Board Thread:Manga/@comment-27321453-20181109001854/@comment-35822279-20181114204224

RuneLai wrote: Penguinluver1431 wrote:

Just because someone is sympathetic doens't mean they're right. Someone MIGHT sympathize with the Warriors, but they're still the villains of the story, regardless of their motives or circumstance. If Eren isn't including Armin and Mikasa on his plan, it's because the latter two have lost sight on how to best protect Paradis. The pacifist approach that Armin takes is clearly not going to save them, and the fact that Mikasa protected a Marleyan killer shows she has no concern for her own people, regardless of what she told Kiyomi several pages earlier.

Eren is still the main character. He is still the focus of the series. From the beginning, his purpose has been to wipe out his enemies, both Titans and the ones across the sea. Obviously Zeke has an agenda, but if Eren allying with him involves using the rumbling and wiping out the outside world, so be it. It's the only way Paradis can truly be safe, no matter how idealistic the SC has become. No, it doesn't. But protagonists are rarely unsympathetic. You get exceptions, for instance: Light Yamagi in Death Note. But if a protagonist loses the audience's sympathy, and their actions are being portrayed in a negative light, you can tell that there is going to be a reckoning.

I don't think Eren is sympathetic right now. He's in a position where the other characters are trying to stop him. I think whatever he's doing, he's either going to fail or pay a huge price for it by the end of the story. I still find Eren to be a sympathetic character as he is someone driven by the noble goal to save his homeland rather than selfish delusions of grandeur like Light or Walter White and in a harsh situation like this one there are no right answers as Armin's plan could have just wasted time and Eren's plan could doom his soul to eternal damnation while only allowing the current state of violence to continue. Personally though this is why I think this plot is Isayama's ace in the hole as I love characters and situations like this that challenge my own morals and worldviews and I am interested to see how far Eren goes to secure victory. On a side note the potential clash between Eren and Levi is my most anticipated moment right now as it will be an interesting gauge for how far into the moral bog Eren will sink (Will Eren kill Levi or allow him to be killed by Zeke for example).