Board Thread:Manga/@comment-27321453-20191108184732/@comment-40015750-20191109041430

I am not really impressed that this chapter put things on full pause to have Mikasa reflect on things exactly as Armin was doing back in Chapter 106, with both of them reflecting on what Eren's actions led to between Sasha and the destruction of the Walls. It's the same scene. I don't get it. It's not really critical to know the gang was "on vacation" in Marley before the attack. Sure it explains how Eren stepped foot on the mainland at all but still. This chapter advances very little. And it's placement is indeed random given what's going down on Paradis. I'm probably more critical than most about Isayama's storytelling style, but this definitely felt flat out like padding. There's been worse padding in this arc, like I thought Chapter 117 didn't advance anything either. It's semi-interesting to see them in Marley undercover, but this is a chapter that easily could've been more productive elsewhere. And as I've probably said, I do not believe in the Mikasa/Eren relationship. Never felt sincere and Mikasa should already be way past the point of secondguessing herself and Eren's history.