Board Thread:Wiki/@comment-5774380-20150612023334/@comment-5774380-20150612185957

–Are you constantly worrying about things as you go along creating the manga?

Isayama: Well, each arc is generally four volumes long, with each arc basically already planned out, and whenever I start onto a new arc I’m pretty much always nervous and unsure that I’ll be able to pull it off. I’ve always managed to get through it in the end, but this time I’m panicking that maybe it won’t work this time.

Yes, he says that each arc is generally 4 volumes long, though this is denied in this same arc that has 5. Hmmm, I don't know, I just don't feel that the latest chapter was part of the same storyline, it feels more as the beginning of the next.

Strange to see that Isayama is such an insecure person, I always though he was some kind of creepy and malevolent weirdo. xD

I saw several opinions from fans complaining that they didn't like this arc. I also thought the same at the beginning, and even more after it extended more than usual; but at the end I came to like it, and I hated the fact that it seemed to end in a hurried manner.

In the discussion of chapter 68 I expressed my disappointment that Rod Reiss died without us getting to know him well, and hoped that Kenny would have more appearances since Isayama raised a lot of hype around him and there was still much more to see of him (we didn't even saw him displaying his so acclaimed abilities in a proper fight), and bang!, he died in the next chapter too. ¬_¬

I loved the backstory of that chapter but I had the feeling that Isayama just introduced these interesting characters and had to killed them before finishing their development because the arc had become too long and it was time to move on with the next one.

Now most of we know and we will know of them would be through flashbacks rather than actions in the present timeline, like with other interesting characters like Uri, Frieda and Grisha. I hope he doesn't kill Keith too and shows us his life through flashbacks with almost no more interactions in the present timeline. e_e