Attack On Titan 1 Paperback Several hundred years ago humans were nearly exterminated by giants Giants are typically several stories tall seem to have no intelligence & who devour human beings A small percentage of humanity survied barricading themselves in a city protected by walls even taller than the biggest of giants Flash forward to the present & the city has not seen a giant in over 100 years
- before teenager Elen & his foster sister Mikasa witness something horrific as the city walls are destroyed by a super-giant that appears from nowhere