Board Thread:Manga/@comment-5774380-20171208191536/@comment-24407809-20171210224430

CheshireXcat44 wrote: Erdagon wrote: I kinda feel bad for Willy's death, he is like Marley's Erwin, since Erwin got shut down by Levi we have no more character that could willingly kill his own people for greater good, this type of maniac always succeed to influence everyone around them to go straight into hell for them ( dictator I guess..) we need someone who can play this kind of role right now That's not true ... Armin knows the importance eof sacrifice in order to advance ... only when you're prepared to sacrifice it all, you might have a chance to win. That was emphasized many times by armin as he was evolving as a character while watching and understanding Erwin. Armin is smart and we saw how nasty he could get when he lied to bertholt and reiner about Annie being tortured just to create an opportunity for the survey corps. Eren and Mikasa have the utmost trust in his strategic capacities ... so yes it was sad to see Erwin die ... but Armin was the new generation to take up command in my opinion Saying that he understands why Erwin sacrifices soldiers is different from him doing it himself. Armin has never shown the capacity to make tough decisions like that. Hell, he became physically ill when he killed an enemy he didn't even know, so I doubt he'll be willing to sacrifice an ally.

Besides that, it's hard to ignore the fact that Armin isn't really replacing anyone. Hange replaced Erwin. Armin didn't replace anyone. Erwin was replaced by someone from his own generation, and the next "generation" (Armin in this case) is going to die in 9 years, likely before he even has a chance to take command and justify his survival. Having Armin live was an ill-advised idea, because it basically amounted to Isayama deciding to save Diet Erwin instead of Erwin.