

She also writes that when she believed her time had come. She describes her meeting with the Titan as well as all of her physical details and the fact that the Titan did not devour her right away. Her tears flow but she still continues to write in her notebook. A fight begins between her and the Titan, she quickly finds herself stuck, back to the tree with her notebook still in hand. In her notebook it states that after escaping from slaughter that her squad wasn’t able to she arrives in a clearing and her path unfortunately crosses that of the same Titan. At some point, she was cornered by a Titan, but instead of killing her straight away, the Titan started to speak to her in human language, and it called her “Ymir”.Īs she prepares to fight the Titan unarmed she continued to write words in her notebook so as to not to lose hope. Lying on the ground, they also find her notebook, which contains details of how she escaped on foot after her squad was killed. While investigating that place, they discover the decapitated body of Ilse Langnar, a soldier from the 34th Survey Corps division, inside the tree. The Titan becomes aggressive when Hange tries to get closer to it, but Levi and the others arrive on time to kill it. Hange follows it where she finds it banging its head against a certain tree.

When Hange was able to get the Titan’s attention, it suddenly retreats to the forest. During this mission, Hange spots a Titan and decides to pursue him to capture it. In 850, the Survey Corps went on a mission. This second OVA focused mostly on the members of the 104th Training Corps.

A second OVA titled “The Sudden Visitor: The Torturous Curse of Youth” was also published on April 9, 2014, which was bundled with the 13th Volume of the series. Ilse’s Notebook was included in a subtitled DVD with the English limited edition release of the 17th manga Volume that was released on December 1, 2015. Although it was originally scheduled to be released on August 9, 2012, bundled with the Volume 11 limited edition, it was postponed and was included with a limited edition of Volume 12 and released on Deceminstead.

It corresponds as Episode 3.5 of the Attack on Titan anime series and was produced by Wit Studio and Production I.G. Ilse's Notebook: Notes from a Scout Regiment Member was the first OVA of the Attack on Titan anime series. Currently the Attack on Titan anime series has released two Original Video Animations (OVA) that provide a side-story to the main plot of the anime series.
