Thread:Manuel de la Fuente/@comment-45997507-20200620160618

This is from a post you made half a year ago, in December 2019:

"Even if we don't take that into account, this arc doesn't work as two as per the division you're making. The first reason is that they'd be two arcs of uneven length, with the second part spanning only around 8-9 chapters (approximation assuming an ending around Chapter 130). No arc since —and including— The Female Titan arc has been shorter than 16-20 chapters."

The problem with that is we now know for certain that the manga won't end at Chapter 130. And if it ends towards 138 (which might be true if there's around 5% of the story left as Isayama said), then we would have around 16 chapters since Eren's declaration of worldwide genocide. It would be of the same length as the Marley arc.

"The second reason is that none of the storylines in this arc function as standalone arcs, because they'd be left without closure. The conflict with the Yeagerists was still ongoing when Marley attacked, and members of the Marleyan military are still in the island as the Wall Titans advance. All events connect in succession, with no break between them or resolution to their plot points. They're all parts of a bigger event that's still in progress."

I don't think this applies anymore. The dynamic has completely changed since Marley's invasion of Paradis. We have a new conflict between the main cast comprising the Warriors and the 104th agains the Yeagersists. Not the mention Eren has been absent ever since he initiated the Rumbling. I'm sure you would agree that there has been a huge shift of perspective since that and the formation of the Alliance.

"Finally, this arc does have an overarching theme, which is the struggle to decide the fate of Paradis: the Survey Corps want to make peace with the other nations; the Yeagerists want to turn it into the start of a new Eldian Empire; the foreign parties want to destroy it (with Zeke and Yelena via the euthanization, and Marley via military force); and Eren wants to leave it as the only inhabited land in the world. It all converges in the island and it's a battle to take control of it and of its future."

Again, I don't agree. It's pretty clear that we're being presented with a dichotomy now: either the Alliance stops Eren from destroying the world or they fail. Zeke is out of commission, he's no longer a relevant party in the struggle for Paradis' future. The remnants of Marley's military forces have joined with the Survey Corps.

The current arc is about the aftermath of the Rumbling and finding a way to stop it. There's no longer a war for Paradis, this is about the world in its entirety. 