Board Thread:Manga/@comment-34196931-20190708230504/@comment-4383890-20190708234602

Was a pretty solid and epic chapter until the end. Pros:

-Much more action this chapter (and the past two) than pointless exposition about things we already know enough about.

-SC FINALLY coming to Eren's aid. The fight between the Cart Titan and Mikasa+Armin was pretty cool too. It was also refreshing to see them nearly kick her ass.

-Seeing Zeke visibly struggling with his resolve to scream once he learned Falco ingested the wine as well. Don't tell me he's any more evil or cruel than Marley.

-Zeke FINALLY screamed. Glad Isayama didn't chicken out from that like some people thought he would, hopefully he won't pull a fast one with the Rumbling either.

-The aerial panel of the town as the wine victims are turning into Titans was pretty badass.

-Zeke ordering Falco to 'kill Reiner'. I don't know why, but I got serious Master Xehanort vibes (if anyone here knows enough about Kingdom Hearts) in the way both commanded someone under their control to take someone else's life. Makes me wonder if Zeke really is the 'final boss' of the series.

-Colt's death. Now hold on a moment before people jump me, this isn't like Bertolt where I was just too happy they were finally dead. I didn't hate Colt, but he wasn't my favorirte either, but that's not why it's a pro. It's a pro for me because it was one of the few non-Eldian deaths that I felt bad about simply because Falco lost his only real family.

-Porco's death. Again, not because I overly hated him (though he is pretty much a throwaway character meant purely as a copy-and-paste of Ymir), but because it means Falco isn't doomed to live as a mindless Titan. Plus, since Marcel is already dead, the two Galliard brothers are finally together.

-Zeke's pained expression as Eren is shot. Maybe it's just because I am an older brother myself but I felt more for him this chapter than anybody else. Again, do NOT tell me Zeke is worse than Marley/Warriors ever have been.

Cons:

-When TF did Gabi learn how to ride a horse? After 109 where it was established she knew nothing about them?

-Falco's Titan design is...well, not horrible, but unsettling to say the least.

-Gabi Sue once again [presumably] killing an MC. Not just any MC. THE main character. Now, I'm sure Ymir Fritz will somehow reassemble him like with Zeke, but the fact that her supposed "development" has been backtracked so dramatically this chapter, not to mention the fact that she is STILL being portrayed as some kind of 'hero' thanks to Isayama really irks me. I thought 105 and 111 made me hate Gabi to death, but after this, she really doesn't deserve to live to the end. I never thought I could hate Gabi more after what she did to Sasha and after turning Mikasa into a bad character, but congragulations Isayama, you took the kewpie doll on that one.

Neutral:

-Porco. Like I said earlier, I didn't have nearly the vitriol for him as I do most other Warriors, but he always was kind of a throwaway character. So while I wasn't jumping for joy that he finally died, I didn't feel the same about Porco's death that I did for Colt.

5/10. Would have been a solid 8 or 9 had it not been for Gabi shooting Eren (evil bitch ruining the momentum of the rest of the chapter for me).