Attack on Spoiler

junior high manga has so many em moments like we are eating good as heck with that series like look at all this food—

look

at

all

this

food

levi’s just like: i hate it here

even in this cover:

Note: If you are an eremika anti I would suggest you to skip this post.

First of all if you have been following manga/anime you can agree without a doubt that Mikasa is most important girl in Eren’s life. Heck she is the most important person for him but that would be a topic for other day.

Mikasa and Eren’s relationship have always remained as somewhat ambiguous. Whether you ship them or think of them as siblings, which is definitely not true you gotta admit their relationship is definitely special.

What is the word used to express the most deep bond in any relationship?

Answer is family. Now these two have always referred to each other by that word, especially Mikasa. Eren always got annoyed at Mikasa’s over protectiveness and retaliated by saying.

Whereas Mikasa’s reasoning for her actions was I don’t want to lose the last of my family.

Now we all know their relationship started changing at end of chapter 50 after mikasa’s confession. Eren realised how important that small gesture of scarf wrapping by him was for Mikasa. We haven’t seen Eren referring to Mikasa as someone special other then obviously his childhood friend until this panel.

When remembering his home he looks back at Mikasa and is filled with newfound determination. This here was one of the biggest development for eremika atleast from eren’s side and is often overlooked by many.

Mikasa resembles home for Eren. It’s not Armin it’s not any of his other friend but Mikasa.

Now after timeskip we saw Eren talking about his family alot. Readers definitely thought that he was referring to his friends in general as such but 123 changed that.

We all know that Eren was dissappointed by her answer but it’s important to notice that it was probably their last conversation and the term family was used by Mikasa in regards to their relationship now we go back to chp 97.

After 123 there is no doubt in my mind that it was referring to Mikasa and Eren knew that his actions would hurt his family ‘Mikasa’ which does happen in 102.

So now both Eren and and Mikasa refer to each other as their family. Now the biggest question is what does that word narrow down too?

I take real life example, sometimes we make friends in our life who we refer to as our family. But then again we chose to categorize them. For example he is like my brother, she is like my sister, my boyfriend is my family and so on. There is always a specific term which comes with it.

But for Eren and Mikasa they have never really referred to each other as such. Heck not even as friends. People who think they consider each other as brother/sister why not use that term? Infact Eren hates the word brother in reference to Mikasa. And we clearly know Mikasa holds romantic feelings for him. So where does that leave them?

Thing is their relationship is far too deep too tangled for them to casually date or use boyfriend/girlfriend. More mature word can be husband/wife but we know they are not there so they use the term family which holds more weightage as compared to friend or best friend.

We know the one thing which stops eremika from being canon right now is eren’s pov. But despite seeing that it’s a proven fact both Eren and Mikasa see each other as ‘home’ or 'family’ which is the highest term of endearment you can give a person.

So I just want to know how can antis think that he would have so and so relationship with other girl or make a child with someone else when it’s being shown multiple times that Mikasa already holds that place in his life. It doesn’t matter if you consider it romantic or not but when a person already has a girl who is home for him and who he doesn’t consider as sister then how can you think any other girl or a person could compete with that?

I have heard antis remarks of Mikasa and Armin not understanding Eren at all and a certain character understanding him more then anyone. The whole point of 123 was Mikasa coming to terms with how she wanted to see only one side of Eren and finally accepting him as whole which is called development. And no, just because someone understood you or stood for you at one point of time when no one else was there, doesn’t mean they understand you on a whole level.

There are times my parents don’t understand my goal or my action but as a person they know me and understand me more then anyone else and without a doubt I love them the most. So just because Mikasa failed to understand Eren then which she later admits to doesn’t mean she don’t understand him now. Don’t forget that she was the one who gave him the courage to fight against female Titan and Diana’s Titan.

Eren turned away from her not because he didn’t love her anymore but he realized he had different goal then her and his friends and he didn’t want to burden them with it.

I hope my moots can understand the point I am trying to make by this.

If you hate Mikasa or the eremika relationship ignore this instead of reblogging it and twisting my words to shit on them. Last time this did happen and the person was a 'you know which’ shipper and I have to block them. So if you are an anti stay in your lane. I sure as hell am not going into yours and I would prefer if you stay off my blog or block me.

actually kinda curious as well but i wouldn’t be surprised if eren went back altered a little something. it would explain how he found her so suddenly instead of waiting at the base of the mountain. maybe that’d also explain his reaction when at mikasa’s cabin finding her parents bodies.

could’ve been eren travelling all the way back to do something, knowing exactly where she is— y’all who knows really.

since were here imma just add some interesting things here because i can’t read chapters the same. this panels dialogue.

‘this is what should happen to you!’

kinda radiates the same energy of this panel in chapter 121

someone was stealing mikasa’s freedom, so he stole theirs.

it would explain why he was so willing to save her.

Having recently reread the manga and after the last few chapters i have noticed a few key similarities between 2 relationships in the manga. These are the Eren-Mikasa and Gabi-Falco relationships. Going through the series, i noticed many parallels between them, which is why i decided to make this post. I am sorry if this has been done before, i didn’t notice it. Also, it will be a bit long.

So, let’s begin by examining who is who in these dynamics. Eren is obviously Gabi. I think i am not being really innovative suggesting that. These two have constantly been compared to each other, since chapter 91. They have similar hairstyles, they are impulsive to a fault (one could say suicidal), they are brave and the begin as two people full of hate. Gabi hates the Walldians, thinking that their existence hinders the quality of life of the “good” Eldians with her goal being to exterminate them all, just as Eren hated the titans and swore to kill them all. Here we can see them announcing their goals: 

Both of them have their hometowns attacked and destroyed and they travel to their enemie’s country and see how they think and live with their own eyes, eventually deciding that the enemies they hated were regular humans, just like them.

Moving on to Mikasa and Falco, they both play the protector, lovestruck-type of role in the relationships. First of all, they were born the same day, February 10. They are both in love with the person they want to protect and they do everything in their power to accomplish that, as seen in the following examples:

 They try to stop their loved one’s dream from coming true. Mikasa doesn’t want Eren to join the Survey Corps, because she thinks that he will die, while Falco doesn’t want Gabi to inherit the Armored Titan, because he knows that her lifespan will be greatly reduced. In that effort, they have the full support of another person. For Mikasa, that person is Carla, Eren’s mom, while for Falco, it is Reiner:

 Both Eren and Gabi are also completely oblivious to Mikasa’s/Falco’s feelings,

   and

 In Eren’s case, his obliviousness is portrayed via Marlowe, who has also been compared to Eren and doesn’t get why Hitch didn’t want him to go and everyone gets angry at him. Well, besides Eren, who doesn’t get what happens and Mikasa just looks at him disappointed. Falco just wants Gabi to marry him and live a happy life. Mikasa is quite like him in the sense that she joined the army and the survey corps later, because of Eren. What she really wanted was to live a simple life with him.

Of course, as we know, both Eren and Gabi are hard people to stop. So, since they can’t stop them from following their dreams, they decide to follow them and protect them. Mikasa only resolved to go to the military, because she wanted to be close to Eren and the same thing happened in the survey corps,

 Falco, followed Gabi when she climbed to the blimp, which was met with criticism by Gabi,

As of now, there have been quite a few scenes and situations between the 4 to simply be coincidences. For example, in chapter 112, we have Gabi trying to convince Armin and Mikasa to take Falco as a prisoner and kill her, since he did nothing wrong,

 That scene reminded me of the part where Eren defends Mikasa in his trial,

Even earlier, there are also similarities between Gabi and Falco’s actions during the battle at Fort Slava and Eren and Mikasa’s during the day they first met. The way Eren and Gabi tricked and killed their respective enemies is very similar, along with their protector trying to come to the rescue immediately after:

 and

The “coincidences” and similarities continue, when in chapter 111, Nicolo tries to hit Gabi, only for Falco to put his body in her place, just as Mikasa did for Eren in chapter 50:

 I also find it really funny that Mikasa saved Gabi and Falco was motivated by Eren. Seems the trend continues even when interacting with their loved one’s counterparts. Even the fake names Falco chose, Mia and Ben, resemble Mikasa’s and Eren’s in the first and last 2 letters respectively. Interestingly, Falco’s story, that they are siblings who lost their home is also very similar to Eren’s and Mikasa’s. Gabi’s reaction to her playing the little sister, saying “Why am i your little sister”, is close to Eren’s outbursts when he says “I am not your kid” to Mikasa. Also, Kaya’s made up excuse for Falco’s and Gabi’s argument in chapter 109 “Mia is jealous that her big brother’s getting stolen away from her”, is kinda similar to Mikasa’s jealousy of Eren’s relationship with Annie at the beginning and Historia in chapter 70.

Of course, there are similarities not just between the counterparts, but between Mikasa&Gabi and Falco&Eren. For the girls, both are at the top of their class, proven fighters with immense talent and accomplished. The Eren-Falco comparison though is way more interesting. Essentially, Gabi is a talented Eren, while Falco is a non-talented Mikasa. In this case, we have two boys, weaker than the closest female to them, unable to be the protectors, leaving them to try harder in order to surpass them. With Falco, i have already established that. But with Eren? How does Eren want to be a protector? Well, answer is in the beginning of chapter 50,

 The reason Eren was able to motivate Falco, is because of his mom back then. That’s why his words resonated to Falco. He knows how it is to feel powerless to protect people he cares about. The funny thing about the dynamic between Eren and Mikasa is that they are really similar as characters. They both get saddened and frustrated by the fact that they want to protect each other, but they always feel powerless. Of course, for Eren it’s a little more complex than that. Besides wanting to protect, he also wants to advance. To fight until the end. He is similar to Gabi, in that she also wants to fight till the end, until her perceived enemies are defeated.

But, here lies the biggest difference between the two. Gabi’s goal, is for all the good Eldians to be eventually free from their oppression. To do that, she wants to defeat the demons of Paradise. She is brainwashed. Her mind is fragile and her willpower, while great, pales in comparison to her male counterparts. Coming to Eren, it is impossible to brainwash him. No amount of propaganda would have had any effect on him. His willpower is off the charts. Which is why he is more dangerous than Gabi. He knows he walks down a path with no turning back, but he keeps going. Gabi can’t do that. Notice how guilty she feels in the latest chapter, when she understands that the Walldians are people and how she trusts Nile to deliver Falco:

Now, notice Eren:

  and

 Eren and Gabi both understand. They know that there are good people in both sides, people who don’t deserve death and who have led good, decent lives, without hurting anyone. Unlike Gabi, Eren keeps going. He accepts his role as the devil and he steels his resolve to kill them all. Throwing away his humanity, to protect the ones he cares about the most and achieve his dream of freedom. Just like Erwin. And, as we all know, Erwin eventually gave up.

Back to the dynamic of the two relationships. In one of the most recent chapter Falco confessed to Gabi how he feels about her, in a moment that had them both blushing and resembled a lot the moment where Eren spoke to the 104th about how much he cares about them:

and 

We have seen by now that Mikasa and Falco only ever blush when it comes down to Eren and Gabi. Interestingly, both Mikasa and Gabi have been questioned about the nature of the relationship they have with Eren and Falco respectively:

 It’s also really funny, when you think about it that way. Falco, a kid, is more honest about his feelings than Mikasa who is an adult now.

 Even back then, Mikasa was not honest with herself and how she felt. Notice how she pauses, before saying family.

Before the rereads, i thought i was seeing things. But after careful observation, i found way too many similarities for this to be random. Especially considering that this is Isayama we are talking about. It’s no coincidence that the relationships that get the biggest focus in the last arc of the manga are these two. The whole thing about the scarf and armband tossing symbolism in the same chapter, the “why does he say he hates me?”,

 "i like you", again in the same chapter have not been put there by mistake. It’s important to note Mikasa pony tail in 108 when Eren says that he cares about them and Gabi ponytail 118 when Falco confessed. That was the only scene we saw Mikasa with ponytail and after that it was cut off for no reason.

in canon: eren smiled at mikasa

I keep seeing people criticizing mikasa for her lack of concern this chapter or justifying her for it. First of all, are we talking about the same introverted, reserved and shy Mikasa who hardly ever says anything?

Out of all of them, she was the first one to show concern for falco. She wanted to know about the fate of that child before anyone else and the way she stops jean ; her hand reaching out shows us that she cares.

Now before criticizing mikasa for her lack of words or concern when it came to falco keep in mind that jean wanted to feed him to pixis and connie to his mother. Not to condemn jean because he was acting like a leader in a battlefield would but armin was also not concerned for falco's safety, he was more concerned about how it will impact their relation with the warriors. And what about Mikasa? Like always she doesn't add anything to the argument because

SHE SPEAKS THROUGH HER ACTIONS!

She always has!

And while connie is talking about feeding him to his mother ,

This is how mikasa looks, the sadness in her eyes makes it pretty clear how she feels about it

And then when connie finally takes off , do you see how mad she is at his reckless behavior ?

Mikasa has always been a women of few words, ever since she was robbed of her innocence. This is not something new from her. Instead of bashing her for your own ignorance , it would be more fruitful to see how the others around her acted. Mikasa's silence is no worse than what each of them were trying to argue for. Yes neither is jean feeding falco to pixis , connie to his mother or armin wanting to save him for some sort of reconciliation with warriors better , they all had selfish motives but what about mikasa ? We don't know , we can't say they were better than armin, jean and connie's while we also can't say they were worse. All we know is that she showed concern , was symapthetic and was mad when connie flew off with him. So let's just leave it at that!

Thank you!

Edit: I appologize but I forgot to add that we all know that Mikasa jumped levi so that armin could eat bert.

And now when her friends are wanting to do the same thing for someone they care about , can mikasa just causally interupt them with " no you can't do that" ?? When we have this....

she obviously doesn't want to do what jean and connie wish to do but she doesn't say anything because she understands where connie is coming from also she ain't a strategist like armin to argue about keeping falco safe to build some good relation with warriors. And btw connie was already mad enough at armin for eating bert himself and judging connie for his actions which we know was unfair as armin had no choice. But so yeah I just realized that people would have bashed mikasa either way and then I would have to argue how bert was literally an enemy trying to kill them and how falco is just a sweet little kid and the situations were different and mikasa did listen to reason and all that jazz.

E "…Hey,I know you're awake."

M "……(Too embarrassed to face him)"

After their "first time" 🙈