User blog comment:XGlass Reflection/Ep. 25 Review~ I'M ALL FIRED UP/@comment-1971498-20130929092659/@comment-7418318-20130929093326

Maybe they felt it wouldn't be a real anime without a love triangle, so they hinted at Eren loving Annie and made Mikasa more romantically attached to Eren, rather than "just" her fear of losing her family for a third time.