Board Thread:Manga/@comment-30064439-20161113032209/@comment-37787378-20190222145344

TheMagicalWonders wrote: Iamelmo12 wrote: Can we all agree Jean is a useless character and should die? This is the "who do you guys think eren is gonna to end up with." thread which has NOTHING to do with Jean being dead, but I would like counter Jean being useless.

Jean has been shown as having leader-like characteristics ever since the Battle of Trost. If Hange dies, we are looking towards him to be the next SC commander / person-in-charge; he is not useless and should not die (although if he does, this will impact the story a lot greater than any redshirt / background character).

That will be Armin, not Jean. Jean has no character, he is basically a template personality counter to Eren and nothing more. Sure, he's developed some level of leadership qualities but none worthy enough to be Hange's replacement. It would most likely be Armin. I don't enjoy antithesis characters because of the very notion that they bring absolutely nothing to the table that others can't fill.

Replace him with Connie Springer, would we truly see anything different? There isn't anything "unique" about him.