Attack on Titan: How Much Has Mikasa Changed Since Season 1?

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As one of the main characters of Attack on Titan, Mikasa Ackerman has shifted and changed through every single arc of the anime. She has come far from the little girl who lost her parents, but maybe that isn't exactly where Mikasa wants to be. Despite being the best one there, Mikasa had no desire to be a soldier. When Mikasa joined the cadets, she only did it because Eren and Armin were going.

Mikasa had been in love with Eren since he saved her from human traffikers as a child, and it seemed for the longest time that her only defining character trait was her obsession with him. But Mikasa is at her core a very sweet girl who only wants to stay with those she loves more than anything in the world, whether that's in the cadet barracks, a farm on a hillside, or in a zeppelin flying over Marley. Mikasa's protectiveness of Eren seemed justified in the earlier seasons simply because Eren was the king of talking big and not being able to back it up. When the person you're in love with is constantly getting kidnaped or almost killed, are you actually being overbearing when it comes to protecting them? Mikasa certainly didn't think so.

Attack on Titan: How Much Has Eren Changed Since Season 1?

Mikasa can get so wrapped up in other people that when she thought Eren had been eaten by a titan in season one, she was surprised by her desire to keep living. Learning that she could live without Eren didn't bring her as much comfort as she wanted, however, because when Reiner and Bertholdt kidnaped him, Mikasa now had reserved knowledge that she just couldn't have what she wanted. She told Armin that the only thing in this world she desired was to be close to Eren, but it seems that's just not possible. Mikasa is aware that this world is