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Annie & Hitch -  by @omarvinillustrations (posted with permission). 

Simple answer, no. Eren will live up his 13th year that’s assured. This is the only page in the entire 125+ chapters that have a page number anon. Coincidentally, it matches with how many years the shifters live and the “see you later, Eren” panel. So he is certainly not dying in this battle or being killed by anyone.

I think people might be reading too much into the reason why Grisha gave Eren the serum but personally, I feel Eren is more than a one track minded villan who is so angry that he wants to destroy the world and leave only Paradise without thinking twice or deeper ( the ocean and the time it will take). At least, not after receiving Kruger memory and knowing that the history repeats itself when empire rises, 9 titan houses conflict each other for power. Coincidentally, the 9 nine titans are all in Paradise.  Even destroying the volunteers country and Hizuru after he personally encouraged Mikasa to show her marks to miss Kiyomi. Eren has been suggested as the villain but not cemented yet till we get his POV. Also with the time travel/memory shenanigan going on, it’s hard to pinpoint what his motivation and goal is. All we know is that Grisha encouraged him to complete his mission while giving him the serum  

I said before that I was 97% of Eren plan being the full rumbling but after hearing Floche declaration this chapter, it fell down to 67%. 

I see Eremika becoming canon in a bittersweet type of way. They won’t have a straight tragic ending and they might not get the forever happy sweet ending ( Even though they deserve it to be honest)

Going by that logic, if the “see you later, Eren” is Eren’s demise, then they have 4 years to live happily and together or the show might end in a way that leaves fans to speculate whether the curse was broken and Eren lived on. 

Uhhm*

Am I mistaken to say that Mikasa character development is similar to our angry boy, Eren. They both deals with extremes. Well, Eren actions deal in extreme while Mikasa personality deals in extreme. I remember she started out as the girl who was “screw everyone, imma do what I want” even if there is a standing order in place. 

Well, the second picture can attributed as a way to cope with Eren’s death but my point still remains. Now, she doesn’t have the confidence to pursue what she wants or be assertive about it. She became extremely reserved

There are people who said Mikasa wasn’t thinking for herself or that she was so lost that she didn’t know what to do. The truth of the matter is Mikasa, from the moment she tried to stop Armin knew what she wanted. If she was so lost that she was ready to follow any order given to her, then she wouldn’t have asked about Eren after Armin told her to help Jean. The girl knows what she wants, she simply lack the confidence to be assertive over it.

I wouldn’t say she needs much improvement. Earlier, I thought the series presented her “I don’t give a fu**” attitude as something to grow out from but know that I look at, it seems the narrative is forcing her to balance the two sides of her personality. Anon, you know that type of scenario, where you have to return to your old self in order to get through some situation and return to your more normal self to solve another situation? That’s what the narrative demands from her but this time with a more level head. I remember Jean commented on her poor oratory skills back in Trost

As for her future role, I actually made one prediction recently and I still stand by it until proven otherwise. This chapter gave more weight to it regarding Mikasa future role and Eren freedom. You can check it out here https://victorvictor00000.tumblr.com/post/189860097843/snk-future-prediction-ema.

Her relationship with Eren has been a major focus in this final arc, so undoubtly, expect her future role to concern Eren. Personally, i’m not among the “Mikasa will kill Eren” theorist because of many horrendous reasons backing the theory up. But regardless, thematically, narratively, character development, plot, relationship-wise, everything points that her future role concerns Eren. Maybe I will dedicate another post to write more about that. 

As of now, I think Floche is about to spill some major BS about Eren and she needs to hear it

That brings me to the question of  “what is Eren really planning??” Some people claimed Floche is an opportunist and he is trying to take advantage of the situation by lying. I don’t think he is lying. That leaves us with two options,

 if Eren told Floche his whole plan and really entrusted him with everything, then that means he is more villainous than we already think. 

If Eren told Floche his plan up to the rumbling just to entice him, then we can expect a plot twist that flips somethings we know about Eren and where Floche downfall begins/ worldview shatters just like Zeke. 

I used to believe 97% that Eren plan is the full rumbling where he massacres everyone but after hearing Floche this chapter, I think it has gone down to 65% but well, who knows?

Eren is my favorite character, stanning him is inviting headache cause he is like a child who comes home each day with a lot of headache to his parents. I can tell you that immediately I saw the first page and it was civilains shouting “Eren killed one of his own people” the chapter got destroyed for me. 

Well, I digress, I feel like most of Eren recent action have been portrayed as inhumane but I still look forward to this memory

Finally, about the freedom Eren pursues, I talked a lot about it in the post I sent to you. Right now, it seems he thinks the freedom he pursues and the happiness of his friends are compatible but we shall see about that. Floche comment made me clueless about Eren. So what I expect from him depends on what is shown in the upcoming the chapter.