Attack on Titan, Vol. 12

Eren has been taken by the Colossus Titan and the Armored Titan. Erwin leads the Survey Corps out beyond the walls to get him back. The Corps does not have the numbers to fight safely in the open, so every move in the rescue costs lives it can barely spare.

This is Volume 12 of the Attack on Titan manga by Hajime Isayama. It collects chapters 47 to 50, titled "Children," "Someone," "Charge" and "Scream." The chapters first ran in Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine in December 2013. Kodansha Comics released the English edition in April 2014, translated by Ko Ransom.

The series belongs to the action, dark fantasy and post-apocalyptic genres and is aimed at a shōnen readership. Its tone is grim and the stakes are high, with fast-moving combat throughout.

The rescue chapters here carry that pace forward, and betrayal runs through them. The open question is whether Erwin's undermanned force can reach Eren before the two Titans finish what they started.