Erwin Smith

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Inconsistently Admirable
Full Name	Erwin Smith
Alias	Commander Devil (by Floch)
Origin	Attack on Titan
Family	Mr. Smith (father)  † Unnamed mother
Allies	Levi Ackerman Mike Zacharias † Nile Dawk † Hange Zoë † Dot Pixis † Keith Shadis † Dhalis Zachary (superior) † Marie Dawk (former love interest) Dirk † Nanaba † Gelgar † Dieter Ness † Flagon Turret † Peer † Darius Baer Walbrunn † Moblit Berner † Historia Reiss Armin Arlert Floch Forster † Eren Yeager † Keiji † Abel † Petra Ral † Oluo Bozado † Nifa † Gunther Schultz † Eld Jinn † Lynne † Henning † Marlene † Klaus † Harold † Moses Braun † Thomas † Rashad † Lauda † Dieter † Jean Kirschtein Connie Springer Sasha Blouse † Mikasa Ackerman Ilse Langnar † Marlo Freudenberg † Sandra † Gordon † Flegel Reeves Dimo Reeves † Hannes † Roy Peaure Stohess District Mayor Garrison
Enemies	The Beast Titan Reiner Braun Annie Leonhart Bertolt Hoover Royal Government
Powers / Skills	Genius-level intelligence Expert strategist Expert swordsman Proficiency with ODM gear Military training Manipulation Titan combat Level-headedness
Goals	Prove that there is still humanity living outside the Walls, confirming that his father's theory was right (primary life goal; failed and forced to abandon, but succeeded by his subordinates). Prove that the memories of humanity within the Walls were altered by the First King (secondary life goal; succeeded). Discover the true history of the world, humanity, and the Titans (abandoned). Free humanity within the Walls from the tyranny of the Monarchy and have the military take over. Save the Survey Corps from total annihilation. Defeat the Warriors in the Battle of Shiganshina District (all succeeded). Eliminate all the Warriors (failed). Eradicate all the Titans within the Walls (posthumously succeeded).
Greatest Actions	Saving Eren Yeager from execution. Sacrificing himself to save the Survey Corps from complete destruction and give them the chance to see the world outside of the walls.
Type of IA	Obsessed Truth-Seeker

Commander Erwin Smith is a major supporting character in the Attack on Titan franchise.

Due to being the leader of the Survey Corps, Erwin is responsible for the missions outside the wall to reclaim the land from the Titans. Erwin is also obsessed to find the truth of the Walls and the Titans as he wants to find out if his father's theory about the outside world was true.

He is voiced by Daisuke Ono in the Japanese version of the anime (who also voiced Jotaro Kujo in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure), and J. Michael Tatum in the English version of the anime.

His Good Ranking

What Makes Him Admirable?

• Followed his father's footsteps to find the truth of the Walls.
• As a scout, Erwin was instrumental in several recon successes during their expeditions.
• Erwin later developed Long-Distance Enemy Scouting Operation, which drastically reduced Titan casualties, due to which he was recommended to succeed Keith Shadis.
• He stopped Levi from killing Mike when they first met.
• Saved Eren, Armin and Mikasa from the Titans during the Battle of Trost.
• When Eren was revealed to be a Titan Shifter and was scheduled to be executed, Erwin spoke up for him that he will keep an eye on him.
• His speech about the future of Humanity and the success against Titans inspired several top recruits to join the Survey Corps.
• He saved Eren from Bertolt and Reiner by cutting off Reiner's titan finger.
• Erwin only rebelled against the King so that the Military Police don't halt their progress to remove Titans from the world.
• He convinces of his troops to go on a suicide range with him so Levi could kill the Beast Titan, sacrificing himself and allowing the Survey Corps survivors to learn the truth about the world outside of the walls.
  • When Erwin was offered a chance to save himself by turning into a Titan Shifter, he passed up the chance because he didn't feel himself worthy to inherit the world's secrets after dooming his recruits.

What Makes Him Inconsistent?

• He had no hesitation in sacrificing his men, and he didn't do this with the goal of helping humanity, but to prove his father's theory.
  • This will also lead to the rise of Floch Forster, who goes mad due to being the sole survivor of the said sacrifice, leading him to turn the majority of the new members of the Survey Corps into xenophobic extremists and causing an insurrection within the Eldian Military as a whole, forming a fascist paramilitary group, helping Eren with the Rumbling, and eventually rule Paradis Island/Eldia.
• He planned the raid on Stohess District in order to arrest Annie Leonhart, which caused casualties of hundreds of innocent civilians, resulting in the public's lowered trust on the Survey Corps.
• Blackmailed the Military Police several times just for minor reasons.

External Links

• Erwin Smith on the Heroes Wiki
• Erwin Smith on the Attack on Titan Wiki