Attack on Titan, Vol. 28

進撃の巨人 [Shingeki no Kyojin] #28

by Hajime Isayama

RUTHLESS SAVIOR

After years as a lonely double agent, Zeke finally returns to the good graces of his home island of Paradis. Still, the Survey Corps refuses to let him meet Eren--the other ingredient in the earth-shaking weapon-- for fear the explosive duo will be impossible to control. Meanwhile, the public responds badly to the military's open distrust of their hero Eren, and the detention of the Marleyan volunteers spurs an uprising. Amid the turmoil, Eren takes matters into his own hands...

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

192 pages, Paperback

First published April 9, 2019

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

[Maria · Rating 5 out of 5]

DAMN.
Every chapter of this volume is brutal, and shocking, and savage in its own way.
First, there’s the revelation that Zeke’s basically holding the entire Paradis government by its balls and can crush it at any time if he feels like it.
Then there’s a SAVAGE Eren/Mikasa/Armin (+Gabi) conversation that made my jaw hit the floor. FUCK, MAN!
After that, we finally get to see Levi GOING👏🏽THE FUCK👏🏽IN👏🏽 and whooping Zeke’s ass (and losing all of his comrades) yet again.
Finally, we find out who Zeke really is as a person, what shaped his personality, his motives etc. through his backstory. It was not what I expected tbh. It even made me kinda sympathize with the man.
The ending of this volume is Isayama at his finest, too - after all, he’s the king of blowing shit (minds, walls, titans, innocent citizens, asses) up and leaving it at that.

[laura]

smiling 2 hide the pain inside

[Gabriel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Seguimos con el odio, el adoctrinamiento y el círculo vicioso que esto representa.

Nunca pensé decir esto pero como detesto a Eren Jaeger y toda la panda de enfermitos que lo siguen cegados por su odio. Eren pasó de ser un personaje que me producía indiferencia a ser alguien al que solo deseo que derroquen de una buena vez antes de que la embarre de maneras abismales. Me fascinó ver a un Armin más visceral y a una Mikasa más vulnerable.

Amé las palabras del padre de Sasha; cuán acertadas son para la educación de las futuras generaciones. Entendí el rencor de Nicolo y la niña esta que salvó Sasha. También detesto a Gabi pero entiendo su situación, el porqué es así. A Falco solo le deseo cosas buenas porque tiene un gran corazón. Y Levi con Zeke es otra de las cosas que siempre me emocionan demasiado.

Ahora entiendo qué es lo que pretende Zeke y no me lo esperaba nada, nadita, nada.

[Shawna Finnigan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was an entertaining and fast paced volume. That last chapter left me feeling a little confused though... so there's a whole group of people who are fighting to sterilize everybody of their race so that their race becomes nonexistant someday?? That feels weird and wrong on so many levels.

[Hamad · Rating 5 out of 5]

levi is a savage

[Rodrigo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Muy interesante, parece que Eren hace la guerra por su cuenta, parece malo incluso, pobre lo que de dice a MIKASA, en fin menos mal que esta Levin para poner a esta gente en su sitio.

[Henk · Rating 5 out of 5]

The grand scheme of Zeke comes into light and Eren turns out to be different than expected. One of the most philosophical volumes till now
Turns out the whole world was a colossal forest, where it was still kill or be killed

Sins and revenge carrying on generational might be the overarching theme of the series and here it comes into focus elegantly and touchingly. You can root for both sides, even if Eren is more than a bit of an *sshole in this volume.

If you can’t stand this world you’re going to have to change it

If we’d never been born in the first place we never would have had to suffer, either.

[Alok · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sorry Zorro, Levi Ackerman is the coolest character in all manga and the most savage!
Brilliant how everything has been put together and masterful how well even the smallest of things dozens of chapters ago plays a crucial role and weaves into the plot! Levi wasn't affected because he drinks tea and not liquor; how well that's been established in earliest of chapters? Mr. Xaver, a new character fitted into Zeke's story and his betrayal so perfectly. His back story was engrossing and emotional. A believable explanation of his motives. And that damn cliffhanger at the end!
AoT is awesome again!

[Andrei Stoian · Rating 5 out of 5]

Romanian review: Aș vrea să încep prin a spune că începând cu volumul 23 până la acest volum, este ca și cum ai începe o serie complet nouă. Atât de mult se schimbă lucrurile după dezvăluirile din volumul 22.
Această parte din poveste se desfășoară la cinci ani distanță după Bătălia din Shiganshina și pune toate evenimentele de până acum într-o perspectivă complet nouă. Este un arc narativ mult mai întunecat— nu pentru că ar prezenta evenimente cu un grad de cruzime mai ridicat (am avut peste douăzeci de volume pline de oameni mâncați de titani și alte scene brutale)— însă de data aceasta temele abordate sunt mult mai apropiate de realitatea noastră. Mă refer la genocid, xenofobie și eugenism.
Dacă până acum doar s-a sugerat că nu există cu adevărat personaje pozitive sau negative, în aceste ultime șase volume acest lucru devine foarte clar, astfel povestea lui Eren începe să oglindească povestea lui Reiner și este introdus un personaj nou, Gabi Braun. Gabi este un personaj destul de enervant, dar povestea ei oglindește povestea lui Eren din primele 22 de volume într-un mod care îmbogățește profunzimea narațiunii.
Eren s-a schimbat major— a devenit practic un anti-erou. Este rece și brutal și comite atrocități fără să simtă remușcări, cel puțin în aparență, și cu multă indiferență.
Pentru prima dată, este prezentat trecutul lui Zeke din perspectiva sa, astfel, dacă până acum îl uram, acum toate faptele sale capătă sens și îți dai seama că acțiunile lui Zeke au la bază intenții pozitive. Dar, așa cum se spune, drumul către iad este pavat cu intenții bune.
Levi are un moment extrem de epic care te face să te întrebi care sunt limitele puterilor sale și sunt curios ce rol va juca în finalul seriei.
Lumea din Attack on Titan devine mult mai mare odată cu aceste volume și devine destul de clar că
toate țările din această lume vor participa la conflictul final care se anunță a fi grandios.
Prin urmare, sunt nerăbdător să citesc și ultimele volume, însă, acum că sunt la zi cu anime-ul, va trebui să aștept următoarele episoade și finalul sezonului patru.



English review: I’d like to start by saying that beginning with volume 23 up to this one, it feels like starting an entirely new series. That’s how much things change after the revelations in volume 22.
This part of the story takes place five years after the Battle of Shiganshina and reframes all the events that have occurred so far in a completely new light. It’s a much darker arc—not because it presents more graphic or cruel events (we’ve already had over twenty volumes filled with people being eaten by Titans and other brutal scenes)—but because the themes explored are much closer to our reality. I’m referring to genocide, xenophobia, and eugenics.
While earlier volumes only hinted at the absence of truly good or bad characters, these last six volumes make this abundantly clear. Eren’s story begins to mirror Reiner’s, and a new character, Gabi Braun, is introduced. Gabi is a rather annoying character, but her story reflects Eren’s journey from the first 22 volumes in a way that adds depth to the narrative.
Eren has changed significantly—he has essentially become an antihero. He is cold and brutal, committing atrocities without showing remorse, at least on the surface, and with a great deal of indifference.
For the first time, Zeke’s past is presented from his own perspective. If up until now he was despised, his actions now make sense, and you realize that his choices are rooted in positive intentions. But, as the saying goes, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Levi has an incredibly epic moment that makes you question the limits of his abilities, and I’m curious to see what role he’ll play in the series’ finale.
The world of Attack on Titan expands significantly in these volumes, making it clear that all the nations in this universe will take part in the final conflict, which promises to be grand.
As such, I’m eager to read the remaining volumes. However, now that I’m caught up with the anime, I’ll have to wait for the upcoming episodes and the conclusion of season four.

[Aliyah ♡ · Rating 5 out of 5]

I may or may not have had 4 mental breakdowns while reading this. 😪

[Dani · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ch 111-114

excuse the fuck me, why would you do this to my cold heart. Hange is the best and I swear to god Levi better be fucking ok or I will murder

[Nathalie · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5

Wtf Eren

[bri ♡]

i really just wanna give levi a hug you know. he losses so many people in his life its unfair.

[Yeferzon Zapata · Rating 5 out of 5]

Debo decir dos cosas:

1. Pensé mucho en leer el manga. Ya que estoy viendo el anime y no sabía que tan fiel era al producto original. Pero me convencí porque realmente no puedo esperar a que el anime finalice jaja. Así que quise continuar la historia con el manga. Y ha sido bastante grato. Y por supuesto que a futuro me leeré todos los volúmenes.
2. Dudé en sumar un manga a mi reto literario. Pero, leer es leer, no importa si es manga, cómic o novela gráfica. Así que seguiré leyendo los volúmenes siguientes.

Dicho lo anterior. Respecto a éste volumen, pude seguir la historia del anime sin problema. Es extraño pero no sentí cambios a pesar del formato, lo disfrute al 100%. Debo decir que esta historia toma unos giros increíbles, y aún me sorprende sin importar el tiempo que trascurra. Quedé muy emocionado para ser el primer manga que leo. Así que a esperar que sorpresas me depararán en los siguientes tomos.

P.D: Nunca pensé decir esto, pero, "Eren. Te aborrezco."

[Mary Neverland · Rating 5 out of 5]

Honestly there is not much I can say... This story gets better and better and I love literally all the things they talk about.

There are so much powerful quotes in this.

Not only that but after reading the manga online and now making my way through the physical version... Makes the re-reading experience better. So many hints...

[aLirEza nEjaTi]

i kno what you thinkin!
you wrong :))
BYE!!

[Luna]

C’est bon je quitte le fan club de Eren…

[Sara Saif · Rating 4 out of 5]

<<<<<<why do we need to make every single person that important?
<<satisfying to see. I love it when Zeke pisses his pants whenever he sees Levi coming.
<<<<

[Subham · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was such a great volume, as we have the military making their move against the Yaegerists and they wanna stop Eren anyhow and then they plan to stop him from meeting Zeke, then we have the story about Falco and Gabi and their new family going to the marleyan's chef restaurant and thats the best part when the whole truth about whatever happened to sasha is revealed, the drama thats goes on is wow and enter Eren and his crew and such an intense convo between Mikasa and Armin and him which was so heartbreaking, its such a character changing path. Meanwhile Zeke turns the other soldiers with him to attack Levi so that he could escape and its a beast ch when we have Levi attack and kill his teammates in such a brutal fashion and then the real story of Zeke and how he surrendered his parents to his real mission with the founding titan power so that they can no longer have children. Its something and like so well done and changes things drastically for all the characters going forward and the art is a delight to breeze through.

[Nick · Rating 5 out of 5]

It’s so hard to rate this volume at this stage in the AoT saga... there is so much I’m angry and devastated about... but also so much good.

[Sara Salehi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Levi, humanity’s strongest fidget spinner <3

-Zeke’s story is one of the best redemption arcs in this series, and it shows just how much conspiracy and corruption can be misleading.

[Lauraconte l'histoire · Rating 5 out of 5]

« L’ignorance est le plus grand obstacle à la liberté »

[Bahar meow · Rating 4 out of 5]

"If you can't stand this world, you're going to have to change it."

[lydia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Everything and everyone is so messed up. I LOVE IT.

[shirley ♡ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Levi Ackerman is just on another level.

[Sam · Rating 5 out of 5]

no because what was THIS Isayama how dare you

[Nərmin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Damn this volume.....Eren is crazy, hurting his friends left and right. Poor Levi was almost dead + I dont know if I pity Zeke, or hate him. Brilliant writing.

[Sima ✨ · Rating 3 out of 5]

why do I why bother reading this if not only for the Ackermans? they are the main character for me!
Eren and you, keep in mind to take a psychological treatment for real this time you need it.

[Mahdiye HajiHosseini · Rating 4 out of 5]

اپدیت ۱۰ آبان ۴۰۰-
کاش انقدر در برابر گبی مهربون نبودن ⁦ರ_ರ⁩
از دیگر شخصیت‌های محبوبم همیشه زیک بوده. بی‌رحمی و دلسوزی همزمانش قلبم رو به درد میاره.
یادمه خیلیا اینجا ارن رو هیت میکردن به خاطر رفتارش با آرمین و میکاسا. ‌ولی برای من شبیه به عزاداریش برای دوستایی که فکر میکنه برای همیشه از دست دادتشون اومد. میکاسا که حالا فکر میکنه هیچ وقت از روی اراده ازادش نزدیکش نمونده یا ارمین که دیگه کسی نیست که بوده و سایه‌ای از برتولته. و البته به شکل غم‌انگیزی یقین پیدا کرد که همینطوره.
و لیوای که ناچار شد تصمیم بگیره تا دوستا و همرزمایی که برای همیشه از دست داده رو بکشه و سایه سنگین تمام همرزمای قدیمی‌ای که قبلا کشته تا بتونن پیش برن رو حس کرد.
این جلد جلد غم‌انگیزیه. غم عمیقی که باعث میشه خیلی عمیق حس کنم چرا حق با زیکه. و چرا ارن حق داره ازادی‌ای رو بخواد که همیشه ازش دریغ شده.
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[Veronica · Rating 5 out of 5]

mind-blowing!!!