User blog comment:Jo4n/Mikasa and Titans/@comment-98.196.109.200-20130605052237

In contrast to the first commenter, I feel that Eren's primary focus being Titan-shifting is how it should remain. Why? Because he can't expect to top Mikasa when it comes to 'traditional' Titan-slaying skill, and if they did have him improve so dramatically as to pass her by, it would come across as a bit unrealistic and cliched at this point.

Not to mention, giving him extraordinary 3DMG/slaying skills in addition to his fantastic supernatural powerup could make him unbalanced or cluttered as a character.

For instance -- Naruto's great, but I often get the feeling the hero's building up too many different skills and 'modes.' He excels in so many forms at this point, how does the guy even decide whether to face an enemy with his regular ninja skills, or with Sage Mode, Frog Kata, and summoning, or in Chakra Mode, or full Nine-tailed fox transformation mode?

I feel like Titans in particular shouldn't be the type of manga where the primary protaginist endlessly accumulates skill after power after skill and rapidly becomes for all intents and purposes the strongest entity alive.

So while a bit of 'Eren-fighting-the-traditional-way' would be fine, I think it's more or less fine as is -- avoiding the overlap in the main characters' specialties, and not pushing anyone quite to the background. This new path for Eren was a surprise twist, but I feel it's a path that works just fine for him.