My thoughts on why Mikasa Ackerman’s conclusion strengthens not only her arc, but Attack on Titan as a whole.
Mega Thread
To preface this thread, i will be speaking not for the execution in the final chapters, but the ideas behind them. +
To understand mikasa’s overarching development we first need to look back to the start. She doesn’t run because anyplace without her loved ones would feel too cold. Eren saves her and gives clarity to the cruelness of the world, he gives her the opportunity to combat it.
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An analysis peeling back the layers of Attack on Titan’s MC
Mega thread
Structured in parts by laying out eren’s main desires/motivators by the end (freedom, long lives for friends, securing paradis, finish the titan cycle), and working back through his life to see how it was formed and how it ties to his ending.
Part 1: Freedom
Probably one of the most misrepresented concepts in the community imo. A flawed, childish concept that he never managed to fully escape from, however also somewhat sympathetic. The indignation of being trapped by your environment, powerless to do anything. +