Board Thread:Manga/@comment-5774380-20161007195718/@comment-24036697-20161007212716

Man. I don't know where to begin on this one. We've got so much info that's been dumped on us all at once.

First, we see some pretty big Nazi/Jewish parallels in the two societies (Marleyans and Eldians). Anybody notice how the map of the mainland and the island housing the walls looks very much like Africa and Madagascar flipped upside down? (possibly a reference to )

I'm left wondering about a few things. Ymir Fritz was the first Titan, and she shares a last name with King Fritz (the one from year 850). He was found out to be a puppet for the Reisses though. I'm wondering if the Reiss family is actually the Fritz family, but they changed their last name to take themselves off the grid. We also know now that King Fritz (the one who built the walls) possessed the Coordinate, but yet it came into possession of the Reiss family somehow. So either they changed their last name as I already suggested, or the Reisses stole the Coordinate from the Fritz family (it's possible that Reiss was the other Titan shifter that escaped from the Marleyans).

So, we have nine shifters who inherited Ymir Fritz' soul and powers. Two of them stayed in the hands of the Eldians after the war and seven were stolen by the Marleyans. I've heard an interesting theory that only the Eldians can use the Titan shifting powers, so that means the seven "stolen" shifters actually were forced to serve the Marleyans after the war. Now, this is where it gets a little complicated. Who are the nine shifters (in the current time)?

Some theories about the shifters:
 * The two Eldian shifters: Fritz and possibly Reiss. King Fritz erected the walls, and at some point was eaten by Reiss and Reiss inherited the Coordinate. This was passed down for several generations and in turn stolen by Grisha, who gave it to Eren. This theory would mean only eight shifters remain, as the Fritz one no longer exists.
 * The seven Marleyan shifters: Reiner, Bertholt (now Armin), Annie, Marcel (now Ymir), Zeke, Quadrupedal (possibly), Grisha (he must have eaten another shifter before he was discovered by Shadis, because he and his comrades were all turned into regular Titans). If all of this is true, it would mean there are only seven shifters remaining: Eren, Armin, Reiner, Zeke, Annie, Ymir, and Quad.

It's also quite tragic to think that The Eldians inside the walls have actually been fighting their fellow (Titanized) Eldians this whole time.