Board Thread:Manga/@comment-27321453-20180808084355/@comment-35822279-20180815020708

Warrior655 wrote: Anyone have possible theories or beliefs on what will happen in chapter 109?

To me, I think that most of the chapter will focus on Eren, Mikasa and Armin. We no doubt will have more of Gabi and Falco with the girl, and probably a little bit of Historia or Marley Warriors. Who knows, we might find out on what is in that Marley wine bottle (poison/titan serum). I think the chapter will probably have 4 big parts to it.

1.) The end of our current flashback train with Eren departing for Marley, Historia's situation being fully answered (baby daddy, what team she's currently on, why she got pregnant etc.), and a full answer to why Eren intiated the Battle Of Liberio or alternatively the continuing of the flashbacks with a focus on one of these elements. I personally hope this is the end of the current flashbacks but it's all up to Isayama and if he wants to save the big revalations for the volume's finale in two months time.

2.) The big thing were going to get is the resolution to Gabi's current character arc through the girl and what she represents, exposure to the normality of Paradis for our Marley runaways. This realistically is going to end in one of two ways either Gabi escapes her delusion that Paradis Eldians are demon spawn and mellows out (to what extent we will see) as a result she gains a new perspective, becomes closer to Falco, and with the help of Falco blazes forward on the path to peace (alternatively they switch sides) or Gabi has a psychotic break kills the girl, her family, and even Falco (if he gets in the way) and then countinues on her single minded mission to kill Eren. The first option I feel is 90% guarenteed to happen as Isayama has been pretty unsubtly setting this up since 105 and I think he wants to make the point that understanding that even your so called enemies are ultimately only human and that mindlessly chasing revenge will only cause more heartbreak and tragedy rather than change anything through Gabi's character arc. The other option I don't think is going to happen as it would greatly anger the fanbase and it's not even terribly unique in the current media landscape (I've watched close to 4 shows in 3 months that have had this exact same moment played out already to varying levels of sucess) so it wouldn't even be that shocking plus I think Eren has this role pegged already and Gabi is meant to be his shadow so she'll must likely end up doing the opposite of Eren because of that.

3.) Eren or Zeke make a move and we get the beginnings of a jailbreak. My money is on Zeke titanizing the mps and breaking out with the help with his volunteers (Nicolo perhaps will free Yelena and the others?). I think we will at least get one of these things on our way to an explosive finale to volume 27 and I think it would be pretty goofy to sit still any longer as Zeke has been spouting cyptic lines and stares for like 4 chapters and Eren been moping around in a cell for just as long so it feels like it's time to kick things into high gear as all pieces are in position and ready to go.

4.) A full explanation of Reiner's surprise attack plan (Objectives, routes, who's coming with etc.) and maybe some brief bits in Marley were we get to see the current mental states and goals of Colt, Pieck, and Porco.