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Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin) is published in English by Kodansha Comics. Like all commercial manga, it is protected by international copyright law. That means: Kodansha often provides the first chapter (not the
Kodansha has not released Attack on Titan Vol 1 under a Creative Commons or public domain license. The only way to legally obtain a PDF is to purchase the digital volume from an authorized retailer (Amazon Kindle, Google Play Books, Kobo, etc.) or read it via a subscription service.
But here’s the good news: You can read Volume 1 for free legally—just not as a permanent PDF download.