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Levi Ackerman

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Levi is a major character featured in Hajime Isayama's manga and anime series Attack on Titan, best known for being a massively badass Titan killer who is featured in the series' many animated highlights. He is the captain of the Survey Corps' Special Operations Squad and is nicknamed the "Humanity's Strongest Soldier".

His full name, Levi Ackerman, isn't actually revealed until the middle chapters of the manga (equivalent to anime season 3 part 1) which depicts the story's "Uprising Arc". In there, Levi is hunted by the "Anti-Personnel Control Squad", a group of assassins led by his uncle Kenny. The arc also reveals Levi's backstory - he was born from a prostitute and spent his childhood living in squalor as an underground thug, with Kenny teaching him how to kill in order to survive.

Despite the "Ackerman" surname being technically a spoiler reveal as it makes him related to Mikasa Ackerman, Levi's full name is used in many websites.

Levi is easily the most popular Attack on Titan character, and one of the most popular anime characters of all time. True to his epithet, he has established himself as one of the strongest competitors in major anime character popularity contests. The captain has won multiple character tournaments recognized by this wiki's contributors, most notably winning /r/anime's Best Guy 6 in 2020.


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What lies behind the eyes of the most powerful man in the army? What choices did he make to get this far?

When humanity is driven into a corner by man-eating titans, the only hope left is the army. Or more specifically, the Survey Corps. However, with the number of deaths on the rise, the number of volunteers willing to join the most dangerous legion of the army is steadily dwindling, and it seems that all hope is lost.

That is... until captain Levi swoops in.

Armed with his 3D maneuver gear and double blade swords, the man is capable of taking down titans with grace, ease, and speed. Even when he is disgruntled and complains at the bloody mess he makes, he gets the job done. He is the hope of humanity – a man with the strength of an army.

However, the strongest people are usually the most damaged. Levi learns and still believes that going through loss, suffering, and pain is part of growing stronger. Even when he makes the wrong choice, a choice that causes him to lose all he holds dear.

The only thing that he is allowed to do is to believe that he will not regret the choices he made.


History[]

Levi is a powerhouse competitor in the International Saimoe League, and is the only successful Attack on Titan character in the tournament despite its popularity among anime watchers. He first appeared in ISML 2013's male exhibition tournament where he made it into the quarter-finals of the bracket stage, losing to eventual champion Houtarou Oreki.

The captain was a mediocre competitor during the male tournament's early years. In ISML 2015's first male regular season, he finished 33rd with only 4 wins, which is notably above Ken Kaneki (34th with 5 wins) because he had more points earned from his close defeats. Then, in ISML 2016 Levi was eliminated in the second group stage (top 64) after losing to Okabe and Sorata.

Levi started to establish his place as a contender in ISML 2017, emerging as the winner of the emerald pendant round. He reached the playoffs for the first time, but was eliminated by Nagisa Shiota in the first round, and placed ??th overall. His popularity in the tournament peaked in the next few editions following his role in Attack on Titan's 3rd season. Levi took his 2nd pendant in ISML 2018 after winning Aquamarine over unanimous favorite Hachiman, and later reached the playoffs as the 2nd seed. He was eliminated in the quarter-finals by Archer from Fate/stay night. Despite the early exit, Levi recovered in the consolations and was able to finish 4th overall alongside female 4th placer Chtholly, who was eliminated at the same stage. This is Levi's highest-ever final position to date.

Ackerman then posted his first flawless regular season record in ISML 2019 together with newcomer Sakuta. However, he failed to win any of the 7 pendant rounds as voters favored light novel protagonists (and a VN main character) over him. Levi repeated as the 2nd seed in the playoffs, but was knocked out in the quarter-finals again by eventual champion Rimuru Tempest, and ultimately placed 5th.

In the following years, Levi stepped down from being a Scepter contender as the Attack on Titan manga approached its end, which shifted attention away from him and into other characters like the controversial MC Eren Yeager. The ISML regular season format was also overhauled at the same time, going from 7 group stages into 3 splits instead, with the latter two lasting for 15 matches. As a result, Levi struggled in ISML 2020 when he failed to advance to playoffs after placing 10th in Split 3. But like 2018, the captain fought his way through the consolations and finished 7th overall. Levi's result repeated the following year as he finished 9th in Split 3, which was fortunately adjusted to allow a 3rd wildcard round. This enabled him to advance to playoffs where he lost to silver medalist Yuuta Togashi, before placing 7th again.


Exhibition[]

ISML 2013 - Male Exhibitions

  • T96 plate (Max 2): Levi (You) > Takumi Takumi > Ayumu zombie Ayumu > Roy Roy > Hikari > Ikuto
    • 5232 - 3052 - 2913 - 2359 - 1167 - 1156
  • T32 plate Shizuo Shizuo Heiwajima -- 4259 - 2380
  • T16 plate Koyomi Koyomi Araragi -- 4992 - 3600
  • Qf plate Houtarou Houtarou Oreki -- 4767 - 4716


Main Tournament[]

Overall record

ISML Main Tournament Record
Regular season, playoffs, and 1v1 consolations only.
Preliminaries, exhibitions, and any matches involving 3+ characters are NOT included.
Edition Eliminated in Final pos. W L RS Record
ISML 2015 Regular season 33rd 4 31 4-31
ISML 2016 Top 64 Groups Ruby 33rd-64th 4 2 4-2
ISML 2017 Round of 16 ? ? ??-??
ISML 2018 Quarter-finals 4th ? ? ??-??
ISML 2019 Quarter-finals 5th ? ? ??-??
ISML 2020 Split 3 Last 32 7th ? ? ??-??
ISML 2021 Round of 16 7th 27 9 27-8
ISML 2022 Qualified ??? ? ? ??-??
Total W-L-T: ??? Postseason: ??? RS Record: ???
Opponents played: ???


Match history

ISML 2015
Nominations:
Preliminaries:
Rd 1: x Rd 2: x Rd 3: x Rd 4: x Rd 5: x
Rd Opponent Score W-L?
Aqua 1
Aqua 2
Aqua 3
Aqua 4
Aqua 5
Aqua 6
Aqua 7
Amet 1
Amet 2
Amet 3
Amet 4
Amet 5
Amet 6
Amet 7
Ruby 1
Ruby 2
Ruby 3
Ruby 4
Ruby 5
Ruby 6
Ruby 7
Eme 1
Eme 2
Eme 3
Eme 4
Eme 5
Eme 6
Eme 7
Tpz 1
Tpz 2
Tpz 3
Tpz 4
Tpz 5
Tpz 6
Tpz 7
RS Record:
Nova 1
Nova 2
Nova 3
Nova 4
Result:
Ste 1
Ste 2
Ste 3
Ste 4
Result:
Ro16
CO 1
CO 2
CO 3
CO 4
ISML 2016
Nominations:
Stage Rd Opponent Score W-L?
Ro128
Group ?
Pos 		Aqua 1
Aqua 2
Aqua 3
Ro128
Group ?
Pos 		Tpz 1
Tpz 2
Tpz 3
Ro128
Group ?
Pos 		Amet 1
Amet 2
Amet 3
Ro128
Group ?
Pos 		Sapp 1
Sapp 2
Sapp 3
Ro64
Group ?
Pos 		Eme 1
Eme 2
Eme 3
Ro64
Group ?
Pos 		Ruby 1
Ruby 2
Ruby 3
Ro32
Group ?
Pos 		Dia 1
Dia 2
Dia 3
Ro16 Groups
Group
Pos 		PO 1
PO 2
PO 3
Bracket
Seed 		QF
SF
Final
ISML 2017
Nominations:
Rd Opponent Score W-L?
Aqua 1
Aqua 2
Aqua 3
Aqua 4
Aqua 5
Tpz 1
Tpz 2
Tpz 3
Tpz 4
Tpz 5
Amet 1
Amet 2
Amet 3
Amet 4
Amet 5
Sapp 1
Sapp 2
Sapp 3
Sapp 4
Sapp 5
Eme 1
Eme 2
Eme 3
Eme 4
Eme 5
Ruby 1
Ruby 2
Ruby 3
Ruby 4
Ruby 5
Dia 1
Dia 2
Dia 3
Dia 4
Dia 5
Ro16
CO 1
CO 2
CO 3
CO 4
ISML 2018
Nominations:
Rd Opponent Score W-L?
Aqua 1
Aqua 2
Aqua 3
Aqua 4
Aqua 5
Tpz 1
Tpz 2
Tpz 3
Tpz 4
Tpz 5
Amet 1
Amet 2
Amet 3
Amet 4
Amet 5
Sapp 1
Sapp 2
Sapp 3
Sapp 4
Sapp 5
Eme 1
Eme 2
Eme 3
Eme 4
Eme 5
Ruby 1
Ruby 2
Ruby 3
Ruby 4
Ruby 5
Dia 1
Dia 2
Dia 3
Dia 4
Dia 5
Ro16
CO 1
CO 2
CO 3
CO 4
ISML 2019
Nominations:
Rd Opponent Score W-L?
Aqua 1
Aqua 2
Aqua 3
Tpz 1
Tpz 2
Tpz 3
Amet 1
Amet 2
Amet 3
Sapp 1
Sapp 2
Sapp 3
Eme 1
Eme 2
Eme 3
Ruby 1
Ruby 2
Ruby 3
Dia 1
Dia 2
Dia 3
Playoffs:
Ro16
CO 1
CO 2
CO 3
CO 4
ISML 2020
Nominations:
Preliminary / Seedings:
Stage Rd Opponent Score W-L?
Split 1
Group ?
Pos 		Aqua 1
Aqua 2
Aqua 3
Aqua 4
Aqua 5
Split 2
Group ?
Pos 		Tpz 1
Tpz 2
Tpz 3
Tpz 4
Tpz 5
Amet 1
Amet 2
Amet 3
Amet 4
Amet 5
Sapp 1
Sapp 2
Sapp 3
Sapp 4
Sapp 5
Split 3
Group ?
Pos
Eme 1
Eme 2
Eme 3
Eme 4
Eme 5
Ruby 1
Ruby 2
Ruby 3
Ruby 4
Ruby 5
Dia 1
Dia 2
Dia 3
Dia 4
Dia 5
Playoffs
Seed
Ro16
CO 1
CO 2
CO 3
CO 4
ISML 2021
Nominations: 70 votes (4th)
Preliminary R1 (Approval): 1711 votes (3rd)
Preliminary R2 (Limited to 3 votes): 1829 votes (1st)
Results: 8th / 72nd (ARP: 7, Nom.Votes: 70, CVP:1.887)
Stage Rd Opponent Score W-L?
Split 1
Group H
1st (5W 0L)
 Aqua 1 Edward Edward Elric 1471 - 954 W
Aqua 2 L lawliet L 1909 - 1065 W
Aqua 3 Eren Eren Yeager 2753 - 1057 W
Aqua 4 Nagisa assclass Nagisa Shiota 2756 - 1747 W
Aqua 5 Nasa Nasa Yuzaki 2164 - 1830 W
Split 2
Group B
3rd (14W 1L)
Lost 3-way tie for 1st
SCVPD: 6.147 		Tpz 1 Eren Eren Yeager x2 1735 - 678 W
Tpz 2 Inosuke Inosuke Hashibara 1529 - 611 W
Tpz 3 Mochizou Mochizou Ooji 1070 - 664 W
Tpz 4 Shidou Shidou Itsuka 1492 - 1234 W
Tpz 5 Subaru1 Subaru Natsuki 1514 - 988 L
Amet 1 Naofumi Naofumi Iwatani 1303 - 744 W
Amet 2 Shin chan Shinnosuke Nohara 1249 - 649 W
Amet 3 Satoshi Satoshi Fukube 1484 - 935 W
Amet 4 Ryuuji Ryuuji Takasu 1839 - 1361 W
Amet 5 Yuuta Yuuta Togashi 1940 - 1885 W
Sapp 1 Mikaela Mikaela Hyakuya 1758 - 754 W
Sapp 2 Jotaro Jotaro Kujo 2080 - 1183 W
Sapp 3 Itadori Yuuji Itadori 1815 - 982 W
Sapp 4 Rengoku Kyojuro Rengoku 1882 - 1280 W
Sapp 5 Saika Saika Totsuka 1876 - 1808 W
Split 3
Group A
9th (8W 7L)
Lost 3-way tie for 7th
SCVPD: -0.367
Eme 1 Shouya Shouya ishida 907 - 693 W
Eme 2 Yuzuru Yuzuru Otonashi 1016 - 993 W
Eme 3 Sakuta Sakuta Azusagawa 1194 - 715 L
Eme 4 Touma Touma Kamijou 1305 - 762 L
Eme 5 Edward Edward Elric x2 1096 - 760 W
Ruby 1 Okabe Rintarou Okabe 1116 - 1043 W
Ruby 2 Shirou Shirou Emiya 1014 - 808 L
Ruby 3 Saika Saika Totsuka x2 1038 - 994 W
Ruby 4 Kirito Kirito 1228 - 965 L
Ruby 5 Satoshi Satoshi Fukube x2 1320 - 908 W
Dia 1 Tomoya Tomoya Okazaki 1031 - 916 L
Dia 2 Shidou Shidou Itsuka x2 1080 - 1022 L
Dia 3 Saitama Saitama 1108 - 1013 W
Dia 4 Subaru1 Subaru Natsuki x2 1285 - 1167 L
Dia 5 Nagisa assclass Nagisa Shiota x2 1538 - 1130 W
Wildcards (Max 4, Range): 16,553.9 -- 3rd, advanced
Playoffs
Seed 11
RS W: 27
RS CVP: 37.675
Ro16 (6) Yuuta Yuuta Togashi x2 2719 - 1971 L
PO 4 12 players (Approval, Max 4) 2733 (1st) Adv
PO 5 8 players (Range, 5th-12th) 66,047.8 (3rd) --
Final position: 7th (consolations)


Pendant record

  • Wins: 2 Aquamarine Emerald
  • Appearances: 17
    • 2016: Sapphire (7th)
    • 2017: Emerald (Winner)
    • 2018: Aquamarine (Winner)
    • 2019: Aquamarine (2nd), Topaz (2nd), Amethyst (2nd), Sapphire (3rd), Emerald (6th), Ruby (7th), Diamond (3rd)
    • 2020: Aquamarine (5th), Topaz (7th), Amethyst (4th), Diamond (3rd)
    • 2021: Topaz (6th), Amethyst (2nd), Sapphire (3rd)


Poster gallery[]


r/anime[]

TBD


Matches[]

Best Guy 1 - seed 7

  • R1 plate (250) Hajime Tsunashi @ I Can't Understand What My Husband Is Saying -- 3183 - 1094
  • R2 plate (122) Might Guy @ Naruto -- 4182 - 2250
  • T64 plate (71) Van Hohenheim @ Fullmetal Alchemist -- 3134 - 2348
  • T32 plate (26) Ling yao Ling Yao @ Fullmetal Alchemist -- 3067 - 2707
  • T16 plate (42) Izaya Izaya Orihara @ Durarara!! -- 3403 - 2774

Best Guy 2 - seed 28

  • R1 plate (229) Toshiro gintama Toshiro Hijikata @ Gintama -- 1715 - 1208
  • R2 plate (101) Ken kaneki Ken Kaneki @ Tokyo Ghoul -- 1642 - 1035
  • T64 plate (37) Daru Itaru Hashida @ Steins;Gate -- 2763 - 1541
  • T32 plate (5) Kamina Kamina @ Gurren Lagann -- 2202 - 1335

Best Guy 3 - seed 46

  • R1 plate (467) Obito Obito Uchiha @ Naruto -- 1561 - 338
  • R2 plate (211) Toshiro gintama Toshiro Hijikata @ Gintama -- 1174 - 890
  • R3 plate (83) Uzu Sanageyama @ Kill la Kill -- 1478 - 809
  • T64 plate (19) Souma Souma Yukihira @ Shokugeki no Souma -- 1638 - 894

Best Guy 4 - seed 22

  • R1 plate (491) Yuugo Hachiken @ Silver Spoon -- 1733 - 378
  • R2 plate (278) Byakuya bleach Byakuya Kuchiki @ Bleach -- 1890 - 875
  • R3 plate (150) Shichika Shichika Yasuri @ Katanagatari -- 2649 - 975
  • T64 plate (43) Lancer Lancer @ Fate/stay night -- 2676 - 1531
  • T32 plate (11) Alex Alex Louis Armstrong @ Fullmetal Alchemist -- 2713 - 1662

Best Guy 5 - seed 13

  • R1 plate (500) Mitsuhide Rouen @ Akagami no Shirayukihime -- 1507 - 141
  • R2 plate (244) Kurama @ Yu Yu Hakusho -- 1351 - 344
  • R3 plate (116) Accel Accelerator @ A Certain Magical Index -- 1802 - 491
  • T64 plate (52) Reg Reg @ Made in Abyss -- 1715 - 771
  • T32 plate (20) Simon Simon @ Gurren Lagann -- 1846 - 1703

Best Guy 6 - seed 10

  • R1 plate (503) Hellshake Yano @ Pop Team Epic -- 890 - 97
  • R2 plate (247) T.K. @ Angel Beats! -- 888 - 136
  • R3 plate (138) Harunobu Nikaidou @ 3-gatsu no Lion -- 860 - 237
  • T64 plate (74) Houtarou Houtarou Oreki @ Hyouka -- 840 - 420
  • T32 plate (23) Light Light Yagami @ Death Note -- 1003 - 511
  • T16 plate (7) Erwin Erwin Smith @ Attack on Titan -- 1027 - 635
  • Qf plate (2) Reigen Reigen Arataka @ Mob Psycho 100 -- 1290 - 1056
  • Sf plate (3) All might All Might @ My Hero Academia -- 1710 - 600
  • Final plate (4) Saitama Saitama @ One Punch Man -- 1955 - 804


Best Character 1 - seed 48

  • R1 plate (465) Cpt falcon icon Captain Falcon @ F-Zero: GP Legend (2003 anime) -- 2775 - 1004
  • R2 plate (209) Shikamaru Shikamaru Nara @ Naruto -- 2541 - 1517
  • R3 plate (176) Yugi Yami Yugi @ Yu-Gi-Oh! -- 2895 - 2270
  • T64 plate (17) Roy Roy Mustang @ Fullmetal Alchemist -- 3420 - 1349

Best Character 2 - seed 34

  • R1 plate (479) Lain Lain Iwakura @ Serial Experiments Lain -- 1166 - 541
  • R2 plate (223) Kyohei Kadota @ Durarara!! -- 1195 - 657
  • R3 plate (95) Faye Faye Valentine @ Cowboy Bebop -- 1051 - 1013
  • T64 plate (31) Shinobu Oshino Shinobu Oshino @ Monogatari -- 1942 - 1116

Best Character 3 - seed 41

Best Character 4 - seed 27

  • R1 plate (486) Magane Chikujoin @ Re:Creators -- 1486 - 309
  • R2 plate (230) Yuuri glt Yuuri @ Girls' Last Tour -- 1366 - 519
  • R3 plate (155) Mugen Mugen @ Samurai Champloo -- 1581 - 836
  • T64 plate (38) Mayoi Mayoi Hachikuji @ Monogatari -- 1274 - 1204


Other tournaments[]

Bilibili Moe[]

The captain has made three appearances in China's Bilibili Moe contest from 2015 to 2017, thanks to Attack on Titan's spin-offs being broadcast during those years. He was one of the favorites to win the 2017 edition, but ultimately finished fourth place after losing to Kirito in the semis, and Takashi Natsume in the consolation match.



Honours[]

Poster gallery


Total Wins = 16

  1. AnimeFans Saigar 2015
  2. Baidu Chinese Moe (Male) 2017
  3. Tiangshidongman Moe before 2020
  4. Best Guy 6
  5. Facebook @Reffiney Ganador del Torneo de husbandos 2020 (FB link)
  6. FB Anime Community Best Husbando in 2020 (FB image link)
  7. Monas Chinas Asthetic TdH 2020 (FB link)
  8. Anime UwU torneo de husbandos 2020 (FB link)
  9. @Yesi la otaku El Mejor Husbando 2020 (FB link)
  10. Aminoapps Torneo de Husbandos 2021 (Amino Apps link)
  11. Otra Página de otakus para Otakus Torneo de husbandos 2021 (FB link)
  12. Facebook 16 Teams Darling (Male Div) 2020 (Image link)
  13. Go-Toumemes Torneo de husbandos 2021 (FB link)
  14. Facebook @Sunset in Paradise Best husbando 2021 (FB link)
  15. Facebook Ikigai Torneo de husbandos 2021 (FB link)
  16. FB Personajes 2D por los que vale la pena seguir vivo TdH 2021 (FB link)


External links[]

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ISML Pendant Winners
First year of pendant win only. Crowns from 2015 are included.
2015 8man 8man • Yuzuru Otonashi • Archer Archer • Koyomi Koyomi • Sora Sora • Accel Accelerator • Lelouch Lelouch
2016 Koro Koro-sensei • Kiritsugu Kiritsugu
2017 Nagisa assclass Nagisa S. • Levi Levi • Souma Souma • Touma Touma
2018 Okabe Okabe • Taki Taki • Willem Willem
2019 Rimuru Slime • Riku Riku • Sakuta Sakuta • Kiyotaka Kiyotaka • Tomoya Tomoya • Yuuta Yuuta
2020 Miyuki shirogane Shirogane • Ishigami Ishigami • Gilgamesh Gilgamesh
2021 Sorata Sorata • Kirito Kirito
/r/anime Elite Eight
Major Character Champions
Best Girls Kurisu Kurisu Makise • Yukino Yukino Yukinoshita • Mikoto Mikoto Misaka • Rin tohsaka Rin Tohsaka • Rem Rem • Asuna Asuna Yuuki • Kaguya Kaguya Shinomiya • Maisan Mai Sakurajima • Hayasaka 3 Ai Hayasaka
Best Guys Lelouch Lelouch Lamperouge • Koyomi Koyomi Araragi • Spike Spike Spiegel • Koro Koro-sensei • Mob Shigeo Kageyama • Levi Levi Ackerman • Miyuki shirogane Miyuki Shirogane • 8man Hachiman Hikigaya
Best Chars. Roy Roy Mustang • Hitagi Hitagi Senjougahara • Shinobu Oshino Shinobu Oshino • Okabe Rintarou Okabe • Edward Edward Elric
Other characters
Bold indicates former runner-up
C - Also reached Elite Eight in Best Character
C2 - Finished runner-up in Best Character
Best Girl Aqua • Chika FujiwaraC • Chiyo Sakura • Emilia • Eru Chitanda • Holo • Himeko Inaba • Jibril • Kyouko Hori • Mayuri Shiina • MeguminC2 • Megumi Tadokoro • Mikasa Ackerman • Miko Iino • Mio Akiyama • Ochako Uraraka • Ryuuko MatoiC • SaberC • Shouko NishimiyaC • Suruga Kanbaru • Taiga Aisaka • Tohru • Vladilena Milizé • Winry Rockbell • Yoko Littner • Yui Yuigahama
Best Guy All Might • Alphonse Elric • Archer • Deishuu Kaiki • Erwin SmithC • Gintoki SakataC • Guts • Hisoka Morow • Izaya Orihara • Joseph Joestar • Kamina • Kazuma SatouC • Killua Zoldyck • Kiritsugu Emiya • Kraft Lawrence • Light YagamiC • Reigen AratakaC • Rimuru Tempest • SaitamaC • Sakuta Azusagawa • Shouya Ishida • Souma Yukihira • Subaru Natsuki • Tanjiro Kamado • Yuu IshigamiC
Best Char. Eren Yeager • Haruhi Suzumiya • Homura Akemi • Rider (Fate/Zero)
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