Attack on Titan Japanese manga series by Hajime Isayama

 

Genre :   Action                 Dark Fantasy                 Post-apocalyptic Manga Written by Hajime Isayama Published by Kodansha English publisher NA Kodansha USA Imprint Shōnen Magazine Comics Magazine Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine Demographic Shōnen Original run September 9, 2009 – April 9, 2021 Volumes 34 (List of volumes) Attack on Titan (Japanese: 進撃の巨人, Hepburn: Shingeki no Kyojin, lit. "The Advancing Giants") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama. It is set in a world where humanity lives inside cities surrounded by three enormous walls that protect them from the gigantic man-eating humanoids referred to as Titans; the story follows Eren Yeager, who vows to exterminate the Titans after a Titan brings about the destruction of his hometown and the death of his mother. Attack on Titan was serialized in Kodansha's monthly Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine from September 2009 to April 2021 and has been collected into 33 tankōbon volumes as of January 2021. Setting The plot of Attack on Titan centers on a civilization inside three walls, the last location where humans still live. Over one hundred years ago, humanity was driven to the brink of extinction after the emergence of humanoid giants called Titans, who attack and eat humans on sight. The last remnants of humanity retreated behind three concentric walls and enjoyed nearly a century of peace. To combat Titans, the nation's military employs Vertical Maneuvering Equipment, a set of waist-mounted grappling hooks and gas-powered propulsion enabling immense mobility in three dimensions. Plot The story revolves around a boy named Eren Yeager, who lives in the town of Shiganshina, located on the outermost of three circular walls protecting humanity from Titans. In the year 845, the wall is breached by two new types of Titans, named the Colossus Titan and the Armored Titan. During the incident, Eren's mother is eaten by a Titan while Eren escapes. He swears revenge on all Titans and enlists in the military along with his childhood friends, Mikasa Ackerman and Armin Arlert. During their first battle, Eren learns that he has the mysterious ability to turn himself into a sentient Titan, which draws the attention of the Survey Corps, who intends to use his newfound power to reclaim Wall Maria. As the battle against the Titans intensifies, Eren and his companions fight to defend their land while uncovering the mysteries about the Titans, their own civilization, and what lies beyond the walls. Eventually, Eren and those in the military alongside him discover they are not the only humans left alive. They are part of a race called Eldians, who have been exiled behind the walls for past crimes against another race, the Marleyans. What they previously believed to be the entire world is merely a small, isolated island named Paradis. Led by Eren Yeager and his commanding officers, the Eldians begin to wage war against the global fleet assembled by the Marleyans to destroy Paradis. Eren unleashes the Rumbling, an event which unshackles the millions of colossal Titans hidden inside the walls of Paradis, in an attempt to destroy the world and thus create eternal peace for the Eldians. With the help of the Marleyan Titan shifters, the Survey Corps stop the Rumbling, which has already wiped out eighty percent of humanity. Mikasa kills Eren, ending the power of the Titans permanently. Three years later, the world prepares for war between the island's inhabitants and the remaining countries, but Armin has hope that peace negotiations led by Queen Historia will be successful.  THE 9 TITAN SHIFTERS