Board Thread:Manga/@comment-24407809-20160709015000/@comment-28833597-20160710162422

Manuel de la Fuente wrote: Seriously, at this point it seems to be a competition on who has the stronger plot armor, Armin or Reiner (Plot Armored Titans?); but in both cases it has ascended to ridiculous levels and totally ruined the intensity and tragicness of the previous chapter. The last month I got jaw dropped by Isayama's seeming audacity at killing a main character, now I'm dissapointed and doubting about his ability to tell a story logically. Did you notice that Armin doesn't even have a drop of blood or any signs of fractures after falling dozens of meters on a hard surface? Or how the unnamed recruit managed to spot Eren and the others from the other side or the wall, and bring Erwin to there even by escalating a building while showing no signs of fatigue? And this:



One of the reasons (maybe the primary) why I liked this series in the first place was because it looked much more realistic than most mangas. Yeah, it has physically impossible Vertical Maneuvering and Titans, but other than that it seemed pretty realistic (no people with pink hair, or exaggerated reactions with eyes popping out of the face, or people crashing through walls and suffering no damage, etc). But in light of the recent events, that image I had has disappeared and I'm taking the plot of this series and Isayama's storytelling skills much less seriously. Also, this is the first chapter since the early ones of the arc where I felt that there was little progress, and there wasn't character development this time to justify it.

For this reasons, this is the chapter I've liked the least in the arc. Still looking forward for upcoming issues and expecting that they turn out to be better.

I 100% Agree with you here. Though, I don't mind Armin staying alive but Reiner? The fact that he still somehow lived and didn't die again really made me think, "What?? Again?!". Maybe I could even say, irritated at that point? I also feel I like it because it wasn't like other anime, (no ridiculous expressions, everybody lives, huge boobs that defy physics, etc. etc.). I still have faith that it'll come back to being like it was. And we'll get another punch in the gut that actually stays as one next time. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like Isayama is letting others influence his story too much. Like when he didn't kill off Sasha and wanted to change his original ending. Tell it like you wanted to Isayama. I'm sure it'll still be great.