Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-25322628-20170113025521/@comment-25228560-20170404092926

Junior0124 wrote: Your right Mikasa is a strong enough person even more so to think on her own, but she has made up her mind that she wants to be with Eren, there's no one else she wants to be with more. That is her wish. Eren was a child when Mikasa kept helping him of course he'll act childish, it would have been nice for him to be appreciative maybe deep down he actually is, but he wants to be independent and strong. Eren is learning he's becoming more and more mature as the story progresses. And it's also true Mikasa doesn't help Eren with his feelings in fact she makes him feel depressed because he envies her strength.

Plus Eren has only has 4 years to live after the time skip, I wonder how his death could impact Mikasa. Jean just loves her cause she's exotic XD! I'm surprised no one else sees her that way too maybe it's cause of her superhuman strength that makes her scary. I'm not sure about any other relationships in the manga but Ymir and Historia are apparently a couple. I actually don't think Mikasa has made up her mind like that. It's just the mangaka didn't give her a direction. Trust me if Mikasa was a guy no one would talk about her this way. There is no reason why Mikasa would wanna be with Eren more aside oh yeah he helped me that time. That's all Eren has going for him. Also, I don't think Jean liked her only for her looking exotic. I think he did think she is beautiful but also came to appreciate her. It is actually unrealistic that Mikasa will not have her own goals aside Eren. People, especially women, are not like that. Even if she has resolve to be with Eren and support him anyone like her would have their own goals too. That's more realtistic and would help Eren and her bond her and maybe I could see them as a credible romantic couple. Also, I think Ymir and Historia are canon but well on Ymir's side the love is there but Historia may take time to reciprocate those feelings.

Being appreciative doesn't relegate his need for independence rather knowing your allies and friends increases your propensity to be independent as you know you can also rely on these people and learn from them when you have to. Mikasa isn't suoperhuman though. She is a girl who is used to hard labour and any woman or man who does those things will eventually will become strong like her. Mikasa is a genius who is wasted on the show. She is a representation of what is wrong in shounen manga at times. That they want a strong willed girl but just be the girlfriend with no direction of their own. This less common in shoujo but also there where the guy becomes weirdly stalkerish like he has no life aside this one girl :/ Either ways it's disrespectful and dissing in a way. Mikasa "wish" to be with Eren is just the mangaka not knowing what to with a strong female protag. It happens. It happend to Korra in Legend of Korra and it can happen to Mikasa. Why is Annie more with motives than Mikasa? That is what taxes and vexes me. You know even Winry has her own arcs in Full Metal Alchemist and so does Riza Hawkeye and she works for Roy Mustang and said to him she would follow him to hell if need be. But Roy appreciates Riza with all his heart. He even once used chess strategy and called her "his queen" basically saying she is the powerful piece in their chessboard. So, yeah, there are problems in AOT and I know some of it is because this is a shounen genre manga and shounen and shoujo sometimes has complications.

How long is the timeskip though? can't wait to see the redesigns =)