Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-27713352-20160919182058/@comment-29958651-20160922182638

The relationship between Armin and Annie was discussed on multiple occasions. Yes, they share a deep respect for one another, but no, they never seemed to have any kind of love interest between themselves. They can be surely viewed as friends, but that's all. Usually the reason why Armin & Annie are shipped because Armin was one of the few people who really understood Annie (Volume 5, first chapter of the Volume 8). But during the Annie's revelation scene and the Evidence scene (Volume 8) he formulated his and Annie's relationship as being a sort of respectful friendship.

According to the Evidence scene and Eren's reaction about the Female Titan identity, it's more likely to say that Eren was the one who fell in love with Annie (as Mikasa pointed out also in Volume 8). Isn't that weird? I mean, Eren is most usually shipped with Mikasa and Levi, but his feelings towards Annie aren't mentioned very often. What do you think of it?