Board Thread:Theories/@comment-32129965-20170528032910/@comment-36510130-20180808125757

Eobard95 wrote: I think Mikasa will end up with Jean. He is in love with her but I don't think Mikasa has given too much thought into her own desires because of her attachment to Eren. However there will come a time when Eren isn't around anymore because of the Titan curse, Armin too, and she'll need to find reasons to live for herself. Maybe Jean could be one of those reasons? I have wondered if they will have a thing for a while given how often the series drops hints towards something and brings it back into play later. Exactly this. Naratively she has to move on from Eren and find her own happines. SNK is very well written when it comes to characters and is following Joseph Campbell's heroine journey (not the hero's journey, that's a similar but different thing) almost step by step with Mikasa. I'm already clearly seeing this in the recent chapters. It was always there but now it's just right in your face. Besides that, there's a big, positive change in Jean's visuals and the way he's drawn. Visual storytelling has it's own rules and Jean checks all of them for a love interest. As for when it would happen - Probably at the very end.