Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-27713352-20160919182058/@comment-29958651-20160922182638

The relationship between Armin and Annie was discussed on a multiple occasions. Yes, they share a deep respect for one another, but no, they never seemed to have any kind of love interest between themselves. They can be surely viewed as friends, but that's all. Usually the reason why are Armin & Annie shipped is that Armin was one of the few people who really understood Annie (Volume 5, first chapter of the Volume 8). But at the Evidence scene (Volume 8) he clearly formulated his and Annie's relationship. According to that scene and Eren's reaction about the Female Titan identity, it's more likely to say that Eren was the one who fell in love with Annie (as Mikasa pointed out also in Volume 8).