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Moreover, depression - and depression like states - aren’t full blown all the time. It’s been years. It’s impossible for Eren to be 100% sad/bad all the time. There are moments when the symptoms take a step back. When you do a physical task, go the bathroom, tie your shoelaces. You’re not ON all the time. Likewise, as a bystander, you aren’t on red alert every second for years. There will be moments when you’re more complacent, or the mood has been unchanged for so long that it becomes a new norm. Just because they weren’t desperately trying to shake Eren and crying about how scared they were for him in chapter 124, doesn’t mean they haven’t had moments of crying to themselves out of sadness and worry, or that they haven’t talked together about how to possibly help cheer Eren up. Going to Marley was a big deal that shifted the focus away from Eren because there was a lot going on. I refuse to believe that Mikasa and Armin didn’t pay Eren’s mood any mind on days where there was nothing else in the way. The story so far has shown us enough pointing towards the opposite making sense.

If you want an example of a character who is/was seen as a brotherly figure, that would be Reiner. Eren explicitly says the guy was like a big brother figure for the 104th. 

I’ve never seen either Eren or Armin say something similar about the other.

And truthfully, if their relationship were meant to be portrayed as fraternal only, then wouldn’t other characters say as much about their relationship? Because we know what some other characters think of it:

Jean certainly didn’t see their relationship as brotherly, otherwise he wouldn’t have been so, y’know, grossed out over it. 

And of course, Isayama’s famous commentary from one of the Q&As: 

Q: It seems like Eren and Armin almost never spend time with other trainees?

A: There is a rumor that they are way too close to each other.

I’m just saying, whatever the hell everyone else was seeing, they sure didn’t think it was simply normal childhood friends with a brotherly relationship. 

Say what you will, but I’m not seeing any clear indication that the two have a strictly fraternal relationship.

Aaaaand they’re off to a rocky start 

EXCLUSIVE: A First Look Inside the FINAL Shingeki no Kyojin / Attack on Titan Manga Exhibition!

Part 1: Entrance & Opening Event/Press Preview

Part 2: Exhibition Interior - 1st Half

Part 3: Exhibition Interior - 2nd Half (Characters 1)

Part 4: Exhibition Interior - 2nd Half (Character 2)

Part 5: “Manga Ending” Audio Area and Final Room

Part 6: Exhibition Cafe

By @snknews Special Correspondents Daniel & Caryn Lix Edited by @fuku-shuu​

As a resource for overseas fans of the series, we at @snknews are happy to be able to provide our fellow fans a look into the FINAL Manga Exhibition, which opens tomorrow (July 5th, 2019) in Japan and will run through September 8th, 2019. For those of us unable to make it to Japan to visit the event for ourselves, we hope this provides sufficient detail on the overall experience!

PART 5: “Manga Ending” Audio Area and Final Room

From the characters exhibit, you can proceed to the audio segment of the final scene!

The signs read: 

Come now…Listen closely. You can hear the sound of the end of the story…

Ahead lies a room with only voices, The audio alone is presented from the scene of the “Ending Story” that the author, Hajime Isayama, currently foresees. Please imagine the scene while tying together all the stories so far.

After moving through black curtains, you enter a dark room with the audio that is apparently the vision for the final scene. There are sounds of fire, of explosions, and of battle. People shout and cry in the distance. At the very end comes the sound of a number of ODM (3DMG) gear engaging (Editor’s Note: This seems to indicate the final scenes will still involve battle?). That’s about all there is to it: it’s a vision of the future that doesn’t get too far into spoiler territory. There aren’t even any voices (Note: As there were reports that one seiyuu may participate in this portion, it’s possible that they did not reveal any character audio for press preview attendees).

Update (July 5th, 2019): As we suspected, according to attendees on the first public day, the very last part of the audio has added Inoue Marina (Armin) saying, “EREN!”

The final room is a large white room absolutely covered in storyboards and original character design sketches. An interview with Isayama plays on a loop, in which he explains that he never gets rid of any of his storyboards and might even be buried with them (Although he’s not sure they’ll fit in his coffin). 

Update: The sketches of Porco, Falco, and Gabi reveal that they originally had different names:

Porco - Holst (ホルスト) Gaillard

Falco - Falco Bach (バッハ)

Gabi - Gabi Lübke (リュプケ)

Continued in Part 6: Exhibition Cafe

Many thanks again to our Special Correspondents in Japan, Daniel & Caryn Lix, for contributing the great photos and overview of this exhibition! You can check out Caryn’s published and upcoming novels here.