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In season 1 of attack on titan, the colossal titan appears for the second time
and this time Erin participates in the battle with ODM gear. He looses his arm
in an attempt to save Armin from being eaten by a titan but gets eaten in the
process.

He transforms for the first time from within the titans belly, but later on
its revealed that a shifter can't transform if he's lost his limbs. How then
was Erin able to transform?


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How did Eren Jager transform into a titan from inside another titan's belly when he had his limbs torn off?


Titan shifts _can_ transform if their limbs are cut off, as with Erin's
tranformation during the titan invasion in season 1. However, if a
transformation has recently occurred, they are unable to transform until they
have fully recovered.

> The ability to transform into a Titan can be hindered by injuries inflicted
> on the human body. A human can transform into a Titan with injuries as
> severe as a missing limb, but only if a previous transformation has not
> occurred recently. If a human emerges from their Titan form and receives
> severe injury, this person cannot transform into a Titan again until said
> injuries have healed.
>
> [Power of the
> Titans](https://attackontitan.fandom.com/wiki/Power_of_the_Titans)

Erin also openly asked Reiner why he severed his limbs.
[Reiner](https://attackontitan.fandom.com/wiki/Reiner_Braun) responded to
Erin's question by stating he did it because of the short time table he had
after capturing him. Seeing how they just had a battle not to long before this
had happened, a transformation had just occurred. Severing Erin's limbs in
this manner prevent him from transforming, because

  1. He recently transformed
  2. Received a serious injury shortly after coming out of his transformation


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