Board Thread:Manga/@comment-27938131-20200308191509/@comment-33077628-20200608002135

I never understood Mikasa as a character. What's the point of having her in the story? Is she's just supposed to be a love interest on reverse, as she spends the entire story in love with the protagonist just to "surprise" us at the end by rejecting him? I just feel it's not enough. In other stories, like One Piece, the supporting characters each have their own story that drives them to walk the same path as the protagonist while they are walking their own paths.

Mikasa just feels too empty, and the excuse that it's because she's bound by the Ackerman bloodline is not enough. Had the author given her some other paths to choose from, becoming a captain, another love interest genuinely pressuring her to be with him instead of Eren who for all purposes is like a brother and they openly say they are not dating, or to have her own opinions about what's right or wrong in some mission, some that diverged from Erens, only to have her end up choosing to support Eren, all of that would have made her feel more conflicted to be following Eren all this time why neglecting her own wishes and Life, it would make the revelation that her love for Eren is fabricated by the bloodbound all that more relevant.

Right now she should be like "Who am I?", and she needs to realize that the only way she will find out is if she faces Eren.

Anyway, I really don't know what was the story that the author wanted to tell with Mikasa, if there ever was one.