I will never cease to be amazed by the amount of research Kazue Kato puts in her manga.
Y’all know how our beloved demon snobpervbastard principal has a very shiny old-fashioned pocket watch, right?
Probably just for showing off, because I don’t see why the king of Time would actually need a watch. His sense of time should be more accurate than that of an atomic clock. (I’m gonna laugh so hard if Kato goes full horcrux on this thing and it turns out to be how he hid his actual heart- It DOES have a heart on it… but then again so does almost every accessory Meph carries)
Also look at Yukio’s watch:
That sure looks like an M to me (though it could be the clock hands + wishful thinking). Since Mephisto is known to equip his exorcists with his own brand of everything, from shampoo to band-aids, it would make perfect sense that you get a Mephisto™ watch with your exorcist outfit. As a graduation gift or something.
But today I found out there is an actual, historical watch brand named Mephisto. Like, high quality swiss pocket watches.
According to a watch collector’s forum, a sub-brand of the Langendorf Watch Company, which ran from 1873-1973.
As someone in the camp of those who do not trust Zeke, Eren’s cooperation with him has long been a point of concern. Chapter 108 eased some of that, but opened up a totally new and disturbing possibility.
My end game theory has been that when Zeke and Eren touch, Zeke will be able to control the power by virtue of being a royal. In chapter 108, Armin theorized the opposite. He stated that Eren’s purpose is the one that will be dominant. This would mean that Zeke has no real power in the equation. Eren can safely team up with Zeke and spare Historia from becoming a titan.
I can’t imagine Zeke is ok with that. He’s been planning this moment for years. He wouldn’t leave something so important to chance. Zeke is playing nice, but if his ultimate goal is contrary to Eren’s, he needs a way to force Eren to comply.
Chapter 108 may have shown us how he’s going to accomplish this.
Paradis has been foolishly accepting food and drink from an enemy combatant’s cook for three years. If that food or wine has been tainted with spinal fluid, it means Zeke has been secretly building a titan army for years. The 104th has mentioned the delicious food and drink too many times for me not to be suspicious. It’s interesting too that Yelena is the one who set Nicolo up to be their chef.
While I don’t trust Zeke, I still believe Eren’s entire reasoning right now involves protecting his friends. It’s become crazy and misguided, but they are still at the heart of his thinking. Threatening to titanize them would be a powerful bargaining chip. The most powerful in fact.
Call me crazy but the wine bottle is the most exciting thing to happen in the story in a long time. I feel like the pieces are falling into place for a final battle between Zeke and Eren – one that Eren can’t completely win.
If he sides with Zeke, he protects his friends but humanity may be doomed. If he takes out Zeke, Historia will need to be titanized to accept Zeke’s power. People are going to die and Eren will have only himself to blame for bringing Zeke onto the island.
It’s terrible. It’s tragic. It’s everything I love and hate about this story.
With Historia about to give birth and Reiner apparently on his way over to Paradis again to fight, I’m starting to see possible reasons why Isayama made Reiner have a crush on (And somewhat ongoing admiration of) her in the first place.
Everyone
(Including fandom)
teased Reiner about this at some point, and perhaps this wasn’t either character’s primary ship. But just imagine the confrontation between the two of them taking place eventually in Paradis, with pregnant!Historia’s life/death perhaps being the key to Marley’s future. That’s going to be some extraordinary emotional turmoil for Reiner. Wow. Shit.
In chapter 102, Rin is so shocked abt how the clones are treated and stuff and I love how Mephisto is like “I can’t say I understand how you feel because I don’t”. 😂 Then, Rin’s like “ok I’m leaving”.
“Sir, please understand I am not emotionally involved in the situation.”
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