Board Thread:Manga/@comment-5774380-20160609000528/@comment-26932251-20160609190215

KiruSama, Sasha isn't confirmed dead while Armin almost certainly is. That's not nothing.

Also, the weird thing about Armin being dead and Hange coming back in the same chapter is how unexpected it turned out to be.

The Survey Corps had Erwin and Hange, in other words Command and R&D. It kind of was looking like it was going to be Jean;Command and Armin;R&D but instead Hange is the next in line for succession for Command so if Erwin really checks out then Hange is going to be the next leader of the Survey Corps (#12 I think?).