User blog:Fire Eater/Five Worst Attack on Titan Characters

Well seeing how I've never ever been shy of an opinion, I figured I'd go on to share my piece on the main characters of this series. AoT may have churned out an impressive cast, at least among the ones that actually manage to get past being Redshirts in this bloodbath, but with its greatest strength comes its greatest weakness, the characters who for all of their focus really have not earned it, and in part have caused some of the manga's and anime's worst slips. That said, here's my five least favorite characters in the cast.

And as this is my blog page, I am free to vent against these guys if I so choose and trust me, there's a lot of personal resentment I harbor for most of who you see on this list.

Special Mention: Mrs. Tybur, Marcel Galliard, Colt Grice: Absolutely ZERO weight or impact to be felt thus far despite being Titan holders or in Colt's case an inheritor. Especially egregious is Mrs. Tybur, who is strictly a prop for the War Hammer Titan to come into play, and the War Hammer's first display didn't do nearly enough to justify the threat it carried, especially if Eren did indeed get it. Honestly with the entire Marley being an almost too big revelation for what was long hinted at, probably most of them in general for being late arrivals to this story are going to suffer from the effect of being props hinging on what was already established long before they became relevant.

5) Ymir

More a victim of bad writing than anything else. While her unceremonious end last year was a major letdown that I'm still bitter about, it also opened up the question of what point she had in the context of the manga. She was a random victim of the Marley who by pure chance came into possession of the Jaw Titan, a revelation that should've opened up huge new possibilities as the second Titan Paradis had managed to acquire. Her main motivation as a character may have been to help Christa develop into what she is now, but not only is Christa currently a reduced focus, but Ymir's character relies almost exclusively on another character in this story. Ymir had plenty to hold up her own end as a character and her mysterious nature invited all sorts of questions on her origins, especially when the whole false god thing came in, and could've been a major ally of Paradis. Instead, she chooses to surrender herself to the Warriors, the allies of the Marley to whom she owed NO LOYALTY WHATSOEVER, and let herself become a weapon of the genocidal nation that destroyed her life. For me this totally invalidates her as a relevant part of the manga, and even though one person suggested her consumed conscience could influence the next holder of her Titan somehow, this was a pathetic conclusion to someone who's return was hugely anticipated for so long, and her role could've been filled by just about anybody else as far as Christa goes. This is what we in the real world like to call a ripoff.

4) Connie Springer

He simply doesn't carry a whole lot of weight in the grand scheme of things and doesn't even have the memetic status of his best friend Sasha. Things may change, or they may not change at all. But he simply fails to leave much of an impact despite what happened at Ragako, something that has been mostly swept aside through the majority of the manga and again, lacks a lot of the charm and endearment Sasha had despite being an otherwise okay guy. He's not terrible, but he is not much to talk about, which is unfortunately a symptom levied to a lot of characters who despite being mains have received jacksquat for their presence. He doesn't even have much in the line of special abilities or really just.........Anything that makes him stand out. For someone who's been with the mains since the second chapter/second episode......That's inexcusable. That goes for everyone else like him who has been afforded zero affection by the minds behind this story.

If you insist on focusing on only half a dozen people in a story this expansive and involving, DON'T do what Isayama does and let the rest of the cast suffer for it, that includes every redshirt who's actually been allowed to have a name.

3) Bertolt Hoover

The Colossal Titan, the symbol of the series, deserves far better than to be carried by someone as flat as Bertolt Hoover. Of the three Warriors, he gets the least development and unlike Annie has actually been awake for the whole time she's been konked out, and she was better established as a tragic villain than he ever was. Most of Bertolt's presence relies exclusively on Reiner, who is far more interesting and fleshed out despite his little soap opera taking, way, way too long to resolve itself. What do we really know about Bertolt that separates him from the other two? And what has he ever been given to make him remotely sympathetic? As such, it was hard to feel anything for him when he finally met his end at Armin's hands. In fact, it felt wholly deserved, he was neither a great villain or a great tragic villain. He too felt more like a prop, and there's no excuse for the most dangerous Titan to be carried by one of the blandest on the villains' side of the ongoing Titan war.

2) Eren Yeager

Yes. I am going there, I'm going to say it. Eren Yeager is one of the WORST anime protagonists we right now have.

This guy's bloodlust was totally understandable at the outset of the series, and his motivations absolutely made sense, but until now he had something of a code of honor where he would never intentionally harm an innocent life in pursuing the Titans. I don't care what Isayama's big idea is, I don't care who tells me the grey morality of this series is its strong suit, behind great strengths lie great weakness. Eren has fast become a majorly unsympathetic character who has become so reckless in his actions that he feels nothing for who suffers for it. His own comrades die for him constantly, and now he's thrown caution to the wind and it's cost them again in a big way. And I don't get what purpose that is meant to serve in his favor as far as the story's current context goes. Massacring civilians to make a point gives Marley the kind of propaganda they need to justify the war that is soon to restart. Eren doesn't know his place anymore and so any punishment levied against him is absolutely justified. He's a totally unsympathetic "hero" as of now, and now perhaps isn't worthy of that title. There's simply no possible way to justify his actions in Liberio, an act that as far as I can tell he rashly chose to act ahead on rather than let his comrades be there for when the right time to make that move had come. He certainly doesn't seem to feel enough for what he cost everyone by doing what he did, and no tears were shed for the innocents he did kill like he would when he watched the earlier slaughters at Trost and Shiganshina. As far as Eren goes, I'm just waiting for Levi to finally snap and kabob his arse.

Plus his relationship with Mikasa is totally one-sided on her side. Eren's affection for Mikasa feels way too superficial and informed, and I have a hard time believing they have a truly genuine familial bond for it. It's very close to resembling Stockholm syndrome as far as Mikasa goes, again if Eren becoming a true rogue is the intended angle this is going in, I do NOT approve. I would very much like to see Mikasa take Levi's side next time and put Eren in his place, or die for refusing.

1) Gabi Braun

If you don't know why she's my pick for the absolute MOST despicable POS in the manga right now, then I guess you haven't gotten around to reading Crapter 105.

Seriously though, very few people seem to find very much to like about this brat turd. She may be a foil to Eren as far as the Marley side of the story goes, but has virtually no redeeming value to speak of. Even before her actions in Liberio, she had a hard time finding fans and it's pretty evident as to why. For her to elevate to main character status is one of Isayama's worst errors of judgement in what is already a long list. Simply because he has failed to execute properly. Falco stands as the better character as he represents the Marley side but hasn't submitted to being one of their willing monsters just yet. Instead we're forced to also focus on Gabi, the true monster in this story. Any possibility of sympathy has already been chucked out the window with her. I'm only sorry that Floch did not chuck her off that blimp.

Burn in Hell, Gabi Braun. You as a character with your very presence destroyed my remaining investment in this story. Officially past the point of no return.

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So who are the worst ones in your opinions? Do you agree or disagree with what I said?