Board Thread:Manga/@comment-27321453-20180708204808/@comment-1327106-20180709053917

OctoRift wrote: Critisism should be vital and not frowned upon. If I was an creator of say a videogame or something else then I would absorb all the critisism I could find and use that to motivate me to improve upon my creations. AoT should be no exception. It deserves critisism as anyother story does

Criticism is fine. I agree there are things Isayama could have done better. But any good creator should be able to separate the useful critiques from the unhelpful ones. If criticism turns the story into something you don't want to write anymore, that's not a critique to listen to. I'd rather have an excited Isayama writing what he loves than someone who's phoning it in because what he wants and what the fans want (so he can get paid) is different.

I don't think Isayama is unaware of forum comments, but I doubt he reads them personally. More likely his editor or possible assistants filter things up to him.