Jean Kirschtein

Jean Kirschtein is an officer in the Scout regiment, graduate of the 104th cadet corps and a good friend of Sasha Braus.

### Appearance

Jean has an average build, brown hair, a light stubble and a horse-face. He is teased for that feature.

## Personality

Jean first comes off as rude, selfish, and annoying. After the death of his friend Marco, he shows for compassion for his friends and slowly starts to become a better person. However, he can still be quite rude at times.

## Story

Jean joins the cadet corps in the year 847, along with Sasha Braus, Connie Springer, Mikasa Ackerman, Eren Jaeger, Marco Bodt, Reiner Braun, Bertholdt Hoover, Annie Leonhardt, Historia Reiss and many more people. He introduces himself to the instructor Keith Shadis, and gets headbutted by the ruthless instructor. He is one of the many to witness the goddess, Sasha Braus, eat a potato. He slaps his friend Marco in the head, resulting in the innocent freckled god spitting the beer out of his mouth. He gets into a fight with fellow cadet Eren Jaeger soon after the beer incident.

### Struggle for Trost arc

Jean is one of all the cadets who serve in the battle for Trost district after the Colossal Titan (Later to be revealed as Bertholdt) breaches the outer district. He charges into the Trost district headquarters with his friends. He tries to attack another cadet for hiding instead of fighting titans, but Marco holds him back. He along with all of the soldiers in the other wall hears Commander Dot Pyxis explain the plan to retake Trost. He and his squad jump into action to protect Eren. During the cleanup on Trost, Jean finds his friend Marco's mangled body. It leads him to abandon his selfish ways and he joins the scouts.

### 57th expedition outside the walls arc

After joining the scout regiment, Jean participates in the 57th expedition outside the walls. He finds Armin and Reiner and attempts to attack the female titan with Reiner, both failing in the process. Without horses, they were stranded. Jean tries calling for his horse Buchwald, and he never comes. But Christa comes with Buchwald. All of the living scouts head for the forest of giant trees for Erwin's plan.
It is unknown what happened during the female titan's capture. He returns to Calaneth district with rest of the scouts that lived.

### Female titan arc

Jean is one of the scouts that participate in the capture of the female titan, revealed in this arc to be Annie Leonhardt. It backfires and Annie transforms. Eren later transforms, and the scouts capture Annie in her crystal form.

### Clash of the Titans arc

After Eren is kidnapped by Reiner and Bertolt following the appearance of titans at Ragako, Jean and the rest of the Scout Regiment, alongside the Military Police and the Garrison to rescue him. He tries to talk to Bertolt and Reiner, asking if their friendship with the other members of the 104th Training corps meant anything to him. The soldiers retreat after Eren is freed, and return to Wall Rose.

### Royal government arc

After saving Eren, the government freezes the scout's activity. Squad Levi goes into hiding in a cabin near Wall Rose. Levi senses danger and the squad abandons the cabin. Jean is forced to participate in a plan involving him dressed as Eren, and Armin dressed as Historia. He later helps out in the Coup d'eat.