Kodansha Comics released the 17th volume of Attack on Titan in North America back in December and they’ve now rolled out a new promotional trailer for it. The trailer works with the one that we’d seen before from Japan I believe and provides subtitles for it, which is definitely fun. This release was definitely an interesting one from the publisher as had the special edition release in addition to the regular edition release.
This special edition of Volume 17 includes a DVD of “Ilse’s Notebook,” a side story animated by the studio behind the Attack on Titan anime! This episode isn’t available anywhere else!
Plot concept: Thanks to Rod Reiss, Eren finally knows the terrible truth behind how he acquired his Titan powers and the depth of his father’s crimes. The king orders his daughter Historia to kill Eren and restore the power of the Titans to its rightful place, but she chooses her own selfish path: survival. As the cavern crumbles around the Survey Corps, Eren must make another last-minute decision, with the lives of all his friends in the balance.