Board Thread:Manga/@comment-5774380-20160209010741/@comment-24407809-20160209054131

Tausendberg wrote: Neetaku wrote:

I'm thinking we don't have the whole story... Bertolt mentions that a shifter pilot putting his memories in a titan's brain is a 'last resort' and that framing reveals that it's an unideal action that might have undesirable consequences.
 * I'm not happy that Reiner can grow his head back. That's a whole new level of plot armor... I'll just leave it at that..

What I'm saying is, something we should expect in the next couple of chapters is once Reiner's human body reforms that Reiner's personality will be changed by the experience.

Maybe, crazy thought, but perhaps we haven't seen the last of the 'Reiner's split personality' plot device and that it's going to re-enter the story in an unexpected way... Perhaps, because he was fighting on the side of the homelanders rather than posing as a soldier when he was attacked, perhaps 'Reiner the Warrior' "died" when his head got destroyed by the Thunder Spears, and only 'Reiner the Soldier' comes back, with... interesting results.

It's kind of far fetched but at the same time, I don't know why Isayama would mention that storing memories in a titan's brain is a 'last resort' unless that factoid is going to come back in some consequential way. If Bertolt had only said, "oh, of course, he just moved his memories to the titan brain and so he'll be back any minute now." it would have different implications, you know? This does sound like it could be an interesting plot point, but it doesn't change my opinion that Reiner should just stay dead after getting his head blown off. He had a good run, now it's time to move on (I know this sounds kind of cold, but seriously; the guy's nape was cut, he was impaled by Levi, and his head blew up, and it's looking like he's going to be just fine). Reiner's the reason I seriously believe Hange survived Bertolt's nuke, and that's not really a good thing in a series where readers are supposed to believe that the characters are always in peril.