The Town Where Everything Began (Chapter)

 is the 73rd chapter of the Attack on Titan manga, written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama.

Overview
The Survey Corps walk on the forest at midnight on their way to Shiganshina. Thanks to the darkness, they are able to evade the Titans that move under the sunlight. Eren thinks on the responsibility that he has on his shoulders, because if he succeeds in the operation, humanity will regain their hope on living, but if he fails, everything is doomed. He finds that he's afraid and shaking at these thoughts, but after talking to Armin about how his book gave him a reason for living, he regains his confidence. They soon reach Shiganshina and quickly switch to 3DMG and fly towards the Wall since the sun it's starting to rise. Knowing that their enemies know their intentions to use Eren to plug the hole and find Grisha's basement, Erwin orders 100 Survey Corps members to fly around the hole with their faces hidden in order to confuse them. As Eren looks nostalgically at the ruins of his hometown, Armin finds the remains of a campfire and warns Erwin that Reiner and Bertolt are nearby; while Hange notices the strangeness that there are no Titans around, what for Levi means that they are in the enemy's pocket. As Eren jumps into the hole in Wall Maria, Bertolt and Reiner watch him from an unknown location.