Board Thread:Manga/@comment-5774380-20200908210434/@comment-30069705-20200920204731

Attackcjc wrote: RuneLai wrote: KemonoTitan wrote: How many times is the "can you kill Eren" question gonna pop up? Guess Yams wants to hammer it in for the speed-readers. At this rate I'm going to be disappointed if they can't. Otherwise why bother asking the question? Its not even hammering in if they will fight him. Its hammering in how they don't want to fight him, and that Isayama is doing his part not to let readers think this is all leading to a fight. In fact, chp 131 solidifed through foreshadowing that we are not just in for a talk, but we're in for one in the same style as the talk Eren and Armin had during the season 1 boulder mission.

Besides, not to state the obvious, but Eren being killed will achieve nothing worthwhile in the long run. There's no guarantee it will stop the rumbling, and his people will still be demonized. We all know the story ends with peace and freedom, and that can't happen if Eren dies as "the bad guy" so something is going to happen that we're not expecting.

THIS! Very well put. Couldn't have said it better myself if I tried. You just made my day with this. Thank you.

Something else I think is worth considering is that at some point in episode 25 of the anime, Eren was in a state very similar to what he's in right now. This was in that filler scene where he was fighting Annie. But as he was about to make a move on her, he softened up at the last moment and couldn't even finish her off. With this in mind and just knowing how Eren's heart really works in general, I don't think it would be too farfetched for him to do the same basic thing again in the current manga.