Board Thread:Manga/@comment-27321453-20191208140701/@comment-1327106-20200106010956

Tdfern14 wrote:

@RuneLai

Where you get "verboten" from?

It's originally German, but the meaning carries over to English too. You can see the definition here: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/verboten

Tdfern14 wrote:

Do you think Isayama might make a chapter thats longer than the norm?

While he has gone over his standard 45 pages before, the last time he did it was back in the Uprising arc, and I believe it was early on in that arc as well. He hasn't done it since, which means it's been around 4-5 years since he has gone over 45 pages.

I could see him doing something like a shorter epilogue chapter that will go after chapter 130/134 (or whatever the final full length chapter is) which will make for a slightly thicker final volume, but I don't think he'll go over 45. A shorter epilogue could then be a volume exclusive or be packaged along with an essay or bonus illustrations in the magazine itself to meet page count.

The thing is his chapters are published in a magazine each month and the magazine has to plan for a certain number of pages. Going over page count causes trouble for the magazine since they have a layout they set up prior to publication. Especially when it comes to the physical print run, adding extra pages is not something the editor is going to want to do. A couple pages over might not be fine, but you're not going to see something like "double length final chapter" unless the editor (and Isayama) knows well in advance that someone else in the magazine is not turning in a chapter that specific month so they can reallocate that space. That would take an incredible amount of luck and timing.