Since the fandom’s fixation with Levi calling Eren “shitty brat” hasn’t completely dissipated yet, I took it upon myself to check how many times Levi calls him that in the manga. You’ll be surprised by what I’ve found out (I certainly was).
Levi refers to Eren a grand total of 81 times in 103 chapters. Here’s a detailed list nobody asked for:
エレン “Eren”: 45 times お前 “You”: 21 コイツ・ヤツ “Him”: 13 グズ野郎 “Scum”: 1 (this is the first time he addresses Eren, in the dungeon) クソガキ “Shitty brat”: 1 (during the Female Titan arc, in the forest, when they’re under pressure, he refers to Eren like this, when he is confirming with his squad that their mission is to protect Eren from harm, not kill him) 俺の敵じゃない “Not my enemy”: 1 (in the courtroom scene) 奇跡 “A miracle”: 1
Let’s see for comparison how he calls some other characters, just to check if he holds some particular grudge against Eren.
エルヴィン “Erwin”: 28 お前 “You”: 15 ヤツ “Him”: 2 団長 Commander: 1 (sarcastically) エルヴィー “Erwi—”: 1 (interrupted by the shock regarding Erwin’s grin) 気持ちの悪い奴め translated as “You’re gonna make me sick” by CR, but lit. “What a disgusting guy”: 1
Petra, Oluo, Eld: a couple of times each by their names
＊ Names are used both to address the person and when talking with others about said person.
I also checked how many times (and how) Eren calls Levi, and I was surprised to find out that it’s not that many (compared to how many times Levi uses Eren’s name/talks about him). I had an impression Eren was the Mikasa of the situation, always saying “Captain Levi!”, but that’s not the case, apparently. I am curious to know how many times Mikasa actually says Eren’s name, too, but I grew interested in it when I was already at about half of my skimming of the manga. Hit me up if you know.
Eren calls/refers to Levi as:
リヴァイ兵長 “Captain Levi”: 11 兵長 “Captain”: 16 人類の最強の兵士リヴァイ兵長 “Humanity’s strongest soldier Captain Levi”: 1 (the first time he talks about Levi) チビオヤジ “Little old man”: 1 (referring to Rod Reiss, but Levi got concerned Eren was addressing him as such) 自由の翼 “Wings of Freedom": 1 (i am a sap) just “Levi”: ??? (i’m still waiting)
So, my conclusion is: Levi called Eren “shitty brat” just one (1) time. Levi doesn’t hate Eren and isn’t set on verbally insulting him. Eren is a beautiful name. Let Levi call Eren by his name, please. Also, Levi is a lot more fixated on Eren than vice-versa, who would have thought, hah!
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