Board Thread:Manga/@comment-27321453-20180608184740/@comment-32261140-20180622185717

Fire Eater wrote: Look, all those "plot armor" complaints, why do they even stand? We watch these guys to prevail, not to die, don't we? Isn't that what we hope for? Because frankly, if we had time to complain about what seemed like "ridiculous plot armor", something's wrong here. Losing one of the only lighthearted elements in this series and a character who didn't reach her full potential is an unacceptable maneuver, Isayama will not be treated as an exception here, sorry. This is not going to service the story in any way that couldn't have been satisfied by other means, and it firmly cements Gabi as not only nigh-irredeemable as far as her previous acts go, but also squarely places Eren in the villainous circle. There's no peace with either the Titans or the Yeagers being left alive. There's a shadow here cast by 105 and whether it's a month and a half, a year, five years, whenever this ends, it's a shadow. It will remain. And I very much doubt for the better, this thing needed Sasha. Sickening that this was the time he chose to go that far.

Four years following this. I'm taking the insult very personally.

Genuine question. Do you find the main characters surviving while hundreds of red shirts kick the bucket to be good writing? I don't. It breaks my immersion to see several nameless characters killed in battle, yet every main character survives the ordeal. I dislike when Isayama hammers home the point about the massive sacrifices the Survey Corps have made when I rarely feel anybody of note has been lost at all. It's nice watching our dudes win, but in this manga, when everyone is safe it lowers the interest. Particularly when we are expected to feel tension for the character's episodic brushes with death.

Agreed that Sasha was not fully utilized as a character. It's clear Isayama had no idea what to do with her for ages now. Killing her isn't genius writing, but if he had no ideas, its probably better than her standing blankly in the background till the last chapter.

Anyhow, this is exactly what I was saying about being over dramatic. I'm not insulting you, but you feel the need to make the atmosphere hostile. Once again, calm down.

Oh, and agreed that crippled Levi would probably be a more interesting path, especially for removing the most op element from combat.