Mikasa, the top female protagonist in Attack on Titan. Little Mikasa was only
ten years old when Wall Maria was first breached. Later on and you get to see
Mikasa joined the Survey Corps when she's 15. Currently Mikasa is 19 years old in
the manga. Mikasa is supposed to surprisingly be a good singer and her
best female friend is supposed to be Armin, yeah Armin! As you found out early
on Mikasa is half Asian and has the Ackerman blood ruling through her. More on
this later. Out of the entire attack on Titan cast Mr. Isayama has
mentioned that drawing Mikasa is by far the most difficult. Perhaps this is due to
Mikasa's Amazonian build. She stands at 5 feet 7 inches or 170 centimeters.
Mikasa also weighs 150 pounds or 68 kilogram. wait wait, stop right here. 150
pounds, how in the world does she weigh that?
You really can't let that go by. Let's talk about Mikasa's unusual but unique
weight. Ever since I saw that she weighed 150 pounds it's always been bothering me. I
find it crazy but I'm only like 10 pounds heavier than her. At 150 pounds
Mikasa weighs more than Levi, Armin and Eren. In fact the only two Scouts that
are heavier than her are Reiner and Bert, and that might only be because they're
taller. So how the hell is this even possible? I went ahead and did some
research to try to find a real-life counterpart. Meet Brooke Holladay, a female
bodybuilder. She has exact height and weight as
Mikasa. For a moment let's just ignore the fact that Mikasa is only 15 years
old. In real life Mikasa would have a very similar body build to Brooke. Brooke
is estimated to have anywhere between 5 to 6% body fat. Holy crap! And remember
that's only a 15 years old. Go ahead and keep on feeding her a ton of protein
and especially some horse steroids! Could you imagine what type of beasts Mikasa
will be four years later!
Mikasa is most prized possession other than her beloved Eren, is the red scarf
that she received as a gift from Eren. What you should not about that scarf is
the red color. This is one of the many changes made to the anime adaptation of
Attack on Titan. The scarf was originally a darker black color in the manga. As for
why the scarf was made red in the anime, a very popular theory is is that it's a
reference to the red string of fate that connects people that are destined to
meet, or more specifically destined to become
lovers. At least that is what Mikasa secretly hopes anyway. You should note
the Mr. Isayama has stated that he doesn't like the idea fate, so perhaps
there's another meaning for the red color. I got a few ideas.
Either way since her debut Mikasa on her red scarf have become pretty iconic from
anime.
The voice behind your beloved Mikasa is Yui Ishikawa. She's had a ton of work as
Mikasa for Attack on Titan, including the Attack on Titan junior high anime, the
Attack on Titan movies, and a couple of the Attack on Titan games. Yui even won a
voice actor award for the best supporting character as Mikasa. What's
really interesting is that the voice of Mikasa almost ended up in Frozen. She was
up for the voice of Anna but unfortunately at the very last moment a
new voice actors got the role instead. As for Yui's other anime roles, there's
not that many but let me know which of these you do know: Tanya from Darker than
Black. Tomoe from Eromanga sensei. I bet you're watching that right now. Yui
also does have a connection to Pokemon as Anne from Pokken tournament. She's even got
a relation to SAO. She has voiced Philia from the various SAO game. In
those games she's a dagger user similar to Silica!
Have you ever wondered where the inspiration for Mikasa came from? The
origins for Mikasa is actually similar to what inspired the Titans.
Mr. Isayama came up with Mikasa while working part-time at a cafe. Late one night this
lady came in wearing a scarf covering her face. Mr. isayama thought she looked
really cute. He felt something coming from her he quickly went ahead and
sketched something on a notepad. This turned out to be the original drawing of
Mikasa, Mikasa version one. The lady who served as the model for
Mikasa was definitely Asian. Mr. Isayama thought that she had to be Japanese too,
hence the name that he gave Mikasa. This is largely the reason why Mikasa
ended up being Asian in the manga. It also somewhat confirms the Mikasa is
Japanese.
So about Mikasa, her name. The name Mikasa actually comes from a famous Navy
battleship from World War II. Mr. Isayama believed in the legend that if you name
your female character after a battleship your work is guaranteed to become famous.
Perhaps that's actually a legend that's true since Attack on Titan blew up
worldwide. Thank You Mikasa! But anyway you may have heard Mikasa's battleship
connection in the past but it goes further. Mikasa by extension is also
named after a blazing Mountain, specifically Mount Mikasa located in
Nara Japan. Every year in Japan there's a tradition to set the dead grass on Mount
Mikasa on fire. This makes it look like the whole mountain is burning. To go
alongside this they hold this festival to celebrate the tradition, of course
this includes fireworks! So in a way Mikasa equals burning Mountain, Titans beware!
Remember back in season one of Attack on Titan. The second opening briefly showed
Mikasa in this gym outfit. You never actually got to see Mikasa wear this in
the anime, well not until that non-canon OVA. In that OVA special this was the
first time you got a glimpse of Mikasa's a Amazonian rock-hard abs! Forget
about blades. Mikasa could slice you with just these! What's
interesting is that this look from Mikasa was originally used as art for a
rejected cover for one other earlier Attack on Titan vol covers. Apparently
Mr. Isayama really loved the design so it keeps on popping up here and there. I
really just think he loves Mikasa in general. Eventually you could bet that
this was how that little Easter Egg ended up in the Attack on Titan anime.
You see Mikasa's interesting relationship with Levi in the anime.
Levi may be humanity's strongest man but the top female spot easily goes to
Mikasa. Even though both of these had a rocky beginning, Mikasa has warmed up to
Levi. It only did take a little bit of time.
What's interesting to notice about both of them is that ever since Mikasa met
Levi Mikasa has adopted his signature beyblade
spin technique. After seeing it only once Mikasa went ahead and unleashed this
technique versus the female Titan. For obvious reasons it is harder to tell in
the manga but you can't see Mikasa trying to master the same move over and
over every single time she goes in for an attack. Thanks to Levi at least Mikasa
has acknowledged one of her main weaknesses
during the first Annie fight. Mikasa eventually has become one of the top
members in the Levi's squad.
Mikasa versus Annie, the battle of the Titans. Well not literally anyway.
Attack on Titan season 2 gave us a flashback teasing this much anticipated
matchup. Unfortunately they only got us was excited then cut away. Before that Mikasa
was able to throw freakin Reiner so did Annie even stand a chance,
without her Titan form that is. So about this matchup, some hardcore fans did bug
Mr. Isayama a lot about this. Eventually he did give a little bit more
information about this fight. Who won in the end? The only extra info he came out
was that it was a battle of stamina. Before an actual winner was decided the
instructor showed up and broke it off, so damn it. We're never going to find out
who exactly would have won. Although my money would have been on Mikasa. This
whole matchup seemed more like a Titan versus a demon.
Now for the most juicy part about Mikasa and no I'm not talking about the booty.
Mikasa did graduate at the top Scout among everyone else except for maybe
teamwork Mikasa excels at practically everything else. Throughout the series
you see Mikasa easily take out Titans and there's been several examples of her
showing superhuman strength. At one point because I easily lift Eren off the
ground. This was cut from the anime. You also did get a chance to see Mikasa
throwing Reiner a good distance. What the frigging hell? Reiner weighs over 210
pounds. She's like a mini Wonder Woman or just like a Jessica Jones. It may surprise you
but Mikasa could thank her Ackerman bloodline for this power. The full
history behind this family has not been revealed yet but the Ackerman family
used to serve directly as the King's sword and shield in the past. That impressive
Ackerman bloodline is now flowing within Mikasa right now but it goes even
further. This Ackerman bloodline has been revealed to be a sub product of
Titan related science. In other words someone was out there performing Titan
experiment and in the process somehow created these super soldiers. This hidden
Ackerman power does lay dormant within family members. For Mikasa, her powers
awakened within her on the day that she helped kill those kidnappers. The extent
of this power is still unknown but it has been described and "A stupid
amount of strength flowing throughout your body
and knowing exactly what to do. What's even more telling is that the Beast
Titan is cautious of the Ackerman family name, in other words don't frack with
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