When I first watched Attack on Titan, my first impression was this show is very traumatizing and mysterious. For a whole season, we were left with the impression that humans were shut in a walled off fortress in order to hide from giant Titans that only exist to eat humans. As I watched the Anime and read the Manga, I started to piece together the reason why Titans only eat humans.
I watched the show paranoid that there was no way to stop these monsters that can be over 120 meters tall (393 feet). Over time, humans captured Titans and research unlock the mystery behind Titans. One fact that scientist discovered about Titans was Titans not needing to eat in order to live. Titans use sunlight to live or for energy. Also, Titans do not have a digestive tract. When Titans eat humans, human body parts stay inside the Titan. That explains how Eren was eaten alive by the Titan and survives on episode three. After an encounter with Ymir, we learned more about why Titans eat humans from her experience as a Titan.
Ymir is the Jaw Titan. We learned that Ymir was homeless Eldian girl that lived the streets of Marley. For some reason, Ymir was made leader of a cult. The authorities found the cult and punished the cult by injecting them with potion that turned them in mindless Titans that roam the outside the Maria Wall for 60 years. One day, Ymir rose from the ground to attack a group of children humans. Little did she know, one of the kids Ymir was the Jaw Titan, Marcel Gilliard. By devouring Marcel. Ymir gained his powers and regained her humanity.
Hange Zoe speculates that this may be one reason Titans instinctively seek to devour humans and transformed intelligent Titans. Later in the manga, we see Ymir transfer her Titan powers by "letting" Porco Gilliard eat her. This confirms that Titans eat humans for the purpose of gaining the shifter power and return to being human.
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