Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-25322628-20170113025521/@comment-25228560-20170404033724

Popkern wrote: I dont think Isayama would kill a character off screen like that, Ymir has been an important (ish) character the story, and I think because of that she has a little bit of plot armor left. For the Eren / Mikasa thing some of you were talking about, you're blind if you dont think Mikasa doesnt romantically love Eren. Its probably one sided, but Its painfully obvious, its as obvious as Jean having a crush on Mikasa. I dont think Ymir and Historia will ever meet again, but I do hope Ymir is alive. There are around 30 chapters left, so there isnt a ton of time for a reunion with all the advancing plot. And I really dont think the queen of the walls will be getting anywhere near Marley (where Ymir is) and Marley wouldnt just let Ymir join their Paradis Attack Force, because Ymir would obviously just join Eren and the gang to be with Historia and ditch the Marley team. So pretty much, I personally dont think Historia or Ymir will ever meet again, I think that the letter was a good signing off for the two. There is a chance that Ymir and Historia would end up together in the end. I think I like that their love started small, wasn't really seemingly "goals" but is so important in the series and how they always have a dialogue between each other. Even if it remains friendship there is so much there that has already exceeded a normal friendship and gone into being romantic love.

I never said that Mikasa didn't love Eren. How she loves him is problematic. Mikasa loves Eren mostly as family and someone in a way she is indebted to. But, in a way it interferes with her life and Eren's life and doesn't help both of them. Yes, I find it extremely one sided. And, I prefer Eren ending up with someone who will know his flaws and help him grow up and even Mikasa the same things - love isn't always about accepting everyting as they come if they can work towards something else which is something I found in Ymir and Historia's relationship. Eren needs someone who can help him figure out life and give him something to come back and he can help them come back to something that doesn't always involve war or fighting. And at the moment Mikasa doesn't offer that neither does Eren offer anything to her. Yes, they are great allies and friends and there is a chance this relationship will become canon but it is just traditional shounen stuff. If this show was seinen or Josei then Mikasa and Eren wouldn't be endgame. Not as they are. That's for sure.