The Broken Mind of Eren Yeager.

Attack on Titan: THE FINAL CHAPTERS Special 1 came out only a couple days ago, and it immediately reminded us of how complex and incredible of a series it is; today, I'm going into the broken and divided nature of Eren, and how this episode truly showed how multifaceted and deep he is. Come join in. I hope you enjoy.
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[@vronji]

ngl Eren's character is so hard to explain yet makes so much sense at the same time. I don't condone genocide or see Eren as a hero of any sorts, but seeing Eren being enslaved by fate and being so conflicted about what he wants to do makes me feel bad for him, since at the end of the day no one is a winner in the world of aot.

[@folubtw]

you do realise saying you don't condone genocide and going against eren is hypocracy because if eren did nothing, the rest of the world would have genocided paradis and probably killed most eldians. people need to understand that aot is a genocide or be genocided world. and none of that 80% bs, because then the 20% will retaliate and genocide paradis back (LIKE THEY DID IN THE END OF THE MANGA)

[@fromOuterSpxce]

@@folubtw if genocide is absolutely inevitable...then going with the lesser one is ideal...

[@folubtw]

@@fromOuterSpxce whos choice tho? both sides were in the wrong? it was either the truly evil people die (the majority) or the framed evil people (paradis). and personally i'd side with the main character

[@saptarnabshow6414]

​​@@folubtw I don't really think Eldians are "framed" evil. Eldians' atrocities have some truth to it. And in this real world, if a race of people appeared with Titan powers, that too with the threat of millions of relatively gigantic titans destroying the world, we as normal humans would rightly want to eliminate those threats. No one side is more evil than the other

[@simonO712]

​​@@folubtw Pretty sure the number of "truly innocent" people that died from the rumbling is _way_ bigger than the entire population of Paradis. Generalizing parts of the world into ones that are "truly evil" like that also makes little sense in a story where "there were no devils, everyone is the same" is a point that's been hammered in again and again. Edit: Also, you can be against both the genocide of Paradis and the genocide of everyone _but_ Paradis. A proper solution being hard to find doesn't mean it is actually a binary position.

[@divine-s]

Short explanation: Eren is a VERY VERY well written character.

[@williamdotson1548]

The hate the manga community has for bro damn near gets me upset😂 eren was a good fucking character!😂😂

[@ralpheid905]

This episode was perfect. It cements even more aot as one of my favorite anime of all time.

[@AnimeCultureCorner]

yessir ralph

[@badmanjosh6091]

You must loved what nazi did too fascist boy

[@HereticPlays]

im not even really an anime fan this has become one of the best shows/media of all time

[@EntrEsprit]

this is my top 3 show OAT, even though i've only watched 2 animes in my life from start to finish

[@kaushiksarkar6290]

​​@@EntrEsprit aot was the first anime i watched. Currently ive seen over 80 anime. Aot is still at top

[@firstnamelastname754]

I can feel Eren's dissapointment tbh. Eren spent his whole life being confined in the walls, thinking that to see all the things written in Armin's book is just another wet dream, but then he discovers that majority of the world still lives outside of the walls, able to see these things and many more whenever they want, not only that, but they also condemned the people of paradis to be exterminated, living like birds trapped in a cage. However, even so, no one can bare the burden of massacring the billions of people that lived beyond the walls, and to also kill millions of innocents that didn't have anything to do with the affair. This causes Eren's immense internal conflict, breaking him down to bits inside, no wonder he was so depressed in the majority of season 4

[@moelester7971]

Wet dream?

[@eurotyr]

@@moelester7971 seeing beyond the walls is hot😂

[@fghddgg8060]

One thing that I love so much about Erens character is how he starts off as a protagonist with a pretty surface level anime motivation and as he transitions into an antagonist his motivations as well as the complexity of the character grow with the show. it’s almost like seasons 1-3 were his backstory in a sense. Most pro tags or antags follow a specific route and only change at the end of their character arc but I love that Eren has a very fluid constantly changing character arc that roadmaps who he is. Its writing like that as well as the pacing that I think really helps AOT keep you on you’re toes the whole time. when you sit down to watch it a second time all the conclusions seem logical and all the twists are in front of you’re face the whole time but it’s the way isayama reveals things that make it worth while and totally shock you.

[@neilcherian257]

Probably the biggest thing we can get out of this episode is that Eren isn't an emotionally stunted psychopath who doesn't care about the destruction he leaves behind in his way. The truth is he does care which makes it even worse for him. We already know just how much guilt Reiner carried for all the horrible things he did but that's nothing compared to what Eren's doing right now. What's even more horrifying is the implication that Eren wanted to do the Rumbling not just for the sake of Eldia or his friends but for reasons that are far more selfish. He was disappointed that the world was filled with people who hated his kind. Hell, the very fact that humanity exists outside the walls goes against his childhood dream of an empty world. Life beyond the walls was nothing like the world he had dreamed of, the one he had envisioned through Armin's book. Through the rumbling, he was able to achieve his childhood dream of being free but not without a cost. Eren has become so broken inside that he can't even enjoy the freedom that he so desperately yearned for all this time. So much so that he had to regress into a childlike state, clouded by judgement and completely oblivious to the horrors below him, to truly appreciate it. He was never able to accept the world he grew up in and thus his innocent dream mutated into something far more twisted and horrifying and the result is what we witnessed in front of our screens.

[@peagames2002]

Eldians inside walls are like pigs waiting to be slaughtered, something that was shown during history of first titan. AoT is tragic story itself, since Paradis Island would've been destroyed if they do, destroyed if they don't. The entire world couldn't forgive the slaughter the eldians caused in the long past, even if the king in the past self exiled himself and the people he had left to the island, away from prying eyes. It's a story of neverending hate, something that we can see even to this day.

[@sLdHavoc]

"What's even more horrifying is the implication that Eren wanted to do the Rumbling not just for the sake of Eldia or his friends but for reasons that are far more selfish" This reminds me of the conversation Erwin has with Darius Zackly in season 3. Both men state that even though they knew it was conceited and selfish, they both willingly carried out the Coup D'état for personal reasons, regardless of how it would affect humanity. Not to mention the government/nobles who were also much more concerned with themselves then the rest of humanity. I think this is actually a fairly common mindset throughout the series for lots of characters and groups. Would it be a stretch to say Marley is acting out of self interest, attacking Paradis in the first place and risking the rumbling that would destroy all countries and people around the world, to gain the titan powers for themselves?

[@snowraw2479]

You are the first person I found who I’m pretty sure also has it all figured out, thank you for having a brain lmao

[@texidex]

you know what else is twisted and horrifying?...secret

[@texidex]

ill mqybe tell you but itll cost ypu

[@iammuncher]

In the freedom scene, Eren had believed that he had finally achieved true freedom, the freedom that he’d been trying to achieve for so long. In the form of a child, his hands are stretched out like a bird that's flying over the clouds, free from anything holding him down. But sadly, it was merely a facade. The "clouds" that Eren is soaring over is just Titan smoke from the colossal titans that are destroying everything below him while the true clouds are above him, almost as if he was stuck between heaven and hell. Eren had created this illusion for himself to escape what reality truly is. Eren was a slave to his ideology of freedom, he had become what he hated the most, a slave. And the way Isayam depicted him as a child is perfect because it portrays the childlike state that he is in during this panel, his childish version of freedom coming to life.

[@keithfilibeck2390]

Eren's ideology of freedom is inflicted upon him by the Attack titan which is being manipulated long term by Ymir, even Eren getting the Attack Titan was events Future Eren+Ymir inflicted upon him, he lacks free will in such a way that its breathtaking to see.

[@kikima258]

@@keithfilibeck2390 totaly agree he may have had this desire for freedom when he saw armin's books but inheriting the attack titan made it much worst by the end eren is just a slave to ymir

[@mzamomadondo673]

DEEP

[@anakin-is-panakin]

Finally. I’m so tired of people saying that Eren didn’t want to do this that he had no choice. No he did want this. He literally said it 💀

[@ashleypisarts]

The Eren Apologists annoy the shit out of me. I love Eren as a character because he’s so complex and well-written. His ideologies are twisted and he KNOWS it, yet he still chooses to go forward with his plan because of his desperation.

[@anakin-is-panakin]

@@ashleypisarts I feel exactly the same. I think he was a really good antihero and antagonist. I feel the same about anakin who well became a legit villain. I guess it could be argued that to the world outside the walls Eren was a villain.

[@Arengeesus]

I hate these cringe "i wanna be good and save the world" super hero stories. Go get 'em Eren. XD

[@anakin-is-panakin]

@@Arengeesus that’s fair lol I think the world is dark enough as is so I like happy endings but ones where like a LOT of people die to get there. Like rogue one is my favorite Star Wars movie. Super saccharine stuff tho no thanks lol I need it balanced

[@Arengeesus]

@@anakin-is-panakin people hate Eren for what he is doing. This is like how France punished Germany after WW1 (Treaty of Versailles). This revenge France wanted will end up creating a Monster with a silly moustache who loved Germany (U know him). General Foch,"This is not a peace treaty but a 20 year truce!". Boy was he so damn right. Lessons learned after WW2 is to NEVER punish the losers to the point they break because it will bring forth a monster within the losers. Eren is pretty much the same (kinda). Poor guy has been through a lot since early teens. Many might argue,"Oh but i wouldnt kill anyone" to that I say,"Bullshit!". Anyone will kill when their line is cut.

[@13apinoe]

What really got me was at the end of the special when Armin asks Eren how he will be free once they drag him out of the titan. I predict that his freedom is being liberated from carrying the burden of taking the action of mass genocide, while also having achieved what he wanted his entire life. Eliminating the titans, the enemies on the other side of the sea. I could not take my eyes off of my monitor throughout the entire special. It brought so many intriguing philosophical moments that really made me think about a clear cut solution to resolving hatred in the world. Unfortunately, Eren is the monster that humanity’s selfish actions manifested, and it came to haunt them back, with the innocent being caught in the crossfire.

[@aminerkin9844]

He's completely right even in the current world. World is a zero sum game and will always be because human mating is a zero sum game.

[@daveyjoneslocker4703]

@@aminerkin9844 me when nihilism and no moral compass or personal meaning

[@yagamilight9902]

Hmm.. or paradis people will all die.. why would he let just that happen while he even has the power- I mean..

[@ritik84629]

Last words from armin were: "In what way are you free?" shook my mind. It really goes too deep in who is the enemy, who is the bad guy. The slave of freedom!

[@ketsunoAna123]

lol the bad guy is still marley

[@hihippulie6073]

AOT is a pure master piece and since they use old fashion orchestra its even better. I got a shiver every time hearing that

[@badmanjosh6091]

That shit is ass.

[@FWMuscle]

The real heroes are those who actually waited for this without laying a hand on manga, bravo 👏

[@omegareaper6581]

So does that make me a villain??

[@InitialDraal]

I've seen dumb takes but this one takes the cake. Well done.

[@phosu5518]

You realise that buying the manga directly supports the writer right?

[@thalmoragent9344]

*"This is...Freedom!"* : Man was disappointed, didn't think that this was gonna be the price of his freedom, and that Eldians and their Titans were the real threat to true humanity in the first place.

[@Grayson-Winchester]

Eren (in my opinion)has unlike his brother Zeke moved on from his past trauma. He just wants to protect what he has right now which is his home and his family. Eren isn't broken rather he's desperate as he himself said. He won't let fate decide what'll happen to his home and his people.

[@recarras]

There was a video of another youtuber analyzing AoT from the violence cycle perspective. While Eren was someone that wanted to overcome the cycle fighting in it, Zeke was someone that wanted to overcome the cycle dissapearing from it. The real world of AoT is unbearable for someone like Zeke, so the solution the euthanasia plan.

[@Lipe326]

​@@recarras Well, Zeke's plan is to practically indirectly take away the freedom of the Eldians and make them peacefully extinct it's kind of an escape from the real problem and besides that there will still be cannibalism to keep the founder and the problem if someone ends up stealing the founder and putting some new rules that is practically in vain if it depends on the future.

[@recarras]

@@Lipe326 For sure. Zeke's plan is the opposite to Eren's. While Eren wants to destroy everyone except Eldians in Paradis. Zeke wants to Eldians disappear. Its good to watch the anime and see all the characters thinking that Zeke's way its something no as terrible as Eren's. Its funny also because nowadays we try to act like Eren in all the discussions (Me and my group have the only real truth).

[@takasugi6688]

Literally says later - Idk what would happen to you i dragged you into battle

[@Madara_da1]

At least someone gets me

[@monostar7]

for a story that is completely made of nuances and grey areas it absolutely blows my mind how most of the random sees and treats eren. as if he were a regular off the rack psycho villain.

[@AnimeCultureCorner]

I think it's amazing that my search for good BGM for this video about Eren almost entirely led me to villainous classical music. Grab a bite, sip a drink, and wear headphones for the best experience, as always.

[@VillainessAO]

I find it really hard to understand Eren even though I've watched the show like 5 times over and read the manga. Goated MC.

[@levi7581]

Amazing analysis and video, when it all ends I would love a detailed psychological analysis of Eren from episode 1 to 89. The intricacies, the detail and care put into weaving Eren as a character are immense. Even though that will be lost on many people who either don't want to understand him or don't care, for us deeply immersed in this story and who want to understand as much as we can it is truly a godsend. No matter how the ending plays out, Isayama-sensei will still be a genius (to me)... 戦え、戦え…

[@texidex]

says who?

[@levi7581]

@@texidex my personal opinion, he'll still be a genius to me, updated comment, thx

[@aracuscesar]

really? i watched the video and felt like the creator said a whole lot of nothing, i mean, nothing was really analyzed , just described what we all saw

[@A1_Amir]

People need to realize that every holder of the attack titan from start to finish was already pre determined by the founding titan Ymir. Essentially the attack titan was made out of the nine to act as a backdoor for Ymir to escape her prison and free the Eldian race from the power of the titans. Erens whole character is surrounded by his sheer to obtaining freedom for himself and the rest of the eldian race. Same as to why Grisha started the restorationists and fed himself to Eren. Same as Eren Kruger who motivated Grisha to carry on with the mission of freeing Eldia. It is the reason why Eren cannot explain why he does what he does to his friends, because its ALL PRE-MADE for Eren to fulfill by the founder Ymir. Why is it called “To You two thousand years from now”? Because those memories and hallucinations that Eren began to experience as an early child were meant for HIM two thousand years later. The same reason why he motivated Grisha to murder the Reiss family, cause whilst all the other eight titans submit to King Fritz, Ymir still chose the path of true freedom.All of the events are a strategic plan for Ymir to break free from her prison and the worst part is Eren soon becomes aware but knows the only way to stop himself is to have another one kill him.

[@keithfilibeck2390]

yes, finally someone who gets it, its all deterministic, Ymir, while a victim, perpetuates this insanity on the future to escape, Eren has cognitive dissonance because he both wants this, and doesn't, the thought of killing so many disgust and terrifies him, but his childish desires also push him forward, simply because he knows the future and knows its unstoppable, he justifies why he has to do it, but in reality he has no will in it, Ymir makes it so.

[@amanofnoreputation2164]

I don't know about that. The being the titan power came from is beyond understanding. Maybe it chose Eren, maybe it didn't. If it did, we are not privy to it's criteria for such a choice. If Ymir wanted a backdoor, then the convoluted from it took is no less inscrutable. Was there really no other way to achieve the same end?

[@A1_Amir]

@@amanofnoreputation2164 Eren is like how Neo is in the matrix. Everyone is in the matrix, just like everyone is Eldian, however only one does not submit to King Fritz and the walls and thats Eren, a and just like Neo did when rejecting the matrix. Ymir knew that a part of her wanted to be free from the prison, but still gave submission to King Fritz. Thats why all Eldians fell under the oppression of the world. Like how theyd submit to King Frtiz. However, like before said, a small percentage of that population rejected the norms of being a submitting and instead an attacking Eldian and that was Eren and his team.l

[@Pokane1998]

Yeah I agree.. what i think people are missing is that eren's idea of "freedom" actually changes. It basically starts off as freedom from the walls, then to freedom from the race that wants to kill all the island devils then to freedom from the fate he has seen. Ultimately he realizes he's a slave in all three scenarios. Its why you see him try convince himself otherwise "I am free. Whatever I do. Whatever I choose. I do it out of my own free will". Overtime he becomes less and less convinced. Why his mental health just erodes into him being unable to fight his fate anymore. Why we see him say "tatakae" so often. Rather than fight for the rumbling(as most see it as) he's trying to fight his fate mentally. Although you could argue Ymir chose Eren because of his characteristics which is basically his willingness to as he puts it "Keep moving forward".

[@kikima258]

@@Pokane1998 i love how theire is always an extar layer and meaning to every peice of dialogue in aot. the more we learn about the plot and the characters the deeper it goes, just brilliant writing

[@jonnyrose1288]

chapter 131 or episode 29 of season 4 is a very important revelation for even as it reinforces the audience that no matter what path even was led on, whether he had control or not of the future ahead of him, the rumbling was something he would have done no matter what. "I wanted this" eren felt the need to say I wanted this because even if this is pre determined, it is still what he wants

[@milaninter2442]

Eren is my favorite character in anime and it's not even close. I can't stop rooting for him

[@jwizdum2103]

Minute 5:19-11:20 of the episode is just perfection. The backstory to it all, the soundtrack, voice acting, production. Just world class. I got hints of The Joker with the use of the strings, absolutely beautiful. One of the most beautifully tragic protagonists we’ve seen in fiction.

[@shapeshifter7676]

Seems like most people have missed the most important line from this episode

[@Charlennedasilvantanda]

Which is ?

[@RBull52]

​@@Charlennedasilvantanda Spoiler alert He wants to be stoped, He is taking the Anger and hatred of the would, so the others can be free

[@peagames2002]

@@RBull52 Wasn't stated anywhere however. It may seem to unfold like so, but it ends up that hate cannot be stopped.

[@RBull52]

@@peagames2002 i mean why else he sais to the others "U have to kill me to Stop IT" i mean ITS Not stated anywhere true but thats the only Thing what makes Sense Eren needs to be the Monster against humantiy to save humantiy itself

[@kikima258]

@@RBull52spoilers the man wipped out 80% of humanity and yet you think he did the rumbeling to save it? no he wanted to be stoped because he knows he's totaly enslaved by his warped vision of freedom he's like an addict he knows what he is doing is wrong, selfish and twisted but he simply can't escape it. that "in order to stop me you have to kill me" is actualy his plea for help his only freedom is death and he knows it

[@Dephlazgmatus]

Great video!

[@gamerstheater1187]

If I had to give Eren psychoanalysis, I'd say he has: 1. Comorbid PTSD 2. Depression 3. Borderline Personality Disorder

[@jamesbrick250]

This special 1hr episode is probably the best season of AoT. The only odd part was the "See you later" scene because the dream scene from first episode of the anime was totally different.

[@notusingaimbot7345]

It’s because that was from the manga timeline. Anime Eren is the future Eren of Manga Eren

[@red.4712]

@@notusingaimbot7345 ???? its because they didnt properly include it originally; they have now because its important to the ending...

[@jamesbrick250]

@@red.4712 Unless the viewers are normie or dumb, people will notice the drastic change. I read the manga so I noticed the drastic change. If the first episode had See you later scene it won't be that much discourse. Even though people say AOE this and that I genuinely hope it's AOE as the manga ending isn't that great, but I know this inclusion of See you later scene is basically Isayama and MAPPA hope we forgot about the dream scene in the first episode and the drastic change.

[@red.4712]

@@jamesbrick250 Why would you want AOE? The manga ending is quite good, and a good finale for Eren’s character especially. It could have been given a few more chapters, sure, but the concept is good. What would you rather have???

[@jamesbrick250]

@@red.4712 Seriously? The pacing is too rushed from 135 to 139, like superfast-until-you-die type of pacing or Michael Bay movie type of pacing. The plot twist of Ymir loved King Fritz is odd, don't get me started about "Ymir has Stockholm Syndrome" take, if you're not in science/medical background same as I do, shut up. Eren's character development is odd at the end, Armin's "Thank You" line is offensive as that legitimately glorifying genocide (that's what got Isayama and Kawakubo in trouble in the first place), Mikasa being the actual chosen one is an odd choice despite none foreshadowing her as that, Eren controlled past Dina to kill Carla is legitimately breaking the rules (mythos) of the story, none of the Alliance suffered any consequences rather it's the future Eldians who became the target of extinction. If that is considered good, then I can say any fiction that's known to have bad parts AKA Game of Thrones, I bet you or anyone would dickride it until the end of time. As for AOE, I don't hope that much even though AoT is basically a Sekaikei (same as Muv Luv especially it's what inspired Isayama).

[@stefanRO10]

I am an anime only and ever since we learned Eren's true plan I always thought that he did all of this so his friends could take him down and humanity will cease to hate Eldians. This special Reiner suggested exactly that, at which Eren immediately brought them to the paths to let them know that they can take him down if they wish. So either his friends save the world and they stop being hated, or Eren ends everyone besides his friends so there's no one left to hate them. Eren basically fulfilled his goal already which is so scary and satisfying to think

[@keithfilibeck2390]

its that, but mainly its Ymir manipulating events through thousand+ years of fucking with the Attack Titan users, she essentially used them to get to the event that causes the Titans, and her, to cease to exist.

[@StoicBoyMario]

Bro that vid was brilliant!

[@himyeager]

"To all the subjects of Ymir, my name is Eren Yeager, My objective is to protect the people of Paradis, the wall titans shall trample all earth outside of this island underfoot until all life existing there has been exterminated from this world."

[@bottomtext]

This is one of the highest quality comment sections I've seen on a youtube video in a very long time, congrats ACC on the great community you've built.

[@AnimeCultureCorner]

🫡🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@thebonfireofgains]

Yeah this is my observation. Everyone has different takes but 80% of the comment section is civil and a lot more intelligent and intelligible in their discussions. This is the AoT fandom we want

[@19yrs]

​@@thebonfireofgainsexactly bro!👌

[@myuga9918]

What i find interesting about Eren is that he's conscious he's the most chained out of everybody, he knows he cannot break those chains and yet he still tries. His desire for freedom is so strong it may aswell be perceived as an obsession, and this useless fight with the inevitable really shows the difference between him and the regular slaves. The true slave accepts his fate and follows the orders accordingly while eren is doing the exact opposite, regardless of Eren being chained he is definitely not a true slave.

[@kcx2678]

I had fun while it lasted and I aged with the series. I’m afraid I won’t find an anime like this again. My only recourse is to keep moving forward.

[@JKS323]

It’s hard to make a right decision because he is still just a human

[@chronic6944]

notice how in the founding form his arms are pulled up to his spinal bone, representing a puppet. Eren is a puppet

[@audreyandremington5265]

Eren and Reiner are the same- down to developing dual personalities.

[@unknownbhai0202]

I don't know why people forget that the world outside the walls were advancing pretty quickly and headed for for advanced weapon technology. And Marley was always under pseudo threat from eldians and were 100% sure about wiping them off when they had powers. And considering the show is based around ww2 then just think if they developed till this point of time with extremely powerful technology we currently have. Then there would be no use of rumbling and could be destroyed by nukes or ICBM's and high altitude flying jets or drones of Kamikaze drones. Definitely then they would have no fear of Rumbling and wiped off Eldia, as they were pretty sure about that. As much as we dont like or hate Eren , I don't think anything else would've saved Eldia, no amounts of talks could bring about peace ever. Forget about anime think about this current world we live in...nothing is permanently solved via any laws or treaties with all of us being 100% humans. Do u think they would leave the so called "Devils"?

[@haiangang9561]

marley tech is just ww1 at best ( no machine gun no airplane, trench warfare etc...)

[@marathiboi96]

Shashank I'm gonna tell you in a simple terms that you will understand. Multiple nations attacked middle East, a lot of people in the world don't like muslims. Now a Yemeni muslim kid, who lost his family in a suadi bombing of yemen decides to destroy everyone except Yemen. He doesn't care who attacked him, he will kill everyone, hindu, muslims, Buddhists, Christians, jews. Does that genocide justified cause his nation was attacked by some countries. Does that justify that kid's plan to kill everyone else??? People like eren cause he was presented as a hero first. If the story was told from Armin as the main character, eren would have been villain. People often worship the central character no matter what he does, especially in our india.

[@ArkhamDeluxe]

@@marathiboi96 Nothing like an indian expressing their desire to make Muslims the villains, no matter the context/scenario

[@unknownbhai0202]

@@marathiboi96 🤡 The comparison 🤡 I'm not even gonna try to talk you through to make u understand what I'm saying. If there was a mistake in reading what I wrote or even watching the anime kindly read again what I wrote or watch the anime again🙏

[@marathiboi96]

@@ArkhamDeluxe ok, For you a different example, even though the situation in Yemen is horrific, a kid in Ukraine gets his house bombed by Russia, decides to wipe out everything but Ukraine, is that good example??? How'd you feel then.

[@abhishekpachhai2715]

Eren became God from old testament.

[@TheDprime]

as a canadian, I was not expecting to be hit with a michael ignatieff quote lol

[@fastng]

its just like 6-8 episodes left for the rest of the chapters so thats why the did "specials". anyway, eren knows what he's doing. i dont agree he has a "broken mind". eren is embodying the world's hate, thus uniting everyone against him. this is evident by the Marley general's speech apologizing to the Eldians from Marley and taking responsibility for what he and the rest of the world has done to the Eldians. eren taking on the burden of all this hate has united everyone and brought understanding and common ground. it's no different than what sasuke wanted to do, except he had naruto to stop him. thats why i compare sasuke to eren and itachi to zeke. and itachi and zeke's goal was no different either haha. both believed the world would be better off without their clan/race.

[@GutsandBlood231]

Yeah Aot is inspired from Naruto, the mist, Code geass, muvluv, breaking bad and GoT and a bit Marvel, but just a bit:D Lore is just Titans and setting is human nature primarily.

[@viviannguyen0506]

i don’t usually comment but this is a truly well made video! i honestly still don’t get eren’s mind, but i’ll get there eventually lol. great job!

[@lerneanlion]

This once again repeated this question in my head: Did Armin feel guilty that Eren did the Rumbling because of his book?

[@pauladal3968]

Very cultured Bach chaccone music in the beginning of the video

[@AnimeCultureCorner]

i’m glad you noticed 😎

[@DL-idk]

Eren: the world isn't like what I dreamed of. Wanna wipe it out. Part of the fandom: the ending isn't like what I wished for. Wanna cancel it. Prove that Isayama knows too much about humanity

[@everettenjeze6276]

Eren really has to be the most tragic MC in all of fiction. At the ripe age of 15, going through what he went through from, titans invading, his mom getting eaten, getting eaten himself, turning into a titan, betrayed by reiner a man he saw as his hero/brother, watching people he cared about being killed and wiped out, learning the truth about his father, and getting future memories of what he has to do in order to save his home and people, has to do a toll in a child’s brain like that because the brain is not even fully developed at that time. By time the time we see him in season 4 at 19(not even a full adult) he is just a young man who gave up on trying to change anything because there is nothing he can do change his fate. Such a sad child. I don’t even see a monster, just a broken, traumatized boy where nothing truly good happened in all of the days of living aside from making friends. Interesting how isayama says that Eren is a reflection of himself and I can see why. Isayama and Eren both yearn to be FREE🥲 but the cost to reach their individual freedoms took something away from them.

[@ShinAkuma]

Ever heard of GUTS ? Guy was literally born from a corpse hanging from a tree and used as a child sex slave for money by the guy he considered as a "father figure" and had to fight on battlefields as soon as he learned to walk.

[@everettenjeze6276]

@@ShinAkuma does not compare knowing that in the near future you have to abandon all your friends and commit global gennoacide at the age of 19. I love guts but at least he has friends and like puck on his side now and gain some humanity while Eren has nothing but depression and pain. Eren is more tragic then guts

[@jobealjoseph4585]

This is the problem of aot fans just exaggerate everything. "In all of fiction". Bro as long as guts is there , there won't be anyone who can be most tragic

[@everettenjeze6276]

@@jobealjoseph4585 guts had a tragic childhood, and the eclipse. Eren had to watch his people get slaughtered and killed as well. Does not compare to knowing that in the future at the age of 15 that in 4 years you have to go into a past memory of your fathers and convince him to kill a whole family so he can receive a power that will destroy the entire earth along with billions of innocent people. Like I said I like guts but he does not compare to Eren in terms of tragedy. Until guts has to commit global genocide in order to save your home and people then he don’t come close to tragedy Eren has been through. At least Guts is smiling and has friends at his side to help him. Eren has nothing

[@jobealjoseph4585]

@@everettenjeze6276 guts has constant suffering since his he was born . In case of eren he might have change his fate if he had told the power of attack titan then it might have been different . He had a choice but was extremely confused to choose the right one as he was still a teen . His friends didn't let him go alone. Then tried talk this out even after eren mention his motivation clear cut . What i am saying his he had choice his friends didn't hate him but he was just confused . Guts has been suffering from the start . He never knew peace . Little bit of happiness he got was from band hawk n casca which soom ended up being killed and raped by his best friend. He is stryggler. His is struggling ever since the start. In the latest chapters he couldn't even land a single scratch on griffith and could nt protect what he had left ( casca) . He couldn't even sleep at night due to the curse. Now he has fallen to extreme depression. And there was like only 2 times guts smiled n was happy .

[@Cbawls]

Amazing video essay. The use of classical/romantic music was excellent

[@user-nr8pp3kc1m]

Amazing video man

[@jennycampbell8424]

I thank you for your analysis, because they embrace some of the same as my own. Every single character is guilty of murder at some point., but that is how the story goes. This was a look directly from our eyes to the human heart, and in similar situations and lives, we would possibly choose the same.

[@stur3366]

I think in the beginning eren truly did not want to do this but I think over time he convinced himself that this is what he wanted the wholetime. I think the rumbling was always going to happen. We have seen in many stories that trying to change a future event will only cause said event. All you truly can do is keep walking forward l, weather you like it or not. The one aspect I never see talked about in aot, is how the entire story shows why seeing the future is a fucking curse.

[@Pokane1998]

He didn’t want to do it but his knowledge of the future made him do it. It’s the actual freedom he talks about. He wants to be free from his fate. Why he wants Mikasa etc to stop him.

[@stur3366]

​@@Pokane1998 Being born into a fatalistic world must be a nightmare.

[@elsotanodelhorror810]

@@Pokane1998 thats not rue at all, he wanted to do this

[@Pokane1998]

@@elsotanodelhorror810 have you not watched the show? How have you come to that conclusion?

[@legendarybaaqi9389]

@@Pokane1998 read chapter 131 and 139 where wren tells his reason for the rumbling you will know he wanted to do the rumbling not because of his friends or pardis but to make the world in armins book a reality.Look carefully when eren talks to ramzi and chapter 139,where he says he wanted to do it

[@PhoenixLance13]

It's tragically ironic: the character who wants nothing more than to be free, is in the end nothing more than a slave to fate. Eren's idea of "freedom" is childish in nature, very black and white, and he takes out his anger and disappointment on the rest of the world by trampling them underfoot. Saving Paradis or his friends isn't the reason for doing this: it's the perfectly pre-made excuse. He's convinced himself there is no other way because he literally cannot see it since his path has been predetermined for 2000 years. It makes characters like Gaby even more poignant in comparison, because they broke free of the very cycle Eren is fighting against without any of the measures he is taking.

[@daddy_1453]

That's because they haven't seen the future. The fact if the outside world survives, Eldia will eventually be destroyed. The only silver lining being some eldians will survive beyond the wall, even if as second class citizens. Gaby and Falco are still innocent and can act accordingly. Eren, presumably, has seen the various outcomes. Think of Dr Strange seeing 14 million futures in Infinity War. Eren, like Dr Strange, deduced there was only 1 way. The fact that way happens to make Erens dreams come true is a welcome bonus for him.

[@tempestbully_kennels6029]

Ok tell me how else to save eldia lol literally the best way to do it eren the goat

[@adem34hz58]

only non npc aot fan

[@adem34hz58]

Just dismantle the marley government without killing a billion + innocent people. Marley stood no chance against him so eren took that advantage so he could freely commit genocide. All he cared about was destruction, as he said

[@daddy_1453]

@@adem34hz58 Look at real life dude. The Americans took out the Afghanistan government. Then what happened? Did things get resolved? NO! The Afghan people realised a foreign power had installed a puppet regime over them. So they resisted. They waged guirella warfare. After 20 years of struggle, the weak Afghans managed to kick out the mighty Americans from their country and they restored their previous Government. (The government that was opposed to the US). Eren only has 13 years to live. If he destroys the Marley government, then the Marleyans will know Eldia has once again taken over them and installed a puppet. That will be unacceptable and they will fight back for their freedom via guirella warfare. In order to avoid the enemy government coming back to power, Eren and Paradis will constantly have to support the new Marley government. They will have to sort of occupy Marley for DECADES. Eren doesn't have decades to live. This "solution" just means kicking the can down the road for future Eldian leaders to deal with. And what happens when another King Fritz type of person comes to power? Once again, the Eldians will abandon the Marley occupation then we are back to square 1. Eren has a short time left to live. He wants a permanent solution that will remove the threat of foreign imposed genocide upon Paradis. He has no solution to stop infighting.... be he can ensure Eldians will survive and only ever be killed by each other... instead of by outsiders. That is exactly what Eren did. It makes sense and doesn't indicate he's a mad man who loves destruction.

[@jdmac157]

I was not expecting a Michael Ignatieff quote. Ever. In my life.

[@kingkek3527]

Eren is the purest embodiment of the faustian spirit that craves freedom at all cost, whatever the cost. The kind of character only a Japanese man could write in the modern world

[@HeavyReign12]

I wish I could peer into the mind of Hajime Isayama, because you're absolutely correct. He seems so "normal" in interviews. Anyone familiar with the concept of what the Faustian spirit really means and Spengler's writings can immediately identify it in AoT. I don't think a Japanese man is exclusively the only one who could write a character like this, but he is the only one capable/allowed to write a character like this. A Western man could write a character like this but it would immediately be shot down in a large public setting because it would be understood as racism/nationalism/colonialism. I've heard the ending sort of drops the ball. I haven't read it, but either way I am infinitely thankful for the existence of AoT. Eren feels scarily relatable because of my views, I won't even hide it. Sure I'm Satan in some people's views, and people think you feel a certain way because you just want to be an edge lord. Maybe subconsciously that's it, but I don't think so. I've struggled to make sense of the discrepancies between the cruelty of nature and the universe's cold indifference and the fairy tail that this world pushes on me as the moral good. All while telling me that there is no moral good, that we choose our own. So am I free to be evil? To stop evil are you not engaging in shared selfishness of self preservation? Quite literally I think we are beginning to look "beyond good and evil." It has torn my soul in two, I have feet in both camps. I openly admit the concerns I have for the replacement of European people in Europe. The demographic trends are not looking good. The condemnation of entire eras and civilizations built by people I owe my existence to. Their only usefulness is when they're made to apologize for the ills of the world. It makes me sick to my stomach. If there is no implicit moral good for us to take part in, who is anyone to tell me I am wrong? So I see Eren, he is the character you least want to relate to and I do. Full heartedly. While still recognizing the flaws in his and my own philosophy. The childlike anger I share that has eroded me emotionally, and pushed people away. I have hope that I will step into it completely and be free of any anger towards me by forgetting the rest of the world and only caring about what those important to me think of me. So I'm sure if anyone reads this they will likely find my view silly/not worth engaging with. Well that's why AoT is so valuable to me. Because even if the message of the story is that I am wrong, it still lets me know that I am not alone. And that means a lot to me as I try to work out my own feelings towards things. That I am still human.

[@rhnbladehunter111]

this was a great video, so much depth

[@miragemain105]

See I think he has a secret plan, he wants his friends to kill him, and for it to have an impact, he needs to be a complete threat to everyone, in the anime, a Marleyan on an intercom talks about moving past the hatred and so on, and it was the oncoming threat Eren presents as he approaches them that brings the Marleyan to that point, and so if the Eldians kill Eren, being his friends and comrades, Eren is allowing them the chance, he won’t tell them because then they would try to work around it, he needs them to kill him straight up, Reiner sort of points out that Eren doesn’t want to do this but feels that he has to which for the Eldians of Paradis and the outside world to live in Peace he really has to

[@gurtsgh]

He explains everything to Armin in the manga ^^

[@alpha_9997]

I actually havent watched the show yet, but is this not literally just what he planned? like why the ‘i think” this is just straight up the truth

[@errwhattheflip]

Because this wasn't ever stated in the anime. He said he wanted to destroy the cycle of hatred, but his real motivation was his selfish desire for freedom@@alpha_9997

[@siddharthgaur2205]

I liked your character analysis and your view on Eren , i would like to talk about Ramzi and his little brother , At the start they showed them collecting coins in order to survive and they were not living a good life, i sometimes think them dying in Rumbling was actually making them free from their miseries. But again the message is Eren knows what he is doing is wrong but he just can't stop himself from doing it ,he is a prisoner of his own mind. That's why his one my favourite line is , when he told Falco those who push themselves can see even further will it be Heaven or another hell only those he keeps moving forward can find it .

[@cjsm935]

It was perfect it literally proves aot is my favourite fiction ever made

[@hannahharden4169]

I watched the new episode on the 3rd when it was released and wow your breakdown of it is amazing, new sub! :)

[@delorean407]

My favourite part about it all is that the rumbling is the only way for him to be "free" BUT he's only "free" while he keeps moving forward. If he does 100% rumbling it means that all his friends are dead because they couldn't stop him, he's alone with guilt and all the destruction, and even all those views from Armin's goddamn book are ruined by colossals. He's basically moving forward to his worst possible nightmare but can't stop by himself because he doesn't want to.

[@TemProduction]

wow the way you deliver your story telling is on another level and is very engaging

[@bondedcastaway3085]

Eren really did seem to give zero F’s last season

[@Darth_Bateman]

Persona.

[@ok-5143]

@@Darth_Bateman huge one

[@Violet1234]

I just finished this like 5 minutes ago. it was great.

[@krystofkassa5753]

Probably the best video explaining Eren's mind

[@HereticPlays]

very great analysis keep up the good work

[@ichi_san]

I really appreciate your nuanced take on Eren. You didn't call him 'good' or 'evil' instead raising a very important argument about the dichotomy between opposing ideas of freedom. I may have to pick the anime back up now.

[@jugemujugemugokonosurikire4735]

I just thought of a line in the legend of korra from one of their greatest antagonists, zaheer. To achieve freedom, enlightenment is needed. For that, he needs to let go of his earthly tether, and enter the void. However, eren's sole earthly desire is freedom, hence can never achieve it. To achieve true freedom, one must not pursue it.

[@jugemujugemugokonosurikire4735]

And another line which struck me more, was not from AOT, but kung fu panda. From master oogway, his quote "one meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it." Eren attempts to save sasha by initiating the attack in s4p1. But by doing so, gabi gets that hatred, and attacks the ship and kills sasha.

[@1Patrick]

Anyone else got reminded of Breaking Bad where Walter finally said that he did it for himself? Similar how Eren did this not just for his friends, but for more selfish reasons.

[@shawnellesmith]

@@Gamfluent……….want to elaborate on that?

[@shawnellesmith]

@@Gamfluent Eren admitted that he also he it mostly for himself. This video explains that much.

[@shawnellesmith]

@@Gamfluent It’s from most of his character we’ve seen throughout the show. From him declaring to “destroy the entire world” during his fight with Annie to telling Ramzi straight up the this is what he wanted. He kept saying it was to preserve his friends and country, but it was just a front to hide the fact that he did it for himself. It’s proven more with the “This is freedom” scene. There was nothing else on his mind but himself. This is his own physique we’re seeing so we know he isn’t lying. If it was truly because of his friends and home, then he would’ve chosen other options besides a full scale Rumbling. He went with the rumbling because that’s what he wanted.

[@KraNisOG]

Not really important, but I think that Eren helped Ymir build his founding titan form. That, or The Source Of All Living Matter built it, and that it wasn't Ymir who built his titan.

[@eianfederle2715]

The episode also brings into light that while Eren greatly desires freedom, he cannot get it until he's dead. Say if he were to live/survive, he still wouldn't be free anyway. He is almost like Ymir in that sense. Ymir, while able to become more powerful than King Fritz, still submitted to him because since she's been a slave all her life, all she knows is this slave mindset. She was never going to be free even though she was destined to have such power. Eren lived a simple life within the walls, but he desired freedom outside of the walls, but little did he know that Marley and other nations were at war and there was still a "Titan War". Even though he was destined or fated to have the power of a titan, there was still a whole complex historical problem between marleyans and eldians that runs so deep that the only way to stop the conflict was the euthenization plan (killing every single eldian, including those on paradis island), which eren, who wanted to rid the world of titans, did not want to do and yet start the rumbling. The only way to stop all this was to kill him, which was hinted at when he had this monologue about the scouts having the freedom to stop him and him having the freedom to continue the rumbling. He was never going to be free (from his fate), until he dies. At least that's my theory for now.

[@nathanaeladdison3631]

How crazy is that huh. He used to hate titans so much with a passion and now his plan is for people who can turn into titans to fill and roam the earth after wiping out non titan people.

[@stoopid_life]

I feel like what Eren is doing is necessary, if he wants to achieve freedom he has to destroy the conflict around the world. I also think that he is going to manage to do it and that he stays alive in the end as well.

[@not_zaknefarious]

Dude! Well produced! My only feedback is at the very end of the vid, we get some background noise. If using editing software, I've found splitting the end and shortening the audio prior to applying fades or other effects to be a good way of getting a silent outro that works well with post vid links. Thanks for the content!

[@Wolf-yi1xe]

Is heartbreaking seeing how far Eren went

[@Twix44]

the funniest thing is aizen planned all of this smh

[@AnimeCultureCorner]

smfh

[@vertexedits1806]

this episode was so good everyone involved literally dedicated their hearts eren is one of my favourite characters in all of fiction

[@folubtw]

Keep in mind all the previous inheritors kept moving forward towards erens plan because they saw memories of a paradis that was free. So it doesn't make sense that the manga ended the way it did. Instead of mappa revisiting that dream scene to reanime, they might aswell revisit the entire reasoning behind the attack titan. Unless the future that the past attack titan inheritors saw was a future of the anime and not the manga. I believe this is the only solution to that dilemma

[@peagames2002]

Or they saw memories of paradis being free as being "free of all walls", like completely destroyed along its infrastructure. It is either Paradis Island or the rest.

[@No-I-dont-want-that]

I believe in anr do you?!!

[@jager3572]

dont think thats actually the case. since Eren himself only saw the future up to the point where he finally gained control of the Founding and started the rumbling. Eren himself couldnt see farther than that. I mean we know that eren affected Grisha right then and there when they both were inside Erens memories. At least i think thats the case.

[@nanaAnn96]

@@jager3572 well the reason eren cant see beyond that is because there is no future inheriter after him

[@jager3572]

@@nanaAnn96 yeah i know i was just saying that Eren didnt know for sure what would happen in the end cuz he couldnt see that far in the future

[@PetrikLeo]

Incredible analysis. Well done!

[@ConsortHayase]

This was a amazing episode and the manga and anime was completely accurate

[@dgamed762]

Considering there are a shorter amount of chapters left than we originally left off of, I feel like this 2nd part won't be as long (Therefore, taking less time to come out.) We've seen sneaks about this part 2 already in the works, which is good news. Though, concern has brought me to the corner of my seat, as we won't get an original ending (I think.). Meaning, they could add more stuff to further extend the length of this 2nd part until it reaches an hour.

[@grantshearer5615]

Tbh it's hard to say how anyones mind would cope and react to being dumped with traumatizing visions of your future that seem to be more set in stone with each passing day. The Dragonlance Series has a magician, Raistlin, who travels back in time to take the place of an archmage from history, only to realize that in killing him and taking his place, he is unable to change the outcome of history anyway. And becomes what he sought to destroy

[@Shawx10]

Amazing video. Your unbiased interpretation is fantastic. Personally, I wish more people would understand where Eren’s logic comes from, rather than turning their back on him and marking him as pure evil and a villain.

[@borikidor]

As an anime only i was fearfull do to the decisive ending but so far this us absolutley amazing

[@djefardeur7958]

He kept fighting and moving forward, even after death and beyond !

[@taustin4948]

I thought Season 3 part 2 might be the best single season of any show I've ever seen when I saw it. There is obviously the ultimate 3 episode stretch, but the whole battle is so tightly done with clear goals and motivations. From when Zeke appears so menacingly and Eren says "looks like we want the same thing, a decisive battle" it's balls to the wall action up to the greatest reveal in what's in the basement. It's unbelievable. But I guess with all that it has to be tied with s4 parts 2 and 3 because they are that good lmao. What a show

[@Annie1962]

"man is free at the instant he wants to be' - bullshit. Eren became a slave to the pursuit of wanting to be free. Freedom is a state of mind. Eren was obsessed with obtaining freedom.

[@danielperry6893]

Love that you put in the Bach chaconne

[@AnimeCultureCorner]

of course

[@NarukuSenpai]

Beautiful summary essay

[@НикитаСимонян-ж5е]

Eren is not so difficult as people want him to be . He set this future in stone himself . He wants to give his friends long lifes and he wants to destroy the world himself too. He is a slave to his nature . And freedom

[@jessethomas6569]

Yo your organization of what exactly eren was doing is perfect to every detail

[@Nobodysurvivesevenonebit]

Best character in all anime.

[@Hakai11X]

OmegaLoL

[@zenxen7668]

This video is perfect dude

[@PreSleepASMR]

I’m really impressed by the way you talk , do you have any tips haha thx

[@AnimeCultureCorner]

practice and write your script well

[@soliedo_nazo]

I can relate to Eren Yeager so much

[@devastatheseeker9967]

Nah makes sense to me, it's like the priest in vinland saga. His view on love is the same as eren's on freedom. If you're dead you aren't suffering and complaining.

[@masterah2926]

Those who do not understand true pain can never understand true peace. Nagato Uzumaki Team Eren👣

[@primal8525]

I definitely see what you’re going for but I have a slightly different take. When Eren kissed Historia’s hand he gained the memories of the future, though not the full thing as we see him get ambushed in season 4 to his surprise, and he clearly tried to differentiate from this path but the actions he took to try to stop it lead to it. So at this point he has stopped resisting and agonisingly accepted the future. He knows what he’s doing is horrific but can’t do anything to stop it because the future is set in stone.

[@Atrenu]

When the topic of The Rumbling comes up and, specifically, whether or not you support his decision, I find that the question shouldn't be "Is this the right thing to do?" - rather, "Are you surprised?" From his perspective, his conflict will end with either Paradis' end or the end of the rest of the world (as he points out when he addresses the Subjects of Ymir). There are only those two outcomes, and he - and he, alone - has the means to bring about one of them. When the rest of the world wants you dead, and they have made it abundantly clear that they will not rest until you are, are you surprised when they use everything they have against you?

[@crecy1987]

Yes! Brilliantly said.

[@aghii458]

I feel like one fact that many people frustratingly miss is that Eren never changes. He was never a good person, he was never changed by the death of his mother. He was always a bad person, which was the entire point of showing him killing Mikasa’s captors as a child. He always wanted to exact revenge on the people who had caused him suffering, it’s just that it changed from titans, to Marleyans, to everyone outside the walls. He took his quest for revenge so far that he eventually destroys the outside world that he wanted to one day see. You aren’t supposed to root for him, he’s not a good person, but he’s a great character.

[@edisonjml]

As the Attack Titan, Eren bears the true will of the founder Ymir, the will that frees the pigs from the pigpen before she even got the Power, the same will that freed her from the subjugation of the royal Fritz blood. It's not just Eren's will at play, it's also the will of the founder Ymir that desires the end of races in attempt to end oppression once and for all.

[@keithfilibeck2390]

its Determinism/Fatalism, Eren got to see the script but doesn't have an eraser, all he can do it follow along, even his own motives and actions, he wants to stray from, but like Dr. Manhattan, its "already happened" in the future. nothing can stop it.

[@eyez4yuh]

the score for this was next level

[@ronburgundy901]

Eren still deserves a happy ending. He was born into this world.

[@shawnellesmith]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@mrchefcheck]

If it's to protect my loved ones from any threat or danger that I know is coming because all other options for a peaceful end have been exhausted, I'll do exactly what Eren did too.

[@dogman-fx9ub]

No I wouldn't kill 80% of the world's population for my country I hust dont think like Eren