Board Thread:Manga/@comment-5774380-20150709193253/@comment-5774380-20150719151727

67.190.62.248 wrote: So many thinking that the beast(ape) titan is Grisha. Why? How could anyone come to such a conclusion after we saw him directly eaten?

Because he has a beard. People is just relating the Beast Titan with any other character that has a beard (and glasses), like Grisha, Erwin's father or Zackly. It doesn't matter if their personalities, motives, background and all other information that we have of them is totally contradictory (and in Grisha's case, that we already saw his Titan form and it was not the Beast Titan); as long as they look slightly similar, people is going to relate them. Is like if the beard overpowered anything else. Then they make up incredibly twisted theories to try to justify the inconsitencies but that only turns everything even more illogical.

Your comment is, on the other hand, one of the wisest that I've read in a long time. I had already expressed my idea that the Beast Titan is a new character that comes from the Homeland like Reiner, Bertolt and Annie; and after reading the latest chapter, it's very obvious to me that Grisha comes from the same place too. Since both men seem to have a scientific interest in humanity, I think it's possible that they knew each other; probably as coworkers. Maybe Grisha was sent to the Walls to find the Reiss family and steal the Coordinate, but since he never came back, they ended up sending the other agents. Or probably he was a rogue inhabitant that decided to escape for some reason.

What is for true is that this character only becomes more and more interesting. I can't wait to learn more of those secrets that he has been hiding all this time.

And by the way, thumbs up for Keith. I really felt empathy for his character. It's great to see how Isayama is able to perfectly draw many kinds of complex characters and make us feel inside their skin; from men that always felt powerful (Kenny) to those who always felt powerless (Keith). They really feel like real world people with a vast spectrum of experiences and emotions, and not like flat drawings as in most of the popular mangas. I hope he manages to mantain this high level and that we see more action in this new arc.