Board Thread:Manga/@comment-30064439-20161113032209/@comment-37787378-20190212071710

HanataSanchou wrote: I echo most people's sentiments on this - only Mikasa and Historia make any kind of sense, assuming of course that he even HAS to end up with somebody. Fans don't accept these relationships unless there's some kind of realistic buildup, and as it stands he only has that with these two. While I do think him and Annie could have been amusing (see Vegeta, Shikamaru, or any similar hotshots that fell for a woman who put them in their place), but again, no build up. The whole situation with Willy's sister showed that the crystalization/hardening isn't a concept he's forgotten about, but she's clearly behind in this race. We haven't seen for 4+ arcs and Eren kinda ya know, hates her? Lol

Mikasa - This one is obviously more credible, but it still makes my stomach turn. Blood-related or not, she's practically the guys' sister, and has been a super-protective one at that since wayyyy back. No matter how much Isayama makes her blush when people mention the nature of their relationship, or constantly mouth off that she just wants to be by his side, this is always gonna be like incest to me. The male lead and female lead don't always have to jump on each other's bones, the story does not suffer at all to simply have them be something else. Gotta admit though, he's certainly toying with us. The scene where she almost kisses him, and his response is essentially that he'd always be there to comfort her.......what else are we supposed to think? Eren and Historia are hitting it off like never before, she interupts with the stone face and embarasses him for no appareent reason.......what else are we supposed to think? Kishimoto admitted that he intentionally misled the fans about Naruto & Sakura at times, so it's not unheard of for it to just be a ploy and nothing else. But the question is why.....speaking of Historia.....

Historia - Their interactions don't necessarily scream future couple, and I'm ok that. That means the writer is playing no role in shipping them, which makes the best relationships. Shipping isn't relationship development, it's fantasy. Imagining two characters being all googly-eyed and fawning over one another doesn't actually improve their relationship. Interacting with one another in a way where you get to know each other better does. I assure you, Eren and Historia's ONE conversation over accepting her for being the real her is a lot more progressive for their relationship than Mikasa's constant nagging that Eren needs her help, or isn't doing something right. These things don't endear Eren to Mikasa, they just make her feel like a huge crutch that he wants to learn to live without. I love Eren and Historia's constant efforts to build each other up and encourage, that's the stuff solid/believable relationships are built on.

We're not even 150 chapters into the series, so lets not bank too hard on anything yet I suppose. By chapter 250 we might be talking about completely different girls. The problem with your premise about Mikasa is, they're not the same characters as they were before. Mikasa isn't as pressured as she was before and has allowed Eren to be himself. This is showed in the flashbacks. There is no incest, none, your opinion is invalid. They weren't around each other long enough to develop that type of bond. It was one year, that's it. She had feelings for him since they were young when his father Grisha visited her and her family in their home.

The hints cannot, will not be ignored. Who knows, they might have been having sex this entire time before Eren left off to Marley. We don't know, there are 4 years of history not discussed. I will tell you this tho as someone who's watched anime and tv shows for many years, there are seeds of romance there. For example, the author did this with foreshadowing intent. When Mikasa had her flashback and Eren gave his speech there were two opposing parts of the page of Eren and Mikasa staring at each other with red faces. This reveals that there are things needed to be said but haven't been said yet. They clearly have feelings for one another.

Eren telling Mikasa he "hates" her doesn't change that. As Eren is shaping up for redemption (there is no way he's a villain). As for Historia, it's possible, but there isn't enough information to support that yet. Based on the evidence right now including sources outside the manga and anime including the live action (eren and mikasa are a couple in this) or merchandising. Hell, even the red thread of fate and Mikasa's scarf, there is just too much noise blowing in that direction. They either live together or die together. She isn't leaving his side. Any other direction taken is just bad writing. You don't foreshadow characters having a strong bond for that long and have them completely alienated from one another. If it's toying with readers, then he's been doing it for far too long and it would only piss people off which is definitely not his goal considering how extremely popular the ship is in Japan.

You only toy with your readers for a short time but this has been happening since chapter 1, their character developments have been intertwined with one another.

Eren = Eren wants to become strong, strong enough to protect Mikasa and is jealous of her strength, her willingness to protect him challenges that notion which causes him to get annoyed.

Mikasa - Mikasa sees Eren as the one, her ackerman genetics get in the way of that by turning her into a drone and it shows in her obsessive nature towards him. She begins to pull back from her obsessive ways when its shown that Eren hates that side of her, they begin to have a more equal relationship as the manga went on.

Currently

Eren = Eren finds out about the ackerman curse and sees it as his duty to free mikasa, through idiocy, he felt as tho the only way was to forcefully create a rift between him and her. Or he could be controlled, but its one of the two, there isn't sufficient evidence to support the case that he actually hates her.

Mikasa = Mikasa is emotionally destroyed right now, but will probably see it as her duty to save Anakin (eren). To change him before its too late, I just don't see her turning her back on him.

This rift creates two possibilities:

1. They end up as adversaries, unlikely, but a possibility

2. They reunite and make up = strong ignition for romance.

You decide. My bet is, they end up together in some way. Dead or alive.