Understanding Eren Yaeger (Attack on Titan)

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[SagesRain]

manga spoilers, sorry if that wasn’t clear.

what are your thoughts on eren?


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[joonbee]

based on the title alone, you’re so right. everyone’s like “omg Eren’s so crazy now” like, the boy that killed at least 2 people when he was like 8?? yeah, _now_ he’s crazy 💀

[Numbtoitall]

Eren's radicalization towards genocide has a disturbingly natural progression to it, given all the hatred and suffering we saw Eren bare during the story. Even more terrifying when you remember Eren understood his enemy &motivations, yet still decided on violence.
It's scary to think what we humans are capable of when pushed to the edge.
True harborers of destruction

[MegaIiyambula]

Another awesome part about Eren Yeager, is how his father raised him. Like
Zeke was being brainwashed by his parents and Eren was raised to be free and himself. Much like the Nature vs Nurture debate. Where as Zeke is nurture and Eren is nature. They both also use the 'because I was born in this world' line. I think an in depth analysis on the Yeager brothers would be an awesome vid.

[thanhnguyensolo]

I think what makes Eren different from Armin is that he kept looking for things he didn’t have instead of valuing small things he had in his life. He was so busy trying to look pass the wall that he forgot to appreciate the beauty lied in front of his eyes.

[devonwilliams]

If we look at Attack on Titan from a more critical standpoint it can also be a commentary on the human condition about dreams, ambitions, war, survivors' guilt, radicalization, propaganda, political corruption, ethnic cleansing, and authoritarianism.

[elvibora]

Some fans don’t want to accept that eren was always like this, because he’s the protagonist and we have many memories with him.

[MrMultiPat]

AOT became my favorite anime because the final section in Marley became a masterclass in perspective. Suddenly, you can see how someone could rationalize an attack like the one you saw in the first episode.

[SoLoboo]

I just finished my second watch 2 weeks ago after season 4 part 2. It was always in our face. Even Levi said it back in season 1; “Yeah he’s a real monster, and not because of his powers. No matter how you try to tame him, he can’t be caged.”

Eren was always willing to destroy whoever his enemy was for the sake of his own freedom. The story was consistent all the way through, we just romanticized him like every other shonen protagonist & didn’t see him for who he truly was.

Someone willing to do absolutely anything to keep his “wings of freedom.”

[Danivriv]

Love the part where you mention that this is what happens when the most powerful person in the world doesn't feel free. So many versions of freedom and we all try to achieve our own, but what happens when your freedom is blocked by someone else? Would you want to fight it? Do you have the power to fight it?

When Mikasa put other's well-being before her desire to be close to Eren, that is when everything ended, she was always the strongest character, and like Armin said " the future will not change for a man that will not change". If we do not evolve our idea of freedom, we'll have a fixed mindset, and that is how wars start.

This is the most mind-blowing manga I've ever read, like one of those books that you read a page and let's you thinking the whole day. An absolute masterpiece.

[Rolling_Thunder]

Remember when Attack on Titan was..."lighter"?...we had NO idea how dark this rabbit hole got in later seasons. The mystery behind this story demanded darkness. I remember not thinking much of Eren's character, other than some screaming child. But after reading the manga AND watching your video, I'm glad to be wrong. THIS is the kind of storytelling I live for.

As always, glad to see your content. PLEASE keep this up, I'd live to see a series on ALL of the 108 Cadet Corp, as well as the Survey Corp.

[GHJ_AS]

Truly one of the most fascinating stories ever written.

[elevate]

14:27
"The future will not change for a man that will not change"

Yeesh. What a line

[worldeater]

You can immediately tell the difference between Arman and Eren by their eyes, Arman has big eyes that are filled with wonder and childhood. As he gets older they shrink but still remain round and "largish"

Eren in contrast always has had squinted, squarish eyes. They have never been filled with wonder except for the rare times, it is no wonder then that Eren has always been jaded.

[INdySycive]

Eren is such a beautiful, yet so tragic of a character.
He was so close, yet so far from truly realizing what it means to be free, and to live, and how there’s good in the world even with the bad.
He was so close.

[williamxxc]

" It's clear to me . He is a true monster and not because of his titan abilities . No matter how you try to hold him down, no matter what cage you lock him up in, forcing his mind into submission is an impossible task . " One of Levi's hunchs .

[SpammytheHedgehog]

"Everyone's a slave to something." *- Kenny Ackerman*

[SpammytheHedgehog]

*Grisha refuses to kill the Reiss Family*

Eren: Fine. I'll make you do it, myself.

[drunkeldian]

My favourite line from the final chapter is when Armin asks Eren why he wanted to leave the world a blank plain to which he responds.

"I don't know why, but I wanted to do that, I had to" As he says this we see the memory of Grisha holding him after he's first been born telling him his name and that he's free. A clear visual way of presenting the "because I was born into this world" line.

It's this self reflective line that I think really speaks volumes about Eren, his innate nature that drives him, his contradictions and clashing motives. Up until this point whenever Eren has been asked about his motivations he's always responded with the iconic "because I was born into this world line" or what he said to Zeke "I am just me, I always have been" or when he said to Armin "I don't know why but when I think about getting that freedom back strength flows through me". Essentially saying there is no definable reason, this is just who I am ever since I was born, and there is no version of me that wouldn't do this. But this line in 139 unlike the others which Eren said with resolve and confidence is much more reflective and genuinely honest. Eren has already achieved his goals at this point, he's left the world the blank plain he wished to see it as and he's guaranteed his friends will live long lives after he's gone. So now he's left reflecting on what truly drives him and why he has this innate drive to achieve his own unique ideal of freedom. It would be easy for him to just use the same answer he's always given and say that's just who he is, but this time he genuinely answers it and admits that even he doesn't fully understand this innate nature of his. He can't explain why he wants to leave the world a blank plain and he doesn't even try to justify it. He feels he was born this way but he doesn't know why or where this uncontrollable drive comes from. In the same way a natural born psychotic serial killer can't explain why they're a psychopath and why they were born that way.

[danacrystal]

I SAVED THIS FOR A YEAR i can finally watch it as an anime only fan