This may have included enhanced healing, though not nearly to the same level as an actual Titan Shifter. Levi, meanwhile, also had a blood advantage in his Ackerman heritage - a derivative of Eldian genes that gives humans the strength of a Titan without actually being one. Zeke survived by virtue of being a Subject of Ymir and, seemingly, the Beast Titan holder, which drew his distant ancestor Ymir Fritz's attention.

To the latter point, he consistently made for the perfect, dour foil to Eren's idealistic recklessness, from his pithy put-downs to kicks to the face.

An orphan raised by a sadistically talented murderer, not the main protagonist and labeled ' humanity's strongest,' Levi had all the makings of a Grim Reaper-baiting, shonen frenemy. Infamous for its shock, insta-kill moments - often compared to the bloodthirsty nature of George R.R Martin's Game of Thrones - Attack on Titan couldn't have put a larger death flag over the fan-favorite Captain if it tried, which is why it's all the more surprising that he survived in the end. Now in a wheelchair, he makes his way through a modernized Paradis Island with Marley's Gabi and Falco in tow, presumably en-route to give his testimony, alongside his former comrades, during the ongoing negotiations to secure world peace. Instead, as Attack on Titan skips ahead in time for its epilogue, we discover that Levi has indeed lived on. Related: Attack on Titan Studio MAPPA Addresses Animator Pay Controversy

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