Board Thread:Manga/@comment-5774380-20160808233126/@comment-26932251-20160809060516

Neetaku wrote:

Ah, so you're assuming the Corps will have a chance to return to Wall Rose and resupply? I guess that makes sense. For some reason I just pictured them immediately taking off after Zeke and Reiner to towards the Hometown. I think they're gonna go back to Wall Rose (most likely riding Eren, which is probably the safest way to travel through titan country).

First, there is the issue of Ymir's letter to Historia. I doubt Historia is gonna come out to Shiganshina to them, so most likely they're going back to civilization if for nothing else than to act on that plotline.

Second, I don't think there's any reason they wouldn't. The Survey Corps had a terrible day (friendly reminder, the last year's worth of chapters covers the events from that morning in Shiganshina to whatever time in the day it is now, couldn't have been more than six hours, probably much less) but so have the Homelanders. Depending on how you count it, both sides have more than 90% casualties.

Furthermore, it's kind of like a pawn in Chess, the Homeland lost a titan shifter and the Survey Corps GAINED a titan shifter which considering the apparent very small population of titan shifters in the world, probably represents a substantial strategic setback for the Homeland.

Where I'm going with this is that Zeke and Reiner are terribly injured and I doubt the Quad is any real use in a straight fight. Zeke basically just lost his army... In other words, there's absolutely nothing to stop the Survey Corps remnants from visiting the basement and then bee-lining back to civilization, as we saw from the Clash of the Titans arc, it will take just too long for Zeke and Reiner to be fighting fit again.