Board Thread:Manga/@comment-27321453-20190108204033/@comment-4383890-20190109214624

Granted, the battlefield was different this time and favored Levi on purpose, but it felt too easy and I'm honestly disappointed that Zeke found it a surprise that Levi would kill his own Titan-ized soldiers to get to him. Levi's in a branch of the military that sacrificed dozens of soldiers and their commander just to get to Zeke the last time around. He shouldn't underestimate them or their willingness to see the job through. Tbh I'm actually surprised (and a little appalled) that people found the Levi vs. Zeke rematch so 'blah', or that this chapter fell compared to past ones. This is one of the first ones (except maybe 110) I truly enjoyed since before the basement reveal. And no, it's not just because Gabi wasn't in it, I think I made my stance on her pretty clear by now.

I say this because this chapter is finally bringing the series back to its roots, back to what made it great to begin with. Even though I enjoyed 110 as well, it was still underlined with the same political jibber-jabber that bores the crap out of me. I didn't get into this series to be preached to about love and peace being the only way to save the world or whatever, I got into it for survival against the Titans and learning about (and eventually completely obliterating) their enemies. And lo and behold, we finally got the Titans back! The real kind that mindlessly destroy anything in their path, not the Warriors or Shifters that are just meant to further the 'empathy for the enemy' narrative.

Apologies in advance for sounding bitter about the overall narrative, but I'm actually really ecstatic that we're finally getting actual Titans back into the narrative and going back towards the 'survival of the fittest' theme.