?!
Hey, Dieter, that's going too far!
Titans!
That's...
Dieter!
That fool...
The rear line has sighted Titans!
Continue at full speed!
I don't see any tall trees or buildings whatsoever.
Fighting here would be difficult.
It'll be faster to run to the walls.
At this rate, they'll catch us!
Is fighting our only option?!
Three-dimensional maneuvers only work so well on level ground.
And look...
More are coming!
Then what should we do?
Well...
It's no good. They're catching up!
I'll swing behind it!
While I draw its attention, you can...
Don't even try.
Before that, toss the bodies.
Or they'll catch us.
But...
There were countless soldiers who failed to recover corpses in the past too.
It's not like these guys are special.
Are we doing it?
Are we really doing it?
Damn...
What choice do we have?!
Looks good!
Keep moving forward!
As soon as we determine our location, we'll depart.
Stay vigilant!
We'll need to shift our route slightly to the east.
Lance Corporal Levi...
I...
This is proof they were alive.
To me, at least.
That's Ivan's.
Lance Corporal...
We're leaving!
Eren, you should give up on joining the Survey Corps.
What? You're gonna look down on them too?
It doesn't have anything to do with how I see them...
The Survey Corps is back!
The front gate is gonna open!
Let's go, Mikasa! It's the triumphant return of the heroes!
Only this many of them made it back?
They must've all been eaten.
This is what happens when you go outside the walls.
All this shows is that our taxes are being spent fattening them up for nothing.
Eren?
What's wrong?
Eren...
Eren!
Eren...
You shouldn't get up yet.
Take it easy.
The female Titan...
It got away.
Why...?
Just what did everyone...
And the plan?
It failed.
Rest for now.
This...
Were you the one who saved me again?
We'll reach the walls soon.
Aren't there fewer of them than in the morning?
They've lost quite a few.
Yet another disaster.
They made a real racket when they left in the morning, but they're back already.
What'd they go for?
No idea.
But judging by their glum expressions,
it seems they've succeeded in flushing our taxes down the drain.
Eren, bear with it.
Cool!
The Survey Corps is amazing!
They get beaten so badly, but they keep fighting!
Lance Corporal Levi!
My daughter is in your squad.
I'm Petra's father.
I have something to tell you before my daughter sees me.
She sent me a letter, you see.
Saying her skills were recognized and she was to work under you.
And that she intended to devote herself to you.
Well, I guess she's too happy about it all to consider how I feel!
But you see, as her father...
I think it's still too early for her to get married.
She's still young and has her whole life ahead of her...
Commander Erwin! Answer us!
Did this expedition achieve something worthy of the sacrifices?!
Are you convinced the dead have no regrets?!
The expedition's expenses and casualties were more than enough
to utterly humiliate the Survey Corps power base.
Those responsible, including Erwin, were summoned to the capital,
and Eren's new supervisor was chosen.
That day, Annie was serving as an escort for Eren and the others on the way to the capital.
Then, Armin suddenly appears,
asking her to participate in a certain top-secret mission.