Attack on Titan is not a single narrative as a lot as a community of intersecting plotlines anchored in place by a various and complicated set of characters. Every persona within the story performs a task within the overarching end result, inconsequential although a lot of their final fates grow to be.
Nonetheless, this doesn’t suggest that each one characters in Assault on Titan are distinctive. Quite the opposite, there are fairly a couple of that subscribe to the commonest clichés in shonen anime, from the redeemed savior to the bullied baby, and every thing in between.
10 Hannes Redeems His Previous “Sin” And Turns into Eren’s Savior
Hannes permits himself to grow to be a medium-functioning alcoholic out of complacency within the absence of any critical menace from past the Partitions. His peaceable world of booze and video games is turned on its head when Shiganshina is uncovered to the worst Titan bloodbath in a century, leaving him too terrified to save lots of Carla Jaeger’s life.
Nonetheless, Hannes eventually musters his guilt into braveness and saves Eren from the Smiling Titan, shedding his life however redeeming himself within the course of. Isaac Netero in Hunter x Hunter and Naruto‘s Neji Hyuga carry out comparable sacrifices on the fruits of their respective character arcs.
9 Frieda Reiss Is A Twist On The Kuudere Class Of Anime Feminine Characters
Frieda Reiss is a twist on the kuudere class of feminine characters in anime, however solely after she accepts the burden of the Founding Titan (and every thing related along with her inheritance).
Her persona transforms from affable to frigid nearly in a single day, very similar to One-Punch Man‘s Psykos, though the latter was by no means well-intentioned to start with. Frieda’s inflexible perception in Assault on Titan‘s model of Authentic Sin would not make her particular, however borderline banal.
8 Armin Arlert Learns To Thrive Regardless of His Painful Childhood
Armin Arlert, like numerous different shonen anime boys earlier than him, begins his life underneath the yoke of oppression. Bullies taunt him, adults mock him, and the one individuals who even take note of his concepts are Eren and Mikasa.
My Hero Academia‘s Deku goes by a equally clichéd childhood, as does Shinji from Neon Genesis Evangelion. Fortuitously, Deku, Shinji, and Armin learn how to stand up for themselves and make their voices heard, vastly increasing their spheres of affect.
7 Carla Jaeger Is Nothing Extra Than A Set off For Eren’s Vengeance
Carla Jaeger’s presence within the story is perfunctory at finest and degrading at worst. She is an interesting character with ideas and opinions that set her aside from others, however she is however made the trigger for Eren’s future vengeance.
Star and Stripe from My Hero Academia is killed nearly as shortly as she’s launched, and Berserk‘s Casca undergoes immense struggling partly so Guts can avenge her. Carla Jaeger is not technically vital, however the truth that she’s relegated to an empty signifier makes her a boring cliché.
6 Annie Leonhart Falls In The Impassive Feminine Character Class
From the very starting, Annie Leonhart is Assault on Titan‘s resident grouch, a characteristic that is brushed off as a persona quirk by her pals within the Scout Regiment. That’s till she is uncovered because the supposedly villainous Feminine Titan, ostracized, and ultimately incarcerated in her crystalline kind.
Annie’s detached nature and chilly demeanor are paying homage to a number of different anime characters’, from Akame ga Kill!‘s Akame to Rei from Neon Genesis Evangelion. The impassive feminine character trope is without doubt one of the commonest within the shonen style.
5 Theo Magath’s Gruff, No-Nonsense Perspective Belies His True Emotions
Theo Magath’s no-nonsense authority explains his recognition amongst his troopers, comparable to Zeke, Gabi, and Colt. Whereas he is bigoted in the direction of Eldian folks, he would not enable his racial bias to intervene together with his army duties.
Cowboy Bebop‘s Jet and Kill la Kill‘s Satsuki Kiryuin are primarily based on lots of the similar ideas: gruff, solemn, and demonstrating a veiled dislike for rebellious sorts. Regardless of his issue expressing feelings, nonetheless, Magath actually cares for the Marleyan Warriors, going as far as to sacrifice his life for them.
4 Levi Ackermann Is Brooding, Brusque, And Ridiculously Overpowered
The clichés used to assemble Levi Ackermann – brooding, brusque, derisive, and ridiculously overpowered, are widespread to dozens of characters throughout the shonen anime style. Roy Mustang from Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood matches the invoice nearly completely, however Samurai Champloo‘s Jin and Vinland Saga‘s Thorfinn aren’t far behind.
That being stated, Levi is so stereotypically “cool” that the tropes surrounding him merely bolster his persona. In addition to, no one is able to messing with humanity’s strongest soldier, not even the 9 Titans.
3 Willy Tybur’s Oily Allure Is Surprisingly Widespread In Shonen Anime Characters
Willy Tybur is smug however well mannered, an undefined paradox that makes him one of many extra fascinating characters in Assault on Titan.
On the similar time, his overt magnetism is revealed to be considerably of a facade when he (deliberately) exposes his need to destroy Paradis – the value for saving Marley from utter annihilation. Tybur’s oily attraction might be seen in anime characters like Kisuke Urahara from Bleach and Hunter x Hunter‘s Pariston Hill.
2 Floch Forster Devolves Into A Malicious Model Of His Earlier Self
Floch Forster admits to being frightened of dying, however it’s this very audacity that makes him such a harmful character. His honesty is refreshing, but it surely verges on ignorance as a result of he can’t appear to grasp something past his very slim scope of how the world needs to be.
Like Devilman Crybaby‘s Ryo Asuka and Loss of life Word‘s Gentle Yagami, Floch devolves right into a malicious model of his earlier self, a transformational course of that borrows closely from widespread anime clichés.
1 Erwin Smith’s Stoic Character Is A Tad On The Trope-y Facet
Erwin Smith is not derived from a primary character mould by any means. Quite the opposite, his backstory is lush with motivation and his mere presence evokes national-level political coups.
Nonetheless, his conduct is a tad on the trope-y facet, notably his incapacity to deviate from his customary deadpan response fashion. Shota Aizawa from My Hero Academia and Lelouch vi Britannia from Code Geass are extensions of the identical stoic persona sort as Erwin Smith.
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