Board Thread:Manga/@comment-27321453-20191008222936/@comment-35822279-20191009013004

There will be no cons as this chapter took the series biggest mystery and turned it into a brilliant chapter that effortlessly juggled themes, myth, and character into a nigh perfect brew.

Pros:

- The biggest thing I loved about the chapter was how minimalistic it was as it effortlessly communicated Ymir's entire story with no line of dialogue from the woman herself which was A.) an excellent way of reflecting her slave mentality and B.) made sure the entire chapter ran at a crisp pace and could effortlessly cover 13 years. I just really appreciate a writer who practices the show don't tell rule as it is being forgotten at a alarming rate simply because it isn't easy to do and it was refreshing to simply read a story without being suffocated under a mountain of lore. A+ job by Isayama here.

- Another thing I loved is how the chapter proved both Eldia and Marley right and wrong at the same time. Helos was a real man who killed the mightest titan (Ymir) but he was long dead by the time of the great titan war. Ymir was simultaneously the angel Eldia revered her as and the devil Marley feared but ironically enough neither of these actions were of her own will but King Fritz pupptering her actions. This was a brilliant way of reinforcing the murkiness of history and how for such an important figure in history no one ever truly knew who Ymir was till Eren.

- I also loved how emotional Ymir's story was and I gotta admit when Eren treated her like a human for the first time I got chills. Just marvelous stuff and a great dual read with her granddaughter breaking the chain back in "Wish".

- The ending was just fantastic and I have no idea what Eren's next move is. I don't think i've been this on edge to see how something concludes in a while and I mean that as the highest praise.