Board Thread:Manga/@comment-27321453-20180608184740/@comment-1037137-20180615202349

Neetaku wrote: I'm still not sure where this idea that comic relief characters are untouchable came from, but even so, I'll stick to my argument that Sasha was no longer effective as comic relief, having effectively been replaced by Hange (and, in his own sardonic way, Levi) as the comic relief character.

Lots of characters who have fans die. Erwin placed number 1 in the most recent popularity poll conducted, and he's dead. Marco and the original Squad Levi still have tons of fans, but they're all gone. And even if Sasha does have fans, I've noticed that her death hasn't had the effect on fandom that you and Fire Eater are claiming it did. The reactions I've seen on the wiki and on the Discord have been fairly amiable, with the most severe reactions being along the lines of "I cried when I read the chapter," but nothing beyond that. No one is threatening to boycott the series because Sasha of all people died.

I don't see how becoming a meme makes you untouchable. There are Titans that have become internet memes, and we don't get bent out of shape when she dies.

I agree, Sasha didn't have much weight in the plot, which is where it matters. If you don't have weight in a story, then there's no point in continuing to take up space that could go to developing more important characters, or to introducing interesting new characters. Still in vehement disagreement, lots of characters who are considered minor or secondary become huge beloveds in these fandoms, dude. And Sasha after having had her death teased in her previous onscreen battle deserved to last a while more, timeskip be damned. There's zero crime in keeping a few less critical characters hanging around.

Why are we focused on a bunch of brats from Marley anyway? They ain't the mains, Reiner is from the Marley side, we're shifting focus to a new bunch for twenty plus chapters who have been shoehorned into this with no prior hinting of the relevance? Even Marley on a whole is a total 180 from the post-apocalyptic tale this no longer is.

And good luck filling the huge vacuum in the female half of the ensemble now. You got Mikasa and Hange. Possibly Yelena. You got Annie and Historia who have not been permanent focuses for an eternity and we got that murderer Gabi? The calls for her to pay the ultimate price for what she did........You don't have to look far for them.