Board Thread:Manga/@comment-27321453-20200408113657/@comment-44328804-20200530062726

WaterKirby1994 wrote: I don't know what to expect anymore, Volume 30 was when I started seeing Eren as the villain. Let's not forget how he had his father murder the entire Reiss Family save for Rod & Historia. Then how shocked Grisha was upon learning what Eren was planning to do that he wanted Zeke to stop him. At this point the only way I can see Eren stopping is by Armin & Mikasa getting through to him, as that would explain the message to protect them that Eren Kruger delivered to Grisha.

Do you expect Chapter 130 to get delayed to August? Or do you think 129 will be the only delayed chapter for Attack on Titan? I find it hard to believe that this can all end within the next 6 chapters, because of how much there is left to do. We still have to kill off Floch, see Falco using his Jaw Titan, & have the huge confrontation with Eren, then actually end the series.

While the smokescreen theory with Eren lying about his intentions could end the series quickly, I don't think we'll see that because of what I said in the 1st paragraph of this message. I'm predicting Chapter 129 will feature more fighting against Floch & the Yeagerists with the end of the chapter being the soonest departure point for the Stop Eren Squad. I think we'll probably have to wait until at least Chapter 130 before we can see what Eren has done, which will probably be as the SES sees it for themselves. It would be anticlimactic if they didn't even need to really fight Eren, so I can expect such a fight to be focused on in Volume 33. Seeing Eren as the "villain" still doesn't hold up, even after chps 121 and 123. Chp 121 wasn't a mystery solved moment, it only added to the pile of mysteries we need answered about Eren. For starters, Eren didn't make Grisha do what he did. Grisha saw Eren's memories and knew it must be done, and no, despite Zeke's inference, I doubt Eren can choose what to send his father. Remember, Eren and Zeke were having a moral debate over their father, and I think Eren's goal there was to get Zeke to change his views. But on that note, when that apparently happened, when Grisha told Zeke to "stop" Eren, people seem to forget something: why would Grisha give his powers to Eren if he knew he would be "evil" with them? Don't even say it was due to mind-influencing or whatever, there's 0 proof of that. Also, if Grisha wanted Zeke to stop Eren, why would he agree to the euthanasia plan, which Zeke went to do, at Eren's shock? Eren clearly wanted to snap Zeke out his Grisha-hating mindset, but to do so and then watch him go along with his original plan, when he clearly wanted him to see the whole picture when he didn't? There's alot to that moment that we still have to see.

My example gave evidence of something I tend to strongly dislike about people who go off about Eren being the villain: they get fixated on him being "bad" despite there being evidence there's more to it. I even pointed this out a few times, especially with chps 121, and a few wrote it off as me being "unable to see him bad". Its not that I can't see him like that, I already seen the Liberio fight and I, like most of the fanbase, commended him for that despite the colatteral damage. I just have a hard time seeing people put him down without understanding him, and even if I hated Eren I would feel that way lol but I digress. With how he seems now, the SES will def try to talk to him. Understand why you would think it anticlimatic with no fight, but nobody in the SES wants to fight Eren, they all objected to it. How would they even fight him anyway? He makes Rod Reiss' titan look like an easy target lol I'm sure they will have that talk and end up having a moment just like Grisha and Kruger did, along with possibly another paths moment where chp 121 is cleared up, and Eren and Grisha talk.

But to answer your ques, I doubt the series is getting delayed again. I agree that its doubtful to some degree this can end in 8 chps (remember we were supposed to get a chp this month) this year. Many have noticed that, and see the possibility of a few chps in 2021, which was always a possibility considering, despite Isayma's New Year aspiration as he put it, he loves to think something will take a certain amount of time and then realize in the moment it needs more than he originally thought. His wish can still hold true if the series is practically done by the end of this year, but it was looking doubtful even before we lost a chp this month.

The smokescreen theory, my theory btw, has more merit than you think. If you actually think about Eren's "villainy" you can realize it doesn't add up, regardless of how much you like him like this. I like the darker turn he took as well, and even I know destroying the world doesn't fit his character and his development. But on top of that, say that happens after stopping Floch and catching up to him, there's still one more loose end left: Zeke. No way did he die in chp 122, and I'm sure he is set to do something to solidify him as the final antagonist, and he was always more deserving of the role instead of his brother whom doesn't even come close to being as dastardly as he is. If there is going to be a big climatic fight on the horizon, it will be Eren vs Zeke no doubt.