Jean Kirschtein (Junior High Anime)

Jean Kirschtein (ジャン・キルシュタイン) is a 1st year Titan Junior High School student and Eren's rival.

Appearance
Along with the arrogant smile plastered upon his face, Jean is well, with his two-toned undercut and wears school's standard uniform.

Personality
Jean is in the same class as Eren and Mikasa. He gets into fights with Eren often, and has a crush on Mikasa. He sees himself as a genuine intellectual, and appears to be wealthy. Jean enjoys bragging to his peers about his popularity in elementary school.

Story
Eren's fourth crash victim, in which he calmly ignores and proceeds on hurrying to school. But as soon as Mikasa steps over him, he turns into fascination. Lagging along with the rest of the group chasing Eren, he ends up in the Titan's side of the school. As he proceeds to drag behind with Eren neglecting his suspicions, he is greeted with a shower of gigantic school supplies. Spotting a Titan behind them, he hurriedly rushes away. Much to his perverted thoughts of pulling down Christa's skirt, he ends up dragging down Conny's pants. Along with Sasha, Eren, and Conny, they go tumbling out the door. Luckily, they are found by Hannes who direct him and the others back to human's side of the school. Jean stirs up a fight after Eren introduces himself to the class. He notices Mikasa trying to break them up, dumbfounded by her beauty. Out of jealousy, Jean has another go at Eren but this time he is stopped by their homeroom teacher. Jean later attends the entrance ceremony.

Jean wonders why the person sitting next to Eren has been absent for a long period of time. That turns out to be Armin, who is properly introduced to him later. Jean follows his friends to find the Attack Junior High Scout Regiment, where he is accepted into said unauthorized club. The next day, his name is signed up for the Wall Cleanup Club by Mr. Keith, who assigned them to a random club because they did not send in their admission forms.

Jean takes part in his school dodge ball and is confident in his team's abilities - especially Mikasa's. To his dismay, Eren is late which causes Mikasa to lose energy and the will to play dodge ball. His friends suggest Jean dress up as Eren to temporarily fool Mikasa in order to play against Annie's team, however their plan ends up failing. Luckily, Eren appears in time for the match. Jean watches in awe as Mikasa's performance is equal to Annie's, ensuring them a higher chance of victory. Jean forgets to dodge the ball when it hits him because of that.

Relationships

 * Marco Bodt - Marco is surprisingly patient with Jean and is one of the first students who politely welcome him to class. Notably, the two are best friends and support each other wholly.
 * Eren Jaeger - Jean takes an immediate disliking to Eren the second he introduces himself to the class. Not only is Jean jealous of Eren's close relationship with Mikasa, he sees Eren as an imbecile with opinions that are the exact opposite to his.
 * Mikasa Ackermann - Jean has an obvious crush on Mikasa. He goes dreamy whenever fantasizing about her, but is mostly nervous whenever he wants to speak to her upfront. He admires her and compliments her, blindly supporting her in anything she does.