Thread:Dalaios/@comment-26544002-20190109151958/@comment-26940038-20190313161013

Sorry for my late response.

SnK has been quite dark to begin with. I wouldn't say that it got that much darker in the most recent chapters. Sure, Zeke's plan is cruel towards all Eldians (and also very stupid) but we already knew that everyone despises the Eldians and that they propably have reasons to do so. It's just logical that the other natious would attack Paradis Island after Eren massacred civilians.

I don't see how that's much darker than TG ever was. In TG you also had peaceful ghouls getting brutally exectued just for being ghouls. The CCG were also trying to commit a genocide against all ghouls. Other than that you had all sorts of dark and cruel stuff.

For example: - Hinami watching her mother getting decapitated - Ghouls kidnapping humans to slaughter them in front of an audience in order to eat them - Kaneki getting his toes cut off repeatedly by Yamori - Torso hunting young women, raping them and cutting off their limbs (Tooru included) - Toru getting (propably) violated by her father, slaughtering her own family, collecting tongues of cats and trying to rape Kaneki - Juuzou getting tortured and his genitals destroyed as a child - Eto sewing Karren's eyes and mouth, breaking her mind - Donato slaughtering orphans, eating them

Those are just some scenes that came to my mind. That's all pretty dark stuff and in no way childplay in comparison to SnK. I'd say they are quite equal with TG showing more of the realistic darkness (like rape and abuse) while SnK is more about fictional darkness (like humans getting eaten by titans or someone trying to euthanize a whole race).

I guess Levi will be all right, we don't know if he even lost his eye. He will propably still be able to fight anyways, I don't think he will just do nothing for the rest of the manga.

Yeah I mean I do hate Zeke's plan as well. It's cruel and stupid and nonsensical. There is absolutely nothing good about it and only an idiot would come up with such a conclusion.

But nontheless I do like his character because his character is interesting. I do respect his intelligence and his wish to do the world something good. He is somewhat mysterious, has an interesting background and an exciting titan form. Most of the other characters are far more simplistic in their intentions. He isn't exactly bad or good but something in between. That's what I do like about him and the RBA trio, they are just so much more interesting to me than the classic main cast who are just the normal classic good guys.

If Eren stays true to this plan and displays such an awful personality until the end then I don't care either if he dies. But I doubt that's the case and I still hope that my Mikasa x Eren ship is going to sail in the end :3

Yeah I guess there will be more important characters dying. Eren could possibly die, being a tragic hero and all. I don't think Levi, Mikasa or Armin will die. They are just too important and too sympathetic. I don't think Jean and Connie will die either, they are the only "normal" characters left now that Sasha is dead. Hanji propably won't die either since she is Erwin's replacement. Reiner is in a dangerous position but I feel like Annie and Reiner are going to survive because that way the Paradis people would show forgivness. RBA aren't bad people, they were just misguided. They realised that what they did was wrong and need to be forgiven. Zeke is propably going to die though, because his plan surely get's stopped in the end. I don't know what will happen with the whole 13 year lifespan rule. Maybe they will find some way to stop it or maybe Isayama goes for the very bittersweet ending of Eren, Armin, Reiner and Annie dying at a young age (which would make me really sad). But I am going with the more positive ending, I guess he want's to please the fans as well. And he propably wouldn't give Reiner all his redemption and Annie all this time in the cristal just to let them die anyways.

I mean I agree. SnK is one of the darker works I have read. TG as well. But some of my favourite stories are even darker so I am quite used to this and I do actually like the grim atmosphere a lot. That's how a seinen has to be.