Mikasa Ackerman

Mikasa Ackerman
Series	Attack on Titan
Age	10 (debut) 15 (pre-timeskip) 19 (post-timeskip) 22 (end of the series)
Birthday	February 10
Sex	Female
Species	Human
Height	170 cm (5'7") (pre-timeskip) 176 cm (5'9¼") (post-timeskip)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb.) (pre-timeskip) 70 kg (154.3 lb.) (post-timeskip)
Alignment	Neutral Good

“	This is a cruel world. And yet...so beautiful....	„
	~ Mikasa

Mikasa Ackerman is one of the main protagonists of Attack on Titan.

Background

Survival of the fittest is a status quo that keeps you free in heart, but the cost can sometimes be those you love taken all away in a blink of an eye. For Misaka Ackerman, that is what happened to her in the world of Attack on Titan, where giant meat eating monsters called Titans roam the world and eat humans. Mikasa and her family lived inside the walls of Maria and secretly lived very peacefully…until at the age of 9, her father and mother were murdered in front of her very eyes by human traffickers. Kidnapped because of her bloodline and now being one of the last descendants of the Asian Azumabito Clan, she was helpless and emotionless until her spark was brought back when Eren Yeager came and helped her murdered her captives. After that she lived with Eren and his family for a while and lived happily with their friend Armin.

But then, everything changed when the Titans attacked Wall Maria. Thanks to the Colossal and Armored Titans, they broke through the wall and let the rest kill or eat everyone in their paths, including Eren’s mother who in her last moments told Mikasa to protect Eren no matter what. In the aftermath of Wall Maria being taken, Mikasa joined the Cadet Corps as the 104th class with Eren and Armin in order to keep her promise and protect Eren and those she loves (which was Eren, but she protected Armin as well). Then in defending Wall Rose with a second attack from the titans, the trio along with the rest of Paradis Island discovered the hard way that shocked the core of the series: Eren became a Titan. Specifically, he was a Titan Shifter, humans capable of turning into Titans while maintaining their intellect. Protecting him as best she could from the soldiers and government of Paradis Island, their lives were spared thanks to the Scouts Regiment and one badass Levi Ackerman (yes, he is Mikasa’s family bloodline and was found out later on). All three of them would join the Scouts soon after. Mikasa would follow in fighting the other titans, help defeat the Female Titan, and support Eren and the rest of the Scouts to discover the origins of Eren’s abilities and take back Wall Maria.

From there, Mikasa and the rest of the scouts and Corps 104 discovered the hard way that most of them too were titans like Eren. The Female Titan that got captured was Annie Leonhart, The Armor Titan was Reiner Braun, The Colossal Titan was Berthholdt Hoover (until Armin took the title later and killed him), and others became titans or were government spies that captured Eren a lot. Mikasa helped her teammates in saving Eren and her comrades from using him for their goals. Until the discovery to Eren’s dad’s basement exposed the humans were the Titans all along, and they were not alone in the world. Allies were lost and the shocking realization of the Titans and Eren and Armin’s short lifespans brought emotional distress to Mikasa. The trio and the Scouts soon after prepared for war against the enemies beyond the sea.

Mikasa and the others would fight the nation of Marley and would discover her bloodline ruled Hizuru, with her being the lost lord. Eren gets “captured” again and the Scouts go on the attack to get him back, with one hell of a battle fought when the War Hammer, Cart, and Jaw Titans were brought in from Marley. They lost the fight, but got Eren back only to realize it was Eren’s plan to be captured. To make matters worse, Sasha the Potato Girl got killed by an enemy Marley onboard.

Eren got arrested and judged after his behavior in Marley. Mikasa and Armin tried to defend him, and knew something was wrong. They tried to explain it to the police and chief, but only to barely survive an assinanation attempt and discovered Eren escaped. After catching up with Eren, the shocking reveal was how Eren mostly joined the Yeagerists as their leader, the organization that is responsible for Eren’s escape, and influence over Paradis Eldian where they captured the military. Eren beat up Armin, and held both Armin and Mikasa prisoner. They escaped later, as Eren planned to destroy the world to where only Eldian remains, known as The Rumbling.

In the final battle, the Survey Corps made an alliance with the Marleyans in order to put an end to the Yeagerists at Fort Salta. Mikasa killed Floch Froster upon their arrival with Annie, and fought hard against Titans to get to Eren. Armin got captured and Mikasa helped save him while fighting the Okapi Titan and Armored Titans. As Eren and Armin fought each other in their Titan forms, Levi and Mikasa blew a hole in Eren’s teeth so Mikasa could get inside. Eren communicated with her to say his goodbyes and confess his feelings towards her before Mikasa promptly beheaded him. Giving one last kiss to his severed head, she said goodbye to the love of her life, ending the war.

In the aftermath, Yeagerists killed about 80% of the world and had taken over Elidan and renamed it the Elidan Empire. But, Mikasa went back to Paradis Island to make Eren a burial ground under his favorite tree where he napped as a child. Three years after the war, Mikasa returns to Eren’s grave where she mourns her friends joining him soon, but wishes to see him again one last time. She cries as a bird fails to catch the scarf Eren gave to her, warping around her once more. She thanks Eren, putting a conclusion to her journey.

Powers & Abilities

• Skilled Martial Artist: Thanks to her time in the Survey Corp, Mikasa has been trained in hand to hand combat in case battles were fought from inside the walls. Mikasa was so skilled in combat, she can throw grown men like Renier in the air at ease, and keep up with pros like Annie Leonhart.
• Skilled Swordsmanship: Like any Scout, Mikasa has trained for countless hours in order to master the art of the blade. However, she stands out compared to others in this regard, as few humans can match her skills in sword fighting.
• Ackerman’s Paths: Known as Path’s of the Ackermans, this is Mikasa’s greatest ability yet. Passed down from the Ackerman clan, the user has the combined skills of all Ackermans that lived before them (Kinda like the Avatar State). Not only does the path improve the user’s battle skills and senses, but it can also increase reaction speed and intelligence. Plus, Eren stated that Ackermans have strengths of a titan without transforming when awakened, which is confirmed for Mikasa when she killed her final kidnapper. Levi used this ability numerous times against his fights with the Beast and Female Titans, and Mikasa can do the same given more time and experience compared to Levi.

Equipment

• 3-Dimensional Maneuver Gear: Standard equipment for any member of the Survey Corps, this gear gives the humans a distinct advantage over their much larger Titan enemies. The maneuverability of the gear takes advantage of the humans’ smaller hitboxes to the larger forms of the titans, like a fly against an ordinary human. The gear is gas powered and comes with holsters for storing anti-Titan swords.
• Anti-Personnel Maneuver Gear: Mostly an upgrade to the 3-Dimensional Maneuver Gear, these were given to the Survey Corps and the Scouts after defeating the Military Police Brigade and Kenny Ackerman. This version of the gear mostly goes more aggressive on the opponents and replaces the swords with semi-automatic pistols. While they were originally only used for humans since they are not as open ranged as the 3D Gear, they got a bigger upgrade for the following weapon below and Mikasa combined both gears for better performance.
• Anti-Titan Swords: The swords that are mostly used for slaying titans, these blades come with her vertical maneuvering equipment. They’re very light and are tough enough to pierce the crazy hard skin of Titans. Despite being composed of steel and other rare metals, they can break from extended usage, though upgrades can be made to improve efficiency.  Mikasa also has multiple swords to replace the broken ones (12 replacements at minimum).
• Thunder Spears: Mikasa’s greatest weapon. Developed specifically for getting around a Titan’s hardening ability, these bad boys punch through Titan armor like it's made of glass. They’re mostly mini missiles that can almost one shot anything, and can truly cause critical damage to even the strongest of Titans. She can carry eight all at once, and is very accurate with her shots, even better than Hange Zoë, who made the weapons. Though they have a weakness in that they will do significant damage to the user if they are caught in the explosion. As such, Mikasa will often fire them off at a long range and then trigger the explosion rather than getting in close to fire it.
  • There powerful enough to shatter the Armored Titan´s armor, which survived busting a hole through Wall Maria (18.271 tons of TNT/City Block level).

Feats

Strength

• As a child, she crushed the handle of a knife, broke the floorboard, and thrust a knife through a man deep enough to kill him in one stab
• As a preteen, she dragged Eren of similar size with one hand while running, and throws him several feet into a wall through the air
• She is able to jump high enough to be able to kick an older kid in the face
  • Spun that same kid around in the air
• She can casually lift Eren as he is in the middle of throwing a punch, and Eren is unable to break free of her grasp
• Sent Reiner through the air to accurately land on Annie and Eren
  • Casually knocks down two men with the flat of her blades
• As a Survey Corps, she grabbed both Eren and Armin with either hand, and ran them down a flight of stairs
• Sliced off Reiner's arm, several inches vertically through his other hand, and deep into his skull with one blade. Would have been able to kill him if not hesitant
• Jumped several feet into the air and knees a man, deforming his face mid-hit
  • This knee likely knocked the man out, judging by lack of movement and struggle in following panels
  • In the anime, Mikasa also took down the other two merchant lackeys
• Kicked an MP hard enough to send them straight downwards and end their horizontal momentum
• Between the timeskip, Mikasa is seen lifting several yards' worth of railroad tracks; railroad tracks can weigh about a ton each
• After the timeskip, she sliced off an entire foot of the Jaw Titan, and disabled the other leg with one move
• Carried eight Thunder Spears at once with ease, and mastered it in a short time with throwing accuracy against Titans

Speed

• Her 3DMG can let her reach speeds of over 366 kmph, that´s almost 1/3 the Speed of Sound.
• With the 3DMG, outpaced elite Garrison troops as a cadet, catches up to an abnormal titan, in the first ever real battle
• Dodged multiple strikes from Eren's Titan form, including a surprise attack. Only got hit once by debris
• Took down two titan dummies with one gas stream, appeared to be a blur in the distance
  • Dodged multiple close-ranged titan attacks, displayed good balance and agility.
• Kept pace with Female Titan's top travel speeds while also cutting her enough to bring her down. A Female Titan's top speed is over 80 km/h
• Dodged a blow from the Female Titan, who had time to aim and think about the attack
  • The Female Titan is fast enough to easily dodge Eren's Titan and has shown to have incredibly fast strikes with a moment to prepare
• Ran down a flight of stairs, carrying two people, before Annie can cut herself to transform
• Flew in from Female Titan's field of view, but is too fast for her to react to it
  • Female Titan has multiple feats of catching soldiers before they can close in
• Mikasa made it up the entire wall (50 meters) before the Female Titan can reach the top and cuts her fingers off before she can stop it
• Crossed several feet before Reiner can reach Eren, who is only a few steps away
• Was able to think and aim while being thrown by Annie at a pig-faced Titan so fast she couldn’t halt her momentum and would’ve connected her strike had 2 other titans not gotten in the way
• Blitzed the Jaw Titan
• Avoided a shot from the Warhammer Titan's crossbow
• Dodged machine gun fire
• Reacted and saved Armin from a bomb before it exploded
• Is faster than Eren, who reacted and transformed into his titan form before a cannon shot him, Armin, and Mikasa

Durability

• Took a large fall at high speeds, hitting the side of a building but ultimately landing in a flexible sheet, and got up with no injury
  • Not phased by a 12-15 meter fall (10 Gs = 10x Earth´s Gravity)
    • For referance, Astronaut´s can withstand about 3 Gs of Force during lift off, and Fighter Pilots can withstand up to 9 Gs of Force for a second or two during aerial combat, even just 6 Gs for a sustained period of time can be fatal for a human being. But Mikasa can survive almost twice that much while fighting giant Titans at the same time.
• Squeezed by a titan's grip, breaking multiple ribs, but catches Eren soon after
• Survived a bomb exploding in the next room with Armin
• Survived the shockwave of Eren’s Titan form punching near her
• Very Debatable: Tanked a Thunder Spear at point blank against the Armor Titan

Skill

• Killed Eren Yeager, the leader of the Titans and the one who started the genocide of non-Eldians via the Rumbling
• Killed Floch Florester, the second in command of the Yeagerists
• Was one of the members of the “Alliance” who joined together in order to save the world from the Rumbling
• Was the top performing cadet in the Survey Corps during training
• Defended Utgart Castle from a Titan ambush
• Helped defend Wall Rose and Trost
• Reclaimed the Shiganshina district and Wall Maria
• Fought against the Female, Armor, and Colossal Titans multiple times
• Defeated the Anti-Personnel Control Squad.
• Fought nearly all of the Nine Titans, including Jaw, and Okapi titans

Weaknesses

• Mikasa’s emotional state for most of the series was pretty closely knit with Eren’s safety. This has led her to making dumb, reckless decisions that have almost gotten her killed, and more than once at that. Additionally, she completely lost the will to live early on in the series when she thought Eren had been killed. Her emotional ties to Eren are a double edged sword, both a tremendous strength that has led her to pulling off some absurd feats, and her greatest weakness at the same time. Even without Eren, Mikasa has trouble keeping a cool head against opponents more skilled than her, which is an albeit rare occurrence.
• On the non-emotional front, Mikasa’s 3D maneuver gear is far from impervious to damage. The lines can be cut, the blades can be snapped, and gas can run out. Once it’s gone, it’s unlikely she’ll be able to find replacement equipment during a confrontation like this. This won’t make Mikasa any less strong, but it will greatly reduce her mobility.

Fun Facts

• Mikasa appeared in the 8th season of the popular web series DEATH BATTLE! where she fought against Blake Belladonna and lost.