Attack On Titan: Would Zeke’s Euthanasia Plan Have Worked?

Driven by a jaded worldview borne of the troubled childhood he endured, Zeke Yeager’s plan to solve what perceived as the “Eldian problem,” was quite grim at face value. In effect, Zeke proposed a measure that would prevent Subjects of Ymir from reproducing, condemning them to an agonizingly slow path of extinction. The activation of a partial Rumbling alongside this would have acted as a deterrent against any invasion of Paradis, allowing the remaining Eldians to live out their lives. On one hand, Zeke’s lack of sympathy for his fellow Eldians residing in Paradis and throughout the rest of the world could stem from his upbringing in Marley, as well as the abuse he suffered at the hands of his father, Grisha Yeager, who was a staunch Eldian loyalist, desperately seeking to restore his race to their former glory. However, when comparing Zeke’s plan to the course taken by Eren in the climax of Attack on Titan, it is not difficult to see that the former trajectory would have been the lesser of two evils.