Board Thread:Theories/@comment-217.99.170.105-20151212222428/@comment-24930713-20151231014456

I would assume he's still in bio-sheets because of his popularity with fans. Despite the manga making it clear that he's dead, people still believe that he's alive. So I guess in that case it does no harm to keep him there. Without a doubt, Marco is a minor character, I just can't remember the interview Isayama had where he mentioned he already had Marco's death planned. ;_;

Annie took Marco's 3DMG because she used her own to kill Sonny and Bean. So she needed one that hadn't been used recently, otherwise they would have suspected her. But unbeknownst to her, Armin was fairly familiar with Marco's gear because they work on theirs together. As for why she took his, he's the nicest guy out of all the trainees. He probably would have never suspected her of doing anything harmful to him.

I think the reason she didn't kill Jean and Armin, was a combination of it not being necessary, and whatever feelings she may have felt seeing Armin. Not to mention, she didn't actually know where Eren was. If it wasn't for her keeping Armin alive the first time, she'd still continue guessing as to where he might be.

As for the freckles, I'm not sure if the image is edited or if it's from a "corrected" showing of the show, but his freckles still appear to be there. Maybe not quite as noticeable compared to images of him alive, but those look like freckles to me.

I'm not sure about your other previously mentioned points. But I believe this specific one " there's few person looks similar to Marco, who don't show up after Marco's death (like Samuel)," is nothing more than the other trainees going into nameless positions in the Garrison. As far as the 104th Trainees are concerned, there is only two from the same 104th as Eren, Mikasa, and Armin, that might still be alive; And that's Samuel and Daz.

I want to know the answers to some of those questions too, but I don't think they point to Marco being alive.