Board Thread:Manga/@comment-25933906-20170514223847

I don't remember how I got to this conclusion. I believe I was day dreaming, thinking about Attack on Titan when this epiphany stroke me.

The Survey Corps may win and free humanity. While this may not sound surprising (they are the good guys, in theory), I also believe that the Eldians will prevail, that Titans will not be eliminated as Eren wanted, and that Armin in particular will survive to tell the tale. Why? Because he has already done it.

What do we know about Armin? He is smart, loyal, a good friend... and the anime narrator. And while it may not sound very important, it is vital for this theory.

What is the name of the first Attack on Titan manga chapter? To you, 2000 years from now. If we get together these two pieces of information, we get the answer easily: Armin is revealing his memories to the heir of the power of the Colossal Titan, 2000 years after what happened. The person who inherited the Titan power is just receiving the information his/her ancestor lived once. Even if this would not mean that Mare lost the war, it does show that Eldians are not extinct, and that, at least, one of the 9 Titan Powers survived.

And although somebody may say that the process of inheriting someone's memories does not work that way, we still have to remember that Armin is one of the smartest characters of the series. If Eren managed to learn how to harden his body, I would not be surprised to know that Armin has also learned a few tricks regarding Titan Shifting. Maybe he even managed to imprint his whole conscience in the Titan power. As we've seen, each of the members of the Reiss family did not wanted to stop Titans not only because they knew the truth about the war: I believe he First King used his power as a form of hypnosys, transmiting his ideology an maybe even bits of his mind into his heirs.

This is a pretty simple theory, but if it ends up being true, it would mean that Isayama is, literally, a mastermind. He would have know that Armin would be a Titan Shifter since the begining of the manga. He would be at the same level as top-notch writers like Ken Levine.

Please, I'd like to hear everyone's thoughts. I'm sure I've missed some points of I've made some mistakes when elaborating this theory. 