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Attack on Titan Volume 16 Fake Cover

Aka my facial expression after reading Snk 65

I drew this because the Ackerman stuff start to be featured in this volume (chapter 63)

Okay actually it is Mikasa's facial expression after seeing the chained Eren with bleeding face after snk 65

Yes.. Everything points at the fact that Historia is going to eat him

If these past few set of spoilers are accurate, then I think it's rather impressive on Isayama's part. In one insane mental breakdown from Eren, he is able to depict how far he has come. Throughout the series Eren always seemed like just a hot-headed kid with a lust to kill all titans and whatnot. He values his comrades, of course, but he would only consider them another part of humanity. At least, that's just how it appeared.

The fall of Levi's squad is something that is shown to haunt Eren. It was almost like the first time since the death of his mother where we saw the compassionate side of him. He didn't just blindly go after Annie, he wanted to go back and help them. It was only that he was too late. With tears in his eyes, he made the choice to fight her. This was one of the few times Eren showed his true colors as an honest, caring person after he gained his titan abilities. Most of the time his emotions are hidden in rage, but the Levi Squad really affected him.

And now, in the midst of all the chaos that is going on, Eren believes he is worthless. Despite all the good he has done, he blames all off his comrades' deaths on himself. He even goes far back to the original 104th trainees squad and his team that he was with in Trost. But he doesn't recall them as comrades, he names them. Mina, Thomas, Nac Tius, and Mylius. He remembers them all. He recalls them. Throughout this entire series, he has even let those comrades' deaths haunt him specifically.

Eren has always cared deeply for humanity. Most people say his place as a main protagonist is a mistake due to his mad behavior. But this is not just teenage angst. This is guilt. This is how Eren deals with his emotions. He gets angry. He gets crazy. And now, in a situation where he feels like he literally can do nothing, there is no anger. There is only the guilt now and his acceptance that he cannot help it. The only way, he believes, is to give up his life. No more fighting. No more anger. Only guilt.