Attack on Titan No regrets - Attack on Titan
Attack on Titan: No Regrets (進撃の巨人リヴァイ外伝「悔いなき選択」Shingeki no Kyojin Rivai Gaiden: Kui Naki Sentaku, lit. Attack on Titan Levi Side Story: A Choice with No Regrets) is a spin-off manga of the original Attack on Titan manga written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama. Attack on Titan: No Regrets was illustrated by Hikaru Suruga and written by Gun Snark. The story is based on the “A Choice with No Regrets” visual novel and it focuses on the origins of Levi Ackermann. Timeline wise the manga serves as a prequel to the main Attack on Titan story. The spin-off manga has the subtitle “Birth of Levi”.
Kodansha Comics released Attack on Titan No Regrets in August, 2014. The same month, a new OVA series based on the spin-off manga was announced as well. This OVA adaptation consists of two episodes, bundled with the 15th and 16th volumes of the main series. Both episodes were released on December 9, 2014 and April 9, 2015, respectively. Like the main anime series, it was also produced by Wit Studio and directed by Tetsuro Araki.
The prologue chapter was not included in the original Japanese edition of the manga, but it was instead released in a booklet that was published with a special edition of Volume 1. However, its English edition published by Kodansha USA included the prologue chapter.
As for the reception, Attack on Titan: No Regrets has over 1.5 million copies in print in Japan. The first volume of the manga reached 500,000 copies in print as of April 2014, and 140,186 of those copies were sold within the first five days of its release. This volume was also listed as the 57th best-selling manga volume in Japan in 2014. Likewise, the first volume of the English edition appeared on the New York Times Manga Best Sellers list for 18 non-consecutive weeks, while the second one stayed on the list for 12 weeks.
Also, Aria magazine announced on the official website for Kodansha that they will reprint the prologue chapter of Attack on Titan: No Regrets manga in the December issue on October 28. The reason for this reprinting was that the November issue sold out due to the great demand for the prologue chapter.
Attack on Titan: No Regrets Summary
The story of Attack on Titan: No Regrets focuses on Erwin Smith, who is rising in his military career at the Survey Corps. He is ruthless and dispassionate, and his mind is always full of strategies and intrigue. However, there is another world that coexists with his, where humans are born and die surrounded by the garbage the Capital throws away: the Underground. Here, the criminal Levi tries to survive everyday with his extraordinary abilities. When both Erwin and Levi cross paths, they have to prove themselves stronger.
Manga Volumes
Here is a brief introduction to the manga volumes released.
Volume 1
The first volume of the manga series was released on April 9, 2014.
Chapters
- The Wings of Freedom (自由の翼, Jiyū no Tsubasa)
- One Arrow (一矢, Isshi)
- … of Revolution (変革の…, Henkaku no…)
- Proof (証明, Shōmei)
- Bonus: Prologue (プロローグ, Purorōgu). This prologue was not included in the original Japanese version of the manga, but it was included in a booklet that was released with a special edition of the first volume. Also, it was included in the English version published by Kodansha USA.
Volume 2
The first volume of the manga series was released on August 8, 2014.
Chapters
- Hearts (心臓, Shinzō)
- Living Creatures (生き物, Ikimono)
- Those Three (3人, San Nin)
- Choices (選択, Sentaku)
Visual novel
On September 18, 2013, and December 18, 2013, respectively, two visual novels written by Gun Snark (砂阿久雁, Sunaaku Gan) of Nitroplus, titled Kui Naki Sentaku [Yokoku] (悔いなき選択[予告], "A Choice With No Regrets: Preview") and Kui Naki Sentaku (悔いなき選択, "A Choice With No Regrets") were released with the third and sixth Blu-ray sets of the Attack on Titan anime. The character was designed by Namaniku ATK, also of Nitroplus.
Anime adaptation
In the 14th volume of the Attack on Titan manga, a two-episode anime OVA adaptation was announced. They were produced by the same staff that produced the Attack on Titan television anime. The episodes were directed by Tetsuro Araki, written by Yasuko Kobayashi and animated by Wit Studio. Also, the character designs were provided by Kyoji Asano. The insert song is “So ist es immer” (“Just Like it Always is”), by Hiroyuki Sawano. The first episode of this OVA was included in the 15th volume of Attack on Titan on December 9, 2014, and the second one was included with the 16th volume on April 9, 2015. Kodansha Comics announced on January 15, 2016 that they would release those two episodes with the special editions of the 18th and 19th volumes of the Attack on Titan manga on April 5, 2016 and August 2, 2016, respectively.
Anime Episodes
Episode 0.5A
- No Regrets: Part 1 (悔いなき選択 (前編) Kui Naki Sentaku (Zenpen))
- Directed by Masashi Koeduka and Shintaro Itoga
- Animation directed by Ayumi Yamada
- Aired December 9, 2014
Episode 0.5B
- No Regrets: Part 2 (悔いなき選択 (後編) Kui Naki Sentaku (Kōhen))
- Directed by Masayuki Miyaji, Shintaro Itoga and Tetsuro Araki
- Animation directed byMegumi Tomita and Satonobu Kikuchi
- Aired April 9, 2015