Board Thread:Manga/@comment-27321453-20180808084355/@comment-8458738-20180818045814

RuneLai wrote: Yeah, Nile's best moments were in the Uprising arc. I loved his backstory with Erwin, that they took different paths, and that he chose to stand against the government. It's too bad they didn't follow up with that moment at the end of the Return to Shiganshina arc where the other commanders tell him he should apologize to Erwin for not believing him. It was a humanizing scene, and there was no follow-up.

I don't think Rogue would be a good partner per se (as in they obviously don't get along), but the best way to define a character is to give them something to act with or against. In his conversation with Rogue we can see where Nile's standards are and that he is more sympathetic to the Marleyans. And I think that's an important point of view!

The Hange and company are too worried over Eren to do much, and Pixis has made his stance clear. Nile is actually the one saying "Hey, aren't we kinda being jerks to these people who helped us?"

If Isayama wants to bring Rogue into more of the story, to be the face of anti-Marleyan sentiment, Nile could act as a counter-balance.

I don't think this is going to happen, just because of Isayama's lousy track reason with giving Nile something to do, but it would be nice if it happened. I'll be honest I thought Nile was kind of annoying character and when the MPs first appeared as they were a bunch of corrupt assholes. Nile didn't do much to stop it. But I can see him in a sympathetic light, especially in the moments that he & Erwin were best friends for a while. And he ultimately sided with humanity in over the government.