Board Thread:Manga/@comment-26056057-20160509020829/@comment-26056057-20160512042647

RogueBlackleaf wrote: JinxTheFunhouse wrote: RogueBlackleaf wrote: Is it just me or did Levi do what Mikasa did during her encounter with Titan Annie in the forest? Mikasa abandoned reason (which was just to let Levi slash her into submission to get Eren out) for emotional desires. Levi abandoned reason (in my opinion, killing Zeke right there and then would have been the best option) for emotional desires (wanting to save someone with the Titan serum, implied to be Erwin). I disagree, the Beast Titan is very powerful. Aside from having another shifter on their side (and a very strong one that can overpower Reiner), humanity would have someone else who is able to control the Titans since Zeke can order them to do things, even if it is not always 100% effective (Chapter 35 page 30-32). Levi probably didn't want to waste all this potential and power, however I'm really surprised he didn't notice the Quad Titan coming for them, usually Levi is very sharp. It would have been the best option to keep Zeke alive and feed him to a SC-allied shifter turned by the serum, but wouldn't the other Titans (the ones that Levi didn't kill on his way to Zeke, the same ones that Zeke also orders to kill Levi) have noticed and then tried to kill him?

I feel like Eren having the Coordinate makes keeping Zeke alive redundant because Eren can also control the Titans (with limited effectiveness, but there has to be a reason why Zeke would go towards so much trouble in bringing back the Coordinate instead of just using his Titan ordering power to destroy humanity, which means that the Coordinate is more valuable than what Zeke can do).

I guess he didn't notice the Quad Titan coming at him because he was too busy worrying about saving someone by using the serum, and he was probably too focused on Zeke. I guess humanity's last trump card was shown in Zeke not expecting Levi's strength and now, besides an unreliable Coordinate user in Eren, the Survey Corps have nothing (unless Hange went to the basement when all of this was going on). Levi could handle any of the other Titans, he killed all the ones standing to Zeke's right so I'm sure he can kill all the ones standing to his left while the Titan Serum soldier devours Zeke. I don't agree with the idea of it being redundant. I think whatever power Zeke has to control Titans is far less effective than the coordinate, but it is still valuable to humanity. It might be easier to use too. But the really important thing here is having another Titan on our side. Eren has been called the hope for humanity, so having two of him would double that strength and hope. Also, the beast titan is extremely strong. He is able to take down Reiner and even shatter his armor without breaking a sweat. Having that kind of power is valuable, and a one of a kind opportunity for humanity to take steps forward. I think Levi really didn't want to waste all the advantage they could get out of it.

EDIT: I don't think there's any point in keeping Zeke alive, it's his power we need. Zeke needs to be digested