The character I have chosen to analyze is Mikasa Ackerman from Attack on Titan. Mikasa is a strong female warrior part of the Survey Corps. She possesses the ability to carry up to eight spears with ease. Alongside that, she is able to aim accurately at Titans, much more than the person who invented the weapons. Due to her Asian heritage and being an Ackerman, she is able to resist memory manipulation from the Founding Titan. This is a power and privilege for her as she is capable of being strong enough to fend for herself and others, developing fighting instincts and self-control faster than some of her fellow warrior comrades. She is also one of the two deuteragonist of the show. Aside from being a powerful asset to this branch of the military, she still possess the nature to be caring towards her friends, which ultimately hinder her capabilities when it comes to her abilities of judgement. For example, when she believes Eren has “died”, she loses the will to live, forgetting her responsibility and pledge as a warrior meant to protect humanity against Titans. However, that is short lived as he is very much alive. She becomes emotional and cries upon this realization. As beautiful as this moment was, it is times like this throughout the show where her character usually falters. While she is capable of being one of the most strongest female warriors, she is still undermined as a character due to her romantic feelings towards Eren. These feelings oftentimes overcome her logical reasoning, where she suddenly makes Eren a priority over everyone else. However, she is lucky to have friends that are capable of helping her understand that while it is alright to love Eren, she can not forget that the fate of humanity depends on her abilities, even if it means going against the one she loves so dearly.

