How old is levi shingeki

Other than the somewhat similar physical traits such as black hair and superior athleticism, both Mikasa and Levi possess the Ackerman last name. This is where Levi's age comes in: depending on how old Levi is, we can determine his relation to Mikasa. According to the manga writers, Levi Ackerman is definitely older than 30 years old.

Based on Levi's profile on myanimelist. The first theory is that Levi is Mikasa's uncle, or the brother of Mikasa's father, given that the Ackerman name must come from the dad. One of his most defining characteristics is the great value he places on preserving human life; this is especially shown when it was revealed that all Titans might have once been human themselves.

The thought that he had unknowingly been killing humans all this time disturbs him greatly. Though Levi bore no malice against Eren, he was willing to resort to violence in order to save his life at his tribunal, eventually asking Eren whether he resented him for the beating.

Levi himself has stated that he hates unnecessary casualties, and he tells his subordinates to use their judgment so that they can avoid blunders that may cost them their lives.

Because of their hazardous profession and his personal values, he cares greatly for his subordinates' welfare. This is seen several times: when ordered to retreat early to Wall Rose at the end of the disastrous 57th Expedition, Levi was visibly distressed that so many of his soldiers had died on a fruitless mission. Later, he risked his life against the Female Titan in order to retrieve Eren from her mouth and also to protect to Mikasa , who had gone after her recklessly looking for vengeance.

As they re-entered the gate, Petra's father approached him, cheerfully talking about his daughter and her unwavering devotion to the Survey Corps.

Unbeknownst to him, his daughter had just been killed; Levi remained silent, he was too overcome with grief to reply. Levi was visibly affected by the loss of his entire original Special Operations Squad at the hands of the Female Titan , stating that he carries the will of his fallen comrades, and that their collective grudge against the Titans further strengthens his resolve to continue to fight. Despite his obedience to Erwin, Levi operates rather independently. Many of his Titan kills are solo, accomplished with little direct cooperation from other soldiers due to him usually assigning them to hunt other Titans in the vicinity.

Although he is looked up to by many, and he does not hesitate to give orders when necessary, Levi does not see himself as a leader in the same way Erwin is.

He does not seem to have much use for hierarchy in general, and he leaves decisions up to his subordinates as often as he can. Though Levi is aware that his battle skill is in a different league from that of almost any other human soldier alive, he is not arrogant about it, as he knows from experience that no human soldier is invulnerable.

Few will argue with his claims that only he can handle certain difficult tasks, because he has proven his ability to accomplish them. While Levi shows loyalty and empathy for his comrades, he shows no mercy towards the Titans, slaughtering them indiscriminately with obvious indifference. However, when the Titans are former friends and subordinates, Levi can briefly hesitate and wonder if they are still aware of their actions while trapped inside their Titan forms; regardless, Levi has displayed no problem in killing them.

When dealing with individuals he perceives to be enemies to mankind, Levi is capable of behaving sadistically, even vindictively. For example, when the Female Titan was captured, Levi relayed his enjoyment at watching her suffer and described in chilling detail how he intended to mutilate her human body.

After defeating Zeke Yeager a second time, he sadistically made it clear that he was going to torture Zeke for his crimes against Paradis and the Survey Corps, impaling him with a Thunder Spear. Levi displays no emotion during these times aside from bloodlust, shown by his methodically slicing apart Zeke's legs. Levi is occasionally known to lose his calm demeanor and to use threats or violence to get others to listen to him, even if they are fellow members of the corps.

An example of such behavior was shown when he directly ordered Historia Reiss to take on the role of queen when the question was presented to her. When she shakily says she is unfit, he grabs her and lifts her off the ground, choking her and telling her to fight back if she does not like it.

He then drops her and yells at her to make her decision, but is however calm once again when she complies with his demands. Levi is the son of Kuchel Ackerman , a prostitute who worked in the Underground and was made pregnant by one of her clients. One day, Kenny Ackerman , Kuchel's older brother, came to the city to see her only to find that she was dead.

In a rare showing of compassion, Kenny decided to take care of him. He raised Levi as well as he could: teaching him knife skills, how to get along with people, and violent behavior. Levi also learned to use his own inner power that he possessed as a member of the Ackerman clan.

Time passed and eventually, Kenny taught Levi everything he knew. However, he did not consider himself as a good father figure. At that moment, Kenny decided to leave him behind, satisfied that he had taught Levi the skills he needed to survive. Later, he became a notorious thug in the underground but eventually left the place to join the Survey Corps. While on an expedition beyond the Walls, Levi and Hange recover the notebook of a soldier named Ilse Langnar.

After reading the contents of the journal, Levi is left stunned and comments that it is what Ilse died for. Levi is seen leaving Trost District , along with the rest of the Survey Corps, on the 56th Expedition Beyond the Walls—the same day the Colossus Titan attacks the district.

While on the expedition, Levi sees a soldier caught in the jaws of a nearby Titan and kills it. As more Titans approach, Levi orders Petra Ral to take care of the injured soldier while he takes care of the remaining Titans. After clearing the immediate area, Levi checks on the injured soldier, who is quickly succumbing to his injuries. In an attempt to comfort the scout in his dying moments, Levi assures him that he has done his duty well.

As the soldier dies, Erwin arrives and informs Levi that they are returning to Trost. Levi is unwilling to turn back so soon, is forced to concede when Erwin informs him that Wall Rose has possibly been breached.

Levi arrives back in Trost in time to find two Titans bearing down on four soldiers at the base of the Wall. He quickly kills the Titans, and demands that the soldiers fill him in on what has happened.

Three days later, after Eren wakes up in the dungeon beneath the courthouse, Levi assures him that the higher-ups will let him join the Survey Corps—and that he himself will make sure Eren does not get out of hand.

Should that happen, Levi says, he will not hesitate to end Eren's life. After Eren issues a verbal challenge to the audience during his trial, Levi violently beats him on the spot, mockingly observing that while chained on his knees, Eren is perfectly placed for his kicks.

Armin has to restrain an infuriated Mikasa from coming to Eren's rescue and killing Levi. She glares at Levi after the trial, seemingly unnerving him.

Unknown to Mikasa, the beating was an act in defense of Eren that gave the impression that despite Eren's fearsome Titan powers, Levi and by extension, the rest of humanity could still control him. Levi orders Eren to sleep in the castle dungeon so that if he accidentally transforms, he will not cause problems. If Eren goes out of control in Titan form, Levi intends to cut him out of the nape in a manner that would sever his human limbs, which would grow back in any case.

However, Eren fails to transform, and his hands do not heal from his bites. The Squad decides to postpone any further experiments. One day, while having tea with them, Eren leans over to pick up a spoon and accidentally generates a partial Titan body. The alarmed Squad threatens him, and Levi has to defuse the situation. Later, after Hange explains why Eren triggered his Titan form, Levi's entire squad punishes themselves, and apologizes to Eren for acting on assumption.

During the 57th Expedition Beyond the Walls, Levi and his team are ordered to ride in the safest area of Erwin's formation. When the formation is suddenly attacked by a horde of Titans coming at their right flank, they change course toward the Titan Forest , and Levi's squad takes the central route. Once the Female Titan appears, his squad begs Levi to give them orders, but he continues to ride forward and look straight ahead. Whatever Eren chooses to do, Levi says, he should do it and believe he will not regret it.

Eren then declares that he trusts completely in his squad's victory, and they keep going through the Forest. Shortly afterward, Levi gets separated from his squad. He reunites with Erwin and prepares to extract the human in control of the Female Titan from the nape of her neck.

In response, the Female Titan begins to roar. On Erwin's order, Levi and the rest of the Survey Corps elite try to protect her from them, but they fail due to the sheer number of Titans. Erwin orders the Corps to retreat back to the Karanes District. He then realizes that the human inside the Female Titan may have escaped, and he orders Levi to replenish his gas canisters and blades. After the Female Titan returns and kills Levi's entire squad and captures Eren, he and Mikasa join forces to rescue him.

Levi tells Mikasa to distract the Titan but avoid trying to kill her, since she is able to harden her skin. Seeing that the Female Titan is now helpless, Mikasa disobeys Levi's orders and attempts to kill the person inside the Titan. However, the Female Titan swings her hardened fist at Mikasa, and Levi is forced to pull Mikasa out of the way. While doing this, Levi injures his left leg. He grabs Eren and flees with Mikasa, whom he reprimands for having risked the life of her "special friend" for the sake of vengeance.

As they enter Karanes after retreating, the Survey Corps receives a hostile response from the public for their failed mission. Levi is approached by Petra's father, who reveals that she wrote to him frequently. He tells Levi that, as a father, he is worried about Petra's decision to dedicate her life to him, as she is still quite young and has her whole life ahead of her.

Levi continues to walk silently ahead without responding. Armin tells them his theory about the Female Titan's true identity. During the supposed breach of Wall Rose , Levi is seen accompanying Hange and the others as they head to Ehrmich District while they attempt to get information from Minister Nick.

Though he will not personally offer them any information, he agrees to reveal the identity of a person who is able to speak about the secrets of the Walls: Historia Reiss. The Shiganshina Trio offer to help locate her, and in describing her, Mikasa reveals the name of Ymir —much to Hange's and Levi's surprise.

Levi is briefly seen again at Trost District, still sidelined due to his injury. After the appearance of the Armored and Colossus Titans atop Wall Rose, a detachment of about soldiers from all three military branches is gathered.

Some of the MPs express disappointment not to have seen any Titans nearby. Levi calls their bluff by inviting them to join the Survey Corps any day so they can go outside of the Walls to fight them, whereupon they back down.

Levi visits Erwin when he is well enough to talk and expresses sympathy for the loss of Erwin's arm. Hange and Connie arrive as well to report on their findings regarding Ragako village and Hange says that they support the theory that the Titans were once human.

Hange offers some comfort in that there is no solid proof of that. By contrast, Erwin smiles at the news, which disturbs Levi to the point he says Erwin is going to make him sick. Since Erwin is exhausted from his ordeal, Levi notifies him that he has taken the liberty of selecting members for his new Special Operations Squad. He believes that Eren needs to be pushed into desperation. Levi, Hange, and members of their squads retreat to a remote cabin where Eren and Historia are being hidden.

Their objective is still to seal the hole in Wall Maria, and if Eren can do that as a Titan it would save the logistical costs of hauling out materials like originally planned. When Eren says he is willing, Levi gives Hange the responsibility of running the experiments necessary to test the limits of Eren's abilities. However, Hange also wants to lay low because Minister Nick has been murdered.

An enemy that persistent will find them eventually. He also guesses that Nick did not reveal any information, as all his fingernails had been pulled out. Someone willing to talk, he states, would have given up after just one. Levi sees two paths forward: they can either flee before they are stabbed in the back, or exterminate their would-be killers.

Hange suggests they do both, and Levi notes that this is exactly what Erwin would say. After running their experiments, Levi receives a note from Erwin and asks those members of his squad "dumb enough" to trust the Commander to come with him. They manage to escape before intruders reach their cabin and hurry to their rendezvous point. When they arrive, they are approached by a crowd that blame the Survey Corps for the poor living conditions in Trost District. In the middle of this, a carriage comes crashing through and appears to kidnaps Eren and Historia.

Levi and his squad track the kidnappers to their hideout. They attack the kidnappers before the deception can be discovered and quickly subdue them. Their leader turns out to be Dimo Reeves , the merchant boss who was blocking the gate with his cargo the day Trost was invaded. Reeves protests about not knowing anything and Levi suggests that they go out and talk. On top of Wall Rose, Levi says he is not here to lecture him, but find out about the deal Reeves made with the Interior Military Police.

Reeves reveals that there was no deal so much as if his company did not cooperate his employees would be out of jobs and he would be dead.

Though the Reeves Company does a lot of good for Trost, Levi recognizes that this will not last and compares Reeves' fight with the Military Police to that of the Survey Corps against the Titans. So that Reeves will fight too, Levi offers to hand over Eren and Historia on three conditions: the Reeves Company will work against the Interior Military Police together with the Survey Corps, the Reeves Company will trust the Survey Corps completely, and the Survey Corps will receive priority access to any luxury goods.

In hiding below ground, Levi and Hange begin work on Sannes, [70] who proves difficult to crack, even after being beaten and having his fingernails removed to equal the treatment received by Minister Nick. Sannes expresses some remorse for the torture he has had to inflict, but believes it was necessary to maintain peace within the Walls. Levi is unsympathetic and suggests beginning Sannes' torture properly if he does not answer questions correctly, starting with the identity of the Reiss family.

Rather than giving in to the torture, Sannes goads them into tormenting him further. He knows what it is like to be the torturer and the power it gives. Levi Ackerman is approximately cms tall at 1.

Levi measures approximately The following table shows the height of Levi Ackerman in the most popular units. He also leads Special Operation Squad Levi. He was short and black, with no expressions or emotions. Levi was a skilled combat fighter with a well-developed physique. Levi is responsible for guarding Eren when it transforms into Titan.

He promised to bring him down if the latter happens. He is often expressionless, but he cares for his squad and is an excellent 3DM gear user. He has shown that he can stop a Female Titan shifter.

He was tagged the most powerful soldier. Here are some of his most famous lines and quotes. There are many reasons. They have similar eyes, hair, stature and have short heights. He may have been pulling a Napoleon, which is a surprisingly strong character. However, there is a reason for his story. Before Kenny found Kenny, he had been very malnourished. One thing that he loves is tea. That reduces calcium intake and contributes to bone development.

Levi, who sleeps on average three hours per night, is also an insomniac. That can stunt his growth. I believe he is also in his 40s and 30s, which means he is not growing as well and has thus been quite short. Still, Levi had many things against him growing tall. When Levi was young, he was severely malnourished. Remember all the stories about his mother getting sick. He is also a tea snob, blocking calcium absorption. He is known to be the strongest soldier in mankind, worth an army on his own.

Despite this, he is far from being the hero that people make of him. He is quite short see more about Why Levi Ackerman is short? With that being said, we can say that Levi Ackerman was born on December 25th, After his mother passed away, his uncle, Kenny Ackerman , took him in his care, and taught him everything he knew, and how to defend himself in order to survive the rough underground life.

The events of Shingeki no Kyojin season 1 , started by the year In that time, Levi Ackerman was in his mid-twenties.