Board Thread:Manga/@comment-27321453-20180508205459/@comment-7673575-20180509221255


 * Hajime Isayama named Sasha after comedic actor Sacha Baron Cohen to reflect the fact that he intended for her to provide a comedic element to the series.[102]

Quote taken straight from Sasha's article.

Normally, I would agree with you. I'm a writer myself, and I killed of many of my characters.

But CR characters are not to be touched. It is because they generally gather a lot of goodwill from readers.

And I disagree about Sasha's lack of comedic presence: her infamous potato scene, she stealing meat from kitchen and sharing it with fellow recruits, she going full berserk and then fainting when Krista brought her some bread, she trying to polite a frightened horse into staying (and her over-the-top polite way of speech in general), when she wrestled her father over a piece of dry meat, when she (again) went berserk over meat and punched Marlowe and had to be restrained... Sasha was a comedic character through and through.

But more importantly, Sasha was a good character: despite her food hoarding tendencies, she decided to share the meat she stole. She fought a titan without appropriate gear, and not only managed to save a child, but also escape. She saved Connie's life during a battle at Reiss Chappel. And despite living plenty of her life as a wolf in a place where everything wanted to either to kill you or kill you and eat you, she was very polite and kind.

Sasha's death was also shocking because she had every chance to shoot Gabi, yet opted not to, and Gabi shot her even though she technically spared her life.

If Isayama didn't learn that Sasha is basically off the aim from that infamous time when his editor broke into tears, he really isn't a good writer. And yes, he does owe me. Me and countless more who supported him for almost 10 years. He doesn't get to be selfish like that.

And seriously, would it kill him to let Sasha live? Her death didn't even have any impact: he killed her and then forgot all about it.