YES HE IS A GENOCIDAL AND HIS ACTS ARE UNFORGIVEN , but NONE of his actions were based on a moral belief of "the people of paradise are superior to the rest of the world, all the rest of the cultures/nations/races have to be eliminated because they are inferior".

He is a 19-year-old boy who grew up all his life in an environment of fear, violence, extreme need and total lack of freedom. He is a character deeply marked by trauma. He always was a violent and impulsive boy with radical beliefs thinking that the world is "us" and "our enemies" and that life is kill or be killed.

But he is NOT a person who committed genocide based on discriminatory beliefs. He did it because in his way of understanding the world the only way to be free was to live in a world without other humans who threaten to take away his freedom. In Eren's eyes all the people outside of paradise are enemies, people who were guilty that he and the people he loved grew up locked up in a tiny piece of the world without even knowing why or how, and people who want him and anyone else from paradise to be dead. He is the definition of "a monster created by hate."

Plus with what’s about to go down in season 4 Mikasa’s body should be the least of their concerns.

Personally Mikasa has that range and duality to pull off any look.

So...

It's not the review, I just wanted to say some few words.

First of all, let's just acknowledge that this is a synopsis. It's not the chapter.

Second of all, don't use some spoilers without any context to make a theory. Especially when it's just the synopsis and there aren't any meaningful spoilers.

So let's cut it short, the synopsis is this: The battle engages on the back of the Founding Titan, but Eren is nowhere to be found and Armin and his troop quickly find themselves in trouble.

So people immediatly thought that meant Eren was still in Shiganshina using the Warhammer's ability.

There's just a few nitpicks I have about this theory... Just a few:

First, someone would have noticed. Judging where Eren's position is located before he transforms, someone in Shiganshina at some point would have noticed a big crystal or something titan like with something connected to it. It doesn't make sense. And Eren was not in a place where he could hide himself under something as the land was flat.

Second of all:

HAVE YOU...

SEEN THE SIZE...

OF THAT THING ?!!!

Eren could literally be located ANYWHERE on that thing. But no people need to think he is in control when...

Third of all, he isn't. The guy lost his head, keeps seeing traumatic flashbacks, teleports in paths, is a kid while having a semi-real dream of "That Sight" and apparently can watch through birds. Every character asks him, if he is really free ? And we are still begging for the guy to be in total control of all of this ? What for some kind of proto, mumbo jumbo Lelouch type of plan ? Please, every one in the fandom is bragging about this plan that he has when they are multiple elements that shows us, he is not in control of himself whatsoever ? And frankly, the manga which is an anti-war, anti-violence, anti-imperialism, anti-genocide will give a Lelouch ending (which is so predictable and only the typical shonen " I have your shonen protagonist n°3456 as a profile pic " would put out there) and A SECRET PLAN TO A GUY WHO IS DESTROYING THE WORLD, huh ?!?

That doesn't make any sense, Reiner, Annie and Bertolt didn't have one and fucked up on so many aspects when they tried to "sAvE tHe wOrLd". Why would he have such an advantage ? Because he is the main protagonist ? Give me a break.

Fourth of all, if something like this was to happen, the only thing that would make some little sense was either if Eren was being dragged by this huge titan but like why would he put so much effort in being in that state when it makes him so vulnerable, not only to others but to the colossal titans who burns everything. AND AGAIN someone would have noticed.

In the ocean ? What ? How will he come back up when he finished killing all babies ?

No that doesn't make sense. Forget it.

Eren got shot in the head, the only thing that makes sense is if all of his titan is made of hardening. And that his head is seperated which is clearly shown :

And the rest of his body is somewhere else on his Titan.

For example, he won't be in his nape (obviously, it's the weak spot.) but on his spine shown by the strings of flesh coming from it's spine.

It also reinforces the image that he is a puppet which is fitting since nothing he does makes any sense whatsoever especially like:

Lead two parties at war while none of them wanted to, siding with the guy you didn't want at first to save your lives but wants to eradicate those very same lives, attacking and hurting the friends who you want to have " long happy lives ", creating a civil war in your own country, a racist supremacist group that almost kills your friends, using yourself as bait when you are the Founder in a country that uses titans against you, not giving any information about your whereabouts, not giving any information via memories about EREN KRUGER THE GUY WHO WAS A SPY IN THE MARLEYAN MILITARY, also siding with a guy who wants to push the world against you and did so by suggesting to go to paradise to retrieve the Founder while I repeat... THEY DIDN'T WANT TO DO, doing an attack that will lead the world against you. Choosing to ignore every peaceful outcome even the people who are doing takes you with them to do it and than asking sympathy points for another way when he literally destroyed every option to do. Using the Rumbling which will kill also people that were living next to the walls, the titans in the walls will probably also stomp on villages that were located inside the walls as the titans were placed in a circular shape and ALSO...

Could... I don't know... KILL HISTORIA WHO IS LOCATED IN A ISOLATED FARM INSIDE THE WALLS, "PREGNANT" AND CANNOT RUN FAST IF COLOSSAL TITANS COMES AND WALK OVER HER.

*sigh*

Narratively this will also be stupid, like we did all of this just to find out he's not here ? A whole party died, Hange died for people to use the plane and he's not here ? And what we watch Humanity get killed ? We go back home, depressed ? Everyone is like " we love and understand Eren ? He goes back to Hisu, I am the dad, we feed the heteronormatives while the manga destroyed every cliche of that ? He gets a baby while he killed every babies " You are free." He wins, while he manipulated the whole thing ? Oh no he gets killed, secret plan, Eren is Lelouch, satisfying ending, his only fate is to die as a stupid symbol...

...God...

I don't even have the strenght to write. Why do people think like this ? Why do people feel the need to put the Alliance down with every chance they get and elevate Eren as this shonen protagonist freedom seeker demi god waifu meat beater ?

People are weird.

The guy has a change that happens off screen, he manipulates pretty much everything since the timeskip and he acts completely different from what we know of him and we're supposed to take it that way and consider it genius writing.

Really ?!

We need to move plot points, we need to move forward, we cannot keep dragging the story with endless unneeded double pages of violence and empty discussions for character who haven't expressed any feelings toward each other ever since the start outside of the anime who changed the story and added these pointless scenes to please those who masturbate to the three female characters of those ships. Like I don't know ( Eremika, Erehisu, Aruani...)

This is just the synopsis, wait for the review.

I really hope this chapter is good and not another 133 OR fucking 134.

He snapped at/pushed mikasa away because he never felt worthy of her. Ever.

We’ve seen during the Uprising arc just how bad Eren’s overwhelming guilt self-loathing can get. I don’t think he ever really got past that state, he just learned to hide it better.

And then you see Eren Jaeger in the final chapter, so vulnerable and raw, breaking down to his best friend in the whole world about how he always wanted to be with her, he doesn’t like the idea of her moving on to Jean—I mean, to another guy—and it’s such a complete 180 to what we’re used to seeing from him in regards to her. Again, Yams, with the parallels and ironyyyy 😩

Just to preface, I didn’t like it.

I am airing my grievances in a long rant this once to get it out of my system so I’ll never have to speak of it again.

I'M CALLING YOU OUT.

YOU ALREADY HAVE CAUSED ENOUGH BULLSHIT ON THE ANIMATORS ON MAPPA STUDIOS. AND IF YOU'RE A ANIME WATCHER ONLY FAN; FROM A FELLOW MANGA READER I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THIS. ON THE NEXT UPCOMING EPISODES Y'ALL BETTER NOT BE DRAMATIC AND IMMATURE ON WHATEVER THE STORY LEADS ON TO. YOU'VE HARASSED THEM ENOUGH AND DON'T MAKE SHIT WORSE FOR MAPPA STUDIOS AND ON ISAYAMA. IF YOU CAN'T DO THESE SIMPLE THINGS. Y'ALL CAN KINDLY FUCK YOURSELVES; YOUR TOXIC BEHAVIOR IS NOT WELCOME IN THIS FANBASE SINCE YOU MADE THE GOOD SIDE OF THE FANDOM LOOK BAD ALL TOGETHER.

•So Levi and Jean are French

•Mikasa is half Japanese and half French

•Sasha is Irish

• Porco is Italian or Spaniard I think

• Eren is half German and half Turkish

•Zeke is German

•Colto and Falco are British

•but what about Armin? I don't know about you but he gives me vibes of being British or Hungarian because of his last name

•Also I headcanon Connie as half Dominican from the side of his dad and half american from the side of his mother

Yeah, I think it's a bit hypocritical. I think the reason people want to make exceptions for Eren is because he was framed as the protagonist and a lot of people like him. We've seen him as a baby and as a suffering little kid. And because of that they'll forgive his atrocities. Because we've seen him when he was 'innocent' ( plus a lot of people enjoy WITS Eren fanservice and fan's smutty fanfic and might be justifying him so they can continue enjoying those without feeling weird about it idk 😅) Eren starts out innocent (albeit a little problematic) and spirals into evil, Gabi is introduced as a little s*** and grows to be better. Yet shes condemned.

For me, Gabi's more forgivable because she's a little kid that has been indoctrinated her entire life and goes on this arc to realize that the world's a lot more complicated than she thought it was and people aren't so easily categorized into groups of good and bad.

Her character and presence in the manga reflects lessons that yams has been putting in the Manga from day one: life is complicated and full of duality. Gabi's presence also gives hope that people can change and move past their racist and bigoted ideologies. In my opinion Gabi shows that there is hope for the people of eldia and marley that they can move past the supremacy and racism of the past and accept that everyone is just another human. Not a devil or an enemy.

I think a reason that most people are really angry with Gabi is because she killed a beloved character. I was never a huge fan of SPOILERS sasha before Gabby killed her so I wasn't too biased ( not that liking Sasha was a bad thing) I didn't dislike Sasha I just didnt care much for her. However, much like The Last of Us Part 2 it's really difficult to introduce a character by having them kill previously established beloved character.

Like REALLY difficult. I mean trying to get people to like someone that took away someone else they loves is hard. Frankly I don't blame people for not liking Gabi because of her killing Sasha. If I was a die-hard Sasha fan I would probably be pretty unforgiving of Gabi too. But I'm not a die-hard Sasha fan so I don't feel that way at all 😅. It just gets frustrating when they condemn Gabi and defend Eren

Eren has essentially become the villain. And Yams has people cheering for him because he got them to sympathize with the villian first. I like Erens character but damn what hes doing is monsterous, and I'm not about to defend him.

(Got long sorry I have lots of thoughts 😅)