Warning! Spoilers for Attack on Titan Chapter 139 ahead!
Fans of the popular manga series Eren Jaeger. He started the series off as a vengeful soldier bent on destroying the Titan race. However, upon learning a bit more about the reality of the world around him, his motivations change drastically...leading him to turn against the very people he once fought with. Determined to accomplish his mission at all costs, Eren may remind Marvel fans of a notorious villain.
Attack On Titan's long-awaited final chapter has been released, and it paints a dark picture of Eren's character towards the end of the story. Eren confesses to being responsible for the death of 80% of the population Thanos.
Just like Thanos, Eren proves to be his own greatest enemy. Their commitment to their mission proves to be the downfall of both villains. Both characters found incredible power; Thanos built his infinity gauntlet and Eren discovered he could shift into a Titan form. On a basic level, the two are surprisingly vulnerable. Once Thanos finds himself without the gauntlet, he is easy defeated. Without his Titan form giving him the ability to communicate with and lead an entire Titan army, he would not have had the power to accomplish such a devastating feat. The two are incredibly resourceful, taking advantage of their access to power, but rather use it for evil than for good.
Of course, the two are not exactly the same. a vengeance against society himself that Thanos never had. Both believed their misguided plans would be for the betterment of society, and are equally evil beings, yet it may not seem that way given Eren's erratic behavior.
The two can't help but be compared regardless of their differences. Both mass murderers took their worlds by surprise with the amount of damage they were able to inflict. Eren's ability to wipe out the majority of humanity as Thanos did without having to scour the universe for magic rocks Attack On Titan, Eren officially killed an even larger percentage of humanity than Thanos himself. Does that make him the more "inevitable" villain?
