Reasons why Eruri is lowkey canon
Disclaimer: I’m Eruri trash (lying in Isayama’s trash can)
- canon mutual bond of trust
- canon boyfriend jacket (let’s be honest, timeline-wise, that jacket could only be Erwin’s)
- Isayama seems to headcanon Levi as hella gay with a penchant for tall people (x) (x) (x) (x)
- is also a self-proclaimed Levi fujoshi (x)
- who likes BL (x)
- fanart picked by Isayama’s editors every month are Eruri in nature quite regularly. Like, yeah let’s publish this drawing of Levi shirtless and sweating and daydreaming about Erwin, we’re not implying anything at all lol
- Voice actors are Ono Daisuke and Kamiya Hiroshi. You know, the guys that are known for playing characters with gay sexual tension?
- the smartpass interviews. Observe how Levi never shuts up about Erwin in his private time. Read how they eat meals together alone after expeditions, and how Levi doesn’t like to let others into Erwin’s office.
- Levi and Erwin are the two most popular characters in Japan (this isn’t relevant, I just wanted to remind Erwin haters again hah)
Please add to my stupid list. Let’s lie in Isayama’s trash can together.
- They stared at each other in the rain in one of the smart pass stories.
-Erwin has said he was selfish in considering those close to him… including Levi.(see what I did there :’D)
-Erwin knows Levi isn’t simply a “clean freak” and allows him to cope as he needs.
-Erwin writes the mans tea off on the SL budget.
-Levi would have rather temporarily disabled Erwin to keep him safe that let him go on the excursion to Shiganshina.
-Levi goes from visibly tense to sighing and at ease when Erwin shows up.
-Unbreakable trust.
-If you count the drama CD, Levi insinuates Erwin is privy of his underwear preference.
-Also Erwin goes to Levi for protection from Mikasa.
-The ridiculous amount of tmi knowledge between those two and their old man bowels/health.
- Levi does. Not. Shut. Up. About. Erwin.
-They bicker and taunt like an old married couple.
- Sad Erwin? Insert a Levi with a shit joke and you have a smile and laugh.
I’m forever in this trashcan.
- Erwin is the liege of Levi (Ackerbond)
- Erwin is an irreplaceable existence for Levi.
- Erwin’s existence totally exceeds that of Levi.
- Levi talks all the time about Erwin, even when he’s not there.
- Levi continues to follow Erwin, even after understanding his motives. He forgives him and goes beyond that.
- Levi chooses the peace of death for Erwin instead of the hell of life. And Erwin would surely have approved. He does it for love so that he will not see him suffer anymore.
- Erwin and Levi eat together after the expeditions.
- Probably Levi’s doing housework in Erwin’s office, and why not in his room.
- Levi went looking for Erwin’s bones long after his death to give him an official burial. We do not do this for a simple friend, it’s something very intimate.
- Erwin gave Levi his wings. Without Erwin, Levi would not be what he is.
- Without Erwin, Levi would not have become strong because the Ackerman can only use their full power in the service of their liege. Erwin dead, Levi will probably weaken.
- Erwin immediately saw who Levi was in the subway. He saw his potential in one fell swoop. It’s called love at first sight.
- Levi would have had every reason to kill Erwin at the end of ACWNR. But instead, he lets himself be subjugated by him, and decides to follow him to hell. It’s also called a crush. It’s almost supernatural so it’s hard to understand.
- Erwin is the “only one man” Levi wants to save, the only one he thinks about in the heart of the battle.
- Erwin and Levi have surely lived together a lot of difficult situations that have matured their relationship and mutual trust. For them to have gone from the ACWNR state to the one we see in the manga, it’s obvious. Imagination alone can give us an idea of their adventures for six years.
- Erwin knows Levi well, and admires his warmth and empathy. Levi knows Erwin too (perhaps not as much as he would like, but who cares) and admires his ability to go after his projects, even if it means sacrificing. This is something Levi has clearly said about him, so the apparent coldness and detachment of Erwin do not disturb him, for him these are qualities.
- If Levi threatens to break his legs, it’s because he’s worried about him. He does not want Erwin to leave the Walls to go to battle because he can not fight well because of his arm. It’s Levi’s way of showing his concern.
- For Levi, Erwin is an indispensable element for the victory of humanity. By letting him die, Levi therefore privileges the peace of Erwin to the victory of humanity. He does it for love.
- By ordering Levi to refuel, Erwin saves his life.
- In the arc of return to Shiganshina, Erwin and Levi expose alternately escape plans to save the other: Levi wants Erwin to escape with Titan Eren ; Erwin refuses because he does not want to leave Levi alone in front of the beast titan. Finally, they will go to battle together.
- At the end of ACWNR, Erwin puts his life on the line to convince Levi to join SC. He had enough faith in Levi (already at that time) to try this chance.
- They admire each other, which does not stop Levi from feeling quite comfortable with Erwin to make fun of him from time to time.
- Levi finds Erwin’s sofa very comfortable (lol)
- Without Levi’s confidence, Erwin would not be able to undertake all his plans. Levi has more confidence in Erwin than Erwin has confidence in himself. Similarly, Erwin’s confidence allowed Levi to take on responsibilities as a soldier, to rise to rank and become the humanity’s strongest.
- When the SC officers are summoned to the capital to report, only Erwin and Levi seem to take part. Because even if Hange is before in the hierarchy, everyone knows that Erwin and Levi are the two most important people of the SC. That their relationship is privileged. And they travel together in the same vehicle.
- While Nile threatens Erwin with his rifle, Levi probably hides a pistol under his jacket too big (that’s probably why he took Erwin’s jacket), ready to shoot Nile if he dares to fire. No proof but probable.
- When Erwin smiles at Levi, it’s always soft and warm; he does not do it with anyone else.
- Erwin offered to Levi a white suit for his birthday in the game Hangeki no Tsubasa (but he was too shy to hand it to him so he asked Petra to put it back in his place).
- Levi cares about Erwin’s health. He took care of the paperwork when he was still on the run, and in the game Escape from Deadland, he stopped Hange, who was trying to wake up Erwin and said, “Let him rest.”
- In another smartpass story, they have a small, intimate scene in a castle, at
- Isayama said in an interview about EruRi that part of him thinks that Levi has fulfilled his duty / function by staying with Erwin until the end. Evidence that Levi and Erwin are two very closely related characters in the very spirit of the author.
- Hiroshi Kamiya (Levi) and Daisuke Ono (Erwin) are both very close in life and have doubled together many characters, who end up shipped most of the time. They even doubled together a BL audio drama (Kotonoha no hana). We can say that they made love with their voice XD
- Michael Tatum (Erwin) has already clearly mentioned his affection for EruRi. Matthew Mercer (Levi) does not seem insensitive either, in any case we have already seen them in the company of erurists, signing doujin EruRi.
- The Boyfriend Jacket (no need to explain XD).
- Ono Daisuke (Erwin) said in an interview that Levi had become literally “a part of Erwin’s flesh and blood”, thus dedicating the fusional relationship between the two characters.
- Let’s talk about the anime, for once he’s doing things right: when the military police guy threatens Erwin’s hanging, Levi could already be seen reacting to it in the manga. But with the animation, it’s even more obvious and the studio even accentuated the reaction of Levi. As soon as Erwin’s name is mentioned, he grabs the guy, slams him against a tree and twists his arm behind him, stating that “not all lives have the same value”. Effectively. And for him, Erwin’s life is above that of others, even his own. He does not appreciate that his liege is threatened !
- When SC troops meet at the end of the political arc, Erwin and Levi seem to be able to guess each other in the dark! It is very thrilling !
