Anime & Manga · Attack on Titan
Eren Yeager
A soldier who can become a Titan, and whose arc turns him from the series' protagonist into its antagonist without changing his goal.
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Commonly believed Eren Yeager is the hero of Attack on Titan.
Actually He is the protagonist, and by the final arc he is also the antagonist. The story does not change his goal — it changes what achieving it requires. Reading him as a straightforward hero misses the entire back half.
The feat ledger
Transforms into a fifteen-metre Titan by injuring himself with intent
Regrows lost limbs, though the regeneration consumes his own reserves
Titan form overpowers others of comparable size in hand-to-hand
Hardening lets him form solid structures from Titan matter
Every Titan shifter is stated to live only thirteen years after inheriting
The Founding Titan commands every other Titan simultaneously
Holds three Titan powers at once, which no previous holder managed
The nape is the vulnerable point on every Titan including his own
Continuities
Claims on this page are tagged by canon. Blending them is the most common error in both wikis and AI answers.
- Manga canon — Events as published in the manga
- Anime canon — Events as broadcast in the anime adaptation
Last updated 2026-09-06 · machine-readable version