Attack on Attack on Titan is the second short story of the Attack on Titan Anthology. It is written, illustrated, and lettered by Evan Dorkin and Sarah Dyer, and colored by Bill Mudron.
Overview
Soldiers struggle against Titans.
Summary
Part one
Bite club
A soldier warns Eren that the Wall has been breached and urges him to transform. The latter bites himself up to the blood repeatedly, wondering why it does not work until Mikasa angrily tells him to stop biting her arm. Eren apologies and states he had found he tasted better than usual.
Insecurity issues
A soldier tells trainees to be more focused while doing wall patrol, blaming their emotional outbursts. Eren furiously deny having any of that and complains about their superiors' ungratefulness, without noticing Conny's worried look. As Eren wonders where everybody went, he gets his head eaten by the Colossus Titan.
The #1 question
The Survey Corps welcome Rolf, a new recruit and ask him if he has any questions. Rolf asks them how can he pee with the tight straps of the army uniform and he is told it is not something they talk about.
Another shtick in the wall
Eren complains about Titans being everywhere and Mikasa, who has an ice cream, agrees. Eren shockingly notices a Titan in her ice cream, which Mikasa finds unsurprising, then Eren notices the Titan holds an ice cream with a Titan within, which despairs him.
Lesser-known Abnormal Titans
Part two
Outmaneuvered
A soldier violently complains, finding the vertical maneuvering term stupid. This annoys his fellows who push him off the wall.
Poison idea
Some officers explain their new plan to kill Titans, use poison on them. A woman loudly asks how are they supposed to have Titans eat it since they only target humans. She is tied to a pole with a barrel of poison and pancarts inviting Titans to eat her.
The results are in
A Titan eats the soldier tied with the poison barrel. The two soldiers observe it, ready to report the result, and one of them pity her. Hearing the Titan coughing, they assume the plan worked but instead the Titan vomits the poison and the late Irma on them.
Spoils of war
The two soldiers are disgusted by the Titan's vomit and one remarks some of the bones they can see could be their comrades'. One of them remembers Angus and a young boy suddenly gets out of the vomit, scaring them.
Never leave a man behind
One of the soldiers asks Angus what is he doing there. The latter says he got swallowed without being properly chewed and adds that Titan insides are warm and full of nutriments. One of the soldiers lifts him to get him out of there but Angus tells him to stop too late, and his fellows can notice he is missing his lower half, which makes them sick.
Part three
Last-minute replacement strip
Eren is with Conny and complains about food restrictions. They notice Sasha and decide to follow her, assuming she steals food. They are shocked to see her eating a dead Titan but she advises them to try it, which they do and approve.
Humor on patrol
Three soldiers are on the wall and bored. One of them tells a joke that does not make the others laugh, until he gets his head chopped off by the Colossus Titan.
Horsefeathers
Two soldiers are on the Wall watching Titans from above and one of them notices they do not eat horses. This gives them the idea to put a horse head on a soldier.
Horsehockeys
The plan has failed and one of the soldiers states it is because the disguise was not realistic enough. The new plan is to have two soldiers under the horse disguise to make it closer to real horses.
Horsecrap
The two soldiers were eaten, which angers the person who had this idea. They then decide to redo the previous disguise adding one more soldier to ride the two who make the horse.
Part four
Insult to enemy
Two soldiers are walking, one complaining about one of their mates eating their supplies then they spot the Colossus Titan over the wall taunting them. They try to ignore it but eventually curse at it.
The battle lines are drawn
Paul complains to his friend about being tired and the lines drawn on his face to put the emphasis. His friend reminds him of the speed lines there were when they fought Titans, showing him how great it is, which makes Paul feel better.
Bigger and better
Two soldiers explain their plan of disguising as a horse to fight Titans. Admitting it did not work well, one of them proposes to build a huge fake horse able to host a hundred soldiers, but the others mock her.
Onward bitchin' soldiers
A huge wooden horse is led into the Titans' territory. On the wall, a man remarks that the soldiers chosen for this experience were those who made fun of the idea, to which his mate sarcastically calls it a coincidence.
Never say die...
The two soldiers learn that their previous experience failed and that their fellows died. The female soldier admits her idea made no sense and decides to send a wooden Titan with a panel stating it instead.
Part five
By Titan for Titan
A Titan chases humans and eats them.
Self harm and a purpose
To check if there are more Survey Corps soldiers who can turn into Titans, an officer orders the soldiers to bite them, showing them the sauces provided for this test. Sasha asks if she can chew and swallow, to which she is told no.
Self harm and a WTF
All soldiers bite themselves and Connie turns into Bob Ross.
Breach of protocol
Armin greets Ymir and she comments on how he is poorly drawn. A soldier orders her arrest, stating too many characters broke the fourth wall already and that humanity cannot afford to break more walls. He then tells readers that breaking the fourth wall is an act of treason. Ymir notes he is doing the same but Armin silences her.
The end is night!
Soldiers panic after Ymir's comment, realizing they are in a comic. The author laughs at their distress before having his head chopped off by the Colossus Titan.
Characters in Order of Appearance
- Rolf
- Irma
- Angus
- Brown (killed)
- Paul (killed)