Why are Eren and Zeke so Different?

Attack on OpinionEpisode 6: Why are Eren and Zeke so Different?

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In this episode of Attack on Opinion we discuss: Eren and Zeke’s relationship and why they are so different even though they are brothers.

Segment 1: Context of the Anime

Attack on Titan is a Japanese manga series set in a world where humanity is forced to live in cities surrounded by three enormous walls that protect them from gigantic man-eating humanoids called Titans. The story follows Eren Yeager, who vows to exterminate the Titans after they bring about the destruction of his hometown and the death of his mother.

Eren and Zeke are brothersThey grew up separately in different environments: Zeke was treated very badly, Eren received loveZeke’s parents are Grisha Yeager and Dina Fritz, who is a royalEren’s parents are Grisha and Carla YeagerThey both have titan powers, Zeke is the beast titan and Eren is the founding and attack titanGrisha injected Eren with titan serumThey have different plans for humanity: Eren wants to kill everyone except for the Eldians and Zeke wants to make it so the Eldians can’t reproduce so there will be no more titansZeke wanted Eren to follow his plan and Eren tricked him into thinking that he would but ends up betraying him
Segment 2: Audience OpinionsEren did the right thing in betraying Zeke“Sorry, brother. I was just playing along…so I could get here.”Zeke just wanted to live the rest of his life in harmony, Eren’s betrayal wasn’t worth it“Hey Eren… we're the only ones…who understand, right?”
Segment 3: Our opinionsWe do not agree with Eren’s plan we think it is genocide Eren literally orchestrated Grisha’s trauma, which in turn, orchestrated Zeke’s traumaWants to kill everyone except his friendsWants to have kids with Mikasa so doesn’t want to be sterilizedEren is being petty; he wants the non eldians to die because some of them are racist to Eldians which is not cool but that doesn’t mean all of them should be killed Eren was a spoiled child while growing up

Why are Eren and Zeke so Different?

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