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Eren's father injects him with the Titan serum years before he first uses it.
So how is it that he remembers how to activate it?


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Why/How does Eren remember how to activate his Titan power?


I don't know how far the anime is yet, so I'll put it into a spoiler.

> The shift between human is triggered by any injury that causes blood loss.
> The first shift is triggered when Eren gets eaten by one of the titans and
> hurts his arm. To trigger the next one, he bites himself to protect Mikasa
> and Armin. Apparently, also the will to accomplish something is needed to
> become a titan (kill the titans, save his friends)


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Rober English when eren has to turn into a titan he has to inflict damage on
himself and have a clear goal so i'm guessing that when eren was a child he
never had a goal like block the cannon or kill the titans


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I would imagine in order to transform the first time that you would have to be
in very clear danager and would subconsciesly desire the change. He didn't
have any concept that he could and something like getting cut on a tree would
certainly not be dangerous enough to warrent the subconsciese into activating.

I would wager though that once he changed the first time and figure out he
could do it it bacame much easier because he knew he could. It would be like
discovering a secret talent that you had (wiggling your ears or something).
You technically could always do it but without strong reason (someone telling
you to try) you would never knew you could. Once you discovered you could, it
would be much easier to access. (sorry if that's a bad example, not a lot of
parallels to turning into a titan :p )

Another idea (though less likely imo) is that age has something to do with it.
Maybe you have to mature to a certain point before it's possible. It just
happened that he was finally of age/ ability at that point to turn and, with
the obvious situation of being eaten, could at that point turn.


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Its triggered by any injury that causes blood loss like Eren biting his finger
but Eren must focus on a certain goal in order to trigger his titan form like
for example `kill all titans` or it can be `protecting Mikasa and Armin`


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He remembers how because when they explained how he turned into a titan it
showed a flashback and his dad said "let these memories cloud your mind".


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