Attack on Titan, Vol. 18

進撃の巨人 [Shingeki no Kyojin] #18

by Hajime Isayama

王政を打倒し、旧体制派を一掃した調査兵団。新たに手に入れた光る鉱石とエレンの硬質化能力によりウォール・マリア奪還作戦への準備を着々と進める。一方、ライナーとベルトルトは獣の巨人と共に迎撃態勢を整え……！！　そして決戦前夜、シャーディスが語るエレンの父・グリシャとの出逢い、そして「845年のあの日」の真実とは！？

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Horror, Graphic Novels, Comics, Fiction, Dystopia

192 pages, Paperback

First published December 9, 2015

About the author

Japanese name: 諫山創

Hajime Isayama (諫山 創 Isayama Hajime, born 1986) is a Japanese manga artist from Ōyama, Ōita. His first and currently ongoing serial, Attack on Titan, has sold over 22 million copies as of July 2013. He has mentioned Tsutomu Nihei, Ryōji Minagawa, Kentaro Miura, Hideki Arai and Tōru Mitsumine as artists he respects, but stated that the manga that had the biggest influence on him was ARMS.

Reviews

[HaMiT · Rating 5 out of 5]

اینجا می‌رسیم به نیمه‌ی دوم فصل سوم انیمه و زمستون شدنِ من
می‌دونم چی به چی می‌شه و بازم استرس می‌گیرم

[Shawna Finnigan · Rating 3 out of 5]

This felt like just a lot of strategy and filler scenes until that final chapter when things started to get intense. I'm glad that Armin is finally starting to be useful. I've never much liked him, but he's starting to grow on me. Also, is it bad that I don't hate the villains?? I'm not talking about the titans, but the other villains. I still like them and I'm not fully convinced that they'll all remain evil until the end of the series.

I saw spoilers for two major characters that die in this series and I feel empty inside. I know that their deaths will probably be soon and it just hurts to even think about them being dead but at the same time, I feel numb.

Anyways, time to go order more volumes of the series and hope that they arrive soon.

[Mario · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hooooly shit that cliffhanger.

It is seriously getting harder and harder waiting a whole effing month for the next chapter to come out. Especially when every damn chapter ends in a cliffhanger.

[Veronica Morfi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Humans and Titans, which will live and which will die?

[Gabriel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Se aproximan enfrentamientos potentes y que no me dejarán para nada indiferente.

[aleksandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.25/5

I'm so incredibly happy that I'm reading this manga now that it's finished, because I know that those cliffhangers would have killed me.

[Urbon Adamsson · Rating 4 out of 5]

EN The assault on Wall Maria to reclaim it begins here and ends on a truly brutal cliffhanger.

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PT O assalto à Muralha Maria para a reconquistar começa aqui e culmina num cliffhanger verdadeiramente brutal.

[Tina Haigler · Rating 5 out of 5]

This one was a lot of strategy and talk, but the end makes me think the next one is going to be all action. The real question is who's going to make it out alive. Fingers crossed it's no one I care about. Guess I have to read Volume 19 to find out.

[Bradley · Rating 4 out of 5]

I feel like we're getting to an end, but in reality, it's just the need to wait. I love the progression of the story and I'm quite impressed at its speed.

Will they finally tale Maria wall? Who knows. It doesn't look good, and the series hasn't been relying on much dues ex machine. Indeed, everything has been well accounted for.

[Lucy Tonks (the invisible life of a reader) · Rating 5 out of 5]

So far, I think this is the volume that made me the most sad.
I love the characters so much, I just want them to be okay🥺

[Mahdiye HajiHosseini · Rating 3 out of 5]

اپدیت ۱۴ مهر ۴۰۰-
هیجان تو این جلد خیلی بالاست، راضیم.
یه اشاراتی به تصمیمی که لیوای خواهد گرفت هم داشت. و خوب تا حد زیادی پیش زمینه منطقیش رو اورده اینجا. تصمیمی که برای خیلیا احمقانه به نظر میرسید.
به استانه اشوب رسید.
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[erigibbi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Vorrei dire che il volume 18 finisce dandoti un bel senso di speranza, ma in realtà mi sembrano tutti nella merda 😂😂😂

[₊ ˚ ale ࿓ ♡ ⋆｡˚ · Rating 4 out of 5]

I want to hug Armin so bad

[Δανάη Ιμπραχήμ · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite mission in AOT history has begun.

[Henk · Rating 3 out of 5]

A slow build-up, with a trip through memory lane, to a climactic battle at the place it all began
He’s already great because he was born into this world.

The instructor from the first part gave me Snape vibes, including tragic love story and all.
Potato-girl her love for food is endearing.
Armin amazes me, sharp thinking were the Colossus might be laying in hiding.

Special people do exist.
It’s just that I wasn’t one of them.

[Ellie Kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

Your mother, Carla, said this to me... "Do you have to be special? Do you have to be acknowledged by others? I don't believe that. At the very least, this boy... It's alright if he doesn't become a great man... Why does he need to be better than everyone else? After all, just look. He's so cute. This child is already great. After all, he was born into this world."
- Keith Shadis

There are battles in this world where many can die and much can be sacrificed, without accomplishing anything.
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"But then you came running to me with a book. Both of us were outcasts, not able to get along with the other kids in town. That's all we were back then. But when I heard you telling me those things... and I saw the look in your eyes... You looked like you were seeing an amazing dream. But... I didn't have anything.  That's when I knew for the first time. I wasn't free. I noticed that I had been living in a birdcage for all this time. And that these freakish things had taken my freedom. The world was so big, but they'd forced me into a tiny cage. And when I realized that... I knew I could never forgive them."
- Eren Jaeger

This was such an emotional volume for me :(

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

“Some were filled with pride. Some were filled with hope. Some were filled rage. But all of them screamed.”

YES!! It's about to go down!

[Kimia · Rating 5 out of 5]

- Special people do exist.
However, I wasn't one of them.
Keith Shadis


Maaaaan I'm sooo stressed...

[Sima ✨ · Rating 4 out of 5]

the relationship between Erwin and Levi is everything, Levi has already predicted something terrible is about to come, he keeps losing everyone he loves and no, that is not ok...
I'm gonna understand why he will choose who he is going to choose after the tragic outcome because he was eavesdropping the kids about going to the sea :')

[Rodrigo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Empieza la batalla más esperada!!
Todos los actores están reunidos en el campo de batalla!!
Incluso hay nuevas armas contra los titanes

[kat · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.25 stars ✰

I feel like I held my breath through this entire manga.
holy. shit.

[Eileen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have this terrible feeling that my favorite character is going to die soon

[Radwa · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm scared of that beast titan, and I'm so impressed with Armin

[Dragonfly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rating: 5 stars

This ended on such a cliff hanger! I'm so excited to read vol 19! Just like the rest of this series this was amazing and I really enjoyed it. I really want to read vol 19 but I've not got vol 20 yet and vol 19 will probably end as a cliff hanger as well XD. I'll hopefully be getting it soon or im gonna go crazy. I'm gonna have a look on amazon and try and get it.

The storyline is still amazing and there is so many things happening at once and that's how I like the storyline to go. Volumes 19 and 20 will definitely going to be exciting and I'm excited to read them. I feel like the artwork just keeps getting better and I didn't think it could. Everything about this series is amazing and makes me want to instantly want to read more. I really cant find anything wrong with this series and I think everyone should give this series a chance because it is amazing and I hope that if someone does start reading this series, that they enjoy it because it deserves to be loved by everyone.

[Subham · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a great volume and focuses on Eren and all partying after their victory and then meeting with Keith shadis, their instructor and he tells them about Grisha and we learn he may have come from outside the walls and more revelations happen, partying before the quest to retake wall maria and they do go ahead to retake the wall and when it seems like there are no titans..its all a set up and the humans need to get ready for their biggest battle vs Beast Titan! Epic volume, and good moments for every characters, reaffirming Eren's dream and then the art is just a marvel to look at, it has become better with this volume and the next arc is gonna be epic! Also Armin becoming a leader slowly!

[Lady Nerd · Rating 4 out of 5]

I want to tattoo Erwin and Levi's conversation on my body somewhere

[Kahveci]

Anime nisanda buradan devam edecek, beklediğimize kesinlikle degecek!

Keşif birliği, maria duvarının yıkılan kısmını tamir etmek ve Eren'in yıkılan evinin bodrumundaki sırrı öğrenmek için yola çıkıyor. Asıl olay bir sonraki bölümde olacak gibi duruyor ama gayet iyi bir sayıydı.

[Jiro Dreams of Suchy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rating manga is difficult because it’s like rating a movie scene by scene - this is all one huge story. Some scenes are iconic and instantly stick out but the flow of the entirety of the project is what should be the focus. When I read death note I loved the beginning- such a cool idea but it became longer and more convoluted as it went on but I did enjoy the ending for the most part BUT some scenes (killing the talk show hosts, the Mexican stand off) stood out but the whole series felt like a few issues too long. With that in mind…

This better shows us who Eren is and who his family was, creating a deeper meaning for the reader. Eren clearly has a complex about his failures as a warrior and as a man and is of course worried about his titan powers… is he annoying, YES but I care about him and it has maintained my interest for several chapters.

In this collection they get to walk Maria and set up the battle between the humans and titans in a sort of final stand off, the monkey man is back on his bullshit and clearly has a plan. I believe in humanity 🙏

[Connie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this book via Kindle Unlimited.

Okay so we're finally back to the original issue at hand. Historia is now queen, the military coup has been legitimised. We see the survey corps getting back to what they do best, killing titans and solving problems. The plan is to use Eren's armouring titan ability to close the wall now that they know he can do that, despite the draw backs it seems to have on his stamina. They are going to close the hole in the wall of Maria and figure out what lies in Eren's basement. But of course it's never that easy as Bertolt, Reiner and now the Beast Titan all rally against them. We begin to find out more about Eren's dad, finding out he is actually from outside of the walls and the mystery only deepens. I only have access up to volume 22 via KU and I am dreading that it's going to leave me on a cliffhanger. Just as things are getting good.

[Sara Saif · Rating 4 out of 5]

The one where shit hits the fan. Again. But harder.