User blog comment:XGlass Reflection/Series Discussion~ Favorite Death/@comment-179280-20140111002809

XGLASS!! Long time no see!! Are you back or will you just be a regular contributor? We're needing more users like you here!

Anyways, on topic, I don't particullary like Mike's death. It's special because of the circumstances, yeah, but we never got to know Mike a lot. There wasn't much development for his character, other than the chapter he dies in, so it wasn't particullary shocking.

In my opinion, the most shocking death in the series was Hannes'. Mostly because, even though his death was in extreme predictable, it was unnecessary. Other characters could have taken his place and Eren's ability may have activated in other way, but I think Isayama just wanted the thing to be dramatic so he killed a beloved character just for tragedy's sake.