Board Thread:Manga/@comment-27096343-20151021150023/@comment-5774380-20151021211204

Yeah, The Uprising arc was not my favorite arc either. :/

But I think this time the situation is different. The Uprising arc was mostly a "transition" arc, meant to deviate a little from the main plot and resolve some unsettled issues before recharging forces and going ahead with the main objective; so as a result it had some degree of filler material, because there wasn't really too much to fill it with.

However, we are back on the road once again, and this time there are a lot of storylines to explore (the Titan serum, everything about the Beast Titan, Grisha's basement, the showdown against the Colossal and Armored Titans, Reiner's mysterious ability, Erwin's secret plan, Eren's new skills, maybe something about Ymir...), more than enough to fill an entire arc; and even more if we consider that we know almost nothing about the Homeland, so it is a totally unexplored field with the potential to generate many other storylines not yet imagined.

So I'm optimistic about the quality of these arcs. Surely there will still be some filler, but I hope it will be in lesser amounts, and the overall quality will be superior than that of The Uprising arc.