Board Thread:Manga/@comment-26998423-20151206144855/@comment-26998423-20151207161212

Neetaku wrote: Phil1403 wrote: 1 - Well, if you go in a area where titans are acting out... and you don't come back, even 2 weeks later, guess what did happen ? ;-)

2 - otherwise, Erwin, that picture reminds me of Berserk... and Griffith dreams of the conqueror. wonder what will happen with him... curious about the translation. That's true, if someone doesn't return from an area where Titans appeared, the obvious conclusion would be that they died... But Erwin wasn't there when Mike volunteered to fight the Titans on his own. As far as he knows, Mike has just been off doing his own thing since the Clash of the Titans arc. It's possible that Lauda told him about Mike's disappearance, but I doubt that Erwin has time to sit around listening to his soldiers inform him about every single member of the Survey Corps who is either MIA or KIA.

In theory, you may be right.

In the context, where they are at war, and the destiny of their kingdom is at stake...

Plus he is in the military (not just a civilian going on a readtrip). In fact, it was a rescue mission, and after a rescue mission, as a military, a health or a social worker, you do report on what happened.

So, no report = lost in mission (until death is confirmed).

Also, how to confirm death if you were eaten ? So in the end, lost in mission = polite way to say you should either show up, or after a certain time, you are considered to be dead. Because mindless titans do NOT take prisonners. They eat them.