Thread:Manuel de la Fuente/@comment-27125793-20191221211932/@comment-5774380-20191222184504

Hello,

Thank you for letting me know your concerns. All chapters from 107 are the same arc. Isayama's interview in November 2018 mentioned that the final arc had already started, and this was around the release of Chapter 111.

Even if we don't take that into account, this arc doesn't work as two as per the division you're making. The first reason is that they'd be two arcs of uneven length, with the second part spanning only around 8-9 chapters (approximation assuming an ending around Chapter 130). No arc since —and including— The Female Titan arc has been shorter than 16-20 chapters.

The second reason is that none of the storylines in this arc function as standalone arcs, because they'd be left without closure. The conflict with the Yeagerists was still ongoing when Marley attacked, and members of the Marleyan military are still in the island as the Wall Titans advance. All events connect in succession, with no break between them or resolution to their plot points. They're all parts of a bigger event that's still in progress.

Finally, this arc does have an overarching theme, which is the struggle to decide the fate of Paradis: the Survey Corps want to make peace with the other nations; the Yeagerists want to turn it into the start of a new Eldian Empire; the foreign parties want to destroy it (with Zeke and Yelena via the euthanization, and Marley via military force); and Eren wants to leave it as the only inhabited land in the world. It all converges in the island and it's a battle to take control of it and of its future.

I understand your hesitations regarding the list of suggested names, but we've been discussing this for over a year and these terms are the best we've come up with, nothing guarantees that we'll find anything better if we keep dragging this out. The names you're suggesting here were already discussed at various stages of the process. At this point it's also highly improbable that it'll ever get an official title, but we can always rename it in the future if it does.