To Armin's surprise, Eren suddenly begins punching himself to bring himself back to his senses. Muller orders his men to lower their firearms and asks for Armin's name. As far as we know, Jean has exactly 1 kill at this point. [183] Helping him to his feet, Armin asks Mikasa if she wants to help Eren; after getting a reluctant response, Armin mentions how he believes what Eren said to them was nothing more than just a lie to make Yelena and Zeke believe he was on their side. Armin believes that in the cruel world, in which they live in order to surpass monsters, accomplish goals or make a difference, one must be willing to sacrifice anything, including their humanity. As he, Eren and Mikasa enter the underground tunnel, Annie refuses to follow, realizing that Armin has led her into a trap. [198], While their allies fight the Yeagerists, Connie carries Armin to Magath. Armin responds bitterly, saying that he would rather die than become a burden. Annie questions why Armin did not take action if he was already so suspicious of her, but Armin states he simply could not believe it, and questions why Annie chose not to kill him when she had the chance. It is currently in the possession of Eren Jaeger . Armin tries to speak with Eren, but notices his palm is cut and bleeding; seeing Eren's intent forces both Mikasa and Armin to comply with Eren's demands. Armin requests to keep one blade, implying to commit suicide with it, but Mikasa and Connie refuse to leave him behind. Queries Initially, Armin's intelligence was hampered by a severe lack of confidence, but after acknowledging and nurturing this side of himself, Armin's potential as a tactician began to show, and even high-ranking officers took his strategic opinions seriously. Eren glares before standing back up and making his way to Jean, who had already set up his tent. [109], During a failed test for Eren to harden his Titan form, Armin was present. Annie denies going with them as she's basically lost all hope in saving humanity, and after briefly reuniting with Reiner she meets eyes with Armin. [57], Stuck in a state of shock for some time, Armin is shaken out of it by Connie who questions where the rest of his squad is. Recognizing Pixis as the acting Commander-in-chief, Armin asks him if he has any long term plans. The two proceed onwards to a new location, a snowy landscape, where Eren continues explaining Ymir's mindset. [201], Being physically weak, Armin is rarely assigned to the front lines and rarely uses his vertical equipment for direct combat. So dark is Armin's mindset at this point in Attack on Titan, he's genuinely willing to end his life, since doing so . No longer content with sitting by in the face of the Titan threat, Armin decides to enlist into military training along with Mikasa and Eren. [87], Armin is called by Hange to aid Eren as he battles Reiner in his Titan form. The two of them look at one another, and. He reminds Eren of his personal vendetta against the Titans, but Eren only becomes responsive once he reminds him of the world beyond the Walls and asks him to think of the reason he wanted to go out there to begin with. Armin later attends to the questioning of a group of four Survey Corps members who had spread the word that Eren had been imprisoned after the Raid on Liberio. Armin's Titan form eats Bertolt who had been left behind on a rooftop for that purpose. In a sequence between Armin and Eren, Eren discloses the feelings of Ymir Fritz the first Titan and wife of Karl Fritz, the former king of Eldia. Granted, love has been present in the series but romance in general tends to be overshadowed by more pressing matters, something that is both understandable and even appreciated. As he begins to pass out Armin sees Bertolt Hoover standing before him, crying. Hange decides to stay and hold the Titans off, and names Armin as the 15th commander of the Survey Corps. As Eren's reckoning is the last thing Zeke would want, he . [51] He was able to pass the basic aptitude test after some effort, and tried to help Eren with it when he struggled to stay upright. Armin's Titan's upper body is also fairly skinny, with an exposed rib cage on the front and sides. She probably sees a kindred spirit in them, because in fact, both the police service and Annies stay inside the Walls, in general, is dictated by a sense of duty to her compatriots. Then Annie calls Armin a good person who will not give up trying to avoid conflict with the enemy. Ignoring the sudden horde of Titans, Armin attempts to grapple Eren, declaring that he will fight him "until the very end". Armin tries to soften the situation, saying that they experienced no losses on the way back, with the Titans ignoring them and only attacking the Armored Titan. As the boat gets closer it comes under fire from the Beast Titan, and Armin and his friends are forced to abandon the boat in the middle of the barrage. Annie claims that she simply found it, but then admits to have killed the two captured Titans using her own equipment when Armin accuses her of such. He notes that the port at the harbor will be done soon, and believes that Eldians and Marleyans will soon be able to fully cooperate and work together without any tensions on either side. Armin stays to face the Colossus Titan, thinking about how Eren will carry out his dreams to see the ocean if this plan takes too long. Armin demands to know why, but Eren claims he does not know. In that aspect, we cannot really be sure that the two of them had actual romantic feelings for each other, but whether they did or not, they did not express them to each other. The two embrace And Armin is once again standing on the deck of the boat, with no memory of his and Eren's conversation. Eren questions his choice incredulously, citing Armin's physical weaknesses. Giving the seashell to his old friend, Armin thanks him for everything he has done for Paradis's sake. Another boy, Eren Yeager, appeared around the corner with a shady look on his face. However, Armin is saved when Eren's "Coordinate" power suddenly activates, causing the Titans to attack first the Smiling Titan and then the Armored Titan. After the battle of Shiganshina District, he took the power of the Titans from Bertolt Hoover and came in possession of the Colossus Titan. The two agree that the best place would be under the tree he used to nap under when he was a child and Mikasa departs. As the Titan begins to swallow him whole, Armin is surprised by the sight of Ymir Fritz nearby, watching him. Down at the beach front, Armin seems joyful at having accomplished his dream, yet when attempting to speak about the ocean with Eren, he is only reminded of the threat lurking on the other side of the ocean. Hitch goes off to help several other members to keep the protesters away while Armin goes with Mikasa to a meeting scheduled with Darius Zackly. As they are fighting, Armin and Mikasa are caught off guard as Wall Maria begins to crumble,[189] and are horrified to see the Titans inside emerging. However, soon after graduation, he came to learn that his mind is an equally valuable asset to the military, and that he can use his brain to help people. [99] Pursuing on horseback, Armin notes that while the Armored Titan is slow, stopping him will be difficult due to Reiner not shedding his joint armor. This means that despite Armin and Annies feelings for one another being hinted at enough times, in the manga, there is never a confirmation of these characters romantic relationship. The Shingeki no Kyojin Wiki refers to him as male. Armin tells Hannah to stop, seeing all too well that Franz is bisected and already dead. Annie became kinder and more caring toward Armin, to the point that she tried to convince him not to join the Survey Corps. Eren, Mikasa, and Armin all have similar misgivings about their place in life . Zeke theorizes that the reason she continued to obey the Fritz family for 2000 years was because she still felt a connection to the world and that she likely chose to help Eren because he was the first person able to understand her. Bertolt shares a bitter conversation with Armin, claiming that it was he who decided to come up with malicious schemes in order to conquer humanity. As he prepares to transform, Armin recalls his former conviction that leaders must be willing to make sacrifices and begrudgingly admits that he might need to kill Eren. Armin attempts to chase after Bertolt, but Mikasa stops him, warning of Bertolt's intentions to transform. After the men are successfully detained and questioned by Levi and Mikasa, Levi orders Armin to fix the mouth gag on the man who originally harassed Armin. Despite their efforts, Annie succeeds in injuring herself using a barb hidden in her father's ring, allowing her to transform. She is being detained underground after encasing herself in a crystal to avoid interrogation. Anticipating this, Mikasa grabs both Eren and Armin and takes them further underground as Annie in her Titan form attempts to grab them. However, with the final season of the popular anime being split into three sections, released over several . Underneath his short brown jacket, he had a white collared button-up shirt, similar to the one he wore as an adolescent. He notes that it is fortunate they get the chance to learn more about the people of Marley but is put off by Eren saying Paradis needs to strike hard at Marley. He looks to Eren and asks if they should go along with Yelena's plan, questioning if there is another way. Annie might have been out of commission for most of the series, stuck in a crystal prison of her own making, but that didnt deter Armins feelings. Eren appears and reminds them all the importance of cleaning off their shoes before coming in causing Jean to yell at him and remind him that he is not his mother. [100] Eventually, Armin and his fellow trainees succeed in latching onto the Armored Titan where they implore Bertolt to surrender Eren. For more articles like this, take a look at our Eren tells Armin that if memories truly play a part in forming who a person is, that means Bertolt's memories have become part of Armin; he calls Armin a soft and useless pawn of the military. [194] Things go sour when Yelena instead begins trying to turn the group against each other by reminding them of each side's crimes, Armin's attack on Liberio's port using his Colossus Titan being one of them. Unfortunately, Erwin is bitten and carried off by a Titan along the way, but Armin remains focused on the mission and joins the second attempt to retrieve Eren. After realizing that she is fighting a losing battle with Eren and the Survey Corps, Annie decides to make her escape by climbing over the Wall. They run their blades through the titan flesh like a knife on butter. Shocked and horrified, Armin is left immobile as a nearby Titan plucks him up and attempts to swallow him. Armin entrusts Onyankopon to keep get the boat to Eren before returning to the rest of the group to plan how to approach Eren. [115] He is present when the Survey Corps discuss the plan to make Historia ascend as queen. The two of them are important characters for the manga series, especially Armin, and we think that it is both important and relevant to talk about their relationship, regardless of its nature. [106], Armin is horrified by the risk Reiner is taking, seeing that Eren could easily be eaten. [72] As the Female Titan moves on, Reiner and Jean meet up with Armin and the three pursue the mysterious Titan. It is also known that she puts her mission above all else, which is why tears flow from her eyes when Mikasa and Levi win Eren back from her. Mikasa attempts to ask what they should do about Eren, causing Armin to lash out at her. A short while later, Armin opens the door to the dining hall after hearing a commotion, and sees Niccolo attacking the run-away Warrior candidates. The Titan manages to impale his leg with its tongue and Armin uses a Thunder Spear to kill it, but he begins to get dragged down with its carcass. His affection for Annie deepened after he inherited Bertholdts memories as he learned about her past. Armin affirms his worries by acknowledging that he is physically weak. He wanted, first, to try to make a good and meaningful impact on the world, and second, to fulfill his dream to see the outside world. However, she sincerely respects people who have a sense of duty and justice. [173], After arriving at the restaurant to question Niccolo, Armin and the others wait in a backroom for him to finish cooking. Armin does not want to sacrifice Falco at all, arguing that killing him will only breed more animosity with the Warriors, but Connie angrily points out that Armin is being a hypocrite for not allowing his mother to be saved the same way Armin himself was saved. [111] During their first official operation, Armin serves as a body double for Historia, and is eventually captured by the organization that wishes to take possession of Eren and Historia. During the anime series' pilot episode, we meet these three children as they survive inside a fortified wall. With all of these . Eren mocks Armin's fighting abilities and effortlessly beats him. As Connie slams him against the wall, Armin tells Connie to let him go and hear his side before doing anything. Nah, he's one of the 7 recruits Armin assigned to kill a 3-4 meter in the gas supply room during the Battle for Trost. [49] As Titans flood the Shiganshina District, Eren and Mikasa head back home to find their doomed mother. Their new allies are able to give them the opening necessary to detonate the explosives on Eren's nape. As they travel through the air, Armin and the other Survey Corps soldiers hear Zeke scream and notice several flashes of light throughout Shiganshina District; they realize that the affected soldiers have been turned into Titans and their task will now be even harder. [126] Armin is once again entrusted by Erwin to help direct the battlefront where they would fight the Armored Titan. This causes her to hesitate as she attacks in her titanic form, a mistake that allowed Armin to discover her true identity. Reflecting on the mysterious Titans found in the Walls, Armin observes that for all these years they were being protected from the Titans by Titans. 6 Should: Zeke. [162], Armin helps Eren onto the airship, and subsequently stops Mikasa from responding after Levi kicks Eren and has him detained. [62] Shortly after, Armin witnesses Eren miraculously emerge from the mysterious Titan's nape, unconscious but alive. [122], He and the rest of Survey Corps prepare for the upcoming mission for retaking Wall Maria and have meals together. After escaping Shiganshina, Armin's parents were both drafted to help try to reclaim the lands lost after the fall of Wall Maria. Armin and Mikasa rush out of the room to see her, but Sasha dies shortly afterwards prompting the two to break down in tears. Despite her usually cold and calm demeanor, Annie was still shown with different emotions. Both characters survived the Rumbling and returned to the island where everything started. Does that mean thatArmin and Annie will end up together? [197] The group gears up for a possible engagement, but Armin and his friends are reluctant to fight their former comrades. [193], The group camps together and attempt to learn Eren's location from Yelena. After they blow Reiner's head off, he laments that with their abilities they could not afford any negotiations. When Shiganshina District is attacked by the Colossus Titan in the year 845, Armin Arlert and his grandfather escape to Wall Maria. There are theories that Armin was actually in love with Annie Leonhart, and that she shared those feelings, but Isayama never really explored this romance and the two of them did not end up together during the epilogue of Attack on Titan. [101] Just as Bertolt suffers a breakdown, Armin and the others are forced to briefly retreat when Erwin charges into the fray, followed by a horde of Titans. Elaine Chao. Armin goes with the Survey Corps to intercept the forces and witnesses Eren's Titan upend the ship and forcing it on the shoreline. Based on Levi and Pieck's descriptions of Eren's Titan, and the knowledge that War Hammer inheritors can remotely control their Titans, Armin and Pieck agree that the best plan would be for him to use his Colossus Titan's transformation to destroy Eren's Titan in one attack, although Armin still insists on trying to talk Eren down first. pages. He then uses emotional blackmail to trap her and facilitate her final capture. After clearing out the first wave of Titans, Armin's group lies in wait at the building while more soldiers lead the remaining Titans to the building to be killed. [94], As Armin and the others reach the Titan Forest where Reiner and Bertolt were resting, they are beset by Titans. A young woman, with glossy black tresses that cascade down her back and ripple slightly in the gentle summer breeze. After Armin mourns his friend, Mikasa informs him that she is leaving to give Eren a proper burial. Contents 1 Abilities 1.1 Future memory inheritance 2 History 3 Story To the surprise of Connie, Armin declares he intends to join the Survey Corps. [52] Although high in intellect, Armin was considered weak in physical strength, and did not graduate at the top of the class.