Board Thread:Manga/@comment-27321453-20190908104148/@comment-35822279-20190909023043

I think the implication of this chapter is that Eren was working off information he acquired when he touched Historia's hand way back in chapter 88 or 89 and he took the path he felt was best to achieve the future he saw (I assume it was him & Zeke in the paths right when Grisha killed the Reiss family) rather than galaxy braining his way to victory down to the finest detail. For example I doubt a true mastermind would have created a chaotic and poorly assembled faction like the Yeagerists who were so painfully bad at their objective (unite Zeke & Eren) that they nearly got Eren & Zeke killed due to strategic ineptitude in the last fight. I also think that this series hasn't really jumped the shark as everything seen in these last two chapters is clearly in bounds of what the series has done up to this point and was set up 30 + or more chapters in advance (Ex. To you 2000 years from now and Kruger saying "Save Mikasa & Armin") rather than appearing out of nowhere.