Board Thread:Manga/@comment-26624146-20170826063316/@comment-7278867-20171031071824

Bonkinhead wrote: I can see where you're coming from. As people say he's more of a tragic character than the true and main antagonist of this story. I agree, he has done some horrid things but honestly, these Eldians of Marley aren't truly at fault for killing or hating the Wallians (Eldians inside the walls). I mean they are bad for killing other human beings but when you're indoctrinated, you don't see the wrong doings of your actions. Look at Nazi Germany against the Jews, look at Racism and Jim Crow against Black People. (it was cool to see Black People in chapter 98 hehe) When your peers and government says what's right and wrong, you'll believe it and possibly do it. This is part of the Human mind. Manipulation. Zeke was torn between this, being an eldians and listening to the Marley government as a child and sold his parents out and killed people like they are an anthill waiting to be killed. Humans are pretty barbaric. But, Paradis didn't say anything to anyone for 100 years. It was Marley who struck first after so many generations. There were good people on Paradis, no one knew war.

It is a very common notion in stories that people who try to have revenge because of the past end up dead, similar to Marley. Marley could have developed their tech during the time they spent venting their anger on Eldians and supressing them. This anger and supression from Marley's side was why so many Eldian revolutionaries came to power. Marley are evil. They convinced children to invade a whole island of people. They ordered Zeke around, taking advantage of his hate for his parents. Zeke has probably realized that. Maybe he has already betrayed Marley. But i'm 100% sure that Marley are the true antagonists.