Board Thread:Manga/@comment-27281341-20190611045326

Hi guys, this is my first post here in a long time. I wanted to share with you my thoughts on how the story will end and the significance of the relationships between half-siblings in the story. This theory will deal with the conclusion of the character arcs of the following characters: Eren, Mikasa, Armin (sort of), Historia, Jean and Magath.

So let me begin by saying that half-siblings and the relationship between them plays a pretty big role in the series. As of right now, we have two examples of them. The first one introduced in the series is the Historia-Frieda (the rest of Frieda's siblings don't count, since no emphasis was given to them) and the second is Eren-Zeke. Let's talk about them and some similarities they share. First of all, all half-siblings portrayed in AoT have the father in common, but a different mother. One more thing that they have in common is the hair color. One of the kids is blond, while the other one has dark hair. Frieda and Eren have black hair, while Historia and Zeke have blond hair. The older children have proven themselves to truly and deeply care for their younger sibling and they were both burdened with a mission to create a better world. Frieda failed. Zeke's goal is to make the Eldians unable to have children, while also protecting them for as long as it will take for them all to die, creating a world without hate. The younger siblings were also burdened with a mission, because their older ones failed, in their fathers's eyes at least, to accomplish their own. Only that, Eren, doesn't want the same thing with Zeke. Eren doesn't want the extinction of the Eldians. He wants the population of Paradis to survive, by killing every last person that opposes them. Which, as Armin figured out, means the entire world. One wants Eldian children to never be born again, the other one wants only Eldian children to be born. Quite ironic.

As Onyankopon said in the latest chapter, children are the future. And as Armin agreed with Onyankopon, there exist differents kinds of people, because whoever created them thought it would be better if the world would be more diverse. This includes Ymir's people. This is Isayama's message. This is how the story ends. The optimistic middle ground of Eren's and Zeke's ideology is a world where everybody's children can be born, free of oppression. This is what Armin advocates. This is why both Eren's plan and Zeke's plan will fail. They will be stopped.

By now, most of you will think that i changed subjects too early. What does this have to do with half-siblings. Patience, fellow fans, now i am getting to the good part of my theory. This part is based on parallels between characters, foreshadowing. It is not a mystery as of now that Isayama loves his parallels, so i don't think that my prediciton will be too far off the mark.

Now then. Historia dies while giving birth. Yeap. It's true. Poor girl won't survive the series. How did i come to this conclusion? Eren is the father. Oh, here i go again, making baseless assumptions. But, are they really baseless? Let's see. By now, Eren's story mirrors Grisha's quite a bit. Especially that part where he stands up against Zeke's plan and Historia tears up, yeah, this one gives it out. Also, if Eren is indeed the father of the kid, then, he will become a father at the age of 19. Just like Grisha. The mother of the child? The last remaining person of the royal family in the island of Paradis. Just like Dina.

However, how does Eren being the father condemn Historia to death by childbirth? Well, narrative reasons. If both Eren and Historia survive (Eren doesn't die in any way before his term is up and that's not up for debate really), marry and live out happily Eren's remaining years with Historia reigning supreme as queen and all, it's too good to be true. Unfortunately, AoT's world is cruel and it won't allow this. Also, it doesn't under any circumstances, further Historia's, or anybody else's character. But, such reasoning is BS and no one here will take my word seriously, with such an argument. But, there is also foreshadowing. Take a look at the pages provided here:https://imgur.com/vYFKUrC https://imgur.com/wPLVUa2. What i see is, that 2 chapters in a row, the first at the ending, the second at the beginning, point out how hard childbirth is and that Historia should be more careful with her body. I call this: death flags. So, yeah, Historia dies. But, what character arcs can possibly benefit from that? Don't worry, this panel will help you understand:https://imgur.com/DSLCM18. Wait, what? Eren and Mikasa? Does this mean that Eren get's to have BOTH HISTORIA AND MIKASA? Yeap. But, wait, i will get to that in a moment... or in a few paragraphs, depending on the amount of explanation needed. So, what exactly is it that we have here? We see Historia comparing herself to Mikasa and finding out that they are both actually really similar in the sense provided here. For Historia that make Mikasa one of the only people she can trust absolutely. The other one is obviously Eren. So, what i am getting from here is this: Historia, before her death in childbirth, will plead Mikasa to help raise her kid (a girl named Ymir, cause why not). Mikasa, will, eventually agree.

Now here is the tricky part. I will begin from the parallels this situation creates. First of all, this mirrors the Grisha/Dina/Carla dynamic pretty damn well. Just like Grisha, Eren get's a second wife/girlfriend. The first one was blond, the second one is dark haired. First one dies, then Grisha marries the second one. Just like Carla, her adoptive mom, Mikasa marries a guy who was previously married/had a girlfriend and raises two kids. One a girl,not her own, one a boy, her own. This means that Mikasa and Eren will have a child together. His name is going to be Grisha Yeager, born on January 26, 856. Exactly 50 years after his grandfather, Grisha. And what does this mean? HALF-SIBLINGS! One with blond hair, the girl born between Eren and Historia and one with dark hair, the boy born between Eren and Mikasa. Remember what Yelena said, about Eren and Zeke, a few chapters back? No? Well, see for yourselves here:https://imgur.com/44VdSlw. Recent thinking reveals that Yelena was talking about the wrong siblings. It's not Zeke and Eren that will save the world. The children of Eren will save the world, by uniting Paradis and Hizuru. And, as all good stories do, this one also needs a '''Helos. Magath.''' He will become the new Helos, uniting the Eldians of Marley and the Marleyans together with Paradis.

That's it guys, you can leave now, theory is ov................................HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA NO.

I haven't explained shit yet. I am just spouting shipper BS. For anyone who is tired, please take a break and visit later, this is the mid point (i hope) of the brainstorming.

So, what should i explain first? I think i will start with Mikasa. Why? Why go back to Eren? Why have a child? WTF? Look, there are 3 main things that characterise Mikasa as a person. One is Eren. Second is her lineage. Third is her need of a family. The first two and by extension the future of the third are being challenged right now. This last arc has focused a lot on Mikasa. That's because she will be of extreme importance in the ending of the series. Her relationship with Eren is facing it's worst crisis ever and her true lineage has been revealed. The whole point of this shift in her relationship with Eren is the forging of a new one with him, symbolised with him wrapping the scarf around her neck again. It is done in such a way that it will permit them to raise a family, exactly like i described above. Mikasa values family above all else. Even her statistics chart shows that, giving her a 10/10 in the "love for family" category. You don't create a character like that without turning him into a parent by the end. There is also this panel:https://imgur.com/tgIPbNK. Yeah, the foreshadowing is there. Mikasa will have a child of her own. But why can't that child be Jean's?

You see, Jean's entire arc has been going from an irresponsible prick, only caring about his comfort, to giving up on his chances for any of that, because of a sense of duty. He is a great leader, with excellent judgement and is now a unit commander. A unit commander loved and actually impressive, replacing a less than ideal one commander: Hange. This reminds me, didn't Keith get his promotion the same way? Didn't Erwin get promoted the same way? Didn't both of them love a girl, the same one a friend of their's married? Didn't they give up the chance for a family life for their duty? For humanity? Yes, they did. But why does Jean need to give up on Mikasa? Can't he have both? Let's ignore the too happy excuse. Let's ignore the zero build up and development of their relationship. Let's ignore all of this. The answer is still no. Why? Because of this: https://imgur.com/T96jeCf, https://imgur.com/2ZrhUpS & https://imgur.com/MTzoo3m. Kiyomi says that the Azumabito will always be waiting for her. Always? Does this mean, even the 4 years left in Eren's term? Yes. Mikasa will leave Paradis and go to Hizuru. After Eren's death. I have already established that Mikasa will have a child. She will pass to that child the symbol of her clan and they will leave together. Mikasa and that kid will rule there in Hizuru. Azumabito is one of the most powerful families there. With the return of their leader, Mikasa will have a pretty damn important role in there. Her kid will also rule. If the kid is Jean's, it means that Mikasa will start a family with Jean, meaning she stays in Paradis. This development throws the whole Mikasa-Hizuru plotline out of the window. It renders Hizuru useless. If Mikasa can be important from Paradis, it really changes nothing in her character and renders that whole conversation there meaningless. Hizuru won't care about a leader who turns it's back on them all the time. Unlike Jean, Eren has an expiration date. After his death, Mikasa can go there and lead. Her child, because of the sibling relationship between him and Historia's kid will unite their countries. Just like in the story about the Shogun and Karl Fritz. Children are the future, as Onyankopon says. If the kid is Jean's and Mikasa and Jean are still alive by the end of the story, then the kid won't rule. If both his parents stay in Paradis, it won't just go there alone, to lead a country with people it has never met. No reason for Mikasa to pass her clan's symbol to her child then. Pointless.

Having said that, who will raise Eren and Historia's kid, when Mikasa is gone? Armin. Eren will ask him to do so. As we know by now, Armin is the narrator of the story. But, to whom he narrates this story? Eren's kid. Since his parents will be dead, there needs to be someone there to tell her how this all went. Armin will fill that role.

This development is true to Hajime Isayama's bittersweet type ending. Everyone get's what they deserve, what they want, but not without a price to be paid. Eren frees the world from oppression, via his fight and via his children he brings peace to the world. He loses his first wife and dies before his children can grow up. Mikasa gets to live for a few years the life she always wanted, with Eren. Only that her dream life has an expiration date and she will also be raising Historia's child for some time. After that, she will have to rule, leaving her birthplace and people she knows, for the good of the world. Armin gets to save humanity by somehow stopping Eren from wreaking havoc and gets world peace. His dream of the world comes true. With him raising Historia's kid and Mikasa raising her own in Hizuru, there is no way there won't be peace. But, Armin also has an expiration date and he might never get the chance to travel the world. Historia get's to have a child with the man she loves and ensures that this child will have a happy life, unlike her own, by allowing Mikasa to raise it, but she dies. Jean will lead the Survey Corps as the next commander, but he will not get to live with Mikasa.

The parallels are too many in this theory. So one last. Rod Reiss had two women. None of them was royal. Grisha, a better man, had also two women. One with royal blood. Eren, a more accomplished version of his father, has two women, both of them royals. All the Yeagers as of now, besides Zeke who is against kids, have had two children. Makes sense for Eren to also have two. Between all the half-siblings we have brother-brother and sister-sister. With a third one, we can have a sister-brother. Mikasa's father was a hunter and was 183cm tall. Eren is a hunter (Yeager) and 183cm tall. I think i wrote too much, so i am ending this here, lol. 