Board Thread:Manga/@comment-5774380-20190607184944/@comment-1327106-20190612031429

Penguinluver1431 wrote: Super, now let me remind you Marleyans are the VILLAINS of the story. They're the ones who caused the tragedies the main characters have faced so far. There's no reason for the protagonists to NOT get back at them for their crimes, so don't try and tell me Gabi is some innocent little cinnabun that just needs a hug and she'll stop being a Nazi.

They're not villains. They're the antagonists. There's a difference. When you turn around the story (which the Marley arc does), they become the protagonists. We aren't meant to hate them. We're meant to see their side of the story.

Whether you like it or not, that's been the story Isayama has been writing. At least as early as the Female Titan arc, with what we saw of Annie, we've been intended to see that the other side has their own reason to fight and they aren't necessarily bad people.