No, Eren is not the most suffering character in Attack on Titan.
Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin) spoilers ahead!
Summary:
- Ymir's story explained all the difficulties the Attack on Titan characters faced.
- King Fritz enslaved Ymir's people about 2,000 years ago and used her as his main weapon to conquer the world.
- All her life, and even after her death, the girl remained a slave.
Attack on Titan ended relatively recently. After some time, we can say that this is a really impressive anime that will be remembered for a long time. The discussions and debates are still going on among the fans.
Many fans are worried about the fate of Mikasa, Armin and Eren. However, not everyone noticed that the story of Ymir Fritz is the most tragic and can even be considered one of the saddest in anime history.
Broken fate
Ymir's story is incredibly important to the plot. Not only did it fill the story with elements related to the titans, but it also explained all the difficulties that Attack on Titan characters faced. Everything that happened at the beginning of the series and the war shown in the fourth season are the consequences of events that took place in the distant past.
Of course, the question of who is to blame for all the problems in Attack on Titan is a difficult one. However, much of the responsibility lies with the Fritz family and their ambitious projects. It all began with King Fritz, who enslaved Ymir's people about 2,000 years ago and used her as his main weapon to conquer the world.
Ymir died defending Fritz, but he saw her as nothing more than a slave and forced her children to eat their mother so that the titan's power would not be lost. Other events are well known — civil war between Eldian families, a confrontation with Marley, the relocation of all Eldians to Paradise Island.
Love that caused a lot of pain
For many fans, it was unclear why Ymir, with such great power, did not fight back against her abuser. Some believe that the reason is a trauma from which the girl could not recover and lost all understanding of the situation. Ymir has only seen violence since she was a child — it broke her personality.
However, this version did a poor job of explaining Ymir's sacrifice when she protected Fritz. Near the end, we learn that the girl loved the cruel king. That is why she served the Eldians for 2,000 years.
It makes Ymir's story even more tragic — all her life, and even after her death, the girl remained a slave, doing other people's bidding. Because of her hard fate, she didn't even know that there were alternatives and loved a man who only used her.
When you start to think seriously about Ymir's story, it becomes very sad.