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Villain Overview

I've been thinking everyday since I came here. How did things turn out this way? Ruined minds and bodies, people with no freedom left, people who have even lost themselves... what kind of person would want to go to war if they knew they were going to end up like this? But... there was something there, all along... pushing us right into Hell. For most of us, that something is not of our own free will. We're forced to by others, or by our environment. That's why the people who push themselves into Hell see a different Hell from the rest of us. They also see something beyond that hell. Maybe it's hope. Maybe it's another Hell. I don't know which it is. The only people who do know... are the ones who keep moving forward.
~ Eren Yeager motivating Falco to keep going.

Eren Yeager is the main protagonist of the Attack on Titan series. He is a former member of the Survey Corps, the leader of the Yeagerists, the last inheritor of the Attack Titan and later revealed to be the Founding Titan as well. Later in the story, he becomes the inheritor of the War Hammer Titan. He serves as Reiner Braun's archenemy and is the half-brother of Zeke Yeager.

While initially presented as a heroic protagonist, Eren gradually becomes more of an extremistic anti-villain by committing several violent acts and global genocide, for what he claims to be for the sake of Eldia, at which point he is focused on less.

He is voiced by Yūki Kaji in Japanese and by Bryce Papenbrook in English. (Both of whom also voice Zeldris in The Seven Deadly Sins) He was played by the late Haruma Miura in the live-action film adaption of Attack on Titan.

Appearance

As a human, Eren has an average male physique. He has short brown hair and his eyes appear to have a turquoise coloring to them. During his time in the 104th Training and Survey Corps, Eren has gained more of a muscular built. Although this is hardly seen, due to the amount of clothing he wears.

After the time skip, Eren has noticeably changed drastically. He has now become slightly taller and has grown out his hair to a longer length, as well as gained facial hair. He overall resembles his father, Grisha Yeager.

In his Attack Titan form, Eren stands at 15 m. He displays hair long enough to reach to his shoulders and pointed ears. His most interesting features are his teeth, which appear to be formed a jagged shape, displayed outside of his face reaching to his side cheeks with no lips to cover them. Like some of other Nine Titans, Eren's Titan form displays a muscular, humanoid appearance, albeit with no unique features.

When Eren was a mindless Titan, he had a very short appearance with a big head, short arms and legs. His overall appearance was a mixture between his human self and his Attack Titan form with his regular hair carrying over, but his jagged teeth, pointed teeth and crooked nose also carrying over.

In his Founding Titan form, Eren is mostly skeletal in appearance, with spikes growing out of the back of his elongated spine which causes his upper body to become widely disproportionate and to massively tower over the Colossus Titans in the Walls. This makes him the largest titan ever to date in the series. After Armin had destroyed his form, Eren was later able to use the powers of the Founding Titan to recreate his form, this time in the shape of the Colossus Titan, with lanky arms, large legs and exposed ribs.

Personality

I think...we were born this way. I just keep moving forward. Until my enemies are destroyed.
~ Eren to Reiner Braun.

He is a young man that can be described as being fearless. He was dedicated to both his friends, family and people and very determined to achieve his goals of freeing the world from the Walls. Even as a child, he was always eager to want to join the Survey Corps, for the sake of escaping the Walls and exploring the outside world. This strong yearning for freedom and his dedication to his comrades were Eren's greatest strength and assets, yet it is also the reason that lead him to a darker path

Because of his strong dedication, however, this can often lead to his obstinate arrogance which ultimately can lead to him making reckless mistakes and decisions that put him, his friends and later the nation which he is supposed to protect, in great danger. During his life as a trainee sent hastily to fight Titans his recklessness claimed lives of his teammates, saving Armin Arlert. He also tends to have a short temper and can often lash out in anger out of nowhere. His anger can rise to brutal levels, as shown when Eren, even though Armin initiated the fight, pounced Armin to a bloody pulp in spite of knowing that Armin was no match for him, going far beyond simple subjugation or restraint.

He claimed that he wanted to do Reiner Braun and Bertolt Hoover serious bodily harm and to kill them in the most sufferable ways as possible, after learning they were the Armored and Colossal Titans. When Eren learns the truth about the world and the Titans, he changes quite drastically. His hatred for the Titans has disappeared and has now taken on a calm and more serious approach. He has fully acknowledged Marley as the true enemy and will go out of his way to stop them, even if it means going out of his way to commit horrid acts such as killing innocent bystanders and causing collateral damage.

However, due to committing such arbitrary actions, his relationship with both his friends and comrades were shattered, with most of them having become either hostile or disappointed towards Eren due to the heinous actions he committed in Marley and putting the lives of the Survey Corps in danger, with some of them going as far as wanting him dead, such as Connie and Jean, who blamed him for Sasha Braus' death, with the former claiming that when he learned of her death, he laughed and that he showed no remorse to her passing, while also saying that he won't hesitate in killing him himself if there's a need to, as well as his former best friend Armin, who admits that he doesn't understand him anymore, and suggests that they should kill him if necessary but he does switch alliances, or have someone else transform into a Titan and obtain Eren's powers before the end of his tenure, albeit Armin still has faith that Eren is their ally.

Even Connie eased up knowing whatever Eren is up to, its for the greater good and he isn't the "enemy" he appears to be. Eventually, in Chapter 112, after a heated confrontation that culminated in their friendship taking an even severe blow, Armin and Eren came to open exchange of physical blows at one another after Eren chastised both him and Mikasa. Eren told of his hatred towards Mikasa, viewing her as an obedient slave that only follows orders as part of her instincts as an Ackerman, causing Mikasa to break down in tears, crying over how the one person that she's cared for her entire life would say such things. He then called Armin a useless traitor that was being influenced by the enemy and Bertolt's memories. Enraged at Eren's harsh words, Armin lunged at Eren, punching him the face, but it didn't faze Eren at all, who easily beat down Armin.

After joining and fully committing to the Yeagerists, Eren severed all ties with his friends and the military, now viewing them as the enemy. Only when Jean voiced his suspicion of Eren's true motive behind his exterior act of betrayal (the deduction later proved correct), Armin was snapped awake from his profound disappointment towards his old friend-turned-enemy, preventing their still-remaining friendship from totally collapsing. But even so, the irreparable damage had already been done. This is the most ironic turnout of the manga, because the person who correctly suspected Eren's contradictory action was not by Eren's closest childhood friend (Armin), but by Eren's rival (Jean).

Due to his development, Eren recognize that everybody is the same including his enemies. Most notably is Reiner Braun, who, despite committing heinous actions that Eren despises him for, was able to relate with him as both him and Reiner are achieving a selfish goal under a guise of noble ones. He forgives Reiner and renounces his death threat from a few years back. This shows he doesn't see Reiner in the same bad light he previously saw him in and think he is worse than Reiner as a "half-hearted piece of shit".

Even after transforming in front of Reiner (albeit to keep Falco safe) Eren showed remorse to Mikasa for the collateral damage he caused, and cast a sorrowful look at Reiner when he left Liberio. Eren admitted to Reiner that he once saw the world across the ocean as "enemies", but after living with them, he realized they were just the same as him. For his "villainous" cover, he seems to harbor a deep understanding that questions calling him "evil". It is later revealed that Eren knew the future, via the Attack Titan's ability and has been spiraling down a state of depression, knowing what the inevitable outcome of the present will be. While he does wish for a peaceful solution, he understands the impossibility of it better than all around him, even Armin.

Further information is revealed that while Eren was infiltrated in Marley (this was before Eren turned into Titan at Marley Square and caused the rampage), he encountered Marleyan-Eldian activists and cross-questioned them, only to realize that they do not see Paradis-Eldians as fellow sufferers, but as the "Devils" who are truly to blame for the Eldians of the mainland's problems. Upon realizing this, Eren gave up any hope of peaceful solution he might have had thought.

Jean and Armin eventually realize that Eren did not betrayed them after all, but are left with dismay that because Eren cares for them, and as a consequence of this he is doing his outrageously cataclysmic actions by awakening all Colossal Titans and leading them to a seemingly inevitable apocalyptic genocide (Jean suspects that with Eren's logic, by destroying everything hostile to Paradis, his Survey Corps comrades would not have to fight on anymore). Eren doesn't wish to remove his friends' wills, respecting their wish to bring peace on the world. Nonetheless, he doesn't take kindly to his former comrades trying to stop the Rumbling, unleashing 7 of the Nine Titans to fight them.

Most of Eren's post time-skip characterization occurs through the lens of other characters.

There is also a notable difference in intensity, ferocity and irritation before, during and after Eren's visit on Marley. It can be inferred that Eren often worried over/voiced his disbelief on peace and that Hange and Armin refused to prepare for/accept that possibility, at cost to Eldia. This likely frustrated him greatly, as most of Eren's outbursts against his former friends is centered on their ignorance and meek refusal to fight for Eldia's survival. It could also be interpreted that he blames part of his predicament on their insistence on morality, which is why he feels a connection to his amoral/morally ambiguous enemies (namely Reiner).

He is also much more accepting of his friends while fighting in Liberio, when he was determining if he could alter the future. After concluding its impossibility, he cuts off his friends and even returns to his anger of his enemies, as he was visibly enraged at Reiner, even though he understands his motivation well. Eren also showed great anger at his father when he refused to attack the Reiss family, and coldly reminded him of all who died to bring him to that point.

After initiating the Rumbling, Eren had intended for the world to see the Eldians who stopped him as heroes. However, he was still unsure if his friends could have really stopped him, noting he would have completed the Rumbling if they did not. Eren could not pinpoint the reason he wanted to wipe out the world, recalling Grisha telling him "you are free" the day he was born. In a rare display of emotions since years, Eren broke down to Armin at the thought of Mikasa finding someone else after his death, and revealed his true feelings about her, causing Armin to pity him.

Eren desired to be with Mikasa and everyone else, but knew he could not be forgiven for his actions after wiping out 80% of the world's population.

Biography

Carla with a baby Eren

Eren as a baby.

Eren Yeager was born in the year 835 to Grisha Yeager and Carla Yeager. He is first introduced as a ten-year-old residing in the town of Shiganshina who dreams of joining the Survey Corps in order to explore the outside world beyond the walls. During his childhood, he befriended Armin Arlert and at some point during 842 got this dream after reading Armin's book about the outside world. In 844, a year before the events of the story , Eren accompanyied his father Grisha to meet the parents of Mikasa Ackerman only for them both to find them dead and Mikasa kidnapped. Eren helps Mikasa in dispatching her kidnappers, while developing his ideology at a young age. When the Titans invade Shiganshina, Eren is forced to watch his mother be devoured by one of the Titans and thus vows to kill every Titan henceforth. Eren then enlist himself in the military.

During his first mission at Trost, Eren sacrifices himself to save his friend Armin Arlert from being swallowed by a bearded Titan. Eren manages to become into a Titan himself, proving his newfound strength worthy to fight for mankind. Eren earns a place in the Special Operations Squad, a branch of Survey Corps under Captain Levi. Eren is hunted by a female Titan but is saved by Levi and Mikasa. The Titan is later revealed to be his classmate Annie Leonhart, who is defeated by Eren but freezes herself. Upon being chased by more of Annie's allies, Eren awakens a power known as the "Founding Titan" (始祖の巨人, Shiso no Kyojin), which he subconsciously uses to direct a group of Titans to attack them.

Soon after, Eren is sent with his friends to an isolated hut while preparations are made for a campaign to retake Wall Maria. Eren is then captured by Rod Reiss, who reveals the Founding was originally in his family for years since their ancestor Karl Fritz created the walls, and that the Reiss family used it to rule until it was stolen by Grisha. Grisha is revealed to be responsible for Eren becoming a Titan and was eaten by his son in the past unconsciously. Eren's classmate Krista Lenz, who is actually Rod's child Historia, refuses to aid her father and frees Eren.

Eren and the Survey Corps depart to Shiganshina to reclaim Wall Maria by and defeat an army of Titans led by Zeke Yeager, the Beast Titan, and his subordinates Bertolt and Reiner. With Shiganshina secured, Eren and his friends learn of Grisha's past: Zeke is revealed to be Eren's half brother and Grisha's first son, and they are revealed to have originated from another nation named Marley. They learn that humanity exists beyond the walls and that their true enemy is Marley, while they live on an island called Paradis Island, and are a race called Eldians, descendants of the original titan shifter Ymir. Eren learns that he has a limited lifespan as a side effect of being a holder of one of the Nine Titans' power, the "Attack Titan" (進撃の巨人, Shingeki no Kyojin).

Four years later, he took down and capture the Marleyan scouts with the new Colossal Titan Armin, he helped in Paradis' development and conspire with Floch Forster to destroy the world. He soon joined Survey Corps' trip to Marley before abandoning them. Having his left leg amputated, Eren assumes the identity of "Mr. Kruger" (クルーガーさん, Kurūgā-san), a former Marleyan military officer. During the festival held by Willy Tybur to declare war on Paradis, Eren responds with an attack, killing Willy and then devouring his sister to gain the War Hammer Titan's power.

Eren's actions result in his arrest but he escapes with a group of Survey Corps members loyal to him called "Yeagerists", and he resumes his search for Zeke. Eren makes himself known to Armin and Mikasa, showing antagonism for his friends, and is ambushed by Marleyan army led by Reiner and Magath. Eren attempts to reach Zeke to activate the Founding Titan's power, but is nearly killed by Gabi. As his head lands in his brother's hand, Eren suddenly finds himself standing before a pillar of light in an unknown land. He is greeted by a chained Zeke, who informs Eren that they are standing in the Coordinate.

Eren and Zeke travel to Grisha's memory of the day he stole the Founding Titan from the Reiss family. As he observes the exchange between his father and Frieda Reiss, Eren becomes increasingly agitated by Frieda's claims that the Eldians must take on the world's wrath for the sins of their ancestors. Despite Grisha's declaration that he will steal the Founding Titan from the Reiss family, Eren is disappointed and enraged to see that his father cannot bring himself to carry out his mission. To spur his father forward, Eren reminds Grisha of his fellow restorationists and Faye, ordering him to finish what he has started.

Zeke saves his brother but was betrayed by Eren and convinces Ymir to help him after giving her the choice to make her own decision. Revived, Eren frees the Titans within the Walls with the intention of exterminating all terrestrial life outside Paradis in order to protect his people, becoming the world's enemy. Eren and his Titans arrive at Marley's coast to find it guarded by the Global Allied Fleet. However, the fleet proves to be ineffective against Eren's Colossus Titans and is immediately wiped out. The land artillery on Marley is also unsuccessful in stopping the advancing Titans, causing the soldiers to retreat to higher ground.

As his Titans begin the destruction of Marley, Eren remembers the death of his mother and reiterates his desire to destroy every last one of his enemies in the world. While he is advancing, Eren summons each of his friends to speak with him in Paths individually. He reveals to each of them his true intentions, to become a threat to the entire world so that they can kill him and earn the favor of the nations outside of Paradis. He also reveals that his death will permanently destroy the Power of the Titans, causing all Eldians trapped as Pure Titans, including Connie's mother, to return to their human forms.

When Eren speaks with Mikasa, he shows her a vision of a possible future in which they decided to run away together while in Marley and live out the rest of their lives together in peace and isolation. After spending some time together in the vision, Eren asks Mikasa to forget him after his death. When Eren speaks with Armin he tries to apologize for the way he treated him at Niccolo's restaurant, but Armin says that he should be more worried about apologizing to Mikasa. Armin worries that the world will try to retaliate for what Eren did, but Eren reveals that he succeeded in wiping out 80% of the world's population before he was stopped.

The nations will not be able to launch any meaningful counterattacks for the foreseeable future. Armin tries to insist that there was a better way but Eren ignores his protests and asks Armin to follow him. Eren takes Armin to a volcano to show him the "liquid fire" that he read about as a child, lava. Eren reveals to Armin that he has come to understand that the reason Ymir Fritz remained servile to the royal family even centuries after her original master's death is because she genuinely loved him, despite the abuses she suffered by him.

Although he does not understand the woman fully, he knows that it was Mikasa who managed to free her from her servitude. Eren claims to not know why Mikasa is important to Ymir, only that every action he has taken since he received his future memories has been done in the service of Mikasa freeing Ymir. As he reflects on everything he has done, Eren sorrowfully confesses to Armin that he can no longer think clearly, as the combination of past and future memories in his head have rendered him unable to distinguish what is past, present, and future. His warped perspective of time has caused him to take actions to ensure history should play out the way he remembers it, even using his powers to go back in time and influence Dina Fritz's Titan to eat his mother.

Armin takes Eren to see the ocean and asks him if he believes Mikasa can move on from him. Eren claims he does not know and Armin punches him, enraged at the way he has been treating Mikasa. Armin begins ridiculing Eren, joking that Mikasa will forget about him quickly, and Eren finally breaks down and admits that he does not want Mikasa to love anyone but him. After composing himself, Eren confesses that he does not want to die. Armin tries to convince him that he can keep living, but Eren reminds him that the world will never forgive what he has done.

As a ruined landscape of trampled corpses appears before them, Eren confesses that he would have continued Rumbling even if his friends had not tried to stop him. Armin demands to know why, but Eren claims he does not know. Eren tells Armin that he will be temporarily erasing his memories until his death and Armin gives him a seashell, thanking him for everything he has done for Paradis's sake. The two embrace and Eren tells Armin that he is confident Armin will be able to save humanity after his death.

While going to Fort Salta, Eren summons Mikasa, Armin, Jean, Connie, Levi, Reiner, and Pieck into the Paths to speak to them. His former comrades beg him to stop the Rumbling, but Eren tells them that he has no intention of stopping. He explains that he will take all of the world's freedom so he can achieve his own, but he promises not to deny the alliance's will to thwart his plans. He reinforces his intent to destroy the world, refusing to negotiate on any terms and stating that the only thing to stop his advance would be his death.

Marleyan airships are launched from Fort Salta in an attempt to stop Eren's advance and begin dropping bombs on his Titan. In response, Eren dispatches the Beast Titan to shoot them down. Eren and the Beast make quick work of the airships, but his former comrades arrive and manage to evade the Beast Titan's projectiles long enough to reach him and engage him directly. As his friends attempt to reach his nape to destroy it, Eren and Ymir begin generating more Titans on his back to defend him. Despite this, the soldiers eventually manage to reach Eren's nape and blow it up, severing his Titan's head from its body. Armin then transforms atop his Titan in an attempt to kill him.

This proves to be ineffective, and Eren's head transforms again into a new enormous form similar to the Colossus type to continue its march. He is met by Armin, who chooses to engage him in a hand-to-hand fight with his Colossus Titan form. Eren once again proves to be the better fighter between the two, but Armin manages to immobilize him long enough for Mikasa to enter his Titan's mouth. Mikasa kills Eren by swinging her sword at his throat, decapitating him and ending his reign of terror for good. She kisses him goodbye, before leaving the Titan to crumble to the ground.

Afterwards, all the memory alterations done to the Eldians are removed, revealing that Eren had erased the memories from his friends, explaining his intentions to make them heroes by having them stop him after activating the Rumbling and that had he not forced his comrades to kill him. He would eventually make most of the world a barren wasteland with no life, by wiping out 80% of humanity outside the Walls, he was able to give a chance of a future for Paradis and put an end to the conflict of the Titans. After taking on the world's hatred for himself and having his friends kill him, the world would no longer view the Subjects of Ymir as their enemies, as became ordinary humans. However, while the world sees the Survey Corps as heroes and the leaders of the Global Alliance accepted to offer peace, it is unknown how the majority of the the population feels about the people of Paradis, as the trauma and losses suffered from the Rumbling are permanent scars. Also, Historia's letter cites that it is generally believed that the conflict will not end until either Eldia or the rest of humanity will be wiped out. Nonetheless, Armin wants to keep hoping and believing that true peace might be reached.

Following his death, Mikasa decides to bury Eren's head at the foot of the tree he liked to nap under outside of Shiganshina District, and a small grave is made there for Eren, which Mikasa continues to visit years later.

Another conflict in the future results with the destruction of Paradis Island, but it is unknown if one of its causes is past mutual resentment from Eren's actions, or which nations are involved in it.

Powers and Abilities

Powers of the Nine Titans

In general, Eren Yeager has access to the basic power and abilities of a Titan. Having access to the Attack, Founding and War Hammer Titans, however, Eren also has special abilities granted from these three Titans.

  • Superhuman Strength: As a Titan, Eren has displayed strength far beyond human capabilities on multiple occasions. Some of these include carrying a massive boulder over his head and punching the Female Titan with enough force to send her into the air. He was also able to break the Armored Titan's armor at one point, relying on his martial skills. In regards to opposition, Eren´s Titan form is evenly matched against the Female, Armored and Jaw, with few exceptions like the Colossal, War Hammer and Zeke's version of the Beast Titan.
  • Superhuman Speed: Eren in his Titan form can move at speed surpassing human capabilities. His speed has shown to rival with that of the Female Titan.
  • Superhuman Endurance: Eren in his Titan form has shown to take heavy hits from the likes of Reiner and Annie and stand back up on his toes quickly from them, despite having his jaw destroyed and being punched hundreds of feat. During his first transformation, he defeated 20 Pure Titans with moderate difficulty. His endurance improves during his time in Marley, when he turns into a Titan three times in a row after consuming energy.
  • Regenerative Healing Factor: Eren can heal from serious injuries and wounds as both a Titan and as a regular human. He has also shown to be able to stop the regenerating process and hold it for a long period of time, most notably being when he cut off his own leg and gouged his own eye out to play off as an injured Marleyan soldier.
  • Healing Withdrawal: As briefly mentioned, Eren can withhold his regenerative healing for months during his infiltration in the Marleyan military, like Reiner does during his time in Paradis Island's Walls' military.
Eren Mastering Hardening

Eren hardening his fists.

  • Crystal Hardening: After drinking Rod Reiss' bottle of "Armor", Eren has gained the ability to harden his Titan form. This ability ranges from hardening his fists to his entire body. His hardened fists are strong and durable enough to break the Armored Titan's armor and can hold massive structures together in place.
  • Structural Hardening/Creation: With the powers of the War Hammer Titan, Eren is able to create various solid structures made from his Titan flesh and can use them to layout traps, ambush his opponents or create weaponry.
  • Future Memory Inheritance/Clairvoyance: With the powers of the Attack Titan, Eren is able to see the memories of future inheritors, or relay his memories to previous users. Eren later revealed to Armin as a negative side effect with additionally having the Founding Titan, Eren's perception of time became non-linear and he acted with the flow of the history he was shown, and thought incoherently. However it also gave Eren a more powerful version of the Future Memory Inheritance ability, letting him take control of Dina Fritz's pure titan 9 years into the past to ensure history played out as he remembered.
  • The Coordinate/Founder: With the powers of the Founding Titan, Eren has access to the Coordinate, where all the Paths of the Subjects of Ymir converge. With the Coordinate, the Founder is able to manipulate the Subjects of Ymir (all of them connected to the Coordinate) in almost every way as they act as if they were part of the Founder's own body itself. This allows the Founder to change the composition of the bodies of all Subjects of Ymir and could have several applications, including but most likely not limited to: memory manipulation, sickness immunity, telepathy and causing their bodies to be sterile. The Founder can also cause any Subject of Ymir to become any type of mindless Titan the Founder wishes and its control over them is completely absolute. Initially, Eren could not use the Coordinate freely because he does not have royal blood and had to come into contact with Zeke - a member of the royal family - to gain access to it, but after the soul of Ymir Fritz was convinced by Eren that she was not a slave to the royal family, she granted him the full power of the Coordinate and could finally use its full power with no restriction. However, in spite of this, the royal blood seems to still be necessary in order to keep the Founder fully active, as evidenced when Zeke was killed, which resulted with Eren's Founder being no longer able to resurrect nor control any deceased Titan and the Rumbling came to a sudden halt, all Wall Titans collapsing at once. Nonetheless, Ymir still let Eren retain some of the Founder's power, as he was able to create a new Founding Titan body in the shape of the Colossus Titan. Also, to protect the Founder, the ancient centipede-like parasite that brought the power of the Titans in the world emitted a gas that would turn all the other Subjects of Ymir present at the final battle at Fort Salta into Pure Titans (with the exception of Intelligent Titans and members of the Ackerman family). As soon as Eren was killed, all living Pure Titans in the world regained their humanity and fully recovered bodies, and everything related to the Coordinate, the Titan powers, the Paths and Ymir's soul vanished from the world. With the Coordinate being gone from the world, the Subjects of Ymir became ordinary human beings.

Regular Abilities

  • 3D Maneuvering Skills: Eren initially started off struggling with handling the 3D Maneuvering Gear equipment. However, even when training with a broken one, he was able to keep himself balanced for a short period of time, which Keith Shadis noted as an impressive feat. Eren is commonly not seeing using this gear as he mainly engages in battle in his Titan form, but when using his gear, he displays competent skill with it. Most notably is when he faced off against Bertolt Hoover after returning to Shiganshina, where he launched himself in the air and cut him out of the Colossal Titan.
  • Martial Arts: During his time at the 104th Training Corps, Eren would sometimes practice his martial art skills with his friends. One of these notable moments is with Annie Leonhart, who taught him a special trick of evading attacks and pinning your opponent down. These skills would later come in play when taking on the Armored Titan for the first time.
  • Psychological Manipulation: After the time-skip, Eren has become quite adept at manipulating people to accomplish his goals, evidenced at when he easily manipulated Falco into sending letters for him to plan an attack on Liberio and lead Reiner into a trap. This is taken to a whole new level in the War for Paradis arc, where Eren engineers his way out of prison and when it is revealed that he has been manipulating Zeke the whole time just to access the power of the Founding Titan. He also manipulates Grisha by showing him only the memories he wants his father to see in order for him to kill the Reiss royal family.

Victims

Victims killed by Eren Yeager

Indirectly

  • Bertolt Hoover
  • Udo
  • Lobov (unintentional)
  • Sasha Blouse (unintentional)
  • Porco Galliard
  • Frieda Reiss
  • Dirk Reiss
  • Abel Reiss
  • Florian Reiss
  • Rod's wife
  • Urklyn Reiss
  • Pure Titan of Rod Reiss
  • Floch Forster
  • Zeke Yeager
  • Six unnamed Survey Corps members (unintentional)
  • Over a hundred Stohess District citizens (unintentional)
  • Numerous residents of Paradis Island (unintentional)
  • Numerous residents of Liberio
  • Numerous Yeagerists
  • Numerous Marleyan military personnel
  • Casualties indirectly caused by the Rumbling, besides the direct devastation (suicides, murders, tramplings, people forced off ledges, and possibly others.)

Quotes

Hear me, all Subjects of Ymir. My name is Eren Yeager. I now speak to all Subjects of Ymir by way of the Founding Titan's power. Every wall on the island of Paradis has been unhardened. All of the Titans buried within them have begun to walk. My goal... is to protect the people of Paradis, who bore me and raised me. But the world desires the extinction of the people of Paradis. Over countless years, their hatred has grown beyond this island. They surely will not stop until they have killed every one of the Subjects of Ymir. I reject their desire. The Titans of the Walls will trample and rumble all the lands beyond this island. Until the lives there... are eliminated from this world.
~ Eren Yeager announcing his plans to the Subjects of Ymir.
I appreciate the help sir, but I'm not stupid. Because I'm the last thing you'll ever see.
~ Eren's first kill.
AAAAARRRGGGGHHH!!! You're an animal, you hear me!? No, you're a disease! This is what you get you son of a bitch! This is what you get for what you are! Die! DIE!!!
~ Eren as he kills the kidnappers.
You must fight back! Kill, or be killed! The only way to live is to fight! If you lose, you can't live. If you can't fight, you can't win! So fight, FIGHT!!!
~ Eren's words of encouragement to Mikasa.
Grisha: Do you understand what you've done here today!?
Eren: I'm sorry Dad, I'm not going to feel bad about what happened today. They were animals disguised as humans that needed to be put down!
~ Eren's defense for killing the kidnappers.
When you learned that you had a brother, you thought he'd be the same as you. But you were wrong. If anyone dares to steal my freedom from me, I'll take theirs first without a second thought.
~ Eren showing no remorse for killing.
If you wish to stop me from doing this... you will have to stop me from breathing. You are free to try.
~ Eren's chronological last words, before being killed by Mikasa.
When I learned that humanity lived beyond the Walls... I... was so disappointed. I wished for it... I wanted to wipe it all away. I'm sorry... I'm sorry... I'm sorry...
~ Eren Yeager expressing his regret for destroying the world.
On your feet, dad. You're not done yet. In case you've forgotten, you had your own reasons for coming here. You had a little sister until that man fed her to those dogs... Think of your slaughtered comrades... of Kruger... of Dina... Avenge them, to keep moving forward. Even if you die, even after you die... After all, this whole ugly story, has been started with you...
~ Eren as he ruthlessly pushes his father to kill the Reiss family.
I am free. Whatever I do. Whatever I choose. I do it out of my own free will.
~ Eren telling his friends he is not being manipulated.
Eren: Back in Liberio I spoke with Zeke brother to brother, and learned a lot of things from him. Honestly it seems like he knows even more about how Titans work than Marley does. Armin, what do you think it is that drove you to start visiting Annie? Do you really believe its your own free will? Or is that Bertolt?
Armin: Huh..? Wha-...? I don't...
Eren: If memories play a major role in shaping us into the people we are, then part of you has become Bertolt. Within you an enemy soldier that feels love for another enemy soldier is influencing your judgement. You, an advisor to Eldia, holder of one of the Nine Titans. You weren't soft like this before. You never backed the enemy. Your judgement always led us to an answer. But now, all you can say is, "let's talk"... you're absolutely useless. Understand? Bertolt has gotten into your head. You're the one being manipulated by the enemy.
Mikasa: HEY! What are you trying to do?!
Eren: I'm saying that there's nothing further removed from freedom than ignorance. I learned about the Ackermans there, too. The reason you're strong, Mikasa. You're being controlled too. For all their efforts, Marley's scholars barely know a thing about the Titans… but they did discover there was an accidental byproduct of Eldia's experiments with the Subjects of Ymir over the centuries… a bloodline that could partly manifest the strength of a Titan while in human form. The Ackerman Clan. The Ackerman Clan was designed to be perfect for the task of protecting Eldia's king. Traces of that instinct still remain. So when Ackermans sense the presence of a certain host, traits that are inherent in their blood will activate.
Mikasa: ... Huh?
Eren: In other words, you only cling to me... because of your instincts as an Ackerman. Your Ackerman instincts were dormant, until in that life or death situation you heard me order you to fight. Not only did this heighten your physical abilities to an extreme... you gained the battle experiences of all past Ackermans, by way of a path. The strength and certainty you felt in that moment were awakened, because your blood mistook me for the host you were made to protect.
Mikasa: It can't be…
Eren: It can't? Why not?
Mikasa: It wasn't... a mistake... It's because it was you... It had to be you, Eren... You're why I became strong... How could that be a mistake?!
Eren: As an Ackerman with awakened powers, you're apparently supposed to get headaches pretty frequently. The research said this is a side effect of the Ackerman's true self trying to resist being forced to protect their host. Sound familiar?
Mikasa: You're wrong…
Eren: What I'm saying is that the real Mikasa... disappeared in that mountain cabin, at nine years old. Leaving only you behind, ever faithful to your Ackerman instincts.
Mikasa: No… I…
Eren: You belong to a clan created to protect and obey at the cost of losing their true selves. In other words,
slaves.
Armin: Stop! Leave her alone!
Eren: Do you want to know what I hate more than anything else in this world? Anyone who isn't free, they're no better than cattle...
Armin: Eren!
Eren: The mere sight of you has always made me so damn angry... Now I find that and know why... I just couldn't stand to look at a slave with no mind of her own. Who's always followed orders without question. Believe me when I say this Mikasa, ever since I was a kid, I've hated you...
Mikasa: (starts crying)
Armin: EREN! HOW COULD YOU SAY THAT TO HER!?
~ Eren's hateful speech to Mikasa and Armin.
Armin: Eren, you can't give up! there has to be another solution! Eren: No! I'm sure none of you guys wanted to die either, and yet...
Armin: Huh?... (looks at the distance in a puzzling manner, then gasps, and pants heavily after seeing massive Wall Titan footprints drenched and flooded in blood)
Eren: That's 80%. I killed 80% of humanity.
Armin: (pants) ...what... ...HAVE YOU DONE!? WHY, EREN!?
Eren: As I said, I tried to eradicate all of humanity outside the walls... and you guys stopped me. So that's 80% gone. The humanity outside the walls will fall on the same level of civilization as Paradis. Which means... There will be no one-sided retaliation. This war will never end.
Armin: What the hell... Are you saying that everything we've done is meaningless!? YOU'VE GOT TO STOP THE MASSACRE FROM HAPPENING!
Eren: I can't. You guys can only save up to 20%. It's already decided.
Armin: Decided? You decided on your own and killed all those people!
Eren: I have tried over and over, but all the results turned out to be disappointing... Things keep happening precisely as it was shown on the future memories. Armin, it's as you said, I really am... a slave to freedom.
~ Eren showing Armin the destruction of the Rumbling and telling him the death count of humanity outside the Walls.

Trivia

  • Eren and his father, Grisha Yeager, are the only known Intelligent Titans to have taken more than one of the Nine Titans, although Falco's Jaw Titan form is also a hybrid of the Beast Titan.
  • Eren was likely named after the first known inheritor of the Attack Titan, Eren Kruger, who had a profound influence on Eren's father Grisha. Ironically enough, Eren would later use Kruger's last name when infiltrating Marley, presenting himself as Kruger.
  • Hajime Isayama designed Eren's Attack Titan form after Japanese martial artist Yūshin Okami.
  • His surname, Yeager, is derived from the German word Jäger, meaning "hunter".
  • Eren's English's voice actor, Bryce Papenbrook, is a fan of the series and he was excited that he got to voice Eren.

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