Kuklo Unbound

Kuklo is found as an infant, crying in a heap of Titan vomit among dead Titan corpses. The people living inside the walls call him a child of the Titans and hate him for it. He has only one working eye and grows at an unnaturally fast rate.

Kuklo breaks from his past and stakes his own fate, and humanity's, on joining the Survey Corps. That group works mainly outside the safety of the walls, among the Titans.

Out there his strength and determination keep him alive and let him prosper. To fight, he gets hold of the Vertical Maneuvering Equipment. The gear is still imperfect, and it causes Kuklo a troublesome incident.

This young adult fantasy is a prequel to the Attack on Titan series, set years before Eren and Mikasa. It is the second and third volumes of the three-volume Before the Fall, and it stands mostly apart from the story of Angel and Wall Maria. The open question is why Kuklo fights the Titans: fate, or the past he left behind.