Board Thread:Manga/@comment-27321453-20180508205459/@comment-24407809-20180509214251

Helel ben Shahaar wrote:

One of the most basic rules in writing is that nothing, and I mean NOTHING! is capable of killing a comic relief character. Just look at Buggy from One Piece (maybe not a good example because no-one dies in One Piece except Ace), Inoue Orihime from Bleach, and even Might Guy from Naruto (who survived a certain death just by being a CR character). There's nothing inherently wrong with killing off a comedic character just because other series haven't done it before. Personally, I think it's a good thing when a series chooses not to follow the conventions of other series, and tries to do things that haven't been done before.

That being said, just because Isayama originally intended for Sasha to be a comedic character doesn't mean she is one. Outside of her potato incident, and the one brief moment where she went crazy over meat at the beginning of RtS, she hasn't really provided any meaningful comedic moments to the series. There have certainly been sparse attempts, but nothing memorable, and most of the attempts at comedy fall flat (at least for me) anyway.

I'd actually say if there was any real comedic element in the series it would be Hange. Isayama has been more consistent in trying to provide laughter from her eccentricities, and for the most part I find her comedic moments to land better than any of Sasha's.