News: Bessatsu Shonen May 2021 Issue

Original Release Date: April 9th, 2021 Retail Price: 620 Yen

 We ended up saving the world…                                        Because of you…

I think what makes this alternate reality so much more tragic is the fact that in this version, Eren chose to run away from everything just so he could live in peace. And in this reality it seems like he and Mikasa are constantly on the run from marley and paradis has most likely been taken over by them for some time now.

As much as Mikasa would have loved to live with Eren for the remainder of his short life and abandon all of the responsibilities of protecting paradis and eldians as a whole, I can’t imagine this would be a life where Eren would have been truly happy and contempt. He would have still felt guilty over not being able to help Historia from being used by higher ups within the walls, and he would have lived through his remaining life thinking whether or not he could have done something to save his friends or his home.

And that’s the real, heart breaking reality of this scenario. This is a reality that Mikasa wishes so desperately to be true, but it’s a reality that can never happen because of who Eren is. 

And through her dream of what could be, Eren reaches out to her using the founding titan and asks her to not live her life lamenting about him. To live her life free and happy.

He’s hurt her so much that he doesn’t feel like he deserves to live in this happy scenario with her, and uses the last ounce of his life reminding her to move on from him and live her life to the fullest. I’m not really an eremika shipper but this scene really hit me on an emotional level because of how tragic it really is. Whether you see their relationship as romantic or platonic, you can’t deny that these two have such a deep love for each other that is much more than labeling as just familiar or romantic love and I think that’s really beautiful.

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