Board Thread:Manga/@comment-27321453-20200408113657/@comment-4383890-20200416171447

Isayama WANTS the series to be divisive. That's what he is aiming for. Why is that you think this is something that he didn't expect? You are speaking about fandom reaction and you don't factor in sales, digital or physical and yet you think that you've presented evidence for the series's decline? Because from what i've seen is that you personally didn't like the genre shift and that somehow this works against the series. Well, i've got news for you, that's exactly what Isayma wanted. And it's also the reason why up to chapter 123  (according to reddit at least) the series had reached it's "peak" in quality. If anything, your disapproval of the series's direction, is a personal matter and not a problem for the vast majority of the community. So, as i said, the anime has no reason to reduce the content of the series. My opinions are not as unpopular as you believe them to be, particularly if you browse TV Tropes. Marley being a Hate Sink isn't the only common thought among the fandom:

"Base Breaking Character: Hange Zoe as of the final arc; some fans believe her "No-Genocide-Under-Any-Circumstances" stance and her willingness to make an alliance with Marley and the Warriors shows she is the face of bringing peace between Eldia and the world. Many more fans believe Hanji is a hypocrite and a traitor for condemning her own people to die in order to save the people of the world, which had been responsible for the suffering of Eldians.

''Unintentionally Unsympathetic: Gabi is meant to represent the viewpoint of Eldians living in Marley, and is initially presented as a naive but ambitious military cadet who cares a lot for Reiner, who is her older cousin. However, as the arc progresses, Gabi grows increasingly unlikable due to her treatment of Falco and her buying more and more into Marley's anti-Eldian propaganda. Fans' dislike towards her has reached a peak when she is directly responsible for Sasha's death, and even to this day is regarded as one of the series' most hated characters.''

''Unintentionally Unsympathetic (2): Annie shares her true family backstory with Hitch during their horse ride during 125, revealing she was born to a Marleyan woman and an Eldian man, but abandoned her and was subsequently adopted and trained by Mr. Leonhardt. It could have worked to make her more sympathetic in the eyes of fans who only view her as a sadistic monster...had she not stated that if she had to kill everyone she had killed all over again to get back to her father, she absolutely would, thus negating any sympathy for Annie's actions.''

''Rooting for the Empire: No matter how many lines he crosses, Eren still has fans who support him. This is partly because, horrible as his end goal is, the outside world did play a part in provoking it with Marley's repeated attempts to genocide Paradis and partly because he just does it with such grace that it's hard not to be impressed.''

''Replacement Scrappy: Sasha fans and Gabi haters alike labeled Gabi Braun as one after they were paralleled with each other after she saved Kaya from a Titanized Nile. Not that Gabi was overly popular beforehand, but the way she was framed as being similar to Kaya's sister figure was particularly insulting towards a lot of fans.''

''Take That, Scrappy!: Many fans take pleasure in the Trauma Conga Line Gabi is being forced through in Paradis as her pro-Marley ideals are continually tested and broken by the people around her who are not afraid to call out her behavior. For those who despise her for having killed Sasha, the brutal reality check she receives in chapter 111 when she is outed for this is especially satisfying.''

Narm: Additionally in 126, the Avengers-style team-up at the end, meant to signify a hopeful union of two enemy nations, was quick to be mocked due to how cheesy it felt, how rushed it seemed, or that some fans still have not forgiven the Warriors for their horrendous crimes.

Never Live It Down: Both in-universe and out-of-universe, Gabi will probably forever be remembered for one thing and one thing only; killing Sasha.

They Changed It, Now It Sucks!: Shortly after the Marley arc began taking the series in a more sociopolitical direction rather than survival horror, several fans believed it ruined what had made the series great to begin with, which had continued into the final arc up until Zeke used his spinal fluid to turn several people into Titans, thus reincorporating them into the story."

I normally hate excessive copy and paste like that, but since you seem to believe "Warriors good, Eldia bad" is the consensus of the fandom, I figured I'd present some 'alternative facts', for lack of a better phrase, and believe me, TVTropes would remove them if they were either untrue or if it was not a common enough thought among the fandom.