Volumes: 2/2 (Complete), In Print
Shounen
Genre: Fighting
Summary: In this Attack on Titan prequel, a young gutter rat Levi, meets Erwin. Along with two of his friends, Furlan and Isabel, they are all recruited for the Survey Corps because of their exceptional skill with stolen 3D maneuver gear. However they have no intention of actually joining the Corps, they just want to steal some papers they could use to negotiate their freedom to live above ground. But before they can steal the papers, they are sent on a dangerous Titan scouting mission.
Review: This series isn’t bad, but it is a bit frustrating. We get the first meeting between Erwin and Levi, but it goes down pretty much exactly the way you would expect from the description of it in the original Attack on Titan manga. Then things start to heat up on their dangerous mission, and then the series just kind of ends.
It really could have used another volume minimum to show the aftermath of the mission and Levi answering Erwin’s speech instead of just kind of getting back on his horse and getting back to the mission. The absolute loyalty between Erwin and Levi has always been one of my favorite things from the original manga, and I wish it would show more of how that came about.
Lastly, Levi’s friends, his fellow gutter rats are so obviously marked to die, they didn't even bother giving them much backstories or personalities at all, which was annoying. Levi doesn’t make friends easily, it seemed like a lost opportunity to tell us something more about Levi’s story before he joined the Survey Corps.
On the upside, we do get to see some of Levi and Erwin's early conversations, and Levi being a badass. Just wish there had been more.
Recommended: For Attack on Titan fans who want to see Levi and Erwin's first meeting, and first mission together. Overall it did have its moments, but really could have been better too.
Age Rating: PG13, some moderate violence and one implied off-screen rape.
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