Attack on Titan's versatile cast of characters are a big part of why the series became the worldwide hit it was during its run. It's not just Eren, Mikasa, and Armin who managed to draw fans in throughout the course of the series. Attack on Titan has an incredibly strong supporting cast, with the series offering fans various viewpoints to consider, letting you understand different characters' motivations and struggles.

But just like any other series out there, you also have some characters who people just hate. For some, it's deserved, but for others, things are a little more complex. There's no denying that among all of Attack onTitan's characters, these are some of the most disliked among fans.

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7 Things Attack on Titan Does Better Than Every Other Shonen Anime

When it comes to these things, Attack on Titan is just way ahead of the competition.

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By Adriano Valente

Yelena

Yelena played a big role in Attack on Titan's final season, serving as a secondary villain for the last stretch of the story. As a member of the Anti-Marleyan Volunteers, fans have plenty of reasons not to like Yelena. Her actions and attitude throughout her time in the series definitely made it difficult for anyone to see any good in her.

Yelena is a dangerous fanatic whose almost God-like reverence for Zeke led her to manipulate and murder people, all for the sake of Zeke's ideals. By the end of the series, fans got to see a variety of characters with different extremist views come into play, but Yelena stands out in the worst way.

Sergeant Major Gross

So much of the conflict in Attack on Tian focuses on how past transgressions can allow people to continually tear at each other in a perpetual cycle of revenge and retaliation. Sergeant Major Gross represents the absolute worst part of humanity that can emerge from that cycle.

Gross used his position in the Public Security Authorities to abuse and oppress Eldians living in Marley. He was an incredibly sadistic and racist man who wanted to kill all Eldians, being responsible for countless Eldian deaths, including Grisha's younger sister, Faye, who he had torn apart by dogs in an unbelievable act of cruelty. He eventually got his comeuppance, but fans still absolutely hate his guts.

Rod Reiss

Rod Reiss is hated by fans mainly due to how he treated his daughter and fan-favorite character, Historia. Reiss allowed Historia's mother to be killed, abandoned her, and only tried to bring her back into his life when he needed her to kill Eren and take his power.

But being a bad father isn't the only thing that fans have against him. Rod is a coward, pushing the burden of his ideals onto his children. He cared more for his family's power than for his family themselves. He isn't necessarily the worst person in the series, but he isn't someone you'd root for either.

Fritz

In a series full of terrible people, Fritz is hands down the absolute worst. There's no nuance with him, no good explanation that excuses his actions, just an evil man who stands as the root cause for all the suffering and death we see throughout the series.

The old King of Eldia was a power-hungry monster, conquering, enslaving, and oppressing people all in the name of expanding his empire. We don't see much of Fritz, but what we do see tells us all we need to know. He's hands down the worst person in the franchise and will forever be remembered as the cause for so much suffering in the Attack on Titan universe.

Floch Forster

Like Yelena, Floch is a great example of how someone whose idealism and blind faith in the wrong person can find themselves on a horrible path. As a member of the Yeagerists, Floch was one of Eren's most useful pawns towards the end of the series. He became so engrossed in the idea that Eren's plan was the only way for the Eldians to find peace moving forward that he turned on his former allies without a second thought.

Fans do get to see Floch's downfall as opposed to some other characters who are just presented as being evil or on the wrong side of things, but that hasn't helped his standing with the fan base all that much. To many, Floch's actions and willingness to sacrifice humanity are just too horrible to overlook.

Zeke Yeager

Like his brother, Zeke is a well-written character who provides fans with a good look at how generational trauma and the ongoing cycle of hatred in Attack on Titan affect those caught up in it. But Zeke is much more of a hated character than his brother, despite the latter being responsible for even worse atrocities.

We see how Zeke's upbringing and environment shaped him into the self-loathing psychopath he is. But as much as we understand why Zeke turned out the way he did, it doesn't do much to excuse him for taking so many lives and for trying to wipe out the Eldian people. At one point, Zeke just became an annoying obstacle that most were glad to finally see go.

Gabi Braun

Gabi gets a lot of hate from fans, and it feels unfair at times. She was created to offer a different perspective, while also being similar to Eren in a lot of ways. But the odds were stacked against her from the get-go.

Gabi is incredibly stubborn and arrogant, having been completely indoctrinated into believing that the people of Paradis were evil and deserving of death and destruction. She gets some great development later on in the series, but some fans just can't overlook her initial behavior. The fact that she killed one of the series' most beloved characters doesn't help her much either.

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