Board Thread:Manga/@comment-27321453-20181206222153/@comment-35822279-20181210200620

Tdfern14 wrote: Freeman1378 wrote: Overall I thought this was a fine chapter as it didn't particularly blow me away in any respect but it also didn't have many terrible aspects.

Positives:

- EMA finally interacted and while I doubt Eren really meant anything he said (he's acting like a dick to protect his friends IMO) it atleast showed a clear focus on what matters for the first time since 108. So overall pretty solid conversation and a step in the right direction.

- The insight into the Ackermann condition was fascinating.

- The ending was a pretty great visual with the titans raining down on Levi and its a pretty exciting way to close out the chapter with Levi on the razors edge once again.

Negtives:

- The events are still convoluted with Eren bursting in right after Nicolo's meltdown and it seemed like another weak attempt to make Gabi learn something by having Eren act like a psychotic (even if it is fake) in front of her as some sort of cautionary tale for what she might become.

- The chapter was generally predictable and I don't think it was done any favors by the arcs lethargic pacing as I did feel that this chapter would have hit harder if it was 2 chapters ago as these moments and twists were generally okay but it didn't need that level of buildup for things that were a given in 108 (wine poisoning especially).

- Zeke's character is still frustrating and I just don't buy that he is this intelligent mastermind akin to Moriarty when he's as trustworthy as a hobo on meth and constantly talks in annoying riddles. The omnipotence of the character is also hard to believe even with Eren in his corner as it requires Yelena, Nicolo, Onyankopon, or Eren to be everywhere at once when three of them would have been carefully watched due to their status as potential spies and if the wine did come spiked on the boats why would anyone drink it? okay first of all that negative about Gabi that to make a "weak attempt" to make her look good by Eren. First of all Gabi have nothing to do with Eren or this chapter. Secondly, stop making everything about Gabi jeezus. I thought the scene was generally good just the timing for the opening was odd as it felt like a telenovella and I think the reason she was there was obvious (she is Eren's shadow after all) as she didn't add much to the scene and was a bystander for all of it (I don't even think she had a line of dialogue) but what I was trying to primarily say was that I think a little flash forward to sometime after last chapters events would have made the opening run a little smoother (maybe after a report to Pixis?) as the events of this arc for me are convoluted and unnatural in their structure and the opening to the conversation suffered from the same thing ableit on a much smaller scale than the rest of Gabi's current arc. So overall it's a minor issue that just stuck out to me when I was doing my pros and cons.