There are many secrets to the popularity of the hugely popular manga "Attack on Titan," but above all else, the presence of the mysterious enemies, the Titans, that appear in the story, is what makes "Attack on Titan" so mysterious and horrifying. I'm sure many people were moved to despair by the appearance of the Colossal Titan at the beginning and the hopeless narration that begins, "That day, humanity remembered." How on earth will the protagonist and other characters fight back in this despair? The unique power of "Attack on Titan," which is a little scary but makes you want to follow it, may be due to the many terrifying Titans that appear, each with their own unique personality, like a monster. Well, this time, in order to get closer to the true identity of these scary but fascinating Titans, I would like to break down the secrets of the Titans that have been revealed so far and introduce them in an easy-to-understand way! !

The True Identity of Titans

Eldians injected with Titan spinal fluid

In short, the true identity of Titans is human. Some people may have guessed this when Eren Yeager was able to transform into a Titan, but the Titans walking around outside the walls, excluding those who were intentionally transformed into Titans like Eren and Annie, were originally human. To be precise, Titans are the result of the people who are descended from the first person to become Titans a long time ago being given drugs and becoming accustomed to them. In fact, humanity still exists outside the walls, and the true identity of Titans is the weapons created by the nation of Marley, which exists outside the walls, by giving drugs to criminals from a race that can transform into Titans.

The Nine Titans

The History of the Nine Titans

There are many types of Titans that appear in the story. Most of the Titans that appear are called pure Titans that do not have intelligence. As mentioned above, these Titans are created by countries that exist outside the walls. These Titans cannot intentionally return to human form from their Titan state, but there are some who can change from a normal human state to a Titan of their own volition. These people are called Titan Transformers, and there are nine Titans who can freely transform into Titans. Each of these Titans has a special ability and has a fighting power that is orders of magnitude higher than pure Titans.

The history of the Titans as told today

Ymir makes a contract with the devil of the earth

The legend in the story tells that the history of the Titans began with the power that a person called Ymir Fritz obtained by making a contract with the devil of the earth. After her death, Ymir dispersed the Titan power she had obtained into nine Titans, and by using it for military purposes, she defeated the great power Marley that existed at the time, and created the vast empire "Eldian Empire". However, despite its overwhelming military power, the Eldian Empire weakened over the years, and eventually faced the threat of civil war in the form of the revival of Marley. However, the King of Eldia at the time hated fighting between Titans, so he built a wall with the Eldian people on an isolated island called Paradis and shut himself in within it. This would later become the world within the walls that would become the main setting of Attack on Titan. The Eldians left within the walls have been forced to live in concentration camps to this day due to the isolation policy of the country of Marley. This seems to be the history and current state of the world of Attack on Titan. Marley still fears the military power of Titans that may exist on Paradis, and as a result, the spies sent in were the true identities of Reiner, Annie, and Bertholdt.

Inheritance of the 9 Titans' abilities

The ritual of inheriting the ability to transform into a Titan

The inheritance of a Titan with a special ability is done by a person who has become a Titan preying on the inheritor, and by preying on a person with the ability to transform into a Titan, even an innocent Titan can return to life-sized human beings. Each of the nine Titans can only survive for about 13 years, and in order to pass on the ability to a person of their choice, they must have the person they want to inherit the ability prey on them within 13 years.

Only the people of Ymir can turn into titans

The History of the Eldians

As I have said before, only the people of Ymir Fritz, who made a contract with the Devil of the Earth, can turn into titans. These people who can turn into titans are called "Ymir's people", and most of the people living within the walls are Ymir's people. On the other hand, most of the people in Marley outside the walls are Marleyans who do not have Ymir's blood, so outside the walls, the people of Ymir who can turn into titans are feared as "the devil's people". This abnormal hatred of the Marleyans towards the people of Ymir is also the motivation for the persecution of the Eldesians, who are Ymir's people, and the attack on Paradis Island.

What are Titans in Attack on Titan? A summary of the secrets of Titans that are currently known

What did you think? We've learned a lot about Titans, which were the biggest mystery in Attack on Titan!! This time, we only introduced Titans as a setting, but in another article, we'll explore some very nerdy topics such as Titans as a theme of the work and where the idea of Titans came from, so we hope you'll take a look at that too!!

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