Eren Yeager (Junior High Manga)

Eren Yeager (エレン・イェーガー) is a 1st year Attack Junior High School student and the main protagonist of the Attack on Titan: Junior High manga.

Appearance
Eren has messy dark hair, large eyes, and usually-furrowed brows. He wears the standard Titan Junior High uniform.

Personality
Eren vowed to kill every single Titan when one stole his favorite lunch—a cheeseburger. He began to idolize Levi and joined the Survey Club in order to achieve their common goal of defeating the Titans. He is very dedicated in the pursuit of his goals and is often overcome by anger.

Volume 1
Eren walks with Mikasa on their way to junior high school, admitting that he is excited for a chance to finally defeat the Titans. Just then, a gigantic eraser hits him on the head; getting up, he decides to gouge his name into it out of spite. Mikasa tries to pass it off as an accident but Eren vows revenge for it. At that time, a ruler of the same size and dimensions hits him on the head as well. Glaring at the Titan that did it, Eren watches it pick up the dropped eraser and throws it back at his head in response to Eren gouging his name on it.

As they all wait in line, Eren continues to vow revenge and is told off by Mikasa. Not listening, he goes over to an open Titan sized backpack and decides to steal something from it. He spots a cloth and smells it; this causes him to almost throw up. Regardless, he starts pulling the cloth out of the bag and is soon covered by it. Getting out from underneath, Eren decides to burn it when Mikasa and a teacher come over and order Eren to apologize for stealing a student's gym shorts. He refuses to and then spots the Titan he stole from crying; he finally realizes that he stole a pair of sweaty Titan gym shorts and the fact that he smelled them causes Eren to slump over in shame and embarrassment. He does not change his views and confides to Mikasa that he still believes the Titan he stole from to be evil. As the welcoming ceremony begins, Eren looks in shock to see that the principal of the school is the same Titan that stole his lunch five years ago.

During roll call, the teacher asks them to introduce themselves and say what their dream for the future is; Eren immediately jumps up and states his desire to drive out every Titan from the school. He is immediately called a future skinhead by the teacher and Eren becomes insulted when another student, Jean, wishes for a dream that is the exact opposite of his. He moves to fight Jean, but Mikasa firmly tells him to stop and reminds him he needs to get along with his classmates. Content with being a loner, Eren tells off Mikasa and runs off. As he takes his frustrations out on a tree, Eren accidentally hits the Titan he stole from earlier. He screams as the Titan puts Eren in its mouth and starts to suck; it soon spits him back out. Mikasa goes over and convinces the other students that Eren put himself in harm's way to save everyone. Later in the week, Eren and his friends notice that Armin has yet to come to school this year and the entire class is set to go up against a rival class in a dodge ball match the next day; Eren and Mikasa go to Armin's house to try to convince him to attend. Despite Eren's efforts, Armin does not believe him. Mikasa is able to sway Armin by berating Eren's habits, something the latter wonders if it was actually considered help; eventually, Eren and Mikasa convince Armin to come the following day.

In an ironic twist, Eren does not show up for school and oversleeps; looking at his clock, Eren slowly realizes what happened and runs to school in a blind panic. He is able to make it in time for his class's second match against Class 3; he is criticized by Mikasa and he also insults Jean for trying to look like him (despite Jean being forced to.) One of the players from Class 3, Annie, proclaims they will win and the two sides begin. Eventually, Eren is able to hit Annie with the ball, eliminating her and winning the match.

Relationships

 * Mikasa Ackerman - Mikasa is Eren's adoptive sister and presumably have a normal sibling relationship. Eren does get annoyed when Mikasa scolds him for talking about Titans and treating him like a child.
 * Armin Arlert - Armin is Eren's best friend. He does his best to rally Armin and build his confidence up when needed.
 * Levi - Eren has show to idolize Levi as the head of the Survey Club and strives to be just like him.
 * Annie Leonhart - At the start of the year, Eren inadvertently made Annie hold a grudge against him due to his actions during the welcoming ceremony; this only intensified after Eren's team beats hers in a dodge ball match. They eventually are able to reconcile and become friends.