Top 10 Arcane Characters

Right from Season One of Arcane, I was impressed with the depth of its characters, from the minor ones to the big players.
So, with Season Two over and these characters’ stories over, I figured it was time to list the ten characters I believe are the best of the best.
Of course, I could not list every character I wanted, so honorable mentions go to Mel and Ambessa Medarda, and Heimerdinger.
All three are great characters, but they had certain issue that kept me from putting them in the top ten.
With that out of the way, let’s get this list started.

10. Sevika.

If I had to describe Sevika with a single word it would be loyal.
This may seem strange, considering her first act in the story is to betray Vander for Silco, but Sevika’s loyalty is not to a single person but to a nation: Zaun.
We see this through what she sacrifices and how she puts aside her grievances for the betterment of her cause.
She pushes Silco out of the way of the cannery explosion Jinx caused, losing her arm in the process, and then later encourages Jinx to become Zaun’s hero, despite previously hating her guts.
Both of these actions were done because she believed Silco and Jinx were best for Zaun at the time.
But the moment that most encapsulates Sevika’s mindset is when she sides with Silco over Finn in the Season One finale.
After she kills Finn, Silco asks her, “were you tempted?”
Sevika responds, “Not for a worm like him. But he won’t be the last.”
In saying this, Sevika readily admits that she would betray Silco if the person overthrowing him was the better option for Zaun, which Finn was not.
Along with Sevika’s interesting motivations, she also has some of the best one on one fights in the series, whether it be her two fights against Vi in Season One, or her fight against Smeech in Season Two, the latter of which incorporates her gambling habit into her fighting style.
As for why she is not higher on the list, well, she pretty much stops existing as a character after the fourth episode of Season Two.
Yes, she comes back for the final fight, and we see she becomes Zaun’s voice on the council at the end, but she has zero dialogue or development building up to this.
My biggest criticism of the ending is that it felt like it pushed the conflict between Zaun and Piltover to the side.
With Sevika getting a seat on the council at the end, I feel like she could have been the perfect character to pursue this storyline.
Unfortunately, her character was left behind just like that conflict.
Still, Sevika is one of Arcane’s best side characters to me, having an interesting concept of loyalty and some of the best fights in the series.

9. Singed.

I did not think much of Singed when we first met him in Season One.
He just seemed like a random mad scientist, created just to explain who made Shimmer.
So, imagine my surprise when it was revealed he not only survived Jinx’s explosion, although severely maimed, but he also knew Viktor and motivates his descent into becoming the Machine Herald.
From here, Singed emerged as the character responsible for pretty much 90% of the problems our characters experienced, with most of them being none the wiser to his behind-the-scenes involvement.
He created Shimmer, motivated Viktor, experiment on Jinx, resurrected Vander as a mechanical werewolf, also resurrected Viktor leading up to the final battle, and probably a hundred other things.
And you know what’s funny?
After all those horrible things he did, he won.
It is revealed in “Blisters and Bedrock” that everything he has done has been to revive his daughter Orianna, another League champion.
In the end, he succeeds, facing absolutely no repercussions for his horrible deeds.
And just because Singed’s ultimate goal is a sympathetic one does not mean he finds no enjoyment in the brutal things he does.
Quite the contrary, actually.
We see him take sadistic pleasure in experimenting on Jinx, even though he showed mercy to Silco earlier by drugging him unconscious so he would not have to see his adopted daughter tortured.
“I too once had a daughter.”
My only criticism of Singed is that I think we could have just a little more exploration of his backstory.
He is revealed to have been a Piltovan alchemist named Corin Revick, so that works, but he also reveals a connection to Heimerdinger which is never explored.
Despite that, Singed is still a very compelling side character.
He has a sympathetic motive but also finds joy in the horrible experiments he commits.

8. Viktor.

After Season One, Viktor was in my top five favourite characters of the series.
His journey and the beginning of his descent was engaging to watch.
Starting out as judgemental of Jayce’s Hextech experiments, he eventually joins his side after realizing its potential.
He also proves himself to be a funny character with the, “Wait a minute. This isn’t my bedroom” joke.
After Hextech becomes mainstream in Piltover with the creation of the Hexgates, Viktor takes a back seat in public compared to Jayce, obviously more focused on his deteriorating health, which leads him to create the Hexcore and, later, go back to Singed for help.
His experimentation on himself results in one of Season One’s most moving scenes, where he finally manages to run, passing a boat, which he was not able to do as a child.
However, because the Arcane writers do not like it when their characters are happy, this joyous moment turns into one of horror, when Viktor’s next experiment results in the death of Sky.
Sky was not focused on all that much before this moment, but her death does motivate Viktor to tell Jayce to destroy the Hexcore, no matter what happens to him.
Unfortunately, he does not get a say in the matter, because he is mortally wounded in Jinx’s attack, forcing Jayce to merge him with the Hexcore to save his life.
Upon awakening in a new form, Viktor is guided underground by a mysterious vision of Sky, which leads to him creating a cult in the fissures based on helping people.
However, there are signs that what Viktor is doing to these people is not exactly help, as we see in numerous scenes that they do not actually breath after Viktor has changed them.
Viktor’s motives remain pure, however, as he refuses to sacrifice Vander to save himself.
At least, he refuses until Jayce attacks him, leading Viktor to believe he needs to take all individuality away from people in the Glorious Evolution, becoming the series’ main threat.
His final confrontation with Jayce is tragic, given how they started, yet also hopeful in how Viktor abandons his goal.
The reveal that an alternate version of Viktor saved Jayce was excellently handled, and the two of them sacrificing themselves to put an end to the Glorious Evolution was a fitting end.
Viktor also has some of the best lines in the series from, “In the pursuit of great, we failed to do good.” And, “There is no prize to perfection. Only an end to pursuit.”
But, if he has the best lines and he used to be in my top five, why is he now at number eight?
Well, unfortunately, I think Viktor suffered a bit from Season Two’s breakneck pace.
The places his character went made sense, but I think we needed a few bridging scenes to better explain them.
The prime example of this is his strange connection with Sky, which is never explained.
Was she a hallucination, a manipulation by the Hexcore, or was she actually there?
We don’t know and it feels pretty underdeveloped.
That being said, Viktor is still a great character, with some excellent quotes backing him up.

7. Caitlyn Kiramman.

Only having a minor role in Season One’s first act, Caitlyn stepped up in Act Two with the showcase of her brilliant detective skills.
She became instantly sympathetic, as the sole Enforcer with the skill and drive to dig for the truth, even though she was inexperienced and dealing with the corrupt Sherrif Marcus.
This leads to her meeting Vi at Stillwater, and the two of them have excellent chemistry right from the start, with Episode Five showing this off particularly well.
They grow closer over the course of their adventure in Zaun, learning about one another while being chased by Silco’s goons, having a tense encounter with Jinx, and then being kidnapped by the Firelights.
Eventually making their way back to Piltover, Vi leaves Caitlyn after the Council refuses to listen to her, which is an emotional moment in of itself.
Caitlyn certainly thinks about it a lot in the aftermath; however, this immediately leads into her being kidnapped by Jinx and then being unable to stop her from firing the rocket which kills her mother.
The guilt of having the shot on Jinx and not taking it follows Caitlyn into Season Two, as we see her grief drive her to take drastic measures, most notable of all being using the Grey as chemical warfare against Zaunites.
This culminates in the third episode, where she abandons Vi and falls under Ambessa’s thrall.
We see her acting as Piltover’s general for the next two episodes.
Up until this point, Caitlyn’s character development has been great, going from a driven rookie detective to a vengeful general.
Her next bit of development is a little rocky though.
As soon as Vi comes back into her life, she betrays Ambessa for her, with there being not much of a showcase for why she would do so.
Still, her character development gets back on track in the next act, as she finally lets go of her hatred for Jinx, allowing Vi to free her sister.
She and Vi then have a long sex scene, pleasing many a CatVi fan.
In the final episode, we see Caitlyn take on her former mentor, fittingly using Ambessa’s ideal of sacrifice to defeat her at the cost of her eye.
Caitlyn’s final scene shows her and Vi happy together, a more than deserving ending for a character who had quite the journey in Arcane.
Caitlyn truly earns the title of Piltover’s Finest.

6. Jayce Talis.

The founder of Hextech, and later the advocate for its destruction, Jayce first appears in the series as an ambitious scientist who wants to use magic to improve the lives of Piltover’s citizens.
Unfortunately for him, Vi and the gang rob his apartment, leading to an explosion which shows just how dangerous the magic he is dealing with is.
This nearly gets him banished from the very city he wanted to improve.
Fortunately for him, Viktor and Mel see the potential of his dream.
With his new partner Viktor at his side, Jayce succeeds in creating Hextech, which propels progress in Piltover to new heights with Mel’s backing.
Jayce is met with the consequences of this right from Act Two when Jinx steals the Hexgem, resulting in him gaining a Council seat to watch over Hextech related matters.
But, as Caitlyn would later show in Season Two, it is easy to fall from grace while in power, and Jayce has to work with corruption, all the while trying to save the ailing Viktor.
This eventually drives him to lead a coup against Heimerdinger, forcibly retiring him from the Council.
He falls further when Vi recruits him to take out one of Silco’s Shimmer factories, which results in him accidentally killing a child.
It is from this tragedy that Jayce’s goodness shines through, as he offers Zaun independence to try and stop the bloodshed.
Sadly, his efforts are in vain, due to Jinx’s attack and, right after, he is again faced with the consequences of his actions, nearly being killed by the vengeful Renni, the mother of the boy he accidentally killed.
This leads to Jayce finally building Hextech weapons, which drives Viktor away when he recovers from his merging with the Hexcore.
Now alone, Jayce seems to be in a state of limbo until the arrival of Heimerdinger and Ekko, leading to the discovery of the Wild Rune, and Jayce’s transportation to the alternate universe where Hextech destroyed Piltover.
Over many months Jayce suffers in this universe until he finally meets a future version of Viktor, which tasks him with stopping his other self.
Now aware of the dangers of Hextech, Jayce accepts this mission and immediately shows his dark growth by murdering Salo.
Jayce is clearly a very different man from the one who let Vi leave with the gauntlets back in Season One.
He further proves this when he attempts to kill Viktor as soon as he reunites with him.
Later facing his old partner in the final battle, Jayce instead reasons with him, showing Viktor the truth of what he saw in the alternate universe to save the world.
This does raise the question of why Jayce did not just show Viktor this in the first place, instead of trying to kill him, but he had been through a lot of traumatic stuff so I will let it slide.
And so, Jayce’s story ends with his sacrifice.
It is a story of redemption, as he ends his creation with his partner, saving both Piltover and Zaun from the Glorious Evolution he inadvertently started with the creation of Hextech.
Flawed yet always with good intentions, Jayce is a relatable character with a lot of growth.

5. Vander.

Vander’s primary moment of character development comes in the very first scene of Arcane.
The show begins with Vi and Powder finding their dead parents, who were killed during the revolution Vander lead across the bridge.
Vander sees this and realizes he can no longer take the burden of the dead, releasing his gauntlets and taking in Vi and Powder as their new father.
We next see Vander years later, watching over the people in the Lanes who need help, like Huck.
He also serves as a mentor to the children he now raises, Vi most of all.
“You say light a fire, they show up with oil,” he tells her, teaching her the responsibilities of leadership
However, Vander also has his weaknesses, as shown by Sevika calling him out on it and later betraying him for Silco.
As the leader of the Lanes, Vander had to defend his people, yet was willing to let the Enforcers walk over them to protect his kids and prevent bloodshed.
This ultimately leads to Silco taking advantage of the situation, manipulating Marcus into getting his hands on Vander and killing Benzo.
Yet, when his kids are in danger, the gauntlets get put back on.
In the aftermath of Jinx’s explosion, with Mylo and Claggor dead, and Vi in danger, Vander marches to her defence, taking on the Shimmer enhanced Dekard, even though he is still badly injured.
His final moment in Season One is one of sacrifice, as he takes Shimmer to save Vi, his last words to her being, “Take care of Powder.”
This shows that Vander was, above all else, a father, which makes his eventual fate in Season Two probably the most tragic of any character.
He is resurrected as a mechanical werewolf by Singed, and slaughters numerous Enforcers inside Stillwater to get to him, only to regain some of his former self when he reunites with Jinx.
Later tracked down by her and Vi in the mines where he once worked with Silco, Vi calls out to him, leading into a flashback where we see just how close he used to be with both Silco and Vi’s mother.
The following scene of him embracing Vi, Jinx and Isha is the emotional scene in all of Arcane for me.
But because the writers love our suffering, Vander meets an unfortunate end.
It seems hopeful at first, with the sisters taking him to Viktor to be healed.
However, because the connection between him and Viktor is broken by Jayce’s attack, the wolf resurfaces.
Incapacitated by Isha’s sacrifice, Vander is then transformed in Viktor’s Glorious Evolution, completely destroying Vander’s identity.
His final scene is incredibly tragic, as the husk of Vander’s body attempts to kill his two adopted daughters, potentially leading to the death of Jinx herself.
Vander’s story is one of tragedy.
He turned away from violence at the beginning of the story, only for this to lead to his death and eventual resurrection, with his body being used to further someone else’s agenda.
However, I say that Vander should be remembered as, above all else, a father.

4. Ekko.

When I started watching Arcane, I had no knowledge of League lore, so I did not know of Ekko’s importance during Act One.
Despite this, I was still able to guess that he would be the mysterious masked leader of the Firelights, given that he was the only living named character from that first act we had not seen yet.
Unmasking himself in the episode named after him, “The Boy Savior” Ekko makes an immediate impression, being cautious to protect his people, while also being willing to listen to new ideas, which Caitlyn presents him.
Going with her and Vi to Piltover, Ekko is nearly killed by the corrupt Marcus and must then fight Jinx to give Vi and Caitlyn time to escape.
We did not see much of Ekko and Powder’s friendship in Act One but their fight scene more than makes up for it with the tragic visuals of their playtime as children intermixed with their current deadly fight.
However, despite all of his statements about Powder being gone, Ekko still sees her in Jinx so hesitates, giving Jinx enough time to attempt suicide with one of her bombs.
For a moment, his fate is left unknown, until he is found by Heimerdinger.
I do find it a bit strange that he never blames Heimerdinger for Zaun’s suffering, given that he was literally a Councilor, but their mentor and pupil bond is still endearing.
This is where Ekko’s story ends in Season One and I was very excited to see where his character would go in Season Two.
Imagine my disappointment when Ekko barely got anything to do in the first two acts.
He investigates the pollution of his tree by Hextech with Heimerdinger and Jayce, and then the three of them are transported away by the Wild Rune.
That’s it.
With his minimal screen time in Act One and zero screen time in Act Two, I honestly doubted Act Three could give him enough significance to standout.
Well, I am happy to say that I ate my words because, in my opinion, Ekko was without a doubt Act Three’s best character.
First, there is Episode Seven, where he is the main focus.
We see his time in a happier, alternate universe where he and Powder are together.
I knew about the Timebomb ship, but I honestly could not see it working since Ekko and Jinx had so much bad blood between them.
Well, the writers found the perfect way to make it work, by having it be an alternate version of her Ekko connects with, teaching him that Jinx is not beyond saving.
Thank god he was taught this because his first scene in the final episode is using his Z-Drive to save Jinx from suicide multiple times.
I literally screamed, “Ekko you bloody legend!” during this moment.
His entrance with Jinx in the final battle is likewise epic, although not as epic as his last stand against Viktor, pushing his Z-Drive past its limits to save the world.
Boy Savior could not be a truer title for Ekko.
He literally abandoned an almost perfect world to save the friends of his corrupted one.
I love Ekko’s character, despite his brief screen time in the first two acts of Season Two.
I mean, just imagine how much higher he would be on this list if he actually had more time to shine.

3. Vi.

Vi is a protector.
This trait of hers is established right from the beginning, as she guides her little sister through the aftermath of the battle which killed their parents.
Leader is another word used to describe Vi, as we next see her lead Powder, Mylo, and Claggor on a job in Piltover, resulting in the explosion which kicks off the series.
From here, Vi struggles with her role as protector and leader of the group with Vander’s guidance, eventually deciding to turn herself in to save her family.
Unfortunately, Silco has other ideas, leading to the kidnapping of Vander, and Powder accidentally killing their entire family.
Vi lashing out at Powder for her tragic mistake could have resulted in me turning against her but it is a testament to the writing that I understood her grief.
Not wanting to hurt Powder any further, Vi steps away to calm down, only to be kidnapped by Marcus and locked away in Stilwater for years.
It is here where Caitlyn finds her in Act Two, and Vi sets out to find and save her sister, unaware of who she has become.
We also see her connection with Caitlyn flourish and get a great look at her fighting skills in a brawl with Sevika.
All of this builds to her emotional reunion with Jinx before the two are cruelly separated again.
Now having an idea of what Powder has become, Vi makes her way to Piltover with Caitlyn to try and find a way to stop Silco, only for Vi to ally with Jayce and gain her Gauntlets from the game.
The following battle with the Chem-Tanks is a great showcase of her abilities, but it all builds to her being kidnapped by Jinx and taken to the cannery where the tragedy started.
There, Vi tries to bring Powder back by reminding her of their past, not realizing how this is tormenting her sister.
This misunderstanding, and Silco’s death leads to Jinx embracing herself, forcing Vi to come to terms with Powder being gone, which we see her struggle with in Season Two.
She eventually joins the Enforcers to stop her sister, ironic considering she once so hated them.
The following fight between the sisters is tragic, with them literally crashing through graffiti of their childhood.
But, in the end, Vi is still able to see Powder inside Jinx when Isha saves her, leading to her stopping Caitlyn from taking the shot again.
Caitlyn then abandons Vi, leaving her at rock bottom to become a drunken pit fighter.
And who should come to her aid but Jinx, dragging Vi from the brink to save a resurrected Vander, which results in one of the most emotional scenes of the series when the family embrace.
It is one of the last moments of happiness they all together, but it also leads to Vi reconnecting with Caitlyn and then joining her in the defense of Piltover.
If I had any criticisms of Vi, it would be how little she gets in the final episode character wise.
I believe she only has three lines of dialogue, which feels weird for a character so pivotal.
We could have used more time detailing her grief over Jinx’s supposed death.
A leader, a protecter, and a sister, Vi is an excellent character.

2. Jinx.

I feel like most people would rank Jinx as their number one Arcane character and deservedly so.
She is an incredible and tragic character with an ambigious ending.
When we first meet Jinx, then known as Powder, she is an intelligent but insecure kid.
She wants to help but her inventions keep failing.
This seems like it will change when she uses the stolen Hex Crystals as a bomb to save her family.
However, in one of the most tragic scenes in television history, her attempted rescue results in the deaths of the very people she was trying to save, all except for her sister who slaps her and then calls her the one thing she always feared she was: A Jinx.
Believing that Vi abandoned her, Jinx is taken under the crime boss Silco’s wing, becoming like a daughter to him, and a severely traumatized one at that.
Her need for validation is still apparent, as it drives her to launch a terrorist attack on Piltover to steal the Hexgem.
Then, just as Silco pushes her to let Powder die, Vi comes back, throwing Jinx’s newfound state of identity into chaos.
The moment she lights up the flare to call Vi, while being haunted by hallucinations of Mylo and Claggor, is both beautiful and a gut punch.
The sisters reunite but Caitlyn’s arrival causes Jinx’s paranoia to surface, which continues up to the brilliant bridge fight with Ekko where she attempts suicide.
Found by Silco, she is rushed to Singed where, in a brutal scene, she is experimented upon, being infused with Shimmer to save her life.
This further decays her already fragile metal state.
The next time we see her is almost like a horror movie, as she abducts Caitlyn from her bathroom, and then also kidnaps Vi and Silco.
She takes them to the cannery where Jinx was born to decide who she is, as both Vi and Silco fight for her.
When Silco attempts to kill Vi, Jinx’s sisterly instincts kick in and she shoots him.
His final words drive her to fully embrace her identity as Jinx.
In true jinx fashion, she then attacks Piltover just as they were agreeing to allow Zaun’s independence.
In Season Two, Jinx is lost without Silco, but she unexpectedly finds companionship in a young mute orphan named Isha.
Following her fight with Vi, we see her resisting her hero status in Zaun, wanting a simpler life with Isha as her little sister.
The choice is taken away from her, however, when Isha is captured and taken to Stilwater.
Rescuing her and the other Zaunites, Jinx finally realizes how she has become a symbol of hope in Zaun, only to be immediately reunited with a resurrected Vander.
This leads to her attempting to mend the bridge between her and Vi, taking her into the mines to save Vander.
By Episode Six, Jinx has it all.
She has a new little sister and has reunited with her older one and adopted father.
Of course, the writers had to absolutely destroy this happiness with Isha’s sacrifice.
Following the loss, Jinx gives up on life, allowing herself to be arrested, before leaving to commit suicide when Vi frees her.
“There’s no good version of me,” she says, but we know this is not true.
Not only has she done good by providing hope to Zaunites and giving Isha a good life before her death, but we also saw the alternate version of her doing good as well.
Speaking of, it is this alternate version of her that convinces Ekko to save Jinx.
The scene of him doing so is particularly hard to watch, due to how many times Jinx attempts to take her life.
Thankfully, Ekko convinces her that life is worth living, and she joins the final battle.
Her story ends when she seems to sacrifice herself to save Vi, but I personally refuse to believe she is dead.
We see a purple Shimmer streak before the explosion, Caitlyn is shown investigating the air ducts, and the last shot of the show is an airship flying away, which Jinx said she wanted to fly in Episode One.
At the very least her ending is ambiguous, and maybe it is better that way.
However you view Jinx, as a hero to Zaun, a terrorist, or as a girl traumatized by the cruel world she inhabits, she is undoubtedly one of Arcane’s best characters.
There is one I consider to be better though.

1. Silco.

Much like Singed, when we were first introduced to Silco, I did not expect to like his character very much.
With his scarred face, way of manipulating people, and scheme to obtain power, I expected him to be a cliche villain with no redeeming qualities.
Oh, how wrong I was.
My first indication of this was in Episode Three, which begins with a flashback hinting at him and Vander’s shared past.
Through their later conversations, I understood that Silco was driven by feelings of betrayal and a desire to see his nation independent.
And then came the pivotal moment where he met Jinx.
At first, he clearly intends to kill her, but then she jumps into his arms, revealing how Vi left her.
Silco looks up at Vander’s dead body and clearly associates Jinx’s abandonment with Vander betraying him.
He wraps his arms around the weeping, traumatized girl and tells her, “It’s okay. We’ll show them. We will show them all.”
My first reaction when watching this was to question if Silco was being genuine.
He sounded so sincere to me and, sure enough, in Act Two we see how much he has come to love Jinx as a father.
He accepts failure from her where he would not from others, couches her through her trauma, and is desperate to make sure she stays with him when Vi returns.
Is all of this to say that Silco is a good father?
Oh, absolutely not.
No, his love for her is clearly toxic, as he tasks her with killing his enemies, projects his own trauma onto her, and manipulates her into believing Vi is only there for the gemstone so she will not leave him.
Despite all of that, his bond with Jinx is fascinating to watch play out through how it conflicts with his desire to make Zaun a nation.
This culminates in the final episode, where he is forced to choose between the two with Jayce’s ultimatum: “Get me Jinx and I’ll give you your nation of Zaun.”
The conflict in Silco over this decision leads him to Vander’s statue, where he reveals he finally understands how Vander could put aside his dream for the safety of his children, stating, “Is there anything so undoing as a daughter?”
This is my favorite line in Arcane because it is a broad statement on one of the series’ main themes.
So many characters are undone by their love for their daughters, from Vander, to Singed, to Marcus, to Ambessa and, of course, Silco himself.
And so, when Silco tells Jinx he never would have given her to Piltover after she has shot him, I believe him entirely.
His final words to her, “Don’t cry. You’re perfect.” brought a tear to my eye, and I never expected to cry for Silco.
He was a drug lord who brought misery to so many people and yet his love for his daughter was so compelling despite its unhealthy nature that I could not help but care for him.
Silco’s legacy lives on in Season Two, as Jinx gives him a fitting burial in the waters where he was reborn after Vander’s betrayal.
We also see a younger version of him in a flashback, with hairstyle similar to Jinx’s, making many believe that he himself styled it for her.
Finally, he appears to her as a hallucination, advising her, “I think the cycle only ends when you find the will to walk away.”
If you subscribe to the theory that Jinx lived and walked away, like I do, then Silco’s influence on her ending cannot be overlooked.
And so, in a cast full of amazingly complex characters, Silco stands out as the best to me.
A monster to most but a father to Jinx, Silco is not only my favorite Arcane character but one of my favorite antagonists in all of fiction.

Top 10 Attack on Titan Characters.

This post contains spoilers for the Attack on Titan manga, including the ending.

Out of all the stories I have heard, none has had characters that I have been as attached to as those in Hajime Isayama’s Attack on Titan.
There are so many characters from this manga who I will always remember fondly.
So, with the story now over, I figured it would be a good time to list my top ten favourite characters.
Making this list was not easy because there were so many characters who I considered putting on the list but just missed out, like Gabi Braun, Kenny Ackerman, Sasha Blouse and Bertholdt Hoover.
However, the character who hurt the most not to put on this list was Mikasa Ackerman, especially considering how high I ranked her in my first list after watching Season Two.
It was honestly very close between her and the character who took the number ten spot but, at the end of the day, there were just a few too many missed opportunities with her character arc, which kept her out of the top ten.
Still a great character, though and she should be considered my eleventh favourite character.
Now, it’s for the characters I consider to be the best of the best in this amazing story.
Here are my top ten Attack on Titan characters, starting with…

10. Hange Zoe.

Coming in at number ten, we have the eccentric scientist and Titan lover, Hange Zoe.
Right from her introduction, Hange was one of the most entertaining characters, with her constant wacky hyjinks keeping her assistant Moblit at his wits end.
This resulted in many hilarious situations where Hange was the root cause.
Along with being comedic, Hange could also be deadly serious when the situation called for it, like when she threatened Pastor Nick after the first Wall Titan was uncovered and when she tortured Sannes for information.
However, despite being a capable squad lead, she would have to face her most difficult challenge yet with the death of Erwin, forcing her becoming the new Survery Corps commander.
This was difficult for her because, although a very smart person, she was nowhere near the leader he was and thrust into a situation that even he would struggle to handle.
The struggles she went through because of this caused some in the fandom to call her completely useless but Hange quickly proved herself, saving Levi’s life and helping form the Alliance, later leading them to victory against the Yeagerists.
But her standout moment came at her end, where she stayed behind to hold off the advancing Wall Titans, so the Alliance could get the plane in the air to go and stop Eren.
Her looking in awe at the countless Colossal Titans and declaring, “Titans really are incredible” was her returning to the mad Titan lover we all love, right at her end, and in a way that helped save the world.
She definitely earned her final moments, as she sees all the ghosts of the dead Scouts and prepares to tell them her story.
From mad scientist, to Commander, to a mixture of both in her final moments, Hange is a great character deserving of making it into the top ten.

9. Jean Kirstein.

At number nine is the horse face himself.
Appearing for the first time all the way back in the Trost Arc, Jean quickly became one of my favourite characters because of how well his arc was handled.
Starting out as stuck up and self centered, Jean’s only goal in life at the beginning of the story was to join the Military Police and live the good life.
This mentality instantly caused conflict between him and Eren, with Eren seeking freedom outside the walls and Jean seeking safety behind them.
The two even coined insulting nicknames for one another, those being horse face and suicidal maniac.
However, then the attack on Trost happened and Jean began to change.
Being forced to take on a leadership position, Jean was inspired by one of his friends from the 104th, Marco.
After the battle, he found Marco’s half eaten body, which was one of the most significant moments in his life because it forced him to make a choice.
This being to do what he wants and join the Military Police, or what is right and join the Survey Corps, fighting for humanity.
Jean chooses the latter, showing what kind of person he has grown into, so much so that even Eren is surprised by his sudden resolve.
After this, Jean sort of fades a bit into the background.
He has big moments, sure, like when is faced with the decision and consequences of killing humans in the Uprising Arc but it never felt like he had as big of a moment as he did when he chose to join the Survey Corps.
Then Chapter 127 happened, where he finally got to confront Reiner over Marco’s death, letting out all his rage and grief, before pulling himself togethor and continuing to do what needed to be done for the betterment of humanity.
This was a standout moment for him and one that made me love his character all the more, making it more tragic when he was turned into a Titan in the final battle.
Now, while it was a little too convenient for him to just turn back into a human when Eren was defeated, I was personally just glad to see that he survived and got a happy ending.
Jean is a soldier who wanted to fight for himself but instead fought for humanity, making him an easy choice for the ninth best character of the story.

8. Ymir and Historia Reiss.

I know, I’m kind of cheating by including two characters in the eighth spot but I just could not put one above the other here.
If I’m honest, when I first got to the Clash of the Titans Arc, I didn’t even remember Ymir and Historia, or Christa as she was then known.
So, imagine my surprise when that arc and following Uprising Arc provided the both of them with character arcs that are among my favourites in the entire story, along with a complex relationship that actually made me ship them quite a bit.
First there is Ymir, whose tragic arc in the Clash of the Titans Arc really grabbed me.
Ymir is essentially a selfless person who wants to be selfish.
Being turned into a Titan for sixty years because she tried to protect those she cared about, Ymir miraculously returned to human form after eating Marcel, upon which she decided to live selfishly for herself.
Yet, she just could not do this.
Once she heard about Historia and their similar circumstances, she devoted everything she could to protect her, while continuing to act as selfish while being selfless, saving Daz in a blizzard for Historia, and throwing herself into a hoard of Titans to keep her safe.
Ymir was finally able to recognise she never could be selfish, going back to save Reiner and Bertholdt and finally admitting to herself that, “being a goddess doesn’t feel so bad.”
This tragic arc is just as good as Historia’s, whose is pretty inspiring.
In the Clash of the Titans Arc, it is revealed that the Christa personality we have seen from Historia this entire time has been her acting nice, so when she dies people will remember her as a good person.
This suicidal ideology was created from her terrible childhood and was thankfully shattered through Ymir motivating her.
However, once Ymir leaves, Historia is not sure where to go in her life.
It is here that her storyline progresses magnificently in the Uprising Arc, with her slowly gaining insight into who she is and who she wants to be, eventually choosing to be queen for herself, despite that role having been shaped for her.
This all culminates in the epic scene where she goes against her father and saves Eren, finally deciding to live her life with pride as Ymir wanted.
Hopefully, I have given you an idea of why I consider Historia’s inspiring character arc and Ymir’s tragic one to be some of the most powerful in the entire story.
But, if their arcs are so powerful, then why are they only at number eight and not in the top five?
Well, because, unfortunately, I think Isayama severely dropped the ball with them after these arcs concluded.
First, there’s Ymir, who is killed off screen in what has to be worst written death of the whole manga, due to it not being written at all.
Then, there’s Historia, who is paired off with a complete nobody, gets pregnant, and is then sidelined for the rest of the story, ending with her pregnancy amounting to absolutely nothing, even though children being the future is one of the story’s main themes.
In my opinion, it is pretty clear that Isayama had no idea what to do with Ymir or Historia once their character arcs concluded.
However, given that they come in at number eight, that should show you how great I consider these arcs to be.

7. Eren Yeager.

Eren is a character who my opinion about has changed quite a bit as the story has gone on.
If you look all the way back at my Season One review, you will see that my main criticism of the story was Eren himself.
In the first few arcs, I found him to be extremely stuck up and unlikeable and only actually started to cheer him on in the Clash of the Titans Arc.
I finally came to recognize him as a good character when he was confronted with the Titan who killed his mother, Dina, and he broke down into tears of laughter, not being able to cope with what was happening.
As the story progressed, Eren only got better, becoming very relatable to me in the Uprising Arc, as he realized his own flaws and how he is not special, before his friends’ motivations and his dead mother’s words to Keith Shadis taught him that everyone is special just for being born.
However, then he was met with the dark truth of their world, with the truth about Eldians and Marleyans, and him seeing the future through the Attack Titan, which caused him to change drastically.
When we see him again in Season Four, Eren has progressed dramatically, having become someone who is willing to do anything to achieve freedom for himself and his friends.
This ruthless, yet understanding, Eren is incredibly compelling and his confrontation with Reiner in the 100th chapter of the story made him one of my favourites.
Eren just got better after this, with the mystery surrounding what he wanted to do and why he was doing it being built up magnificently.
Him saying he hated Mikasa and beating up Armin and everything he does in the Paths chapters, from convincing Grisha to kill the Reiss family to later convincing Ymir to join him, all of this made him climb higher and higher on my list of favourite character.
Eventually, Eren reached the second spot on this list with Chapter 131, as we saw part of his motivations for starting the Rumbling and also the intense guilt he was suffering from.
His death at the hands of Mikasa in Chapter 138 was also immensely tragic and got me tearing up.
Then, Chapter 139 happened.
Not going to lie, the more I read the final chapter the less I like its depiction of Eren and his plan.
It’s not that its terrible but the execution could have been so much better.
That said, there are terrible parts to it, like Eren being revealed to have played a part in his mother’s death, which, in my opinion, is not in character at all.
All of this pushed Eren further down on my list to number seven.
Some say that Eren’s depiction in Chapter 139 ruined him as a character for them but that’s not the case for me.
Even though I think the reveal of Eren’s plan could have been done way better, I cannot deny that he is still a fantastic character, with his POV chapters like Chapter 131 being some of the best of the final arc and the manga.
He is a character who I have enjoyed reading quite a bit.

6. Reiner Braun.

If there is an example of how to make a character, who was once a villain, sympathetic to the reader, Reiner is a perfect one for that.
Starting out as a soldier in the 104th, my initial perception of Reiner was as a loyal friend, who would most likely be Titan canon fodder soon.
This perception was proven wrong when, in one of the best twists of the story, Reiner just casually outs himself and Bertholdt as the Armoured and Colossal Titans.
From here, the story begins to explore Reiner as a villain, although a slightly sympathetic one, as his actions have caused him to suffer from a split personality, created by his PTSD.
Afterwards, though, Reiner is solely an antagonist for the next few arcs, as he fights against the Scouts in the Shiganshina Arc.
However, then we get the Marley Arc, where Reiner becomes an absolutely amazing character.
The depiction of his PTSD and the suicidal depression this has caused him is quite disturbing and makes Reiner extremely sympathetic.
The panel of him with the gun in his mouth has haunted me for a while, and his confrontation with Eren in Chapter 100, where he admits to his guilt, is one of the best chapters of the story.
Reiner continues to get more attention in the story, as he pushes past his depression to focus everything he has on saving Gabi and Falco, and then on saving the world from Eren’s Rumbling.
This resulted in a few underrated momentes like the infamous “save the world” moment from Chapter 126.
Now, I do agree that “Pride” is one of the weakest chapters of Attack on Titan, but I really enjoy how its ending ties into Reiner’s arc.
All this time, Reiner has suffered and done horrible things because of his drive to become a hero and save the world, now he is being given a chance at redemption through actually saving it.
And save it he does, joining forces with the Alliance and playing a pivotal role in the final battle, holding back the Hallucigenia from reaching Eren.
As for why he’s not higher on the list, I do wish he’d been given a bit more to do in the final few chapters, considering his rivalry with Eren was so pivotal for his character.
Also, his sendoff being him sniffing Historia’s letter felt a little weird.
Certainly not out of character, like some claim, but I feel like such a well-written character deserved a more powerful ending than a gag.
Still, Reiner is a fantastic character who is a great showcase of how to make a once hated villain sympathetic.

5. Levi Ackerman.

Probably the most popular character in all of Attack on Titan, Levi has been a fan favourite from the moment he first appeared.
As humanity’s strongest soldier, Levi makes an immediate impression on the viewer through how Isayama shows just what kind of person he is.
In his first action scene, it is shown how he is a clean freak, disgusted by dirtiness.
Yet, when a comrade is dying, Levi doesn’t hesitate to grab his dirty, bloodied hand and reassure him that his death had meaning.
This shows Levi is the kind of person to push his own feelings aside to complete a mission or help a comrade, no matter the cost.
We unfortunately see this first hand with his reaction to the deaths of his entire squad in the Female Titan Arc, where he pushes his pain about their deaths away to focus on rescuing Eren.
After suffering an injury during this fight, he took a back set for the Clash of the Titans Arc but there was his spin off manga that showed his tragic backstory to satisfy us.
His backstory was expanded upon in the Uprising Arc where we got the fantastic dynamic between him and his uncle Kenny and commanding officer Erwin.
This lead into the Return to Shiganshina Arc, where we got one of the best fights of the story between him and the Beast Titan, if you can even call it a fight considering how one sided it was, leading to the incredibly impactful serumnbowl.
Here, Levi showed even more growth, for once making an emotional decision as compared to a logical one when it came to a mission, choosing to let his friend Erwin rest and revive Armin instead.
Levi’s decision may be the subject of much debate in the fandom but in my opinion it was the right choice for his arc and the story.
Post time skip, Levi continued to be a great character, with the theme of everyone dying around him continuing.
First he lost his all of his squad to Zeke, then he was badly injured when he underestimated him, and finally Hange gave her life to help the Alliance, causing Levi to tell her to “devote your heart” for the first time.
All of this is great stuff for Levi but it wasn’t enough to get him in the top five for me.
So, why is he here?
Well, because of the conclusion his character got in Chapter 139.
I have my own issues with the final chapter but the one thing I think everyone can agree on is that Levi’s ending is perfect.
The scene where he sees the specters of his comrades in the smoke and tells them that this victory is the result of their dedicated hearts, returning their salute and shedding a tear, had me tearing up alongside him.
Such a fantastic conclusion for Levi is what pushed him into the top five and I cannot wait to see it animated in the second half of the final season.

4. Grisha Yeager.

It’s kind of funny how Grisha reminds me so much of Van Hohenheim from Full Metal Alchemist.
The way my opinion about both characters changed across the series is strikingly similar.
When we first met them, I got the impression of them as deadbeat fathers who would never be be among my favourite characters of the story.
Then, we learned their tragic backstory’s, which made me realize there was so much more to their characters, ending with the conclusions to their story’s actually making me cry.
Like Hohenheim, Grisha goes from deadbeat dad to one of the most tragic characters in the entire series, as we learn all about his backstory at the end of the Return to Shiganshina Arc.
Originally coming from Marley, Grisha was an Eldian who lived in the Liberio Internment Zone with his family.
One day, he took his sister outside the walls to see an airship, only for her to be murdered by a Marleyan officer who fed the child to his son’s dogs for entertainment.
This horrific injustice put Grisha on the radical path, joining the Eldia Restorationists, becoming indoctrinated in the mindset that Eldia could do no wrong, marrying a woman of royal blood, Dina, and having a child, Zeke, for the sole purpose of using him to restore Eldia.
All of this resulted in Grisha mistreating and neglecting his son, pushing him to become a Warrior and double agent inside the Marleyan government, even though his son just wanted a normal life.
When this finally resulted in Zeke turning him and Dina in, Grisha finally realized what a horrible father and person he had been, deeply regretting his actions.
He is then given the chance to redeem himself when his sister’s murderer is killed and he is saved by Kruger, the head of the Eldia Restorationists.
Eating Kruger to obtain the Attack Titan, Grisha infultrates the walls to continue his mission to restore Eldia, eventually falling in love with Carla and marrying her, resulting in Eren’s birth.
All of this was great development for Grisha and really made me care for him, easily putting him in the top ten.
It was what came in Chapters 120 and 121 that put at the number four spot.
Before these chapters, I thought Grisha had fallen back into the exact same mindset, killing the Reiss family to complete his mission and turning Eren into a Titan, even though he allowed his son to come to his own ideology this time.
However, when Eren and Zeke explore Grisha’s memories, it is revealed that he truly did learn his lesson and actually abandoned his mission in favor of staying and loving his family, especially his son Eren.
He only went to take the Founding Titan when left with no choice and, even then, this was because Eren manipulated him into doing so, using the Attack Titan.
This lead to one of the most emotional moments of the entire story, as Grisha has a reunion with Zeke, finally apologising for how he treated him and embracing him, telling Zeke what he always wanted to hear from his father… that he loves him.
Much like the Levi scene, I teared up in this moment.
It was such a beautiful conclusion to Grisha’s character, learning that he truly had changed for the better and could make amends with Zeke in the end.
Grisha is easily one of Attack on Titan’s most tragic characters, losing those he loves and changing to better as a result, only to lose it all again.
Just like Levi, I cannot wait to see the rest of his story adapted in the anime.

3. Zeke Yeager.

Taking the third spot, Zeke is an interesting character from the moment we meet him.
First appearing in his Beast Titan form at the beginning of the Clash of the Titans Arc, Zeke makes a shocking and brutal impression.
Not only is he is the first Titan we see speaking fluently but he also allows Paradis’ second strongest soldier, Mike, to be devoured by Titans, as he screams for mercy, with absolutely no remorse.
It sets Zeke up as a cold and remorseless character, who we should all fear.
This is supported by the way he is portrayed initially in the Return to Shiganshina Arc.
His first appearance in human form is dramatic and promises him to be a big threat, a promise that is fulfilled when he kills countless Scouts by throwing crushed rocks and treating it like a good old game of baseball.
This is why it is absolutely hilarious when, after all his build up, he is absolutely demolished by Levi, not even landing a hit on humanity’s strongest soldier.
Another thing that cuts away at Zeke’s initial persona as a remorseless villain is his flashback scene with Reiner and Bertholdt, and his first meeting with Eren.
In the flashback, he tells the two Warriors that he wants everything to end with them, foreshadowing his hidden motivations, and he shows genuine care for Eren when he first meets him, telling him that Grisha has brainwashed him.
The reason for this care is revealed when the truth in the basement is unveileved and, along with it being revealed that the rest of the world is still alive and hates Paradis, it is also revealed that Zeke is Grisha’s son, who turned him and his mother in to Marley.
The irony here seems to be that Zeke believes Grisha brainwashed Eren, when in reality Zeke is brainwashed by Marley, but not everything is as it seems.
Zeke begins to act very suspiciously post time skip, not informing Marley of his royal blood and allowing Reiner to follow Falco and meet Eren.
His anticlimactic death at the hands of Levi is even more suspicious, leading to the reveal that Zeke has betrayed Marley for Eldia, leaving his true motivations a complete mystery.
These motivations are finally revealed when he is once again beaten by Levi in a fight after brilliantly but coldly turning his men into Titans.
Seeing Eldians suffer his entire life and suffering from the neglect of his parents, Zeke came to believe that the way to solve this problem would be to sterilize all Eldians, so their race could eventually die off peacefully.
This is why Zeke was so remorseless when he killed those on Paraids, because he believed he was saving them from the cruel world they live in.
Guided by his mentor, the previous Beast Titan, Tom Xaver, Zeke sought to make this horrific dream a reality, only for Eren to betray him, leading to one of the most emotional moments of the story, where Zeke was able to reconcile with Grisha through the power of the Attack Titan.
After Eren activates the Rumbling, Zeke disappears for a while, which is why he doesn’t take the second spot: his absence.
I wish he got more to do in the final part of the story.
Still, when he does show up again briefly for the end of his arc, it is more than worth it.
Inspired by Armin’s words about the meaning of life, Zeke realizes that his life wasn’t entirely suffering and, even if it doesn’t change his opinion about his euthanization plan, he still wishes he could be reborn to play catch with Xaver once more.
Zeke then forms outside Eren’s gigantic Titan and allows Levi to kill him to stop the Rumbling, ending their long rivalry.
Like Reiner, Zeke is a fantastic showcase of how to make a villain sympathetic, only even better in my opinion.
The slow reveal of his motivations and the emotional scenes he has, made him an incredible character, who you first hate and fear, then are curious about, then sympathize with despite all he has done.
Zeke is surely not a good person but he is one of Attack on Titan’s best characters.

2. Armin Arlert.

Armin has been one of my favourite characters from the moment I first got into Attack on Titan.
I liked him so much that he took first place in my top ten list after watching Season Two.
The reason he is at number two now is not because of any short comings he has had as a character since then but just because I came to like the character who took the top spot more.
In fact, I would go as far to say that I think Armin is the most over hated character in the story.
I have seen people who don’t like his character dub him as both useless and a Gary Stu, which is weird since those arguments really don’t work well together.
Armin starts off as a character with a lot of self doubt and insecurities, which I really related to, and watching him overcome them to become a leader figure in the Trost and Female Titan Arcs was amazing.
The moment when he realizes that Eren and Mikasa are depending on him and never saw him as a weak link who needed to be watched over is the moment his character changes into someone more confident.
The brilliant strategist part of his character then comes into play, until the timeskip.
We see him deduce Annie’s identity, lure her into a trap, realize how Reiner was able to work with her when his and Bertholdt’s identities were uncovered, and eventually nearly sacrifice himself in a plan to defeat the Colossal Titan.
As Armin shows his genius during these moments, he also gets a lot of great development as well, with him losing a large part of his innocence when he is forced to take someone’s life to save Jean in the Uprising Arc.
Then, after the serumnbowl, he is both gifted with the Colossal Titan and cursed with the burden of living up to Commander Erwin’s legacy.
This is where the opinions about him being useless come into play, as Armin, along with Hange, struggle with the burden of dealing with a world that hates them.
Armin not really being able to do much tactically here is pretty much the point, though, because it all leads to him admitting that Erwin should have been revived over him, only to later prove himself as the successor to Erwin’s legacy in Chapter 137 through saving the world, just as Eren said he would.
Even then, he still does a lot of things before this point, like attacking the port, despite the civilian casualties, and saving Eren from being killed by Magath and Pieck.
There’s also his relationship with Annie, which adds a layer of hope to the grim happenings of the Rumbling.
As for Armin finally proving himself, he takes the credit for killing Eren in order to become a diplomat for peace between the world and Paradis.
It is even hinted that his narration is him explaining their story to the people of Paradis, a detail about his ending which I love.
The only thing I don’t like about Armin that I can think of off the top of my head is him thanking Eren for committing genocide in the final chapter.
However, reading a leaked interview from Isayama, it thankfully looks like this was not the intent and Isayama just had trouble writing what he wanted to convey in this moment.
Other than this, Armin is a fantastic character and has been one of my favourites since the very beginning.

1. Erwin Smith.

There are so few characters in fiction who deserve the title of having a perfect character arc.
An example of one of these characters would be Zuko from Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Well, Attack on Titan’s perfect character arc and my choice for the best character of the entire story goes to Erwin Smith.
While there are a few things I would change about other characters in the story, even ones that I love, like with Armin thanking Eren for being a mass murderer, which I already mentioned, I would not change a single thing about Erwin’s character arc.
In my opinion, it is perfect from start to finish.
From the moment we meet Erwin, we get a very specific interpretation of his character.
A soldier who will sacrifice anything to save humanity from the Titans.
This is proven to us time and time again.
We see him risk his comrades lives in the Female Titan Arc, all to draw her in and capture her.
We see him do the same with the civilians of Stohest, when the first attempt to capture her failed.
Most notably, we see it in one of his most epic scenes, when he is dragged off by a Titan but he keeps screaming for his soldiers to “Advance!”
Not only this, he also quickly makes a reappearance, saving Eren’s life, with one arm no less.
All of this paints a perception of Erwin as a man who is dedicated to saving humanity, no matter the cost.
However, this perception is a lie, a persona created by Erwin to motivate his soldiers.
It is revealed in the Uprising Arc that Erwin’s main goal is not to save humanity but to find out the secrets that his father had been looking for before he was murdered.
When he was a boy, Erwin’s father told him of how the royal government was covering up the truth about the outside world.
Not knowing that he should keep this quiet, Erwin told his school friends and word got around to the Interior Military Police, who killed his father and made it look like an accident.
This lit a fire in Erwin to take down the government and prove his father right.
He achieved the first goal in a military coup that placed Historia Reiss as Queen and set the stage for him finding out the truth about the world, the very thing he desired since he was a boy.
He even flat out admits to Levi that this is more important to him than saving humanity.
However, then the moment of truth comes.
The Scouts are quite literally pushed up against the wall, with the Beast Titan chucking crushed boulders at them with terrifying speed, planning to pulverize them all.
The situation is hopeless and the only way Erwin can think of to overcome it is to sacrifice himself and the recruits to give Levi the slightest chance of killing the Beast Titan.
Erwin has to choose between achieving his lifelong goal of learning the truth, or giving his life for humanity… and he does not know what to do.
Despite the crushing guilt of his comrades’ deaths, he just cannot make the decision he knows is right.
So, Levi makes the decision for him, telling him to give up on his dream and die.
Free from the burden of this choice, Erwin thanks his friend and gives one last rousing speech to his comrades as they ride to certain death.
This time, however, he is not saying these things with the intention of using it to further his goal, no, he is fully becoming what he always pretended to be: the Commander who would do anything, even give his own life, to save humanity.
And he almost does give his life, taking the brunt of the Beast Titan’s attack, fatally wounding him.
As he lies dying, he is saved by the lone survivor of his charge, Floch, who carries him to Levi with the hopes of reviving him with the Titan serumn.
Erwin, however, slaps Levi’s hand away in a delirious state, reminiscing on his dream to learn the truth of the world.
This causes Levi to remember Kenny’s words to him about everyone being a slave to something.
Levi decides to free Erwin from his enslavement to his dream and the uncertainty of what would come afterward, allowing him to die the hero who sacrificed himself to bring humanity forward, the thing he always pretended to be and finally became in the end.
Erwin is just a perfect character.
His introduction, the reveal of his true intentions, and how this all results in him having to give up on his dream and become the hero he always acted like he was is as tragic as it is incredible.
He is easily the best character Hajime Isayama created, in my opinion.
Standing among the others on this list, Erwin Smith is the best character in Attack on Titan.