Board Thread:Theories/@comment-217.99.170.105-20151212222428/@comment-24407809-20160120164357

Tausendberg wrote: Are we seriously going to hear Marco is still alive theories until the 3rd season of the anime? Is that what's happening right now? Please, let him go, let Marco ascend to the fifth dimension.

And I don't think Isayama is sadistic, he just shares a planet with a world with a lot of sadistic people in it and is an honest storyteller in that way. I agree. I don't think that Isayama is sadistic (remember how he decided no to kill Sasha back in Volume 9, but didn't when his editor started crying over it?), I just think he underestimated the amount of fans Marco had. I bet when he was writing Chapter 77, his conversation with his editor went like this:

Isayama: "Hey, wouldn't it be cool if I showed that dude Marco getting eaten?"

Editor: "Uh... Don't you think this was a bit much?"

Isayama: "Aw, who's gonna care? Marco barely did anything when he was alive! I bet most of the fans won't even recognize him when they see him!"