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| “ | It was her. She killed Sasha. She was the one who took your daughter's life. She's only a child, but she's a hardened Marleyan soldier. You need to be careful. She's a trained killer. She shot Sasha... inside a retreating Survey Corps airship. | „ |
| ~ Niccolo exposes Gabi's true identity to the Braus family. |
| “ | What's this kid to you?! This is because he tried to protect you!! Is he special to you?! I had someone important to me once, too! That's right...! An Eldian!! A descendant of devils!! But... she enjoyed my food more than anyone I'd ever met before... She saved me from this stupid, worthless war... She showed me who I was meant to be—someone who brings people happiness through his cooking... That was Sasha Blouse. The woman whose life you took... | „ |
| ~ Niccolo's breakdown as he reveals to Gabi that he cared for an enemy. |
| “ | He's inside of me too. And you, Kaya. And everyone. There's a devil inside of us all... and that's why the world turned out this way. | „ |
| ~ Niccolo to Gabi and Kaya, expressing his belief that everyone has the capacity for evil, regardless of their heritage. |
Niccolo is a supporting character in the manga and anime Attack on Titan.
He is a former Marleyan soldier who served on Marley's navy and was part of the first survey fleet to Paradis Island after the failed Paradis Island Operation. After being taken captive, he begins working on the island as a chef for the Eldian military.
He is voiced by Eiji Hanawa in Japanese and by Billy Kametz in the English dub.
Appearance[]
Nicolo is a young Marleyan man of tall stature and slim build. He has a petite pointed nose, brown eyes and blond hair falling to the sides, looking like he has an undercut. He was wearing the standard Marleyan military uniform when he was first captured by the Eldian military's Scout Regiment.
While visiting the cemetery, Nicolo wears a black suit and tie.
Personality[]
Before being captured and forced to live on Paradis Island as a POW, Nicolo was at first like most of his fellow Marleyans, fearing the Eldians of Paradis Island and considering them as inferior people, calling them devils. He was disgusted with having been captured by them and having to live by their side, but after spending a lot of time with the Scout Regiment, he and some of his Marleyan comrades developed grudging respect and shaky friendships with the ones they once thought of as devils. As a soldier serving Marley, Nicolo seemed to be somewhat courageous, disregarding his own life to beg his naval captain to kill the Eldian islanders despite being held at gunpoint by them.
Eventually, he fell in love with an Eldian soldier, Sasha Braus, due to her liking his cuisine. His attraction to her was mutual, and their relationship went so deep that Nicolo was able to completely get over the propaganda he grew up with in his homeland. This even led to him talking about her to his fellow Marleyan POW Griez every single night.
Nicolo has also been able to willingly choose extreme violence in order to avenge people he cared about, which was the case when he came across Gabi, the person who killed Sasha, even if she was a kid. Upon realizing what she had done he went into a raging frenzy, punching Gabi in the face, bringing her in front of Sasha's family and offering Mr. Braus a knife to kill Gabi, stating that he would do it if Mr. Braus did not. Furthermore, when the other soldiers arrived, Nicolo grabbed the knife and held it to Falco's neck, telling everyone to stay back. However, after hearing Mr. Braus' speech and his willingness to forgive Gabi, he immediately felt great regret for what he did, and was inspired to become a better person as a result.
Story[]
Marley arc[]
As a member of the first survey fleet's advanced party, Nicolo arrives at Paradis Island ahead of the main Marleyan vessel in 851. Sometime after being captured, the Attack Titan seizes the main vessel. Hange Zoë and Levi Ackermann threaten Nicolo with a blade in an attempt to make the navy soldiers comply. Despite being in danger, he screams for his naval captain to shoot the islanders.
On one occasion later in the year, Nicolo cooks seafood for those working on the port. He is surprised by Sasha Braus' impassioned reaction to the new style of food. He and Sasha eventually grow closer, developing a more intimate relationship. Nicolo would later credit Sasha for instilling in him a belief that he should use his cooking skills to bring people happiness, claiming that she "saved" him from the Marleyans' war with Eldia.
In 854, hearing about Sasha's death after the battle of Liberio, Nicolo attempts to visit her grave to pay his respects, but is harassed by a member of the Military Police because of his Marleyan status. Jean Kirschtein and Connie Springer come to his defense, and Nicolo explains to them why he has come to the cemetery. Arriving at the grave, Nicolo asks to know how she died. Jean apologizes to him, blaming his own carelessness for Sasha's death, but Nicolo is confused as to why Jean is apologizing to him, pointing out that he was only their cook. He asks Connie how he is coping, but their conversation is interrupted by the arrival of Artur Braus and his family. After they have paid their respects, Nicolo introduces himself, tells them that Sasha loved his food the most, and offers to cook for them.
War for Paradis arc[]
Nicolo and Griez are seen serving Military Police officers. One of the officers demands another bottle of wine, and Nicolo brings one (Niccolo is unaware that it's tainted with spinal fluid).
On the day that the Braus family comes to eat at his restaurant, Nicolo is ready for them and greets them at the entrance and gives them a tour of the restaurant, before showing them to their table. As he is cooking their main course, Hange and several other officers from the Scout Regiment arrive requesting a word with him. He shows them to a private room where he will be able to talk with them after serving the Brauses. As he is returning to the kitchen, Jean notices that the wine in the room is the kind reserved for the military elite and tries to take some, but Nicolo suddenly confiscates the bottle, claiming it would be a waste on lowly Eldians.
As he is returning the bottle to the wine cellar, Nicolo is confronted by two children from Braus's group claiming to be Warrior candidates. He demands to know how they got onto Paradis, and is mortified to learn that they were brought on the airship that returned from Liberio. He demands to know if they killed any soldiers on their way to the island, which Gabi confirms; Nicolo flies into a rage and attacks her with the wine bottle. Falco protects her from the initial blow, but Nicolo proceeds to beat her before dragging the two of them upstairs.
Nicolo takes the two to the Braus family, revealing to them that Gabi is the one who killed Sasha. He offers Artur a knife to kill her with, claiming that he will kill her if Braus does not. The stand-off is interrupted by the Scouts, but Nicolo keeps them at bay by threatening Falco. Gabi tries to talk him down, but her words only incite Nicolo to kill Falco in order to hurt her.
He gives an impassioned speech on how much Sasha meant to him. Before he can do any harm, Artur requests the knife, and Nicolo complies.
However, to Nicolo's shock, Braus gives the knife to his wife and announces that he will not kill Gabi. Lisa Braus orders Nicolo to release Falco, and Nicolo sullenly complies. As Conny and Jean restrain him, Nicolo advises Hange to try to keep any wine from getting in Falco's mouth, revealing that the wine potentially has Zeke Jaeger's spinal fluid in it.
He admits that he has no proof to back his claims, but informs them that the ships he arrived in were stocked with more alcohol than would normally be required, and recalls Yelena's order to serve the wine to the military's officials before anyone else. He reaffirms to the distressed soldiers that he is only theorizing, but notes that using Zeke's spinal fluid to create Titans has allowed Marley to conquer nations almost instantaneously in the past.
When questioned by Jean, Nicolo refuses to admit that he stopped them from drinking the wine to protect them, claiming that what little information he had was to atone for his attempt to murder Gabi.
As Nicolo is helping the Scouts wash the wine out of Falco's mouth, they are taken captive by the Jaegerists, who have been tipped off to the officers' presence in the restaurant by Greiz.
Nicolo and the rest of the restaurant's patrons are brought to Shiganshina and placed in a jail cell together. While Nicolo is preparing tea, the inmates are visited by Yelena, Onyankopon and Greiz.
Nicolo theorizes that the Anti-Marleyan Volunteers are planning on taking over the island, before insulting Greiz for allying himself with Yelena. Greiz responds by accusing Nicolo of defecting first due to his infatuation with Sasha, before going on to insult her repeatedly. Nicolo becomes enraged, trying to attack Greiz through his cell's bars, but their confrontation is brought to an abrupt halt when Yelena calmly shoots Greiz in the head for behaving rudely.
After Shiganshina comes under attack from Marleyan forces, Onyankopon releases the prisoners from their cell, requesting that they join in the fight to protect Eren. Although the soldiers are distrustful of Onyankopon, Nicolo supports his claims that he did not know about Yelena's true intentions, informing them that he had been ordered not to tell any of the Anti-Marleyan Volunteers about the spiked wine. As the soldiers agree to join the battle, Jean orders Nicolo to keep the Braus family safe.
Armed with a rifle, Nicolo escorts the Braus family through Shiganshina, leading them to a house in a relatively safe section where they can stay until the fighting is over.
The group is forced to flee their hiding spot after being found by a Titan. While fleeing, Kaya trips and Nicolo is forced to save Artur from being devoured when the latter tries to save her. Kaya is saved from the Titan by Gabi, who informs the group that Falco has been captured. A group of soldiers locates them and Nicolo takes Gabi's anti-Titan rifle, claiming that he killed the Titan in order to protect her identity as an escaped prisoner.
While the soldiers escort them to the military's headquarters, Nicolo listens as Kaya and Gabi talk to each other. After Kaya and Gabi claim to be devils for all of their own former misdeeds, Nicolo consoles the two by telling them that everyone has a personal demon.
After the elimination of the Titans inside Shiganshina, Nicolo informs Armin that he will be staying with the Braus family for the time being while preparing horses for him and Gabi so they can travel to Ragako in order to rescue Falco.
Three years after Eren Jaeger's death, Nicolo is seen with the Braus family walking by a Jaegerist ceremony, giving it a look of indignation.
Trivia[]
- Niccolo's is Attack on Titan’s most known example of a Marleyan being in love with an Eldian.
- The five soldiers of the Panzer Unit were also Marleyans who were obedient admirers of Pieck Finger, whom they accepted as their leader and found attractive, regardless of the fact she was Eldian, to the point of being jealous and very upset when Pieck hugged one of them, initially giving them the impression she liked him.
- Although Pieck mockingly insinuated Zeke Yeager was the beloved "prince" of the traitor Marleyan soldier Yelena, nothing indicated the latter's devotion toward the former involved any romantic interest, so this doesn't count.
- Willy Tybur was likely married to an "ethnic" Marleyan woman. Although the Tyburs are biologically Subjects of Ymir, they are full Marleyans within their society. The Tyburs are presumably mixed with the rest of the world's population, as nothing in the story indicated they married only within the family, like between cousins. However, it is known the Tyburs never mingled with the other Eldians living in internment camps.
- Other known relationships between Eldians and "ethnic" Marleyans ended tragically: Tom Ksaver's wife ended up killing her and Tom's son and then herself out of shame, after discovering her husband was Eldian. Reiner's father, who had a clandestine relationship with his employee, Karina Braun (while implied to have wife and kids of his own), ended up firing her after getting her pregnant, out of fear of the death penalty. Annie's mother, who was likely Marleyan, ended up abandonding Annie in an internment zone after it was discovered she had been impregnated by an Eldian man.
- Overall Niccolo is the only known Marleyan character who was shown having romantic feelings for an Eldian of Paradis.
- Although Kaya personally believes Niccolo and Sasha were both in love with each other, the story ultimately never confirmed whether the two were actually in a relationship, and whether Sasha had romantic feelings for Niccolo or not.
- In the manga, which contains extended dialogues and scenes, Gabi was strongly skeptical about Kaya's statement and told her there's no way a Marleyan and Eldian could be together. Gabi was unaware that her aunt Karina was in an illegal relationship with a Marleyan, and that her cousin Reiner was the fruit of their union.
- Niccolo instead pretty much confirmed he was in love with Sasha, which is something his former friend Griez confirmed as well, with Niccolo having confided himself to him, and talking about her with him, much to Griez's disbelief and disgust.
- Niccolo compared his affection for Sasha to Gabi's affection for Falco, claiming the boy was special to her the same way Sasha was special to him, and believing (correctly) that Falco taking a hit for her was love on his side too.
- Niccolo is the only Marleyan captive character on Paradis who was given enough focus and characterization. His colleague Griez was given little, while other Marleyans, like the engineers who befriended the main Scout characters and helped build a railroad system on Paradis, were not given focus and are mostly unseen and mentioned as living and working on Paradis.
- According to the anime's information, Niccolo was one of the (approximately) 4,600 Marleyan soldiers who were captured and made prisoners of war in Paradis. However, only Niccolo is confirmed to be still living on the island by the end of the story, 3 years after the Rumbling, bitterly looking at the Yeagerists' parade in contempt.
- The fate of all the other Marleyans on Paradis, including the Volunteers who were arrested there, is left unknown. It's possible they're all still captives there by the ending, and whether they were ultimately released back to the mainland or not probably depended on peace negotiations between the Global Alliance and Eldia.
- According to the anime's information, Niccolo was one of the (approximately) 4,600 Marleyan soldiers who were captured and made prisoners of war in Paradis. However, only Niccolo is confirmed to be still living on the island by the end of the story, 3 years after the Rumbling, bitterly looking at the Yeagerists' parade in contempt.
- In the additional "alternate universe" (see Attack on School Castes) post-credits scene of Attack on Titan: THE LAST ATTACK, Niccolo is shown owning an Italian restaurant named "Niccolo's Trattoria" (Marley is primarily inspired by Italy, although due to having been part of Eldian culture for centuries it is also merged with Germany).
External Links[]
- Niccolo on the Attack on Titan Wiki
