Board Thread:Manga/@comment-5774380-20151209012906/@comment-26998423-20160117145751

Tdfern14 wrote: Tausendberg wrote: I suspect that's Bertolt's intention although I'm not sure cause I imagine he wouldn't want to risk Reiner. I'm not certain, I eagerly await the next chapter because I can't really figure out what's next. You and me both pal, like I said this can go either way and anything can happen in Attack On Titan. This plan was NOT designed to harm Reiner. On the contrary...

The point was that Reiner was an armored titan where Eren's titan is not. Also Reiner was knowing what was coming so he could protect himself even more through special armor for example, where Eren would have been taken by surprise.

Remember they want to take Eren alive, despise his titan control power. Or at least, not take the risk of loosing his control power, which is the key to many things.

Also, this attack is designed to take out all military force left behind the wall and around Reiner, which is of tactical value for the titan's shifters side.

And in case something would happen to Reiner, because of Eren, that would be a second chance to take Eren away, suppress the military force and even help Reiner.