Board Thread:Manga/@comment-27321453-20181008195355/@comment-30473998-20181012203900

Warrior655 wrote: TheMagicalWonders wrote: Ahaha, a "shit character". Ah, same -- lost a bit of respect for the guy. After his "other side" was revealed, I didn't know what to make of it. How did he even obtain that position of power?

Zackly was an example of a character who was just... there. I hope that in the future chapters, we get to know more about what significance he had as a man of authority (using the Isayama way... through flashbacks! Or other hinting). Otherwise, his death will have had no importance to the story -- "oh, the head of state/the military was just killed, but we never knew much about him, so let's just focus on the main characters instead". Who knows, he probably had some part that Eren going rogue. Otherwise, what else is the reason for him being killed off. If any involvement, it was that he was a plot device (as of now). Characters that are created to only be plot devices aren't really people at all -- they're just flat.