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Armin Arlert, humanity's brightest upcoming soldier. Similar to Mikasa and
Eren, little Armin was 15 years old when he joined the Survey Corps. At the
beginning of his recruitment Armin was five feet four inches or 163 centimeters.
Only a pinch taller than Levi hmm . . . Armin was also a super lean 121 pounds
or 55 kilograms. Armin never made it into the top 10 graduating Scouts. this
is largely due to the scoring system giving higher weight to 3d maneuver gear
skills and physical combat ability. There still is a question about whether Armin
could even beat Historia on one-on-one. Who do you see winning versus these two
blondes? Despite it's biased Armin did come in the top five Scouts for
academics. Later on Armin actually does make it into the Levi's squad, Armin
being the only new member that was not in the top ten graduating Scouts. It
makes it even more interesting when you consider that up to this point
Armin has never actually killed a Titan himself!
For most of Armin's early childhood he was always bullied for being that nerdy kid.
Poor Armin, I'm sure that a lot of us can relate. Even as a scout trainee
Armin was still lacking in the physical development area, but now jokes on them!
Look at that beefed up Armin, move aside Levi! At least now it seems
that one of our meals wishes has come true. For the longest time Armin wished
that he was tougher and had more stamina. I do wonder where this stands compared to
his other top wish a one day seeing the ocean!
The voice behind little Armin is Marina Inoue. Armin might be the only
dude voiced by a female in Attack on Titan. Here's a taste of her work,
some of these may surprise you! Valt from that new Beyblade Burst anime. Momo from
My Hero Academia, Cosette from Le Portrait De Petite Cosette, this one was
really a surprise! Elda from D Grayman. Tagiru from the
Digimon Xros war series. Maiko, also known as one of Mako's friends from Kill La
Kill. Rei from Highschool of the Dead, yeah another gem. Laura from Infinite
Starts. Jechiro from Seven Deadly Sins. Sodachi from the Owari
Monogatari series. Yoko from freakin Gurren Lagann, definitely another surprise
with this one! She also does have a connection to Pokemon as Aria from the
Pokemon anime and as Nia from Pokken tournament, but that's not all! Marina
also serves as a series narrator for Attack on Titan. This has brought about a
popular theory that the Attack on Titan the story is coming from an older Armin
where he's recalling the events from their past. What do you think about this
theory?
Seems natural that Eren and Armin would become best friends.
Both of them have shared a common interest of the outside world.
It was almost fate that they would meet up and Armin didn't need any old scarf!
In a weird way the reason that Armin met Eren was due to Eren's father. Armin
was constantly getting bullied before he ever met Eren. Due to this he was
regularly getting injured. This meant that Armin was frequently getting
treated by Dr. Yeager. This was how the two ended up meeting.
It wasn't like Eren had any other friends at that time anyway. After Armin
showed Eren his grandfather's book both of these two crew even closer together
as friends!
So about Armin, the genius builder. The Lost Girl novel talked about how
Armin was secretly trying to build an airplane since he was six years old! You
heard that right, a freaking airplane. Armin's plan was to build this airplane
to travel to the outside walls. I guess that's one way to avoid Titans.
He eventually convinced Eren to help him out because of course Eren would
be totally willing to help out! No surprise that Mikasa was against the
idea and you could guess how things eventually turned out.
One of the popular running jokes within the Attack on Titan fandom is how Armin
looks so much like a girl, and let's be honest it's not that hard to mix up Armin
with Historia. At one point Armin even dresses up as her too. Apparently
manga readers often also confused Armin with Nifa. In case you have no idea who
that is it's that redhead that appeared in
season two. Mr. Isayama even mentioned in the past Q&A about how
Mikasa considers Armin her best female friend.
Unfortunately this just confused the hell out of everyone. People were already
unsure whether Armin was actually a dude. Mr. Isayama quickly had to clarify
that Armin was in fact a boy. He's got his own mini Titan down there. It's
funny because all of this actually originated from a joke panel where the
scouts were teasing Armin that he will look better in a bunny outfit than any
of actual girls. Even more funny is how this later actually became a reality in
Attack on Titan junior high. I don't know about you but Armin definitely pulls off
that bunny look! What do you think, hot or not?
Poor poor Armin, not only was he that nerdy kid that always got bullied around
he also hasn't exactly been a popular character from Attack on Titan.
From the first popularity poll done in Japan Armin barely made it into the top
ten. He came in dead last at number 10. The
second time around in the next popularity poll Armin managed to move
up to 6th place. Perhaps this is not even Armin's fault at all. With other
characters that he's competing against like Levi or Mikasa actually winning a
popularity poll is nearly impossible. I do wonder what Armin's popularity status
will be in the future especially considering his most recent development.
You found out about what happened to Armin's grandfather in the anime but
strangely nothing about his parents. What exactly happened to them? Depending
on where you go by there's slightly different information about them. If you
go by the manga you see a young pissed-off
Armin at the government. He was mad that his parents had to take part in the
recovery mission for Wall Maria. Unfortunately this is surely where they
became Titan snacks. Notice here how the anime made an interesting change.
Armin's parents are replaced with his grandfather instead, so what happened to
his parents, at least in the anime? Here's where things start to get interesting.
The Attack on Titan anime did add some extra information about them. In a
flashback you see Armin mentioned about his
parents were planning to venture into the outside world. That's a pretty big
difference. Perhaps Armin's parents did make it outside although you could
assume that their fate should have been similar, but wait there's more! In The
Lost Girls novel from Mikasa's story you get this mention about how Armin's
parents actually built an airplane and flew outside of the walls, or at least
try to! Which by the way thanks for leaving Armin behind! Maybe this is why
Armin doesn't bring them up. He's just still salty about it. Either way
whichever reality you go, by the fate of Armin's parents should have ended the
same way as Titan munchies.
Ou of all the graduating Scouts Armin so far has been the only one to have
never ever killed a Titan. This of course doesn't take into account how much his
plans have contributed taking down the Titans and also helping out humanity.
This makes things even more interesting when you find out that Armin's first
kill was not a Titan but actually a human girl. Later on during the Uprising
Arc a whole lot of crap happens within the walls. At one point in order to save
Jean's life Armin gets a head shot at one of their
pursuers. Afterwards Armin was so shocked at what he had just done.
He even couldn't stop vomiting at the thought. I guess this was all for
Humanity's sake, right?
Now major spoiler warning for Armin. Something that's going to happen in
Attack on Titan in season 3. Let me tell you about this huge recent development
for Arman Arlert. Funny how things change, the small soldier Arman who was perhaps
on the lower end of physical abilities has gained a massive power. Some would
say colossal. Little Arman has gained the powers of the Colossal Titan. Remember
that big-ass Titan from episode 1? That is now Armin.
Move aside Eren, a new bigger player has arrived! But wait, how did Armin get
these powers? Wasn't the Colossal Titan Bert's
Titan power? About that, during their round 3 of Clash of the Titans the
Survey Corps managed to capture Bert. Unfortunately poor Armin got barbecued
in the process. In order to save his life they turn Armin into a Titan. The Titan
Armin then consumed Bert and in the process took its special Titan abilities.
sS far we haven't actually seen Armin's Colossal Titan except for this shot.
Doesn't Armin's Colossal Titan look a lot thinner hmm . . . At least knowing Armin
he'll definitely come up with a few clever ways to use that monstrosity! Hey
guys thanks for watching! Definitely give a colossal thumbs up and
subscribe if you enjoyed! Armin personally approved that message by the
way! For the question of the day I haven't seen many people mention Armin
before, so what do you think about the little guy? Is he your favorite
character? Perhaps you might have a favorite shipping with Armin. Also bonus!
Do let me know which character you want to see next time! Definitely find out
more about MIkasa and Levi from their videos and I'll see you guys later!