guess who got to meet Hajime Isayama :)
here’s what we talked about:
he was so kind and humble! he asked why I loved Hanji this much and said he’s glad he drew a character that people can love to that extent (I told him Hanji is like my 3rd parent...) - he said in the beginning, he thought it would be fun to add a weird character to the story, but as events proceeded, Hanji became more and more duty-focused, serious and reliable. i said one of my favorite scenes is when hanji is very tired and shakes in stress in the military hq, he said he’s really surprised i like it and the other Hanji in the sign also liked this scene. i told him i wanted to hug Hanji during that scene and he understood. i believe he really got what Hanji meant to me and that’s why Hanji’s smile is different in the illustration he made me compared to the one he made for the other Hanji fan.i asked if Hanji’s death was planned from the beginning, he said no, he only planned for Armin, Mikasa and Eren’s ending, but the role of the adults in SnK was to guide those three, tell them about the world and transmit their mission onto them. basically Hanji was meant to give out their duty to the next generation. which was why Hanji had to end up that way. i think it’s beautiful and very much like them, believing in their values and something greater than themselves until the very end
