Board Thread:Manga/@comment-5774380-20160808233126/@comment-1421951-20160810005321

I'm not gonna lie, I'm rather disappointed with these past two chapters and the overall turn of events.

For starters, what a complete waste of a perfectly good death scene. If this had been the death of Armin, before the Titan serum was brought up, it would have been an amazing way to go out that would live on as one of the series' most memorable and heartwrenching moments. Instead, it was just another bullsh*t fake out.

I'll also admit that I am deeply saddened by Bertholdt's death. There is so much more that could have been done with him, particulaly with how the series has been hinting at how guilty he and the other Shifter's feel about their actions and the shame that had been plaguing them. How interesting would it have been to see that angle explored, to see him fleshed out, maybe see him start to question his own mission? Hopefully we'll see this done with Reiner and Annie, but I wold have much preferred to see the differentt effects it would have had on all three of them. It was just a massive waste of potential, and that's what these past two chapters have felt like to me, a waste of potential.

In my opinion, from a storytelling perspective it would have been much better than to let both Armin and Erwin die, let Bertholdt live long enough to explore his character some more, and continue the story without the Titan Serum ever needing to come into play