JeanPiku

"Jean!! You don't need to worry about me! Just ignore me and go blow up-"

- Pieck to Jean

JeanPiku is the het ship between Jean Kirstein and Pieck Finger from the Attack on Titan fandom.

Return to Shiganshina
Pieck and Jean first met each other in the Return to Shiganshina arc where Pieck was helping Zeke, Reiner & Bertolt fight the scouts. In that mission Jean saved Hange from being eaten by Pieck. Pieck and Jean then shared a tense look before she ran away from the scene. After that they don't meet again until the raid on Liberio.

Raid on Liberio
When Jean saw the Cart Titan, he recognized that it was Pieck and he began to fight her. Before fighting her, he sarcastically told her that he "Didn't get to thank you for last time" and then he shot her with a thunderspear, leaving her incapacitated in her titan form. Jean then attempted to finish her off, but then Falco stood in the way which made Jean hesitant to attack him. Jean & Pieck made eye contact and then he shot the thunderspear. He missed due to the steam but then he noticed Pieck in her human form for the first time. The other scouts tried to finish off Pieck but Jean told them to retreat because the Marleyans were defending her.

Rumbling
Jean and Pieck met again when Hange formed an alliance with the Warriors to stop Eren. Pieck then took Jean, Yelena and Onyankopon from Floch as he tried to exterminate Yelena and Onyankopon. Jean then comes out drenched in the Cart Titan's saliva and it gets in his mouth too; Jean is shown to be grossed out. After that, they tried to seize the flying boat but they had to fight the Yeagerists in order to get it. Falco transformed into his titan to provide support for Reiner and Annie but he lost control shortly after. Falco began to rampage and he was about to attack Jean but Pieck stepped in the way and protected Jean and the scouts.

In Chapter 136, Jean sets off to detonate the bomb but he encounters an impaled Pieck. The reanimated Warhammer Titan gets distracted by Jean which gives Pieck enough time to transform again and kill the Warhammer Titan. After that, Jean was going to be killed by a titan but Pieck saved him. A titan attacked Pieck from behind and Jean, thinking she was going to get killed, yelled at her to stay away so she wouldn't get attacked. Pieck then shot out of her titan form leaving Jean confused and worried. As she transformed into a titan again, she explained to Jean that she could spawn the Cart Titan many times and that he didn't need to worry about her. Pieck's strength and determination seemed to impress Jean. Listening to Pieck, Jean left her so he could detonate the bomb.

In Chapter 137, Jean set off to activate the bomb but before heading Eren's way he looks back to check on Pieck, and he realises that she's in trouble. He then rushed to save her. Pieck tells him that she can fight once she heals her arm, but Jean told her that she's reached her limit and continues to keep her safe. He carries her with one arm as they look for Reiner. Jean holds Pieck and protects her as she sees a resurrected Porco and begins to cry. When Jean realizes Pieck and Reiner are safe, he goes on to blow Eren up. After Jean blows Eren up, Pieck and Jean have a conversation about Reiner staying behind. Consequently, Jean picks up Pieck and they go on Falco together.

Aftermath
In the final chapter Pieck and Jean and the others are now ambassadors for Marley, on their way to Paradis on boat, Jean is seen fixing his hair and Pieck jokes and asks him about who he is trying to impress, Jean responds he's trying to look good for girls that read history books.

Fanon
For a many of its shippers, the appeal in JeanPiku lies in its potential, namely in the Enemies to Lovers trope and its succeeding development: In the Raid of Liberio, Jean and Pieck are neck and neck, directly fighting against each other. They have also been in a similar position in the Return to Shiganshina arc. During the Rumbling, however, the two are seen working together side by side, and both end up saving each others' lives.

Another trope that seems to heavily appeal to its shippers is the fact that both Jean and Pieck possess complementing personalities: Jean is known to be somewhat uptight, and Pieck is a little more loose, balancing each other out.

Jean has also been known to be attracted to women with long, dark hair; as Pieck also has this trait, fans initially considered Pieck to be a possible candidate for Jean's new potential love interest, especially given that Jean's crush on Mikasa had been portrayed as one-sided throughout the series. Similarly, in Season 4, Pieck expresses interest in liking people with beards, a trait that Jean also posseses in the timeskip.

Physical-wise, another trope that is popular with JeanPiku shippers is the height difference between Jean and Pieck, with their canonical height differences being 6'3" and 5'0" respectively.

The ship is also common due to the fact that Jean is jokingly called 'horse face' due to his appearance and Pieck is the current inheritor of the Cart Titan. Considering both horse and cart goes well together the ship tends to be joked around. It is also present the Love Doctor reddit series where Pieck and Jean get married.

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