- [Foxen] Eren's raging berserk Titan.
What are the secrets behind this almighty powerful Titan?
So what's up, guys, Foxen here.
Today let's get a super in-depth look at Eren's Titan,
specifically the raging Titan you're most familiar with.
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Naturally, this'll have spoilers
related to the raging Titan, so let's get started.
To begin this, let's actually get to the real name
of the raging berserk Titan.
It's been revealed to be the Attack Titan,
also known as Shingeki no Kyojin.
That may sound familiar.
That's the name of the series.
The Attack Titan has always been known
as a Titan that moves or advances towards freedom.
And yes, I know what you're wondering.
Isn't the English name Attack on Titan?
Since the Attack Titan name got revealed,
there's always been a question
about whether this was a wrong translation.
So let me just say this as a Japanese speaker.
I can confirm to you that there are so many correct ways
to translate Japanese into English.
Shingeki no Kyojin, the literal translation for this
is advancing giant.
This is not even considering the localization aspect.
What sounds better, Advancing Giant, Attack Titan,
or Attack on Titan?
Think about it.
As for the height of this Titan, it's been 15 meters,
which has also been true
for the Grisha Attack Titan, by the way.
Presumably all the Attack Titans throughout history
have all been 15 meters.
For the Attack Titan appearance,
this guy is super muscular-looking.
He definitely works out at a Titan gym.
At the beginning of the manga series,
this guy looked more zombie-like.
Of course, this whole look for the Titan
got updated for the season one anime.
Isayama has since then adopted
the anime muscular Titan look.
The interesting part about Eren's Titan body
is that it's actually based on a real person.
Isayama actually modeled his body
after UFC fighter Yushin Okami.
I actually find that pretty admirable, but let's not forget
the most notable thing about the Titan Eren
is actually his unique, this double jaw structure.
Keep in mind this double jaw design
was not present in the past Grisha Titan
or the previous Eren Kruger Titan.
The simple explanation for this Titan Eren's mouth
is likely due to his mindless Titan
having this similar facial structure.
When Eren became the Attack Titan,
the Attack Titan also inherited this unique feature.
Honestly, this almost looks like the Eren Attack Titan
is made to rip and consume other Titan shifters
with that mouth.
To this point, I should actually point out
there's at least one other mindless Titan seen
with this double jaw mouth design during the Trost arc,
so perhaps Eren isn't so special.
Oh, and let's not forget about the glowing green Titan eyes.
So far, this has been the only Titan in the anime
with this feature, although I should note
that I have looked frame by frame
for a lot of these scenes in Attack on Titan season one.
Honestly, it's pretty inconsistent
when the Attack Titan has glowing green eyes.
I do notice that the green eyes were present
with the Grisha Titan during the battle
versus the Frieda Founding Titan.
So yes, that's definitely an Attack Titan feature.
Another Attack Titan feature
you may not have thought too deeply about
is pointy Titan ears.
It seems that all of the Yeager family
has shared these pointy sharp ears for their Titans.
This included the Grisha Titan
but not the Kruger Titan that was right before him.
These pointy ears have also been seen on the Beast Titan.
So does the Yeager family
have this elf, devil connection, maybe?
One last thing worth noting
about the Attack Titan appearance
is this double eyelid thing.
It was only seen once during
the Trost Attack on Titan battle.
Technically, this was anime-only
and it was never shown again
or even referenced in the manga.
This could've been a one-time thing like the berserk Titan
for the Attack on Titan season one finale.
Next up, the Attack Titan unique powers.
What exactly makes Eren's Titan so special?
Although, to be honest, it's not fully confirmed yet,
although you got a chunk of Titan evidence so far.
What are the Attack Titan powers?
Could it be super high-speed regeneration?
This Titan is known as the Advancing Titan.
If you think about it,
being able to tank and heal massive amount of damage
would help you moving forward, quite literally.
Throughout the series, Titan Eren has been shown to be able
to regenerate extremely rapidly.
Versus the Reiner Armor Titan, once again,
Eren regenerated the huge Titan chunks within seconds.
And I know what some of you are thinking.
Annie as the Female Titan has shown quick regeneration too,
although the Female Titan not only in comparison
had years of training, but on top of that,
combat experience at this point.
It seems the War Hammer Titan
might be the only better comparison
for super fast regeneration.
But then again, the War Hammer Titan
most likely is unique in some other reasons.
We'll get to that Titan.
For an actual unique thing about the Attack Titan,
could this possibly be the strongest Titan?
This is partially excluding the Colossal Titan
who's several times bigger.
Eren's Attack Titan first displayed this colossal strength
lifting that boulder in Attack on Titan season one.
By Eren's own thoughts back then,
he felt like he was gonna get crushed
by that super massive weight.
If you really break this down,
this could've been the combo of the Attack Titan strength
combined with rapid regeneration.
In other words, you have to lift, then get the boulder up,
then continuously just keep on healing.
Otherwise, you're gonna get pancaked.
A little later, the past Attack Titan has been seen
lifting and crushing that small boat, although really,
not as impressive as the boulder feat from the Trost arc.
However, post-timeskip, you saw Eren
lifting that mini Titanic.
That definitely got a lot of people confused.
Keep in mind that boat definitely
was nowhere near the Titanic size.
Eren's Titan is only 15 meters.
We'll see how much Eren was struggling with that boat
in, like, four years, once it hits the anime.
Before moving on, I do have to mention
the Attack Titan berserk mode.
Oh, yes, let's not forget
that super special awesome mode from the anime.
Eren showed off this random-ass power up
in the Attack on Titan finale versus the Female Titan.
And it's kinda funny because even to this day,
I see manga readers bringing this up.
Why does Eren not go into berserk mode?
Just to completely clear things up,
this fan-dubbed berserk mode was anime-only.
In the manga version, Eren undoubtedly, unquestionably lost
versus the female Titan.
Eren was actually able to keep his head
and help Mikasa to get that comeback.
This berserk mode has actually never been referenced
in the manga.
In fact, the anime going forward
has pretty much pretended it never happened.
Over the years, I have looked into whether Isayama
has ever mentioned anything directly
about this berserk mode, but he has not.
So even Isayama's the same with this.
Berserk mode, what berserk mode?
At this point, I highly doubt it'll ever become canon,
but stranger things have happened.
If you do wanna get some sort of explanation
for Eren's rage Titan mode,
just go ahead and apply the random shonen power-up rule.
The Attack Titan could've look like that
due to it regenerating extremely quickly.
If you look closely, you can actually notice
this berserk mode didn't exactly regenerate the body parts
the female Titan previously tenderized,
of course, except for the head.
As for one bonus potential Attack Titan ability,
how about the idea that the Attack Titan
could potentially see future or past memories?
And yes, I should mention this idea
does go up and down in popularity every few months,
which is supposedly the Attack Titan being unique
in that it can send memories into the future
or receive future memories.
Something similar, too, for past memories
regarding sending and receiving.
What fueled this has been Eren being able to see
some future events at the start of Attack on Titan.
Let me just quickly mention those.
Based on what we know about all Eldians being connected,
the Titan powers and Titan memories,
either any Titan shifter should, in theory,
be able to do this.
In other words, it wouldn't be unique to the Attack Titan.
Or most likely, something connected to the Founding Titan
instead of the Attack Titan that Eren has.
Next up, other non-unique Titan abilities
for the Attack Titan, starting with the Titan crystal.
The Eren Attack Titan first showed off this
in the Attack on Titan season three anime.
Very notably, Eren had to take a Titan hardening potion
to achieve this.
Later, via Reiner, it got confirmed Titan shifters
could naturally learn this, but it does take some time,
potentially months of training.
In other words, Eren wouldn't have been able to unlock
this Titan DLC on his own without that Titan Viagra potion.
In the anime, you just saw Eren use this
to create some crystal knuckles to penetrate Reiner.
Later on in the manga, Eren further used this to create
some Titan crystals to completely cover his fist in battle.
Fun fact about this, officially, Eren's crystal
was a grayish color at first, but recently it got made
into blue crystal to match the Female Titan for the anime.
Next Titan ability, multiple Titan transformations.
Hange first got Eren to try out
multiple Titan transformations back in the Uprising arc.
Unfortunately, almost all of this Titan experiment
got cut for the season three anime.
In the manga, Eren was actually able to transform
three times into his Titan.
The first time was as expected.
The second Titan resulted in a smaller, weaker Titan.
Then the third Titan, this thing was completely deformed.
It couldn't even walk on its own.
Hange also noticed how Eren was much more fused
with his Titan this third time around.
You actually caught the aftermath for this
in the season three anime.
However, seems that all Eren needed to do
was just hit up the Titan gym.
Post-timeskip, Eren was able to go Titan mode
three times no problem.
This was after constantly fighting, too,
also using the crystal ability.
So who knows, perhaps Eren might have been able
to pop a fourth Titan transformation.
The world may never know.
Next Attack Titan ability, a partial Titan transformation.
Eren has actually done a couple of these transformations.
The first time was on instinct or via shared Titan memories.
This was when the trio was about to get smashed
by that incoming cannon ball.
The second partial transformation, that was on accident,
which was Eren trying to grab the spoon
for his scout cereal.
Previously, it was also assumed
that Eren did some sort of partial transformation
when wielding the Titan crystal the first time
in the Rod dungeon.
The anime confirmed Eren first went into Titan mode,
then used that explosion of crystal.
Next Titan shifter ability is the shared Titan memories.
So I actually touched on this a little bit earlier.
Titan shifters are known to be able to share memories.
Throughout the anime, Eren has actually gotten fragments
of his father's past memories, but not only his father's.
He's also gotten fragments of Kruger's memories
after they'd gone to the basement.
Having a shared relationship between shifters
supposedly increases the chances for Titan shifters
to share memories, although there's been several cases
against this, including Eren.
Some combination of certain items, the location,
and the presence of royal blood
may also play an important factor, too.
Next Titan ability, regeneration while in human form.
Ah, yes, being a Titan shifter offers you
unlimited Deadpool-like regeneration
when you're in human mode.
Recall when Eren got his arms chopped off
by the Armored Titan in season two?
Eren was able to fully recover,
although his limb regeneration was gradual.
The worst body damage Eren has taken
might have been having both of his legs sliced off.
Keep in mind, humans can control
or even halt this regeneration.
Reiner fully displayed this in Attack on Titan season two.
Eren later took advantage of this to go bum mode in Marley.
You should notice humans cannot go into Titan mode
when they're recovering damage, although this does exclude
the first time they get hurt.
At this point, it is unknown to what extent
the body can be healed.
Does this include STDs, for example?
If it does, Eren can sleep around no problem.
When did Attack on Titan join the harem club?
Next up, getting into potential weaknesses
for the Attack Titan.
First off, is this Titan just too powerful
or maybe not able to control the power enough?
Recall back to season one,
this guy kept on constantly destroying his own body
via his Titan power.
Really reminded me of Deku after he took All Might's power.
There is this question about whether his Titan
has more power than his body could control.
In other words, perhaps being a situation when Titan Eren
just has a weak body, or perhaps it could be
a combo of both, too weak of a body plus too much power,
which really goes back to the early Deku example.
Even in Attack on Titan season two,
Eren versus the Armored Titan,
this guy was still destroying his own body.
Maybe Eren really just hated Reiner that much.
Next up, weakness number two, the 13-year time limit,
also known as the Curse of Ymir.
Keep in mind, all Titan shifters will die
13 years after getting their Titan powers.
Eren got the Attack Titan powers from Papa Grisha
when he was only 10.
This does mean Eren's happy death day will be on year 23.
Currently in the manga, Eren only has four years left.
This, of course, assumes Eren doesn't die beforehand
or gets eaten.
Titan weakness number three,
damage to the Titan head or brain.
This actually got confirmed recently.
Damage to this area does slow down
the Titan user considerably,
that is until the Titan brain fully regenerates.
It is interesting since you actually saw hints of this
back in the Female Titan arc.
Recall when the Female Titan was going after the Titan head.
She just kept on smashing that thing.
This then caused Eren to go into sleep mode
until his brain recovered.
Next up, let's get to know the Attack Titan holders,
the history of this Attack Titan.
First off, you have Eren Kruger.
Yes, that's Eren Kruger and not Yeager.
The Beast Titan basement arc
actually revealed how Grisha Yeager got the Attack Titan.
Previously, Mr. Kruger had been secretly keeping
the Attack Titan for himself, but apparently,
this guy had been scouting around for years and years
just trying to find this appropriate candidate
to inherit the Attack Titan and his goal.
Following Eren Kruger, you had Grisha Yeager.
After Grisha Yeager got caught by Marley,
Grisha then got sentenced
to a lifetime as a Titan on Paradise Island.
This was when Kruger stepped in to save his ass.
Right here, Kruger revealed he had an eye on Grisha
ever since he was a young boy.
Oh (laughs), whoa there!
At this point, Grisha really didn't have a choice.
Mr. Yeager right here accepted Mr. Kruger's goal
and inherited the Attack Titan.
Grisha was tasked with retrieving the Founding Titan.
Oh, and also of having a kid.
From Grisha Yeager, you get Eren Yeager.
Eren getting the Titan from his papa
was actually foreshadowed in Attack on Titan season one.
It wouldn't be until Eren got captured, stripped,
and got that back rub by Rod Reiss
that the complete truth got revealed.
After the warriors smashed down Wall Maria,
Papa Grisha went to make some Reiss pancakes,
then he raced back to find his family.
Grisha then found a sleeping Eren and then took him
to the woods to make him a man, a Titan man.
Honestly, Eren really didn't have a choice in this
since Grisha, who presumably was in his final moments,
forcefully injected Eren.
Eren, as a mindless Titan, then munched on Titan Grisha.
Unfortunately, Grisha really didn't leave any instructions
besides the basement key.
Eren's true mission was locked away in that basement.
Oh, but let's not forget about Ymir.
Presumably the original Ymir held the Attack Titan power
until her eventual death.
After that, some unknown Eldian got the Attack Titan,
then it continuously passed down throughout history
until Eren Kruger got it.
Next up, let's look at how the Attack Titan has done
versus the other Titans.
First off, the Attack Titans
versus mindless Titans in season one.
Really no shocker here.
Eren completely destroyed these guys.
At this point, perhaps the Attack Titan was in control
on instinct to some extent.
Eren was still in there somewhere.
Then you had Eren versus Female Titan.
Technically, this guy had two losses here,
once during the first fight in the Titan Forest,
then you had that questionable anime fight
in the season one finale.
Again, this really goes back to Eren losing his round two
in the manga, which really set a foundation
for the next Titan brawl, that being Eren
versus the Armored Titan.
For this guy, history does keep on repeating itself.
For round one, even though Reiner was dominating
at the beginning, arguably the whole battle
ended up going to the Attack Titan.
Mikasa did help out a little bit there,
but it was really Eren's win already at that point.
Too bad the Colossal Titan interrupted the whole thing.
For the Attack Titan versus Armored Titan round two,
which currently got displayed in the season three anime,
honestly, I almost felt bad for Reiner here.
Eren's Attack Titan was just smashing
the Armored Titan completely.
You did once again have the Survey Corps coming in,
but this was really already Eren's win way before that.
Then the latest round three, currently ongoing in the manga.
Goddammit, Reiner, just stay down.
At this point, it's not even funny anymore.
Eren was still the Armor Titan's ass
despite fighting three Titans at the same time,
although to be fair to this,
it's technically not only the Attack Titan in play here.
Let's not forget the Grisha Attack Titan
versus the Founding Titan from Frieda.
Oh, yeah, Papa Yeager representing.
Honestly, I was hoping this battle would get expanded on
a little bit in the season three anime.
Either way, Grisha ended up smashing
the inexperienced Frieda Founding Titan.
As far as you know from the story,
Grisha only ended up using the Attack Titan once before,
which was to actually get close enough
to the first Wall Maria.
Next up, the Attack Titan versus the War Hammer Titan.
I've actually seen so many mixed things about this.
Technically, the Attack Titan ended up winning,
but it was not without any help.
If you don't factor any external piercing things
coming into play and this fight was drawn out
a little bit longer, the fight potentially could've gone
to the War Hammer Titan.
It really depends on how much
the War Hammer Titan batteries would have lasted.
Next up, the Attack Titan versus the Colossal Titan.
You actually got a glimpse of this recently
in the latest episode.
Technically, these two guys never really had
a full-on brawl.
One thing is for sure, though.
If the Colossal Titan set off a nuke nearby,
this Titan would definitely be done.
Then for the Attack Titan versus the Jaws Titan.
This scrawny Titan actually showed
a surprising amount of challenge for the Attack Titan.
To be fair to Eren, though,
both times versus the Jaws Titan,
Eren literally had his hands full,
and if you really noticed, it only took one punch
from the Attack Titan to put the Jaws Titan down.
A straight-out fight between both of these guys
may go in favor for the Attack Titan.
So let me know, is Eren's Titan your favorite Titan?
Which Titan power do you think is the best?
And by the way, I do plan to cover every Titan,
hopefully weekly or biweekly.
Post down below which Titan you wanna see next.
Definitely check out these past Attack on Titan
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