Board Thread:Manga/@comment-5774380-20160609000528/@comment-27702860-20160610073834

I recall an interiew I think linked on this site where Isayama stated he originally planned to have everyone die, and I am sure you are aware of how his hysterical editor saved the life of Sasha. If the former is accurate then you have to be prepared he imagined everyone--Eren, Mikasa, Levi, Crista/Historia, That Guy at the Market with the Silly Hat but Distinctive Limp--dying at some point. That does not mean he will carry that out in the end, but we have to be prepared for it. In fact, I think part of the "charm" of the series is it was more realistic in that characters you knew and value did die. Sure, some of them have tremendous "armor"--Eren, Mikasa--seriously!--and until this moment Armin.

Heck, I am still mad they killed off Ned Stark and the main character of the film Lincoln.

Armin, and his futon, still live on in Attack Junior High School!

--J.D.

[Edited to redact to the Textus Receptus.--Ed.]