Board Thread:Manga/@comment-27321453-20200206201905/@comment-1327106-20200207054004

This was a very busy chapter, and some things were a little too convenient.

I agree that Annie ending up at the same table as Armin and Connie was entirely too convenient, and literally the only way Isayama could distract from how convenient that was, was to make a joke about Annie's eating like a pig. I mean, I guess Armin's had four years to sort out how he feels about Annie, but Connie's reaction probably shouldn't have been to focus on her sloppy eating. Even if he's resolved to work with the Warriors and let bygones be bygones, I think a reaction more along the lines of "wtf are you doing here?!" would have been more appropriate.

Armin and Gabi catching up with Connie was also a bit odd, considering that Connie had a decent head start. Realistically, he would have gone to Ragako slower, only having a single horse carrying two people, but Isayama doesn't know how horses work so I think the only reason that Armin and Gabi caught up in time was for dramatic purposes.

I feel like this chapter was mostly written to get everyone quickly into their new group (the "everybody on the island who's not a Yeagerist" group) and we'll probably get some gaps filled in later. Like how everyone was apparently able to coordinate overnight without anyone else noticing. I did expect everyone in this group, barring Yelena, to band together eventually, just not that quickly. Because coordination takes time! You gotta find people!

Also, a day has passed since the battle, so what's up with Eren's big stego-Titan thing? It is just hanging out in Shiganshina while everyone's partying and eating food?