Eren Yeager

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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 current inheritor of the Attack Titan and later revealed to be the Founding Titan as well. Recently, he has become the inheritor of the War Hammer Titan. He serves as Reiner Braun's foil and is the half-brother of Zeke Yeager.

Why He Rocks

 * 1) Not only is Eren the main protagonist, but also the main villain, and the author of his own story. Making him one of the most well-written and realistic protagonists in fiction.
 * 2) * His motivations, actions, character design, and development also made him one of the more iconic characters in media.
 * 3) Eren started out as a simple-minded, and a brash kid at first, seeking revenge at the Titans for eating his mom, until he saw the past that the Titans were nothing but slaves to Marley. He later thought on what he will do next, changed his viewpoints and motivation that he will kill all of humanity except for the Titans.
 * 4) * Even back then, his hatred towards Titans are justified since they've destroyed his hometown, killed plenty of people, and has eaten his mother.
 * 5) He had memorable relationships with other characters:
 * 6) * Has a complex relationship with his adoptive sister Mikasa Ackerman. Eren often displays a brusque, casual attitude with her, which belies their deep bond and care for each other. While Mikasa is more open with showing concern for him, Eren only does so when she is injured or in distress.
 * 7) * Armin Arlert is his closest friend, and has inspired him to dream of the world beyond the Walls (and in doing so, became partially responsible for motivating him to join the Survey Corps).
 * 8) * Eren has major respect for his captains, Levi Ackerman and Erwin Smith. Even after being beaten by him during trial, Eren bears no grudge against Levi, and wants to learn as much as he can from Levi, heeding his advice with little hesitation and trusting his judgment.
 * 9) Eren saved Mikasa from her kidnappers. What's even more impressive that he's able to kill adults at a really young age!
 * 10) His quote; "You damn traitors!/Damn you! You traitors!" towards both Reiner and Bertholdt after finding out that they are Titan shifters, and the death of Hannes is also one of the signs that he loses his innocence throughout the series.
 * 11) His Titan form looks awesome, including his final form.
 * 12) Both Yūki Kaiji and Bryce Papenbrook did an outstanding job voicing him in both in Japanese and in English.
 * 13) * Eren's Titan roars fit in both languages.
 * 14) Eren had improved a lot ever since the time-skip:
 * 15) * Has managed to manipulate his half-brother Zeke, and his father for his own personal gain and pleasure.
 * 16) * Got his revenge by killing the civilians, the soldiers and the children of Marley.
 * 17) * Stopped his opponents from reaching their true power, which isn't something that protagonists in the Shonen genre can do.
 * 18) * Gotten more skilled in combat.
 * 19) * Increases his power by eating other Titan shifters.
 * 20) He's also the modern day equivalent of Guts from the Berserk series, as both excel at combat, and will stop at nothing to accomplish their goals.
 * 21) * Eren had also become the anime interpretations of both Thanos, and Darth Vader, since the three are tragic protagonists that became cold-hearted and power hungry tyrants, and committed several acts of genocide.
 * 22) "What are you doing? Stand up, father. This is the story you started, right? It's payback, right? For your little sister who got eaten by dogs... For your comrades from restoration... For Dina... For Kruger... We need to keep moving forward to avenge them... Even if we die, even after we die... This is the story you've started, right father? "

Bad Qualities

 * 1) In the first 3 seasons (4 if you include the second half of season 3), he mostly gets captured everytime during his fight.
 * 2) After finding out that Sasha Braus was shot and killed, Eren laughed it off, while Mikasa and Armin are mourning her death.
 * 3) In the more recent chapters, Eren's villainous actions caused his people, including his closest friends to lose trust and turn against him:
 * 4) * Eren had outright told Armin that he was a useless traitor, and admitting to Mikasa that he hated her all his life.

Trivia

 * His voice actor Yuki Kaiji had also voiced Ayato Kirishima from Tokyo Ghoul, Koichi Hirose from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable, Issei Hyoudou from High School DxD, Meliodas from The Seven Deadly Sins, Squidward Tentacles from Japanese dub of SpongeBob SquarePants.
 * Kaiji is also married to Ayane Taketsu, another famous voice actress who voiced Nino Nakano, Kirino Kousaka, Azusa Nakano, and Koneko Toujou.
 * His English voice actor Bryce Papenbrook had also voiced the latter: Kirito from Sword Art Online, Makoto Naegi Danganronpa, human version of Morgana from Persona 5, and Caesar Zeppeli from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
 * Eren and his father, Grisha Yeager, are the only known Titan shifters to have taken more than one of the Nine Titans.
 * 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 Eren 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".